Air Plan Approval; OR; Portland, Medford, Salem; Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington Counties; Gasoline Dispensing Facilities

Michelle Pirzadeh
Environmental Protection Agency
October 27, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65671-65672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27169]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0799; FRL-9936-02-Region 10]


Air Plan Approval; OR; Portland, Medford, Salem; Clackamas, 
Multnomah, Washington Counties; Gasoline Dispensing Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve three state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by 
the State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Oregon or 
ODEQ) and a specific portion of a fourth SIP submittal identified in a 
supplementary letter. These SIP submittals primarily

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include rule amendments related to control measures for volatile 
organic compounds from gasoline dispensing facilities in the Portland-
Vancouver, Medford-Ashland, and Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study 
air quality management areas, as well as all of Clackamas, Multnomah, 
and Washington counties. The EPA received the SIP submittals from the 
ODEQ on February 5, 2009, November 1, 2010, May 25, 2011, and April 20, 
2015, and the supplementary letter on September 18, 2015. The EPA is 
proposing to approve the SIP submittals because they are consistent 
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (Act or CAA).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2011-0799, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov: 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: vaupel.claudia@epa.gov.
     Mail: Claudia Vergnani Vaupel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Office 
of Air, Waste and Toxics, AWT-150, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, 
Seattle, WA 98101.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Claudia Vergnani 
Vaupel, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, AWT-150. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

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: Claudia Vergnani Vaupel at (206) 553-
6121, vaupel.claudia@epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 10 address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
direct final action, of the same title, which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register. The EPA is approving the State's SIP 
revisions as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the EPA 
views this as a noncontroversial SIP action and anticipates no adverse 
comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the 
preamble to the direct final rule. If the EPA receives no adverse 
comments, the EPA will not take further action on this proposed rule.
    If the EPA receives adverse comments, the EPA will withdraw the 
direct final rule and it will not take effect. The EPA will address all 
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. 
The EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this 
time. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment, 
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed 
from the remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

    Dated: September 25, 2015.
Michelle Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2015-27169 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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