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the individual’s application for

educational assistance under subpart K

of this part, the individual must have:

(A) Successfully completed the

requirements of a secondary school

diploma (or equivalency certificate); or

(B) Successfully completed (or

otherwise received academic credit for)

12 semester hours (or the equivalent) in

a program of education leading to a

standard college degree.

(c) * * *

(3) Educational requirement. (i)

Before the date on which VA receives

the individual’s application for

educational assistance under subpart K

of this part, the individual must have:

(A) Successfully completed the

requirements of a secondary school

diploma (or equivalency certificate); or

(B) Successfully completed (or

otherwise received academic credit for)

12 semester hours (or the equivalent) in

a program of education leading to a

standard college degree.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA–4091a; FRL–6568–9]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Pennsylvania; Approval of VOC and

NOΧ RACT Determinations for

Individual Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final

action to approve revisions to the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s State

Implementation Plan (SIP). The

revisions impose reasonably available

control technology (RACT) on twentysix major sources of volatile organic

compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides

(NOΧ) located in Pennsylvania. EPA is

approving these revisions to establish

RACT requirements in the SIP in

accordance with the Clean Air Act.

DATES: This rule is effective on June 19,

2000 without further notice, unless EPA

receives adverse written comment by

May 18, 2000. 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: Written comments should

be mailed to Kathleen Henry, Chief,

Permits and Technical Assessment

Branch, Air Protection Division,

Mailcode 3AP11, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103. Copies of the documents relevant

to this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air Protection Division,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; the

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; and the

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air

Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400

Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly L. Bunker at (215) 814–2177 for

information on sources #1–18 (or via email at bunker.kelly@epa.gov) or Melik

Spain at (215) 814–2299 for information

on sources #19–26 (or via e-mail at

spain.melik@epa.gov). While

information may be requested via email, any comments must be submitted

in writing to the above Region III

address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On August 1, 1995, January 6, 1995,

June 14, 1995, December 8, 1995, May

31, 1995, May 2, 1996, March 21, 1996,

September 13, 1996, November 4, 1997,

March 24, 1998, December 7, 1998,

February 2, 1999, March 3, 1999, April

9, 1999, April 20, 1999 and July 28,

1999, the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania submitted formal

revisions to its State Implementation

Plan (SIP). On March 24, 1998, May 29,

1998, October 2, 1998, October 16, 1998,

December 7, 1998, February 2, 1999,

April 9, 1999 and June 22, 1999, the

Commonwealth submitted

supplemental information pertaining to

the Cogentrix, Scrubgrass Generating

Company, Indiana University of

Pennsylvania, INDSPEC, WheelabratorFrackville, Piney Creek, Harrisburg

Steam Works and the four PP&L

revisions, respectively. On July 24,

1998, PADEP submitted materials which

replaced the May 2, 1996 submittal for

Transit America Inc. Each source

subject to this rulemaking will be

identified and discussed below. Any

plan approvals and operating permits

submitted coincidentally with those

being approved in this document, and

not identified below, will be addressed

in a separate rulemaking action.

Pursuant to sections 182(b)(2) and

182(f) of the Clean Air Act (CAA),

Pennsylvania is required to implement

RACT for all major VOC and NOΧ

sources by no later than May 31, 1995.

The definition of a major source is

determined by its size, location, the

classification of that area and whether it

is located in the ozone transport region

(OTR), which is established by the CAA.

The Pennsylvania portion of the

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

ozone nonattainment area (the

Philadelphia area) consists of Bucks,

Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and

Philadelphia Counties and is classified

as severe. The remaining counties in

Pennsylvania are designated as

nonattainment are classified as either

moderate or marginal. However, under

section 184 of the CAA, at a minimum,

moderate area requirements for

stationary sources, including RACT as

specified in sections 182(b)(2) and

182(f), apply throughout the OTR.

Therefore, RACT is applicable statewide

in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania

submittals that are the subject of this

document are meant to satisfy the RACT

requirements for twenty-six specific

sources.

Summary of SIP Revision

The details of the RACT requirements

for the source-specific plan approvals,

operating permits and compliance

permit can be found in the docket and

accompanying technical support

documents (TSD) and will not be

reiterated in this document. Briefly,

EPA is approving a revision to the

Pennsylvania SIP pertaining to the

determination of RACT for twenty-six

major sources. Several of the plan

approvals and operating permits contain

conditions which are not relevant to the

determination of VOC or NOΧ RACT.

These provisions are not included in

Pennsylvania’s SIP revision requests

these sources.

RACT Determinations

The following table identifies the

individual compliance permit, plan

approvals, and operating permits EPA is

approving. The specific emission

limitations and other RACT

requirements for these sources are

summarized in the accompanying

technical support documents, which are

available upon further request from the

EPA Region III office listed in the

ADDRESSES section of this document.

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Pennsylvania—VOC and NOX Ract Determinations for Individual Sources

Source County

Plan approval (PA#)

Operating Permit (OP#)

Compliance Permit

(CP#)

(date of issuance)

Source type ‘‘Major source’’

pollutant

1. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation ............. Westmoreland .............. OP 65–000–137 (5/17/

99).

Specialty steel manufacturing.NOX

2. Cogentrix-Ringgold Cogeneration Facility ..... Jefferson ...................... OP 33–137 (1/27/98),

PA.

Utility ............................ NOX

33–302–014 (11/15/

90), PA.

33–399–004 (10/31/88).

3. Doverspike Brothers Coal Co ........................ Jefferson ...................... OP 33–007 (1/13/99) ... Utility ............................ NOX & VOC

4. Edison Mission Energy Homer City Coal

Processing Plant.

Indiana ......................... OP 32–000–132 (5/17/

99).

Utility ............................ NOX

5. Harrisburg Steam Works, Ltd ........................ Dauphin ....................... OP 22–2005 (3/23/99) Cogeneration facility .... NOX

6. Indiana University of Pennsylvania ................ Indiana ......................... OP 32–000–200 (9/24/

98).

Cogeneration facility .... NOX & VOC

7. INDSPEC Chemical Corporation ................... Butler ........................... PA 10–021 (10/19/98) Chemical manufacturing facility.NOX & VOC

8. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. (PP&L)—Allentown Facility.Lehigh .......................... OP 39–0009 (6/1/99) ... Utility ............................ NOX

9. PP&L—Fishbach Facility ............................... Schuylkill ...................... OP 54–0011 (6/1/99) ... Utility ............................ NOX

10. PP&L—Harwood Facility .............................. Luzerne ........................ OP 40–0016 (6/1/99) ... Utility ............................ NOX

11. PP&L—Jenkins Facility ................................ Luzerne ........................ OP 40–0017 (6/1/99) ... Utility ............................ NOX

12. Piney Creek Ltd. Partnership ....................... Clarion ......................... OP 16–127 (12/18/98) Utility ............................ NOX

13. Scrubgrass Generation Co .......................... Venango ...................... OP 61–181 (4/30/98) ... Utility ............................ NOX

14. Statoil Energy power Paxton, LP ................. Dauphin ....................... OP 22–2015 (6/30/99) Cogeneration facility .... NOX

15. Stoney Creek Technologies, L.L.C .............. Delaware ...................... CP 23–0002 (2/24/99) Chemical manufacturing facility.NOX & VOC

16. Superpac, Inc. .............................................. Bucks ........................... OP 09–0003 (3/25/99) Graphic arts ................. VOC

17. Transit America Inc. ..................................... Philadelphia ................. PA 1563 (6/11/98) ....... Industrial boilers .......... NOX

18. Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Company .. Schuylkill ...................... OP 54–0005 (9/18/98) Utility ............................ NOX

19. American Bank Note Co .............................. Montgomery ................. OP 46–0075 (8/10/98) Graphic arts ................. VOC

20. Atlas Roofing Corporation ............................ Bucks ........................... OP 09–0039 (3/10/99) Synthetic materials ...... VOC

21. Beckett ......................................................... Chester ........................ OP 15–0040 (7/8/97) ... Graphic arts ................. VOC

22. Cove Shoe Company ................................... Blair .............................. OP 07–02028 (4/7/99) Surface coating ............ VOC

23. Fleetwood Motor Homes .............................. Northumberland ........... OP 49–0011 (10/30/98) Surface coating ............ VOC

24. Hedstrom Corporation .................................. Bedford ........................ OP 05–02002A (4/8/99) Surface coating ............ VOC

25. International Business Systems ................... Montgomery ................. OP 46–0049 (10/29/98) Graphic arts ................. VOC

26. Klearfold ....................................................... Bucks ........................... OP 09–0012 (4/15/99) Graphic arts ................. VOC

27. National Label Company ............................. Montgomery ................. OP 46–0040 (7/28/97) Graphic arts ................. VOC

EPA is publishing this rule without

prior proposal because we view this as

a noncontroversial amendment and

anticipate no adverse comment.

However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’

section of today’s Federal Register, EPA

is publishing a separate document that

will serve as the proposal to approve the

SIP revision if adverse comments are

filed. This direct final rule will be

effective on June 19, 2000 without

further notice unless we receive adverse

comment by May 18, 2000. If EPA

receives adverse comment, EPA will

publish a timely withdrawal in the

Federal Register informing the public

that the rule will not take effect. EPA

will address all public comments 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.

II. Final Action

EPA is approving SIP revisions

submitted by the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania which consist of four plan

approvals, twenty-three operating

permits and one compliance permit

imposing RACT on twenty-six

individual major sources of NOX and/or

VOC.

III. Administrative Requirements

A. General Requirements

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and

therefore is not subject to review by the

Office of Management and Budget. This

action merely approves state law as

meeting federal requirements and

imposes no additional requirements

beyond those imposed by state law.

Accordingly, the Administrator certifies

that this rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities under the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601

et seq.). Because this rule approves preexisting requirements under state law

and does not impose any additional

enforceable duty beyond that required

by state law, it does not contain any

unfunded mandate or significantly or

uniquely affect small governments, as

described in the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–4).

For the same reason, this rule also does

not significantly or uniquely affect the

communities of tribal governments, as

specified by Executive Order 13084 (63

FR 27655, May 10, 1998). This rule will

not have substantial direct effects on the

States, on the relationship between the

national government and the States, or

on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government, as specified in

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,

August 10, 1999), because it merely

approves a state rule implementing a

federal standard, and does not alter the

relationship or the distribution of power

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and responsibilities established in the

Clean Air Act. This rule also is not

subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR

19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not

economically significant.

In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s

role is to approve state choices,

provided that they meet the criteria of

the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the

absence of a prior existing requirement

for the State to use voluntary consensus

standards (VCS), EPA has no authority

to disapprove a SIP submission for

failure to use VCS. It would thus be

inconsistent with applicable law for

EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission,

to use VCS in place of a SIP submission

that otherwise satisfies the provisions of

the Clean Air Act. Thus, the

requirements of section 12(d) of the

National Technology Transfer and

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.

272 note) do not apply. As required by

section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61

FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing

this rule, EPA has taken the necessary

steps to eliminate drafting errors and

ambiguity, minimize potential litigation,

and provide a clear legal standard for

affected conduct. EPA has complied

with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR

8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the

takings implications of the rule in

accordance with the ‘‘Attorney

General’s Supplemental Guidelines for

the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of

Unanticipated Takings’ issued under the

executive order. This rule does not

impose an information collection

burden under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

B. Submission to Congress and the

Comptroller General

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. Section 804

exempts from section 801 the following

types of rules: (1) Rules of particular

applicability; (2) rules relating to agency

management or personnel; and (3) rules

of agency organization, procedure, or

practice that do not substantially affect

the rights or obligations of non-agency

parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). EPA is not

required to submit a rule report

regarding today’s action under section

801 because this is a rule of particular

applicability establishing sourcespecific requirements for twenty-six

named sources.

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of

this action must be filed in the United

States Court of Appeals for the

appropriate circuit by June 19, 2000.

Filing a petition for reconsideration by

the Administrator of this final rule does

not affect the finality of this rule 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. This action

approving Pennsylvania’s sourcespecific RACT requirements for twentysix sources 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, Hydrocarbons,

Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen

dioxide, Ozone.

Dated: March 19, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

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 NN—Pennsylvania

2. Section 52.2020 is amended by

adding paragraph (c)(140) to read as

follows:

§ 52.2020 Identification of plan.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(140) Revisions to the Pennsylvania

Regulations, Chapter 129.91 pertaining

to VOC and NOx RACT, submitted on

August 1, 1995, January 6, 1995, June

14, 1995, December 8, 1995, May 31,

1995, May 2, 1996, March 21, 1996,

September 13, 1996, February 2, 1999,

March 3, 1999, April 9, 1999 and July

28, 1999 and supplements submitted on

March 24, 1998, May 29, 1998, July 24,

1998, October 2, 1998, October 16, 1998,

December 7, 1998, February 2, 1999,

April 9, 1999 and June 22, 1999.

(i) Incorporation by reference.

(A) Twenty-one letters submitted by

the Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection transmitting

source-specific VOC and/or NOx RACT

determinations in the form of plan

approvals or operating permits on the

following dates: August 1, 1995, January

6, 1995, June 14, 1995, December 8,

1995, May 31, 1995, May 2, 1996, March

21, 1996, September 13, 1996,

November 4, 1997, March 24, 1998,

December 7, 1998, February 2, 1999,

March 3, 1999, April 9, 1999, April 20,

1999 and July 28, 1999 and supplements

submitted on March 24, 1998, May 29,

1998, July 24, 1998, October 2, 1998,

October 16, 1998, December 7, 1998,

February 2, 1999, April 9, 1999 and June

22, 1999.

(B) Plan approvals (PA), Operating

permits (OP), Compliance Permits (CP):

(1) Allegheny Ludlum Steel

Corporation, Westmoreland County, OP

65–000–137, effective date of May 17,

1999, except for the expiration date and

Condition 7;

(2) Cogentrix-Ringgold Cogeneration

Facility, Jefferson County, OP 33–137,

effective date of January 27, 1998, PA

33–302–014, effective date of November

15, 1990, OP 33–302–014, issued May

31, 1993, PA 33–399–004, effective date

of October 31, 1988, and OP 33–399–

004, issued on May 31, 1993, except for

all ton per year limits and expiration

dates in these permits, for Conditions 4,

5, and 6 in PA 33–302–014, for

Condition 2 in OP 33–302–014, for

Conditions 1, 2, 3, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5, 6,

7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 in PA

33–399–004, and for Condition 2 in OP

33–399–004.

(3) Doverspike Brothers Coal Co.,

Jefferson County, OP 33–007, effective

date of January 13, 1999;

(4) Edison Mission Energy Homer City

Generation L.P., Indiana County, OP 32–

000–132, effective date of May 17, 1999;

(5) Harrisburg Steam Works, Ltd,

Dauphin County, OP 22–02005,

effective date of March 23, 1999, except

for Conditions 5, 8, 11, 9, 10,18, 19, 22,

23, 24 and the expiration date;

(6) Indiana University of

Pennsylvania, Indiana County, OP 32–

000–200, effective date of September 24,

1998, except for the expiration date and

Conditions 5, 7, 10, 12, 20, 21, and 22;

(7) INDSPEC Chemical Corporation,

Butler County, PA 10–021, effective date

of October 19, 1998 except for Condition

4, 5, the ton/year limits in Condition 8,

9, 18, 19 and all attachments;

(8) Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

(PP&L)—Allentown Facility, Lehigh

County, OP 39–0009, effective date of

June 1, 1999, except for the expiration

date;

(9) PP&L—Fishbach Facility,

Schuylkill County, OP 54–0011, issued

June 1, 1999, except for the expiration

date;

(10) PP&L—Harwood Facility,

Luzerne County, OP 40–0016, effective

date of June 1, 1999, except for the

expiration date;

(11) PP&L—Jenkins Facility, Luzerne

County, OP 40–0017, effective date of

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June 1, 1999, except for the expiration

date;

(12) Piney Creek Ltd. Partnership,

Clarion County, OP 16–127, effective

date of December 18, 1998 except for the

ton per year and #/hr limits in

Condition 4, Conditions 5 and 9;

(13) Scrubgrass Generating Co. L.P.,

Venango County, OP 61–181, April 30,

1998, except for Conditions 4, 6, 7, and

9;

(14) Statoil Energy Power Paxton, LP,

Dauphin County, OP 22–02015,

effective date of June 30, 1999 except for

the expiration date and Conditions 6,

16, 19 and 20;

(15) Stoney Creek Technologies,

L.L.C., Delaware County, CP–23–0002,

effective date of February 24, 1999

except for Conditions 4, 6, 10.A.2,

10.B—D and 11 and the expiration date;

(16) Superpac, Inc., Bucks County,

OP–09–0003, effective date of March 25,

1999; except for Conditions 4, 5, 6.a, 7,

8 (as it relates to Conditions 5 and 7 in

subparagraph 8a and 8b), 9.a, 9.b, 10

and 11.b, c, e, g and h and the

expiration date;

(17) Transit America Inc.,

Philadelphia County, PA, PLID: 1563,

effective date of June 11, 1997, except

for the expiration date and Conditions 4

and 5;

(18) Wheelabrator Frackville Energy

Company, Schuylkill County, OP 54–

0005, effective date of September 18,

1998, except for the particulate and SO2

emission limits found in Condition 4,

Condition 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13

and the expiration date;

(19) American Bank Note Co.,

Montgomery County, OP–46–0075,

effective date of August 10, 1998 except

Conditions 4.a, 12, 13, 14, and 15;

(20) Atlas Roofing Corporation, Bucks

County, OP–09–0039, effective date of

March 10, 1999, except for Conditions 6,

7, 8.b, 9–15 and the expiration date;

(21) Beckett Corporation, Chester

County, OP–15–0040, effective date of

July 8, 1997, except for Conditions 9–17

and the expiration date;

(22) Cove Shoe Company, Blair

County, OP 07–02028, effective date of

April 7, 1999, except for Conditions 5,

10 and the expiration date;

(23) Fleetwood Motor Homes,

Northumberland County, OP 49–0011,

effective date of October 30,1998, except

for Conditions 3, 5, 23–31 and the

expiration date;

(24) Hedstrom Corporation, Bedford

County, OP 05–02002A, effective date of

April 8, 1999, except for Conditions 5,

6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15.a, 16, 17, 18 and the

expiration date;

(25) Klearfold Inc., Bucks County,

OP–09–0012, effective date of April 15,

1999, except for Conditions 4, 6, 7–10,

12.F, 13–22 and the expiration date;

(26) National Label Company,

Montgomery County, OP–46–0040,

effective date of July 28, 1997, except for

the expiration date and Conditions 3, 4,

5, 6, 7, 11, the Ton per year limit in

Condition 12, 14–16.

(ii) Additional Material.

(A) Remainder of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania’s August 1, 1995,

January 6, 1995, June 14, 1995,

December 8, 1995, May 31, 1995, May

2, 1996, March 21, 1996, November 4,

1997, March 24, 1998, December 7,

1998, February 2, 1999, March 3, 1999,

April 9, 1999 and April 20, 1999 and

March 24, 1998, May 29, 1998, July 24,

1998, October 2, 1998, October 16, 1998,

December 7, 1998, February 2, 1999,

April 9, 1999, June 22, 1999 and July 28,

1999 VOC and NOX RACT SIP

submittals and supplements.

(B) Letter from the Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental

Protection, dated 2/25/2000, clarifying

which provisions of its RACT permits

are to be incorporated into the

Pennsylvania State Implementation

Plan.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[ME–003–01–7004a; A–1–FRL–6572–8]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans; Maine;

RACT for VOC Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving several

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revisions submitted by the State of

Maine. EPA is also issuing a limited

approval of one regulation submitted as

a SIP revision by the State of Maine.

These SIP revisions establish

requirements for certain facilities which

emit volatile organic compounds

(VOCs). The intended effect of this

action is to approve these revisions into

the Maine SIP. This action is being

taken in accordance with the Clean Air

Act (CAA or Act).

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on June 19, 2000 without further notice,

unless EPA receives adverse comment

by May 18, 2000. If adverse comment is

received, EPA 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: Comments may be mailed to

David Conroy, Unit Manager, Air

Quality Planning Unit (mail code CAQ),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, Boston,

MA 02114–2023. Copies of the

documents relevant to this action are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment

at the Office Ecosystem Protection, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston, MA and the Bureau of Air

Quality Control, Department of

Environmental Protection, 71 Hospital

Street, Augusta, ME 04333.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne E. Arnold, (617) 918–1047,

arnold.anne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s

action addresses several State

Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions

submitted by the Maine Department of

Environmental Protection (DEP). These

SIP submittals contain reasonably

available control technology (RACT)

requirements for certain VOC sources.

On November 3, 1993, EPA received

a formal State Implementation Plan

(SIP) submittal from the Maine

Department of Environmental Protection

(DEP) containing Chapter 134

‘‘Reasonably Available Control

Technology for Facilities that Emit

Volatile Organic Compounds.’’ In

addition, on April 28, 1995, Maine DEP

submitted a revised version of this rule

to EPA as a SIP revision in order to

address several issues EPA had

identified with the previous submittal.

Furthermore, Maine DEP also

subsequently submitted source specific

SIP revisions for several VOC sources on

January 10, 1996, July 1, 1997, October

9, 1997, November 14, 1997, and

December 10, 1997.

Background

On November 15, 1990, amendments

to the 1977 Clean Air Act were enacted.

Public Law 101–549, 104 Stat. 2399,

codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. In

Maine, pursuant to the Clean Air Act

Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, the

Portland area (York, Sagadahoc, and

Cumberland counties), the LewistonAuburn area (Androscoggin and

Kennebec counties), and the Knox and

Lincoln Counties area were designated

as moderate ozone nonattainment areas

and the Hancock and Waldo counties

area was designated as a marginal ozone

nonattainment area. See 56 FR 56694

(Nov. 6, 1991).

Section 182(b)(2) of the amended Act

requires states to adopt RACT rules for