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hearing will be held at a U.S. 

government facility. Individuals 

planning to attend the hearing should be 

prepared to show valid picture 

identification to the security staff in 

order to gain access to the meeting 

room. The REAL ID Act, passed by 

Congress in 2005, established new 

requirements for entering federal 

facilities. These requirements took effect 

July 21, 2014. If your driver’s license is 

issued by Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, 

Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, 

Pennsylvania, South Carolina or the 

state of Washington, you must present 

an additional form of identification to 

enter the federal building where the 

public hearing will be held. Acceptable 

alternative forms of identification 

include: federal employee badges, 

passports, enhanced driver’s licenses 

and military identification cards. For 

additional information for the status of 

your state regarding REAL ID, go to 

http://www.dhs.gov/real-idenforcement-brief. In addition, you will 

need to obtain a property pass for any 

personal belongings you bring with you. 

Upon leaving the building, you will be 

required to return this property pass to 

the security desk. No large signs will be 

allowed in the building, cameras may 

only be used outside of the building, 

and demonstrations will not be allowed 

on federal property for security reasons. 

If you would like to present oral 

testimony at the hearing, please notify 

Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS), Air 

Quality Planning Division (C504–01), 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

telephone (919) 541–0641, fax number 

(919) 541–5509, email address 

long.pam@epa.gov, no later than 4:00 

p.m. ET on January 10, 2017. Ms. Long 

will arrange a general time slot for you 

to speak. The EPA will make every 

effort to follow the schedule as closely 

as possible on the day of the hearing. 

Oral testimony will be limited to 5 

minutes for each commenter. The EPA 

encourages commenters to provide the 

EPA with a copy of their oral testimony 

electronically (via email) or in hard 

copy form. The EPA will not provide 

audiovisual equipment for presentations 

unless we receive special requests in 

advance. Commenters should notify Ms. 

Long if they will need specific 

equipment. Commenters should also 

notify Ms. Long if they need specific 

translation services for non-English 

speaking commenters. 

The hearing schedule, including the 

list of speakers, will be posted on the 

EPA’s Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

ozone-pollution prior to the hearing. 

Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and 

written statements will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established a docket for 

the proposed rule ‘‘Implementation of 

the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment 

Area Classifications and State 

Implementation Plan Requirements’’ 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2016–0202 (available at http://

www.regulations.gov). The EPA has 

made available information related to 

the proposed rule at: http://

www.epa.gov/ozone-pollution. 

Dated: December 13, 2016. 

Stephen Page, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2015–0621; FRL–9956–96– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan; Imperial County 

Air Pollution Control District; 

Stationary Sources Permits 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing action on 

revisions to the Imperial County Air 

Pollution Control District (ICAPCD or 

District) portion of the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). We are 

proposing full approval of two rules and 

a limited approval and limited 

disapproval of one rule. All three rules 

update and revise the District’s New 

Source Review (NSR) permitting 

program for new and modified sources 

of air pollution. We are taking 

comments on this proposal and plan to 

follow with a final action. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

January 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2015–0621 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

R9AirPermits@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, 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, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For 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: 

Laura Yannayon, EPA Region IX, (415) 

972–3534, yannayon.laura@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

Definitions 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

B. Are there other versions of these rules? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How is EPA evaluating the rules? 

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

C. Public Comment and Proposed Action 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

Definitions 

For the purpose of this document, we 

are giving meaning to certain words or 

initials as follows: 

(i) The word or initials Act or CAA 

mean or refer to the Clean Air Act, 

unless the context indicates otherwise. 

(ii) The initials CARB mean or refer to 

the California Air Resources Board. 

(iii) The initials CFR mean or refer to 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

(iv) The initials or words EPA, we, us 

or our mean or refer to the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

(v) The initials FR mean or refer to 

Federal Register. 

(vi) The word or initials ICAPCD or 

District mean or refer to the Imperial 

County Air Pollution Control District, 

the agency with jurisdiction over 

stationary sources within Imperial 

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1EPA disapproved subparagraph C.5 of SIPapproved Rule 207 because it exempted some 

sources from the requirement to apply LAER. See 

40 CFR 52.233(a)(1). 

2EPA’s approval of Rule 206 would supersede 

our prior approval of Rule 206 in the SIP. Likewise, 

approval of Rule 207 would supersede our prior 

approval of SIP-approved Rules 207 and 209 and 

will supersede our prior disapproval of Rule 207, 

subparagraph C.5 and our Part D conditional 

approval. We intend to make conforming changes 

to the regulatory text codified in 40 CFR 52.220, 40 

CFR 52.232 and 40 CFR 52.233. 

3Effective March 14, 2008 (73 FR 8209, February 

13, 2008), the EPA reclassified Imperial County to 

a moderate ozone nonattainment area for the 1997 

ozone NAAQS. In 2012, EPA designated Imperial 

County as a nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS and classified the area as marginal. 77 FR 

30088 (May 21, 2012). The SIP submittal that EPA 

is now evaluating via this proposal addresses the 

NNSR requirement for the Imperial County ozone 

nonattainment area for a moderate classification 

under the 1997 ozone NAAQS as well as a marginal 

classification under the 2008 ozone NAAQS. 

(vii) The initials NAAQS mean or 

refer to National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards. 

(viii) The initials NSR mean or refer 

to New Source Review. 

(ix) The initials PM10 mean or refer to 

particulate matter with an aerodynamic 

diameter of less than or equal to 10 

micrometers (coarse particulate matter). 

(x) The initials PM2.5 mean or refer to 

particulate matter with an aerodynamic 

diameter of less than or equal to 2.5 

micrometers (fine particulate matter). 

(xi) The initials SIP mean or refer to 

State Implementation Plan. 

(xii) The initials TSD mean or refer to 

the technical support document for this 

action. 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

Table 1 lists the rules addressed by 

this proposal, including the dates they 

were adopted by ICAPCD and submitted 

by CARB, which is the governor’s 

designee for California SIP submittals. 

TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULES

Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted/revised Submitted 

ICAPCD .......... 204 Applications ......................................................................................... 9/14/99 05/26/00 

ICAPCD .......... 206 Processing of Applications .................................................................. 10/22/13 02/10/14 

ICAPCD .......... 207 New and Modified Stationary Source Review .................................... 10/22/13 1/21/14 

On April 9, 2014 and March 7, 2014, 

EPA determined that the submittals for 

ICAPCD Rules 206 and 207, 

respectively, met the completeness 

criteria in 40 CFR part 51 Appendix V. 

The submittal for ICAPCD Rule 204 was 

deemed by operation of law to meet the 

completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51 

Appendix V as of October 6, 2000. The 

completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51, 

Appendix V must be met before formal 

EPA review. 

B. Are there other versions of these 

rules? 

There is no previous version of Rule 

204 in the SIP; EPA approved previous 

versions of Rules 206 and 207 into the 

SIP on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 9) and 

November 10, 1980 (45 FR 74480), 

respectively.1 Section D.1.a of submitted 

Rule 207 is contained in SIP-approved 

Rule 209 (Implementation Plans), which 

was also approved on November 10, 

1980.2

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules? 

Section 110(a) of the CAA requires 

states to submit regulations that include 

a pre-construction permit program for 

certain new or modified stationary 

sources of pollutants, including a permit 

program as required by Part D of Title 

I of the CAA. 

The purpose of District Rule 204 

(Applications), Rule 206 (Processing of 

Applications) and Rule 207 (New and 

Modified Stationary Source Review) is 

to implement a federal preconstruction 

permit program for new and modified 

minor sources of criteria pollutants and 

new and modified major sources of 

criteria pollutants for which the area is 

designated nonattainment. Imperial 

County is currently designated as a 

moderate nonattainment area for the 

2008 8-hr ozone NAAQS.3 Portions of 

the county are designated as a serious 

nonattainment area for the 1987 24-hr 

PM10 NAAQS, as a moderate 

nonattainment area for the 2006 24-hr 

PM2.5 NAAQS and as a moderate 

nonattainment area for the 2012 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS. We present our 

evaluation under the CAA and EPA’s 

regulations of the amended NSR rules 

submitted by CARB, as identified in 

Table 1 and provide our reasoning in 

general terms below and a more detailed 

analysis in our TSD, which is available 

in the docket for this proposed 

rulemaking. 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How is EPA evaluating the rules? 

The submitted rules must meet the 

CAA’s general requirements for SIPs 

and SIP revisions in CAA sections 

110(a)(2), 110(l), and 193, as well as the 

applicable requirements contained in 

part D of title I of the Act (sections 172, 

and 173) for a nonattainment NSR 

permit program. In addition, the 

submitted rules must contain the 

applicable regulatory provisions of 40 

CFR 51.160–51.165 and 40 CFR 51.307. 

Among other things, section 110 of 

the Act requires that SIP rules be 

enforceable and provides that EPA may 

not approve a SIP revision if it would 

interfere with any applicable 

requirements concerning attainment and 

reasonable further progress or any other 

requirement of the CAA. In addition, 

section 110(a)(2) and section 110(l) of 

the Act require that each SIP or revision 

to a SIP submitted by a state must be 

adopted after reasonable notice and 

public hearing. 

Section 110(a)(2)(c) of the Act 

requires each SIP to include a permit 

program to regulate the modification 

and construction of any stationary 

source within the areas covered by the 

SIP as necessary to assure attainment 

and maintenance of the NAAQS. EPA’s 

regulations at 40 CFR 51.160–51.164 

provide general programmatic 

requirements to implement this 

statutory mandate commonly referred to 

as the ‘‘minor NSR’’ or ‘‘general NSR’’ 

permit program. These NSR program 

regulations impose requirements for SIP 

approval of state and local programs 

that are more general in nature as 

compared to the specific statutory and 

regulatory requirements for 

nonattainment NSR permitting 

programs under Part D of title I of the 

Act. 

Part D of title I of the Act contains the 

general requirements for areas 

designated nonattainment for a NAAQS 

(section 172), including preconstruction 

permit requirements for new major 

sources and major modifications 

proposing to construct in nonattainment 

areas (section 173). 

Part D of title I of the Act also 

includes section 182(b), which contains 

the additional requirements for areas 

designated as a moderate ozone 

nonattainment area, and section 189(e), 

which requires the control of major 

stationary sources of PM10 precursors 

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where the Administrator determines 

that such sources do not contribute 

significantly to PM10 [and PM2.5] levels 

which exceed the standard in the area.’’ 

Additionally, 40 CFR 51.165 sets forth 

EPA’s regulatory requirements for SIPapproval of a nonattainment NSR permit 

program. 

The protection of visibility 

requirements that apply to New Source 

Review programs are contained in 40 

CFR 51.307. This provision requires that 

certain actions be taken in consultation 

with the local Federal Land Manager if 

a new major source or major 

modification may have an impact on 

visibility in any mandatory Class I 

Federal Area. 

Section 110(l) of the Act prohibits 

EPA from approving any SIP revisions 

that would interfere with any applicable 

requirement concerning attainment and 

reasonable further progress (RFP) or any 

other applicable requirement of the 

CAA. Section 193 of the Act, which 

only applies in nonattainment areas, 

prohibits the modification of a SIPapproved control requirement in effect 

before November 15, 1990, in any 

manner unless the modification insures 

equivalent or greater emission 

reductions of such air pollutant. 

Our TSD, which can be found in the 

docket for this rule, contains a more 

detailed discussion of the approval 

criteria. 

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

EPA has reviewed the submitted rules 

in accordance with the rule evaluation 

criteria described above. With respect to 

procedures, based on our review of the 

public process documentation included 

in the May 26, 2000, January 21, 2014, 

and February 10, 2014 submittals, we 

are proposing to approve the submitted 

rules in part because we have 

determined that ICAPCD has provided 

sufficient evidence of public notice and 

opportunity for comment and public 

hearings prior to adoption and submittal 

of these rules, in accordance with the 

requirements of CAA sections 110(a)(2) 

and 110(l). 

With respect to substantive 

requirements, we have reviewed the 

submitted rules in accordance with 

evaluation criteria discussed above. We 

are proposing to approve Rules 204 and 

206 as part of ICAPCD’s general NSR 

permitting program because we have 

determined that these rules, together 

with Rule 207, satisfy the substantive 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

for a general NSR permit program as 

contained in CAA section 110(a)(2)(c) 

and 40 CFR 51.160–51.164. 

In addition, we are proposing a 

limited approval/limited disapproval of 

Rule 207. We are proposing a limited 

approval because we have determined 

that Rule 207 (i) satisfies the statutory 

and regulatory requirements for a 

general NSR permit program as set forth 

in CAA section 110(a)(2)(c) and 40 CFR 

51.160–51.164; and (ii) mostly satisfies 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements for a nonattainment NSR 

permit program for moderate ozone, 

serious PM10, and moderate PM2.5

nonattainment areas as set forth in the 

applicable provisions of part D of title 

I of the Act (sections 172 and 173) and 

in 40 CFR 51.165 and 40 CFR 51.307. 

We are also proposing a limited 

disapproval of Rule 207 because we 

have determined that the rule does not 

regulate ammonia as a PM2.5 precursor 

consistent with the requirements of 40 

CFR 51.165(a)(13). While the District 

provided a demonstration to support 

their contention that ammonia is a not 

a significant contributor to the areas 

PM2.5 nonattainment status, the 

demonstration was not consistent with 

EPA’s newly promulgated 

nonattainment NSR precursor 

demonstration requirements as set forth 

in 40 CFR 51.1006(a)(3). Our TSD 

contains a more detailed discussion of 

this disapproval issue. 

EPA is also proposing to find that it 

is acceptable for ICAPCD to not 

incorporate the NSR Reform provisions 

of 40 CFR 51.165 into its NSR permit 

program because ICAPCD’s permitting 

program will not be any less stringent 

than the federal permitting program. 

In addition, EPA is proposing to find 

that Rules 204, 206 and 207 meet the 

statutory requirements for SIP revisions 

as specified in sections 110(l) and 193 

of the CAA. 

Please see our TSD for more 

information regarding our evaluation of 

Rules 204, 206 and 207. 

C. Public Comment and Proposed 

Action 

As authorized by CAA section 

110(k)(3) and 301(a), we are proposing 

approval of Rule 204 (Applications) and 

Rule 206 (Processing of Applications), 

and we are proposing limited approval 

of Rule 207 (New and Modified 

Stationary Source Review) into the 

ICAPCD portion of the California SIP. If 

finalized, this action would incorporate 

the submitted rules into the SIP, 

including those provisions identified as 

deficient. The approval of Rule 207 is 

limited because EPA is simultaneously 

proposing a limited disapproval of Rule 

207 under section 110(k)(3). If finalized, 

this disapproval would trigger the twoyear clock for the federal 

implementation plan (FIP) requirement 

under section 110(c). In addition, final 

disapproval would trigger sanctions 

under CAA section 179 and 40 CFR 

52.31 unless the EPA approves 

subsequent SIP revisions that correct the 

rule deficiencies within 18 months of 

the effective date of the final action. 

We will accept comments from the 

public on the proposed approvals of 

Rules 204 and 206 and the proposed 

limited approval and limited 

disapproval of Rule 207 for the next 30 

days. 

In today’s action we are also notifying 

the public that we intend to make a 

technical correction to our previous 

action approving Rule 202—Exemptions 

into the ICAPCD portion of the 

California SIP.4 In that action we stated 

that approval of Rule 202 into the SIP 

would supersede and remove Rule 

103—Exemptions, which EPA has 

previously approved on May 31, 1972 

(37 FR 10832), but we failed to include 

the necessary regulatory text to effect 

this change. Our final rulemaking for 

our action on Rules 204, 206 and 207 

will include the necessary regulatory 

text to remove Rule 103 from the 

California SIP. We are not seeking 

public comment on this technical 

correction because public participation 

requirements were satisfied as part of 

our action approving Rule 202 into the 

SIP. 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is proposing to 

include in a final EPA rule regulatory 

text that includes incorporation by 

reference. In accordance with 

requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is 

proposing to incorporate by reference 

the ICAPCD rules listed in Table 1 of 

this notice. The EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these documents 

generally available electronically 

through www.regulations.gov and in 

hard copy at the appropriate EPA office 

(see the ADDRESSES section of this 

preamble for more information). 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Additional information about these 

statutes and Executive Orders can be 

found at http://www2.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders. 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 


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submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

This action does not impose an 

information collection burden under the 

PRA because this action does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

I certify that this action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the RFA. This action will not 

impose any requirements on small 

entities beyond those imposed by state 

law. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This action does not contain any 

unfunded mandate as described in 

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does 

not significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. This action does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. 

Accordingly, no additional costs to 

State, local, or tribal governments, or to 

the private sector, will result from this 

action. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the states, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Coordination 

With Indian Tribal Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175, because the SIP is not 

approved to apply on any Indian 

reservation land or in any other area 

where the EPA or an Indian tribe has 

demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction, and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not impose additional 

requirements beyond those imposed by 

state law. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

Section 12(d) of the NTTAA directs 

the EPA to use voluntary consensus 

standards in its regulatory activities 

unless to do so would be inconsistent 

with applicable law or otherwise 

impractical. The EPA believes that this 

action is not subject to the requirements 

of section 12(d) of the NTTAA because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Population 

The EPA lacks the discretionary 

authority to address environmental 

justice in this rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

New Source Review, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

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

Dated: December 8, 2016. 

Alexis Strauss, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0845; FRL–9956–61– 

Region 5] 

Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 

Miscellaneous Rules 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

administrative revisions for 

incorporation into the Michigan’s State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). The 

submittal, by the Michigan Department 

of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on 

December 21, 2015, makes minor 

corrections to Michigan’s Air Pollution 

Control Rules entitled ‘‘Emission 

Limitations and Prohibitions— 

Miscellaneous.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2015–0845 at http://

www.regulations.gov or via email to 

blakley.pamela@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, 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. 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, please contact the person 

identified in the ‘‘For Further 

Information Contact’’ section. For 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: 

Charles Hatten, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6031, 

hatten.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving Michigan’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 EPA does not receive adverse 

comments in response to this rule, no 

further activity is contemplated. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, EPA will 

withdraw the direct final rule and will 


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