
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19202]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R10-OAR-2013-0420; FRL-9844-7]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans: Alaska; 
Fairbanks Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to approve a carbon monoxide Limited 
Maintenance Plan for the Fairbanks Area, and associated revisions to 
sections of the Fairbanks Transportation Control Program, submitted by 
the State of Alaska as a revision to its State Implementation Plan 
dated April 22, 2013. In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Clean Air Act, the EPA is approving this SIP revision because 
it demonstrates that the Fairbanks Area will maintain the carbon 
monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards through the second 10-
year maintenance period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 9, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2013-0420, by any of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: R10-Public_Comments@epa.gov.
     Mail: Mr. Keith Rose, U.S. EPA Region 10, Office of Air, 
Waste and Toxics, AWT-107, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 
98101.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Keith Rose, Office of 
Air, Waste and Toxics, AWT-107. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Rose at telephone number: (206) 
553-1949, email address: rose.keith@epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 
10 address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
direct final action, of the same title, which is located in the Rules 
section of this Federal Register. The EPA is simultaneously approving 
the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the EPA views this as a noncontroversial SIP revision and 
anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval 
is set forth in the preamble to the direct final rule. If the EPA 
receives no adverse comments, the EPA will not take further action on 
this proposed rule.
    If the EPA receives adverse comments, the EPA will withdraw the 
direct final rule and it will not take effect. The EPA will address all 
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. 
The EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this 
time. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment, 
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed 
from the remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

    Dated: July 23, 2013.
Michelle L. Pirzahdeh,
 Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2013-19202 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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