
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44608-44609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16131]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0289; FRL-9948-75-OAR]


Draft Guidance on Progress Tracking Metrics, Long-Term 
Strategies, Reasonable Progress Goals and Other Requirements for 
Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Implementation 
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) has posted on its Web site a draft guidance document 
titled, ``Draft Guidance on Progress Tracking Metrics, Long-Term 
Strategies, Reasonable Progress Goals and Other Requirements for 
Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Implementation

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Period.'' The EPA invites the public to review and provide input on its 
draft guidance document during the comment period specified in the 
DATES section.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 22, 2016. Please 
refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional information on the 
comment period.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2016-0289, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions concerning this 
draft guidance document, please contact Phil Lorang, U.S. EPA, Office 
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, 
C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-5463, 
email at lorang.phil@epa.gov. For questions about section 5 of this 
draft guidance document, please contact Melinda Beaver, U.S. EPA, 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy 
Division, C539-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 
541-1062, email at beaver.melinda@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    The purpose of the draft document on which the EPA is inviting 
public comment is to provide useful background information and guidance 
to states on how to develop and submit regional haze state 
implementation plans (SIPs) for the second implementation period (2018-
2028), which under a proposed revision to the Regional Haze Rule 
published on May 4, 2016,\1\ would be due by July 31, 2021. The 
required content of these SIPs is specified in 40 CFR 51.308(f), which 
has also been proposed for revision.\2\
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    \1\ Protection of Visibility: Amendments to Requirements for 
State Plans: Proposed Rule, May 4, 2016, 81 FR 26942.
    \2\ For clarity for purposes of comment, the draft guidance 
document available for public comment is written as if the revisions 
of the Regional Haze Rule proposed in May 2016 have been finalized 
as proposed. If the final revisions to the Regional Haze Rule differ 
from this assumption, corresponding changes will be made in the 
final guidance document.
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II. Instructions for Submitting Public Comments and Internet Web Site 
for Guidance Document Information

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA 
through www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI in a disk or CD ROM 
that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI 
and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific 
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version 
of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the 
comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be 
submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to 
the following address: Tiffany Purifoy, OAQPS CBI Officer, U.S. EPA, 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C404-02, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-0878, email at 
purifoy.tiffany@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0289.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the draft guidance by docket number and other 
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and 
page number).
     Follow directions.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives 
and substitute language for your requested changes.

B. Where can I find additional information for this draft guidance?

    The EPA has also established a Web site for this draft guidance at 
https://www.epa.gov/visibility. From this page, please click on 
``Guidance Documents.'' The Web site provides related information that 
the public may find useful.

    Dated: June 30, 2016.
Stephen Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2016-16131 Filed 7-7-16; 8:45 am]
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