Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-12330
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan: Hawaii; Public Hearing
Posted Date: 2012-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11426]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0345; FRL-9671-2]

State of Hawaii; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that public hearings will be held on May 31, 
2012 and June 1, 2012 for the proposed rule, ``State of Hawaii; 
Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan'', which will be posted on 
EPA's Web site by May 16, 2012.

DATES: The public hearings will be held on May 31, 2012 and June 1, 
2012. See Supplementary Information section for further details about 
the public hearings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for hearing locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public 
hearings, please contact Gregory Nudd, EPA Region 9, 415-947-4107, 
nudd.gregory@epa.gov. If you are a person with a disability under the 
ADA and require a reasonable accommodation for this event, please 
contact Philip Kum at kum.philip@epa.gov or at (415) 947-3566 by May 
16, 2012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 169A of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
establishes as a national goal the ``prevention of any future, and the 
remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class 
I Federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.'' 
Hawaii has two Class I areas: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big 
Island and Haleakala National Park on Maui.
    Regional haze is visibility impairment caused by the cumulative air 
pollutant emissions from numerous sources over a wide geographic area. 
EPA's proposed Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for 
Hawaii will address the requirements of the CAA and EPA's regulations 
regarding regional haze. The proposed rule, ``State of Hawaii; Regional 
Haze Federal Implementation Plan'', will be available by May 16, 2012 
on the following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/actions/hawaii.html and will subsequently be published in the Federal Register.
    The proposed rule and information on which the proposed rule relies 
will also be available in the docket for this action. Generally, 
documents in the docket for this action will be available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California. While all documents 
in the docket are listed at www.regulations.gov, some information may 
be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 
material, large maps), and some may not be publicly available in either 
location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please 
schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Public hearings: EPA will hold two public hearings at the following 
dates, times and locations to accept oral and written comments into the 
record:

    Date: May 31, 2012.
    Time: Open House: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
    Public Hearing: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
    Location: The University of Hawaii, Maui College in the Pilina 
Multipurpose Room, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului, Hawaii 96732.

    Date: June 1, 2012.
    Time: Open House: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
    Public Hearing: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
    Location: Waiakea High School in the Cafeteria, 155 W. Kawili St., 
Hilo, Hawaii 96720.

    To provide opportunities for questions and discussion, EPA will 
hold open houses prior to the public hearings. During these open 
houses, EPA staff will be available to informally answer questions on 
our proposed action and this supplemental proposed rule. Any comments 
made to EPA staff during the open houses must still be provided 
formally in writing or orally during a public hearing in order to be 
considered in the record.
    The public hearings will provide the public with an opportunity to 
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed Regional Haze 
FIP for Hawaii. EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral 
presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at that time. 
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. 
Please consult the proposed rule for guidance on how to submit written 
comments to EPA.
    At the public hearing, the hearing officer may limit the time 
available for each commenter to address the proposal to five minutes or 
less if the hearing officer determines it is appropriate. Any person 
may provide written or oral comments and data pertaining to our 
proposal at the public hearing. We will include verbatim transcripts, 
in English, of the hearing and written statements in the rulemaking 
docket.

    Dated: May 1, 2012.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Air Division Director, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012-11426 Filed 5-10-12; 8:45 am]
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