[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 25660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10589]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R9-OAR-2011-0130; FRL 9667-7]


State of Nevada; Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation 
Plans; BART Determination for Reid Gardner Generating Station

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of second public hearing and extension of public 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: In addition to the public hearing previously scheduled for 
this action, EPA is holding a second public hearing at a different 
location earlier in the day on May 3, 2012. The public hearings are for 
the proposed rule, ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Regional Haze State and Federal 
Implementation Plans; BART Determination for Reid Gardner Generating 
Station.'' EPA also is extending the closing date of the public comment 
period for the proposed rule to June 4, 2012 to allow for 30 days of 
public comment following the public hearings.

DATES: The second public hearing is on May 3, 2012. Any comments on 
this proposal are due by June 4, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Public hearings: EPA will hold a second public hearing at 
the Big Auditorium in the Moapa Band of Paiutes Administration Building 
on 1 Lincoln Street (cross street is Reservation Road) in Moapa, 
Nevada.
    In a previous Federal Register notice published on April 18, 2012 
(77 FR 23191), EPA announced a public hearing in Ron Dalley Theater at 
the Moapa Valley Empowerment High School on 2400 St. Joseph Street in 
Overton, Nevada, with an open house at the same location. This hearing 
will proceed as scheduled. Additional information about both hearings 
is provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Public comments: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
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. Email: [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.
    For detailed instructions concerning how to submit comments on this 
proposed rule, see the previous Federal Register notice of proposed 
rulemaking published on April 12, 2012 (77 FR 21896, 21897). The EPA 
Region 9 web site for the rulemaking, which includes the proposal and 
information about the public hearings, is at http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/actions/nv.html#reid.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public 
hearings, please contact Thomas Webb, EPA Region IX at 415-947-4139 or 
[email protected]. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please 
contact Terisa Williams, EPA Region IX Reasonable Accommodations 
Coordinator at 415-972-3829, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public hearings: The public hearings are to 
provide the public with an opportunity to present oral comments 
regarding proposed Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans 
for the determination of Best Available Retrofit Technology at the Reid 
Gardner Generating Station in the State of Nevada. The proposed rule 
requires the Reid Gardner Generating Station to meet an emissions limit 
for oxides of nitrogen at Units 1, 2 and 3 of 0.20 lbs/MMBtu on a 30-
day rolling average.
    Details about the two hearings are as follows:
    1. In a previous Federal Register notice published on April 18, 
2012, EPA announced a public hearing in Ron Dalley Theater at the Moapa 
Valley Empowerment High School on 2400 St. Joseph Street in Overton, 
Nevada from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on May 3, 2012, with an open house 
at the same location from 5 to 6 p.m. This hearing will proceed as 
scheduled. We are holding two public hearings on the same day at 
different times and locations for the convenience of the public.
    2. EPA will hold a second public hearing at the Big Auditorium in 
the Moapa Band of Paiutes Administration Building on 1 Lincoln Street 
(cross street is Reservation Road) in Moapa, Nevada. The formal hearing 
will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. An informational open house at 
the same location will precede the public hearing from 11:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. We will not record public comments at the open house.
    The proposed rule (77 FR 21896, Apr. 12, 2012) for which EPA will 
hold the public hearings is available at http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/actions/nv.html#reid and also in the docket identified below. The 
public hearings will provide interested parties the opportunity to 
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposal. EPA may ask 
clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will not 
respond to the presentations at that time. We will consider written 
statements and supporting information submitted during the comment 
period with the same weight as any oral comments and supporting 
information presented at the public hearings. At the public hearings, 
the hearing officer may limit the time available for each commenter to 
address the proposal to five minutes or less if the hearing officer 
determines it is appropriate. We will not provide 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. We will include 
verbatim transcripts, in English, of the hearing and written statements 
in the rulemaking docket.
    Extension of comment period: EPA is extending the public comment 
period for the proposed rule to align with the dates of the public 
hearings. The comment period will now end on June 4, 2012, 30 days 
after the public hearings.
    EPA has established a docket for the proposed rule under Docket ID 
No. EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130 (available at http://www.regulations.gov).

    Dated: April 25, 2012.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region IX.
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