
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70952-70953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29724]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2008-0727; FRL-9493-8]


Extension of Public Comment Period for Proposed Action on 
Arkansas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan and Interstate 
Transport State Implementation Plan To Address Pollution Affecting 
Visibility and Regional Haze

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 17, 2011, EPA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove 
the Arkansas Regional Haze (RH) State Implementation Plan (SIP) and to 
partially approve and partially disapprove Arkansas' Interstate 
Transport SIP to address pollution affecting visibility, and requested 
comment by November 16, 2011. EPA is extending the public comment 
period for the proposed rule until December 22, 2011.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 22, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2008-0727, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     EPA Region 6 ``Contact Us'' Web site: http://epa.gov/region6/r6comment.htm. Please click on ``6PD (Multimedia)'' and select 
``Air'' before submitting comments.
     Email: Mr. Guy Donaldson at donaldson.guy@epa.gov. Please 
also send a copy by email to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
     Fax: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), at fax number (214) 665-7263.
     Mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue Suite 1200, 
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
     Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, 
Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are accepted only between the hours 
of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, and not on legal holidays. Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2008-0727. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``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 email comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Dayana Medina, Air Planning 
Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7241; 
fax number (214) 665-7263; email address medina.dayana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On October 17, 2011, we 
published in the Federal Register a proposed rule proposing to 
partially approve and partially disapprove the Arkansas RH SIP and to 
partially approve and partially disapprove

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Arkansas' Interstate Transport SIP to address pollution affecting 
visibility (76 FR 64186). In the proposal we requested comment by 
November 16, 2011. The proposal and supporting documentation for our 
proposal can be accessed at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. EPA-
R06-OAR-2008-0727).
    The EPA is extending the comment period due to public requests that 
have been made stating that additional time is needed in order to fully 
evaluate our proposed rule and provide substantive comment. We are 
extending the comment period for our proposed rule until December 22, 
2011.

    Dated: November 9, 2011.
Carl E. Edlund,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2011-29724 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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