5944 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 26 / Monday, February 9, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

determination is based upon the fact 

that the State provisions are not 

expected to have a substantive effect on 

the regulated industry.] 

Unfunded Mandates 

This rule will not impose an 

unfunded mandate on State, local, or 

tribal governments or the private sector 

of $100 million or more in any given 

year. This determination is based upon 

the fact that the State provisions are not 

expected to have a substantive effect on 

the regulated industry.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 943 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining.

Dated: January 20, 2004. 

Charles E. Sandberg, 

Regional Director, Mid-Continent Regional 

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 04–2706 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 51, 72, 75, and 96 

[FRL–7619–9] 

Public Hearings for Rule To Reduce 

Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate 

Matter and Ozone (Interstate Air 

Quality Rule) and Proposed National 

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants; and, in the Alternative, 

Proposed Standards of Performance 

for New and Existing Stationary 

Sources: Electric Utility Steam 

Generating Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rules; announcement 

of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: In a Federal Register

document published on February 2, 

2004, EPA announced the dates and 

cities for three public hearings to be 

held jointly for two related proposals. 

Today’s document provides the 

remaining details for the hearings, 

including the facility locations and 

daily schedules. 

The public hearings are for the 

proposed ‘‘Rule to Reduce Interstate 

Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and 

Ozone (Interstate Air Quality Rule)’’ and 

the ‘‘Proposed National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; 

and, in the Alternative, Proposed 

Standards of Performance for New and 

Existing Stationary Sources: Electric 

Utility Steam Generating Units,’’ which 

is also known as the proposed Utility 

Mercury Reductions Rule. These 

proposals were published in the Federal 

Register on January 30, 2004.

DATES: The three 2-day public hearings 

will be held concurrently on February 

25 and 26, 2004. Please refer to 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the public 

hearings.

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at 

the following locations: 

1. Hilton Chicago, 720 South 

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 

60605, phone 312–726–7500; 

2. Wyndham Philadelphia at Franklin 

Plaza, 17th and Race Streets, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103, phone 215–

448–2000; 

3. Holiday Inn Raleigh-Durham 

Airport, 4810 Old Page Road, Research 

Triangle Park, NC, 919–941–6000. 

Written comments on these proposed 

rules may also be submitted to EPA 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Please 

refer to the proposals for the addresses 

and detailed instructions. 

Documents relevant to this action are 

available for public inspection at the 

EPA Docket Center, located at 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B102, 

Washington, DC between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. A reasonable 

fee may be charged for copying. 

Documents are also available through 

EPA’s electronic Docket system at http:/

/www.epa.gov/edocket.

The EPA Web sites for the 

rulemakings, which include the 

proposals and information about the 

public hearings, are at http://

www.epa.gov/interstateairquality and 

http://www.epa.gov/mercury.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to speak at the public 

hearings or have questions concerning 

the public hearings, please contact 

JoAnn Allman at the address given 

below under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Questions concerning the 

Interstate Air Quality Rule should be 

addressed to Scott Mathias, U.S. EPA, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Air Quality Strategies and 

Standards Division (C539–01), Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone 

number (919) 541–5310, e-mail at 

mathias.scott@epa.gov. Questions 

concerning the Utility Mercury 

Reductions Rule should be addressed to 

William Maxwell, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Emission Standards Division, 

Combustion Group (C439–01), Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone 

number (919) 541–5430, e-mail at 

maxwell.bill@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Proposed Rules 

The EPA’s proposed Interstate Air 

Quality Rule would reduce emissions of 

sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides in 

29 eastern States and the District of 

Columbia that are significantly 

contributing to fine particulate matter 

and 8-hour ozone nonattainment 

problems in downwind States. Each 

State would be required to adopt control 

measures to meet specific statewide 

emission reduction requirements. The 

EPA believes that the most cost-effective 

way for States to achieve the required 

reductions would be to regulate utilities 

under a cap and trade program similar 

to EPA’s highly successful Acid Rain 

Program. The proposed Utility Mercury 

Reductions Rule provides options that 

would reduce mercury emissions and 

would set a mandatory, declining cap 

on the total mercury emissions allowed 

from utilities nationwide. The proposal 

also would reduce nickel emissions 

from utilities. The EPA is coordinating 

these rulemakings to allow the 

emissions reductions to be achieved in 

the most cost-effective manner by 

sources affected by both actions. 

Public Hearings 

The proposals for which EPA is 

holding the public hearings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 30, 2004 (69 FR 4566 for the 

Interstate Air Quality Rule and 69 FR 

4652 for the Utility Mercury Reductions 

Rule) and are available on the Web sites 

listed under ADDRESSES. The public 

hearings will provide interested parties 

the opportunity to present data, views, 

or arguments concerning the proposed 

rules. The EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearings. Written comments must be 

postmarked by the last day of the 

comment period, as specified in the 

proposals. 

The three 2-day public hearings will 

be held concurrently in Chicago, 

Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 

and Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina. Each hearing will last two 

days and is scheduled for February 25 

and 26, 2004. Persons wishing to 

present oral testimony for one or both 

proposals may speak on either day. The 

meeting facilities and their phone 

numbers are provided above under 

ADDRESSES.

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 26 / Monday, February 9, 2004 / Proposed Rules 5945

If you would like to present oral 

testimony at the hearings, please notify 

JoAnn Allman, U.S. EPA, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Air 

Quality Strategies and Standards 

Division, C539–02, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541–

1815, e-mail allman.joann@epa.gov no 

later than February 20, 2004. She will 

provide you with a specific time and 

date to speak. 

The public hearings will begin each 

day at 8 a.m. and continue into the 

evening until 9 p.m., or later if 

necessary, depending on the number of 

speakers. On the evening of the second 

day, February 26, EPA will 

accommodate all speakers that arrive 

and register by 8 p.m. or that have 

arranged in advance to speak at a later 

time. The EPA is scheduling lunch 

breaks from 12:30 until 2 p.m. and 

dinner breaks from 6 to 7:30 p.m. each 

day. 

Oral testimony will be limited to 10 

minutes for each commenter to address 

either or both proposals. We will not be 

providing equipment for commenters to 

show overhead slides or make 

computerized slide presentations unless 

we receive special requests in advance. 

Commenters should notify JoAnn 

Allman if they will need specific 

equipment. The EPA encourages 

commenters to provide written versions 

of their oral testimonies either 

electronically on computer disk or CD 

ROM or in paper copy. 

The hearing schedules, including lists 

of speakers, will be posted on EPA’s 

Web pages for the proposals at http://

www.epa.gov/interstateairquality and 

http://www.epa.gov/mercury prior to the 

hearing. Verbatim transcripts of the 

hearings and written statements will be 

included in the rulemaking dockets. 

How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

The EPA has established the official 

public docket for the Interstate Air 

Quality Rule under Docket ID No. OAR–

2003–0053. The EPA has established the 

official public docket for the Utility 

Mercury Reductions Rule under Docket 

ID No. OAR–2002–0056. The EPA has 

also developed Web sites for the 

proposals at the addresses given above. 

Please refer to the proposals, which 

were published in the Federal Register

on January 30, 2004, for detailed 

information on accessing information 

related to the proposals.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Anna B. Duncan, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 15

[ET Docket No. 03–237; FCC 03–289] 

Interference Temperature Operation

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

SUMMARY: On January 21, 2004 (69 FR 

2863), the Commission published 

proposed rules in the Notice of Inquiry 

and Notice of Proposed Rule Making. 

The Notice of Inquiry requests 

comment, information and research on 

a number of issues relating to the 

development and use of the interference 

temperature metric and for managing a 

transition from the current transmitterbased approach to the new interference 

temperature paradigm. The Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making proposes 

technical rules that would establish 

interference temperature limits and 

procedures for assessing the interference 

temperature to permit expanded 

unlicensed operation. This document 

contains a correction to the ‘‘ET Docket 

No.’’, which was inadvertently 

published incorrectly.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before April 5, 2004, and reply 

comments must be filed on or before 

May 5, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Thayer (202) 418–2290, John Reed (202) 

418–2455, or Ahmed Lahjouji (202) 

418–2061, Office of Engineering and 

Technology.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Communications Commission 

published a document proposing to 

amend part 15 in the Federal Register

of January 21, 2004, (69 FR 2863). This 

document corrects the Federal Register

as it appeared. In FR Doc. 04–1192, 

published on January 21, 2004 (69 FR 

2863), the Commission is correcting the 

docket no. ‘‘ET Docket No. 03–327’’ to 

reflect the correct docket no. ‘‘ET Docket 

No. 03–237’’. In rule FR Doc. 04–1192 

published on January 21, 2004 (69 FR 

2863), the Commission is correcting ET 

Docket No. 03–327 to read as ET Docket 

No. 03–237: 

On page 2863, in the second column, 

ET Docket No. 03–327 is corrected to 

read as ET Docket No. 03–237.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–2639 Filed 2–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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