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31/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 31/07/2024 13:51

Extension of Comment Period for the Proposed approval of the Minnesota Regional Haze SIP Revision for the Second Implementation Period

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2022-0974; FRL-12039-03-R5]

Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Second Period Regional Haze Plan; Extension of Comment Period

Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Action

Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published July 11, 2024. The current comment period for the proposed rule was scheduled to close on August 12, 2024. In response to a request in a public comment, EPA is extending the comment period for the proposed action to September 11, 2024.

Dates

The comment period for the proposed rule published on July 11, 2024, at 89 FR 56827 is extended. Comments must be received on or before September 11, 2024.

Addresses

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-2022-0974 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to [email protected]. Additional instructions to comment can be found in the notice of proposed rulemaking published July 11, 2024 (89 FR 56827).

For Further Information Contact

Matt Rau, Air and Radiation Division (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6524, [email protected].

Supplementary Information

On July 11, 2024, EPA proposed to approve the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan revision submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on December 20, 2022, as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act and EPA's Regional Haze Rule for the program's second implementation period. In response to a request in a public comment, EPA is extending the comment period for 30 days.

Dated: July 25, 2024.
Debra Shore,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2024-16754 Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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