Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Proposed Rules 34427

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[OH135–1b; FRL–6600–9]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

an October 6, 1999, request from Ohio

for a revision to the Ohio State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which

governs transportation conformity. In

the Final Rules section of this Federal

Register, EPA is approving as described

herein, the State’s SIP revision, as a

direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial revision and

anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If we

receive no adverse comments in

response to that direct final rule we plan

to take no further activity in relation to

this proposed rule. If EPA receives

significant adverse comments, in

writing, which have not been addressed,

we will withdraw the direct final rule

and address all public comments

received in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this document.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch, (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois,

60604.

You may inspect copies of the

documents relevant to this action during

normal business hours at the following

location: Regulation Development

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois, 60604.

Please contact Patricia Morris at (312)

353–8656 before visiting the Region 5

office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Morris, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document wherever

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

EPA.

This SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section is organized as follows:

What action is EPA taking today?

Where can I find more information

about this proposal and the

corresponding direct final rule?

What Action Is EPA Taking Today?

In this action, we are proposing to

approve a revision to the Ohio State

Implementation Plan for transportation

conformity. The transportation

conformity SIP revisions enable the

State of Ohio to implement and enforce

the Federal transportation conformity

requirements at the State or local level.

The amendments to Ohio

Administrative Code reflect the third set

of EPA revisions to the federal

transportation conformity rules. These

rule changes will assure conformity of

transportation improvement programs,

transportation plans and transportation

projects to the State Implementation

Plan (SIP). EPA is only approving

certain sections of the rules submitted

by Ohio for transportation conformity.

Where Can I Find More Information

About This Proposal and the

Corresponding Direct Final Rule?

For additional information see the

direct final rule published in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Elissa Speizman,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[CO–001–0037b; FRL–6706–6]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Colorado; Designation of Areas for Air

Quality Planning Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

a State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the Governor of

the State of Colorado on September 22,

1997, for the purpose of establishing a

redesignation for the Canon City area

from nonattainment to attainment for

particulate matter with an aerodynamic

diameter less than or equal to a nominal

10 microns (PM10) under the 1987

standards. The Colorado Air Pollution

Control Division’s (Colorado) submittal,

among other things, documents that the

Canon City area has attained the PM10

national ambient air quality standards

(NAAQS), requests redesignation to

attainment, and includes a maintenance

plan for the area demonstrating

maintenance of the PM10 NAAQS for ten

years. In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’

section of this Federal Register, EPA is

approving the State’s submittal as a

direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial SIP revision and

redesignation and anticipates no

adverse comments. A detailed rationale

for the approval is set forth in the

preamble to the direct final rule. If EPA

receives no adverse comments, EPA will

not take further action on this proposed

rule. If EPA receives adverse comments,

EPA will withdraw the direct final rule

and it will not take effect. EPA will

address all public comments in a

subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a

second comment period on this action.

Any parties interested in commenting

must do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before June 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to Richard R. Long, Director, Air

and Radiation Program, Mailcode 8P–

AR, Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), Region VIII, 999 18th Street,

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202.

Copies of the documents relevant to this

action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air and Radiation Program,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202. Copies of the

State documents relevant to this action

are available for public inspection at the

Colorado Department of Public Health

and Environment, Air Pollution Control

Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive

South, Denver, Colorado 80222–1530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Rosenberg, EPA, Region VIII,

(303) 312–6436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action of the same title which is located

in the Rules and Regulations section of

this Federal Register.

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

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Jack W. McGraw,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 00–13331 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

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