The EPA Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, signed the following rule on September 25, 2015 and EPA 

is submitting it for publication in the Federal Register (FR). While we have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version of this rule, it is not the official version. Please refer to the official version in a forthcoming FR publication 

appearing on the Government Printing Office website, http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action, and on 

www.regulations.gov in Docket Number EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0240.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0240 FRL-]

Approval of Implementation Plans; Arizona, Phoenix-Mesa; 2008 

Ozone Standard Requirements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 

to approve revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) concerning the emission inventory, emission statements, 

reasonably available control technology corrections and the 

vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements for the PhoenixMesa 2008 eight-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) Marginal nonattainment area. We are approving these 

revisions under the Clean Air Act.

DATE: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by [Insert date 

30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-
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R09-OAR-2015-0240, by one of the following methods:

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions.

2. E-mail: levin.nancy@epa.gov.

3. Mail or deliver: Nancy Levin (Air-4), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105-3901. 

Instructions: Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 

withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. If you 

need to include CBI as part of your comment, please visit 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html for instructions. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied 

by a written comment. The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include discussion of all points you 

wish to make. For additional submission methods, the full EPA 

public comment policy, and general guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

Docket: Generally, documents in the docket for this action 

are available electronically at www.regulations.gov or in hard 
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copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-3901. 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., 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, 

(415) 972-3848, Levin.nancy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, “we,” “us”

and “our” refer to the EPA. This proposal addresses revisions to 

the Arizona SIP concerning the emission inventory, emission 

statements, reasonably available control technology corrections 

and the vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements for the 

Phoenix-Mesa 2008 eight-Hour Ozone NAAQS Marginal nonattainment 

area. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, we are approving these revisions in a direct final 

action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP 

revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse 

comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the 
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direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action 

based on this proposed rule. 

We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 

interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do 

not receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. 

For further information, please see the direct final action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, 

Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds.

September 25, 2015 /s/

________________ ______________________

Dated: Jared Blumenfeld,

Regional Administrator,

Region IX.