23678 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 20, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2008–0786; FRL–8907–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Minnesota 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a request submitted by the Minnesota 

Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on 

October 9, 2008, to revise the Minnesota 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) for 

particulate matter less than 10 microns 

(PM10). The proposed approval revises 

the Minnesota SIP by updating 

information regarding the steel minimill facility located at 1678 Red Rock 

Road, St. Paul, Minnesota. It 

acknowledges the change of ownership 

and operation of the source from North 

Star Steel Company to Gerdau 

Ameristeel US, Inc. The revision also 

amends the SIP by removing the 

Administrative Order issued to North 

Star Steel Company, and replacing the 

SIP conditions from the Administrative 

Order and placing those SIP 

requirements in a joint Title I/Title V 

document for Gerdau Ameristeel US, 

Inc. These revisions will not result in an 

increase in PM10 emissions because no 

emission limits were increased. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2008–0786, by one of the 

following methods: 

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

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 886–5824. 

4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, 

Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, 

Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. excluding Federal 

holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Hatten, Environmental 

Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6031, 

hatten.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Rules section of this Federal Register, 

EPA is approving the State’s SIP 

submittal as a direct final rule without 

prior proposal because EPA views this 

as a noncontroversial submittal 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 this rule, 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. 

EPA will not institute a second 

comment period. Any parties interested 

in commenting on this action should do 

so at this time. 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. For additional 

information, see the direct final rule 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. 

Dated: May 5, 2009. 

Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. E9–11636 Filed 5–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0161; FRL–8906–9] 

RIN 2060–A081 

Public Hearing for the RFS2 Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a 

public hearing to be held for the 

proposed rule ‘‘Regulation of Fuels and 

Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable 

Fuel Standard Program’’ (the proposed 

rule is hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘RFS2’’), which will be published 

separately in the Federal Register. The 

hearing will be held in Washington, DC 

on June 9, 2009. 

In a separate notice of proposed 

rulemaking, EPA is proposing a 

regulation to implement changes to the 

Renewable Fuel Standard program as 

mandated by the Clean Air Act (as 

amended by Sections 201, 202, and 210 

of the Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007). The revised 

statutory requirements specify the 

volumes of cellulosic biofuel, biomassbased diesel, advanced biofuel, and total 

renewable fuel that must be used in 

transportation fuel each year, with the 

volumes increasing over time. The rule 

proposes regulations designed to ensure 

that refiners, blenders, and importers of 

gasoline and diesel would use enough 

renewable fuel each year so that the four 

volume requirements of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act would 

be met with renewable fuels that also 

meet the required lifecycle greenhouse 

gas emissions performance standards. 

The RFS2 proposed rule describes the 

standards that would apply to these 

parties and the renewable fuels that 

would qualify for compliance, and the 

proposed regulations make a number of 

changes to the current Renewable Fuel 

Standard program while retaining many 

elements of the compliance and trading 

system already in place. The signed 

notice of proposed rulemaking was 

posted on the EPA Web site prior to 

publication in the Federal Register, and 

contained the same public hearing date 

presented in this announcement. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

on June 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. To 

register to testify at the hearing, notify 

the contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by June 

1, 2009. Information regarding time of 

the hearing, as well as the Lifecycle 

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) workshop, is 

also listed below in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the following location: Dupont Hotel, 

1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. Written 

comments on the proposed rule may 

also be submitted to EPA electronically, 

by mail, by facsimile, or through hand 

delivery/courier. Please refer to the 

notice of proposed rulemaking for the 

addresses and detailed instructions for 

submitting written comments. 

When the proposed rule is published 

in the Federal Register, a complete set