Browse: Departments   Dates   Agencies  

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Environmental Protection Agency

CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 52

VA ID: [VA146-5080b; FRL-7798-5]

NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES

ACTION: Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Revised Major Stationary Source Applicability for Reasonably Available Control Technology in the Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 8, 2004.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia specifying that the Northern Virginia Ozone Nonattainment Area is now subject to the severe major source permitting requirements and lowering the major stationary source threshold for nitrogen oxide (NOX) from 50 tons per year to 25 tons per year. 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 action, 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 If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.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.

SUMMARY: Virginia,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

For further information, please see the information provided in the direct final action pertaining to Virginia's solvent metal cleaning operations regulation, that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register publication. 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.

Dated: July 29, 2004.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 0418024 Filed 8604; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 656060P

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Janice Lewis, (215) 814-2185, or by e- mail at lewis.janice@epa.gov.