Proposed Rule2025-17488

Air Plan Approval; Wyoming; R-35 Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations Rule Package

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Published
September 11, 2025

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Environmental Protection Agency

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Wyoming State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) on December 16, 2024. WDEQ requested EPA approve the revisions for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, and 14 in the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations (WAQSR) The revised rules include non-substantive updates to rule language that ensure consistent grammar, formatting, and written clarity as well as updated references to the Code of Federal Regulations. These revisions do not change the intent or scope of each rule. The EPA is proposing approval of these SIP revisions because we have determined that they are in accordance with the requirements for SIP provisions under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). The proposed approval of WAQSR Chapter 2, section 4 of the December 16, 2024 submittal supersedes the revisions to this section contained in WDEQ's February 10, 2014 SIP submittal that the EPA had not previously acted on. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are approving these SIP revisions as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43957-43958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17488]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R08-OAR-2025-0204; FRL-12942-01-R8]


Air Plan Approval; Wyoming; R-35 Wyoming Air Quality Standards 
and Regulations Rule Package

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve revisions to the Wyoming State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
submitted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) on 
December 16, 2024. WDEQ requested EPA approve the revisions for 
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, and 14 in the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and 
Regulations (WAQSR) The revised rules include non-substantive updates 
to rule language that ensure consistent grammar, formatting, and 
written clarity as well as updated references to the Code of Federal 
Regulations. These revisions do not change the intent or scope of each 
rule. The EPA is proposing approval of these SIP revisions because we 
have determined that they are in accordance with the requirements for 
SIP provisions under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). The proposed 
approval of WAQSR Chapter 2, section 4 of the December 16, 2024 
submittal supersedes the revisions to this section contained in WDEQ's 
February 10, 2014 SIP submittal that the EPA had not previously acted 
on. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, 
we are approving these SIP revisions as a direct final rule without a 
prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take 
further action on this proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 14, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2025-0204 to the Federal Rulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from 
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The 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. The 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, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available electronically in 
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Please email or call the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section if you need to make 
alternative arrangements for access to the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Cancino, Air and Radiation 
Division, EPA, Region 8, Mailcode 8ARD-IO, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-1129, telephone number: (303) 312-6276, email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9dad8d7dad0d7d697dad1dcd5cadcd8f9dcc9d897ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd8dad5d8d2d5d495d8d3ded7c8dedafbdecbda95dcd4cd">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to approve revisions 
to the Wyoming SIP that improve readability and incorporate updated 
Code of Federal Regulations weblinks to the WAQSR. We have published a 
direct final rule approving those revisions in the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register. EPA is approving the 
state's submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because 
we view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse 
comment. We have explained our reasons for this action in the preamble 
to the direct final rule.
    If we receive no relevant adverse comment, we will not take further 
action on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will 
withdraw the direct final rule, and it will not take effect. We would 
address all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this 
proposed rule.
    We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 
For further

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information, please see the information provided in the ADDRESSES 
section of this document.

    Dated: August 29, 2025.
Cyrus M. Western,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2025-17488 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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