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State, local, territorial, or tribal 

government authority, or any director, 

officer, employee, or agent of any of the 

foregoing, shall not disclose a SAR, or 

any information that would reveal the 

existence of a SAR, except as necessary 

to fulfill official duties consistent with 

Title II of the Bank Secrecy Act. For 

purposes of this section, ‘‘official 

duties’’ shall not include the disclosure 

of a SAR, or any information that would 

reveal the existence of a SAR, in 

response to a request for disclosure of 

non-public information or a request for 

use in a private legal proceeding, 

including a request pursuant to 31 CFR 

1.11. 

(e) Limitation on liability. A housing 

government sponsored enterprise, and 

any director, officer, employee, or agent 

of any housing government sponsored 

enterprise, that makes a voluntary 

disclosure of any possible violation of 

law or regulation to a government 

agency or makes a disclosure pursuant 

to this section or any other authority, 

including a disclosure made jointly with 

another institution, shall be protected 

from liability for any such disclosure, or 

for failure to provide notice of such 

disclosure to any person identified in 

the disclosure, or both, to the full extent 

provided by 31 U.S.C. 5318(g)(3). 

(f) Compliance. Housing government 

sponsored enterprises shall be examined 

by FinCEN or its delegates for 

compliance with this section. Failure to 

satisfy the requirements of this section 

may be a violation of the Bank Secrecy 

Act and of this chapter. 

(g) Applicability date. This section is 

effective when an anti-money 

laundering program required by 

§ 1030.210 of this part is required to be 

implemented. 

§ 1030.330 Reports relating to currency in 

excess of $10,000 received in a trade or 

business. 

Refer to § 1010.330 of this Chapter for 

rules regarding the filing of reports 

relating to currency in excess of $10,000 

received by housing government 

sponsored enterprises. 

Subpart D—Records Required To Be 

Maintained by Housing Government 

Sponsored Enterprises 

§ 1030.400 General. 

Housing government sponsored 

enterprises are subject to the 

recordkeeping requirements set forth 

and cross referenced in this subpart. 

Housing government sponsored 

enterprises should also refer to subpart 

D of part 1010 of this Chapter for 

recordkeeping requirements contained 

in that subpart that apply to housing 

government sponsored enterprises. 

Subpart E—Special Information 

Sharing Procedures To Deter Money 

Laundering and Terrorist Activity 

§ 1030.500 General. 

Housing government sponsored 

enterprises are subject to special 

information sharing procedures to deter 

money laundering and terrorist activity 

requirements set forth and cross 

referenced in this subpart. Housing 

government sponsored enterprises 

should also refer to subpart E of part 

1010 of this Chapter for special 

information sharing procedures to deter 

money laundering and terrorist activity 

contained in that subpart that apply to 

housing government sponsored 

enterprises. 

§ 1030.520 Special information sharing 

procedures to deter money laundering and 

terrorist activity for housing government 

sponsored enterprises. 

(a) Refer to § 1010.520 of this Chapter. 

(b) [Reserved] 

§ 1030.530 [Reserved] 

§ 1030.540 Voluntary information sharing 

among financial institutions. 

(a) Refer to § 1010.540 of this Chapter. 

(b) [Reserved] 

Subpart F—Special Standards of 

Diligence; Prohibitions, and Special 

Measures for Housing Government 

Sponsored Enterprises 

§ 1030.600–1030.670 [Reserved] 

Dated: November 2, 2011. 

James H. Freis, Jr., 

Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network. 

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BILLING CODE 4802–10–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0730; FRL–9487–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; 

Consumer and Commercial Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Virginia. The SIP 

revision adds a new chapter (9VAC5– 

45—Consumer and Commercial 

Products) in order to control volatile 

organic compounds (VOC) from portable 

fuel containers, consumer products, 

architectural and industrial (AIM) 

coatings, adhesives and sealants, and 

asphalt paving operations within the 

Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg 

VOC Emissions Control Areas. The SIP 

revision also includes new and revised 

documents incorporated by reference 

into the Virginia regulations (9VAC5– 

20–21—Documents Incorporated by 

Reference) in order to support the new 

and revised regulations. This action is 

being taken under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 8, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2011–0730 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0730, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. 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 

Docket ID Number EPA–R03–OAR– 

2011–0730. 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 

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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 

www.regulations.gov index. 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 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 of 

Environmental Quality, 629 East Main 

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Becoat, (215) 814–2036, or by 

email at becoat.gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On March 18, 2010, the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(VADEQ) submitted a revision to the 

Virginia SIP. The SIP revision consists 

of new and revised standards for the 

control of VOCs from certain types of 

consumer and commercial products in 

the Northern Virginia and 

Fredericksburg VOC Emissions Control 

Areas. The SIP revision also includes 

new and revised documents 

incorporated by reference into the 

Virginia regulations to support the new 

and revised regulations. The regulations 

will control emissions of VOCs, which 

will reduce the formation of ozone, and 

thereby protect public health and 

welfare. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

The SIP revision amends Chapter 

9VAC5–20–21—Documents 

Incorporated by Reference, in order to 

make administrative changes for clarity, 

style, format, and renumbering. The 

revision adds sections to 9VAC5–20–21 

in order to incorporate by reference into 

the Virginia regulations the new and 

revised regulations. The Commonwealth 

of Virginia established a new chapter, 

9VAC5–45—Consumer and Commercial 

Products (Chapter 45) in order to control 

VOC emissions from various consumer 

and commercial products within the 

Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg 

VOC Emissions Control Areas. The new 

chapter consists of general requirements 

that pertain to regulating consumer and 

commercial products, as well as, VOC 

content and emission limits for 

consumer and commercial products. 

Chapter 45 also contains the control 

technology, testing, monitoring, 

administrative, recordkeeping, and 

reporting requirements necessary to 

determine compliance with each of the 

applicable standards. This SIP revision 

establishes requirements to specify 

applicability to any product, owner, or 

other person subject to the provisions of 

Chapter 45, establish compliance with 

the standards in Chapter 45, establish 

emission tests for operations and 

products subject to the standards subject 

to the provisions of Chapter 45, specify 

monitoring requirements, and specify 

notification, records, and reporting 

requirements. 

Chapter 45 establishes Article 1 and 

Article 2 in order to implement design, 

performance, and labeling standards for 

portable fuel containers and spouts 

before and after August 1, 2010 and to 

prohibit owners form manufacturing, 

distributing, and selling noncompliant 

products. The portable fuel containers 

and spouts requirements in this SIP 

revision establish (1) applicability to 

any person who sells, supplies, offers 

for sale, or manufactures for sale 

portable fuel containers and spouts 

within the Northern Virginia and 

Fredericksburg VOC Emissions Control 

Areas; (2) specify exemptions for any 

portable fuel container or spout 

manufactured, sold, supplied, or offered 

for sale within and used outside the 

Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg 

VOC Emissions Control Areas; (3) add 

definitions and terms; (4) specify 

performance standards for VOCs; (5) 

specify administrative requirements; (6) 

specify compliance procedures; (7) 

establish compliance schedules; (8) 

specify test methods and procedures; (9) 

specify monitoring applicability; and 

(10) specify notification, records, and 

reporting requirements. In addition, the 

SIP revision specifies certification and 

innovative products procedures for 

portable fuel containers and spouts 

manufactured after August 1, 2010. 

The Commonwealth of Virginia 

establishes Article 3 and Article 4 in 

Chapter 45 in order to implement VOC 

content standards for certain individual 

consumer product categories before and 

after August 1, 2010 and to prohibit 

owners from manufacturing, 

distributing, advertising, or selling 

noncompliant products. This SIP 

revision adds regulations that establish 

(1) applicability to any consumer 

product that contains VOCs within the 

Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg 

VOC Emissions Control Areas; (2) 

specifies exemptions; (3) adds 

definitions and terms; (4) sets 

applicability to any person who sells, 

supplies, offers for sale, or manufactures 

consumer products that contains VOCs 

in excess of the specified limits; (5) 

specifies VOC content limits in percent 

VOCs by weight for consumer products 

with a specified compliance date; (6) 

establishes applicability for alternative 

control plan (ACP) for consumer 

products and criteria for innovative 

products exemption and requirements 

for waiver requests; and (7) specifies 

innovative products procedures. In 

addition, the regulations specify 

administrative requirements, 

compliance procedures, compliance 

schedules, test methods and procedures, 

monitoring applicability, and 

notification, records, and reporting 

requirements. 

Chapter 45 adds Article 5 in order to 

control VOC emissions from AIM, 

implement VOC content standards, and 

prohibit owners from manufacturing, 

distributing, selling, and using 

noncompliant products. This SIP 

revision adds regulations that establish 

(1) applicability to any owner or person 

who supplies, sells, offers for sale, or 

manufactures any architectural coating 

within the Northern Virginia and 

Fredericksburg VOC Emissions Control 

Areas; (2) specifies exemptions; (3) adds 

definitions and terms; (4) specifies that 

no person or owner shall manufacture, 

blend, or repackage for sale, supply, 

sell, or offer for sale, or solicit for 

application or apply any architectural 

coating with VOC content in excess of 

the applicable limits; (5) establishes that 

the most restrictive VOC content limit 

shall apply to any coating that meets the 

definition of or is recommended for use 

for more than one of the coating 

categories specified; and (6) establishes 

requirements for various architectural 

and industrial maintenance coating 

types. In addition, the regulations 

specify administrative requirements, 

compliance procedures, compliance 

schedules, test methods and procedures, 

monitoring applicability, and 

notification, records, and reporting 

requirements. 

This SIP revision also establishes 

Article 6 in Chapter 45 in order to 

control VOC emissions from adhesives, 

adhesive primers, sealants, and sealant 

primers, implement VOC content limits, 

and prohibit owners from 

manufacturing, distributing, selling, or 

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applying noncompliant products based 

on a model rule. The Ozone Transport 

Commission (OTC) states developed a 

model rule ‘‘OTC Model Rule For 

Adhesives and Sealants’’ dated 2006 

which was based on the 1998 California 

Air Resources Board (CARB) reasonably 

available control technology (RACT) 

determination. This RACT 

determination applied to both the 

manufacture and use of adhesives, 

sealants, adhesive primers, or sealant 

primers, in both industrial and 

manufacturing facilities and in the field. 

California Air Districts used this 

determination to develop regulations for 

this category. EPA addressed this source 

category with a Control Techniques 

Guideline (CTG) document for 

Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives 

dated September 2008. This CTG was 

developed in response to section 183(e) 

of the CAA requirement for EPA to 

study and regulate consumer and 

commercial products, which is included 

in EPA’s Report to Congress, ‘‘Study of 

Volatile Organic Compound Emissions 

from Consumer and Commercial 

Products—Comprehensive Emissions 

Inventory.’’ The miscellaneous 

industrial adhesives category was 

limited to adhesives and adhesive 

primers used in industrial and 

manufacturing operations and did not 

include products applied in the field. 

Therefore, the OTC model rule and state 

efforts in developing individual 

regulations preceded EPA’s CTG for this 

source category and were broader in 

applicability. 

The adhesives and sealants 

requirements in this SIP revision set (1) 

applicability to any owner or person 

who supplies, sells, offers for sale, 

manufactures, uses, applies for 

compensation, solicits the use of, 

requires the use of, or specifies the 

application of, any adhesive, sealant, 

adhesive primer, or sealant primer that 

contains VOCs within the Northern 

Virginia and Fredericksburg VOC 

Emissions Control Areas; (2) set 

exemptions for specific products and 

compounds of adhesives, sealants, 

adhesive primers, or sealant primers; (3) 

add definitions and terms; (4) specify 

that no person or owner shall sell, 

supply, or offer for sale, or 

manufactured for sale any adhesive, 

sealant, adhesive primer or sealant 

primer with VOC content in excess of 

the limits specified; (5) specify 

requirements for owners or operators of 

a facility that uses or applies a surface 

preparation solvent or cleanup solvent 

or removes an adhesive, sealant, 

adhesive primer, sealant primer from 

the parts of spray application 

equipment; (6) specify requirements for 

proper storage and disposal, work 

practices, surface preparation and 

cleanup solvent composition; (7) 

provide for an alternative add-on 

control system requirement of at least 85 

percent overall control efficiency 

(capture and destruction), by weight; (8) 

specify standards for visible emissions; 

specify administrative requirements; (9) 

specify compliance procedures and 

compliance schedules; (10) specify test 

methods and procedures; (11) specify 

monitoring applicability; (12) specify 

notification, records, and reporting 

requirements; (13) specify registration 

provisions; and (14) specify facility and 

control equipment maintenance or 

malfunction provisions. 

Chapter 45 also adds Article 7 in 

order to control VOC emissions from 

asphalt paving operations, which 

prescribes the use of emulsified asphalt 

coatings except for the purpose of 

coating residential driveways and 

prohibit the mixing, storage, and 

application of noncompliant products. 

The SIP revision adds regulations that 

(1) establish applicability to any owner 

or person who manufactures, mixes, 

stores, uses, or applies any liquefied 

asphalt for paving operations within the 

Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg 

VOC Emissions Control Areas; (2) add 

definitions and terms; (3) specify no 

owner or person shall cause or permit 

the manufacture, mixing, storage, use, or 

application of liquefied asphalt for 

paving operations unless it is 

emulsified; specify exemptions; (4) 

specify standards for visible emissions; 

and (5) specify standards for fugitive 

dust/emissions. In addition, the 

regulations specify compliance 

procedures, test methods and 

procedures, monitoring provisions, and 

notification, records, and reporting 

requirements. 

A detailed summary of EPA’s review 

of and rationale for proposing to 

approve this SIP revision may be found 

in the Technical Support Document 

(TSD) for this action which is available 

on-line at www.regulations.gov, Docket 

number EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0730. 

III. General Information Pertaining to 

SIP Submittals From the 

Commonwealth of Virginia 

In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation 

that provides, subject to certain 

conditions, for an environmental 

assessment (audit) ‘‘privilege’’ for 

voluntary compliance evaluations 

performed by a regulated entity. The 

legislation further addresses the relative 

burden of proof for parties either 

asserting the privilege or seeking 

disclosure of documents for which the 

privilege is claimed. Virginia’s 

legislation also provides, subject to 

certain conditions, for a penalty waiver 

for violations of environmental laws 

when a regulated entity discovers such 

violations pursuant to a voluntary 

compliance evaluation and voluntarily 

discloses such violations to the 

Commonwealth and takes prompt and 

appropriate measures to remedy the 

violations. Virginia’s Voluntary 

Environmental Assessment Privilege 

Law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1–1198, provides 

a privilege that protects from disclosure 

documents and information about the 

content of those documents that are the 

product of a voluntary environmental 

assessment. The Privilege Law does not 

extend to documents or information (1) 

that are generated or developed before 

the commencement of a voluntary 

environmental assessment; (2) that are 

prepared independently of the 

assessment process; (3) that demonstrate 

a clear, imminent and substantial 

danger to the public health or 

environment; or (4) that are required by 

law. 

On January 12, 1998, the 

Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the 

Attorney General provided a legal 

opinion that states that the Privilege 

Law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1–1198, 

precludes granting a privilege to 

documents and information ‘‘required 

by law,’’ including documents and 

information ‘‘required by Federal law to 

maintain program delegation, 

authorization or approval,’’ since 

Virginia must ‘‘enforce Federally 

authorized environmental programs in a 

manner that is no less stringent than 

their Federal counterparts. * * *’’ The 

opinion concludes that ‘‘[r]egarding 

§ 10.1–1198, therefore, documents or 

other information needed for civil or 

criminal enforcement under one of these 

programs could not be privileged 

because such documents and 

information are essential to pursuing 

enforcement in a manner required by 

Federal law to maintain program 

delegation, authorization or approval.’’ 

Virginia’s Immunity law, Va. Code 

Sec. 10.1–1199, provides that ‘‘[t]o the 

extent consistent with requirements 

imposed by Federal law,’’ any person 

making a voluntary disclosure of 

information to a state agency regarding 

a violation of an environmental statute, 

regulation, permit, or administrative 

order is granted immunity from 

administrative or civil penalty. The 

Attorney General’s January 12, 1998 

opinion states that the quoted language 

renders this statute inapplicable to 

enforcement of any Federally authorized 

programs, since ‘‘no immunity could be 

afforded from administrative, civil, or 

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criminal penalties because granting 

such immunity would not be consistent 

with Federal law, which is one of the 

criteria for immunity.’’ 

Therefore, EPA has determined that 

Virginia’s Privilege and Immunity 

statutes will not preclude the 

Commonwealth from enforcing its 

program consistent with the Federal 

requirements. In any event, because 

EPA has also determined that a state 

audit privilege and immunity law can 

affect only state enforcement and cannot 

have any impact on Federal 

enforcement authorities, EPA may at 

any time invoke its authority under the 

CAA, including, for example, sections 

113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the 

requirements or prohibitions of the state 

plan, independently of any state 

enforcement effort. In addition, citizen 

enforcement under section 304 of the 

CAA is likewise unaffected by this, or 

any, state audit privilege or immunity 

law. 

IV. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve the 

Virginia SIP revision adding Chapter 

45—Consumer and Commercial 

Products that consists of new and 

revised standards for the control of 

VOCs from portable fuel containers, 

consumer products, architectural and 

industrial coatings, adhesives and 

sealants, and asphalt paving operations 

in the Northern Virginia and 

Fredericksburg VOC Emissions Control 

Areas. EPA is also proposing to approve 

the Virginia SIP revision that includes 

new and revised documents 

incorporated by reference into the 

Virginia regulations (9VAC5–20–21— 

Documents Incorporated by Reference). 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

the issues discussed in this document. 

These comments will be considered 

before taking final action. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

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

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this proposed 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 

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 proposed rule, 

pertaining to Virginia’s control of VOCs 

from commercial and consumer 

products 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 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: October 25, 2011. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2011–0636; FRL–9488–9] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plans; State of Utah; 

Smoke Management Requirements for 

Mandatory Class I Areas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision package submitted by the State 

of Utah on September 29, 2011. The 

September 29, 2011 revision establishes 

rule R307–204 of the Utah 

Administrative Code (UAC). R307–204 

contains smoke management 

requirements for land managers within 

the State of Utah as required by 

regulations for regional haze. The 

September 29, 2011 submittal 

supersedes and replaces R307–204 

submitted as part of the State’s 

December 12, 2003 Regional Haze (RH) 

SIP. The September 29, 2011 submittal 

also supersedes and replaces the State’s 

May 8, 2006 submittal of R307–204. 

EPA is also proposing to partially 

approve a SIP revision submitted by the 

State of Utah on May 26, 2011. 

Specifically, EPA is proposing to 

approve section XX.G of the State’s RH 

SIP which contains the State’s long-term 

strategy for fire programs as required by 

the regulations. The May 26, 2011 

submittal supersedes and replaces SIP 

revisions to section XX.G of the RH SIP 

submitted by the State on December 12, 

2003 and September 9, 2008. This 

action is being taken under section 110 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 8, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08– 

OAR–2011–0636, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: dygowski.laurel@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing 

comments). 

• Mail: Carl Daly, Director, Air 

Program, Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P– 

AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202–1129. 

• Hand Delivery: Carl Daly, Director, 

Air Program, Environmental Protection 

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