[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70065-70066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23977]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0556; FRL-9953-62-Region 7]


Approval of Nebraska's Air Quality Implementation Plans

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve 
the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of 
Nebraska. This action will amend the SIP to include revisions to Title 
129 of the Nebraska Air Quality Regulations, Chapter 4, ``Ambient Air 
Quality Standards''; Chapter 19, ``Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration of Air Quality''; and Chapter 22, ``Incinerators; 
Emission Standards''. This amendment makes the state regulation 
consistent with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 
particulate matter 10 micrometers or less (PM10), fine 
particulate matter 25 micrometers or less (PM2.5), Sulfur 
dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Ozone, and Lead as of the 
date of the state submittal. This action also makes formatting and 
grammatical corrections to title 129, chapters 19 and 22.

DATES: Comments must be received by November 10, 2016

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2016-0556, 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: Greg Crable, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 
Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 913-551-7391, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on the 
State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of 
Nebraska. We have published a direct final rule approving the State's 
SIP revision (s) in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register, because we view this as a noncontroversial action and 
anticipate no relevant adverse comment. We have explained our reasons 
for this action in the preamble to the direct final rule. If we receive 
no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed 
rule. If we receive adverse comment, we

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will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We 
would address all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on 
this proposed rule. We do not intend to institute a second comment 
period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so 
at this time. For further information, please see the information 
provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen 
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: September 27, 2016.
Mike Brincks,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2016-23977 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
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