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Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. Our online 

docket for this rulemaking is available 

on the Internet at http://www.

regulations.gov under docket number 

USCG–2011–1159. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning the 

meeting or the proposed rule, please call 

or email Lieutenant Commander Scott 

Whaley, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 

808–522–8264, email Scott.O.Whaley@

uscg.mil. If you have questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 13, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 2019), a 

temporary interim rule that established 

a temporary security zone for 

Kaunakakai Harbor, including the 

entrance channel and offshore area 

adjacent to the channel’s entrance 

during the arrival and departure of the 

Passenger Vessel Safari Explorer in 

Kaunakakai Harbor, Molokai, Hawaii. 

Comments on the interim rule were 

required to be received on or before 

February 3, 2012. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. 2011– 

1159. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to review and 

submit comments on the synopsis of 

comments that the Coast Guard 

prepared based on the comments 

received during public meetings. We 

will consider comments received on or 

before May 7, 2012. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

J.M. Nunan, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Honolulu. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0140(b); FRL–9662– 

3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; North 

Carolina; Annual Emissions Reporting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve a portion of a state 

implementation plan (SIP) revision 

submitted on January 31, 2008, by the 

State of North Carolina, through the 

North Carolina Division of Air Quality 

(NCDAQ), to meet the emissions 

statements requirement for Charlotte, 

North Carolina. EPA is approving the 

addition of Cabarrus, Lincoln, Rowan, 

and Union Counties in their entireties 

and Davidson Township and Coddle 

Creek Township in Iredell County to the 

annual emissions reporting requirement 

into the North Carolina SIP. This action 

is being taken pursuant to section 110 

and section 182 of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA or Act). 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

June 25, 2012 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by May 24, 2012. 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– 

R04–OAR–2009–0140,’’ by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: 404–562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2009– 

0140,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Ms. 

Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID Number, ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR– 

2009–0140.’’ 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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 the Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

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1EPA issued a revised 8-hour ozone standard on 

March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436). The designation and 

implementation process for that standard is 

underway and does not relate to this action. 

2The March 14, 2006, Curran Memo can be found 

at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/eidocs/eiguid/ 

8hourozone_naaqs_031406.pdf. 

3The January 31, 2008, SIP submittal includes 

amendments to North Carolina Rules 15A NCAC 

02D .0902, .0909, .1402, .1403, and 02Q .0207. This 

action is approving the amendments to NCAC 02Q 

.0207. 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

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

excluding federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sara Waterson of the Regulatory 

Development Section, in the Air 

Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9061. 

Ms. Sara Waterson can be reached via 

electronic mail at 

waterson.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background for EPA’s action? 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the emissions 

statements for North Carolina? 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for EPA’s 

action? 

On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated a 

revised NAAQS for ozone, setting the 

standard at 0.08 parts per million (ppm) 

averaged over an 8-hour timeframe. This 

revised standard was established based 

on scientific evidence demonstrating 

that ozone causes adverse health effects 

at lower ozone concentrations and over 

longer periods of time, than was 

understood when the pre-existing 1- 

hour ozone standard was promulgated 

(62 FR 38855).1

On April 30, 2004, EPA published 

designations and classifications for the 

revised 1997 8-hour ozone standard (69 

FR 23858). These actions became 

effective on June 15, 2004. North 

Carolina was required to develop 

nonattainment SIP revisions addressing 

the CAA requirements for its 

nonattainment areas. Among other 

things, North Carolina was required to 

address the emissions statements 

requirement pursuant to CAA section 

182(a)(3)(B). 

Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA, 

requires states with areas designated 

nonattainment for the ozone NAAQS 

(under subpart 2 of the Act) to submit 

a SIP revision to require emissions 

statements to be submitted to the state 

by sources within that nonattainment 

area. Specifically, CAA section 

182(a)(3)(B) reads: 

(i) Within 2 years after November 15, 1990, 

the State shall submit a revision to the State 

implementation plan to require that the 

owner or operator of each stationary source 

of oxides of nitrogen or volatile organic 

compounds provide the State with a 

statement, in such form as the Administrator 

may prescribe (or accept an equivalent 

alternative developed by the State), for 

classes or categories of sources, showing the 

actual emissions of oxides of nitrogen and 

volatile organic compounds from that source. 

The first statement shall be submitted within 

3 years after November 15, 1990. Subsequent 

statements shall be submitted at least every 

year thereafter. The statement shall contain a 

certification that the information contained 

in the statement is accurate to the best 

knowledge of the individual certifying the 

statement. 

(ii) The State may waive the application of 

clause (i) to any class or category of 

stationary sources which emit less than 25 

tons per year of volatile organic compounds 

or oxides of nitrogen if the State, in its 

submissions under subparagraph (1) or 

(3)(A), provides an inventory of emissions 

from such class or category of sources based 

on the use of the emission factors established 

by the Administrator or other methods 

acceptable to the Administrator. 

In a March 14, 2006,2 memorandum 

from Thomas C. Curran, Director Air 

Quality Assessment Division to EPA 

Regional Air Division Directors (Curran 

Memo), EPA clarified that the emissions 

statements requirement under the CAA 

section 182(a)(3)(B), is applicable to all 

areas designated nonattainment for the 

1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and 

classified marginal or higher under 

subpart 2, part D, title I of the CAA. 

Consistent with EPA’s interpretation of 

the submission period for other subpart 

2 obligations, the Curran Memo states 

that the 2-year submission period for the 

emissions statements rule for the 1997 

8-hour ozone standard will run from the 

date an area was designated 

nonattainment and classified under 

subpart 2 for the 

8-hour standard. Thus, states were 

required to submit their emissions 

statements rule by June 15, 2006, and 

the rule is required to provide that 

sources submit their first emissions 

statements to the state by no later than 

June 15, 2007 (for the 2006 calendar 

year). The Curran Memo further states 

that if an area has a previously approved 

emissions statements rule for the 1-hour 

standard that covers all portions of the 

designated 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area, such rule should be 

sufficient for purposes of the emissions 

statements requirement for the 1997 8- 

hour standard. 

North Carolina’s annual emissions 

reporting requirement was approved 

into the SIP on August 1, 1997. See 64 

FR 41277. The counties included in the 

August 1, 1997, approval included 

Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, 

Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Wake 

County, the Dutchville Township in 

Granville County, and that part of Davie 

County bounded by the Yadkin River, 

Dutchmans Creek, North Carolina 

Highway 801, Fulton Creek and back to 

the Yadkin River. On January 31, 2008, 

North Carolina submitted additional 

counties to be included in the annual 

emissions reporting requirements to be 

consistent with the requirements of the 

CAA as a result of EPA’s designation 

boundary for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standard. In today’s action, EPA is 

approving the addition of Cabarrus, 

Lincoln, Rowan, and Union Counties in 

their entireties and Davidson Township 

and Coddle Creek Township in Iredell 

County to the annual emissions 

reporting portion of the SIP revision 

submitted by the State of North Carolina 

on January 31, 2008, as required by 

section 182(a)(3)(B). EPA will take 

action on the remaining portions of 

North Carolina’s January 31, 2008, SIP 

revision in a separate action.3

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the 

Emissions Statements for North 

Carolina? 

North Carolina’s SIP revision updates 

its regulation at 15A North Carolina 

Administrative Code (NCAC) 02Q .0207, 

to include Cabarrus, Lincoln, Rowan, 

and Union Counties in their entireties 

and Davidson Township and Coddle 

Creek Township in Iredell County and 

requires all owners or operators of 

stationary sources located in these areas 

with actual emissions of 25 tons per 

year or more of volatile organic 

compounds or nitrogen oxides, to 

submit a statement of actual emissions 

by June 30th of each year. EPA has 

evaluated North Carolina’s January 31, 

2008, SIP revision as it relates to the 

emissions statements and has made the 

determination that it meets the 

requirements of CAA section 

182(a)(3)(B). 

III. Final Action 

EPA is taking direct final action to 

approve a portion of a SIP revision, 

submitted on January 31, 2008, by the 

State of North Carolina, through the 

NCDAQ, to meet the emissions 

statements requirement for the 1997 

8-hour ozone NAAQS. This action is 

being taken pursuant to section 110 and 

section 182 of the CAA. 

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EPA is publishing this rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this as a non-controversial 

amendment and anticipates no adverse 

comments. However, in the proposed 

rules section of this Federal Register 

publication, EPA is publishing a 

separate document that will serve as the 

proposal to approve the SIP revision 

should adverse comment be filed. This 

rule will be effective on June 25, 2012 

without further notice unless the 

Agency receives adverse comment by 

May 24, 2012. If EPA receives such 

comments, then EPA will publish a 

document withdrawing the final rule 

and informing the public that the rule 

will not take effect. All public 

comments received will then be 

addressed 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. If 

no such comments are received, the 

public is advised this rule will be 

effective on June 25, 2012 and no 

further action will be taken on the 

proposed rule. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act 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 final 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. 

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). 

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 June 25, 2012. 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 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, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: March 4, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart II—North Carolina 

■ 2. Section 52.1770(c) Table 1, is 

amended under Subchapter 2Q, section 

.0200 by revising the entry for ‘‘Sect 

.0207’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

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(c) * * * 

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TABLE 1—EPA APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

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Subchapter 2Q Air Quality Permits 

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Section .0200 Permit Fees 

Sect .0207 ............................... Annual Emissions Reporting 7/1/07 4/24/2012 [Insert citation of 

publication].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2010–1043; A–1–FRL– 

9652–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; 

Regional Haze 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a revision to 

the Maine State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) that addresses regional haze for the 

first planning period from 2008 through 

2018. It was submitted by the Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(Maine DEP) on December 9, 2010, with 

supplemental submittals on September 

14, 2011, and November 9, 2011. This 

revision addresses the requirements of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA’s 

rules that require States to prevent any 

future, and remedy any existing, 

manmade impairment of visibility in 

mandatory Class I Areas caused by 

emissions of air pollutants from 

numerous sources located over a wide 

geographic area (also referred to as the 

‘‘regional haze program’’). 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective on May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2010–1043. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the 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 

Copies of the documents relevant to 

this action are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the Bureau of 

Air Quality Control, Department of 

Environmental Protection, First Floor of 

the Tyson Building, Augusta Mental 

Health Institute Complex, Augusta, ME 

04333–0017. 

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: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

The following outline is provided to 

aid in locating information in this 

preamble. 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. Response to Comments 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On November 29, 2011, EPA 

published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPR) for the State of 

Maine. See 76 FR 73956. The NPR 

proposed approval of the Maine State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) that 

addresses regional haze for the first 

planning period from 2008 through 

2018. It was submitted by the Maine 

DEP on December 9, 2010, with 

supplemental submittals on September 

14, 2011, and November 9, 2011. 

Specifically, EPA proposed to approve 

Maine’s December 9, 2010 SIP revision, 

and its supplements, as meeting the 

applicable implementing regulations 

found in 40 CFR 51.308. EPA also 

proposed to approve Maine’s Best 

Achievable Retrofit Technology (BART) 

determinations for several sources and 

to incorporate the license conditions 

that implement those determinations 

into the SIP. In addition, EPA proposed 

to approve Maine’s low sulfur fuel oil 

legislation, 38 MRSA § 603–A, sub- 

§ 2(A), and to incorporate this 

legislation into the Maine SIP. 

Furthermore, EPA is also proposed to 

approve the following Maine state 

regulation and incorporate it into the 

SIP: Maine Chapter 150, Control of 

Emissions from Outdoor Wood Boilers. 

A detailed explanation of the 

requirements for regional haze SIPs, as 

well as EPA’s analysis of Maine’s 

Regional Haze SIP submittal was 

provided in the NPR and is not restated 

here. 

II. Response to Comments 

EPA received a number of comments 

on our proposal to approve Maine’s 

Regional Haze SIP submittal. Comments 

were received from the citizen’s group 

Credo Action and the National Park 

Service (NPS). A joint letter from the 

National Parks Conservation 

Association (NPCA), the Appalachian 

Mountain Club (AMC), the Conservation 

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