ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0009; FRL Approval and Promulgation ofAir Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Opacity Source Surveillance Methods AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposedrule. SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth ofVirginia for the purpose ofupdating methods for determining comp’iance with opacity standards for existing, new and modified stationary sources in Virginia. In th Final Rules section ofthis Federal Register, EPA is approving the State’s SIP submittal as a direct final rule without priorproposal because the Agency views this as anoncontroversial submttal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is setforth in the direct final rule. Ifno adverse comments are received in response to this action, no further activity is contemplated. IfEPA receives adverse comments, the directfinal rulewill be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based
onthis proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second commentperiod. Any parties interested in comntenting on this action should do so atthis time.
DATS: Comments must be received in writing by [insert date 30 days from date of publiçjoJ

ADDRESSES: Submityour comments, identified by Docket ID NumberEPA-R03-OAR-2010-0009 by one ofthe following methods: A. www.reu1ations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. B. E-mail: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0009, CristinaFernandez, Associate Director, Office ofAir Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listedEPA Region III address. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours ofoperation, and special arrangements shouldbe made for deliveries ofboxed information.

Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0009. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included inthe public docketwithout change, and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including anypersonal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restrictedby statute. Do not submit information thatyou consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, whichmeans EPA will notknow your identity or contactinformation unless youprovide it in the body ofyour comment. Ifyou send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through —---—---iregulationsgov, your-e-mail address-will-be automaticallycaptured andincluded as part of the commentthat is placed in the public docket and made available onthe Internet. Ifyou submit
an electronic comment, EPA recommends thatyou include yourname and other contact information in the body ofyour comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. IfEPA

2cannotread your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contactyou for clarification, EPA may not be able to consideryOur comment. Electronic files should avoid the use ofspecial characters, any form ofencryption, and be free ofany defects or viruses.
Docket; All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is notpublicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restrictedby statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is notplaced on the Internet and will be publicly available Only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov 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 Virginia Department ofEnvironmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MariaA. Pino, (215) 814-2181, orby e-mail at pino.mariaepa.gov.

3SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information on this action, which revises the Virginia SIP to update methods for determining compliance with opacity standards for existing, new and modified stationary sources, please see the informationprovided in the direct final action, with the same title, that is located in the “Rules and Regulations” section ofthis Federal Registerpublication. Please note that ifEPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section ofthis rule and if thatprovision may be severed from the remainder ofthe rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions ofthe rule that are notthe subject ofan adverse comment.


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