9260 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 34 / Wednesday, February 20, 2008 / Proposed Rules 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules Section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald O. Cooke, Air Quality Unit, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, One 

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), 

Boston, MA 02114–2023, telephone 

number (617) 918–1668, fax number 

(617) 918–0668, e-mail 

cooke.donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules Section of this Federal 

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 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final rule will be withdrawn and all 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: January 9, 2008. 

Robert W. Varney, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

[FR Doc. E8–2883 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2007–0150–200711(b); 

FRL–8528–7] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Georgia: Early 

Progress Plan for the Atlanta 8-Hour 

Ozone Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: On December 31, 2006, the 

State of Georgia, through the 

Environmental Protection Division of 

the Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources, submitted a voluntary State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

requesting approval of an Early Progress 

Plan for the sole purpose of establishing 

motor vehicle emission budgets 

(MVEBs) for the Atlanta 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area. The Atlanta 8-hour 

ozone nonattainment area is comprised 

of the following twenty counties: 

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, 

Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, 

Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, 

Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, 

Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and 

Walton counties in their entireties 

(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Atlanta 8- 

Hour Ozone Area’’). EPA is proposing to 

approve Atlanta’s Early Progress Plan, 

including the new regional MVEBs for 

nitrogen oxides and volatile organic 

compounds for 2006. This proposed 

approval of the Early Progress Plan for 

the Atlanta 8-Hour Ozone Area is based 

on EPA’s determination that Georgia has 

demonstrated that the SIP revision 

containing these MVEBs, when 

considered with the emissions from all 

sources, shows some progress toward 

attainment from the base year (i.e., 

2002) through an interim target year 

(i.e., 2006). In the Final Rules Section of 

this Federal Register, EPA is approving 

the SIP revision 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 significant, material, and 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–

OAR–2007–0150, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: Benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562.9019. 

4. Mail: EPA–R04–OAR–2007–0150, 

Air Quality Modeling and 

Transportation Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Air Quality Modeling and 

Transportation Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal 

holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynorae Benjamin, Air Quality 

Modeling and Transportation Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9040. 

Ms. Benjamin can also be reached via 

electronic mail at 

Benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule which is published in the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register. 

Dated: February 6, 2008. 

J.I. Palmer, Jr., 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. E8–2709 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2007–0122; FRL–8528–6] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 

District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to correct 

our May 2004 final approval of revisions 

to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 


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