[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3619-3620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00789]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2023-0482; FRL-11618-01-R5]
Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Lake and Porter 2008 Ozone NAAQS
Maintenance Plan Revision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve Indiana's September 21, 2023, state implementation plan (SIP)
submission which revises the 2008 ozone maintenance plan for the
Indiana Portion (Lake and Porter Counties) of the Chicago Naperville,
IL-IN-WI area. This SIP submission updates onroad vehicle emissions
inventories for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and volatile
organic compounds (VOC) for the years 2019, 2030 and 2035. In addition
to updated emissions inventories, this SIP revision updates the Motor
Vehicle Emissions Budgets (budgets) for NOX and VOC for the
years 2030 and 2035. EPA is proposing to approve the allocation of a
portion of the safety margins for NOX and VOC in the ozone
maintenance plan to the 2030 and 2035 budgets. Total year 2030 and 2035
emissions of NOX and VOC for the area will remain below the
attainment level required by the transportation conformity regulations.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2023-0482 at https://
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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 https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crispell, Control Strategies
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312)
353-8512, [email protected]. The EPA Region 5 office is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal
holidays and facility closures due to COVID-19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this
issue of the Federal Register, EPA is approving the state's SIP
submittal 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. If no relevant adverse comments are received in
response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives such 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 issue of the Federal Register.
Dated: January 10, 2024.
Debra Shore,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2024-00789 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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