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

[Federal Register: September 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 189)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 52737]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr30se99-38]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 198-0175b; FRL-6445-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District South Coast Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the recission of rules from the SIP.

The intended effect of this action is to bring the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District rules and regulations up to date in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the state's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for this approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.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. Any parties interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by November 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Chief, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Copies of the rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of each rule recision are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions are also available for inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812. San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District, 3433 Roberto Court, San Luis Obispo, California 93401 South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 East Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765-4182

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office, AIR- 4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744- 1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (SLOCAPCD) Rule 102, Compliance by Existing Installation and Rule 408, Gasoline Specifications, and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 432, Gasoline Specifications. The SLOCAPCD rule recissions were submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to EPA on August 1, 1997 and the SCAQMD rule recission was submitted by CARB on September 29, 1998. For further information, please see the information provided in the direct final action that is located in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: September 14, 1999. Keith Takata, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-25305Filed9-29-99; 8:45 am]

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