
[Federal Register: June 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 115)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 33696-33697]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[R04-OAR-2007-0532-200810(c); FRL-8579-6]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source 
Review; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On May 1, 2008, EPA published a document approving revisions 
to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning Alabama's 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. That document 
included one paragraph containing an inadvertent error in its 
characterization of a portion of EPA's New Source Review (NSR) rules. 
This document corrects that inadvertent error.

DATES: This action is effective June 13, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the Alabama 
State Implementation Plan, contact Ms. Stacy Harder, Regulatory 
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number 
is (404) 562-9042. Ms. Harder can also be reached via electronic mail 
at harder.stacy@epa.gov. For information regarding New Source Review, 
contact Ms. Gracy R. Danois, Air Permits Section, at the same address 
above. The telephone number is (404) 562-9119. Ms. Danois can also be 
reached via electronic mail at danois.gracy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is making a correction to the document 
published on May 1, 2008 (73 FR 23957), approving revisions to 
Alabama's SIP incorporating rule changes to Alabama's PSD program. As 
part of the background information provided in the May 1, 2008, 
document, EPA made an inadvertent misstatement on page 23958, column 1, 
first full paragraph. This paragraph begins with the phrase, ``The 
`reasonable possibility' standard identifies, for sources and reviewing 
authorities * * *'' and ends with the phrase, ``the reasonable 
possibility standard did not result in any actual changes to the 
corresponding federal rule.'' 73 FR 23958. This last quoted statement 
does not correctly describe EPA's recent revisions to its NSR rules 
regarding the meaning of the term ``reasonable possibility'' in those 
rules. EPA's final action regarding ``reasonable possibility'' did 
result in changes to federal rules found at 40 CFR

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parts 51 and 52. See, 72 FR 72607, December 21, 2007.
    EPA is now correcting the entirety of that first full paragraph at 
73 FR 23958 by replacing it with the following paragraph:
    ``The `reasonable possibility' standard identifies, for sources and 
reviewing authorities, the circumstances under which a major stationary 
source undergoing a modification that does not trigger major NSR must 
keep records. EPA's December 2007 action clarified the meaning of the 
term `reasonable possibility' through changes to the federal rule 
language in 40 CFR parts 51 and 52. In the present case, although 
Alabama's rules include the term `reasonable possibility,' Alabama's 
rules require recordkeeping for facilities for which there is a 
reasonable possibility as well as those for which there is not. 
Therefore, Alabama's SIP revisions are approvable.''

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: June 4, 2008.
Russell L. Wright, Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. E8-13348 Filed 6-12-08; 8:45 am]

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