ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[IL116-1-6792b; FRL-5182-4]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request to redesignate two sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment areas in the State of Illinois to Attainment. The USEPA is also approving their accompanying maintenance plans as SIP revisions. The redesignation requests and maintenance plans were submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for the following SO2 nonattainment areas: Peoria County (Hollis and Peoria Townships) and Tazewell County (Groveland Township). The State has met the requirements for redesignation contained in the Clean Air Act (the Act), as amended in 1990. The redesignation requests are based on ambient monitoring data that show no violations of the SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is approving the State's redesignation requests and the supporting maintenance plans as a direct final rule without prior proposal because USEPA views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment 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 that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If USEPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. USEPA will not institute a second comment period on this notice. Any parties interested in commenting on this notice should do so at this time. Adverse comments received concerning a specific geographic area, Peoria or Tazewell Counties, will only affect this final rule as it pertains to that area and only the portion of this final rule concerning the area receiving adverse comments will be withdrawn.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before May 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are available for inspection at: Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fayette Bright, Environmental Protection Specialist, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6069.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: March 22, 1995.

David A. Ullrich, Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-8214 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]

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