[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8679-8680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03492]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0848 FRL-9942-55-Region 5]


Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Revision to the Milwaukee-Racine-
Waukesha 2006 24-Hour Particulate Matter Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve Wisconsin's December 23, 2015, state implementation plan (SIP) 
revision to the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha (Milwaukee), Wisconsin 2006 
24-Hour Particulate Matter (PM2.5) maintenance plan. This 
SIP revision establishes new Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEB) for 
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) for 2020 and 2025. The MVEBs for 
Oxides of Nitrogen, Sulfur Dioxide, and PM2.5 will remain 
the same. EPA is approving the allocation of a portion of the safety 
margin for VOC in the PM2.5 maintenance plan to the 2020 and 
2025 MVEBs. The 2020 and 2025 total year emissions of VOC for the area 
will remain below the attainment level required by the transportation 
conformity regulations.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2015-0848 at http://www.regulations.gov or via email to 
[email protected]. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either 
manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its 
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia 
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person 
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full 
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia 
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please 
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Leslie, Environmental 
Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-6680, [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

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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 comments 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 
Federal Register.

    Dated: February 5, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2016-03492 Filed 2-19-16; 8:45 am]
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