[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71125-71126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29404]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9229-7]
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby
given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by
Association of Irritated Residents in the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California: Association of Irritated
Residents v. Jackson, No. 3:10-CV-03051-WHA (N.D. CA.). On July 12,
2010, Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to perform a
mandatory duty under section 110(k)(2) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C.
7410(k)(2), to take timely final action on a submission entitled the
2008 PM2.5 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control
District Plan (the SJV PM2.5 Nonattainment SIP), which was
submitted to EPA on or about June 30, 2008. The SJV PM2.5
nonattainment SIP includes measures intended to control emissions of
fine particulate matter and its precursors within the San Joaquin
Valley for purposes of attaining the 1997 annual and 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS. The proposed consent decree establishes a deadline for EPA to
take action on the SJV PM2.5 nonattainment SIP.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by December 22, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2010-0886, online at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5601; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address:
wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit seeking to
compel the Agency to take timely final action under section 110(k) of
the CAA to approve, disapprove, or partially approve/disapprove the
submission entitled the 2008 PM2.5 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District Plan (the SJV PM2.5 nonattainment SIP),
which was submitted to EPA on or about June 30, 2008. The SJV PM2.5
nonattainment SIP includes measures intended to control emissions of
fine particulate matter and its precursors from sources located within
the designated nonattainment area in the San Joaquin Valley of
California, for purposes of attaining the 1997 annual and 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS. The proposed consent decree requires that no later than
September 30, 2011, EPA shall sign a notice taking the Agency's final
action on the SJV PM2.5 nonattainment SIP, pursuant to section 110(k)
of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k). In addition, the proposed consent decree
requires that no later than 15 business days following signature, EPA
shall send the notice to the Office of the Federal Register for review
and publication in the Federal Register. After EPA fulfills its
obligations under the proposed consent decree, it provides that the
parties shall file a joint request to the Court to dismiss this matter
with prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree from persons who were not named as parties or
intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of
Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed consent decree
if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of
Justice determines that consent to this consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the proposed consent decree will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree?
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2010-0886) contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at
the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
http://www.regulations.gov. You may use http://www.regulations.gov to
submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the
contents of the official public docket, and to access those
[[Page 71126]]
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then
select ``search''.
It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute is not included in the official public docket or in the
electronic public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material,
including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only
in printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket
Center.
B. How and to whom do I submit comments?
You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or
CD-ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. 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.
Use of the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments
to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments.
The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(e-mail) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
Dated: November 12, 2010.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010-29404 Filed 11-19-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P