81 FR 32260 - Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Ozone Maintenance Plan

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 99 (May 23, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire that contains an ozone maintenance plan for New Hampshire's former 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas. The Clean Air Act requires that areas that are designated attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, and also had been previously designated either nonattainment or maintenance for the 1-hour ozone standard, develop a plan showing how the state will maintain the ozone standard for the area. The intended effect of this action is to propose approval of New Hampshire's maintenance plan. This action is being taken in accordance with the Clean Air Act.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32260-32261]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11966]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0289; FRL-9946-68-Region 1]


Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Ozone Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the 
State of New Hampshire that contains an ozone maintenance plan for New 
Hampshire's former 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas. The Clean Air Act 
requires that areas that are designated attainment for the 1997 8-hour 
ozone standard, and also had been previously designated either 
nonattainment or maintenance for the 1-hour ozone standard, develop a 
plan showing how the state will maintain the ozone standard for the 
area. The intended effect of this action is to propose approval of New 
Hampshire's maintenance plan. This action is being taken in accordance 
with the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2012-0289 at http://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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Arnold, Air Quality Planning 
Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Suite 100, Mail Code OEP05-
02, Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone number (617) 918-1047, fax number 
(617) 918-0047, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal

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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 adverse comments are received in response to this action 
rule, 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. 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 Federal Register.

    Dated: May 4, 2016.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
[FR Doc. 2016-11966 Filed 5-20-16; 8:45 am]
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