Document ID: EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846-0069
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: NM041.001c Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: New Mexico; Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best Available Retrofit Technology Determination -- Extends comment period to April 4, 2011
Posted Date: 2011-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12305-12306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5045]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846; FRL-9275-9]

Extension of Public Comment Period for Proposed Action on 
Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best 
Available Retrofit Technology Determination for New Mexico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On January 5, 2011, EPA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule on interstate transport of pollution affecting visibility 
and Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) determination for New 
Mexico and requested comment by March 7, 2011. EPA is extending the 
public comment period for the proposed rule until April 4, 2011.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted no later than April 4, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2010-0846, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     EPA Region 6 ``Contact Us'' Web site: http://epa.gov/region6/r6coment.htm. Please click on ``6PD (Multimedia)'' and select 
``Air'' before submitting comments.
     E-mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson at donaldson.guy@epa.gov. Please 
also send a copy by e-mail to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
     Fax: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), at fax number 214-665-7263.
     Mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, 
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
     Hand or Courier Delivery: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air 
Planning Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are 
accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, and not 
on legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries 
of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2010-
0846. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Kordzi Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 
700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7186, fax number 
(214) 665-7263; e-mail address kordzi.joe@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On January 5, 2011, we 
published in the Federal Register a proposed rule on interstate 
transport of pollution affecting visibility and BART determination for 
New Mexico (76 FR 492). In the proposal we requested comment by March 
7, 2011. On January 11, 2011, we published a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing a public hearing on our proposal to be held in 
Farmington, New Mexico on February 17, 2011, at San Juan College, 
beginning at 6 p.m. (76 FR 1578). The proposal, notice of public 
hearing, and supporting documentation for our proposal can be accessed 
from the regulations.gov Web site (Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846).
    We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule until 
April 4, 2011. This extension will provide an opportunity for 
submission of rebuttal and supplementary information 30 days after the 
public hearing.

    Dated: February 28, 2011.
William L. Luthans,
Acting Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
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