[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50660-50661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20497]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0566; FRL-9719-7]


Limited Approval and Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation 
Plans; Nevada; Clark County; Stationary Source Permits; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period on a proposed limited 
approval and limited disapproval published on July 24, 2012, concerning 
permit regulations for stationary sources in Clark County, Nevada.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by September 7, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-R09-OAR-
2012-0566, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email: [email protected].
    3. Mail or deliver: Gerardo Rios (AIR-3), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901. Deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's 
normal hours of operation.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket 
without change and may be made available online at 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

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should be clearly identified as such and should not be submitted 
through www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email directly to EPA, your email 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: Generally, documents in the docket for this action are 
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., CBI). 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Yannayon, by phone: (415) 972-
3534 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 24, 2012 (77 FR 43206), EPA proposed 
a limited approval and limited disapproval of the following regulations 
submitted for approval into the Clark County portion of the Nevada 
State Implementation Plan (SIP).

                                          Table 1--Submitted NSR Rules
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                  Section No.                                Section title                Adopted     Submitted
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0.............................................  Definitions...........................       3/6/12      5/22/12
12.0..........................................  Applicability, General Requirements         11/3/09      2/11/10
                                                 and Transition Procedures.
12.1..........................................  Permit Requirements for Minor Sources.      11/3/09      2/11/10
12.2..........................................  Permit Requirements for Major Sources        3/6/12      5/22/12
                                                 in Attainment Areas (Prevention of
                                                 Significant Deterioration).
12.3..........................................  Permit Requirements for Major Sources       5/18/10      9/01/10
                                                 in Nonattainment Areas.
12.4..........................................  Authority to Construct Application and      5/18/10      9/01/10
                                                 Permit Requirements For Part 70
                                                 Sources.
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    The proposed rule provided a 30-day public comment period. In 
response to a request from Clark County submitted by letter on August 
9, 2012, EPA is extending the comment period for an additional 15 days.

    Dated: August 13, 2012.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012-20497 Filed 8-21-12; 8:45 am]
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