[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 66 (Friday, April 7, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06895]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0370; EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0371; FRL-9960-89-Region 5]


Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Base Year Emissions Inventory and 
Emissions Statement Rule Certification for Lake and Porter Counties for 
the 2008 Ozone Standard

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve two State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions from the 
Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), both dated June 
15, 2016. The first addresses emissions inventory requirements for the 
Indiana portion of the Chicago-Naperville, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin 
(IL-IN-WI) ozone nonattainment area under the 2008 ozone National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires 
emissions inventories for all ozone nonattainment areas. The documented 
emissions inventory included in Indiana's June 15, 2016, submission 
meets this CAA requirement. The second submission provides Indiana's 
certification that its existing Emissions Reporting Rule, previously 
approved by EPA under a prior ozone standard, satisfies the CAA 
emissions statement rule requirement for Lake and Porter Counties under 
the 2008 ozone standard.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2016-0370 (Emissions Statement) or by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-
2016-0371 (Emissions Inventory) 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: Kathleen D'Agostino, Air Programs 
Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving IDEM's SIP revisions as a direct final rule 
without prior proposal because EPA 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 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 comment 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: March 21, 2017.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2017-06895 Filed 4-6-17; 8:45 am]
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