[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00982]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R10-OAR-2019-0702; FRL-10004-50-Region 10]


Completeness Determination; AK: Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006 
24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Serious Attainment Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) has made a determination that the State of Alaska has made a 
complete Serious Area State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission for 
the Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter 
nonattainment area.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this notice under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R10-OAR-2019-0702. All documents in the docket are 
listed and publicly available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure 
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are 
available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Jentgen at (206) 553-0340, or 
jentgen.matthew@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 13, 2019, EPA received the State 
of Alaska State Implementation Plan to meet the serious area 
nonattainment plan requirements for purposes of the 2006 24-hour 
PM2.5 NAAQS in the Fairbanks North Star Borough 
nonattainment area (``Fairbanks Serious Area Plan''). The EPA has 
determined that the submittal of the Fairbanks Serious Area Plan is 
administratively and technically complete. The EPA made this finding in 
accordance with section 110(k)(1)(B) and part D of Title I of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). The Fairbanks Serious Area Plan submission and a 
detailed account of Alaska's SIP submission compared to the 
completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51, appendix V, is included in the 
docket.
    A completeness determination indicates that the SIP submission 
meets the minimum criteria that a plan must satisfy for the EPA to 
review the submittal to determine whether the SIP submission meets the 
applicable substantive requirements of the CAA and implementing 
regulations for the type of SIP submission at issue. A completeness 
determination does not constitute a finding on the merits of the SIP 
submission or whether it meets the relevant criteria for SIP approval. 
Consequently, this completeness determination does not constitute final 
agency action and is not reviewable pursuant to Section 307 of the CAA, 
42 U.S.C. 7607, nor section 702 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 
U.S.C. 702. The EPA's subsequent rulemaking action or actions on this 
complete SIP submission will be final agency action, capable of 
judicial review at the appropriate time.

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

    Dated: January 9, 2020.
Krishna Viswanathan,
Acting Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2020-00982 Filed 2-10-20; 8:45 am]
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