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6212 or via VHF channel 16 (156.8 

MHz) or VHF channel 22 (157.1 MHz). 

(c) Notification. When a security zone 

is created by this section, one or more 

Coast Guard vessels will be present to 

enforce the security zone and the COTP 

Columbia River will issue a local 

broadcast notice to mariners. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

D.E. Kaup, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Sector Columbia River. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30738 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 49 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2010–0683; FRL–9235–3] 

Extension of Public Comment Period 

and Postponement of Public Hearings 

for Source Specific Federal 

Implementation Plan for Implementing 

Best Available Retrofit Technology for 

Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo 

Nation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of extended public 

comment period and postponed public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: On October 19, 2010, EPA 

published in the Federal Register our 

proposed determination of the Best 

Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

for the Four Corners Power Plant and 

requested comment by December 20, 

2010. EPA is extending the public 

comment period until March 18, 2011, 

for our proposed BART determination. 

EPA is also postponing the open houses 

and public hearings announced in the 

Federal Register on November 12, 2010 

and will provide additional notice and 

details of the rescheduled hearings at a 

later time. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted no 

later than March 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2010–0683, by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

E-mail: r9air_fcppbart@epa.gov. 

Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (Air-3), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 

http://www.regulations.gov is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, and EPA 

will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the public 

comment. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions please contact Anita 

Lee, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–3958, 

r9air_fcppbart@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 19, 2010, the Region 9 Office of 

the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a 

Source Specific Federal Implementation 

Plan to implement the Best Available 

Retrofit Technology for Four Corners 

Power Plant, located on the Navajo 

Nation (75 FR 64221). The Clean Air 

Act’s Regional Haze Rule requires the 

use of Best Available Retrofit 

Technology (BART) at older coal-fired 

power plants to reduce haze and 

improve visibility. 

On November 12, 2010, EPA 

published in the Federal Register (75 

FR 69373) a notice of three sets of open 

houses and public hearings to be held 

at three locations in the Four Corners 

Area on December 6–9, 2010. EPA is 

postponing the open houses and public 

hearings and will provide additional 

notice and details of the rescheduled 

hearings at a later time. 

EPA published notices of open houses 

and public hearings, to be held 

December 7–9, 2010 in Shiprock, NM, 

Farmington, NM, and Durango, CO, in 

the Farmington Daily Times and the 

Durango Herald on November 3, 2010 

and the Navajo Times on November 4, 

2010. Notice of these hearings was 

additionally published in the Federal 

Register on November 12, 2010 (75 FR 

69373). On Thursday, November 11, 

2010, EPA published notice in the 

Navajo Times of an additional open 

house and public hearing to be held at 

the Nenahnezad Chapter House in 

Fruitland, NM. The public comment 

period for the proposal was scheduled 

to close on December 20, 2010. 

EPA proposed requiring the Four 

Corners Power Plant to meet a plantwide limit of 0.11 lb/MMBtu, 

representing an 80% reduction in 

emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) to 

achieve cleaner, healthier air while 

improving the visibility at sixteen of our 

most pristine national parks and 

wilderness areas. EPA’s proposal can be 

achieved by installing and operating 

selective catalytic reduction (SCR) on all 

five units. EPA is also proposing a 

particulate matter (PM) emission limit 

of 0.012 lb/MMBtu for the three smaller 

units that will require additional 

controls for fine particles, and is also 

requesting comment on whether BART 

can be met on the three smaller units by 

requiring an emission limit of 0.03 lb/ 

MMBtu with a 20% opacity limit. 

Reduction of fine particles may help 

reduce the visible secondary plume that 

is often emanating from these three 

units. For the two larger units at Four 

Corners Power Plant, EPA is proposing 

an emission limit of 0.015 lb/MMBtu, 

achievable with proper operation of the 

existing baghouses. 

On November 9, 2010, EPA met with 

representatives from Arizona Public 

Service (APS), co-owner and operator of 

FCPP. APS discussed an alternative 

proposal that calls for shutting down 

Units 1–3 at FCPP by 2014 and 

installing SCR on Units 4 and 5 by 2018. 

APS claims this plan will result in 

larger emissions reductions than EPA’s 

proposal without layoffs at the facility. 

A record of this meeting has been 

posted to the docket for this proposed 

rulemaking. APS plans to submit their 

alternative proposal and supporting 

analysis to EPA shortly. EPA will make 

this submittal from APS available from 

our docket when it is received. The link 

to the docket can be reached at the 

following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

region9/air/navajo/ 

index.html#proposed or from http:// 

www.regulations.gov, identified by EPA 

Docket Number: EPA–R09–OAR–2010– 

0683. 

EPA is extending the public comment 

period for our proposal to March 18, 

2011 and postponing the scheduled 

open houses and public hearings to 

allow EPA and the public time to assess 

the alternative proposal submitted by 

APS. EPA may supplement our proposal 

with additional information following 

our analysis of APS’ submission. If EPA 

supplements our original proposal, we 

will publish the supplement in the 

Federal Register and provide 

supporting documentation in our 

docket. The dates for the rescheduled 

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not yet been determined, but EPA will 

provide notice of the rescheduled open 

houses and hearings in local 

newspapers, in our docket, and on our 

Web site at least 30 days prior to the 

events. 

EPA’s proposed rule was published in 

the Federal Register on October 19, 

2010 (75 FR 64221) and can be accessed 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/region9/airnavajo/ 

index.html#proposed. EPA has 

established a public docket for the 

proposed rulemaking under the docket 

number EPA–R09–OAR–2010–0683. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov and in hard 

copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, California. While 

all documents in the docket are listed in 

the index, some information may be 

publicly available only at the hard copy 

location (e.g., copyrighted material), and 

some may not be publicly available in 

either location (e.g., CBI). Due to 

building security procedures, to inspect 

the hard copy materials, please schedule 

an appointment at least 24 hours in 

advance during normal business hours 

with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Dated: November 22, 2010. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Air Division Director, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30841 Filed 12–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2010–0671; FRL–9236–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed Rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a July 29, 2010, request from the State 

of Illinois to exempt sources of Nitrogen 

Oxides (NOX) in the Illinois portions of 

the Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IllinoisIndiana and St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois 

8-hour ozone nonattainment areas from 

Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for 

NOX Reasonably Available Control 

Technology (RACT) for purposes of 

attaining the 1997 8-hour ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). The State’s NOX RACT 

waiver request is based on the most 

recent three years of complete, qualityassured ozone monitoring data, which 

demonstrate that additional reduction of 

NOX emissions in the ozone 

nonattainment areas would not 

contribute to attainment of the 1997 

8-hour ozone NAAQS in the two ozone 

nonattainment areas. In addition to 

waiving the NOX RACT requirement for 

the State of Illinois, final approval of the 

NOX RACT waiver would also suspend 

a requirement for EPA to promulgate a 

NOX RACT Federal Implementation 

Plan (FIP) for the 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment areas. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2010–0671, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (312) 692–2551. 

• Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch, (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

• Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch, (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, 18th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 

60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2010– 

0671. 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.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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.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 

and viruses. For additional instructions 

on submitting comments, go to section 

I of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation 

Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. We recommend that 

you telephone Edward Doty at (312) 

886–6057 before visiting the Region 5 

office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Doty, Environmental Scientist, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6057. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What should I consider as I prepare my 

comments for EPA? 

II. What is the background for this action? 

III. State Petition 

IV. EPA Review of the Petition 

A. Have the ozone nonattainment areas 

attained the 1997 8–hour ozone NAAQS? 

B. EPA’s analysis of Illinois’ NOX RACT 

Waiver Petition 

V. What are the environmental effects of this 

action? 

VI. EPA’s Proposed Action 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 


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