Document ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0248-0012
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Georgia; Atlanta; Requirements for 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Posted Date: 2017-03-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14670-14671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05461]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0248; FRL-9957-88-Region 4]

Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Atlanta; Requirements for the 2008 8-
Hour Ozone Standard

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve the portion of a state implementation plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by the State of Georgia, through Georgia Environmental 
Protection Division on February 6, 2015, addressing the nonattainment 
new source review requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone national 
ambient air quality standards for the Atlanta, Georgia 2008 8-hour 
ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the ``Atlanta 
Area''). The Atlanta Area is comprised of 15 counties in Atlanta 
(Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 
Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, and Rockdale). This 
action is being taken pursuant to the Clean Air Act and its 
implementing regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 21, 2017.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2015-0248 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment 
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Sheckler of the Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Mrs. Sheckler can be reached by telephone at (404) 562-9222 
or via electronic mail at sheckler.kelly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the NNSR portion of Georgia's February 6, 
2015 SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because 
the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates 
no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth 
in the direct final rule. 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 adverse 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 this document should do so at this time.

    Dated: March 7, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-05461 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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