[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 27 (Thursday, February 11, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02544]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0593; FRL-10017-80-Region 1]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plans (Negative Declarations) 
for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine and Rhode Island

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve negative declarations in lieu of state plans to satisfy the 
requirements in the Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for 
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills for the State of Maine and the State of 
Rhode Island. The negative declarations certify that there are no 
existing facilities in the States that must comply with this rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 15, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2020-0593 at https://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, 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, 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Kilpatrick, Air Permits, 
Toxics, & Indoor Programs Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Mail 
Code: 05-2, Boston, MA, 02109-0287. Telephone: 617-918-1652. Fax: 617-
918-0652 Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this 
Federal Register, the EPA is approving the State of Maine and the State 
of Rhode Island's negative declarations submitted in accordance with 40 
CFR 60.23a(b) and 62.06, to satisfy the requirements in the Emission 
Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 
(MSW Landfills Emission Guidelines) as a direct final rule without 
prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial 
submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. See MSW Landfills 
Emission Guidelines, 81 FR 59276 (August 29, 2016), as amended by 84 FR 
32520 (July 8, 2019) (revising Emission Guidelines Implementing 
Regulations) and 84 FR 44547 (Aug. 26, 2019) (adopting Requirements in 
Emission Guidelines for MSW Landfills). A detailed rationale for the 
approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments 
are received in response to this action, no further activity is 
contemplated. If the 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. The 
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 the EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or 
section of the rule and if that provision may be severed from the 
remainder of the rule, the 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 and Regulations section in this issue of the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: February 3, 2021.
Deborah Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2021-02544 Filed 2-10-21; 8:45 am]
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