
[Federal Register: December 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 241)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 66934-66935]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0359; FRL-8983-3]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
California; Monterey Bay Region 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: On December 19, 2007, the State of California submitted an 8-
hour ozone maintenance plan for the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution 
Control District and requested that EPA approve the plan as a revision 
to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, EPA 
is proposing to approve the maintenance plan. In the ``Rules and 
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the 
State's request for approval of the maintenance plan as a direct final 
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views the maintenance 
plan and SIP revision as non-controversial 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 proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to 
this rule. 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be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a 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 on this proposed rule must be received in writing by 
January 19, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by [EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0359] 
by one of the following methods:

     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Sarvy Mahdavi at mahdavi.sarvy@epa.gov. Please 
also send a copy by e-mail to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
     Fax: Sarvy Mahdavi, Planning Office (AIR-2), at fax number 
(415) 947-3579.
     Mail or deliver: Sarvy Mahdavi, Air Planning Office, (AIR-
2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. Hand or courier 
deliveries are accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
weekdays except for legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made 
for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: All comments 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 e-
mail. 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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http://

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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 docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Planning Office 
(AIR-2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. To inspect the hard copy 
materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours 
with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarvy Mahdavi, Planning Office (AIR-
2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901, telephone (415) 972-3173; 
fax (415) 947-3579; e-mail address mahdavi.sarvy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information see the direct final 
rule, of the same day, published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' 
section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: November 6, 2009.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E9-29890 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]

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