41390 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Proposed Rules

Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency New England, Suite

1100, One Congress Street, Boston, MA

02114. Copies of the State submittal and

EPA’s technical support document are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment

at the Office of Ecosystems Protection,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston, MA and the Division of

Air Quality Control, Department of

Environmental Protection, One Winter

Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanne Cosgrove, (617) 918–1669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the direct

final rule which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401—7671q.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Mindy S. Lubber,

Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

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Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans: Oregon

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve

the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revisions submitted by Oregon

Department of Environmental Quality

(ODEQ), for the purpose of repealing the

Consumer Products Rules, repealing the

Architectural Coatings Rules, revising

and partially repealing the Motor

Vehicle Refinishings Rules, and revising

the Volatile Organic Compounds

Definitions. The SIP revisions were

submitted by the State to satisfy certain

Federal Clean Air Act requirements

under section 110 and part D. In the

Final Rules section of this Federal

Register, EPA is approving the State’s

SIP submittal as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

submittal amendment and anticipates

no adverse comments. A detailed

rationale for the approval is set forth in

the direct final rule. If no adverse

comments are received in response to

this action, no further activity is

contemplated. If the EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. The EPA will not

institute a second comment period. Any

parties interested in commenting on this

action should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be

received in writing by August 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: Debra Suzuki, SIP

Manager, EPA, Office of Air Quality

(OAQ–107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington 98101. Copies of the state

submittal and other information

supporting this action are available at

the following addresses for inspection

during normal business hours. The

interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 10, Office of Air Quality (OAQ–

107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington 98101; and Oregon

Department of Environmental Quality,

811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97204–1390.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra Suzuki, EPA, Office of Air

Quality (OAQ–107), 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington 98101, (206) 553–

0985.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the Direct

Final rule which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plan; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

Indiana’s State Implementation Plan

(SIP) revision request to control

emissions of volatile organic

compounds (VOCs) from steel mill

sinter plants in Lake and Porter

Counties. The Indiana Department of

Environmental Management (IDEM)

submitted the SIP revision request on

April 6, 1999. The revision applies to

integrated steel mills and provides for

seasonal limits on emissions of VOCs.

VOC emissions are a precursor of

ground-level ozone, commonly known

as smog. High ozone levels are

detrimental to human health and

contribute to upper respiratory ailments

such as asthma. 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: EPA must receive written

comments by August 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You should mail 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 State

submittal and EPA’s analysis of it at:

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Francisco J. Acevedo, Environmental

Protection Specialist, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604, (312) 886–3299.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document wherever

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

EPA.

Table of Contents

I. What action is EPA taking today?

II. Where can I find more information about

this proposal and the corresponding

direct final rule?

I. What Action Is EPA Taking Today?

We are proposing to approve

Indiana’s rule IAC 8–plants in Lake and

Porter Counties. Our approval makes the