[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 58442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20304]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R02-OAR-2016-0088; FRL 9951-23-Region 2]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 
Facilities and Pollutants; Virgin Islands; Sewage Sludge Incinerators

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve 
the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 negative declaration for the 
Government of the United States Virgin Islands, for existing sewage 
sludge incinerator (SSI) units. This negative declaration certifies 
that existing SSI units subject to sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA 
do not exist within the jurisdiction of the United States Virgin 
Islands. The EPA is accepting the negative declaration in accordance 
with the requirements of the CAA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R02-
OAR-2016-0088 to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The 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. The 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, 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: Edward J. Linky, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 1007-1866 at 212-637-3764 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of this Federal 
Register, the EPA is approving the Virgin Islands' negative declaration 
submitted December 1, 2015 as a direct final rule without prior 
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision 
amendment and anticipates no adverse comments to this action.
    A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct 
final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this 
action, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this action. 
If the EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be 
withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a 
subsequent final rule based on this proposed action. 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. For 
additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in 
the rules section of this Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Administrative 
practice and procedure, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Sewage sludge incinerators.

    Dated: August 8, 2016.
 Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2016-20304 Filed 8-24-16; 8:45 am]
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