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Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–493–0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Meetings 

The Coast Guard will hold five 

additional public meetings as follows: 

Monday, October 30, 2006 in Rochester, 

NY; Wednesday November 1, 

Waukegan, IL (Milwaukee, WI/Chicago, 

IL area); Friday, November 3, in 

Charlevoix, MI; Monday, November 6, 

in Erie, PA; and Wednesday, November 

8, in Sturgeon Bay, WI. These meetings 

will be held to take comments regarding 

the proposed Safety Zones; U.S. Coast 

Guard Water Training Areas, Great 

Lakes, published on August 1, 2006, in 

the Federal Register at 71 FR 43402. 

The Coast Guard encourages 

interested persons to submit written 

data, views, or comments. Persons 

submitting comments should please 

include their name and address and 

identify the docket number (USCG–

2006–25767). You may submit your 

comments and material by mail, hand 

delivery, fax or electronic means to the 

Docket Management Facility at the 

address under ADDRESSES. 

Regulatory History 

On August 1, 2006, the Coast Guard 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) (71 FR 43402) to 

establish permanent safety zones 

throughout the Great Lakes, which 

would restrict vessels from portions of 

the Great Lakes during live fire gun 

exercises that will be conducted by 

Coast Guard cutters and small boats. 

The initial comment period for this 

NPRM ended on August 31, 2006. In 

response to public requests, the Coast 

Guard re-opened the comment period 

on this NPRM. (71 FR 53629, September 

12, 2006) Re-opening the comment 

period from September 12, 2006 to 

November 13, 2006, provides the public 

more time to submit comments and 

recommendations. On September 19, 

2006, the Coast Guard published a brief 

document announcing the dates of 

public meetings. (71 FR 54792) On 

September 27, 2006 we published a 

document containing detailed 

information about the first set of 

meetings. (71 FR 56420) 

On October 12, 2006, the Coast Guard 

announced that the addition of three 

more public meetings and again stated 

that more detailed information related 

to the meetings would be published at 

a later date. (71 FR 60094) This 

document provides detailed information 

regarding these additional meetings by 

providing the locations of the public 

meetings and the topics to be discussed. 

We are also announcing the addition of 

public meetings to be held in Erie, PA 

and Sturgeon Bay, WI. 

Background and Purpose 

The thirty-four permanent safety 

zones proposed in the NPRM will be 

located throughout the Great Lakes in 

order to accommodate the training 

needs of 57 separate Coast Guard units. 

The proposed safety zones are all 

located more than three nautical miles 

from the shoreline. Establishing 

permanent training areas serves to 

notify the public and solicit its input on 

selection of the training locations. 

The proposed safety zones will be 

enforced only when training is 

conducted, and then only after notice by 

the Captain of the Port for the area in 

which the exercise will be held. The 

Captain of the Port will use all 

appropriate means to effect the widest 

publicity among the affected segments 

of the public, including publication in 

the Federal Register if practicable, in 

accordance with 33 CFR 65.7(a). Such 

means of notification may also include, 

but are not limited to, Broadcast Notice 

to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 

The appropriate Captain of the Port will 

also issue a Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners 

notifying the public when enforcement 

of a live fire exercise safety zone is 

suspended. 

Interested individuals are encouraged 

to attend the open house forums and 

public meetings, provide comments and 

ask questions about the weapons 

training areas. In the event that the 

Coast Guard decides to conduct a higher 

level of environmental analysis 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act, input received from all nine 

public meetings in the Great Lakes area 

will serve as ‘‘scoping,’’ to determine 

the issues to be addressed in that 

analysis. 

Meeting Times and Topics 

The meetings are expected to run 

from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (local). We may 

end the meetings early if there are no 

additional comments or questions. 

Topics to be covered during the 

public meetings include the following: 

(1) Introduction of the proposed zones 

and the need to train on the Great Lakes; 

(2) How the Coast Guard determined 

the locations of the zones; 

(3) Scheduling and frequency of 

training in the zones; 

(4) Notification procedures; 

(5) Safety procedures; 

(6) Weapons and munitions; and 

(7) Environmental risk assessment 

overview. 

Before the start of the formal public 

meetings, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

(local), the Coast Guard is hosting an 

open house so that the public can speak 

with Coast Guard personnel and obtain 

more information on the proposed 

zones. 

Procedure 

Each open house and meeting is open 

to the public. Ideally, comments will 

provide specific information and facts 

related to the impact of the zone(s) on 

the commenter. Detailed and focused 

comments will enable the Coast Guard 

to address identified areas of concern in 

the rulemaking process. Please note that 

the meeting may close early if all 

business is finished. If you are unable to 

attend, you may submit comments to 

the Docket Management Facility at the 

address under ADDRESSES by November 

13, 2006. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

If you plan to attend any of the public 

meetings and require special assistance, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other reasonable accommodations, 

please contact us as indicated in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: October 18, 2006. 

John E. Crowley, Jr., 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Ninth Coast Guard District. 

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Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) and Nonattainment New Source 

Review (NSR): Debottlenecking, 

Aggregation, and Project Netting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a 

public hearing to be held on November 

6, 2006, for the proposed rule on 

‘‘Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) and Nonattainment New Source 

Review (NSR): Debottlenecking, 

Aggregation, and Project Netting.’’ This 

rulemaking action was published in the 

Federal Register on September 14, 2006 

and proposes to revise the regulations 

governing the NSR programs mandated 

by parts C and D of title I of the Clean 

Air Act. The public hearing will provide 

interested parties the opportunity to 

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present data, views, or arguments 

concerning these proposed changes. 

DATES: The public hearing will convene 

at 9 a.m. on November 6, 2006, and 

continue until 1 hour after the last 

registered speaker has spoken. People 

wishing to present oral testimony must 

pre-register by 5 p.m. on November 3, 

2006. The EPA is willing to keep the 

public hearing open into the evening 

hours of November 6, 2006, if speakers 

are pre-registered by the registration 

deadline of 5 p.m. on November 3, 2006, 

and have registered to speak during 

evening hours. For updates and 

additional information on the public 

hearing, please check EPA’s Web site for 

this rulemaking at http:// 

www.epa.gov.nsr/. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held at U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 109 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27709, Building C, Classroom C112. 

Because this hearing is being held at 

U.S. Government facilities, everyone 

planning to attend the hearing should be 

prepared to show valid picture 

identification to the security staff in 

order to gain access to the meeting 

room. In addition, you will need to 

obtain a property pass for any personal 

belongings you bring with you. Upon 

leaving the building, you will be 

required to return this property pass to 

the security desk. No large signs will be 

allowed in the building, cameras may 

only be used inside the classroom and 

outside of the building, and 

demonstrations will not be allowed on 

Federal property for security reasons. 

Directions to the EPA Campus are 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/rtp/facilities/ 

maindirections.htm, along with a map 

showing the area designated for visitor 

parking. From there, walk toward the 

main facility and enter the center 

building (by the U.S. and EPA flags). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to speak at the public 

hearing or have questions concerning 

the public hearing, please contact Ms. 

Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, OAQPS, Air Quality 

Planning Division, (C504–03), Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone 

(919) 541–0641, fax number (919) 541–

5509, e-mail address long.pam@epa.gov. 

Questions concerning the September 

14, 2006, proposed rule should be 

addressed to Mr. David Svendsgaard, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Air Quality Policy 

Division, (C504–03), Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 

541–2380, e-mail at 

Svendsgaard.dave@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

September 14, 2006, proposed rule 

changes reflect EPA’s consideration of 

the Agency’s 2002 Report to the 

President and its associated 

recommendations as well as discussions 

with various stakeholders including 

representatives of environmental 

groups, State and local governments, 

and industry. It proposes to change how 

emissions from units upstream or 

downstream from the unit(s) undergoing 

a physical change or change in the 

method of operation are included in the 

calculation of an emissions increase for 

the project. It also proposes to clarify 

and codify our policy of when 

emissions increases from multiple 

projects are to be aggregated together to 

determine NSR applicability. Finally, it 

proposes to clarify how emissions 

decreases from a project may be 

included in the calculation to determine 

if a significant emissions increase will 

result from a project. The EPA expects 

that these proposed rule changes will 

improve implementation of the program 

by articulating and codifying principles 

for determining major NSR applicability 

that we currently address through 

guidance only. 

Public hearing: The proposal for 

which EPA is holding the public 

hearing was published in the Federal 

Register on September 14, 2006, (71 FR 

54235) and is available at: http:// 

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01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2006/pdf/E6–15248.pdf. The public 

hearing will provide interested parties 

the opportunity to present data, views, 

or arguments concerning the proposed 

rule. The EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearing. Written comments on the 

proposed rule must be postmarked by 

November 13, 2006, which is the closing 

date for the comment period, as 

specified in the proposal for the rule. 

However, the record will remain open 

until December 6, 2006, to allow 30 

days for submittal of additional 

information related to the hearing. 

Commenters should notify Ms. Long if 

they will need specific equipment, or if 

there are other special needs related to 

providing comments at the hearing. The 

EPA will provide equipment for 

commenters to show overhead slides or 

make computerized slide presentations 

if we receive special requests in 

advance. Oral testimony will be limited 

to 5 minutes for each commenter. The 

EPA encourages commenters to provide 

EPA with a copy of their oral testimony 

electronically (via e-mail, computer 

disk, or CD) or in hard copy form. 

The hearing schedule, including lists 

of speakers, will be posted on EPA’s 

Web site http://www.epa.gov/nsr/. 

Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and 

written statements will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. 

How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

The EPA has established the official 

public docket for the proposed rule 

entitled ‘‘Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment 

New Source Review (NSR): 

Debottlenecking, Aggregation, and 

Project Netting’’ under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0064. Note: The 

EPA Docket Center suffered damage due 

to flooding during the last week of June 

2006. The Docket Center is continuing 

to operate. However, during the 

cleanup, there will be temporary 

changes to Docket Center telephone 

numbers, addresses, and hours of 

operation for people who wish to make 

hand deliveries or visit the Public 

Reading Room to view documents. 

Consult EPA’s Federal Register notice at 

71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

epahome/dockets.htm for current 

information on docket operations, 

locations and telephone numbers. The 

Docket Center’s mailing address for U.S. 

mail and the procedure for submitting 

comments to www.regulations.gov are 

not affected by the flooding and will 

remain the same. 

As stated previously, the proposed 

rule was published in the Federal 

Register on September 14, 2006 (71 FR 

54235) and is available at http:// 

a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/ 

01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2006/pdf/E6–15248.pdf. 

Dated: October 11, 2006. 

Jeffrey S. Clark, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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