[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-804]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0214; FRL-8514-8]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; San 
Manuel Sulfur Dioxide State Implementation Plan and Request for 
Redesignation to Attainment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the maintenance plan for the San 
Manuel Area in Pinal and Pima Counties, Arizona, as a revision to the 
Arizona state implementation plan, and to grant the request submitted 
by the State to redesignate this area from nonattainment to attainment 
of the national ambient air quality standards for sulfur dioxide 
(SO2) for the San Manuel SO2 nonattainment area. 
EPA is proposing this action in accordance with the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by February 19, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2006-0580, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. E-mail: [email protected].
    3. Mail or deliver: Marty Robin (Air-2), 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 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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, 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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Robin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3961, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this 
Federal Register, we are taking direct final action to approve the 
maintenance plan for the San Manuel SO2 nonattainment area 
and to approve the State of Arizona's request to redesignate the San 
Manuel area from nonattainment to attainment. We are taking these 
actions without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions 
are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will 
publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the 
comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final rule in this Federal Register.

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

    Dated: December 20, 2007.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E8-804 Filed 1-17-08; 8:45 am]
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