[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15310-15311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06120]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 50 and 51

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0596; FRL-9960-38-OAR]
RIN 2060-AT22


Response to December 9, 2013, Clean Air Act Section 176A Petition 
From Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Due to inclement weather in the Washington, DC, area, the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing it has rescheduled 
the hearing date and extended the public comment period for the 
proposed action titled, ``Response to December 9, 2013, Clean Air Act 
Section 176A Petition from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and 
Vermont,'' published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017. In 
response to requests for a public hearing, the EPA published a notice 
of public hearing and extension of public comment period on February 
15, 2017, announcing that a public hearing would be held on March 14, 
2017, in Washington, DC, and the public comment period extended to 
April 13, 2017. Due to inclement weather, the EPA has rescheduled the 
hearing to April 13, 2017. In addition, in order to allow sufficient 
time after the public hearing for submission of comments, the EPA is 
announcing the extension of the comment period for the proposed action 
to May 15, 2017.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2017. 
Public Hearing. The public hearing will be held on April 13, 2017, in 
Washington, DC. Please refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 
additional information on the public hearing.

ADDRESSES: Public Hearing. The April 13, 2017, public hearing will be 
held at the EPA, William Jefferson Clinton East Building, Room 1153, 
1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. Identification is 
required. If your driver's license is issued by Kentucky, Maine, 
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or 
the state of Washington, you must present an additional form of 
identification to enter (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 
additional information on this location). Comments. Submit your 
comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0596, at: 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/comments.html.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at EPA Docket Center 
Reading Room, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 1301 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. The Public Reading Room 
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The phone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to speak at the 
public hearing, please contact Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(OAQPS), Air Quality Planning Division (C504-01), Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-0641, fax number (919) 541-5509, 
email address [email protected], no later than April 11, 2017. If you 
have any questions relating to the public

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hearing, please contact Ms. Long at the above number.
    If you have questions concerning the January 19, 2017, proposed 
action, please contact Ms. Gobeail McKinley, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(OAQPS), Air Quality Planning Division (C539-01), Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-5246, email address 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposal for which the EPA is holding 
the public hearing was published in the Federal Register on January 19, 
2017 (82 FR 6509), and is available at: http://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/2008-ozone-national-ambient-air-quality-standards-naaqs-section-176a-petitions and also in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0596. 
The public hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity to 
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposal. The EPA may 
ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will not 
respond to presentations at that time. Written statements and 
supporting information that are submitted during the comment period 
will be considered with the same weight as any oral comments and 
supporting information presented at the public hearing. Written 
comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment period.
    The public hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time (ET) or at least 2 hours after the last registered speaker 
has spoken. The EPA will make every effort to accommodate all 
individuals interested in providing oral testimony. A lunch break is 
scheduled from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Please note that this hearing 
will be held at a U.S. government facility. Individuals planning to 
attend the hearing should be prepared to show valid picture 
identification to the security staff in order to gain access to the 
meeting room. The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, established 
new requirements for entering federal facilities. These requirements 
took effect on July 21, 2014. If your driver's license is issued by 
Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 
South Carolina or the state of Washington, you must present an 
additional form of identification to enter the federal building where 
the public hearing will be held. Acceptable alternative forms of 
identification include: Federal employee badges, passports, enhanced 
driver's licenses and military identification cards. For additional 
information for the status of your state regarding REAL ID, go to 
http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-enforcement-brief. In addition, you will 
need to obtain a property pass for any personal belongings you bring 
with you. Upon leaving the building, you will be required to return 
this property pass to the security desk. No large signs will be allowed 
in the building, cameras may only be used outside of the building, and 
demonstrations will not be allowed on federal property for security 
reasons.
    If you would like to present oral testimony at the hearing, please 
notify Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), Air Quality Planning 
Division (C504-01), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 
541-0641, fax number (919) 541-5509, email address [email protected], no 
later than 4:00 p.m. ET on April 11, 2017. Ms. Long will arrange a 
general time slot for you to speak. The EPA will make every effort to 
follow the schedule as closely as possible on the day of the hearing.
    Oral testimony will be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter. The 
EPA encourages commenters to provide the EPA with a copy of their oral 
testimony electronically (via email) or in hard copy form. The EPA will 
not provide audiovisual equipment for presentations unless we receive 
special requests in advance. Commenters should notify Ms. Long if they 
will need specific equipment. Commenters should also notify Ms. Long if 
they need specific translation services for non-English speaking 
commenters.
    Prior to the hearing, the hearing schedule, including the list of 
speakers, will be posted on the EPA's Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/2008-ozone-national-ambient-air-quality-standards-naaqs-section-176a-petitions. Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and 
written statements will be included in the docket for the action.

How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The EPA has established a docket for the proposed action ``Response 
to December 9, 2013, Clean Air Act Section 176A Petition from 
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont'' under Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2016-0596 (available at: http://www.regulations.gov). The EPA 
has made available information related to the proposed action on the 
EPA's Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution/2008-ozone-national-ambient-air-quality-standards-naaqs-section-176a-petitions.

    Dated: March 16, 2017.
Stephen Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2017-06120 Filed 3-27-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P