[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69373-69374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28498]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 49

[EPA-R09-OAR-2010-0683; FRL-9225-1]


Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Implementing Best 
Available Retrofit Technology for Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo 
Nation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On October 6, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

[[Page 69374]]

signed a proposal to promulgate a source specific Federal 
Implementation Plan (FIP) requiring the Four Corners Power Plant 
(FCPP), located on the Navajo Nation, to achieve emissions reductions 
required by the Clean Air Act's Best Available Retrofit Technology 
(BART) provision. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on 
October 19, 2010 (75 FR 64221). Given the significant public interest 
in this source specific FIP and to further public participation 
opportunities, EPA has scheduled three open houses and public hearings. 
These open houses and public hearings will occur in Shiprock, New 
Mexico on December 7, 2010, Farmington, New Mexico on December 8, 2010, 
and Durango, Colorado on December 9, 2010. More information on the 
locations is provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The hearings will occur in Shiprock, New Mexico on December 7, 
2010, Farmington, New Mexico, on December 8, 2010, and Durango, 
Colorado on December 9, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The open houses and public hearings will be held at the 
following locations: Shiprock, New Mexico--December 7, 2010, Phil L. 
Thomas Performing Arts Center, Highway 64 West, Shiprock, New Mexico 
87420, (505) 368-2490; Farmington, New Mexico--December 8, 2010, San 
Juan College Henderson Fine Arts Building Rooms 9006 and 9008, 
Farmington, New Mexico, 97402, (505) 326-3311; and Durango, Colorado--
December 9, 2010, Double Tree Hotel, Mesa Verde La Plata Room, 501 
Camino Del Rio, Durango, Colorado, 81301, (970) 259-6580.
    The open houses will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m., local time. 
The public hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. or later, if 
necessary, depending on the number of speakers wishing to participate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the 
public hearings please contact Anita Lee, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3958, [email protected]. If you require a reasonable 
accommodation, please contact Terisa Williams, EPA Region 9 Reasonable 
Accommodations Coordinator, by Friday, November 18, 2010, at (415) 972-
3829, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearings will provide interested 
parties the opportunity to present views or arguments concerning the 
proposed FIP. Written statements and supporting information submitted 
during the comment period will be considered with the same weight as 
any oral comments and supporting information presented at the public 
hearings. Written comments must be postmarked on or before the last day 
of the comment period, December 20, 2010. EPA will not respond to 
comments during the public hearing. When we publish our final action, 
we will provide written responses to all oral and written comments 
received on our proposal. To provide opportunities for questions and 
discussion, EPA will hold open houses prior to the public hearings. 
During these open houses, EPA staff will be available to informally 
answer questions on our proposed action. Any comments made to EPA staff 
during the open houses must still be provided formally in writing or 
orally during the public hearing in order to be considered in the 
record.
    Oral testimony may be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter to 
address the proposal. We will not be providing equipment for commenters 
to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations. Any 
person may provide written or oral comments, in English or Dine, and 
data pertaining to our proposal at the Public Hearing. English-Dine 
translation services will be provided at both the Open Houses and the 
Public Hearings in Shiprock and Farmington. English-Dine translation 
services will not be provided at the Durango Open House and Public 
Hearing unless it is requested by November 18, 2010. Verbatim 
transcripts, in English, of the hearings and written statements will be 
included in the rulemaking docket.
    The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on October 
19, 2010 (75 FR 64221) and can be accessed the following Web site: 
http://www.epa.gov/region9/airnavajo/index.html#proposed. EPA has 
established a public docket for the proposed rulemaking under the 
docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2010-0683.
    If you are unable to attend the public hearings but wish to submit 
written comments on the proposed rule, you may submit comments, 
identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2010-0683, by one of the 
following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: [email protected].
    Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. http://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 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). Due to building security procedures, to inspect the hard 
copy materials, please schedule an appointment at least 24 hours in 
advance during normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    Dated: November 2, 2010.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2010-28498 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P