[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 15119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05905]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0825; FRL-9908-17-Region 5]


Michigan; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Petition for 
Reconsideration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of action denying petition for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of its response to a petition for reconsideration of a rule published 
in the Federal Register on December 3, 2012, addressing Clean Air Act 
regional haze planning requirements for the State of Michigan. The 
petition, submitted on January 17, 2013, on behalf of St. Marys Cement 
(SMC), asked EPA to reconsider its action promulgating emission limits 
representing best available retrofit technology for SMC's facility in 
Charlevoix, Michigan. EPA has denied the petition by action signed 
February 20, 2014, for reasons that EPA explains in the document 
denying SMC's petition.

DATES: Petitions for review must be filed by May 19, 2014.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0825, which includes the petition for 
reconsideration, EPA's response, and other related documents. All 
documents are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either electronically through 
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. 
We recommend that you telephone John Summerhays, Environmental 
Scientist, at (312) 886-6067 before visiting the Region 5 office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Summerhays, Environmental 
Scientist, Air Planning and Maintenance Section, at 312-886-6067, 
[email protected], or at Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action pertains to a particular 
facility in Charlevoix, Michigan, and is not based on a determination 
of nationwide scope or effect. Thus, under section 307(b)(1) of the 
Clean Air Act, any petitions for review of EPA's action denying the SMC 
petition for reconsideration must be filed in the Court of Appeals for 
the Sixth Circuit on or before May 19, 2014.

    Dated: March 6, 2014.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2014-05905 Filed 3-17-14; 8:45 am]
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