[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3795-3796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-628]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R08-OAR-2005-ND-0002; FRL-8011-2]


Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
Implementation Plan Revision for North Dakota; Revisions to the Air 
Pollution Control Rules; Delegation of Authority for New Source 
Performance Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to take direct final action approving certain 
revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) as submitted by the 
Governor of North Dakota with a letter dated April 11, 2003. The 
revisions affect certain portions of air pollution control rules 
regarding permitting and prevention of significant deterioration. EPA 
is also providing notice that on July 27, 2005, North Dakota was 
delegated authority to implement and enforce certain New Source 
Performance Standards, as of January 31, 2004. In the ``Rules and 
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the 
State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial SIP revision and 
anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval 
is set forth in the preamble to the direct final rule. If EPA receives 
no adverse comments, EPA will not take further action on this proposed 
rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will withdraw the direct 
final rule and it will not take effect. EPA will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties 
interested in commenting must do so at this time. Please note that if 
EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of 
this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of 
the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are 
not the subject of an adverse comment.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Regional Material in 
EDOCKET (RME) ID Number R08-OAR-2005-ND-0002, by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web site: http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. On 
November 28, 2005, Regional Material in EDOCKET (RME), EPA's electronic 
public docket and comment system, was replaced by an enhanced federal-
wide electronic docket management and comment system located at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, you will be redirected to that site to 
access the docket EPA-R08-OAR-2005-ND-0002 and submit comments. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected].
     Fax: (303) 312-6064 (please alert the individual listed in 
the FOR FURTHER

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INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing comments).
     Mail: Richard R. Long, Director, Air and Radiation 
Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-
AR, 999 18th Street, Suite 200, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466.
     Hand Delivery: Richard R. Long, Director, Air and 
Radiation Program, EPA Region 8, Mailcode 8P-AR, 999 18th Street, Suite 
200, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. Such deliveries are only accepted 
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:55 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
Section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Platt, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202-2466, 
(303) 312-6449, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct 
Final action of the same title which is located in the Rules and 
Regulations Section of this Federal Register.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: December 7, 2005.
Kerrigan G. Clough,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 06-628 Filed 1-23-06; 8:45 am]
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