[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16604-16605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06172]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0083; FRL-10006-59-Region 1]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plan (Negative Declaration) 
for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Vermont

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a negative declaration submitted to satisfy the requirements of 
the Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills for the State of Vermont. The negative declaration certifies 
that there are no existing facilities in the State of Vermont that must 
comply with this rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2020-0083 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
kilpatrick.jessica@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either 
manner of submission, the EPA may publish any

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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, please contact 
the person identified in the For Further Information Contact section. 
For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Kilpatrick, Air Permits, 
Toxics, & Indoor Programs Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Mail 
Code: 05-2, Boston, MA 02109-0287. Telephone: 617-918-1652. Fax: 617-
918-0652 Email: kilpatrick.jessica@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal 
Register, the EPA is approving the State of Vermont's negative 
declaration submitted in accordance with 40 CFR 60.23a(b) and 62.06, to 
satisfy the requirements in the Emission Guidelines and Compliance 
Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSW Landfills Emission 
Guidelines) for the State of Vermont as a direct final rule without 
prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial 
submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. See MSW Landfills 
Emission Guidelines, 81 FR 59276 (August 29, 2016), as amended by 84 FR 
32520 (July 8, 2019) (revising Emission Guidelines Implementing 
Regulations) and 84 FR 44547 (Aug. 26, 2019) (adopting Requirements in 
Emission Guidelines for MSW Landfills). 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 the 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. The 
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 the 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, the 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 and Regulations section in this issue of the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: March 18, 2020.
Dennis Deziel,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2020-06172 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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