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(preferred method for registering). Ms. 

Shepherd will arrange a general time 

slot for you to speak. The EPA will 

make every effort to follow the schedule 

as closely as possible on the day of the 

hearings. 

Oral testimony will be limited to 5 

minutes for each commenter to address 

the proposed revisions. The EPA will 

not provide audiovisual equipment for 

presentations unless we receive special 

requests in advance. Commenters 

should notify Ms. Shepherd if they will 

need specific equipment. Commenters 

should notify Ms. Shepherd if they need 

specific translation services for nonEnglish speaking commenters. The EPA 

encourages commenters to provide 

written versions of their oral testimonies 

either electronically on computer disk 

or CD–ROM or in paper copy. 

The hearing schedules, including lists 

of speakers, will be posted at 

www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html prior to 

the hearings. Verbatim transcripts of the 

hearings and written statements will be 

included in the rulemaking docket. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established the official 

public docket for the proposed rule 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2008–0699. The EPA has also developed 

a Web site for the proposed rule at 

www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html. Please 

refer to the proposed rule (79 FR 75234, 

December 17, 2014) for detailed 

information on accessing information 

related to the proposed rule. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Mary E Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2013–0542; FRL–9921–09– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Implementation Plans; Texas; 

Revisions to the New Source Review 

State Implementation Plan; Flexible 

Permit Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Texas New Source 

Review (NSR) State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas 

Commission on Environmental Quality 

(TCEQ) on July 31, 2014. These 

revisions support this action to convert 

the approved conditional Flexible 

Permit Program (FPP) to a fully 

approved FPP. The EPA is proposing to 

find the TCEQ has satisfied all the 

elements of our July 14, 2014, final 

conditional approval, and as such, the 

FPP conditional approval is proposed 

for full approval with this action. Those 

commitments consisted of revising the 

rules to ensure they are properly 

structured. The EPA has determined 

that these SIP revisions comply with the 

Federal Clean Air Act (the Act or CAA) 

and are consistent with the EPA’s 

regulations and policies. This action is 

being taken under section 110(k) of the 

Act. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06– 

OAR–2013–0542, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Ms. Stephanie Kordzi at 

kordzi.stephanie@epa.gov. 

• Mail or Delivery: Ms. Stephanie 

Kordzi, Air Permits Section (6PD–R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 

75202–2733. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R06–OAR–2013– 

0542. 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 

the disclosure of which is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information 

through http://www.regulations.gov or 

email, if you believe that it is CBI or 

otherwise protected from disclosure. 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means that 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 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, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment along with 

any disk or CD–ROM submitted. If the 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the EPA may not 

be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and should 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. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. 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 at 

either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the 

hard copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment with the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

paragraph below or Mr. Bill Deese at 

214–665–7253. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stephanie Kordzi (6PD–R), Air Permits 

Section, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue 

(6PD–R), Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202– 

2733. Telephone (214) 665–7520, email 

at kordzi.stephanie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. What action is the EPA taking? 

III. What did Texas submit? 

IV. What is the EPA’s evaluation of this SIP 

revision? 

V. What is the EPA’s evaluation of the 

TCEQ’s response to the FPP conditional 

approval? 

A. What is a conditional approval? 

B. What are the terms of the FPP 

conditional approval? 

C. Were the terms of the FPP conditional 

approval met? 

VI. Proposed Action 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On July 14, 2014, the EPA took final 

rulemaking action conditionally 

approving revisions to the Texas NSR 

SIP to establish the Texas Minor NSR 

Flexible Permits Program, submitted by 

the (TCEQ). The EPA’s proposed 

conditional approval was published in 

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conditional approval was predicated on 

a commitment from TCEQ in a letter 

dated December 9, 2013, to adopt 

certain minor clarifications to the 

Flexible Permit Program by November 

30, 2014. (97 FR 40666, July, 14, 2014). 

On September 12, 2014, Environmental 

Integrity Project, et al., filed a Petition 

for Review challenging the EPA 

conditional approval of the FPP with 

the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The 

Appeal is on-going as of the date of 

publication of this notice. 

II. What action is the EPA taking? 

We are proposing to approve revisions 

to the Texas SIP submitted by the TCEQ 

on July 31, 2014. The FPP was 

conditionally approved by EPA on July 

14, 2014. This action only addresses the 

minor changes the State has submitted 

to the conditionally approved FPP and 

converts the conditional to a full 

approval. The docket to this action 

contains the full FPP as revised and will 

replace the current conditional 

approved rules. The FPP is a minor NSR 

permit program which functions as an 

alternative to the traditional 

preconstruction permit program that is 

authorized in Title 30 of the Texas 

Administrative Code (30 TAC) Chapter 

116, Subchapter G. The FPP is intended 

to eliminate the need for owners or 

operators of participating facilities to 

submit an amendment application each 

time certain types of operational or 

physical changes are made at a 

permitted facility. The revisions we are 

proposing to approve amend existing 

sections §§ 116.13, 116.710, 116.711, 

116.715, 116.716, 116.717, 116.718, 

116.721, and 116.765. In addition, the 

commission resubmitted §§ 116.720; 

116.740(a); and 116.750, from the 

October 21, 2013, submittal. The EPA is 

proposing to find that the TCEQ has 

satisfied all elements of our July 14, 

2014, final conditional approval of the 

FPP with the submittal of the July 31, 

2014, SIP submittal; and as such the 

FPP is proposed for full approval. 

III. What did Texas submit? 

We are proposing to approve revisions 

to the Texas SIP submitted on July 31, 

2014, specific to the Texas FPP. The 

revisions were adopted on July 2, 2014, 

and include certain changes to the rules 

for FPP in the 30 TAC Chapter 116, 

Subchapter G. The rulemaking contains 

rules that are now properly structured 

within and according to the rulemaking 

requirements of the Texas 

Administrative Procedure Act and the 

Texas Administrative Code. The TCEQ 

committed to making these rule 

revisions in its commitment letter of 

December 9, 2013. This action was 

necessary because some of the rules 

were repealed and readopted in 1998, 

and from the 1999 to 2003 timeframe. 

The rulemaking would also repeal text 

of the rules adopted in 2010 which were 

not part of the submission by the 

Commission on September 24, 2013, 

with the exception of some selected 

citations agreed upon by both EPA and 

TCEQ. These rule changes ensure that 

all regulatory citations in the package 

are labeled and referenced correctly and 

placed in proper sequence. The TCEQ 

committed to providing a SIP submittal 

by November 30, 2014, that would 

reformat, reorganize and renumber the 

FPP into a cohesive rule to ensure the 

rules are properly structured within and 

according to the rulemaking 

requirements of the Texas 

Administrative Procedure Act and the 

Texas Administrative Code. With the 

submittal of this rule package, the EPA 

has determined that the commitment 

was met. The commitment letter is 

available in the docket for this 

rulemaking. All the necessary 

provisions of the FPP were included in 

the submission and the conditions 

address formatting and style 

requirements as specified by state law. 

A copy of the July 31, 2014, SIP 

submittal as well as our Technical 

Support Document (TSD) can be 

obtained from the Docket, as discussed 

in the ‘‘Docket’’ section above. A 

discussion of the specific Texas rule 

changes that we are approving is 

included in the TSD and summarized 

below. 

The existing SIP-approved version of 

Subchapter G was adopted by the TCEQ 

on September 24, 2013, and 

conditionally approved by the EPA on 

July 14, 2014 (see 79 FR 40666). The 

revisions adopted by the TCEQ on July 

2, 2014, amend the rules to fulfill the 

commitment necessary so that the EPA 

can grant full approval of the 

Commission’s SIP revision for the FPP. 

The amendments cover revisions to 30 

TAC Sections 116.13, 116.710, 

116.711(1), (2)(A), (B) and (C)(i) and (ii), 

(D)–(J), and (L)–(N); 116.715(a)–(e) and 

(f)(1) and (2)(B); 116.716; 116.717; 

116.718; 116.721; and 116.765 as 

revisions to the SIP. In addition, the 

commission is submitting amended 

116.720, 116.740(a), and 116.750 as 

adopted on December 14, 2010. All of 

these rule amendments are submitted to 

fulfill the condition for EPA SIPapproval of the Commission’s SIP 

revision for the FPP adopted by the 

Commission on September 24, 2013, 

and minor NSR FPP. 

IV. What is the EPA’s evaluation of this 

SIP revision? 

The Act at Section 110(a)(2)(C) 

requires states to develop and submit to 

the EPA for approval into the state SIP, 

preconstruction review programs 

applicable to new and modified 

stationary sources of air pollutants for 

attainment and nonattainment areas that 

cover both major and minor new 

sources and modifications, collectively 

referred to as the New Source Review 

(NSR) SIP. The CAA NSR SIP program 

is composed of three separate programs: 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD), Nonattainment New Source 

Review (NNSR), and Minor NSR. PSD is 

established in part C of title I of the 

CAA and applies in areas that meet the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS), i.e., ‘‘attainment areas’’, as 

well as areas where there is insufficient 

information to determine if the area 

meets the NAAQS, i.e., ‘‘unclassifiable 

areas.’’ The NNSR SIP program is 

established in part D of title I of the 

CAA and applies in areas that are not in 

attainment of the NAAQS, i.e., 

‘‘nonattainment areas.’’ The Minor NSR 

SIP program addresses construction or 

modification activities that do not emit, 

or have the potential to emit, more than 

certain major source thresholds and 

thus do not qualify as ‘‘major’’. 

The EPA regulations governing the 

criteria that states must satisfy for the 

EPA approval of the NSR programs as 

part of the SIP are contained in 40 CFR 

Sections 51.160–51.166. Regulations 

covering minor NSR programs are 

contained in 40 CFR Section 51.160– 

51.164. In addition, there are several 

provisions in 40 CFR part 51 that apply 

generally to all SIP revisions. The TCEQ 

has developed the FPP as a component 

of the Texas Minor NSR program; 

therefore, we evaluated the revisions to 

the approved Texas FPP as submitted in 

July 31, 2014, and the December 9, 

2013, commitment letter against the 

federal requirements for minor NSR 

programs. 

The EPA has preliminarily 

determined that the July 31, 2014, 

revisions to Chapter 116, Subchapter G, 

are approvable. The July 2, 2014, 

revisions to 30 TAC Sections 116.13, 

116.710, 116.711(1), (2)(A), (B) and 

(C)(i) and (ii), (D)–(J), and (L)–(N); 

116.715(a)–(e) and (f)(1) and (2)(B); 

116.716; 116.717; 116.718; 116.721; and 

116.765 were revised to ensure that the 

amended rules are properly structured 

and consistent with the actions taken by 

the Commission and the rulemaking 

requirements of the Texas 

Administrative Procedure Act. Please 

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discussion of how the TCEQ has 

addressed the elements of the FPP 

conditional approval and the December 

9, 2013, commitment letter. The EPA 

believes the commitment to restructure 

the rules without removing the content 

or its intent was followed. Therefore, 

the EPA is now publishing in the 

Federal Register a proposal that 

converts the conditional approval of the 

FPP to a full approval. 

V. What is the EPA’s evaluation of the 

TCEQ’s response to the FPP conditional 

approval? 

A. What is a conditional approval? 

Under section 110(k)(4) of the Clean 

Air Act, the EPA may conditionally 

approve a plan based on a commitment 

from the State to adopt specific 

enforceable measures within one year 

from the date of approval. The 

conditional approval remains in effect 

until the EPA takes its final action— 

either a final approval or disapproval. 

If the EPA determines that the revised 

rule is approvable, the EPA will propose 

approval of the rule through a notice 

and comment rulemaking. After 

responding to comments received, the 

EPA will publish a final approval of the 

rule and the conditional approval is no 

longer in effect. However, if the State 

fails to meet its commitment by the date 

specified within the one year period, 

then the EPA must proceed with a 

disapproval action. The EPA will 

propose disapproval of the rule through 

notice and comment rulemaking, and 

will finalize the disapproval after 

responding to all comments received. 

Note that the EPA will conditionally 

approve a certain rule only once. 

Subsequent submittals of the same rule 

that attempt to correct the same 

specifically identified problems will not 

be eligible for conditional approval. 

B. What are the terms of the Texas FPP 

conditional approval? 

The EPA conditionally approved the 

Texas FPP on July 14, 2014. Our 

conditional approval was based on a 

commitment letter submitted by the 

TCEQ on December 9, 2013. The 

December 9, 2013, commitment letter 

included a provision that the TCEQ 

agreed to address by November 30, 

2014. Specifically, the TCEQ would 

propose and adopt rule amendments 

ensuring that the rules are properly 

structured within and according to the 

rulemaking requirements of the Texas 

Administrative Procedure Act and the 

Texas Administrative Code. 

C. Were the terms of the FPP conditional 

approval met? 

The TCEQ adopted the appropriate 

FPP citations of 30 TAC Section 116 and 

submitted the revised rules as a SIP 

revision within the specified time 

frame. The EPA analyzed each FPP 

element of the revised rules submitted 

in response to the December 9, 2013, 

commitment letter. All regulatory 

components discussed and agreed upon 

between the EPA and TCEQ were 

included in the SIP submittal package. 

Therefore, the EPA has determined that 

TCEQ met the commitment of the 

conditional approval. 

VI. Proposed Action 

For the reasons presented above and 

in our accompanying TSD, the EPA is 

proposing to approve the following 

revisions to the Texas FPP submitted on 

July 31, 2014, as a minor NSR permit 

program in accordance with the CAA 

Section 110. The revisions to the Texas 

SIP were submitted on July 31, 2014, 

and the amendments are identified 

below: 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.13—Flexible Permit Definitions. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.710—Applicability. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.711(1), (2)(A), (B) and (C)(i) and (ii), 

(D)–(J), and (L)–(N)—Flexible Permit 

Application. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.715(a)–(e) and (f)(1) and (2)(B)— 

General and Special Conditions. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.716—Emission Caps and Individual 

Emission Limitations. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.717—Implementation Schedule for 

Additional Controls. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.718—Significant Emission Increase. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.720—Limitation of Physical and 

Operational Changes. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.721—Amendments and Alterations. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.740—Public Notice. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.750—Flexible Permit Fee. 

• Revisions to 30 TAC Section 

116.765—Compliance Schedule. 

The EPA invites the public to make 

comments on our proposal to approve 

the July 31, 2014, Texas SIP revision 

and to convert our conditional approval 

of the Texas FPP to a full approval. We 

also are proposing to find that Texas has 

met its December 9, 2013, commitment 

to submit the SIP revision in a timely 

manner in advance of the November 30, 

2014, deadline. 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

See, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve 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 the 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). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where the EPA or an Indian 

tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), nor will it impose substantial 


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direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law.’’ 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2014–0900; FRL–9921–23– 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Attainment 

Redesignation for Missouri Portion of 

the St. Louis MO-IL Area; 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone Standard and Associated 

Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

the State of Missouri’s request to 

redesignate the Missouri portion of the 

St. Louis MO-IL nonattainment area, the 

‘‘St. Louis area’’ or ‘‘area’’ to attainment 

for the 1997 8-hour National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or 

Standard) for ozone (O3). The Missouri 

counties comprising the St. Louis area 

are Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and 

St. Louis along with the City of St. 

Louis. In addition to the redesignation 

request, EPA is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision containing a maintenance plan 

for the O3 standard for the Missouri 

portion of the St. Louis area. In a 

separate action published in the Federal 

Register on June 12, 2012, EPA has 

taken final action to address the Illinois 

portion of the St. Louis area. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2014–0900, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: kemp.lachala@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or Hand Delivery or Courier: 

Ms. Lachala Kemp, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, Air and Waste 

Management Division, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2014– 

0900. 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 email 

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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

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 should 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, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Air Planning and Development Branch, 

11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, 

Kansas 66219. EPA requests that you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The 

interested persons wanting to examine 

these documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least 24 

hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lachala Kemp, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219 at (913) 

551–7214 or by email at 

kemp.lachala@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

to EPA. This section provides additional 

information by addressing the 

following: 

Table of Contents 

I. What action is EPA proposing to take? 

II. What is the background for EPA’s 

proposed actions? 

III. What are the criteria for redesignation to 

attainment? 

IV. What is EPA’s analysis of the state’s 

request? 

V. Summary of Proposed Actions 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What action is EPA proposing to 

take? 

EPA is proposing to approve actions 

related to Missouri’s request to 

redesignate the St. Louis area to 

attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standard. Missouri submitted the first 

request on November 3, 2011, and then 

supplemented and revised their request 

on April 29, 2014. In this notice, when 

EPA refers to Missouri’s redesignation 

request, we are referring to both the 

2011 and 2014 submissions together 

unless otherwise specified. Today’s 

proposed actions are summarized as 

follows and described in greater detail 

throughout this notice of proposed 

rulemaking. EPA proposes to approve 

the redesignation request for the 

Missouri portion of the St. Louis area to 

attainment for the 1997 8-hour O3

NAAQS, and also proposes to approve 

under section 175A of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA or Act), Missouri’s 1997 8-hour O3

NAAQS maintenance plan. 

First, EPA proposes to determine that 

the Missouri portion of the St. Louis 

area has met the requirements for 

redesignation under section 107(d)(3)(E) 

of the CAA. In this action, EPA is 

proposing to approve a request to 

change the legal designation of Franklin, 

Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis 

Counties along with the City of St. Louis 

from nonattainment to attainment for 

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