33200 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 131 / Friday, July 10, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Hydrocarbons, Intergovernmental 

relations, Oxides of nitrogen, Ozone, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

Jane Diamond, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. E9–16364 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2005–TX–0005; FRL–8928– 

7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; 

Revisions to the 1-Hour Ozone Plan for 

the Beaumont/Port Arthur Area: 

Control of Air Pollution From Volatile 

Organic Compounds, Nitrogen 

Compounds, and Reasonably 

Available Control Technology 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

part of two Beaumont-Port Arthur (BPA) 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions that were submitted separately 

by the State of Texas on October 15, 

2005. The revisions being proposed 

pertain to volatile organic compound 

(VOC) control requirements for batch 

processing and ship building and ship 

repair, and also to Reasonably Available 

Control Technology (RACT) 

requirements, for the Beaumont/Port 

Arthur (BPA) 1-hour ozone serious 

nonattainment area. In today’s action, 

EPA is proposing to approve: The 

State’s changes to the batch process 

rules and the shipbuilding and ship 

repair rules that lower the threshold for 

affected sources of VOC emissions to the 

serious area requirements of 50 tons per 

year (tpy), and the State’s demonstration 

that the BPA area meets RACT 

requirements for sources of VOC and 

NOX emissions for the 1-hour ozone 

standard. These revisions meet statutory 

and regulatory requirements, and are 

consistent with EPA’s guidance. The 

EPA is approving the revisions pursuant 

to section 110 and part D of the Federal 

Clean Air Act (the Act). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before August 10, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning 

Section (6PD–L), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically or through hand delivery/ 

courier by following the detailed 

instructions in the Addresses section of 

the direct final rule located in the rules 

section of this Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Belk, Air Planning Section (6PD– 

L), Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, U.S. EPA, Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, 

telephone (214) 665–2164; fax number 

214–665–7263; e-mail address 

belk.ellen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

SIP submittal as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency 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 relevant adverse comments 

are received in response to this action, 

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: June 29, 2009. 

Miguel I. Flores, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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