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[Federal Register: March 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 41)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10265-10266]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr03mr99-24]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL-6306-7]


Public Hearing for Findings of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate
Ozone Transport, Technical Correction, and Notice of Availability of
Additional Technical Documents

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of
public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that it will hold a public hearing on
March 12, 1999, if a hearing is requested, on a supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking (SNPR) on petitions submitted under section 126 of
the Clean Air Act. The EPA will not hold a public hearing if one is not
requested by March 9, 1999. The SNPR was signed on the same day as this
notice, made immediately available to the public on EPA's website at
http://www.epa.gov/airlinks, and will be published shortly in the
Federal Register.
    In the SNPR, EPA is proposing action on recent requests from Maine
and New Hampshire which ask EPA to now make findings of significant
contribution under the 8-hour ozone standard regarding sources named in
their August 1997 section 126 petitions. The EPA has previously
proposed action on the petitions from these States with respect to the
1-hour ozone standard as part of a proposal on eight petitions that
were submitted individually by eight Northeastern States (63 FR 52213,
September 30, 1998; and 63 FR 56292, October 21, 1998). The SNPR
supplements that proposal.

DATES: A public hearing on the section 126 SNPR will be held on March
12, 1999 in Washington, DC, if requested by March 9. The comment period
on the SNPR ends on April 11, 1999. Comments must be postmarked by the
last day of the comment period and sent directly to the Docket Office
listed in ADDRESSES (in duplicate form if possible). Please refer to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional information on the comment
period and public hearing.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing, if there is one, will be held at the EPA
Auditorium at 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC, 20460.
    Comments may be submitted to the Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center (6102), Attention: Docket No. A-97-43, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, room M-1500,
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-7548. Comments and data may
also be submitted electronically by following the instructions under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this document. No confidential business
information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
    Documents relevant to this action are available for inspection at
the Docket Office, at the above address, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30
p.m., Monday though Friday, excluding legal holidays. A reasonable
copying fee may be charged for copying.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the public
hearing should be directed to JoAnn Allman at the address given below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Questions concerning the SNPR should
be addressed to Carla Oldham, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, telephone (919) 541-3347, email at
oldham.carla@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Hearing

    The EPA will conduct a public hearing on the section 126 SNPR on
March 12, 1999 beginning at 10:00 a.m., if requested by March 9, 1999.
The EPA will not hold a hearing if one is not requested. Please check
EPA's webpage at http://www.epa.gov/airlinks on March 10, 1999 for the
announcement of whether the hearing will be held. If there is a
hearing, it will be held at the EPA Auditorium at 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC, 20460. The metro stop is Waterfront, which is on the
green line. Persons planning to present oral testimony at the hearings
should notify JoAnn Allman, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, MD-15,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-1815, email
allman.joann@epa.gov no later than March 9, 1999. Oral testimony will
be limited to 5 minutes each. Any member of the public may file a
written statement before, during, or by the close of the comment
period. Written statements (duplicate copies preferred) should be
submitted to Docket No. A-97-43 at the above address. The hearing
schedule, including lists of speakers, will also be posted on EPA's
webpage at http://www.epa.gov/airlinks prior to the hearing. A verbatim
transcript of the hearing, if held, and written statements will be made
available for copying during normal working hours at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center at the above address.

Availability of Related Information

    The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public
version, has been established under docket number A-97-43 (including
comments and data submitted electronically as described below). A
public version of this record, including printed, paper versions of
electronic comments, which does not include any information claimed as
CBI, is available for inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official rulemaking
record is located at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this
document. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at: A-and-R-
Docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic comments must be submitted as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in
WordPerfect in 5.1/6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments
and data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number A-
97-43. Electronic comments on the SNPR may be filed online at many
Federal Depository Libraries.

    Dated: February 25, 1999.
John Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-5232 Filed 3-2-99; 8:45 am]
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