22550 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2008–0599; A–1–FRL– 

9659–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; New 

Hampshire; Regional Haze; Reopening 

of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is reopening the public 

comment period for a proposal 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 28, 2012. In that action EPA 

proposed to approve a revision to the 

New Hampshire State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) submitted by the New 

Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services (NHDES) on 

January 29, 2010, with supplemental 

submittals on January 14, 2011, and 

August 26, 2011, that addresses regional 

haze for the first planning period from 

2008 through 2018. Two commentors 

requested an extension of the comment 

period for this proposed rulemaking. 

EPA is now reopening the public 

comment period. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on February 

28, 2012 (77 FR 11809) is reopened. 

Comments must be received on or 

before April 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R01–OAR–2008–0599 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: arnold.anne@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0047. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2008–0599 

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. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Anne Arnold, 

Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

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 to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OAR–2008– 

0599. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov, or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 at 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, Boston, 

MA. EPA requests that if at all possible, 

you contact the contact 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. 

In addition, copies of the State 

submittal are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the Air 

Resources Division, Department of 

Environmental Services, 6 Hazen Drive, 

P.O. Box 95, Concord, NH 03302–0095. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne McWilliams, Air Quality Unit, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA New England Regional Office, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail 

Code OEP05–02), Boston, MA 02109– 

3912, telephone number (617) 918– 

1697, fax number (617) 918–0697, email 

mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 28, 2012. In that action EPA 

proposed to approve a revision to the 

New Hampshire State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) submitted by the New 

Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services (NHDES) on 

January 29, 2010, with supplemental 

submittals on January 14, 2011, and 

August 26, 2011, that addresses regional 

haze for the first planning period from 

2008 through 2018. Written comments 

on the proposed rule were to be 

submitted to EPA on or before March 

29, 2012. Two commentors requested an 

extension of the comment period for 

this proposed rulemaking. EPA is now 

reopening the public comment period 

for the February 28, 2012, New 

Hampshire Regional Haze proposed 

rulemaking until April 27, 2012. 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8922 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2012–0073; FRL–9651–6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 

Small Container Exemption From VOC 

Coating Rules 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a revision to the Illinois State 

Implementation plan (SIP) submitted by 

the Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency on November 14, 2011. This SIP 

revision consists of amendments to the 

Illinois Administrative Code by adding 


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