[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25293]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R08-OAR-2010-0406; FRL-9473-8]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; North Dakota; 
Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan 
for Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Regional 
Haze; Correction of Public Hearing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; Correction of Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: EPA is changing the public hearing arrangements for our 
proposed action on North Dakota's State Implementation Plans (SIPs) 
addressing regional haze and the interstate transport of pollutants 
that interfere with programs to protect visibility in other states. We 
are making this change in response to a letter that the Governor of 
North Dakota submitted on September 9, 2011.

DATES: Public hearings will be held October 13-14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be held at the North Dakota 
Department of Health, Environmental Training Center, 2639 East Main 
Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Fallon, EPA Region 8, Mailcode 
8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO, 80202-1129, (303) 312-6281, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 21, 2011 we published a 
proposed rule partially approving and partially disapproving a revision 
to the North Dakota SIP addressing regional haze and disapproving a 
revision to the North Dakota SIP for interstate transport of pollutants 
that interfere with programs to protect visibility in other states. See 
76 FR 58570. To accommodate the Governor of North Dakota's request 
submitted in a letter dated September 9, 2011 for additional hearing 
time, we have changed the location to the North Dakota Department of 
Health's Environmental Training Center, 2639 East Main Avenue, 
Bismarck, ND 58506. We have changed the schedule to provide four 
different hearing sessions. Public hearings will now be held on 
Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., and again from 7 
p.m. until 9 p.m. A second day of public hearings will be held on 
Friday, October 14, 2011 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m., and again from 1 
p.m. until 5 p.m.
    The public hearings will provide interested parties the opportunity 
to present information and opinions to EPA concerning our proposal. 
Interested parties may also submit written comments, as discussed in 
the proposal. 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. We will not respond to comments during the public hearings. 
When we publish our final action, we will provide written responses to 
all oral and written comments received on our proposal.
    At the public hearings, the hearing officer may limit the time 
available for each commenter to address the proposal to 5 minutes or 
less if the hearing officer determines it to be appropriate. The 
limitation is to ensure that everyone who wants to make a comment has 
the opportunity to do so. 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 and data 
pertaining to our proposal at the public hearings. Verbatim 
transcripts, in English, of the hearings and written statements will be 
included in the rulemaking docket.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: September 23, 2011.
James B. Martin,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2011-25293 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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