From: McKaughan, Colleen

Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 2:27 PM

To: Steve M. Calderon; EBakken@Tep.com; ecm@azdeq.gov; 

Edward.Barry@lhoist.com; Gary.Bohnee@SRPMIC-nsn.gov; 

jgarrity@asarco.com; Jay Grady; JYockey@Tep.com; Bark, Richard A.; 

trevor.baggiore@azdeq.gov; Martz, Verle

Cc: Webb, Thomas; Nudd, Gregory

Subject: Re: Extension of Public Comment Period for EPA's 12/21/12 Proposal on the 

Arizona Regional Haze SIP

Good afternoon,

The extension of the public comment period was published in the Federal Register today. I have copied 

the entire notice below. The new deadline is March 6, 2013.

Colleen W. McKaughan

Associate Director, Air Division

USEPA, Region 9

(520) 498-0118

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 

2013)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Pages 7702-7703]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 

Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2013-02394]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0904, FRL-9775-9]

Partial Approval and Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation 

Plans; Arizona; Regional Haze and Visibility Transport; 

Extension of 

Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period for a 

proposed rule 

published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2012, with a 

former 

deadline for comments of February 4, 2013. The new deadline of 

March 6, 

2013, will provide an additional 30 days for a total of 75 days 

to 

comment on our proposal. The proposal is to approve in part and 

disapprove in part a revision to Arizona's State Implementation 

Plan 

(SIP) to implement the regional haze program for the first 

planning 

period through 2018. The proposal includes all portions of the 

State's 

regional haze SIP except for three electric generating stations 

that 

were addressed in a final rule published on December 5, 2012.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule published on December 21, 

2012 (77 

FR 75704) must be received on or before March 6, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPAR09-OAR-2012-0904, by one of the following methods:

 Federal Rulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

 Email: r9azreghaze@epa.gov.

 Fax: 415-947-3579 (Attention: Gregory Nudd)

 Mail, Hand Delivery or Courier: Gregory Nudd, EPA Region 

9, Air Division (AIR-2), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 

94105. Hand and courier deliveries are only accepted Monday 

through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

Special 

arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Nudd, U.S. EPA, Region 

9, 

Planning Office, Air Division, Air-2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105. Gregory Nudd can be reached at telephone 

number 

(415) 947-4107 and via electronic mail at r9azreghaze@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Instructions for Submitting Comments

 EPA's policy is to include all comments received in the 

public 

docket without change. We may make comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 

provided, 

unless the comment includes information claimed to be CBI or 

other 

information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not 

submit information that you consider to be CBI or that is 

otherwise 

protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. 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, we 

will include your email address 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 not 

include 

special characters or any form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses.

B. Docket
 The proposed rule published on December 21, 2012, relies on 

documents, information and data that are listed in the index on 

http://www.regulations.gov under docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2012-

0904. Although 

listed in the index, some information is not publicly available 

(e.g., 

Confidential Business Information (CBI)). Certain other 

material, such 

as copyrighted material, is publicly available only in hard copy 

form. 

Publicly available docket materials are available either 

electronically 

at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Planning 

Office of 

the Air Division, AIR-2, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105. EPA requests that you contact the 

individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view 

the hard 

copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy of the docket 

Monday 

through Friday, 9-5:00 PST, excluding Federal holidays.

C. Submitting Confidential Business Information

 Do not submit CBI to EPA through http://www.regulations.gov

or 

email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you 

claim 

as CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to 

EPA, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and identify 

electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific 

information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the 

comment 

that includes information claimed as CBI, you must submit a copy 

of the 

comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI for 

inclusion in the public docket. We will not disclose information 

so 

marked except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR 

part 2.

D. Tips for Preparing Comments

 When submitting comments, remember to:
 Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other 

identifying information (e.g., subject heading, Federal Register 

date 

and page number).

 Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives 

and substitute language for your requested changes.

 Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 

information and/or data that you used.

 If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 

you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for 

it to be 

reproduced.

 Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 

suggest alternatives.

 Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 

use of profanity or personal threats.

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 Make sure to submit your comments by the identified 

comment period deadline.

 Dated: January 28, 2013.

Alexis Strauss,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9.

[FR Doc. 2013-02394 Filed 2-1-13; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

From: Colleen McKaughan/R9/USEPA/US

To: ecm@azdeq.gov, trevor.baggiore@azdeq.gov, Steve M. Calderon <Calderon.Steve@azdeq.gov>, 

EBakken@Tep.com, JYockey@Tep.com, "Martz, Verle" <vmartz@srmaterials.com>, Jay Grady 

<jgrady@calportland.com>, "Bark, Richard A." <Richard_Bark@fmi.com>, jgarrity@asarco.com, 

Edward.Barry@lhoist.com, Gary.Bohnee@SRPMIC-nsn.gov

Cc: Thomas Webb/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gregory Nudd/R9/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 01/29/2013 02:26 PM

Subject: Extension of Public Comment Period for EPA's 12/21/12 Proposal on the Arizona Regional Haze 

SIP

Good afternoon,

EPA Region 9 has received several requests, including one from the Arizona Congressional delegation, 

for an extension of the public comment period. In response to those requests, we are extending the public 

comment period for an additional 30 days until March 6, 2013. The extension will not be published in the 

Federal Register until next week, although it was signed last night. I wanted to make sure that you knew 
that EPA was extending the date, so I'm letting you know via email that you have more time to submit 

your comments and any additional information that you would like EPA to consider. Please call me if you 

have questions at the number below. 

Colleen W. McKaughan

Associate Director, Air Division

USEPA, Region 9

(520) 498-0118