48690 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 184 / Thursday, September 24, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

Approved: August 26, 2009. 

John R. Gingrich, 

Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–23021 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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40 CFR Parts 51, 52, 261, 262, 264, 265, 

and 270 

[FRL–8961–2] 

RIN 2090–AA28 

New Jersey Gold Track Program Under 

Project XL 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule: withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a 

proposed rule published on April 16, 

2002, which would have modified the 

regulations under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

and the Clean Air Act (CAA) to enable 

the implementation of the New Jersey 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(NJDEP) Gold Track Program that was 

developed under EPA’s Project 

eXcellence in Leadership (Project XL) 

program. Project XL was a national pilot 

program that allowed state and local 

governments, businesses and federal 

facilities to develop with EPA more 

cost-effective ways of achieving 

environmental and public health 

protection. In exchange, EPA provided 

regulatory, policy or procedural 

flexibilities to conduct the pilot 

experiments. EPA is withdrawing the 

proposed rule in response to NJDEP’s 

decision not to go forward with the Gold 

Track Program and not to promulgate an 

enabling rule. In the rule, EPA proposed 

to provide New Jersey with authority to 

provide high-performing companies in 

New Jersey with the regulatory 

flexibility to test environmental 

management strategies designed to 

produce improved and measurable 

results. The NJDEP had expressed 

interest in testing a program designed to 

achieve environmental excellence 

through commitments and 

accountability beyond standard 

regulatory requirements. Following 

EPA’s April 16, 2002 proposal, the 

NJDEP communicated to EPA that it did 

not wish to implement the state 

rulemaking or the pilot project as 

originally envisioned. EPA received no 

public comments on this proposed rule. 

DATES: The proposed rule published on 

April 16, 2002 at 67 FR 18528 is 

withdrawn as of September 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerald Filbin, Mail Code 1807T, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Policy, Economics and 

Innovation, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Dr. 

Filbin’s telephone number is (202) 566– 

2182 and his e-mail address is 

filbin.gerald@epa.gov. Further 

information on today’s action may also 

be obtained on the internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/projectxl/njgold/ 

index.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory 

Impact: Because this action withdraws a 

notice of proposed rulemaking, it is 

neither a proposed nor a final rule and 

therefore is not covered under Executive 

Order 12866, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, or other Executive Orders and 

statutes that generally apply to those 

rulemakings. 

The proposed rule, ‘‘New Jersey Gold 

Track Program Under Project XL,’’ 

published on April 16, 2002 at 67 FR 

18528 is withdrawn as of September 24, 

2009. 

Dated: September 16, 2009. 

Scott Fulton, 

Acting Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–22924 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2009–0664; FRL–8962–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; The 

Chicago and Evansville Nonattainment 

Areas; Determination of Attainment of 

the Fine Particle Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Chicago (Illinois and 

Indiana) and Evansville (Indiana) areas 

have attained the 1997 fine particle 

(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS). The proposed 

determinations are based upon qualityassured, quality-controlled, and 

certified ambient air monitoring data 

that show that the areas have monitored 

attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS for 

the 2006 to 2008 monitoring period. 

Preliminary data for 2009 suggest that 

the areas continue to monitor 

attainment. If these proposed 

determinations are made final, the 

requirements for these areas to submit 

an attainment demonstration and 

associated reasonably available control 

measures, a reasonable further progress 

plan, contingency measures, and other 

planning State Implementation Plans 

(SIPs) revisions related to attainment of 

the standard shall be suspended for so 

long as the areas continue to attain the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2009–0664 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2551. 

4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, 

Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, 

Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

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–2009– 

0664. 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 


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