[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 20290-20291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07869]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0148; FRL-9798-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Nevada; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan; Reconsideration of 
BART Compliance Date for Reid Gardner Generating Station; Announcement 
of Public Hearing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 26, 2013, EPA granted reconsideration of the 
compliance date for the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 
emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) for Units 1, 2, 
and 3 at the Reid Gardner Generating Station (RGGS) and proposed to 
extend the compliance date by 18 months, from January 1, 2015, to June 
30, 2016. EPA is holding a public hearing on April 29, 2013, to accept 
written and oral comments on this proposed action. The comment period 
for this action was scheduled to close on May 28, 2013. EPA is 
extending the comment period to May 30, 2013 to allow for a full 30-day 
period for the submission of additional public comment following the 
public hearing.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on April 29, 2013. Comments must 
be postmarked no later than May 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Big Auditorium in the 
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Administration Building on 1 Lincoln 
Street (cross-street is Reservation Road) in Moapa, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Lee, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-
3958, [email protected].
    If you require reasonable accommodation at the public hearing, 
please contact Terisa Williams, EPA Region 9 Reasonable Accommodations 
Coordinator, at (415) 972-3829, or [email protected], by April 
15, 2013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearing will provide interested 
parties the opportunity to present views or arguments concerning the 
proposed rule to extend the compliance date, from January 1, 2015, to 
June 30, 2016, for Units 1, 2, and 3 at RGGS to meet emission limits 
for NOX required under the BART provision of the Regional 
Haze Rule. 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. Written comments must be postmarked on or before the last day 
of the comment period, May 30, 2013.
    The public hearing will be held at the Big Auditorium in the Moapa 
Band of Paiute Indians Administration Building on 1 Lincoln Street 
(cross-street is Reservation Road) in Moapa, Nevada. The hearing will 
begin at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and end at 8:00 p.m. (local time). Oral 
testimony may be limited to five minutes for each commenter to address 
the proposed rule. We will not be providing equipment to commenters to 
show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations. Any 
person may provide written or oral comments and submit data pertaining 
to our proposed rule at this hearing. Verbatim transcripts of the 
hearing and copies of written statements or comments will be included 
in the docket for this proposed rulemaking.
    EPA will not respond to comments during the public hearing. When we 
publish our final action, we will provide written responses to all 
comments received on our proposal. EPA staff will be available during 
the hearing to informally answer questions on our proposed action. Any 
comments made to EPA staff must still be provided in writing or orally 
during the public hearing in order to be considered in the record.
    If you are unable to attend the hearing but wish to submit comments 
on the proposed rule, you may submit comments, identified by docket 
number

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EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0148, 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: Anita Lee (Air-2), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901.
    For more detailed instructions concerning how to submit comments on 
this proposed rule, and for more information on our proposed rule, 
please see the notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of 
reconsideration of final rule, published in the Federal Register on 
March 26, 2013 (78 FR 18280).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Nitrogen Dioxide.

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

    Dated: March 28, 2013.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2013-07869 Filed 4-3-13; 8:45 am]
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