Document ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0147-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: State Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Atlanta, Georgia 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reasonable Further Progress Plan
Posted Date: 2013-05-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32222-32223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12463]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0147; FRL-9816-5]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Atlanta, 
Georgia 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reasonable Further 
Progress Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) 
revision, submitted by the State of Georgia, through the Georgia 
Environmental Protection Division, on October 21, 2009, to address the 
reasonable further progress (RFP) plan requirements for the Atlanta, 
Georgia 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS) nonattainment area. The Atlanta, Georgia 1997 8-hour ozone 
nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as the ``Atlanta Area'') is 
comprised of Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, 
Dekalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, 
Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton Counties in Georgia. 
EPA is also providing the status of its adequacy determination for the 
motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) for volatile organic compounds 
and nitrogen oxides that were included in Georgia's RFP plan. Further, 
EPA is approving these MVEB. In the Final Rules Section of this issue 
of the Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's implementation 
plan revisions and providing the Agency's adequacy determination for 
Georgia's MVEB as a direct final rule without prior proposal because 
the Agency views these submittals as noncontroversial and anticipates 
no adverse comments.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2013-0147 by one of the following methods:
    1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. Email: R4-RDS@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (404) 562-9019.
    4. Mail: ``EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0147,'' Regulatory Development Section, 
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation. 
The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through 
Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal holidays.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Waterson, Regulatory Development 
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404) 
562-9061. Ms. Waterson can be reached via electronic mail at 
waterson.sara@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 12, 2008, EPA issued a revised 
ozone NAAQS. See 73 FR 16436. The current action, however, is being 
taken to address requirements under the earlier 1997 8-hour ozone 
NAAQS. Requirements for the Atlanta Area under the 2008 ozone NAAQS 
will be addressed in the future. For additional information see the 
direct final rule which is published in the Rules Section of this 
Federal Register. A detailed rationale for the approval of the RFP plan 
requirements for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS is set forth in the direct 
final rule as is information related to the adequacy determination. 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 public 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 the matters being proposed for 
approval into the Georgia SIP today should do so at this time.

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    Dated: May 13, 2013.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2013-12463 Filed 5-28-13; 8:45 am]
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