Document ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0188-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Mississippi; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Updates
Posted Date: 2017-08-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37037-37038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16615]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0188; FRL-9965-69-Region 4]

Air Plan Approval; Mississippi: Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Updates

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a portion of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by Mississippi, through the Mississippi Department of 
Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Office of Pollution Control, on June 7, 
2016. Specifically, this action proposes to approve the portion of the 
SIP revision making changes to Mississippi's Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (PSD) program by modifying the incorporating by reference 
(IBR) date for the Federal PSD regulations promulgated by EPA. This 
proposed SIP revision will modify the existing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) PSD 
permitting program and incorporates provisions related to the 1997, 
2006 and 2012 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and 2015 ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This action is being 
proposed pursuant to the Clean Air Act and its implementing 
regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 7, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2017-0188 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment 
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points

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you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andres Febres of the Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Mr. Febres can be reached via telephone at (404) 562-8966 
or via electronic mail at febres-martinez.andres@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving Mississippi's June 7, 2016 SIP revision that 
modifies the State's PSD program by changing the IBR date for the 
Federal PSD regulations to February 17, 2016, 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 and incorporated herein by reference. 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 adverse comments received will be addressed in a 
subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period on this document. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time.

    Dated: July 25, 2017.
 V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-16615 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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