
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22131]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0453; FRL-9969-44-Region 3]


Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for 
Designated Facilities and Pollutants; City of Philadelphia; Control of 
Emissions From Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator 
Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to notify the public that it has received a 
negative declaration for the City of Philadelphia Air Management 
Services (Philadelphia AMS) for hospital/medical/infectious waste 
incinerator (HMIWI) units. This negative declaration certifies that 
HMIWI units subject to the requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 of 
the Clean Air Act (CAA) do not exist within the City of Philadelphia in 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. EPA is accepting the negative 
declaration in accordance with the requirements of the CAA. In the 
Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is accepting the 
negative declaration as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and 
anticipates no adverse comments. 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 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 November 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2017-0453 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
aquino.marcos@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 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. 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gordon, (215) 814-2039, or by 
email at gordon.mike@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information regarding the 
negative declaration submitted by Philadelphia AMS for HMIWI units, 
please see the information provided in the technical support document 
in the rulemaking docket and in the direct final action, with the same 
title, that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register publication. The negative declaration letter submitted 
by Philadelphia AMS and technical support document in support of this 
action are also available online at www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: September 19, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2017-22131 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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