Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Minnesota; Municipal Waste Combustor State Plan Submittal

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[MN59-01-7284b; FRL-6139-3]

Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated

Facilities and Pollutants; Minnesota; Municipal Waste Combustor State

Plan Submittal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve

the Minnesota State Plan submittal for implementing the Emission

Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs). The State's

plan submittal was made pursuant to requirements found in the Clean Air

Act (CAA). The State's plan was submitted to EPA on April 28, 1998 in

accordance with the requirements for adoption and submittal of State

plans for designated facilities in 40 CFR part 60, subpart B. It

establishes performance standards for existing large MWCs and provides

for the implementation and enforcement of those standards. The EPA

finds that Minnesota's Plan for existing large MWCs adequately

addresses all of the Federal requirements applicable to such plans. In

the final rules of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving this

action as a direct final without prior proposal because EPA views this

as a noncontroversial action and anticipates no adverse comments. 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

EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn

and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent

final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a

second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in

commenting on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Carlton T. Nash, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), EPA,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the Direct

Final rule which is located in the Rules section of this Federal

Register. Copies of the request and the EPA's analysis are available

for inspection at the following address: (Please telephone Douglas

Aburano at (312) 353-6960 before visiting the Region 5 office.) EPA,

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590.

Dated: July 23, 1998.

Robert Springer,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

[FR Doc. 98-21676 Filed 8-11-98; 8:45 am]

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