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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Part
52
[
EPA­
R06­
OAR­
2005­
TX­
0003;
FRL
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]

Approval
and
Promulgation
of
State
Implementation
Plans;
Texas;
Revision
to
the
Rate
of
Progress
Plan
for
the
Beaumont/
Port
Arthur
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Proposed
rule.

SUMMARY:
The
EPA
is
proposing
to
approve
revisions
to
the
Texas
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
Post­
1996
Rate
of
Progress
(
ROP)
Plan,
the
1990
Base
Year
Inventory,
and
the
Motor
Vehicle
Emissions
Budgets
(
MVEB)
established
by
the
ROP
Plan,
for
the
Beaumont/
Port
Arthur
(
BPA)
ozone
nonattainment
area
submitted
November
16,
2004.
The
intended
effect
of
this
action
is
to
approve
revisions
submitted
by
the
State
of
Texas
to
satisfy
the
reasonable
further
progress
requirements
for
1­
hour
ozone
nonattainment
areas
classified
as
serious
and
demonstrate
further
progress
in
reducing
ozone
precursors.
We
are
approving
these
revisions
in
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
the
Federal
Clean
Air
Act
(
the
Act).

DATE:
Written
comments
should
be
received
on
or
before
[
FEDERAL
REGISTER
OFFICE:

Insert
date
30
days
from
date
of
publication
in
the
Federal
Register].
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ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
mailed
to
Mr.
Thomas
Diggs,
Chief,
Air
Planning
Section
(
6PD­
L),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1445
Ross
Avenue,
Suite
1200,
Dallas,
Texas
75202­
2733.
Comments
may
also
be
submitted
electronically
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier
by
following
the
detailed
instructions
in
the
Addresses
section
of
the
direct
final
rule
located
in
the
rules
section
of
this
Federal
Register.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Carl
Young,
Air
Planning
Section
(
6PD­
L),

EPA
Region
6,
1445
Ross
Avenue,
Dallas,
Texas
75202­
2733,
telephone
214­
665­
6645,

young.
carl@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
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
relevant
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withdrawn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.

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.
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For
additional
information,
see
the
direct
final
rule
which
is
located
in
the
rules
section
of
this
Federal
Register.

Dated:
February
6,
2006
Richard
E.
Greene,

Regional
Administrator,
Region
6.
