Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0096-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Particulate Matter
Posted Date: 2002-12-31T05:00Z

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
251
/
Tuesday,
December
31,
2002
/
Proposed
Rules
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Part
58
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National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standard:
Particulate
Matter
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Proposed
rule.

SUMMARY:
EPA
is
taking
direct
final
action
to
revise
the
national
ambient
air
quality
standards
for
particulate
matter.
This
requirement
describes
the
number
of
collocated
sites
required
within
a
reporting
organization.
In
the
``
Rules
and
Regulations''
section
of
today's
Federal
Register,
we
are
approving
revisions
to
``
Quality
Assurance
Requirements
for
State
and
Local
Air
Monitoring
Stations''
(
SLAMS)
as
a
direct
final
rule
without
prior
proposal
because
we
view
this
as
a
noncontroversial
revision
and
anticipate
no
adverse
comment.
We
have
explained
our
reasons
for
this
approval
in
the
preamble
to
the
direct
final
rule.
If
we
receive
adverse
comment,
we
will
withdraw
the
direct
final
rule
and
it
will
not
take
effect.
We
will
address
all
public
comments
in
a
subsequent
final
rule
based
on
this
proposed
rule.
We
will
not
institute
a
second
comment
period
on
this
action.
Any
parties
interested
in
commenting
must
do
so
at
this
time.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
March
3,
2003.

ADDRESSES:
Written
comments
should
be
submitted
(
in
duplicate
if
possible)
to:
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
(
6102),
Attention:
Docket
No.
A96
 
51,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
In
person
or
by
courier,
deliver
comments
(
in
duplicate
if
possible)
to:
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
(
6102),
Attention
Docket
A96
 
51,
U.
S.
EPA,
401
M
Street,
SW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
We
request
that
you
send
a
separate
copy
of
your
comments
to
Mr.
Michael
Papp,
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Group
(
C339
 
02),
Emissions,
Monitoring,
and
Analysis
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27711.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
information
concerning
the
proposed
rule,
contact
Mr.
Michael
Papp,
Monitoring
and
Quality
Assurance
Group
(
C339
 
02),
Emissions,
Monitoring,
and
Analysis
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27711,
telephone
number
(
919)
541
 
2408.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
This
document
concerns
revising
the
national
ambient
air
quality
standards
for
particulate
matter,
40
CFR
part
58,
appendix
A,
section
3.5.2.
For
further
information,
please
see
the
information
provided
in
the
direct
final
action
that
is
located
in
the
``
Rules
and
Regulations''
section
of
this
Federal
Register
publication.

Dated:
December
18,
2002.
Christine
Todd
Whitman,
Administrator.
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