[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40317-40318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16705]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0021; FRL-9696-8]


Approval, Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
Implementation Plans; Arizona; Regional Haze State and Federal 
Implementation Plans

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; announcement of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that a public hearing will be held on July 
31, 2012 for the proposed rule, ``Approval, Disapproval and 
Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arizona; Regional 
Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans'', which will be posted on 
EPA's Web site by July 5, 2012.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on July 31, 2012. See the 
Supplementary Information section for further details about the public 
hearing.

ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for hearing 
location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public 
hearing, please contact Thomas Webb, U.S. EPA, Region 9, phone (415) 
947-4139, email [email protected]. If you are a person with a 
disability under the ADA and require a reasonable accommodation for 
this event, please contact Philip Kum at [email protected] or at (415) 
947-3566 by July 15, 2012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 169A of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
establishes as a national goal the ``prevention of any future, and the 
remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class 
I Federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.'' 
Arizona has twelve mandatory Class I areas; several Class I areas in 
other states are also affected by emissions from Arizona facilities.
    Regional haze is visibility impairment caused by the cumulative air 
pollutant emissions from numerous sources over a wide geographic area. 
EPA's proposed Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for 
Arizona will address the requirements of the CAA and EPA's regional 
haze regulations pertaining to Best Available Retrofit Technology 
(BART) for three electric generating stations in Arizona: Apache 
Generating Station, Cholla Power Plant and Coronado Generating Station. 
EPA will propose to address other facilities and other elements of the 
Arizona SIP in a later action. The proposed rule, ``Approval, 
Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Arizona; Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans'', will 
be available by July 5, 2012 on the following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/actions/arizona.html and will subsequently be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The proposed rule and information on which the proposed rule relies 
will also be available in the docket for this action. Generally, 
documents in the docket will be available electronically at 
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 at www.regulations.gov, some information may be publicly 
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material, 
large maps), and some may not be publicly available in either location 
(e.g., Confidential Business Information). To inspect the hard copy 
materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours 
with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Public hearing: EPA will hold a public hearing at the following 
date, time and location to accept oral and written comments into the 
record:
    Date: July 31, 2012.
    Time: Open House: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
    Public Hearing: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
    Location: Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse, in the atrium and 
juror room, 401 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003-2118.

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    To provide an opportunity for questions and discussion, EPA will 
hold an open house prior to the public hearing. During this open house, 
EPA staff will be available to informally answer questions on our 
proposed rule. Any comments made to EPA staff during the open house 
must still be provided formally in writing or orally during the public 
hearing in order to be considered in the record.
    The public hearing will provide the public with an opportunity to 
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed Regional Haze 
action for Arizona. EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral 
presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at that time. 
Simultaneous translation in Spanish will be available during the public 
hearing. 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 hearing. 
Please consult the proposed rule for guidance on how to submit written 
comments to EPA.
    At the public hearing, 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. Any person 
may provide written or oral comments and data pertaining to our 
proposal at the public hearing. We will include verbatim transcripts, 
in English, of the hearing and written statements in the rulemaking 
docket.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen oxides, Sulfur 
dioxide, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Visibility, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: June 27, 2012.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012-16705 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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