Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations: Correcting and Other Amendments

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Parts 53 and 58 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0018; FRL-8308-8] RIN 2060-AO06 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to correct and clarify parts of a recent final rule published on October 17, 2006, that amended the ambient air monitoring requirements for criteria pollutants. The proposed changes include several instances where the wording in the preamble and regulatory text were not completely consistent, several regulatory text passages that contained some imprecise language, two instances ( printed page 32267) of regulatory text omission, an outdated address reference, and numerous publication errors in tables and equations. EPA is also proposing to allow EPA Regional Administrators to approve departures from the minimum number of PM 10 monitors otherwise specified in the rule. In the “Rules and Regulations” section of this Federal Register , we are taking direct final action on the amendments because we view the amendments as non-controversial and anticipate no adverse comments. If we receive no adverse comments, we will take no further action on this proposed rule. DATES: Written comments must be received by July 12, 2007. ADDRESSES: Please see the related direct final rule, which is located in the “Rules and Regulations” section of this Federal Register , for detailed instructions on how to submit comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lewis Weinstock,…