76888 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

h. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified.

II. What Action Is EPA Taking Today? 

EPA is proposing to approve the NOX

SIP submitted on April 3, 2003 as 

modified on May 27, 2004. EPA finds 

that Michigan’s submittals are fully 

approvable because the initial April 3, 

2003 submittal was conditionally 

approved and the conditions for full 

approvability were met in the May 27, 

2004 submittal. In combination, these 

two submittals meet the requirements of 

the Phase I NOX SIP Call. 

We are proposing to approve 

Michigan’s revision of the ozone SIP 

that responds to EPA’s Phase I NOX SIP 

Call. This revision consists of Michigan 

Air Pollution Control Rules 803, 805–

810, and 812–817 as submitted on April 

3, 2003 and Michigan Air Pollution 

Control Rules 802, 804 and 811 as 

submitted May 27, 2004. A combined 

package of these rules 802–817 as 

submitted on April 3, 2003 and May 27, 

2004 was submitted as a supplement to 

the May 27, 2004 submittal for ease of 

incorporation by reference. This 

supplemental submittal was sent by 

MDEQ to EPA on August 5, 2004. 

By this action, we are also proposing 

to vacate our April 16, 2004 (69 FR 

20548) conditional approval of 

Michigan’s earlier NOX SIP submittal. 

III. Where Can I Find More Information 

About This Proposal and the 

Corresponding Direct Final Rule? 

For additional information, see the 

Direct Final Rule which is located in the 

Rules section of this Federal Register. 

Copies of the request and the EPA’s 

analysis are available electronically at 

Regional Material in EDocket (RME) or 

in hard copy at the above address. 

Please telephone Douglas Aburano at 

(312) 353–6960 before visiting the 

Region 5 Office.

Dated: December 3, 2004. 

Bharat Mathur, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 04–27984 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52

[R03–OAR–2004–DC–0008; FRL–7852–7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; District 

of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards 

for Mobile Equipment Repair and 

Refinishing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the District of 

Columbia establishing regulations for 

the control of volatile organic 

compound (VOC) emissions from 

mobile equipment repair and refinishing 

operations in the District of Columbia. 

In the Final Rules section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is approving the 

District’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 action, 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.

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Regional Material in 

EDocket (RME) ID Number R03–OAR–

2004–DC–0008 by one of the following 

methods: 

A. Federal eRulemaking Portal:

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Agency Web site: http://

www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/ RME, 

EPA’s electronic public docket and 

comment system, is EPA’s preferred 

method for receiving comments. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

C. E-mail: morris.makeba@epa.gov.

D. Mail: R03–OAR–2004–DC–0008, 

Makeba Morris, Chief, Air Quality 

Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

E. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

RME ID No. R03–OAR–2004–DC–0008. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at http://

www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, 

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 RME, 

regulations.gov or e-mail. The EPA RME 

and the Federal regulations.gov Web 

sites are 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 

e-mail comment directly to EPA without 

going through RME or regulations.gov, 

your e-mail 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. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the RME 

index at http://www.docket.epa.gov/

rmepub/. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in RME or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the District of Columbia 

Department of Public Health, Air 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Proposed Rules 76889

Quality Division, 51 N Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Wentworth, (215) 814–2034, or by 

e-mail at wentworth.ellen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, District of Columbia’s Approval 

of VOC Emission Standards for Mobile 

Equipment Repair and Refinishing in 

the Metropolitan Washington, DC ozone 

nonattainment area, that is located in 

the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

this Federal Register publication. 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.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Donald S. Welsh, 

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 04–28088 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52

[R03–OAR–2004–MD–0001; R03–OAR–

2004–VA–0005; FRL–7852–8] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland and Virginia; Non-Regulatory 

Voluntary Emission Reduction 

Program Measures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of 

Maryland and by the Commonwealth of 

Virginia. These revisions establish a 

number of non-regulatory measures for 

which Maryland and Virginia seek SIP 

credit in rate-of-progress and attainment 

planning for the Metropolitan 

Washington DC 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment area (the Washington 

area). The intended effect of this action 

is to propose approval of SIP revisions 

submitted by Maryland and Virginia 

which establish certain non-regulatory 

measures. The non-regulatory measures 

include use of low-or-no-VOC content 

paints by certain state and local 

government agencies, auxiliary power 

units on locomotives, sale of 

reformulated consumer products in the 

Northern Virginia area, accelerated 

retirement of portable fuel containers by 

certain state and local government 

agencies, and renewable energy 

measures (wind-power purchases by 

certain local government agencies). This 

action is being taken under section 110 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Regional Material in 

EDocket (RME) ID Number R03–OAR–

2004–MD–0001 and R03–OAR–2004–

VA–0005 by one of the following 

methods: 

A. Federal eRulemaking Portal:

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Agency Web site: http://

www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/ RME, 

EPA’s electronic public docket and 

comment system, is EPA’s preferred 

method for receiving comments. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

C. E-mail: morris.makeba@epa.gov.

D. Mail: R03–OAR–2004–MD–0001/

R03–OAR–2004–VA–0005, Makeba 

Morris, Chief, Air Quality Planning 

Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

E. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

RME ID No. R03–OAR–2004–MD–0001 

and/or R03–OAR–2004–VA–0005. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at http://

www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/,

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 RME, 

regulations.gov or e-mail. The EPA RME 

and the Federal regulations.gov websites 

are 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 e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through RME or 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. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the RME 

index at http://www.docket.epa.gov/

rmepub/. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in RME or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland, 21230, Baltimore, Maryland 

21224 and the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, 629 East Main 

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Cripps, (215) 814–2179, or 

by e-mail at cripps.christopher@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 19, 2004 and February 25, 

2004, respectively, the Maryland 

Department of the Environment (MDE) 

and the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality (VA DEQ) both 

submitted revisions to their SIPs. These 

SIP revisions included, among other 

things, amendments to the 1990 base 

year emissions inventory for the 

Metropolitan Washington DC 1-hour 

ozone nonattainment area (the 

Washington area), a rate-of-progress 

(ROP) plan for 1999 through 2005, an 

attainment demonstration, a 

contingency measure plan, enforceable 

commitments to conduct a mid-course 

review, a demonstration that the SIP 

contains sufficient transportation 

control measures to offset, as necessary, 

growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT), 

a suite of transportation control 

measures and a suite of non-regulatory 

voluntary emission reduction measures.