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

[Federal Register: February 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 28)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 6827]

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[DOCID:fr11fe99-28]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 164-0112b; FRL-6227-3]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of oxides of nitrogen (NO‹INF›X‹/INF›) emissions from solid fuel fired boilers, steam generators and process heaters within the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and from stationary gas turbine operations within the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to regulate emissions of NO‹INF›X ‹/INF›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 revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment 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 in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will not take effect and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by March 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, 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 are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District's (SJVUAPCD) Rule 4352, Solid Fuel Fired Boilers, Steam Generators and Process Heaters, and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's (SMAQMD) Rule 413, Stationary Gas Turbines. The SJVUAPCD rule was submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to EPA on March 26, 1996 and the SMAQMD rule was submitted on May 18, 1998. For further information, please see the information provided in the direct final action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Dated: January 14, 1999. Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, Region 9.

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