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affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 F43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed rule does not 

have tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the Commonwealth, and EPA 

notes that it will not impose substantial 

direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Air pollution control, Environmental 

protection, Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Particulate matter, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements and 

Sulfur oxides. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: May 11, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2011–0595; FRL–9677–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Ohio; Volatile 

Organic Compound Emission Control 

Measures for the Cleveland Ozone 

Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: On June 1, 2011, the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio 

EPA) submitted several volatile organic 

compound (VOC) rules for approval into 

its State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

These rules, which include the source 

categories covered by the Control 

Technique Guideline (CTG) documents 

issued in 2008, as well as several other 

miscellaneous rule revisions, will help 

Ohio’s effort to attain the 2008 ozone 

standard. These rules are approvable 

because they are consistent with the 

CTG documents issued by EPA in 2008, 

and satisfy the reasonably available 

control technology (RACT) requirements 

of the Clean Air Act (Act). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2011–0595, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: aburano.douglas@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (312) 408–2279. 

• Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

• Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, 18th floor, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Regional 

Office’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2011– 

0595. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at www.

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to Section I of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in www.regulations.

gov or in hard copy at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Steven 

Rosenthal at (312) 886–6052 before 

visiting the Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Rosenthal, Environmental 

Engineer, Attainment Planning & 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604, (312) 886–6052, rosenthal.

steven@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What should I consider as I prepare my 

comments for EPA? 

II. What action is EPA taking today and what 

is the purpose of this action? 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of Ohio’s 

submitted VOC rules? 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

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I. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

1. Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date, and page number). 

2. Follow directions—EPA may ask 

you to respond to specific questions or 

organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

3. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

4. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

5. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

6. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

7. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

8. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. What action is EPA taking today and 

what is the purpose of this action? 

EPA is proposing to approve into the 

Ohio SIP several new VOC and 

amended VOC rules under Chapter 

3745–21 of the Ohio Administrative 

Code (OAC). These include new 

fiberglass boat manufacturing, 

miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and 

automobile and light-duty truck 

assembly coatings rules, which are 

consistent with the CTGs issued in 

2008, as well as revisions to definitions 

and rules for the control of VOC 

emissions from stationary sources, 

storage of volatile organic liquids, 

industrial cleaning solvents, and 

flatwood paneling coatings. These VOC 

rules will help Ohio’s effort to attain the 

2008 ozone standard. 

EPA is also proposing to approve into 

the Ohio SIP amendments to OAC 

3745–72, which contain its Low Reid 

Vapor Pressure Fuel Requirements, so 

that it is consistent with EPA 

requirements regarding special 

provisions for alcohol blends. 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of Ohio’s 

submitted VOC rules? 

As discussed previously, EPA issued 

new CTGs in 2008. EPA has reviewed 

Ohio’s new VOC rules for the source 

categories covered by these CTGs, and 

proposes to find that those rules covered 

by the 2008 CTGs are consistent with 

the control measures, definitions, 

recordkeeping, and test methods in 

these CTGs and applicable EPA RACT 

guidance at www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/

ozone/ozonetech/#ref. Ohio’s revised 

VOC rules are also consistent with 

applicable EPA guidance as described 

above. Therefore EPA is proposing to 

approve these rules as meeting the 

RACT requirements in the Act. A brief 

discussion of these rules follows. 

(1) 3745–21–01—Definitions 

Revisions to this section primarily 

consist of new definitions that are 

needed to support the new and revised 

rules. These definitions are consistent 

with EPA RACT guidance and are 

approvable. 

(2) 3745–21–09—Control of Emissions of 

VOC From Stationary Sources and 

Perchloroethylene From Dry Cleaning 

Facilities 

The main revisions in this section are 

the expiration of the control 

requirements in 3745–21–09 (C), (U), 

and (HH) for the ‘‘Surface coating of 

automobile and light-duty trucks,’’ 

‘‘Surface coating of miscellaneous metal 

parts and products,’’ and ‘‘Surface 

coating of automotive/transportation 

and business machine plastic parts,’’ 

when those sources, in the former 

Cleveland-Akron-Lorain 1997 8-hour 

ozone nonattainment area (Ashtabula, 

Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, 

Medina, Portage, and Summit Counties) 

become subject to and comply with the 

new rules (discussed below) based on 

the new CTGs. These revisions are 

approvable because the control 

requirements in the new CTGs are more 

appropriate and include more stringent 

emission limits than the rules being 

replaced. 

Additional requirements for flares 

have been added to 3745–21–09(JJ), 

(LL), (UU), (ZZ), and (BBB) for ‘‘The 

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,’’ 

‘‘The Lubrizol Corporation,’’ ‘‘British 

Petroleum Company, Toledo Refinery,’’ 

‘‘Firestone Synthetic Rubber & Latex 

Company,’’ and ‘‘BF Goodrich Company 

Akron Chemical Plant.’’ An 

unenforceable numerical emission limit 

for BF Goodrich’s agerite resin D 

process has been replaced with the 

appropriate flare control requirements 

in (DD)(10)(d), as well as the control 

equipment/flare monitoring 

requirements in (10)(e), and the 

requirement in (10)(f) that the control 

equipment/flare be operated at all times 

when emissions are vented to it. For the 

other companies listed above, the flare 

control requirements in (10)(d) have 

been enhanced by the addition of the 

requirements in (10)(e) and (10)(f). The 

addition of these flare requirements 

improves the enforceability of the 

control requirements in 3745–21–09(JJ), 

(LL), (UU), (ZZ), and (BBB) and they are 

therefore approvable. 

(3) 3745–21–21—Storage of Volatile 

Organic Liquids in Fixed Roof Tanks 

and External Floating Roof Tanks 

A minor revision was made to 

(D)(3)(c), which previously referred to 

the requirements ‘‘listed in paragraphs 

(D)(3)(c)(i) and (D)(3)(c)(ii).’’ This 

revision consisted of referring to the 

‘‘following’’ requirements instead of the 

superfluous reference ‘‘listed in 

paragraphs (D)(3)(c)(i) and (D)(3)(c)(ii).’’ 

There was no substantive change as a 

result of this rule revision. 

(4) 3745–21–23—Control of VOC 

Emissions From Industrial Solvent 

Cleaning Operations 

Ohio revised its applicability cutoff in 

(A)(1)(c) to 3.0 tons VOC emissions per 

twelve-month rolling period. This cutoff 

is consistent with the applicability 

cutoff in several CTGs and is therefore 

approvable. 

Ohio has added alternatives, for 

manufacturers of coatings, inks or 

adhesives, to the VOC-content 

limitations in (C)(1) and the cleaning 

requirements in (C)(2). These 

requirements, in (C)(6)(b) are based on 

the (California) Bay Area Air Quality 

Management District’s rules, which are 

referenced in EPA’s CTG. These 

requirements apply to cleaning mixing 

vats, high dispersion mills, grinding 

mills, tote tanks, and roller mills and 

consist of four options: (1) The solvent 

or solvent solution used must either 

contain less than 1.67 pounds VOC per 

gallon or have a VOC composite partial 

vapor pressure of less than or equal to 

8 millimeters (mm) of mercury (Hg); (2) 

several work practices must be 

implemented, including storing all 

VOC-containing cleaning materials in 

closed containers; (3) the emissions 

from equipment cleaning must be 

collected and vented to an emission 

control system with an overall control 

efficiency of 80 percent or more on a 

mass basis; or (4) no more than 60 

gallons of fresh solvent per month may 

be used (records of which are required 

to be kept in (G)((7)), and all VOCcontaining cleaning materials must be 

stored in closed containers. In addition, 

the owner or operator of a facility 

engaged in wipe cleaning may not use 

open containers for the storage of 

organic compounds to be used for 

cleaning, or for the storage or disposal 

of any material impregnated with 

organic compounds used for cleaning. 

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Records of the volume of fresh solvent 

used per month, VOC content in pounds 

of VOC per gallon or VOC composite 

pressure are required, if applicable to 

the option chosen for achieving 

compliance. 

Paragraph (J) includes sufficiently 

detailed monthly recordkeeping 

requirements for any facility that 

determines that it is exempt from the 

requirements of this rule because 

emissions are less than 3.0 tons per 

twelve-month rolling period. These 

cleaning solvent requirements are 

therefore approvable because they are 

consistent with EPA guidance and 

require adequate recordkeeping. 

(5) 3745–21–24—Flat Wood Paneling 

Coatings 

Ohio added a paragraph (H) to 

provide the proper test methods for use 

when a facility chooses to comply by 

use of an add-on control device. These 

test methods are consistent with, and 

include, EPA test methods and 

compliance testing requirements. 

Paragraph (K) includes sufficiently 

detailed daily recordkeeping 

requirements for any facility that 

determines it is exempt from the 

requirements of this rule because 

emissions are less than 15.0 pounds of 

VOC per day. 

The additions to Ohio’s flat wood 

paneling coating rule are therefore 

approvable. 

(6) 3745–21–27—Boat Manufacturing 

This new regulation is based on and 

is consistent with EPA’s 2008 CTG for 

Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing 

Materials. The control requirements for 

fiberglass boat manufacturing operations 

in the former Cleveland-Akron-Lorain 

1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area 

apply if the combined emissions of VOC 

from all such operations equal or exceed 

2.7 tons per rolling twelve-month 

period. This rule covers open molding 

and gel coat operations, resin and gel 

coat mixing operations, and resin and 

gel coat application equipment cleaning 

operations. Emission limits are 

consistent with the CTG, as are VOC 

content and vapor pressure limits 

applicable to cleaning activities 

associated with fiberglass boat 

manufacturing. 

Subject facilities can comply by using 

specified monomer VOC content limits 

(e.g. production resin applied via 

atomized spray would need to comply 

with a weighted average monomer VOC 

content limit of 28 percent by weight) 

and a non-monomer VOC content limit 

of 5 percent. An emission averaging 

option is also available. 

The VOC containing cleaning 

solutions for routine cleaning of 

application equipment must either be 

no more than 5 percent VOC, by weight, 

or the composite vapor pressure must be 

no more than 0.50 mmHg. Also, mixing 

containers that are 55 gallons or greater 

must be covered. Recordkeeping 

requirements are also specified to 

establish applicability and compliance 

with the applicable limits. 

This rule is therefore consistent with 

RACT and is approvable. 

(7) 3745–21–28—Miscellaneous 

Industrial Adhesives and Sealants 

This new regulation is based on and 

is consistent with EPA’s 2008 CTG for 

Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesive 

Application Operations. The control 

requirements for miscellaneous 

industrial adhesive application 

operations in the former ClevelandAkron-Lorain 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area apply if the 

combined emissions of VOC from all 

such operations equal or exceed 3.0 tons 

per twelve-month rolling period. 

Subject adhesive application operations 

must either meet the specific VOC 

content limitations, depending upon the 

application or the substrate being 

bonded (e.g. 0.3 pounds VOC per gallon 

of adhesive for bonding metal) or use an 

add-on control system that achieves an 

overall VOC reduction of at least 85 

percent. Specific adhesive application 

methods (e.g. electrostatic spray) and 

work practices are required to reduce 

emissions. Recordkeeping requirements 

are also specified to establish 

applicability and compliance with the 

applicable limits. 

This rule is therefore consistent with 

RACT and is approvable. 

(8) 3745–21–29—Control of VOC 

Emissions From Automobile and LightDuty Truck Assembly Coating 

Operations 

This new regulation is based on and 

is consistent with EPA’s 2008 CTG for 

Auto and Light-Duty Truck Assembly 

Coatings. The control requirements for 

automobile and light-duty truck 

assembly coating operations in the 

former Cleveland-Akron-Lorain 8-hour 

ozone nonattainment area apply if the 

combined emissions of VOC from all 

such operations equal or exceed 3.0 tons 

per twelve-month rolling period. 

Specified emission limits, e.g. 12.0 

pounds VOC/gallon coating solids 

deposited for topcoat operations, are 

consistent with the CTG. As specified in 

the CTG, compliance with these limits 

is based on EPA’s ‘‘Protocol for 

Determining the Daily VOC Emission 

Rate of Automobile and Light-Duty 

Truck Primer-Surfacer and Topcoat 

Operations.’’ This testing protocol 

considers the VOC content limit, the 

transfer efficiency and the efficiency of 

add-on control to establish compliance 

with the applicable emission limit. 

Work practices for coating-related 

activities and cleaning materials, such 

as storing all VOC-containing coatings, 

thinners, and coating-related waste 

materials in closed containers are also 

required. Appropriate compliance 

procedures and test methods, as well as 

sufficient recordkeeping requirements to 

establish compliance and applicability 

are also included in this regulation. 

This rule is therefore consistent with 

RACT and is approvable. 

(9) 3745–72—Low Reid Vapor Pressure 

Fuel Requirements 

Ohio’s amendments to OAC 3745–72, 

which contain its low Reid vapor 

pressure fuel requirements, are 

approvable because they are consistent 

with EPA requirements regarding 

special provisions for alcohol blends. 

Conclusion 

EPA is proposing to approve into the 

Ohio SIP the new rules for fiberglass 

boat manufacturing (3745–21–27), 

miscellaneous industrial adhesives 

(3745–21–28), and automobile and lightduty truck assembly coatings (3745–21– 

29), as well as amended rules for 

definitions (3745–21–01), the control of 

VOC emissions from stationary sources 

(3745–21–09), storage of volatile organic 

liquids (3745–21–21), industrial 

cleaning solvents (3745–21–23), flat 

wood paneling coatings (3745–21–24), 

and low Reid vapor pressure fuel 

requirements (3745–72). 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Act, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR Part 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve State choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Act. Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by State law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

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of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Air pollution control, Environmental 

protection, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: May 14, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0234; FRL–9677–7] 

Determination of Attainment for the 

Paul Spur/Douglas PM10

Nonattainment Area, Arizona; 

Determination Regarding Applicability 

of Clean Air Act Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Paul Spur/Douglas 

nonattainment area (NA) in Arizona is 

currently attaining the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

for particulate matter with an 

aerodynamic diameter of less than or 

equal to a nominal ten micrometers 

(PM10) based on certified, qualityassured ambient air monitoring data for 

the years 2009–2011. Based on our 

proposed determination that the Paul 

Spur/Douglas NA is currently attaining 

the PM10 NAAQS, EPA is also proposing 

to determine that Arizona’s obligation to 

make submissions to meet certain Clean 

Air Act requirements related to 

attainment of the NAAQS is not 

applicable for as long as the Paul Spur/ 

Douglas NA continues to attain the 

NAAQS and that the obligation on EPA 

to promulgate a Federal Implementation 

Plan (FIP) to address the State’s 

attainment-related requirements would 

also be suspended for as long as the 

underlying State obligation is 

suspended. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2012–0234, using one of the 

following methods: Via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, at 

www.regulations.gov, please follow the 

on-line instructions; via Email to 

wamsley.jerry@epa.gov; via mail or 

delivery to Jerry Wamsley, Air Planning 

Office, AIR–2, EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected should be clearly identified as 

such and should not be submitted 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send an email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, California. While all 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index, some information may be 

publicly available only at the hard copy 

location (e.g., copyrighted material), and 

some may not be publicly available at 

either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the 

hard copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Wamsley, Air Planning Office, AIR–2, 

EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901, 

telephone number: (415) 947–4111, or 

email address, wamsley.jerry@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, wherever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ are used, we mean 

EPA. We are providing the following 

outline to aid in locating information in 

this proposal. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

A. PM10 NAAQS 

B. Designation and Classification of PM10

Nonattainment Areas, Including the Paul 

Spur/Douglas NA 

C. How does EPA make attainment 

determinations? 

II. EPA’s Analysis 

A. What is the Paul Spur/Douglas NA 

monitoring network? 

B. Do the Paul Spur/Douglas NA Monitors 

meet minimum Federal ambient air 

quality monitoring requirements? 

C. What does the air quality data show for 

the Paul Spur/Douglas NA? 

III. EPA’s Clean Data Policy and the 

Applicability of Clean Air Act Planning 

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