[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63436-63437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24704]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0136, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0215, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0344, 
EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0378; FRL-9901-62-Region5]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Ohio; Dayton-Springfield, Steubenville-Weirton, Toledo, and 
Parkersburg-Marietta; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to 
Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is proposing to approve the 
request by Ohio to revise the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance air quality 
state implementation plan (SIP) for the Dayton-Springfield and Toledo 
areas, and the Ohio portions of the Parkersburg-Marietta and 
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio areas to replace onroad 
emissions inventories and motor vehicle emissions budgets (budgets) 
with inventories and budgets developed using EPA's Motor Vehicle 
Emissions Simulator (MOVES) emissions model. The Dayton-Springfield 
area consists of Clark, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery Counties. The 
Ohio portion of the Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia-Ohio area 
consists of Jefferson County, Ohio. The Toledo area consists of Lucas 
and Wood Counties. The Ohio portion of the Parkersburg-Marietta, West 
Virginia-Ohio area consists of Washington County. Ohio submitted the 
SIP revision requests for the areas on the following dates: Dayton-
Springfield on February 11, 2013; Steubenville-Weirton on March 15, 
2013; Toledo on April 18, 2013; Parkersburg-Marietta on April 26, 2013.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 25, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Nos. EPA-R05-
OAR-2013-0136 (Dayton-Springfield), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0215 
(Steubenville-Weirton), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0344 (Toledo), EPA-R05-OAR-
2013-0378 (Parkersburg-Marietta), by one of the following methods:
    1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. Email: [email protected]
    3. Fax: (312) 692-2450.
    4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies 
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal 
holidays.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Maietta, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch 
(AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8777, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final 
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A 
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final 
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no 
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the 
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received 
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed 
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. 
Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, 
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed 
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions 
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For 
additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in 
the Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.


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    Dated September 19, 2013.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2013-24704 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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