Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Allen, Greene, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Vigo Counties; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets

Susan Hedman
Environmental Protection Agency
February 25, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03169]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0414, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0424, EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0425, 
EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0432; FRL-9906-49-Region 5]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Indiana; Allen, Greene, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Vigo Counties; 1997 
8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle 
Emissions Budgets

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve requests by Indiana to revise the 
1997 8-hour ozone maintenance air quality state implementation plan 
(SIP) for Allen, Greene, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Vigo Counties to 
replace onroad emissions inventories and motor vehicle emissions 
budgets (budgets) with inventories and budgets developed using EPA's 
Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) emissions model. Indiana 
submitted the SIP revision requests for Allen, Vigo, Vanderburgh, and 
Warrick Counties on July 2, 2013, and submitted the SIP revision 
request for Greene County on July 8, 2013.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Nos. EPA-R05-
OAR-2013-0414 (Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0424 
(Allen County), EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0425 (Greene County), EPA-R05-OAR-
2013-0432 (Vigo County), by one of the following methods:
    1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov
    3. Fax: (312) 692-2450.
    4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, Chief, Control Strategies 
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal 
holidays.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Maietta, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch 
(AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8777, 
maietta.anthony@epa.gov.

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 adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no 
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse 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.

    Dated: January 31, 2014.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2014-03169 Filed 2-24-14; 8:45 am]
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