[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17034-17035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8214]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[IL116-1-6792b; FRL-5182-4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation 
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is 
approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request to 
redesignate two sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2) nonattainment areas in the 
State of Illinois to attainment. The USEPA is also approving their 
accompanying maintenance plans as SIP revisions. The redesignation 
requests and maintenance plans were submitted by the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for the following SO<INF>2 
nonattainment areas: Peoria County (Hollis and Peoria Townships) and 
Tazewell County (Groveland Township). The State has met the 
requirements for redesignation contained in the Clean Air Act (the 
Act), as amended in 1990. The redesignation requests are based on 
ambient monitoring data that show no violations of the SO<INF>2 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). In the final rules 
section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is approving the State's 
redesignation requests and the supporting maintenance plans as a direct 
final rule without prior proposal because USEPA views this as a 
noncontroversial revision amendment 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 
that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation 
to this proposed rule. If USEPA 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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. USEPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this notice. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this notice should do so at this time. 
Adverse comments received concerning a specific geographic area, Peoria 
or Tazewell Counties, will only affect this final rule as it pertains 
to that area and only the portion of this final rule concerning the 
area receiving adverse comments will be withdrawn.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before May 
4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer, 
Chief, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory Development Branch 
(AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are 
available for inspection at: Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory 
Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fayette Bright, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory 
Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 
886-6069.

[[Page 17035]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information 
see the direct final rule published in the rules section of this 
Federal Register.

    Dated: March 22, 1995.

David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-8214 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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