[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9749-9750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1741]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 69

[EPA-R09-OAR-2005-0506; FRL-8030-4]


State Implementation Plan Revision and Alternate Permit Program; 
Territory of Guam

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to grant full approval for the Guam operating 
permit program regulations and an associated State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) revision submitted by the Territory of Guam (Guam). These 
submittals correct deficiencies identified in EPA's direct final 
interim approval rulemaking of January 9, 2003 (68 FR 1162). Full 
approval of Guam's alternate permit program and associated SIP revision 
will allow sources to be permitted under Guam's approved alternate 
operating permit program.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by March 29, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2005-0506, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions.
    2. Agency Web site: http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers 
receiving comments through this electronic public docket and comment 
system. Follow the on-line instructions to submit comments.
    3. E-mail: [email protected].
    4. Mail or deliver: Gerardo Rios (Air-3), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket 
without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided, unless 
the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that 
you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as 
such and should not be submitted through the agency Web site, 
eRulemaking portal or e-mail. The agency Web site and eRulemaking 
portal are ``anonymous access'' systems, and EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address 
will be automatically captured and included as part of the public 
comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all 
documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may 
be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 
material), and some may not be publicly available in either location 
(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an 
appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Machol, EPA Region IX, at (415) 
972-3770, ([email protected]), Pacific Islands Office, or Ed Pike, at 
(415) 972-3970, ([email protected]), Permits Office, Air Division, at the 
EPA--Region IX address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this 
Federal Register, we are granting full approval of these local rules as 
Guam's alternate permit program in a direct final action without prior 
proposal because we believe this action is not controversial and do not 
anticipate adverse comment. A detailed rationale for this approval is 
set forth in the direct final rule. If we do not receive adverse 
comments, no further activity is planned. If EPA receives adverse 
comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct 
final action and address the comments in a subsequent final action 
based on this proposed rule. We will not open a second comment period, 
so anyone interested in commenting should do so at this time. For more 
information on this action, please see the information provided in the 
direct final rule of the same title located under the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: January 20, 2006.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 06-1741 Filed 2-24-06; 8:45 am]
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