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requires that each state adopt and 

submit a SIP for the implementation, 

maintenance and enforcement of each 

NAAQS promulgated by the EPA. This 

SIP is commonly referred to as an 

infrastructure SIP. The one element of 

the submittal that EPA is proposing to 

conditionally approve addresses 

requirements under Clean Air Act 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(ii). This action is 

being taken under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before August 8, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, if 

any, on EPA’s direct final conditional 

approval for Connecticut, identified by 

Docket ID Number EPA–R01–OAR– 

2008–0639 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov. Fax: 

(617) 918–0047. Mail: ‘‘Docket 

Identification Number EPA–R01–OAR– 

2008–0639’’, Anne Arnold, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, 

MA 02109–3912. 

3. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

your comments to: Anne Arnold, 

Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, 

MA 02109–3912. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Regional 

Office’s normal hours of operation. The 

Regional Office’s official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

for Connecticut to Docket ID No. EPA– 

R01–OAR–2008–0639. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://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 

through http://www.regulations.gov, or 

e-mail, information that you consider to 

be CBI or otherwise protected. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

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 

http://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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, 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 to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

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

excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard P. Burkhart, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, 

Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

telephone number (617) 918–1664, fax 

number (617) 918–0664, e-mail 

Burkhart.Richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules Section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is conditionally 

approving one element of Connecticut’s 

December 28, 2007 submittal to meet 

the Clean Air Act infrastructure 

requirements for the 1997 ozone 

NAAQS as a direct final rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this one element as 

noncontroversial and anticipates no 

adverse comments. A detailed rationale 

for the conditional approval of this one 

element is set forth in the direct final 

rule. In brief, Connecticut has 

committed to revise its SIP within a year 

to meet the requirement in section 

110(a)(2)(D)(ii) of the Act that the state’s 

SIP provide for notice to other states 

that might be affected by sources 

proposed to be permitted under the 

state’s Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration program. In addition, the 

state has committed in the meantime to 

continue its practice of providing such 

notice to affected states. If no adverse 

comments are received in response to 

this action, no further activity is 

contemplated. If 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. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period. Any parties 

interested in commenting on the 

conditional approval of the section 

110(a)(2)(D)(ii) element should do so at 

this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register. 

Dated: June 28, 2011. 

Ira W. Leighton, 

Acting, Regional Administrator, EPA New 

England. 

[FR Doc. 2011–17025 Filed 7–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0572; FRL–9430–4] 

EPA Responses to State and Tribal 

2010 NO2 Designation 

Recommendations: Notice of 

Availability and Public Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the EPA has posted its responses to state 

and tribal designation recommendations 

for the 2010 Primary Nitrogen Dioxide 

(NO2) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS) on its Internet 

website. The EPA invites public 

comments on its responses during the 

30-day comment period specified in the 


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DATES section. The EPA sent responses 

directly to the states and tribes on June 

29, 2011, and plans to make final 

designations determinations for the 

2010 Primary NO2 NAAQS by October 

31, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 8, 2011. Please refer to 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. OAR–2011– 

0572 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2011–0572. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0572. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0572, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0572. 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 

http://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 

regulations.gov or e-mail. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 

is unable to read your comment and 

cannot contact you for clarification due 

to technical difficulties, 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. For additional information 

about the EPA’s public docket, visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at 

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/ 

dockets.htm. For additional instructions 

on submitting comments, go to Section 

II of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. 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 Air Docket is (202) 566– 

1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning this 

action, please contact Doug Solomon, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Air Quality Planning 

Division, C539–04, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541– 

4132, e-mail at 

solomon.douglas@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the EPA Region 1, 

please contact Donald Dahl, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (617) 918–1657, e-mail at 

dahl.donald@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 2, please 

contact Raymond Werner, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (212) 637–3706, e-mail at 

werner.raymond@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 3, please 

contact Gregory Becoat, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (215) 814–2036, e-mail at 

becoat.gregory@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 4, please 

contact Steve Scofield, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (404) 562–9034, e-mail at 

scofield.steve@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 5, please 

contact Gilberto Alvarez, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (312) 886–6143, e-mail at 

alvarez.gilberto@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 6, please 

contact Alan Shar, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(214) 665–6691, e-mail at 

shar.alan@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 7, please 

contact Elizabeth Kramer, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (913) 551–7186, email at 

kramer.elizabeth@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the EPA Region 8, 

please contact Crystal Freeman, U.S. 

EPA, telephone (303) 312–6602, e-mail 

at freeman.crystal@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the EPA Region 9, 

please contact Frances Wicher, U.S. 

EPA, telephone (415) 972–3957, e-mail 

at wicher.frances@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the EPA Region 10, 

please contact Claudia Vaupel, U.S. 

EPA, telephone (206) 553–6121, e-mail 

at vaupel.claudia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

public comments from interested parties 

other than states and tribes on the EPA’s 

recent responses to the state and tribal 

designation recommendations for the 

2010 Primary NO2 NAAQS. The Clean 

Air Act (CAA) section 107(d) provides 

a process for designations that involves 

recommendations by states and tribes to 

the EPA and responses from the EPA to 

those parties, prior to the EPA 

promulgating final designations and 

boundaries. The EPA is not required 

under CAA section 107(d) to seek public 

comment during the designation 

process, but is electing to do so for the 

2010 Primary NO2 NAAQS in order to 

gather additional information for EPA to 

consider before making final 

designations. The EPA invites public 

comment on its responses to states and 

tribes during the 30-day comment 

period provided in this notice. Due to 

the statutory timeframe for 

promulgating designations set out in 

CAA section 107(d), the EPA will not be 

able to consider any comments 

submitted after August 8, 2011, 

notwithstanding what may have 

appeared in any state-specific 

announcements. This notice and 

opportunity for public comment does 

not affect any rights or obligations of 

any state, tribe or the EPA which might 

otherwise exist pursuant to CAA section 

107(d). 

Please refer to the ADDRESSES section 

in this document for specific 

instructions on submitting comments 

and locating relevant public documents. 

• In providing comments to the EPA 

please consider the agency’s charge 

under CAA section 107(d). Under this 

section, the EPA is obligated to identify 

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or unclassifiable. Further, in 

establishing nonattainment area 

boundaries, the agency is required to 

identify the area that does not meet the 

2010 Primary NO2 standard and any 

nearby area that is contributing to the 

area that does not meet that standard. If 

you believe that a specific geographic 

area that the EPA is proposing to 

identify as a nonattainment area should 

not be categorized by the section 107(d) 

criteria as nonattainment, or if you 

believe that a specific area not proposed 

by the EPA to be identified as a 

nonattainment area should in fact be 

categorized as nonattainment using the 

section 107(d) criteria, please be as 

specific as possible in supporting your 

belief. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Instructions for Submitting Public 

Comments 

A. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to the EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to the EPA, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver 

information identified as CBI only to the 

following address: Roberto Morales, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Mail Code C404–02, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

telephone (919) 541–0880, e-mail at 

morales.roberto@epa.gov, Attention 

Docket ID No. OAR–2011–0572. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions. The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

III. Background 

The process for designating areas 

following promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS is contained in CAA 

section 107(d) (42 U.S.C. 7407). 

Following the promulgation of a new or 

revised standard, each Governor or 

Tribal Leader has an opportunity to 

recommend air quality designations, 

including the appropriate boundaries 

for nonattainment areas, to the EPA. The 

EPA considers these recommendations 

as part of its duty to promulgate the 

formal area designations and boundaries 

for the new or revised standards. By no 

later than 120 days prior to 

promulgating designations, the EPA is 

required to notify states or tribes of any 

intended modification to an area 

designation or boundary 

recommendation that the EPA deems 

necessary. On or around June 29, 2011, 

the EPA notified states and tribes of its 

intended area designations for the 2010 

Primary NO2 NAAQS. States and tribes 

now have an opportunity to 

demonstrate why they believe a 

modification proposed by the EPA may 

be inappropriate. In these responses, the 

EPA encourages states and tribes to 

provide comments and additional 

information for consideration by the 

EPA in finalizing designations. The EPA 

plans to make final designation 

determinations for the 2010 Primary 

NO2 NAAQS by October 31, 2011. 

IV. Internet Web Site for Rulemaking 

Information 

The EPA has also established a Web 

site for this rulemaking at http:// 

www.epa.gov/no2designations. The Web 

site includes the EPA’s state and tribal 

designation recommendations, as well 

as the rulemaking actions and other 

related information that the public may 

find useful. 

Dated: June 29, 2011. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2011–17060 Filed 7–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1202] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed in the table below. The purpose 

of this proposed rule is to seek general 

information and comment regarding the 

proposed regulatory flood elevations for 

the reach described by the downstream 

and upstream locations in the table 

below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are 

a part of the floodplain management 

measures that the community is 

required either to adopt or to show 

evidence of having in effect in order to 

qualify or remain qualified for 

participation in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, 

these elevations, once finalized, will be 

used by insurance agents and others to 

calculate appropriate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings and 

the contents in those buildings. 

DATES: Comments are to be submitted 

on or before October 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The corresponding 

preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 

(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each 

community is available for inspection at 

the community’s map repository. The 

respective addresses are listed in the 

table below. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. FEMA–B–1202, to Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064, or (e-mail) 

luis.rodriguez1@dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 


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