[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43963-43964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18568]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130; FRL-9442-3]


Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; State of Nevada; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 22, 2011, the EPA proposed to approve the Nevada State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) to implement the regional haze program for 
the first planning period through July 31, 2018. The EPA is extending 
the deadline for written comments on the proposed approval of the 
Regional Haze SIP by 30 days to August 22, 2011. The EPA received 
requests for an extension from attorneys representing a consortium of 
environmental groups and the Moapa Paiutes Tribe. The requests were 
based on a need for more time to review the technical materials that 
form the basis of Nevada's Regional Haze SIP and EPA's proposed 
approval. The EPA finds that the request is reasonable given the 
complexity of the Regional Haze Rule requirements and EPA's proposed 
approval of the technical analyses presented in Nevada's plan.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published June 22, 2011 
(76 FR 36450), is extended. Comments must be received on or before 
August 22, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket Number EPA-R09-
OAR-2011-0130, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal Rulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: [email protected].
    3. Fax: 415-947-3579 (Attention: Thomas Webb).
    4. Mail: Thomas Webb, EPA Region 9, Planning Office, Air Division, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Such deliveries are only accepted 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-
2011-0130. Our policy is that EPA will include all comments received in 
the public docket without change. EPA may make comments 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, EPA will include your e-mail 
address 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. For 
additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket 
Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available (e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute). Certain other material, 
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard 
copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 
Planning Office of the Air Division, Air-2, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. EPA requests you contact the 
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 
view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy of the 
docket Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. PST, excluding Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Webb, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 
Planning Office, Air Division, Air-2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105. Thomas Webb can be reached at telephone number 
(415) 947-4139 and via electronic mail at [email protected].

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

    Dated: July 12, 2011.
Thomas McCullough,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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