Document ID: EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846-0019
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: NM041.001b Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: New Mexico; Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best Available Retrofit Technology Determination
Posted Date: 2011-01-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 11, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 7)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 1578-1579]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846; FRL-9250-5]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; 
Federal Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport of Pollution 
Affecting Visibility and Best Available Retrofit Technology 
Determination

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: On January 5, 2011, EPA published a proposal in the Federal 
Register to disapprove a portion of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revision submitted by the State of New Mexico and promulgate a Federal 
Implementation Plan (FIP) to prevent emissions from New Mexico sources 
from interfering with other states' measures to protect visibility, and 
to address the requirement for best available retrofit technology 
(BART) for nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions. EPA has scheduled 
an open house and public hearing for the proposal to be held in 
Farmington, New Mexico on February 17, 2011. More information is 
provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The open house and public hearing will be held February 17, 
2011, in Farmington, New Mexico.

ADDRESSES: The open house and public hearing will be held at San Juan 
College, 4601 College Boulevard, Computer Science Building, Room 7103, 
Farmington, New Mexico 87402, (505) 326-3311. The open house will begin 
at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. local time. The public hearing will begin 
at 6 p.m.

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 whenever ``we'', 
``us'', or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On January 5, 2011 (76 FR 
491), we published a proposal in the Federal Register to (1) disapprove 
a portion of a SIP revision submitted by the State of New Mexico and 
(2) promulgate a FIP to prevent emissions from New Mexico sources from 
interfering with other states' measures to protect visibility, and 
address the requirement for BART for NOX emissions. Our 
proposal can be accessed through the regulations.gov Web site (Docket 
No. EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0846). We have scheduled an open house and public 
hearing for our proposal to be held on February 17, 2011, at San Juan 
College, 4601 College Boulevard, Computer Science Building, Room 7103, 
Farmington, New Mexico 87402, (505) 326-3311. The open house will begin 
at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. local time. The public hearing will begin 
at 6 p.m.
    The public hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity 
to present views or arguments concerning

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our proposal. Interested parties may also submit written comments, as 
discussed in the proposal. Written statements and supporting 
information submitted during the comment period will be considered with 
the same weight as any oral comments and supporting information 
presented at the public hearing. We will not respond to comments during 
the public hearing. When we publish our final action, we will provide 
written responses to all oral and written comments received on our 
proposal. To provide opportunities for questions and discussion, we 
will hold an open house prior to the public hearing. During the open 
house, EPA staff will be available to informally answer questions on 
our proposed action. Any comments made to EPA staff during the open 
house must still be provided formally in writing or orally during the 
public hearing in order to be considered in the record.
    Oral testimony may be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter to 
address the proposal. We will not be providing equipment for commenters 
to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations. Any 
person may provide written or oral comments and data pertaining to our 
proposal at the Public Hearing. Verbatim transcripts, in English, of 
the hearing and written statements will be included in the rulemaking 
docket.

    Dated: January 4, 2011.
Carl E. Edlund,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
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