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7805(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, 

this regulation has been submitted to 

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration for 

comment on its impact on small 

business. 

Drafting Information 

The principal author of these 

regulations is Jamie Kim of the Office of 

Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & 

Accounting). However, other personnel 

from the IRS and Treasury Department 

participated in their development. 

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1 

Income taxes, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Amendments to the Regulations 

■ Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 1—INCOME TAXES 

■ Paragraph 1. The authority citation 

for part 1 continues to read in part as 

follows: 

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * * 

■ Par. 2. Section 1.1221–3T is added to 

read as follows: 

§ 1.1221–3T Time and manner for electing 

capital asset treatment for certain selfcreated musical works (temporary). 

(a) Description. Section 1221(b)(3) 

allows an electing taxpayer to treat the 

sale or exchange of a musical 

composition or copyright in a musical 

work created by the taxpayer’s personal 

efforts (or having a basis determined by 

reference to the basis of such property 

in the hands of a taxpayer whose 

personal efforts created such property) 

as the sale or exchange of a capital asset. 

As a consequence, gain or loss from the 

sale or exchange is treated as capital 

gain or loss. An election may be made 

for sales and exchanges in taxable years 

beginning after May 17, 2006. 

(b) Time and manner for making the 

election. An election described in this 

section is made separately for each 

musical composition (or copyright in a 

musical work) sold or exchanged during 

the taxable year. An election must be 

made on or before the due date 

(including extensions) of the income tax 

return for the taxable year of the sale or 

exchange. An election is to be made on 

Schedule D, ‘‘Capital Gains and Losses,’’

of the appropriate income tax form (for 

example, Form 1040, ‘‘U.S. Individual 

Income Tax Return;’’ Form 1065, ‘‘U.S. 

Return of Partnership Income;’’ Form 

1120, ‘‘U.S. Corporation Income Tax 

Return’’) by treating the sale or 

exchange as the sale or exchange of a 

capital asset, in accordance with the 

form and its instructions. 

(c) Revocability of election. An 

election described in this section is 

revocable with the consent of the 

Commissioner. To seek consent to 

revoke an election, a taxpayer must 

submit a request for a letter ruling under 

the appropriate revenue procedure. See, 

for example, Rev. Proc. 2007–1, 2007–1 

CB 1 (updated annually). Alternatively, 

an automatic extension of 6 months 

from the due date of the taxpayer’s 

income tax return (excluding 

extensions) is granted to revoke an 

election, provided the taxpayer timely 

filed the taxpayer’s income tax return 

and, within this 6-month extension 

period, the taxpayer files an amended 

income tax return that treats the sale or 

exchange as the sale or exchange of 

property that is not a capital asset. See 

§ 601.601(d)(2)(ii)(b) of this Chapter. 

(d) Effective/applicability date. (1) 

The rules of this section apply to sales 

and exchanges in taxable years 

beginning after May 17, 2006. 

(2) Expiration date. This section 

expires on February 7, 2011. 

Linda E. Stiff, 

Deputy Commissioner for Services and 

Enforcement. 

Approved: January 28, 2008. 

Eric Solomon, 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax 

Policy). 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2007–1054; A–1–FRL–

8524–9] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; 

Transportation Conformity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Maine. This 

revision establishes transportation 

conformity criteria and procedures 

related to interagency consultation and 

enforceability of certain transportationrelated control measures and mitigation 

measures. The intended effect of this 

action is to approve State criteria and 

procedures to govern transportation 

conformity determinations. This action 

is being taken in accordance with the 

Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective April 8, 2008, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by March 

10, 2008. If adverse comments are 

received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA–

R01–OAR–2007–1054 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0047. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2007–1054’’, 

Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, One Congress Street, 

Suite 1100 (mail code CAQ), Boston, 

MA 02114–2023. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Anne Arnold, 

Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, One 

Congress Street, 11th floor, (CAQ), 

Boston, MA 02114–2023. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OAR–2007–

1054. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through 

www.regulations.gov, or e-mail, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 


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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 avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, One Congress Street, 

Suite 1100, Boston, MA. EPA requests 

that if at all possible, you contact the 

contact listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding legal holidays. 

In addition, copies of the state 

submittal are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the State Air 

Agency; the Bureau of Air Quality 

Control, Department of Environmental 

Protection, First Floor of the Tyson 

Building, Augusta Mental Health 

Institute Complex, Augusta, ME 04333–

0017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald O. Cooke, Air Quality Unit, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, One 

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), 

Boston, MA 02114–2023, telephone 

number (617) 918–1668, fax number 

(617) 918–0668, e-mail 

cooke.donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

Organization of this document. The 

following outline is provided to aid in 

locating information in this preamble. 

I. Background and Purpose 

A. What Is Transportation Conformity? 

B. Transportation Conformity Provisions of 

SAFETEA–LU 

II. State Submittal 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On October 3, 2007, the State of 

Maine submitted a formal revision to its 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). The 

SIP revision consists of a new regulation 

‘‘Chapter 139 Transportation 

Conformity’’ to implement Section 

176(c)(4)(E) of the Clean Air Act as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.), with 

respect to the conformity of 

transportation plans, programs and 

projects which are developed, funded, 

or approved by the United States 

Department of Transportation (U.S. 

DOT), and by Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations (MPOs) or other 

recipients of funds under Title 23 U.S.C. 

or the Federal Transit Laws (Title 49 

U.S.C. Chapter 53). 

A. What Is Transportation Conformity? 

Transportation conformity is required 

under Section 176(c) of the Clean Air 

Act to ensure that Federally supported 

highway, transit projects, and other 

activities are consistent with (‘‘conform 

to’’) the purpose of the SIP. Conformity 

currently applies to areas that are 

designated nonattainment, and those 

redesignated to attainment after 1990 

(maintenance areas) with plans 

developed under section 175A of the 

Clean Air Act, for the following 

transportation related criteria 

pollutants: Ozone, particulate matter 

(PM2.5 and PM10), carbon monoxide 

(CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). 

Conformity to the purpose of the SIP 

means that transportation activities will 

not cause new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the relevant 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS). The transportation 

conformity regulation is found in 40 

CFR part 93 and provisions related to 

conformity SIPs are found in 40 CFR 

51.390. 

B. Transportation Conformity Provisions 

of SAFETEA–LU 

On August 10, 2005, the ‘‘Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users’’ (SAFETEA–LU) was signed into 

law. SAFETEA–LU revised a number of 

aspects related to section 176(c) of the 

Clean Air Act’s transportation 

conformity provisions. One of the 

changes was to streamline the 

requirements for conformity SIPs. Prior 

to SAFETEA–LU being signed into law, 

states were required to address all of the 

Federal conformity rule’s provisions in 

their conformity SIPs. Most of the 

sections of the Federal rule were 

required to be copied verbatim from the 

Federal rule into a state’s SIP, as 

previously required under 40 CFR 

51.390(d). 

Under SAFETEA–LU, states are 

required to address and tailor only three 

sections of the conformity rule in their 

conformity SIPs. These three sections of 

the Federal rule which must meet a 

state’s individual circumstances are: 40 

CFR 93.105, which addresses 

consultation procedures; 40 CFR 

93.122(a)(4)(ii), which requires that 

written commitments be obtained for 

control measures that are not included 

in a Metropolitan Planning 

Organization’s transportation plan and 

transportation improvement program 

prior to a conformity determination, and 

that such commitments be fulfilled; and, 

40 CFR 93.125(c) which requires that 

written commitments be obtained for 

mitigation measures prior to a project 

level conformity determination, and that 

project sponsors must comply with such 

commitments. In general, states are no 

longer required to submit conformity 

SIP revisions that address the other 

sections of the conformity rule. This 

provision took effect on August 10, 

2005, when SAFETEA–LU was signed 

into law. 

II. State Submittal 

Maine’s ‘‘Chapter 139: Transportation 

Conformity,’’ includes provisions 

addressing: applicability; definitions; 

priority of projects; consultation roles, 

responsibilities, and procedures; public 

notice; and project-level mitigation and 

control measures. 

We have reviewed Maine’s submittal 

to assure consistency with the current 

Clean Air Act, as amended by 

SAFETEA–LU, and EPA regulations (40 

CFR part 93 and 40 CFR 51.390) 

governing state procedures for 

transportation conformity and 

interagency consultation and have 

concluded that the submittal is 

approvable. Specifically, Maine’s rule 

adequately addresses the three sections 

of the Federal rule discussed above. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is approving Maine’s ‘‘Chapter 

139 Transportation Conformity,’’ and 

incorporating this regulation into the 

Maine SIP. 

The EPA is publishing this action 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

amendment and anticipates no adverse 

comments. However, in the proposed 

rules section of this Federal Register 

publication, EPA is publishing a 

separate document that will serve as the 

proposal to approve the SIP revision 


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should relevant adverse comments be 

filed. This rule will be effective April 8, 

2008 without further notice unless the 

Agency receives relevant adverse 

comments by March 10, 2008. 

If the EPA receives such comments, 

then EPA will publish a notice 

withdrawing the final rule and 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. All public comments 

received will then be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. The EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

the proposed rule. All parties interested 

in commenting on the proposed rule 

should do so at this time. If no such 

comments are received, the public is 

advised that this rule will be effective 

on April 8, 2008 and no further action 

will be taken on the proposed rule. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

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. For 

this reason, this action is also not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). 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 pre-existing 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 

(Pub. L. 104–4). 

This rule also does not have tribal 

implications because it will 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, 

as specified by Executive Order 13175 

(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action also does not have Federalism 

implications because it does 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 

and responsibilities established in the 

Clean Air Act. This rule also is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

‘‘Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 

because it approves a state rule 

implementing a Federal standard. 

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. 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.) 

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. EPA will submit a 

report containing this rule and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

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 April 8, 2008. 

Interested parties should comment in 

response to the proposed rule rather 

than petition for judicial review, unless 

the objection arises after the comment 

period allowed for in the proposal. 

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 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

Ira W. Leighton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New 

England. 

■ Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations 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 U—Maine 

■ 2. Section 52.1020 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(64) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.1020 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(64) Revisions to the State 

Implementation Plan submitted by the 

Maine Department of Environmental 

Protection on October 3, 2007. 

(i) Incorporation by reference. 

(A) Maine Administrative Procedure 

Act (MAPA) 1 Form which provides 

certification that the Attorney General 

approved Chapter 139 ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity,’’ as to form and legality, 

dated September 10, 2007. 

(B) Chapter 139 of the Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection 

Regulations, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity,’’ effective in the State of 

Maine on September 19, 2007. 

(ii) Additional materials. 

(A) Nonregulatory portions of the 

submittal. 


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■ 3. In § 52.1031, Table 52.1031 is 

amended by adding a new entry for state 

citation Chapter 139 to read as follows: 

§ 52.1031 EPA-approved Maine 

regulations. 

* * * * * 

TABLE 52.1031.—EPA-APPROVED RULES AND REGULATIONS

State 

citation Title/subject 

Date 

adopted by 

State 

Date 

approved 

by EPA 

Federal Register citation 52.1020 

* * * * * * * 

139 ........... Transportation Conformity ........ 9/19/07 2/08/08 [Insert Federal Register page 

number where the document 

begins].

(c) 64 

* * * * * * * 

Note.—1. The regulations are effective statewide unless stated otherwise in comments section. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 70 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2007–0829; FRL–8526–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and Operating 

Permits Program; State of Kansas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a revision to 

the Kansas State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) for the purpose of revoking the 

Sulfur Compound Emissions rule and 

for the purpose of approving revisions 

to the Class I major source operating 

permit annual emissions inventory rule 

and several Class II minor source 

operating permits rules. 

EPA is also approving an additional 

submittal by the State of Kansas 

pertaining to amendments of the Class 

II operating permit rules which were 

amended by the Kansas Department of 

Health and Environment (KDHE) on 

February 20, 1998, but had not 

previously been submitted for EPA 

approval. In addition, EPA is approving 

a revision to the Class II operating 

permit rules adopted in 2005. The Class 

II operating permit rules were primarily 

revised to align the annual emission 

inventory reporting date deadline with 

the June 1 payment of Annual 

Emissions Fee rule. 

EPA approval will ensure consistency 

between the state and the Federallyapproved rules. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective April 8, 2008, without further 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

comment by March 10, 2008. If adverse 

comment is received, EPA will publish 

a timely withdrawal of the direct final 

rule in the Federal Register informing 

the public that the rule will not take 

effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–

OAR–2007–0829, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: grier.gina@epa.gov. 

3. Mail: Gina Grier, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 901 North 5th 

Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 

4. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to Gina Grier, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 901 

North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 

66101. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2007–

0829. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included 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 avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Air Planning and Development Branch, 

901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, 

Kansas 66101. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8 to 4:30 excluding 

Federal holidays. The interested persons 

wanting to examine these documents 

should make an appointment with the 

office at least 24 hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Grier at (913) 551–7078 or by e-mail at 

grier.gina@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. This section provides additional 

information by addressing the following 

questions: 

What is a SIP? 


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