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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD 05–01–006]

RIN 2115–AE84

Regulated Navigation Area; Cape Fear

River and Northeast Cape Fear River,

Wilmington, North Carolina

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to

establish a Regulated Navigation Area

(RNA) for the Cape Fear River and

Northeast Cape Fear River. This action

is necessary because of the extensive

channel deepening project involving

dredging, drilling, and blasting being

undertaken by the U. S. Army Corps of

Engineers. The RNA is needed to ensure

the safety of vessels transiting the Cape

Fear River and Northeast Cape Fear

River during dredging, drilling, and

blasting operations associated with the

deepening project.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Coast Guard on or before

July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments

and related material to the Waterways

Management Branch (CGD05–01–006),

Coast Guard Marine Safety Office

Wilmington, 1502 23rd Street,

Wilmington, NC 28405. Or deliver

comments to the Marine Safety Office at

the same address between 8 a.m. and 3

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

The Waterways Management Branch

of Coast Guard Marine Safety Office

Wilmington maintains the public docket

for this rulemaking. Comments and

material received from the public, as

well as documents indicated in this

preamble as being available in the

docket, will become part of this docket

and will be available for inspection or

copying at Coast Guard Marine Safety

Office Wilmington, between 8 a.m. and

3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ensign David Dixon, Asst. Chief, Port

Operations Department, Coast Guard

Marine Safety Office Wilmington at

(910) 772–2208, or the Waterways

Management Branch at (910) 772–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this rulemaking by submitting

comments and related material. If you

do so, please include your name and

address, identify the docket number for

this rulemaking (CGD 05–01–006),

indicate the specific section of this

document to which each comment

applies, and give the reason for each

comment. Please submit all comments

and related material in an unbound

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,

suitable for copying. If you would like

to know they reached us, please enclose

a stamped, self-addressed postcard or

envelope. We will consider all

comments and material received during

the comment period. We may change

this proposed rule in view of them.

The Coast Guard is shortening the

comment period on this regulation to 30

days. This proposed regulation is

necessary because of the safety concerns

associated with the extensive channel

deepening project. The drilling,

blasting, and dredging is scheduled to

begin on 01 August 2001. There is

insufficient time to publish a rule 30

days before the project begins and

provide for a comment period longer

than 30 days. It is in the public interest

to have the regulation in place on 01

August 2001 when operations resume.

Public Meeting

We do not now plan to hold a public

meeting. But you may submit a request

for a meeting by writing to Coast Guard

Marine Safety Office Wilmington at the

address under ADDRESSES explaining

why one would be beneficial. If we

determine that one would aid this

rulemaking, we will hold one at a time

and place announced by a later notice

in the Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

The Cape Fear River and Northeast

Cape Fear River are the proposed areas

to be designated as a RNA. The

proposed RNA is to enhance vessel

safety during the extensive channel

deepening project being undertaken by

the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,

which involves dredging, drilling and

blasting in these areas. Current channel

depths restrict the full economy of

existing and future generations of deep

draft vessels. This project, which is

expected to last approximately six years

(completion is expected by 2006), will

deepen the existing channel of twenty

five (25) feet at the upstream limits of

the deepening project and forty (40) feet

at the entrance channel to thirty four

(34) feet and forty four (44) feet,

respectively, to accommodate the

deeper draft vessels.

Dredging work within the RNA will

be conducted in five distinct areas:

Ocean Bar II, Horseshoe Shoal, Passing

Lane & Anchorage Basin, Big Island, and

the Northeast Cape Fear River. Drilling

or blasting is expected to occur within

the Passing Lane & Anchorage Basin,

Big Island, and the Northeast Cape Fear

River work areas. Drilling and blasting

is not expected to occur at the Ocean

Bar II and Horseshoe Shoal work areas

although dredging will still take place.

During the project, the RNA will impose

channel restrictions and other safety

measures to facilitate the dredging

operations and enhance navigation

safety. The area has been and will

continue to be available for use by the

general public. The marine industry,

and other users of the Cape Fear River

and Northeast Cape Fear River, have

been consulted by the U. S. Coast Guard

and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

at various fora throughout the past year.

The parameters of the RNA are a direct

result of the comments received from

the marine industry, and the other users

of the waters, and information obtained

from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Discussion of Proposed Rule

The proposed RNA encompasses: All

waters of the Cape Fear River and

Northeast Cape Fear River from the Bald

Head Shoal Channel (Entrance Channel)

to mile 30.7 on the Northeast Cape Fear

River.

This proposed rule is necessary to

safeguard marine traffic from the

dangers of the dredging, drilling, and

blasting associated with the deepening

project. Because of the safety issues

involved, all mariners are reminded to

exercise caution while transiting or

operating in the RNA. The active work

areas, control vessels, and blast sites

will be identified via Broadcast Notice

to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners.

Control vessels shall monitor VHF–FM

16.

The regulations are divided between

vessel types. All vessels will be required

to: inform themselves of the active work

areas; contact and receive permission

from the control vessel for that work

area before entering the active work

area; transit active work areas at no

wake speed or the minimum speed

necessary to maintain steerage; during

blasting operations all vessels are

prohibited from entering an area of 500

yards surrounding the blast site; and

upon notification of a misfire or

hangfire, all vessels underway in the

RNA shall proceed to clear the active

work area in which the misfire or

hangfire occurred. These requirements

are to provide for safe navigation within

the RNA.

For waterway traffic management

purposes, vessels over 300 gross tons

and tugs with tows will be required to

contact the COTP 12 hours before vessel

movement within the RNA.

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Specific additional restrictions are

also proposed for certain vessels

operating or transiting within the RNA.

Vessels of 300 gross tons or greater and

tugs with tows: will, prior to entering

the RNA, ensure that they have

sufficient propulsion and directional

control to safely navigate the RNA

under the prevailing conditions; will be

prohibited from meeting or overtaking

vessels of 300 gross tons or greater or

tugs with tows in active work areas or

within one nautical mile of an active

work area. Vessels of 300 gross tons or

greater will be prohibited from entering

the RNA when they are advised that a

misfire or hangfire has occurred. For

any vessel with another vessel/barge in

tow transiting an active work area, the

hawser or wire length of the tow must

not exceed 275 feet, measured from the

towing bit on the tug to the point where

the hawser or wire connects with the

towed vessel or barge.

The proposed RNA will only be

effective during the months of August,

September, October, November,

December and January. If there is a need

to extend the proposed RNA beyond

those months, we will issue a

Temporary Final Rule to cover that

additional time period. Publication of

these Temporary Final Rules will be

made in advance in the Federal

Register, as well as through Local

Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

The Captain of the Port, Wilmington

may, upon written request, authorize a

deviation from any regulation in this

section if it is found that the proposed

operations can be done safely.

Regulatory Evaluation

This proposed rule is not a

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866

and does not require an assessment of

potential costs and benefits under

section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office

of Management and Budget has not

reviewed it under that Order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040,

February 26, 1979).

For the following reasons, we expect

the economic impact of this proposed

rule to be so minimal that a full

Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph

10e of the regulatory policies and

procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

(1) This rule only affects a limited

area of water for limited periods of time.

Vessels will only be restricted from

transiting the work areas during blasting

operations. The estimated delays

resulting from blasting are expected to

last no longer than sixty (60) minutes

and occur no more than two (2) times

daily in any one area.

(2) Requiring vessels over 300 gross

tons and tugs with tows to contact the

COTP 12 hours before vessel movement

within the RNA will permit the COTP

to review additional traffic management

considerations for vessels which are

tidal dependent or draft restrictive.

(3) If deemed necessary, the Captain

of the Port, Wilmington may, upon

written request, authorize a deviation

from any regulation in this section if it

is found that the proposed operations

can be done safely. A written

application for deviation must be

received not less than 48 hours before

intended operation and must state the

need and describe the proposal.

(4) Advance notifications will be

made to the local maritime community

by the Local Notice to Mariners,

facsimile, marine information

broadcasts, and at Cape Fear Waterways

Management Council meetings.

(5) Based upon discussions with and

comments received from the maritime

industry, other users of the waterway,

and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

the proposed regulations have been

narrowly tailored in scope to impose the

least impact on maritime interests yet

provide the level of safety deemed

necessary.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we considered

whether this proposed rule would have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises

small businesses, not-for-profit

organizations that are independently

owned and operated and are not

dominant in their fields, and

governmental jurisdictions with

populations of less than 50,000.

For the reasons stated in the

Regulatory Evaluation section above, the

Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605

(b) that this Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. This proposed

rule would affect the following entities,

some of which might be small entities:

Shipping companies, towing companies,

dredging companies, commercial fishing

vessels and recreational vessels.

If you think that your business,

organization, or governmental

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity

and that this rule would have a

significant economic impact on it,

please submit a comment (see

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think

it qualifies and how and to what degree

this rule would economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

Under section 213(a) of the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–

121), we want to assist small entities in

understanding this proposed rule so that

they can better evaluate its effects on

them and participate in the rulemaking

process. If this rule would affect your

small business, organization, or

governmental jurisdiction and you have

questions concerning its provisions or

options for compliance, please contact

ENS David Dixon, Asst. Chief, Port

Operations, Coast Guard Marine Safety

Office Wilmington at (910) 772–2208 or

the Waterways Management Branch at

(910) 772–2180.

Collection of Information

This proposed rule would call for no

new collection of information under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520.).

Federalism

We have analyzed this proposed rule

under Executive Order 13132 and have

determined that this rule does not have

implications for federalism under that

Order.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) governs

the issuance of Federal regulations that

require unfunded mandates. An

unfunded mandate is a regulation that

requires a State, local, or tribal

government or the private sector to

incur direct costs without the Federal

Government’s having first provided the

funds to pay those costs. This proposed

rule would not impose an unfunded

mandate.

Taking of Private Property

This proposed rule would not effect a

taking of private property or otherwise

have taking implications under

Executive Order 12630, Governmental

Actions and Interference with

Constitutionally Protected Property

Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

This proposed rule meets applicable

standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice

Reform, to minimize litigation,

eliminate ambiguity, and reduce

burden.

Protection of Children

We have analyzed this proposed rule

under Executive Order 13045,

Protection of Children from

Environmental Health Risks and Safety

Risks. This rule is not an economically

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significant rule and does not concern an

environmental risk to health or risk to

safety that may disproportionately affect

children.

Environment

The Coast Guard considered the

environmental impact of this proposed

rule and concluded that, under figure 2–

1, paragraph 34(g), of Commandant

Instruction M16475.lC, this proposed

rule is categorically excluded from

further environmental documentation.

This rule fits paragraph 34(g) as it

establishes a Regulated Navigation Area.

A ‘‘Categorical Exclusion

Determination’’ is available in the

docket for inspection or copying where

indicated under ADDRESSES.

Indian Tribal Governments

This rule does not have tribal

implications under Executive Order

13175, Consultation and Coordination

with Indian Tribal Governments,

because it does not have a substantial

direct effect on one or more Indian

tribes, on the relationship between the

Federal Government and Indian tribes,

or on the distribution of power and

responsibilities between the Federal

Government and Indian tribes.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Security measures,

Waterways.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows:

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

1. The authority citation for part 165

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191,

33 CFR 1.05–1(g), 6.04–1, 6.04–6 and 160.5;

49 CFR 1.46.

2. Add § 165.540 to read as follows:

§ 165.540 Regulated Navigation Area;

Cape Fear River, Northeast Cape Fear River,

Wilmington, North Carolina.

(a) Description of the Regulated

Navigation Area (RNA). The RNA

encompasses all waters of the Cape Fear

River and Northeast Cape Fear River

from the Bald Head Shoal Channel

(Entrance Channel) to mile 30.7 on the

North East Cape Fear River.

(b) Work areas. Dredging work within

the RNA will be conducted in five

distinct areas: Ocean Bar II, Horseshoe

Shoal, Passing Lane & Anchorage Basin,

Big Island, and the Northeast Cape Fear

River. Drilling or blasting is expected to

occur within the Passing Lane &

Anchorage Basin, Big Island, and the

Northeast Cape Fear River work areas.

The blast sites within the RNA, will be

identified and made available to the

public through: Broadcast Notice to

Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners;

direct contact with the control vessel on

channel 16 VHF–FM; direct contact

with the contractor; or through the

Captain of the Port on VHF marine Band

Radio, channels 13 and 16; or at

telephone number (910) 772–2200. In

addition, dredge and blasting companies

will have a control vessel present at the

site of each blast.

(c) Effective period. This section is

effective during the months of August,

September, October, November,

December, and January, each year.

(d) Definitions.

Active work area means a work area

in which blasting, drilling, or dredging

operations are currently taking place.

Blasting operations means the

detonation of explosives on the river

bottom.

Blast site means the area where

explosive material is handled during

loading, including the perimeter formed

by the loaded blast holes and fifty (50)

feet (15.2 meters) in all directions from

loaded holes.

Captain of the Port means the Coast

Guard officer designated by the

Commandant to command the Captain

of the Port Zone as described in 33 CFR

part 3 subpart 3.25–20.

Control vessel means the vessel at an

active work area which coordinates

operations within the active work area.

Hangfire means a blast that fails to

detonate at initiation, but detonates at a

later time.

Mile means the distance from Bald

Head Shoal Channel (Entrance Channel)

to a point up river. It does not mean

there is a physical aid to navigation in

the channel marking the distance. Miles

are measured as statute miles.

Misfire means a blast that fails to

detonate completely after an attempt at

initiation. Also the explosive material

that failed to detonate as planned.

RNA means regulated navigation area.

Work area means those places within

the RNA where dredging, drilling, and

blasting shall be conducted.

(e) Description of Work Areas in the

RNA. (1) Ocean Bar II, mouth of Cape

Fear. The work area includes: part of

Bald Head Shoal Channel, Smith Island

Channel, Baldhead Caswell Channel,

Southport Channel, Battery Island

Channel, Lower Swash Channel, and the

majority of Snows Marsh Channel. The

downstream end of the work area

(centerline coordinates: Latitude 33°

50′43.668′′N, Longitude 78°01′40.068′′W

(NAD 1983)) is located southeast of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

8 (LL 30350), approximately 2,560 feet

east of the centerline of the existing

Bald Head Shoal Channel. Upstream

end of the work area is located 1,200

feet downstream of intersection of

Snows Marsh Channel and Horseshoe

Shoal Channel at turn six (mile 7.5,

approximately 1,150 feet downstream of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

25 (LL 30530/39965)).

(2) Horseshoe Shoal. The work area

includes: Horseshoe Shoal Channel and

part of Snows Marsh Channel.

Downstream end of the work area is

located 1,200 feet downstream of

intersection of Snows Marsh Channel

and Horseshoe Shoal Channel (mile 7.5,

approximately 1,150 feet downstream of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

25 (LL 30530/39965)). Upstream end of

the work area is located at the

intersection of Horseshoe Shoal Channel

and Reaves Point Channel (mile 8.9, at

about Cape Fear River Channel Lighted

Buoy 27 (LL 30550/39945)).

(3) Big Island. The work area

includes: part of Keg Island Channel,

Lower Big Island Channel, Upper Big

Island Channel, and part of Lower

Brunswick Channel. Downstream end of

the work area is approximately 2,230

feet upstream of the intersection of

Upper Lilliput Channel and Keg Island

Channel (mile 18.6, approximately

1,320 feet downstream of Cape Fear

River Channel Lighted Buoy 46 (LL

30765) and approximately 2,300 feet

upstream of Cape Fear River Channel

Lighted Buoy 44 (LL 30750)). Upstream

end of the work area is approximately

2,680 feet upstream of intersection of

Upper Big Island Channel and Lower

Brunswick Channel (mile 21.5,

approximately 1,620 feet upstream of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

56 (LL 30830) and approximately 590

feet downstream of the Carolina Power

& Light Company (CP&L) overhead

power line crossing).

(4) Passing Lane and Anchorage

Basin. There are two separate work

areas for this contract, separated by the

Big Island Contract.

(i) Passing Lane work area is located

immediately downstream of the Big

Island contract work area. The work

area includes: Reaves Point Channel,

Lower Midnight Channel, Upper

Midnight Channel, Lilliput Channel,

and part of Keg Island Channel.

Downstream end of Passing Lane work

area is the intersection of Horseshoe

Shoal Channel and Reaves Point

Channel (mile 8.9, at about Cape Fear

River Channel Lighted Buoy 27 (LL

30550/39945)). Upstream end of the

Passing Lane work area is

approximately 2,230 feet upstream of

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intersection of Upper Lilliput Channel

and Keg Island Channel (mile 18.6,

approximately 1,320 feet downstream of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

46 (LL 30765) and approximately 2,300

feet upstream of Cape Fear River

Channel Lighted Buoy 44 (LL 30750)).

(ii) Anchorage Basin work area is

located immediately upstream of the Big

Island contract work area. The work

area includes: part of Lower Brunswick

Channel, Fourth East Jetty Channel,

Between Channel, and Anchorage Basin

Channel. Downstream end of Anchorage

Basin work area is approximately 2,680

feet upstream of intersection of Upper

Big Island Channel and Lower

Brunswick Channel (mile 21.5,

approximately 1,620 feet upstream of

Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy

56 (LL 30830) and approximately 590

feet downstream of the CP&L overhead

power line crossing). Upstream end of

Anchorage Basin work area is the Cape

Fear Memorial Bridge (mile 27.2).

(5) Northeast Cape Fear River. The

downstream end of the work area is the

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge (mile 27.2).

Upstream end of the work area

(approximately mile 30.7) is on the

Northeast Cape Fear River and is

approximately 700 feet upstream of the

turning basin located opposite Koch

Sulfur Products Co. and approximately

90 feet downstream of the submerged

gas pipeline crossing.

(f) Regulations. (1) Blasting, drilling,

and dredging operations raise many

safety issues for vessels transiting the

RNA. All mariners are reminded to

exercise caution while transiting or

operating in the RNA.

(2) Active work areas, control vessels,

and blast sites will be identified via

Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local

Notice to Mariners. Control vessels shall

monitor channel 16 VHF–FM.

(3) The following requirements apply

to all vessels.

(i) All vessels shall inform themselves

of the active work areas prior to entering

the RNA.

(ii) All vessels shall contact and

receive permission from the control

vessel for that work area before entering

the active work area.

(iii) All vessels transiting an active

work area shall do so at no wake speed

or the minimum speed necessary to

maintain steerage.

(iv) During blasting operations all

vessels are prohibited from entering an

area of 500 yards surrounding the blast

site. Upon notification of a misfire or

hangfire, all vessels underway in the

RNA shall proceed to clear the active

work area in which the misfire or

hangfire occurred.

(4) Vessels over 300 gross tons and

tugs with tows are required to contact

the COTP 12 hours before vessel

movement within the RNA.

(5) Vessels of 300 gross tons or greater

shall be prohibited from entering the

RNA when they are advised that a

misfire or hangfire has occurred.

(6) For any vessel with another vessel/

barge in tow transiting an active work

area, the hawser or wire length of the

tow shall not exceed 275 feet, measured

from the towing bit on the tug to the

point where the hawser or wire

connects with the towed vessel or barge.

(7) Vessels of 300 gross tons or greater

and tugs with tows, shall, prior to

entering the RNA, ensure that they have

sufficient propulsion and directional

control to safely navigate the RNA

under the prevailing conditions.

(8) Vessels of 300 gross tons or greater

and tugs with tows are prohibited from

meeting or overtaking vessels of 300

gross tons or greater or tugs with tows

in active work areas or within one

nautical mile of an active work area.

(9) Waiver. The Captain of the Port,

Wilmington may, upon written request,

authorize a deviation from any

regulation in this section if it is found

that the proposed operations can be

done safely. An application for

deviation must be received not less than

48 hours before intended operation and

must state the need and describe the

proposal.

Dated: May 18, 2001.

T.C. Paar,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting

Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 01–13644 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IN132–1b; FRL–6985–4]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve revisions to particulate matter

emissions regulations for Illinois Cereal

Mills, Incorporated (Illinois Cereal

Mills). This facility is located in Marion

County, Indiana. The Indiana

Department of Environmental

Management (IDEM) submitted the

revised regulations on August 2, 2000 as

an amendment to its State

Implementation Plan (SIP). The

revisions are the relaxation of one limit

and the tightening of one other limit.

These SIP revisions result in no change

in the overall particulate matter

emissions.

DATES: The EPA must receive written

comments on this proposed rule by July

2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You should mail written

comments to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

You may inspect copies of Indiana’s

submittal at: Regulation Development

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt

Rau, Environmental Engineer,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, Telephone

Number: (312) 886–6524, E-Mail

Address: rau.matthew@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document wherever

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ are used we mean

the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. What actions are EPA taking today?

II. Where can I find more information about

this proposal and the corresponding

direct final rule?

I. What Actions Are EPA Taking

Today?

The EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the total suspended

particulate emissions regulations for

Illinois Cereal Mills in Marion County,

Indiana. IDEM submitted the revised

regulation on August 2, 2000 as an

amendment to its SIP.

The revisions are the relaxation of one

limit for a boiler and the tightening of

one other limit for the head house

portion of a grain elevator. These SIP

revisions result in no change in the

overall TSP emissions.

II. Where Can I Find More Information

About This Proposal and the

Corresponding Direct Final Rule?

For additional information see the

direct final rule published in the rules

section of this Federal Register.