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have been examined, and it has been 

determined not to be a significant 

regulatory action as defined by 

Executive Order 12866. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

given year. This rule will have no such 

effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance program numbers and titles 

are: 64.005, Grants to States for 

Construction of State Home Facilities; 

64.008, Veterans Domiciliary Care; 

64.009, Veterans Medical Care Benefits; 

64.010, Veterans Nursing Home Care; 

64.014, Veterans State Domiciliary Care; 

64.015, Veterans State Nursing Home 

Care; 64.016, Veterans State Hospital 

Care; 64.018, Sharing Specialized 

Medical Resources; 64.022, Veterans 

Home Based Primary Care; 64.024, VA 

Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem 

Program; and 64.026, Veterans State 

Adult Day Health Care. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. John 

R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on December 4, 2012 for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 53 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Adult day health care, 

Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, Claims, Day 

care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Foreign 

relations, Government contracts, Grant 

programs—health, Grant programs— 

veterans, Health care, Health facilities, 

Health professions, Health records, 

Homeless, Medical and dental schools, 

Medical devices, Medical research, 

Mental health programs, Nursing 

homes, Philippines, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, 

Scholarships and fellowships, Travel 

and transportation expenses, Veterans. 

Dated: December 5, 2012. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, VA amends 38 CFR part 53 as 

follows: 

PART 53—PAYMENTS TO STATES 

FOR PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE THE 

HIRING AND RETENTION OF NURSES 

AT STATE VETERANS HOMES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 53 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1744. 

§ 53.10 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 53.10 by removing ‘‘Chief 

Consultant, Geriatrics and Extended 

Care’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care 

Operations’’. 

§ 53.11 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend § 53.11(a)(5) by removing 

‘‘Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and 

Extended Care’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care 

Operations’’. 

§ 53.20 [Amended] 

■ 4. Amend § 53.20(a) by removing 

‘‘(114)’’. 

§ 53.30 [Amended] 

■ 5. Amend § 53.30(b) by removing 

‘‘Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and 

Extended Care’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care 

Operations’’. 

§ 53.40 [Amended] 

■ 6. Amend § 53.40 by removing ‘‘Chief 

Consultant, Geriatrics and Extended 

Care (114)’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care 

Operations’’. 

§ 53.41 [Amended] 

■ 7. Amend § 53.41 by: 

■ a. Removing ‘‘Chief Consultant, 

Geriatrics and Extended Care’’ and 

adding, in its place, ‘‘Director, Geriatrics 

and Extended Care Operation’’. 

■ b. Removing ‘‘Chief Consultant’’ and 

adding, in its place, ‘‘Director’’. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2010–0143; FRL–9759–6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; The 2002 Base Year 

Inventory for the Baltimore, MD 

Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve the fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) 2002 base year emissions 

inventory portion of the State of 

Maryland State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of 

Maryland, through the Maryland 

Department of the Environment (MDE), 

on June 6, 2008 for Baltimore, 

Maryland. The emissions inventory is 

part of Maryland’s June 6, 2008 SIP 

revision that was submitted to meet 

nonattainment requirements related to 

the Baltimore, Maryland nonattainment 

area (hereafter referred to as Baltimore 

Area or Area) for Maryland’s 1997 PM2.5

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) SIP. EPA is approving the 

2002 base year PM2.5 emissions 

inventory for Baltimore, Maryland 

submitted by MDE in accordance with 

the requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This rule is effective on February 

8, 2013 without further notice, unless 

EPA receives adverse written comment 

by January 9, 2013. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register and inform the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2010–0143 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: mastro.donna@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2010–0143, 

Donna Mastro, Acting Associate 

Director, Office of Air Program 

Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 


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special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2010– 

0143. 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, 

which means 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 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, 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI 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 in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Asrah Khadr, (215) 814–2071, or by 

email at khadr.asrah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On July 16, 1997, EPA promulgated 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, including an 

annual standard of 15.0 micrograms per 

cubic meter (mg/m3) based on a 3-year 

average of annual mean PM2.5

concentrations, and a 24-hour (or daily) 

standard of 65 mg/m3 based on a 3-year 

average of the 98th percentile of 24-hour 

concentrations. 62 FR 38652 (July 18, 

1997). EPA established the standards 

based on significant evidence and 

numerous health studies demonstrating 

that serious health effects are associated 

with exposures to PM2.5. 

Following promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS, EPA is required by the 

CAA to designate areas throughout the 

United States as attaining or not 

attaining the NAAQS; this designation 

process is described in section 107(d)(1) 

of the CAA. In 1999, EPA and state airquality agencies initiated the monitoring 

process for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS and, 

by January 2001, established a complete 

set of air-quality data. On January 5, 

2005, EPA published initial air-quality 

designations for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS 

(70 FR 944), which became effective on 

April 5, 2005, based on air-quality 

monitoring data for calendar years 

2001–03. 

On April 14, 2005, EPA promulgated 

a supplemental rule amending the 

agency’s initial designations (70 FR 

19844), with the same effective date 

(April 5, 2005) as that which was 

promulgated at 70 FR 944. As a result 

of this supplemental rule, PM2.5

nonattainment designations are in effect 

for 39 areas, comprising 208 counties 

within 20 states (and the District of 

Columbia) nationwide, with a combined 

population of approximately 88 million. 

The Baltimore Area which is the subject 

of this rulemaking was included in the 

list of areas not attaining the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

On June 6, 2008, the State of 

Maryland submitted a revision to the 

Maryland SIP (#08–04) to meet 

nonattainment requirements for the 

Baltimore Area. On May 22, 2012 (77 FR 

30208), EPA determined that Maryland 

had attained the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in 

the Baltimore Area. That determination 

was based upon quality assured, quality 

controlled and certified ambient air 

monitoring data that showed the Area 

had monitored attainment of the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS for the 2007–2009 

monitoring period and that continued to 

show attainment of the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS based on the 2008–2010 data. 

The May 22, 2012 determination 

suspended the requirements for 

Maryland to submit an attainment 

demonstration, associated reasonably 

available control measures, a reasonable 

further progress plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning SIP 

revisions related to attainment of the 

standard for so long as the 

nonattainment area continues to meet 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. On June 21, 

2012, MDE withdrew portions of the 

June 6, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland 1997 

PM2.5 SIP revision including the 

attainment plan, analysis of reasonably 

available control measures, attainment 

demonstration, contingency plans and 

mobile source budgets. To meet the 

requirements of CAA section 172(c)(3), 

MDE did not request the withdrawal of 

the 2002 base year emission inventory 

portion of the June 6, 2008 1997 PM2.5

SIP revision. Section 172(c)(3) of the 

CAA requires submission and approval 

of a comprehensive, accurate, and 

current inventory of actual emissions. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

The 2002 base year emission 

inventory submitted by MDE on June 6, 

2008 for Baltimore, Maryland includes 

emissions estimates that cover the 

general source categories of stationary 

point sources, stationary nonpoint 

sources, nonroad mobile sources and 

onroad mobile sources. The pollutants 

that comprise the inventory are nitrogen 

oxides (NOX), volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs), PM2.5, coarse 

particles (PM10), ammonia (NH3), and 

sulfur dioxide (SO2). EPA has reviewed 

the results, procedures and 

methodologies for the 2002 base year 

emissions inventory submitted by MDE 

for Baltimore, Maryland. The year 2002 

was selected by MDE as the base year 

for the emissions inventory per 40 CFR 

51.1008(b). A discussion of the 

emissions inventory development as 

well as the emissions inventory can be 

found in the June 6, 2008 SIP submittal. 

The CAA section 172(c)(3) emissions 

inventory is developed by the 

incorporation of data from multiple 

sources. States were required to develop 

and submit to EPA a triennial emissions 

inventory according to the Consolidated 

Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR) for all 

source categories (i.e., point, area, 

nonroad mobile and on-road mobile). 

The 2002 emissions inventory was 

based on data developed by MDE. The 

data were developed according to 

current EPA emissions inventory 

guidance, ‘‘Emissions Inventory 

Guidance for Implementation of Ozone 

and Particulate Matter NAAQS and 

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2005. EPA agrees that the process used 

to develop this emissions inventory is 

adequate to meet the requirements of 

CAA section 172(c)(3), the 

implementing regulations, and EPA 

guidance for emission inventories. More 

information regarding the review of the 

base year inventory can be found in the 

technical support document (TSD) that 

is located in this docket. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the 2002 base year 

emissions inventory portion of the SIP 

revision submitted by Maryland through 

MDE on June 6, 2008 for Baltimore, 

Maryland. EPA is publishing this rule 

without prior proposal because EPA 

views this as a noncontroversial 

amendment and anticipates no adverse 

comment. However, in the ‘‘Proposed 

Rules’’ section of today’s Federal 

Register, EPA is publishing a separate 

document that will serve as the proposal 

to approve the SIP revision if adverse 

comments are filed. This rule will be 

effective on February 8, 2013 without 

further notice unless EPA receives 

adverse comment by January 9, 2013. If 

EPA receives adverse comment, EPA 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. EPA 

will address all public comments in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA 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 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. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

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, 

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). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

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 February 8, 2013. 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. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking. 

This action pertaining to the PM2.5

2002 base year emissions inventory 

portion of the Maryland SIP 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Particulate matter, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: November 21, 2012. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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 V—Maryland 

■ 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding at the end of 

the table an entry for 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) standard to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.1070 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 


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Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Additional 

explanation 

*******

2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) standard.

Baltimore, Maryland 1997 PM2.5

nonattainment area.

6/8/08 12/10/12 [Insert page number 

where the document begins].

§ 52.1075(n) 

.

■ 3. In § 52.1075, paragraph (n) is added 

to read as follows: 

§ 52.1075 Base year emissions inventory. 

* * * * * 

(n) EPA approves as a revision to the 

Maryland State Implementation Plan the 

2002 base year emissions inventory for 

the Baltimore, Maryland 1997 fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment 

area submitted by the Maryland 

Department of Environment on June 6, 

2008. The 2002 base year emissions 

inventory includes emissions estimates 

that cover the general source categories 

of point sources, non-road mobile 

sources, area sources, on-road mobile 

sources, and biogenic sources. The 

pollutants that comprise the inventory 

are nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs), PM2.5, 

coarse particles (PM10), ammonia (NH3), 

and sulfur dioxide (SO2). 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0732; FRL–9739–5] 

Approval of Air Quality Implementation 

Plans; California; Eastern Kern, 

Imperial, Placer, and Yolo-Solano; 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action on 

revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) under the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). EPA is 

approving four permitting rules 

submitted for the Eastern Kern Air 

Pollution Control District (EKAPCD), 

Imperial County Air Pollution Control 

District (ICAPCD), Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District (PCAPCD), 

and Yolo-Solano Air Quality 

Management District (YSAQMD) 

portions of the California SIP. The State 

of California is required under part C of 

title I of the Act to adopt and implement 

a SIP-approved Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit 

program. We are revising the SIP to 

incorporate EKAPCD Rule 210.4— 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration, 

ICAPCD Rule 904—Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permit 

Program, PCAPCD Rule 518— 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) Permit Program, and YSAQMD 

Rule 3.24—Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration. The approval of these 

rules will establish a PSD permit 

program in each District for preconstruction review of certain new and 

modified major stationary sources in 

attainment or unclassifiable areas. 

DATES: This rule is effective on February 

8, 2013, and the incorporation by 

reference of certain publications listed 

in the rule is approved by the Director 

of the Federal Register as of February 8, 

2013, unless EPA receives adverse 

comments by January 9, 2013. If adverse 

comments are received, EPA will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that this rule, or the relevant provisions 

of the rule, will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2012–0732, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: R9airpermits@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Gerardo Rios (Air3), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: 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 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, and EPA 

will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send 

email directly to EPA, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the public 

comment. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is 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 in 

the index, some information may be 

publicly available only at the hard copy 

location (e.g., copyrighted material), and 

some may not be publicly available in 

either location (e.g., CBI). 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 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Beckham, Permits Office (AIR–3), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region IX, (415) 972–3811, 

beckham.lisa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

B. Are there other versions of these rules? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation 

A. How is EPA evaluating these rules? 

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

C. Significant Impact Levels for PM2.5.

D. Transfer of Existing EPA-Issued PSD 

Permits 

E. What action is EPA finalizing? 

F. Why is EPA using a direct final rule? 

III. EPA’s Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

Table 1 lists the rules on which we 

are taking action along with the dates on 

which they were adopted or amended 

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