Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute Options Program; Wisconsin Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: David A. Ullrich Date: 31 January 1995 Subject: American Government • The Environment

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2285]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[WI43-01-6261b; FRL-5139-2]


Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute 
Options Program; Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
request submitted by the State of Wisconsin on November 15, 1993 for 
the purpose of establishing an Employee Commute Options Program (ECO 
Program) in the Milwaukee Severe-17, ozone nonattainment area. 
Wisconsin submitted the SIP revision to satisfy the statutory mandate 
that an ECO Program be established for employers in severe and extreme 
ozone nonattainment areas with 100 or more employees. Compliance plans 
developed by these employers must be designed to convincingly 
demonstrate an increase in the average passenger occupancy of vehicles 
used by their employees who commute to work during the peak period by 
no less than 25 percent above the average vehicle occupancy of the 
nonattainment area. In the final rules section of this Federal 
Register, the EPA is approving the State's SIP revision request without 
prior proposal because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision 
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 its proposed rule, no further activity is 
contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule 
will be withdrawn and the public comments received will be addressed in 
a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. A second comment 
period on this action will not be initiated. Parties interested in 
commenting on this document should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before 
March 2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: Carlton Nash, Chief, 
Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics and Radiation Branch (AT-
18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Copies of the State submittal and EPA's analysis of it are 
available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics 
and Radiation Branch (AT-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John M. Mooney, (312) 886-6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct 
final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Nitrogen oxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: December 19, 1994.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-2285 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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