[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24038]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[IL172-1b; FRL-6152-6]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: On November 14, 1995, May 9 and 1996, June 14, 1996, the State
of Illinois submitted State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision requests
to meet commitments related to the conditional approval of Illinois'
May 15, 1992, SIP submittal for the Lake Calumet (SE Chicago), McCook,
and Granite City, Illinois, Particulate Matter (PM) nonattainment
areas. The EPA is approving the SIP revision request as it applies to
the McCook area, including the attainment demonstration for the McCook
PM nonattainment area. The SIP revision request corrects, for the
McCook PM nonattainment area, all of the deficiencies of the May 15,
1992, submittal (as discussed in the November 18, 1994, conditional
approval notice). The EPA is also revising the codification of the
conditional approval to remove issues which have been resolved. No
action is being taken on the submitted plan revisions for the Lake
Calumet area at this time; they will be addressed in a separate
rulemaking action. Approval of the Granite City PM plan became
effective on May 11, 1998 (see 63 FR 11842). In the final rules section
of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the State's requests as
a direct final rule without prior proposal because EPA views this
action as noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for approving the State's request is set forth in
the direct final rule. The direct final rule will become effective
without further notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse
written comment on this rulemaking within 30 days of publication of
today's document. Should the Agency receive such comment, it will
publish a timely withdrawal informing the public that the direct final
rule will not take effect and such public comment received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. If no
adverse written comments are received, the direct final rule will take
effect on the date stated in that action and no further activity will
be taken on this rule. EPA does not plan to institute a second comment
period on this rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule
should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 8, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer,
Chief, Regulation Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Copies of the State submittal and EPA's analysis of it are
available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Pohlman, Regulation Development
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,
(312) 886-3299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct
final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: August 11, 1998.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.
[FR Doc. 98-24038 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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