[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49563-49564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23231]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0509; FRL-9969-91-Region 3]


Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for 
Designated Facilities and Pollutants; City of Philadelphia; Control of 
Emissions From Existing Sewage Sludge Incineration Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
notify the public that it has received a negative declaration for the 
City of Philadelphia Air Management Services (Philadelphia AMS) for 
sewage sludge incineration (SSI) units. This negative declaration 
certifies that SSI units subject to the requirements of sections 111(d) 
and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) do not exist within the City of 
Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. EPA is accepting the 
negative declaration in accordance with the requirements of the CAA. In 
the Final Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register, EPA is 
accepting the negative declaration as a direct final rule without prior 
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal 
and anticipates no adverse comments. If no adverse comments are 
received in response to this action, 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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 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.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by November 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2017-0509 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
[email protected]. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the

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online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments 
cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either manner of 
submission, 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. 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 https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gordon, (215) 814-2039, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information regarding the 
negative declaration submitted by Philadelphia AMS for SSI units, 
please see the information provided in the technical support document 
in the rulemaking docket and in the direct final action, with the same 
title, that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
issue of the Federal Register. The negative declaration letter 
submitted by Philadelphia AMS and technical support document in support 
of this action are also available online at www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: October 11, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2017-23231 Filed 10-25-17; 8:45 am]
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