Proposed Rule2023-17342
Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2015 Ozone Standard
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Published
August 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on October 22, 2020, and February 14, 2023. The revisions address the emissions inventory requirements for the Chicago and Metro-East nonattainment areas under the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard. The Chicago nonattainment area includes Cook, DuPage, Grundy (Aux Sable and Goose Lake Townships), Kane, Kendall (Oswego Township), Lake, McHenry, and Will counties. The Metro- East nonattainment area includes Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties. The CAA requires emissions inventories for all ozone nonattainment areas.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55428-55429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17342]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0555; FRL-11148-01-R5]
Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Base Year Emissions Inventory for
the 2015 Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), revisions to the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency on October 22, 2020, and February 14, 2023. The
revisions address the emissions inventory requirements for the Chicago
and Metro-East nonattainment areas under the 2015 ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard. The Chicago nonattainment area includes
Cook, DuPage, Grundy (Aux Sable and Goose Lake Townships), Kane,
Kendall (Oswego Township), Lake, McHenry, and Will counties. The Metro-
East nonattainment area includes Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair
counties. The CAA requires emissions inventories for all ozone
nonattainment areas.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2020-0555 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751719141e19100c5b051418101914351005145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b19171a10171e02550b1a161e171a3b1e0b1a551c140d">[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="https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crispell, Environmental
Scientist, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8512, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9dacbd0cac9dcd5d597dcd4d0d5c0f9dcc9d897ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fecfde6fcffeae3e3a1eae2e6e3f6cfeaffeea1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>. The
EPA Region 5 office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays and facility closures due to COVID-
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the state's SIP submittal as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no relevant adverse comments are received in response to this
rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives such
comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public
comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on
this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this
time. Please note that if EPA receives 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. For
additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in
the Rules section of this Federal Register.
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Dated: August 8, 2023.
Debra Shore,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2023-17342 Filed 8-14-23; 8:45 am]
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