The EPA Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, signed the following proposed rule on 03/20/2012, and EPA is submitting it for publication in the Federal Register (FR). While we have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this Internet version of the rule, it is not the official version of the rule for purposes of public comment. Please refer to the official version in a forthcoming FR publication, which will appear on the Government Printing Office's FDsys website ( http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action ) and on Regulations.gov ( http://www.regulations.gov ) in Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0213. Once the official version of this document is published in the FR, this version will be removed from the Internet and replaced with a link to the official version.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0213; FRL-] Revisions to the Hawaii State Implementation Plan

**AGENCY:** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). **ACTION:** Proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:** EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Hawaii State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions would update and replace the minor new source review rules that EPA approved into the Hawaii SIP in 1983.
**DATE:** Any comments on this proposal must arrive by [Insert date 30 days from date of publication in the Federal Register]
. **ADDRESSES:** Submit comments, identified by docket number EPAR09-OAR-2012-0213, by one of the following methods: 1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov . Follow the on-line instructions. 2. E-mail:rios.gerardo@epa.gov 3. Mail or deliver: Gerardo Rios (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 at2

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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 e-mail 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. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: Generally, documents in the docket for this action are available electronically at 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 at www.regulations.gov , some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material, large maps), and some may not be publicly available in either

This document is a prepublication version, signed by the EPA Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, on 3/20/2012. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this version, but it is not the official version.3

location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section. **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:** Geoffrey Glass, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-3534, glass.geoffrey@epa.gov. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:** This proposal addresses the following local rules: Hawaii State Department of Health Rules 11-60.1-3, 11-60.1-5, 11-60.1-7, 11-60.1-12, 11-60.1-19, 11-60.1-81, 11- 60.1-82, 11-60.1-83, 11-60.1-84, 11-60.1-91, 11-60.1-92, 11- 60.1-93, 11-60.1-99, 11-60.1-103, and 11-60.1-104. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register , we are approving these local rules in a direct final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone

This document is a prepublication version, signed by the EPA Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, on 3/20/2012. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this version, but it is not the official version.This document is a prepublication version, signed by the EPA Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, on 3/20/2012. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this version, but it is not the official version. 4

interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further information, please see the direct final action.

________________ ______________________ Dated: Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, Region IX.