[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17174-17175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07027]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0048; FRL-9960-53-Region 4]


Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Nonattainment New Source Review 
Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve the portion of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Energy and 
Environment Cabinet's Division of Air Quality on August 26, 2016, 
regarding the nonattainment new source review (NNSR) requirements for 
the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 
for the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-
Indiana 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to 
as the ``Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Area'' or ``Area''). The Area 
consists of Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties in 
Ohio; portions of Boone, Campbell, Kenton Counties in Kentucky; and a 
portion of Dearborn County in Indiana. This action is being taken 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act and its implementing regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-

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OAR-2017-0048 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andres Febres of the Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Mr. Febres can be reached via telephone at (404) 562-8966 
or via electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    In the Final rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
approving the portion of Kentucky's August 26, 2016, SIP revision 
addressing the NNSR requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS for 
the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Area 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 and incorporated herein by reference. 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 adverse comments received will be addressed in a 
subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period on this document. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time.

    Dated: March 15, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-07027 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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