Proposed Rule2021-17587
Air Plan Approval; Missouri Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Jefferson County 2010 SO2 1-Hour NAAQS Nonattainment Area; Reopening of Comment Period
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Published
August 17, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On June 29, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule titled, "Air Plan Approval; Missouri Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Jefferson County 2010 SO<INF>2</INF> 1-Hour NAAQS Nonattainment Area." In response to stakeholder requests, the EPA is reopening the comment period for this proposed rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45950-45951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17587]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0391; FRL-8693-03-R7]
Air Plan Approval; Missouri Redesignation Request and Associated
Maintenance Plan for the Jefferson County 2010 SO2 1-Hour NAAQS
Nonattainment Area; Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On June 29, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed a rule titled, ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri Redesignation
Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Jefferson County 2010
SO<INF>2</INF> 1-Hour NAAQS Nonattainment Area.'' In response to
stakeholder requests, the EPA is reopening the comment period for this
proposed rule.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on June 29,
2021 (86 FR 34177), is reopened. Written comments must be received on
or before September 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2021-0391 to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Written
Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Keas, Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 7 Office, Air Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7629, or by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c3cdc9db86c9dbc0c4cdd1e8cdd8c986cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="472c2226346926342f2b223e0722372669202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 29, 2021, the EPA published in the
Federal Register (86 FR 34177), a notice of proposed rulemaking,
proposing to approve the State of Missouri's December 27, 2017, request
for the EPA to redesignate the Jefferson County, Missouri, 2010 1-hour
sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) nonattainment area to attainment and to approve a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for
the area. The State provided supplemental information on: May 15, 2018;
February 7, 2019; February 25, 2019; and April 9, 2021. In response to
these submittals, on June 28, 2021, the EPA proposed to take the
following actions: Approve the State's plan for maintaining attainment
of the 2010 1-hour SO<INF>2</INF> primary standard in the area; and
approve the State's request to redesignate the Jefferson County
SO<INF>2</INF> nonattainment area to attainment for the 2010 1-hour
SO<INF>2</INF> primary standard.
For more detailed information about this matter, please refer to
the June 29, 2021 Federal Register document.
The notice of proposed rulemaking, as initially published in the
Federal Register, provided for written comments to be submitted to the
EPA on or before July 29, 2021 (a 30-day public comment period). Since
publication, the EPA was made aware that the Technical Support Document
(TSD) associated with the proposed rule was not included in the docket.
The TSD was uploaded to the docket on July 18, 2021. Subsequently, the
EPA received stakeholder requests
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for the comment period to be extended. Accordingly, the EPA is
reopening the public comment period to afford stakeholders the ability
to fully evaluate the EPA's proposed action and an opportunity to
comment on the technical basis for the EPA's proposed action. The EPA
will address all comments received on the original proposal and on this
supplemental notice in our final action.
Dated: August 11, 2021.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2021-17587 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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