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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0860] 

Safety Zone; Rio Vista Bass Derby 

Fireworks, Sacramento River, Rio 

Vista, CA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

the safety zone for the Rio Vista Bass 

Derby Fireworks in the Captain of the 

Port, San Francisco area of 

responsibility during the dates and 

times noted below. This action is 

necessary to protect life and property of 

the maritime public from the hazards 

associated with the fireworks display. 

During the enforcement period, 

unauthorized persons or vessels are 

prohibited from entering into, transiting 

through, or anchoring in the safety zone, 

unless authorized by the Patrol 

Commander (PATCOM). 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

165.1191, Table 1, Item number 27, will 

be enforced from 12:01 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

on October 13, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, call 

or email Ensign William Hawn, U.S. 

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; 

telephone (415) 399–7442 or email at 

D11-PF-MarineEvents@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce a 100 foot safety 

zone around the fireworks barge at the 

Dutra Company Yard in Rio Vista, CA 

during the loading and transit of the 

fireworks barge and until the 

commencement of the fireworks 

display. Loading of the pyrotechnics 

onto the barge is scheduled to take place 

from 12:01 p.m. until 3 p.m. on October 

13, 2012 at the Dutra Company Yard in 

Rio Vista, CA. From 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. 

the loaded barge will transit from the 

Dutra Company Yard to the launch site 

off of Rio Vista, CA in position 

38°09′18′′ N, 121°41′15′′ W (NAD 83). 

Upon commencement of the 15 minute 

fireworks display, scheduled to take 

place from 8:30 p.m. until 8:45 p.m. on 

October 13, 2012, the safety zone will 

increase in size and encompass the 

navigable waters around and under the 

fireworks barge within a radius of 1,000 

feet in position in position 38°09′18′′ N, 

121°41′15′′ W (NAD 83) for the Rio Vista 

Bass Derby Fireworks in 33 CFR 

165.1191. This safety zone will be in 

effect from 12:01 p.m. to 9 p.m. on 

October 13, 2012. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

165.1191, unauthorized persons or 

vessels are prohibited from entering 

into, transiting through, or anchoring in 

the safety zone during all applicable 

effective dates and times, unless 

authorized to do so by the PATCOM. 

Additionally, each person who receives 

notice of a lawful order or direction 

issued by an official patrol vessel shall 

obey the order or direction. The 

PATCOM is empowered to forbid entry 

into and control the regulated area. The 

PATCOM shall be designated by the 

Commander, Coast Guard Sector San 

Francisco. The PATCOM may, upon 

request, allow the transit of commercial 

vessels through regulated areas when it 

is safe to do so. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR 165.1191 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 

In addition to this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Coast Guard will provide 

the maritime community with extensive 

advance notification of the safety zone 

and its enforcement period via the Local 

Notice to Mariners. 

If the Captain of the Port determines 

that the regulated area need not be 

enforced for the full duration stated in 

this notice, a Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners may be used to grant general 

permission to enter the regulated area. 

Dated: September 24, 2012. 

Cynthia L. Stowe, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Francisco. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0084; FRL–9737–8] 

Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

Alabama; Attainment Plan for the 

Alabama Portion of the Chattanooga 

1997 Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

approve the State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of 

Alabama, through the Alabama 

Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM) to EPA on October 

7, 2009, for the purpose of providing for 

attainment of the 1997 fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) in the 

Alabama portion of the tri-state 

Chattanooga PM2.5 nonattainment area 

(hereafter referred to as the 

‘‘Chattanooga Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’). The 

Chattanooga Area is comprised of 

Catoosa and Walker Counties in 

Georgia; Hamilton County in Tennessee; 

and a portion of Jackson County in 

Alabama. The Alabama SIP revision 

(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘attainment 

plan’’) pertains only to the Alabama 

portion of the Chattanooga Area 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘Jackson 

County’’). EPA is now taking final 

action to approve Alabama’s October 7, 

2009, SIP revision regarding reasonably 

available control technology (RACT) 

and reasonably available control 

measures (RACM); reasonable further 

progress (RFP); contingency measures; 

and, for transportation conformity 

purposes, an insignificance 

determination for PM2.5 and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) for the mobile source 

contribution to ambient PM2.5 levels for 

the Alabama portion of the Chattanooga 

Area. This action is being taken in 

accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA 

or Act) and the ‘‘Clean Air Fine Particle 

Implementation Rule,’’ hereafter 

referred to as the ‘‘PM2.5 Implementation 

Rule,’’ issued by EPA on April 25, 2007. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule will be 

effective on November 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2011–0084. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information 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 through 

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 or Richard Wong of the Regulatory 

Development Section, in the Air 

Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 


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1On May 31, 2011, EPA determined that the 

Chattanooga Area had attaining data for the 1997 

Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. See 76 FR 31239. As such, 

the State of Georgia withdrew its attainment plan 

submittal for the Georgia portion of the Chattanooga 

Area on June 29, 2011. The State of Tennessee has 

not withdrawn its attainment plan submittal for the 

Tennessee portion of the Chattanooga Area, 

however, EPA is not acting on that submittal at this 

time. 2The determination of attainment is not a 

redesignation of the Area from nonattainment to 

attainment and is not an indication that the Area 

will continue to maintain the standard for which 

the determination is made. It is merely a 

determination that the Area attained the standard 

for a particular three year period and also by the 

applicable deadline. Please see EPA’s May 31, 2011, 

rulemaking for more detail on the effects of a 

determination of attainment. 

3EPA has already approved the base year 

emissions inventory for the Alabama portion of the 

Chattanooga Area on February 8, 2012 (77 FR 6469). 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Joel Huey 

may be reached by phone at (404) 562– 

9104, or via electronic mail at 

huey.joel@epa.gov. Richard Wong may 

be reached by phone at (404) 562–8726, 

or via electronic mail at 

wong.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

II. What is the background for EPA’s action? 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

Alabama’s SIP revision for the Alabama 

portion of the Chattanooga Area,1 as 

submitted through the ADEM to EPA on 

October 7, 2009, for the purpose of 

demonstrating attainment of the 1997 

Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Alabama’s PM2.5

attainment plan for Jackson County 

includes an analysis of RACM/RACT, an 

RFP plan, contingency measures, and an 

insignificance determination for mobile 

direct PM2.5 and NOX emissions for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

EPA previously approved the base year 

emissions inventory for the Alabama 

portion of the Chattanooga Area on 

February 8, 2012 (77 FR 6467). 

EPA has determined that Alabama’s 

PM2.5 attainment plan for the 1997 

Annual PM2.5 NAAQS for Jackson 

County meets the applicable 

requirements of the CAA and the PM2.5

Implementation Rule. Thus, EPA is 

taking final action to approve Alabama’s 

attainment plan for Jackson County, 

including the insignificance 

determination for direct PM2.5 and NOX

for Alabama’s mobile source 

contribution to ambient PM2.5 levels in 

the Chattanooga Area. More detail on 

EPA’s rationale for this approval can be 

found in EPA’s July 12, 2012, proposed 

rulemaking for this action (see 77 FR 

41132). 

II. What is the background for EPA’s 

action? 

On April 25, 2007, EPA published the 

PM2.5 Implementation Rule for the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS (72 FR 20586). This rule 

describes the CAA framework and 

requirements for developing SIPs to 

achieve attainment in areas designated 

nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. Such attainment plans must 

include a demonstration that a 

nonattainment area will meet the 

applicable NAAQS within the 

timeframe provided in the statute. For 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, an attainment 

demonstration must show that a 

nonattainment area will attain the 

standards as expeditiously as 

practicable, but within five years of 

designation (i.e., by an attainment date 

of no later than April 5, 2010, based on 

air quality data for 2007 through 2009). 

As mentioned above, ADEM provided 

Alabama’s SIP revision with the 

attainment plan (the subject of this 

rulemaking) for the Alabama portion of 

the Chattanooga Area on October 7, 

2009. 

On May 31, 2011, EPA determined 

that the Chattanooga Area had attaining 

data for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

See 76 FR 31239. That determination 

was based on quality-assured, quality 

controlled and certified ambient air 

monitoring data that shows the Area 

met the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

Furthermore, on September 8, 2011, in 

accordance with CAA 179(c), EPA 

determined that the Chattanooga Area 

attained the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

by its applicable attainment date of 

April 5, 2010. See 76 FR 55774. This 

information is mentioned here in 

support of EPA’s determination that 

Alabama’s attainment plan was 

sufficient for the Chattanooga Area to 

achieve attainment by no later than the 

required attainment date of April 5, 

2010. 

As discussed in the May 31, 2011, 

rulemaking, EPA’s determination of 

attainment 2 suspended the obligation 

for the State to meet planning SIP 

requirements for the Chattanooga Area 

for so long as the Area continues to 

attain the 1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

See 40 CFR 51.1004(c). The State must 

still submit required emissions 

inventories consistent with applicable 

timelines.3 The suspended SIP 

submission obligations include the 

attainment demonstration (including in 

this case the mobile source 

insignificance determination submitted 

to satisfy transportation conformity 

requirements), the RACM/RACT 

analysis and requirements, the RFP 

requirements as applicable, and 

contingency measures. Despite the 

suspension of the aforementioned 

attainment plan requirements for the 

Chattanooga Area for the 1997 Annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS, Alabama has requested 

that EPA take action on its planning SIP 

for this Area in part because the SIP 

submittal includes the insignificance 

determination for conformity purposes. 

EPA’s July 12, 2012, proposal action 

provides additional details regarding the 

rationale for today’s final action. A brief 

discussion is provided here as well. As 

shown in the table below, ambient PM2.5

levels in the Chattanooga Area have 

declined steadily since Alabama 

submitted its PM2.5 attainment plan in 

2009. 

ANNUAL AVERAGE DESIGN VALUE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE CHATTANOOGA AREA

Site name County Site No. 

Design values (average of three 

consecutive annual average 

concentrations) (μg/m3) 

2008 2009 2010 2011 

Siskin Drive ................................................ Hamilton, TN ............................................. 47–065–4002 14.3 12.7 11.6 11.1 

Tombras Avenue ........................................ Hamilton, TN ............................................. 47–065–0031 14.0 12.6 11.6 11.2 

Soddy-Daisy High School .......................... Hamilton, TN ............................................. 47–065–1011 13.0 11.7 11.4 11.0 

Rossville ..................................................... Walker, GA ................................................ 13–295–0002 13.5 12.3 10.7 10.1 


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4The court’s judgment is not final at this time as 

the mandate has not yet issued. 

EPA understands that the State chose 

not to withdraw the attainment plan SIP 

revision for its portion of the 

Chattanooga Area because it includes a 

mobile insignificance determination for 

direct PM2.5 and NOX emissions from 

mobile sources. EPA is now taking final 

action to approve the submittal. 

On July 12, 2012, EPA proposed to 

approve Alabama’s PM2.5 attainment 

plan, which includes an attainment 

demonstration; RACT and RACM; RFP; 

contingency measures; and, for 

transportation conformity purposes, an 

insignificance determination for direct 

PM2.5 and NOX for the mobile source 

contribution to ambient PM2.5 levels for 

the State’s portion of the Chattanooga 

Area. As mentioned above, more detail 

on EPA’s rationale for this approval can 

be found in EPA’s July 12, 2012, 

proposed rulemaking for this action. See 

77 FR 41132. 

The recent D.C. Circuit decision on 

the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(Transport Rule), EME Homer 

Generation LP v. EPA, No. 11–1302 

(D.C. Cir., August 21, 2012) 4 does not 

disturb EPA’s determination that it is 

appropriate to move forward with this 

final action. As EPA explained in the 

proposed rule, the air quality analysis 

conducted for the Transport Rule 

demonstrates that the Chattanooga Area 

would be able to attain the 1997 Annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS even in the absence of 

either the Clean Air Interstate Rule 

(CAIR) or the Transport Rule. Nothing 

in the D.C. Circuit’s August 2012 

decision disturbs or calls into question 

that conclusion or the validity of the air 

quality analysis on which it is based. 

More importantly, and as EPA also 

explained in the proposal, see 77 FR 

41136, the Transport Rule is not 

relevant to this action. The Transport 

Rule only addressed emissions in 2012 

and beyond. As such, it is not relevant 

to the question addressed in today’s 

action—whether the attainment plan 

submitted by Alabama is sufficient for 

bringing the Area into attainment by the 

April 2010 attainment date, a date 

before the Transport Rule was even 

promulgated. 

For this same reason, the status of 

CAIR after the April 2010 attainment 

date is also not relevant to this action. 

While the monitoring data that shows 

the Area attained the 1997 Annual PM2.5

NAAQS by the April 2010 attainment 

deadline was impacted by CAIR, CAIR 

was in place and enforceable through 

the 2010 attainment date that is relevant 

to action on this attainment plan. CAIR 

was an enforceable control measure 

during the relevant period applicable to 

affected sources in the Area, as well as 

sources throughout the eastern U.S. As 

such, the status of CAIR after that date 

is irrelevant and does not impact our 

conclusion that the attainment plan 

should be approved. Moreover, in its 

August 2012 decision, the Court also 

ordered EPA to continue implementing 

CAIR. See Homer, slip op. at 60. In sum, 

neither the current status of CAIR nor 

the current status of the Transport Rule 

affects any of the criteria for proposed 

approval of this SIP revision. 

The comment period for EPA’s July 

12, 2012, proposed rulemaking closed 

on August 13, 2012. EPA did not receive 

any comments, adverse or otherwise, on 

the proposed rulemaking to approve 

Alabama’s submission for the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS, which includes an 

attainment demonstration; RACT and 

RACM; RFP; contingency measures; 

and, for transportation conformity 

purposes, an insignificance 

determination for direct PM2.5 and NOX

for the mobile source contribution to 

ambient PM2.5 levels for the State’s 

portion of the Chattanooga Area. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

a revision to Alabama’s SIP submitted to 

EPA by ADEM on October 7, 2009, for 

the purpose of demonstrating how the 

Alabama portion of the Chattanooga 

Area would achieve attainment of the 

1997 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS by no later 

than April 5, 2010. Alabama’s October 

7, 2009, SIP revision includes an 

attainment demonstration; RACT and 

RACM analyses; an RFP plan; base-year 

emissions inventories; contingency 

measures; and, for transportation 

conformity purposes, an insignificance 

determination for direct PM2.5 and NOX

for the mobile source contribution to 

ambient PM2.5 levels for the State’s 

portion of the Chattanooga Area. After 

review and consideration of the relevant 

information and data, EPA has 

determined that the Alabama October 7, 

2009, SIP revision is consistent with the 

CAA and EPA’s PM2.5 Implementation 

Rule, and as such EPA is approving this 

SIP revision. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, 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 CAA. Accordingly, this 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 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 final 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. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 


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the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by December 4, 2012. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See section 

307(b)(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: September 25, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart B—Alabama 

■ 2. In § 52.50, table ‘‘EPA Approved 

Alabama Non-Regulatory Provisions’’ in 

paragraph (e) is amended by adding a 

new entry for ‘‘Attainment Plan for the 

Alabama Portion of the Chattanooga 

1997 Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment 

Area’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.50 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED ALABAMA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Name of non-regulatory SIP 

provision 

Applicable geographic or 

nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date/effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

Attainment Plan for the Alabama 

Portion of the Chattanooga 1997 

Annual PM2.5 Nonattainment 

Area.

A portion of Jackson County, Alabama.10/07/2009 10/05/2012 [Insert citation of publication].

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2011–0453, FRL–9736–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Vermont: 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration; 

Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority 

and Tailoring Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to 

the Vermont State Implementation Plan 

(SIP), submitted by the Vermont 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (VT DEC) Air Pollution 

Control Division to EPA on February 14, 

2011. The SIP revision modifies 

Vermont’s Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) program to establish 

appropriate emission thresholds for 

determining which new stationary 

sources and modification projects 

become subject to Vermont’s PSD 

permitting requirements for their 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. EPA 

proposed approval of these regulatory 

revisions on August 16, 2012, and 

received no comments. This action 

affects major stationary sources in 

Vermont that have GHG emissions 

above the thresholds established in the 

PSD regulations. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective on November 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2011–0453. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA New England Regional 

Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 

Air Permits, Toxics, and Indoor 

Programs Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests 

that if at all possible, you contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for further 

information. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

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

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the Vermont SIP, 

contact Donald Dahl, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Permits, 

Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, (mail 

code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109— 

3912. Mr. Dahl’s telephone number is 

(617) 918–1657; email address: 

dahl.donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background for this action? 

II. What comments did EPA receive? 

III. What is the effect of this action? 

IV. What action is EPA taking? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 


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