36716 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 19, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

1See http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/navajo/ 

index.html#proposed and http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-R09- 

OAR-2013-0009. 

second sentence of the SUMMARY and the 

title of contact person was incorrect. 

This document corrects those errors. 

In the first column, second sentence 

of the SUMMARY, add the word 

‘‘advanced’’ before ‘‘notice of proposed 

rulemaking,’’ and in the second column, 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

correct the title by removing ‘‘Executive 

Director, Center for Veterans Enterprise 

(00VE)’’ and adding, in its place, 

‘‘Executive Director of the Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization (00SB)’’. 

Dated: June 14, 2013. 

William F. Russo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

and Management, Office of the General 

Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14583 Filed 6–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 49 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0009; FRL–9825–3] 

Approval of Air Quality Implementation 

Plans; Navajo Nation; Regional Haze 

Requirements for Navajo Generating 

Station; Notice of Intent To Hold Public 

Hearings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: On February 5, 2013, EPA 

proposed a Best Available Retrofit 

Technology (BART) determination for 

emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) 

from the Navajo Generating Station 

(NGS), located on the Navajo Nation. 

EPA provided a three-month period for 

public comments, to close on May 6, 

2013. The Navajo Nation, Gila River 

Indian Community, and other affected 

stakeholders requested a 90-day 

extension of the comment period to 

allow time for stakeholders to develop 

an alternative to EPA’s proposed BART 

determination that achieves greater 

reasonable progress. On March 19, 2013, 

EPA extended the close of the public 

comment period to August 5, 2013. EPA 

is providing notice of our intent to hold 

five public hearings to accept written 

and oral comments on the proposed 

BART determination for NGS. 

DATES: EPA will announce dates and 

locations for the public hearings at a 

later time in the Federal Register, on 

our Web site, and in the docket for this 

proposed rulemaking.1 Comments on 

the proposed BART determination for 

NGS must be postmarked no later than 

August 5, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be 

held at various locations in Indian 

country and in the state of Arizona. 

Please see the section on 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more 

details. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Lee, EPA Region 9, (415) 972– 

3958, r9ngsbart@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA 

intends to hold public hearings at one 

location each on the Navajo Reservation, 

on the Hopi Reservation, and in Page, 

Phoenix, and Tucson, Arizona. These 

hearings will provide interested parties 

the opportunity to present facts, views, 

or arguments concerning the proposed 

rule requiring NGS to meet emission 

limits for NOX, required under the 

BART provision of the Regional Haze 

Rule, in order to reduce visibility 

impairment resulting from NGS at 11 

National Parks and Wilderness Areas. 

Written statements and supporting 

information submitted during the 

comment period will be considered 

with the same weight as any oral 

comments and supporting information 

presented at the public hearing. Written 

comments must be postmarked on or 

before the last day of the comment 

period, August 5, 2013. 

If you are unable to attend the hearing 

but wish to submit comments on the 

proposed rule, you may submit 

comments, identified by docket number 

EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0009, by one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

(2) Email: r9ngsbart@epa.gov. 

(3) Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (Air-2), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

For more detailed instructions 

concerning how to submit comments on 

this proposed rule, and for more 

information on our proposed rule, 

please see the notice of proposed 

rulemaking, published in the Federal 

Register on February 5, 2013 (78 FR 

8274). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 49 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Indians, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

dioxide. 

Dated: June 10, 2013. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Air Division Director, Region 9. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14630 Filed 6–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2008–0603; FRL–9824–6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County 

Reasonably Available Control 

Technology Under the 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard; Withdrawal and New 

Issuance 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal and 

new issuance. 

SUMMARY: On August 26, 2008, EPA 

published a proposed rule to approve a 

revision to the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by 

the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP) on 

behalf of Philadelphia Air Management 

Services (AMS). The SIP revision, 

submitted to EPA on September 29, 

2006 (the 2006 SIP revision), consists of 

a demonstration that Philadelphia 

County is meeting the requirements of 

reasonably available control technology 

(RACT) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile 

organic compounds (VOC) under the 

1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS). EPA has 

determined that it cannot proceed with 

the final approval of the 2006 SIP 

revision. In light of the decision of the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia (the Court) 

regarding EPA’s Phase 2 Ozone 

Implementation Rule, EPA cannot 

approve that compliance with a capand-trade program satisfies the NOX

RACT requirement for electric 

generating units (EGUs) in Philadelphia 

County, as presumed in the 2006 SIP 

revision. In addition, upon further 

review, EPA has determined that the 

2006 SIP revision does not adequately 

address the RACT requirements under 

the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the 

major sources of VOC and NOX for 

which EPA has previously approved 

source-specific RACT determinations 

under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. 

Therefore, EPA is withdrawing its 

August 26, 2008 proposed rule to 


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