Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute Options Programs; Indiana

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IN39-1-6337B; FRL-5012-2]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute

Options Programs; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is

proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision

request submitted by the State of Indiana on February 25, 1994, for the

purpose of establishing an Employee Commute Options Program (ECO

Program) in Lake and Porter Counties. The SIP request was submitted by

Indiana to satisfy the statutory mandate that an ECO Program be

established for employers in severe and extreme ozone nonattainment

areas with 100 or more employees. Compliance plans developed by these

employers must be designed to convincingly demonstrate an increase in

the average passenger occupancy of vehicles used by their employees who

commute to work during the peak period by no less than 25 percent above

the average vehicle occupancy of the nonattainment area. In the final

rules section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is approving the

State's SIP revision request without prior proposal because USEPA views

this as a noncontroversial revision 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

that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation

to this proposed rule. If USEPA receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and the public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. A

second comment period on this action will not be held. Parties

interested in commenting on this notice should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before

September 19, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer,

Chief, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development Branch

(AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are

available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Regulation

Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Radolf, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development

Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-3198.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct

final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: June 30, 1994.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-19908 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]

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