[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 118 (Monday, June 22, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29450-29451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14602]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930; 
FRL-8920-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania; Attainment Demonstration for the 
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate 8-Hour Ozone 
Nonattainment Area; Reopening of Comment Periods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of comment periods.

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SUMMARY: EPA is reopening the comment periods for documents published 
on May 8, 2009 (74 FR 21588, 74 FR 21599, 74 FR 21604). In these May 8, 
2009 documents, EPA proposed to disapprove the ozone attainment 
demonstration portion of comprehensive State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revisions submitted by the States of Delaware, Maryland and 
Pennsylvania to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for attaining 
the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the 
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City moderate nonattainment area 
(Philadelphia Area). The comment periods on these proposed actions 
closed on June 8, 2009. Pursuant to requests from the State of 
Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Delaware Valley 
Regional Planning Commission, EPA is reopening the comment periods 
through August 7, 2009. EPA will consider all comments submitted on 
these proposed actions from May 8, 2009 through August 7, 2009.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 7, 2009.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2008-0928 (Pennsylvania), EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929 (Maryland), 
EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930 (Delaware) by one of the following methods:
    A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4620233428272822233c6825342f35322f28270623362768212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a4a7b0aca3aca6a7b8eca1b0abb1b6abaca382a7b2a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-
2008-0930, Cristina Fernandez, Chief, Air Quality Planning Branch, 
Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the normal hours of operation, 
and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-EPA-R03-
OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930. 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 information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-
mail. 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 during normal business hours at the 
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of 
Delaware's State submittals are available at the Delaware Department of 
Natural Resources & Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 
1401, Dover, Delaware 19903. Copies of Maryland's State submittals are 
available at the Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 
Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. Copies of 
Pennsylvania's State submittals are available at the Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 
P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cristina Fernandez, (215) 814-2178, or 
by e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89efecfbe7e8e7edecf3a7eafbe0fafde0e7e8c9ecf9e8a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600605120e010e04051a4e0312091314090e01200510014e070f16">[email protected]</span></a>. Please note that while 
questions on the May 8, 2009 proposed rules for the Philadelphia area 
may be posed via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must be 
submitted in writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this 
document.

    Dated: June 11, 2009.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. E9-14602 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]
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