Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2010-0590-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Determination of Attainment for PM10 for the Las Vegas Valley Nonattainment Area, Nevada
Posted Date: 2010-08-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 148)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 45571-45572]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R09-OAR-2010-0590; FRL-9184-7]

 
Determination of Attainment for PM10 for the Las Vegas 
Valley Nonattainment Area, NV

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to determine that the Las Vegas Valley 
nonattainment area in Nevada attained the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 
less than or equal to a nominal ten micrometers (PM10) by 
the applicable attainment date (December 31, 2006), and that the Las 
Vegas Valley nonattainment area is currently attaining the standard.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2010-0590, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions.
    2. E-mail: tax.wienke@epa.gov.
    3. Mail or deliver: Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office, EPA Region IX, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wienke Tax at telephone number: (415) 
947-4192, e-mail address: tax.wienke@epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 
IX address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
direct final action, of the same title, which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register. EPA is approving the attainment 
determination as a direct final rule without prior proposal because EPA 
views this as a noncontroversial action and anticipates no adverse 
comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the 
preamble to the direct final rule. If EPA receives no adverse comments, 
EPA will not take further action on this proposed rule.
    If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will withdraw the direct 
final rule and it will not take effect. EPA will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. 
Please note that if we receive 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.

    Dated: July 21, 2010.
Keith Takata,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX.
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