[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 118 (Monday, June 22, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 29450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14601]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0931; FRL-8920-1]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Maryland; Attainment Demonstration for the Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone 
Moderate Nonattainment Area; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is reopening the comment period for a document published 
on May 8, 2009 (74 FR 21594). In this May 8, 2009 document, EPA 
proposed to disapprove the ozone attainment demonstration portion of a 
comprehensive State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the 
State of Maryland to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for 
attaining the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard 
(NAAQS) for the Baltimore moderate nonattainment area (Baltimore Area). 
The comment period on this proposed action closed on June 8, 2009. At 
the request of the State of Maryland, EPA is reopening the comment 
period through August 7, 2009. EPA will consider all comments submitted 
on this proposed action from May 8, 2009 through August 7, 2009.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 7, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2008-0931 by one of the following methods:
    A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. E-mail: [email protected].
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0931, Cristina Fernandez, Air Quality 
Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2008-0931. EPA's policy is that all comments received 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 information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business hours at the 
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the 
State submittal are available at the Maryland Department of the 
Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 
21230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cristina Fernandez, (215) 814-2178, or 
by e-mail at [email protected]. Please note that while 
questions on the May 8, 2009 proposed rule for the Baltimore area may 
be posed via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must be submitted in 
writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document.

    Dated: June 11, 2009.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. E9-14601 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]
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