Proposed Rule2022-20080
Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Clean Data Determination and Approval of Select Attainment Plan Elements for the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County, Maryland Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
September 16, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule determining that the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County, Maryland sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) nonattainment area attained the 2010 primary SO<INF>2</INF> national ambient air quality standard (2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS) under EPA's Clean Data Policy using a clean data determination (CDD). EPA simultaneously proposed to approve certain elements of the attainment plan contained in Maryland's state implementation plan (SIP) revision for the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County SO<INF>2</INF> nonattainment area, submitted to EPA on January 31, 2020. Additionally, EPA proposed to approve as SIP strengthening measures certain emission limit requirements on large SO<INF>2</INF> emission sources that were submitted as part of Maryland's attainment plan for the nonattainment area. EPA inadvertently failed to upload the supporting and related materials in the docket simultaneously with the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on August 19, 2022 (87 FR 51006). The supporting and related materials were added to the docket on August 29, 2022. To ensure that the public has adequate time and information to submit comments, EPA is extending the comment period for ten days to September 29, 2022. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56920-56921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20080]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2020-0325; FRL-10118-03-R3]
Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Clean Data Determination and
Approval of Select Attainment Plan Elements for the Anne Arundel County
and Baltimore County, Maryland Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published a proposed rule determining that the Anne Arundel
County and Baltimore County, Maryland sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>)
nonattainment area attained the 2010 primary SO<INF>2</INF> national
ambient air quality standard (2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS) under EPA's
Clean Data Policy using a clean data determination (CDD). EPA
simultaneously proposed to approve certain elements of the attainment
plan contained in Maryland's state implementation plan (SIP) revision
for the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County SO<INF>2</INF>
nonattainment area, submitted to EPA on January 31, 2020. Additionally,
EPA proposed to approve as SIP strengthening measures certain emission
limit requirements on large SO<INF>2</INF> emission sources that were
submitted as part of Maryland's attainment plan for the nonattainment
area. EPA inadvertently failed to upload the supporting and related
materials in the docket simultaneously with the publication of the
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on August 19, 2022 (87 FR 51006).
The supporting and related materials were added to the docket on August
29, 2022. To ensure that the public has adequate time and information
to submit comments, EPA is extending the comment period for ten days to
September 29, 2022. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: The public comment period for the proposal published in the
Federal Register on August 19, 2022 (87 FR 51006) is extended from
September 19, 2022 to September 29, 2022. Written comments must be
received on or before September 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2020-0325 at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, or via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9afdf5e8fef5f4b4f7f3f1ffdaffeafbb4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4c3cbd6c0cbca8ac9cdcfc1e4c1d4c58ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>. For comments submitted at <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, follow
the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. For either
manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be confidential business information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person
identified in the For Further Information Contact section. For the full
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Rehn, Planning & Implementation
Branch (3AD30), Air & Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is (215) 814-
2176. Mr. Rehn can also be reached via electronic mail at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cfee9e4e2a2eefee5ede2cce9fceda2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7301161b1d5d11011a121d331603125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On August 19, 2022, the EPA published a proposed rule taking
several actions (87 FR 51006). First, the EPA proposed under its Clean
Data Policy to determine that the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore
County, Maryland SO<INF>2</INF> nonattainment area has
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attained the 2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS through a CDD. If finalized,
this proposed CDD would suspend the obligation to submit certain
attainment planning requirements for the nonattainment area for as long
as the area continues to attain the 2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS. Second,
the EPA proposed to approve certain elements of the attainment plan
contained in Maryland's SIP revision for the Anne Arundel County and
Baltimore County SO<INF>2</INF> nonattainment area, submitted to EPA on
January 31, 2020. The requirement to submit the elements that EPA is
proposing to approve would not be suspended under this proposed CDD, as
set forth in EPA's Clean Data Policy, because EPA considers them to be
independent of attaining the NAAQS under the CAA. Finally, EPA is
approving as SIP strengthening measures certain emission limit
requirements on large SO<INF>2</INF> emission sources that were
submitted as part of Maryland's attainment plan for the nonattainment
area. This determination of attainment and approval of certain elements
and emissions limitations into the SIP does not redesignate the Area to
attainment or constitute a full approval of the submitted attainment
plan or of a maintenance plan.
The NPRM was published on August 19, 2022, and specified that the
comment period would end on September 19, 2022. However, the supporting
materials were not made available in the docket until August 29, 2022
(ten days after publication).
To ensure the public and interested parties have sufficient time to
review the associated docket materials and submit comment on the NPRM,
the EPA is extending the comment period an additional 10 days to
September 29, 2022 to account for the delay in posting the supporting
and related materials.
Adam Ortiz,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2022-20080 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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