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published on September 25, 2009, in 

order to correct the date of the 

Washington, DC, public meeting. Our 

earlier notice listed 2 different dates for 

the same meeting; the correct date is 

October 28, 2009. 

DATES: The public meetings will be held 

at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC, October 28, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

• Oakland, CA, November 3, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

• New Orleans, LA, November 19, 

2009, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

Written comments and related material 

may also be submitted to Coast Guard 

personnel specified at that meeting. The 

comment period for the proposed rule 

closes November 30, 2009. All 

comments and related material 

submitted after the meeting must either 

be submitted to our online docket via 

http://www.regulations.gov on or before 

November 30, 2009, or reach the Docket 

Management Facility by that date. 

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be 

held at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC—United States 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 

Room 4202, 2100 Second St., SW., 

Washington, DC 20593. 

• Oakland, CA—Ronald V. Dellums 

Federal Building, Auditorium, 3rd Floor 

North Tower, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

CA 94612. 

• New Orleans, LA—Ernest N. Morial 

Convention Center, Room 208, Exhibit 

Hall A, 900 Convention Center Blvd., 

New Orleans, LA 70130. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2008–1070 before or after the meeting 

using any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. Our online 

docket for this rulemaking is available 

on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number USCG–2008–1070. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, contact Lieutenant Jarrod 

DeWitz, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of 

Vessel Activities, Vessel Response Plan 

Review Team, telephone (202) 372– 

1219. You may also e-mail questions to 

Jarrod.M.DeWitz@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

correction to an earlier notice that 

published on September 25, 2009, (74 

FR 48891) in order to correct the date 

of the Washington, DC, public meeting. 

Our earlier notice listed 2 different dates 

for the same meeting; the correct date is 

October 28, 2009. The time/location of 

the Washington, DC, public meeting 

remains unchanged. The dates/times/ 

locations for the Oakland, CA, and New 

Orleans, LA, public meetings remain 

unchanged. 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments either orally at a meeting or 

in writing. If you bring written 

comments to a meeting, you may submit 

them to Coast Guard personnel specified 

at the meeting to receive written 

comments. These comments will be 

submitted to our online public docket. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008 issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact Lieutenant 

Jarrod DeWitz at the telephone number 

indicated under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold three 

public meetings regarding this proposed 

rulemaking on the following dates and 

at the following locations: 

• Washington, DC, October 28, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, Room 4202, 2100 Second 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• Oakland, CA, November 3, 2009, 

from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Ronald 

V. Dellums Federal Building, 

Auditorium, 3rd Floor North Tower, 

1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. 

Note: A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance to 

the building. 

• New Orleans, LA, November 19, 

2009, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the 

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 

Room 208, Exhibit Hall A, 900 

Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, 

LA 70130. 

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the rooms. The meetings 

may conclude before the allotted time if 

all matters of concern have been 

addressed. 

We plan to record each meeting using 

an audio-digital recorder and to make 

that audio recording available through a 

link in our online docket. A written 

summary of comments made and a list 

of attendees will be placed in the docket 

after each meeting concludes. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Stefan G. Venckus, 

Chief, Office of Regulations and 

Administrative Law, United States Coast 

Guard. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0751–200920; FRL– 

8965–9] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and 

Designations of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; North Carolina: 

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 

1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Hickory-MorgantonLenoir, North Carolina, (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘Hickory, North 

Carolina’’) nonattainment area for the 

1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

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NAAQS. This proposed determination 

is based upon three years of complete 

quality assured, quality controlled, and 

certified ambient air monitoring data 

showing that this area has monitored 

attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS for 

the years of 2006–2008. In addition, 

monitoring data thus far available, but 

not yet certified, in the EPA Air Quality 

System (AQS) database for 2009 show 

that this area continues to meet the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS. If this proposed 

determination is made final, the 

requirement for the State of North 

Carolina to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated 

reasonably available control measures 

(RACM), a reasonable further progress 

(RFP) plan, contingency measures, and 

other planning State Implementation 

Plans (SIPs) related to attainment of the 

standard for the Hickory, North 

Carolina, PM2.5 nonattainment area, 

shall be suspended. This requirement 

would remain suspended as long as this 

area continues to meet the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 5, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2009–0751 by one of the following 

methods: 

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

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2009– 

0751,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2009– 

0751. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or by e-mail 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at the Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel 

Huey, Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Huey 

may be reached by phone at (404) 562– 

9104 or via electronic mail at 

huey.joel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Action Is EPA Taking? 

II. What Is the Effect of This Action? 

III. What Is the Background for This Action? 

IV. What Is EPA’s Analysis of the Relevant 

Air Quality Data? 

V. Proposed Action 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What Action Is EPA Taking? 

EPA is proposing to determine that 

the Hickory, North Carolina, PM2.5

nonattainment area has attained the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. This determination 

is based upon complete quality assured, 

quality controlled, and certified ambient 

air monitoring data for the years 2006– 

2008 showing that the area has 

monitored attainment of the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. In addition, quality controlled 

and quality assured monitoring data 

thus far available, but not yet certified, 

in the EPA AQS database for 2009, show 

that this area continues to meet the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

II. What Is the Effect of This Action? 

If this determination is made final, 

under the provisions of EPA’s PM2.5

implementation rule (see 40 CFR 

51.1004(c)), the requirement for the 

State of North Carolina to submit an 

attainment demonstration and 

associated RACM, RFP plan, 

contingency measures, and any other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS for the Hickory, 

North Carolina, PM2.5 nonattainment 

area, shall be suspended. This 

requirement would remain suspended 

as long as this area continues to meet 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

As further discussed below, the 

proposed determination for the Hickory, 

North Carolina, PM2.5 nonattainment 

area would: (1) Suspend the 

requirement to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated RACM 

(including reasonably available control 

technologies), RFP plan, contingency 

measures, and any other planning SIPs 

related to attainment of the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS; (2) continue until such time, if 

any, that EPA subsequently determines 

that the area has violated the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS; (3) be separate from, and not 

influence or otherwise affect, any future 

designation determination or 

requirements for the Hickory, North 

Carolina, area based on the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS; and (4) remain in effect 

regardless of whether EPA designates 

this area as a nonattainment area for 

purposes of the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

Furthermore, as described below, any 


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such final determination would not be 

equivalent to the redesignation of the 

area to attainment based on the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

If this rulemaking is finalized and 

EPA subsequently determines, after 

notice-and-comment rulemaking in the 

Federal Register, that the area has 

violated the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, the 

basis for the suspension of the specific 

requirements, set forth at 40 CFR 

51.1004(c), would no longer exist, and 

the area would thereafter have to 

address pertinent requirements. 

The determination that EPA proposes 

with this Federal Register notice is not 

equivalent to a redesignation of the area 

to attainment. This proposed action, if 

finalized, would not constitute a 

redesignation to attainment under 

section 107(d)(3) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) because we would not yet have 

an approved maintenance plan for the 

area as required under section 175A of 

the CAA nor a determination that the 

area has met the other requirements for 

redesignation. The designation status of 

the area would remain nonattainment 

for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS until such 

time as EPA determines that it meets the 

CAA requirements for redesignation to 

attainment. 

This proposed action, if finalized, is 

limited to a determination that the 

Hickory, North Carolina, PM2.5

nonattainment area has attained the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. The 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS became effective on July 18, 

1997 (62 FR 36852), and are set forth at 

40 CFR 50.7. The 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, 

which became effective on December 

18, 2006 (71 FR 61144), are set forth at 

40 CFR 50.13. EPA is currently in the 

process of making designation 

determinations, as required by CAA 

section 107(d)(1), for the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS. EPA has not made any 

designation determination for the 

Hickory, North Carolina, area based on 

the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. This proposed 

determination, and any final 

determination, will have no effect on, 

and is not related to, any future 

designation determination that EPA may 

make based on the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS 

for the Hickory, North Carolina, area. 

Conversely, any future designation 

determination of the Hickory, North 

Carolina, area, based on the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS, will not have any effect on the 

determination proposed by this notice. 

If this proposed determination is 

made final and the Hickory, North 

Carolina, area continues to demonstrate 

attainment with the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, 

the requirement for the State of North 

Carolina to submit for the Hickory, 

North Carolina, PM2.5 nonattainment 

area an attainment demonstration and 

associated RACM, RFP plan, 

contingency measures, and any other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS will remain 

suspended regardless of whether EPA 

designates this area as a nonattainment 

area for purposes of the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS. Once the area is designated for 

the 2006 NAAQS, it will have to meet 

all applicable requirements for that 

designation. 

III. What Is the Background for This 

Action? 

On July 18, 1997 (62 FR 36852), EPA 

established a health-based PM2.5

NAAQS at 15.0 micrograms per cubic 

meter (μg/m3) based on a 3-year average 

of annual mean PM2.5 concentrations, 

and a twenty-four hour standard of 65 

μg/m3 based on a 3-year average of the 

98th percentile of 24-hour 

concentrations. EPA established the 

standards based on significant evidence 

and numerous health studies 

demonstrating that serious health effects 

are associated with exposure to 

particulate matter. The process for 

designating areas following 

promulgation of a new or revised 

NAAQS is contained in section 

107(d)(1) of the CAA. EPA and State air 

quality agencies initiated the monitoring 

process for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in 

1999 and began operating all air quality 

monitors by January 2001. On January 5, 

2005, EPA published its air quality 

designations and classifications for the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS based upon air 

quality monitoring data from those 

monitors for calendar years 2001–2003 

(70 FR 944). These designations became 

effective on April 5, 2005. The Hickory, 

North Carolina, area is composed of 

Catawba County, North Carolina, and 

was designated nonattainment for the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS (see 40 CFR part 

81). 

IV. What Is EPA’s Analysis of the 

Relevant Air Quality Data? 

EPA has reviewed the ambient air 

monitoring data for PM2.5, consistent 

with the requirements contained in 40 

CFR part 50, as recorded in the EPA 

AQS database for the Hickory, North 

Carolina, PM2.5 nonattainment area. On 

the basis of that review, EPA has 

concluded that this area attained the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS during the 2006– 

2008 monitoring period. Under EPA 

regulations at 40 CFR 50.7: 

(1) The annual primary and secondary 

PM2.5 standards are met when the 

annual arithmetic mean concentration, 

as determined in accordance with 40 

CFR Part 50, Appendix N, is less than 

or equal to 15.0 μg/m3. 

(2) The 24-hour primary and 

secondary PM2.5 standards are met when 

the 98th percentile 24-hour 

concentration, as determined in 

accordance with 40 CFR Part 50, 

Appendix N, is less than or equal to 65 

μg/m3. 

Table 1 shows the design values (the 

metrics calculated in accordance with 

40 CFR part 50, appendix N, for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQS) for the 1997 Annual PM2.5

NAAQS for the Hickory, North Carolina, 

nonattainment area monitors for the 

years 2006–2008. Table 2 shows the 

design values for the 1997 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS for these same monitors and for 

the same 3-year period. 

TABLE 1—DESIGN VALUE FOR COUNTIES IN THE HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS—ANNUAL STANDARD

Location AQS site ID 2006 average 2007 average 2008 average 2006–2008 

design value 

Catawba County .................................... 37–035–0004 15.163 14.592 12.806 14.2 

TABLE 2—DESIGN VALUE FOR COUNTIES IN THE HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS—24-HOUR STANDARD

Location AQS site ID 2006 

98th percentile 

2007 

98th percentile 

2008 

98th percentile 

2006–2008 

design value 

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EPA’s review of these data indicates 

that the Hickory, North Carolina, 

nonattainment area has met and 

continues to meet the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. EPA is soliciting public 

comments on the issues discussed in 

this document. These comments will be 

considered before taking final action. 

V. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to determine that 

the Hickory, North Carolina, 

nonattainment area for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS has attained the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS based on 2006–2008 

monitoring data. As provided in 40 CFR 

51.1004(c), if EPA finalizes this 

determination, it will suspend the 

requirement for the State of North 

Carolina to submit for this area an 

attainment demonstration and 

associated RACM, RFP plan, 

contingency measures, and any other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS as long as the 

area continues to attain the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action proposes to make a 

determination based on air quality data, 

and would, if finalized, result in the 

suspension of certain Federal 

requirements. For that reason, this 

proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications, as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Particulate matter. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0561–200919; FRL– 

8965–8] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and 

Designations of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; North Carolina: 

Greensboro-Winston Salem-High 

Point; Determination of Attaining Data 

for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter 

Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Greensboro-Winston 

Salem-High Point, North Carolina, 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘Greensboro, 

North Carolina’’) nonattainment area for 

the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) has attained the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. This proposed determination 

is based upon complete, quality assured, 

quality controlled, and certified ambient 

air monitoring data for the years 2006– 

2008 showing that this area has 

monitored attainment of the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. In addition, monitoring data 

thus far available, but not yet certified, 

in the EPA Air Quality System (AQS) 

database for 2009 show that this area 

continues to meet the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. If this proposed determination 

is made final, the requirement for the 

State of North Carolina to submit an 

attainment demonstration and 

associated reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), a reasonable further 

progress (RFP) plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) related to 

attainment of the standard for the 

Greensboro, North Carolina, PM2.5

nonattainment area, shall be suspended. 

This requirement would remain 

suspended as long as this area continues 

to meet the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 5, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2009–0561 by one of the following 

methods: 

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

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2009– 

0561,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2009– 

0561. 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 through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or by e-mail 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 


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