80 FR 43661 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan; Reopening of Comment Period

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule to establish a Clean Air Act (CAA) Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to address regional haze and visibility transport requirements for the State of Arkansas. The EPA is reopening the public comment period for the proposed rule for an additional 15 days from the date of today's publication. The reopening of the comment period is in response to a request submitted by the Domtar Ashdown Mill to extend the comment period.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 141 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43661-43662]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17990]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189; FRL-9931-02-Region 6]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arkansas; 
Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal 
Implementation Plan; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule, reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the 
comment period for a proposed rule to establish a Clean Air Act (CAA) 
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to address regional haze and 
visibility transport requirements for the State of Arkansas. The EPA is 
reopening the public comment period for the proposed rule for an 
additional 15 days from the date of today's publication. The reopening 
of the comment period is in response to a request submitted by the 
Domtar Ashdown Mill to extend the comment period.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on April 8, 
2015 (80 FR 18944), extended on May 1, 2015 (80 FR 24872), is reopened. 
Written comments must be received on or before August 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2015-0189, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, 
Texas 75202-2733.
     Hand or Courier Delivery: Guy Donaldson at the address 
above. Such deliveries are accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. 
and 4 p.m. weekdays, and not on legal holidays. Special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
     Fax: Guy Donaldson at (214) 665-7263.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2015-
0189. Our policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means we will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to us without going through www.regulations.gov your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, we recommend that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If we cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, we may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy

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at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all 
documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may 
be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 
material), and some may not be publicly available at either location 
(e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dayana Medina, (214) 665-7241; 
[email protected]. To inspect the hard copy materials, please 
schedule an appointment with Ms. Medina.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
    On April 8, 2015, we published in the Federal Register a proposal 
to establish a FIP for the State of Arkansas addressing regional haze 
and visibility transport (80 FR 18944). Comments on the proposed rule 
were required to be received by May 16, 2015. On May 1, 2015 (80 FR 
24872), we published in the Federal Register a document that announced 
the availability in the docket of supplemental modeling performed by us 
and extended the comment period until July 15, 2015, to allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
    On July 6, 2015, we received a request from the Domtar Ashdown Mill 
to extend the comment period for an additional 45 days for the purpose 
of allowing it to complete modeling work and submit to us information 
it believes to be essential and related to a significant aspect of the 
proposed FIP requirements for the Domtar Ashdown Mill. On July 13, 
2015, we received a renewed and revised request from the Domtar Ashdown 
Mill to extend the comment period until August 4, 2015. Given that the 
comment period closed on July 15, 2015, we are unable to extend the 
comment period, but will reopen the comment period for 15 days from the 
date of today's publication. We will also consider any comments 
submitted to us in the interim period following the close of the public 
comment period on July 15, 2015, and prior to today's publication. This 
reopening will allow the Domtar Ashdown Mill and other interested 
persons additional time to submit comments to us.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Best available 
control technology, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental 
relations, Interstate transport of pollution, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 
dioxides, Regional haze, Visibility.

    Dated: July 15, 2015.
Wren Stenger,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2015-17990 Filed 7-22-15; 8:45 am]
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