Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute Options Program; Wisconsin

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[WI43-01-6261b; FRL-5139-2]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute

Options Program; Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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

proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision

request submitted by the State of Wisconsin on November 15, 1993 for

the purpose of establishing an Employee Commute Options Program (ECO

Program) in the Milwaukee Severe-17, ozone nonattainment area.

Wisconsin submitted the SIP revision 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 EPA is approving the State's SIP revision request without

prior proposal because EPA 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 its proposed rule, no further activity is

contemplated. If EPA 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will be withdrawn and the public comments received will be addressed in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 initiated. Parties interested in

commenting on this document should do so at this time.

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

March 2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: Carlton Nash, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics and Radiation Branch (AT-

18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

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

available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Air Toxics

and Radiation Branch (AT-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John M. Mooney, (312) 886-6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct

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

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Nitrogen oxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Dated: December 19, 1994.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-2285 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]

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