[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40085-40086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17343]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0371; FRL-9966-46-Region 4]


Air Plan Approval; Alabama: PSD Replacement Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a portion of Alabama's State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by the State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of

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Environmental Management (ADEM), on May 7, 2012. The portion of the 
revision that EPA is proposing to approve relates to the State's 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting regulations. 
In particular, the revision adds a definition of ``replacement unit'' 
and provides that a replacement unit is a type of existing emissions 
unit under the definition of ``emissions unit.'' This action is being 
taken pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 25, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2017-0371 at http://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 http://www2.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 Alabama's May 7, 2012, SIP revision addressing 
the State's PSD program 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: August 7, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-17343 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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