[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 449-450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30951]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0708; FRL-9921-34-Region 9]


Clean Data Determination for 1997 PM[bdi2].[bdi5] 
Standards; California--South Coast; Applicability of Clean Air Act 
Requirements; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
existing public comment period for a proposal published in the Federal 
Register on December 9, 2014. In that action, pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act, EPA proposed to determine that the Los Angeles-South Coast Air 
Basin (South Coast) air quality planning area in California has 
attained the 1997 annual and 24-hour fine particle (PM2.5) 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards. This proposed determination is 
based upon complete (or otherwise validated), quality-assured, and 
certified ambient air monitoring data showing that the area has 
monitored attainment of the 1997 annual and 24-hour PM2.5 
standards based on the 2011-2013 monitoring period. If the EPA 
finalizes this determination of attainment, the requirements for the 
area to submit certain State implementation plan revisions shall be 
suspended for so long as the area continues to attain the 1997 annual 
and 24-hour PM2.5 standards. One commentor requested an 
extension of the comment period for this proposed rulemaking. EPA is 
now extending the public comment period for fourteen days.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on December 
9, 2014 (79 FR 72999) is extended. Comments must be received on or 
before January 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2014-0708, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail or deliver: Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Mailcode AIR-2, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket 
without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be 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 http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 an email comment 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: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site and in hard 
copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 
94105. 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 at 
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 below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Mail Code AIR-2, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901, 415-947-4192, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published a proposed rule in the Federal 
Register on December 9, 2014 (79 FR 72999). EPA is extending the 
existing public comment period for that proposal. In that action, 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act, EPA proposed to determine that the Los 
Angeles-South Coast Air Basin (South Coast) air quality planning area 
in California has attained the 1997 annual and 24-hour fine particle 
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards. This 
proposed determination is based upon complete (or otherwise validated), 
quality-assured, and certified ambient air monitoring data showing that 
the area has monitored attainment of the 1997 annual and 24-hour 
PM2.5 standards based on the 2011-2013 monitoring period. If 
the EPA finalizes this determination of attainment, the requirements 
for the area to submit certain State implementation plan revisions 
shall be suspended for so long as the area continues to attain the 1997 
annual and 24-hour PM2.5 standards. One commentor requested 
an extension of the comment period for this proposed rulemaking. EPA is 
now extending the public comment period for fourteen days for the 
December 9, 2014, proposed clean data determination for the 1997 
PM2.5 standards for the South Coast area, California.

    Dated: December 18, 2014.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2014-30951 Filed 1-5-15; 8:45 am]
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