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No. 3 are at least as stringent as those 

required in the December 21, 2007, 

‘‘Reasonable Possibility’’ rule. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, EPA’s role is to approve 

state choices, provided that they meet 

the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 

Accordingly, this proposed action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this 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 Clean Air Act; 

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, Carbon monoxide, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds, Incorporation by 

reference. 

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

Dated: June 25, 2012. 

Howard M. Cantor, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16721 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0021; FRL–9696–8] 

Approval, Disapproval and 

Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Arizona; 

Regional Haze State and Federal 

Implementation Plans 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; announcement of 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that a 

public hearing will be held on July 31, 

2012 for the proposed rule, ‘‘Approval, 

Disapproval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Arizona; 

Regional Haze State and Federal 

Implementation Plans’’, which will be 

posted on EPA’s Web site by July 5, 

2012. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

on July 31, 2012. See the Supplementary 

Information section for further details 

about the public hearing. 

ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for hearing 

location. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the public 

hearing, please contact Thomas Webb, 

U.S. EPA, Region 9, phone (415) 947– 

4139, email webb.thomas@epa.gov. If 

you are a person with a disability under 

the ADA and require a reasonable 

accommodation for this event, please 

contact Philip Kum at 

kum.philip@epa.gov or at (415) 947– 

3566 by July 15, 2012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

169A of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

establishes as a national goal the 

‘‘prevention of any future, and the 

remedying of any existing, impairment 

of visibility in mandatory Class I 

Federal areas which impairment results 

from manmade air pollution.’’ Arizona 

has twelve mandatory Class I areas; 

several Class I areas in other states are 

also affected by emissions from Arizona 

facilities. 

Regional haze is visibility impairment 

caused by the cumulative air pollutant 

emissions from numerous sources over 

a wide geographic area. EPA’s proposed 

Regional Haze Federal Implementation 

Plan (FIP) for Arizona will address the 

requirements of the CAA and EPA’s 

regional haze regulations pertaining to 

Best Available Retrofit Technology 

(BART) for three electric generating 

stations in Arizona: Apache Generating 

Station, Cholla Power Plant and 

Coronado Generating Station. EPA will 

propose to address other facilities and 

other elements of the Arizona SIP in a 

later action. The proposed rule, 

‘‘Approval, Disapproval and 

Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Arizona; 

Regional Haze State and Federal 

Implementation Plans’’, will be 

available by July 5, 2012 on the 

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

region9/air/actions/arizona.html and 

will subsequently be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The proposed rule and information on 

which the proposed rule relies will also 

be available in the docket for this action. 

Generally, documents in the docket will 

be available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, California. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., Confidential Business 

Information). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Public hearing: EPA will hold a 

public hearing at the following date, 

time and location to accept oral and 

written comments into the record: 

Date: July 31, 2012. 

Time: Open House: 4:00–5:00 p.m. 

Public Hearing: 6:00–8:00 p.m. 

Location: Sandra Day O’Connor 

Federal Courthouse, in the atrium and 

juror room, 401 W. Washington Street, 

Phoenix, AZ 85003–2118. 


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To provide an opportunity for 

questions and discussion, EPA will hold 

an open house prior to the public 

hearing. During this open house, EPA 

staff will be available to informally 

answer questions on our proposed rule. 

Any comments made to EPA staff 

during the open house must still be 

provided formally in writing or orally 

during the public hearing in order to be 

considered in the record. 

The public hearing will provide the 

public with an opportunity to present 

data, views, or arguments concerning 

the proposed Regional Haze action for 

Arizona. EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations at that time. Simultaneous 

translation in Spanish will be available 

during the public hearing. 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. Please consult the proposed 

rule for guidance on how to submit 

written comments to EPA. 

At the public hearing, the hearing 

officer may limit the time available for 

each commenter to address the proposal 

to five minutes or less if the hearing 

officer determines it is appropriate. Any 

person may provide written or oral 

comments and data pertaining to our 

proposal at the public hearing. We will 

include verbatim transcripts, in English, 

of the hearing and written statements in 

the rulemaking docket. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen oxides, Sulfur dioxide, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Visibility, 

Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: June 27, 2012. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Air Division Director, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16705 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2011–0647; FRL–9697–5] 

RIN 2050–AD75 

Availability of Addendum to 

Documentation Supporting the 

Proposal of the Leeds Metal Site to the 

National Priorities List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data 

availability. 

SUMMARY: This Notice provides an 

opportunity to comment on the EPA’s 

revised Hazard Ranking System (HRS) 

scoring for the Leeds Metal site in 

Leeds, Maine. The site was proposed to 

the National Priorities List (NPL) on 

September 16, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked) on or before August 8, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket number EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2011–0647, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Mail comments (no facsimiles 

or tapes) to Docket Coordinator, 

Headquarters; U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency; CERCLA Docket 

Office; (Mail Code 5305T); 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW.; Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery or Express Mail: 

Send comments (no facsimiles or tapes) 

to Docket Coordinator, Headquarters; 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 

CERCLA Docket Office; 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW.; EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington, DC 20004. 

Such deliveries are accepted only 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays). 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket number EPA–HQ–SFUND– 

2011–0647. The 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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system; 

that means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email 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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Headquarters CERCLA Docket 

Office, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW.; 

EPA West, Room 3334, Washington, DC 

20004. The Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the EPA 

Headquarters CERCLA Docket Office is 

(202) 566–0276. Comments must be 

submitted to the EPA Headquarters as 

detailed at the beginning of this 

preamble in the ‘‘Addresses’’ section. 

Please note that the mailing addresses 

differ according to method of delivery. 

There are two different addresses that 

depend on whether comments are sent 

by express mail or by postal mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603–8852, 

email: jeng.terry@epa.gov, Site 

Assessment and Remedy Decisions 

Branch, Assessment and Remediation 

Division, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology 

Innovation (Mail Code 5204P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 


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