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practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In 

addition, this proposed 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 clean NAAQS data determination 

for the Milwaukee-Racine, Wisconsin 

area 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. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Particulate matter, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0140(a); FRL–9662– 

2] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; North 

Carolina; Annual Emissions Reporting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing 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, to meet the emissions 

statements requirement for North 

Carolina. EPA is proposing to approve 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 24, 2012. 

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. 

Please see the direct final rule which is 

located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

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: On March 

27, 2008, EPA published a revised 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standard (NAAQS). See 73 FR 16436. 

The current action, however, is being 

taken to address requirements under the 

1997 ozone NAAQS. 

For additional information see the 

direct final rule which is published in 

the Rules Section of this Federal 

Register. In the Final Rules Section of 

this Federal Register, EPA is approving 

the State’s implementation plan revision 

as a direct final rule without prior 

proposal because the Agency views this 

as a noncontroversial submittal and 

anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for the approval is set 

forth in the direct final rule. If no 

adverse comments are received in 

response to this rule, no further activity 

is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse 

comments, the direct final rule will be 

withdrawn and all public comments 

received will be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this 

document. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this document should 

do so at this time. 

Dated: March 4, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2010–0021(b); FRL–9661– 

9] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Georgia; 

Atlanta; Ozone 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

the ozone 2002 base year emissions 

inventory portion of the state 

implementation plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Georgia on 

October 21, 2009. The emissions 

inventory is part of the Atlanta, Georgia 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Atlanta 

Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’), ozone attainment 

demonstration that was submitted for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient 

air quality standards (NAAQS). The 

Atlanta Area is comprised of Barrow, 

Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, 

Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, 

Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding 

and Walton Counties in their entireties. 

This action is being taken pursuant to 

section 110 of the Clean Air Act. In the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register, 

EPA is approving Georgia’s SIP revision 

as a direct final rule without prior 

proposal because the Agency views this 

as a noncontroversial submittal, and 

anticipates no adverse comments. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2010–0021 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–2010– 

0021,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

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Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, 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. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Waterson, 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. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9061. 

Ms. Waterson can be reached via 

electronic mail at 

waterson.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

12, 2008, EPA issued a revised ozone 

NAAQS. See 73 FR 16436. The current 

action, however, is being taken to 

address requirements under the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS. Requirements for 

the Atlanta Area under the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS will be addressed in the future. 

For additional information see the direct 

final rule which is published in the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register. 

A detailed rationale for the approval is 

set forth in the direct final rule. If no 

adverse comments are received in 

response to this rule, no further activity 

is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse 

comments, the direct final rule will be 

withdrawn and all public comments 

received will be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this 

document. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this document should 

do so at this time. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0194; FRL–9664–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; California; 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan Pesticide Element 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve 

several revisions to the Pesticide 

Element of the California state 

implementation plan (SIP). These 

revisions include regulations adopted 

by the California Department of 

Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) that: (1) 

Reduce volatile organic compound 

(VOC) emissions from the application of 

agricultural field fumigants in the South 

Coast, Southeast Desert, Ventura, San 

Joaquin Valley (SJV), and Sacramento 

Metro ozone nonattainment areas by 

restricting fumigant application 

methods; (2) establish a contingency 

fumigant emissions limit and allocation 

system for Ventura; (3) require CDPR to 

prepare and make available to the 

public an annual pesticide VOC 

emissions inventory report; and (4) 

require recordkeeping and reporting of 

pesticide usage. EPA also proposes to 

approve CDPR’s commitments to 

manage VOC emissions from the use of 

agricultural and commercial structural 

pesticides in the SJV to ensure that they 

do not exceed 18.1 tons per day and to 

implement restrictions on VOC 

emissions in the SJV from non-fumigant 

pesticides by 2014. Lastly, EPA is 

providing its response to a remand by 

the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of 

EPA’s 2009 approval of a revision to the 

California SIP related to reducing VOC 

emissions from pesticides. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2012–0194, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

• Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

• Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel, 

(AIR–4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105. 

Instructions: All comments 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 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, and EPA 

will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send 

email directly to EPA, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the public 

comment. If EPA cannot read your 

comments due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Docket: The technical support 

document (TSD) and the index to the 

docket for this proposed action is 

available electronically on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site and in 

hard copy at EPA Region 9, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105. 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 during normal business 

hours with either of the contacts listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the proposed action on 

CDPR’s regulations: Nancy Levin, Rules 

Office (AIR–4), (415) 972–3848, 

levin.nancy@epa.gov. For information 

on the proposed actions on CDPR’s 

commitments and the PEST–1 measure: 

Frances Wicher, Air Planning Office 

(AIR–2), (415) 972–3957, 

wicher.frances@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. The Current California SIP Pesticide 

Element and Description of the Proposed 

Revisions 

A. Currently-Approved Provisions of the 

California SIP Pesticide Element 

B. Proposed Revisions to the California SIP 

Pesticide Element 

III. EPA’s Evaluation of the Revisions to the 

California SIP Pesticide Element 

A. Clean Air Act (CAA) Procedural and 

Administrative Requirements for SIP 

Submittals Under CAA Section 110 

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