[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26145]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R10-OAR-2014-0562: FRL-9935-47-Region 10]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Oregon: Lane 
Regional Air Protection Agency Open Burning Rules and Oregon Department 
of Environmental Quality Enforcement Procedures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve into Oregon's State Implementation Plan (SIP) a submittal from 
the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) dated July 7, 
2014, containing revisions to the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency's 
(LRAPA) open burning rules adopted on March 14, 2008. The revised LRAPA 
open burning rules make clarifications and provide for additional 
controls of open burning activities in Lane County, would reduce 
particulate emissions in Lane County, and would strengthen Oregon's 
SIP. The EPA is also proposing to approve a submittal from the ODEQ 
dated June 30, 2014, to update Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) that 
relate to procedures in contested cases (appeals), enforcement 
procedures, and civil penalties. The EPA is proposing to approve most 
of the submitted provisions because the revisions clarify and 
strengthen the SIP and are consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA). The 
EPA is not proposing to approve certain provisions of the submitted 
rules that do not relate to the requirements for SIPs under section 110 
of the CAA. Finally, the EPA is proposing to correct the SIP pursuant 
to the authority of section 110(k)(6) of the CAA to remove certain 
provisions previously approved by the EPA that do not relate to the 
requirements for SIPs under section 110 of the CAA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2014-0562, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov: 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]
     Mail: Mr. Keith Rose, U.S. EPA Region 10, Office of Air, 
Waste and Toxics, AWT-150, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 
98101
     Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Keith Rose, Office of 
Air, Waste and Toxics, AWT-150. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    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: Keith Rose at telephone number: (206) 
553-1949, email address: [email protected], or the above EPA, Region 
10 address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
direct final action, of the same title, which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register. The EPA is simultaneously approving 
the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the EPA views this as a noncontroversial SIP revision and 
anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval 
is set forth in the preamble to the direct final rule. If the EPA 
receives no adverse comments, the EPA will not take further action on 
this proposed rule.
    If the EPA receives adverse comments, the EPA will withdraw the 
direct final rule and it will not take effect. The EPA will address all 
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. 
The EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this 
time. 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, the EPA may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

    Dated: September 25, 2015.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
 Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2015-26145 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]
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