ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Part
52
[
EPA­
R03­
2006­
0314;
FRL­
]
Approval
and
Promulgation
of
Air
Quality
Implementation
Plans;

Maryland;
Amendments
to
Stage
II
Vapor
Recovery
at
Gasoline
Dispensing
Facilities
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Proposed
rule.

SUMMARY:
EPA
proposes
to
approve
the
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
revision
submitted
by
the
State
of
Maryland
for
the
purpose
of
amending
the
regulations
pertaining
to
Stage
II
Vapor
Recovery
at
Gasoline
Dispensing
Facilities.
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withdrawn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.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
received
in
writing
by
[
insert
date
30
days
from
date
of
publication].

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
Number
EPA­
R03­
2006­
0314,

by
one
of
the
following
methods:
A.
www.
regulations.
gov.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

B.
E­
mail:
morris.
makeba@
epa.
gov
C.
Mail:
EPA­
R03­
2006­
0314,
Makeba
Morris,
Chief,
Air
Quality
Planning
Branch,
Mailcode
3AP21,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103.
D.
Hand
Delivery:
At
the
previously­
listed
EPA
Region
III
address.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
Docket
=

s
normal
hours
of
operation,
and
special
arrangements
should
be
made
for
deliveries
of
boxed
information.

Instructions:
Direct
your
comments
to
Docket
ID
No.
EPA­
R03­
2006­
0314.
EPA's
policy
is
that
all
comments
received
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
without
change,
and
may
be
made
available
online
at
www.
regulations.
gov,
including
any
personal
information
provided,
unless
the
comment
includes
information
claimed
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
or
otherwise
protected
through
www.
regulations.
gov
or
e­
mail.
The
www.
regulations.
gov
website
is
an
A
anonymous
access
@

system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity
or
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
EPA
without
going
through
www.
regulations.
gov,
your
e­
mail
address
will
be
automatically
captured
and
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
public
docket
and
made
available
on
the
Internet.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name
and
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment
and
with
any
disk
or
CD­
ROM
you
submit.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
Electronic
files
should
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters,
any
form
of
encryption,
and
be
free
of
any
defects
or
viruses.

Docket:
All
documents
in
the
electronic
docket
are
listed
in
the
www.
regulations.
gov
index.
Although
listed
in
the
index,
some
information
is
not
publicly
available,
i.
e.,
CBI
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Certain
other
material,
such
as
copyrighted
material,
is
not
placed
on
the
Internet
and
will
be
publicly
available
only
in
hard
copy
form.
Publicly
available
docket
materials
are
available
either
electronically
in
www.
regulations.
gov
or
in
hard
copy
during
normal
business
hours
at
the
Air
Protection
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103.
Copies
of
the
State
submittal
are
available
at
the
Maryland
Department
of
the
Environment,
1800
Washington
Boulevard,
Suite
705,
Baltimore,
Maryland,
21230.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Catherine
L.
Magliocchetti,
(
215)
814­
2174,

or
by
e­
mail
at
magliocchetti.
catherine@
epa.
gov.
3
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

For
further
information,
please
see
the
information
provided
in
the
direct
final
action,
with
the
title,
A
Approval
and
Promulgation
of
Air
Quality
Implementation
Plans;
Maryland;
Amendments
to
Stage
II
Vapor
Recovery
at
Gasoline
Dispensing
Facilities,@
that
is
located
in
the
A
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.

/
s/

__________________
Dated:
April
24,
2006
Donald
S.
Welsh,
Regional
Administrator,
Region
III.
