This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

75845 

Vol. 80, No. 233 

Friday, December 4, 2015 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2008–0931; FRL–9939–29– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Attainment Demonstration 

for the Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone 

Moderate Nonattainment Area; 

Withdrawal of Proposed Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is withdrawing its 

proposed rule to disapprove Maryland’s 

June 4, 2007 ozone attainment 

demonstration for the Baltimore Area. 

This withdrawal action is being taken 

under section 110 of the CAA. 

DATES: The proposed rule published on 

May 8, 2009 (74 FR 21594), regarding 

the ozone attainment demonstration 

portion of Maryland’s June 4, 2007 

comprehensive SIP revision request for 

the Baltimore Area, is withdrawn as of 

December 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established docket 

number EPA–R03–OAR–2008–0931 for 

this action. The index to the docket is 

available electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at Air Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria A. Pino, 215–814–2181, or by 

email at pino.maria@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 8, 

2009 (74 FR 21594), EPA published a 

proposed rule to disapprove the ozone 

attainment demonstration portion of a 

comprehensive State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) revision request submitted by 

the State of Maryland on June 4, 2007 

to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

requirements for attaining the 1997 8- 

hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the 

Baltimore moderate nonattainment area 

(Baltimore Area). On May 26, 2015 (80 

FR 29970), EPA determined that the 

Baltimore Area attained the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS, thereby suspending the 

area’s obligations to submit an 

attainment demonstration and other 

planning requirements related to 

attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS for as long as the area continues 

to attain the standard. On October 20, 

2015, the State of Maryland withdrew 

the attainment demonstration (including 

modeling and weight of evidence), 2009 

attainment year inventory, contingency 

measures for attainment, and 2009 

transportation conformity budgets 

contained in Maryland’s June 4, 2007 

SIP revision request. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: November 10, 2015. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2015–30100 Filed 12–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0750; FRL- 9939–65- 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; District 

of Columbia; Interstate Pollution 

Transport Requirements for the 2010 

Nitrogen Dioxide Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the District of 

Columbia (the District). This revision 

pertains to the infrastructure 

requirement for interstate transport 

pollution with respect to the 2010 

nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). This action is being taken 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before January 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2015–0750 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: Fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0750 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. 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–R03–OAR–2015– 

0750. 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 information that you 

consider to be CBI, or otherwise 

protected, through www.regulations.gov 

or email. 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 


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