This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 81, No. 6 

Monday, January 11, 2016 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0813: FRL–9940–92– 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Washington; 

Removal of Obsolete Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to remove 

outdated rules in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) for the State of 

Washington because they are 

unnecessary or obsolete. The EPA is 

also proposing to clarify regulations to 

reflect updated citations and more 

recent air quality monitoring data. 

These proposed actions make no 

substantive changes to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) and impose 

no new requirements. In the Final Rules 

section of this Federal Register, the EPA 

is approving these determinations as a 

direct final rule without prior proposal 

because the Agency views this as a 

noncontroversial action 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 the 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will be withdrawn and all public 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. The 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 on 

or before February 10, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2015–0813, at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hunt, EPA Region 10, (206) 553–0256, 

hunt.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, 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. Please 

note that if the 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, the EPA may 

adopt as final those provisions of the 

rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

Dated: December 21, 2015. 

Michelle L. Pirzadeh, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2015–33176 Filed 1–8–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0539; FR–9940–85– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; West 

Virginia; Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration and Approval of 

Infrastructure State Implementation 

Plans for Specific National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the West Virginia 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(WVDEP) for the State of West Virginia 

on June 3, 2015. 

This revision pertains to West 

Virginia’s Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) permit program 

regulations for preconstruction 

permitting requirements for major 

sources. The revision includes a change 

in West Virginia’s PSD regulations 

related to emissions of fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5). The State’s June 3, 2015 

submittal satisfies its obligations 

pursuant to an earlier rulemaking in 

which EPA granted final conditional 

approval of West Virginia’s PSD 

implementing regulations. This action 

also addresses specific infrastructure 

program elements specified in Clean Air 

Act (CAA) section 110(a)(2) necessary to 

implement, maintain, and enforce the 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS). This action is being taken 

under the CAA. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 10, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2015–0539 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: campbell.dave@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0539, 

Amy Johansen, Acting Associate 

Director, Office of Permits and State 

Programs, Mailcode 3AP10, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 


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