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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 proposed 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.).

This proposed rule to convert the

conditional approval of the 15% plan

for the Pennsylvania portion of

Philadelphia to a full approval does not

impose an information collection

burden under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

W.C. Early,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 01–12354 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[FRL–6978–9]

Approval of Section 112(l) Authority for

Hazardous Air Pollutants; Equivalency

by Permit Provisions; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants From the Pulp and Paper

Industry; State of New Hampshire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed Rule.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 112(l) of

the Clean Air Act (CAA), New

Hampshire Department of

Environmental Services (NH DES)

requested approval to implement and

enforce State permit terms and

conditions that substitute for the for the

National Emissions Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Pulp

and Paper Industry and the National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Chemical Recovery

Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda,

Sulfite and Stand-Alone Semi-chemical

Pulp Mills. In the Rules section of this

Federal Register, EPA is granting NH

DES the authority to implement and

enforce alternative requirements in the

form of title V permit terms and

conditions after EPA has approved the

state’s alternative requirements. A

detailed rationale for this approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received, 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. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period. Any parties interested in

commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by June 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Steven Rapp, Manager, Air

Permits Program Unit, Office of

Ecosystem Protection (mail code CAP),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

EPA-New England, One Congress Street,

Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114–2023.

Copies of the submitted request are

available for public inspection at EPA’s

Region I office during normal business

hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Lancey, Office of Ecosystem

Protection, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, EPA-New England,

One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston,

MA 02114–2023 Telephone: (617) 918–

1656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document concerns NH DES’s

Equivalency by Permit program. For

further information, please see the

information provided in the direct final

action which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register.

Authority: This action is issued under the

authority of section 112 of the Clean Air Act,

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7412.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

Ira W. Leighton,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA-New

England.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[Docket No.: WA–01–001; FRL–6980–9]

Finding of Attainment for PM–10;

Spokane PM–10 Nonattainment Area,

Washington

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to find that

the Spokane nonattainment area in

Washington has attained the National

Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS) for particulate matter with an

aerodynamic diameter of less than or

equal to a nominal ten micrometers

(PM–10) as of December 31, 1997.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to Steven K. Body, Office of

Air Quality, Mailcode OAQ–107, EPA

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington, 98101. Copies of

documents relevant to this action are

available for public review during

normal business hours (8:00 am to 4:30

pm) at this same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven K. Body, Office of Air Quality,

EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington, 98101, (206) 553–

0782.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document, the words

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’, or ‘‘our’’ means the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA).

Table of Contents

I. Background

A. Designation and Classification of PM–10

Nonattainment Areas.

B. How Does EPA Make Attainment

Determinations?

C. What is the Attainment Date for the

Spokane PM–10 Nonattainment Area?

II. EPA’s Proposed Action

III. Administrative Requirements

I. Background

A. Designation and Classification of

PM–10 Nonattainment Areas

Areas meeting the requirements of

section 107(d)(4)(B) of the Clean Air Act

(CAA) were designated nonattainment

for PM–10 by operation of law and

classified ‘‘moderate’’ upon enactment

of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.

See generally 42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(4)(B).

These areas included all former Group

I PM–10 planning areas identified in 52

FR 29383 (August 7, 1987), as further

clarified in 55 FR 45799 (October 31,