82 FR 29466 - Air Plan Approval; GA and SC: Changes to Ambient Air Standards and Definitions

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 124 (June 29, 2017)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve portions of revisions to the Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, on August 30, 2010, and on July 25, 2014; and portions of revisions to the South Carolina SIP, submitted by the Department of Health and Environmental Control on December 15, 2014, August 12, 2015, and November 4, 2016. The Georgia SIP revisions incorporate definitions relating to fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>), and amend state rules to reflect the 2008 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for lead. The South Carolina SIP revisions incorporates the 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS, 2010 nitrogen dioxide NAAQS, 2012 PM<INF>2.5</INF> NAAQS, 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS, removes the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, and removes the standard for gaseous fluorides from the SIP. This action is being proposed because Georgia and South Carolina have demonstrated that these changes are consistent with the Clean Air Act.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29466-29467]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13546]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2016-0504; FRL-9964-08-Region 4]


Air Plan Approval; GA and SC: Changes to Ambient Air Standards 
and Definitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve portions of revisions to the Georgia State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 
Environmental Protection Division, on August 30, 2010, and on July 25, 
2014; and portions of revisions to the South Carolina SIP, submitted by 
the Department of Health and Environmental Control on December 15, 
2014, August 12, 2015, and November 4, 2016. The Georgia SIP revisions 
incorporate definitions relating to fine particulate matter 
(PM2.5), and amend state rules to reflect the 2008 national 
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for lead. The South Carolina SIP 
revisions incorporates the 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS, 2010 nitrogen 
dioxide NAAQS, 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS, 
removes the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, and removes the standard for 
gaseous fluorides from the SIP. This action is being proposed because 
Georgia and South Carolina have demonstrated that these changes are 
consistent with the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 31, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2016-0504 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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, 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: D. Brad Akers, Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Mr. Akers can be reached via telephone at (404)

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562-9089 or via electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the SIP revisions for Georgia and South 
Carolina as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views these as noncontroversial submittals 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 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 on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this 
document should do so at this time.

    Dated: June 13, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-13546 Filed 6-28-17; 8:45 am]
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