77690 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register publication.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Donald S. Welsh, 

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 04–28196 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[RME R03–OAR–2004–DC–0001; FRL–7855–

4 ] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; District 

of Columbia; Amendments to the Size 

Thresholds for Defining Major Sources 

and to the NSR Offset Ratios for 

Sources of VOC and NOX

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve 

revisions to the District of Columbia (the 

District) State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). The revisions reduce the size 

thresholds for defining major sources 

and increase the new source review 

(NSR) offset ratio requirements for 

sources of ozone precursors to meet the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for 1-

hour ozone nonattainment areas 

classified as severe. These amendments 

to the District’s SIP are required 

pursuant to the reclassification of the 

Metropolitan Washington, DC 1-hour 

ozone nonattainment area from serious 

to severe. 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will be withdrawn and all public 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 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Regional Material in 

EDocket (RME) ID Number R03–OAR–

2004–DC–0001 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–OAR02004–DC–0001, 

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–0001. 

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 District submittal are 

available at the District of Columbia 

Department of Public Health, Air 

Quality Division, 51 N Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Miller, (215) 814–2068, or by email at miller.linda@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information on this proposed 

approval of revisions to 20 DCMR 

Chapters 1, 2, 7 and 8 which reduce the 

major source size thresholds and 

increase the offset ratio requirements in 

order to satisfy the mandatory CAA 

requirements pursuant to the 

reclassification of the Metropolitan 

Washington DC 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment area from serious to 

severe, please see the information 

provided in the direct final action, with 

the same title, that is located in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register publication.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Donald S. Welsh, 

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 04–28198 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 261 

[SW–FRL–7855–5] 

Hazardous Waste Management 

System; Identification and Listing of 

Hazardous Waste; Proposed Exclusion

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to grant a 

petition submitted by Shell Oil 

Company (Shell Oil Company) to 

exclude (or delist) a certain liquid waste 

generated by its Houston, TX Deer Park