Document ID: EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0617-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Vermont: Prevention of Significant Deterioration, Nonattainment  and Minor New Source Review
Posted Date: 2016-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50415-50416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18157]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0617; A-1-FRL-9950-02-Region 1]

Air Plan Approval; VT; Prevention of Significant Deterioration, 
Nonattainment and Minor New Source Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve three State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by 
the State of Vermont. These revisions primarily amend several aspects 
of Vermont's new source review permitting regulations. The permitting 
revisions are part of Vermont's major and minor stationary source 
preconstruction permitting programs, and are intended to align 
Vermont's regulations with the federal new source review regulations. 
The revisions also contain amendments to other Clean Air Act (CAA) 
requirements, including updating the State's ambient air quality 
standards and certain emissions limits for sources of nitrogen oxides 
and sulfur dioxide. This action is being taken in accordance with the 
Clean Air Act.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2014-0617 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either 
manner of submission, the 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. The 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, please contact the person 
identified in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section. For 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: Ida E. McDonnell, Manager, Air 
Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, Office of Ecosystem 
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England 
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05-2), Boston, MA 
02109-3912, phone number (617) 918-1653, fax number (617) 918-0653, 
email McDonnell.Ida@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal 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 action 
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.

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Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at 
this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an 
amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may 
be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
    For additional information, see the direct final rule which is 
located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: July 20, 2016.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
[FR Doc. 2016-18157 Filed 7-29-16; 8:45 am]
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