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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AQ96 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Extension of Deadline for Action on Supplemental Section 126 Petition From New Jersey 
Abstract: This rulemaking was a procedural action that extended the deadline for EPA to act on the supplemental petition submitted from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). On May 13, 2010, we received a petition from NJDEP, filed under section 126 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The petition requested that EPA make a finding that the coal-fired Portland Generating Station (Portland Plant) in Upper Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, is emitting air pollutants in violation of the provision of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the CAA with respect to both the 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and the 3-hour and 24-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) NAAQS. Section 126 requires the EPA to take final action to grant or deny the petition within 60 days of receipt. However, a separate provision of the CAA allows EPA to extend the statutory deadline for action by up to 6 months if the Agency determines that additional time is needed for the rulemaking process. EPA filed a 6-month extension to act on the petition on July 12, 2010. This extended the deadline to act to January 12, 2011. On September 17, 2010, NJDEP submitted a supplemental information petition to the original petition received in May. The supplemental petition requests that EPA make a finding that the Portland Plant is also emitting air pollutants in violation of the provision of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the CAA with respect to the new 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Info./Admin./Other 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 52   
Legal Authority: CAA sec 307(d)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  Action needs to be signed no later than the morning of 11/10/10 in order to publish 11/16/10  11/10/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  11/16/2010  75 FR 69889   
Additional Information: EPA publication information: Final Action - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b91bba; Split from RIN 2060-AQ52; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0473
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Gobeail McKinley
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-04,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone:919 541-5246
Fax:919 685-3700
Email: mckinley.gobeail@epa.gov

Todd Hawes
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C539-04,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5591
Fax:919 685-3190
Email: hawes.todd@epamail.epa.gov