Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0981-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Delegation of New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Arizona, California, and Nevada
Posted Date: 2013-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25242-25243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10176]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60 and 61

[EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0981; FRL 9806-2]

Delegation of New Source Performance Standards and National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the States of 
Arizona, California, and Nevada

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve updates to the Code of Federal 
Regulations delegation tables to reflect the current delegation status 
of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) in Arizona, California, 
and Nevada.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by May 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2011-0981, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
    3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket 
without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you 
consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as 
such and should not be submitted through www.regulations.gov or email. 
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not 
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the 
body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of 
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrianne Borgia at (415) 972-3576, 
borgia.adrianne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal will update the delegation 
tables in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulation Parts 60 and 61, to allow 
easier access by the public to the status of NSPS and NESHAP 
delegations in Arizona, California, and Nevada. In the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are updating these 
delegations tables in a direct final action without prior proposal 
because we believe these delegations are not

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controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish 
a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments 
in subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: April 12, 2013.
Deborah Jordan,
Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2013-10176 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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