Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: California,

[Federal Register: August 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 166)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 268-0360; FRL-7263-8]

Determination of Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone Standard for the Santa Barbara County Area, CA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: In this rulemaking, EPA is finalizing its determination that the Santa Barbara County area has attained the 1-hour ozone air quality standard by the deadline required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA is also finalizing its approval of the 1-hour ozone contingency measures as revisions to the Santa Barbara portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective on September 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You can inspect copies of the docket for this action at EPA's Region 9 office during normal business hours. You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revision at the following locations:

U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105- 3901. California Air Resources Board, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian Drive, Suite B-23, Goleta, CA 93117

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Jesson, EPA Region 9, (415) 972- 3957, or Jesson.David@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to EPA.

1. Proposed Action

On July 1, 2002 (67 FR 44128), we proposed to find that the Santa Barbara County nonattainment area (``Santa Barbara area'') had attained the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by the applicable deadline of November 15, 1999. We also proposed to approve under CAA section 110(k)(3) the contingency measures in Santa Barbara's 2001 Clean Air Plan, as shown below in ``Table 1--Contingency Measures.''

Table 1.--Contingency Measures [Source: 2001 Clean Air Plan, Table 4-3]

Emission reductions in tons per day (with Rule No.

CAP control measure

Description

Adoption schedule full implementation) ID

----------------------- VOC

NOX

323............... R-SC-1.............. Architectural Coatings 2001-2003

0.0998 0 (Revision). 333............... N-IC-1.............. Stationary IC Engines... 2002-2003

0.0008 0.0128 N-IC-3.............. 360............... N-XC-2.............. Large Water Heaters & 2001-2003

0 \1\ 0.133 Small Boilers, Steam Generators, Process Heaters (75,000 Btu/hr to