Document ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0002-0059
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Alabama: Proposed Approval of Revisions to the Visible Emissions Rule and Alternative Proposed Disapproval of Revisions to the Visible Emissions Rule; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2009-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 216)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 57978-57979]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0002-200924; FRL-8979-7]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Alabama: 
Proposed Approval of Revisions to the Visible Emissions Rule and 
Alternative Proposed Disapproval of Revisions to the Visible Emissions 
Rule; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period 
for the proposed rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of 
Implementation Plans; Alabama: Proposed Approval of Revisions to the 
Visible Emissions Rule and Alternative Proposed Disapproval of 
Revisions to the Visible Emissions Rule.'' The proposed rule was 
initially published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2009. Written 
comments on the proposed rule were to be submitted to EPA on or before 
November 16, 2009 (45-day comment period). EPA is extending the public 
comment period until December 16, 2009.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on October 2, 
2009 (74 FR 50930), is extended. Comments must be received on or before 
December 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2005-AL-0002, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: 404-562-9019.
    4. Mail: ``EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0002,'' 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, 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

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Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. ``EPA-R04-OAR-
2005-AL-0002.'' EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit through http:/
/www.regulations.gov or e-mail, information that you consider to be CBI 
or otherwise protected. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0002. All documents in the 
docket are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on 
the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 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. EPA requests that, if 
at all possible, you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional 
Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 
4:30, excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, 
Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides 
and Toxics Management Division, Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The 
telephone number is (404) 562-9040. Ms. Benjamin can also be reached 
via electronic mail at benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was signed by the Acting 
Regional Administrator on September 10, 2009, and published in the 
Federal Register on October 2, 2009 (74 FR 50930). The proposed action 
provided a 45-day public comment period. EPA has received a request for 
an additional 15 days to comment on the proposed rule from one 
requester, and 90 days from another requester. EPA has considered these 
requests and has decided to extend the comment period an additional 30 
days until December 16, 2009.

    Dated: November 2, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. E9-27045 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]

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