Document ID: EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0190-0020
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: OK011.0001b 0020 Public Hearings for Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans: Oklahoma; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best Available Retrofit Technology Determinations. 2 pages
Posted Date: 2011-03-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17584-17585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7459]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0190; FRL-9287-7]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Oklahoma; 
Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan 
for Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Best 
Available Retrofit Technology Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: On March 22, 2011, EPA published a proposal in the Federal 
Register to approve and disapprove portions of State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Oklahoma and promulgate 
a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to address the Clean Air Act 
requirement for best available retrofit technology (BART) for sulfur 
dioxide (SO2) emissions and to prevent emissions from 
Oklahoma sources from interfering with other states' measures to 
protect visibility. In the notice EPA announced an open house and 
public hearing for the proposal to be held April 13, 2011, in Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma. In this notice EPA is announcing an additional open 
house and public hearing to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 14, 
2011. More information is provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: Public hearings, preceded by an open house, will be held on 
April 13, 2011, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and April 14, 2011, in 
Tulsa, Oklahoma.

ADDRESSES: The April 13, 2011, open house and public hearing will be 
held at the Metro Technology Centers, Springlake Campus, Business 
Conference Center, Meeting Rooms H and I, 1900 Springlake Drive, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111, (405) 424-8324. The April 14, 2011, open 
house and public hearing will be held at the Tulsa Tech--Riverside 
Campus, in the Auditorium of the Alliance Conference Center, 801 East 
91st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74132, (918) 828-4000. Driving directions 
to the Tulsa Tech--Riverside Campus may also be found using the 
following address: 801 West K Place, Jenks, Oklahoma 74037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Kordzi, EPA Region 6 Air Planning 
Section, telephone (214) 665-7186, e-mail address r6air_okhaze@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we'', 
``us'', or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On March 22, 2011, we 
published a proposal in the Federal Register to (1) approve and 
disapprove portions of SIP revisions submitted by the State of Oklahoma 
and (2) promulgate a FIP to address the Clean Air Act requirement for 
BART for SO2 emissions and to prevent emissions from 
Oklahoma sources from interfering with other states' measures to 
protect visibility. See 76 FR 16168. Our proposal can be accessed 
online at  http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2010-
0190). In the notice we announced an open house and public hearing for 
the proposal to be held Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma. We have scheduled an additional open house and public hearing 
to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday, April 14, 2011.
    The Oklahoma City open house and public hearing is scheduled to be 
held on Wednesday April 13, 2011, at the Metro Technology Centers, 
Springlake Campus, Business Conference Center, Meeting Rooms H and I, 
1900 Springlake Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111, (405) 424-8324. 
The Metro Technology Centers Springlake Campus is located at the 
intersection of Martin Luther King Ave. and Springlake Drive between 
NE. 36th and NE. 50th just south of the Oklahoma City Zoo and 
Kirkpatrick Center. Parking for the

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Business Conference Center is available at no charge.
    The Tulsa open house and public hearing is scheduled to be held on 
Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Tulsa Tech--Riverside Campus, in the 
Auditorium of the Alliance Conference Center, 801 East 91st Street, 
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74132, (918) 828-4000. Driving directions to the Tulsa 
Tech--Riverside Campus may also be found using the following address: 
801 West K Place, Jenks, Oklahoma 74037. The Tulsa Tech--Riverside 
Campus is located on the south side of Tulsa, and is east of Highway 75 
and north of the Creek Turnpike. Parking is available on campus at no 
charge.
    For both locations the open house will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 3 
p.m. local time. The public hearing will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 
p.m., and again from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Opening remarks for the public 
hearing will be provided at 4 p.m., and again at 7 p.m. The public 
hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity to present 
information and opinions to EPA concerning 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.
    At the public hearing, the hearing officer may limit the time 
available for each commenter to address the proposal to 5 minutes or 
less if the hearing officer determines it to be appropriate. 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: March 23, 2011.
Carl E. Edlund,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Director, Region 6.
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