[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62932-62933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24468]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0711; FRL-9917-80-Region 9]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revisions to
the Nevada State Implementation Plan; Stationary Source Permits
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the applicable state implementation plan for the
State of Nevada submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental
Protection. The revisions include amended State rules related to
applications for, and issuance of, permits for stationary sources, but
not including review and permitting of major sources and major
modifications under parts C and D of title I of the Clean Air Act. EPA
is taking action under the Clean Air Act obligation to take action on
State submittals of revisions to state implementation plans. The
intended effect of the proposed approval is to fix deficiencies in the
previously-approved version of the permitting rules and to ensure that
new or modified stationary sources do not interfere with attainment or
maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by November 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2014-0711, 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: Laura Yannayon (AIR-3), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
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 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
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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. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is 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 in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
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, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street (AIR-3), San Francisco, CA 94105, phone number (415)
972-3534 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses revisions to the
Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP) that were submitted by the
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) on January 3, 2014
and June 5, 2014. The revisions include the following amended rules
that relate to the State of Nevada's minor source NSR program:
Table 1--NSR Rules Submitted by NDEP
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Submitted rule Title Amended date Submittal date
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NAC 445B.22097............................. Standards of quality for ambient 05/02/14 06/05/14
air.
NAC 445B.308............................... Prerequisites and conditions for 12/04/13 01/03/14
issuance of certain operating
permits; compliance with
applicable state implementation
plan.
NAC 445B.311............................... Environmental evaluation: Contents; 05/02/14 06/05/14
consideration of good engineering
practice stack height.
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In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we
are approving the amended NSR rules listed above as revisions to the
Nevada SIP in a direct final action without prior proposal because we
believe the SIP revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct
final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based on this
proposed rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an
amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may
be severed from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final action.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: September 29, 2014.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2014-24468 Filed 10-20-14; 8:45 am]
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