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

[Federal Register: April 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 75)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 19330-19331]

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

[DOCID:fr20ap99-37]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 164-0112b; FRL-6324-9]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD), and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) as Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP)

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 rules from Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), Mojave Desert Air Quality Management

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District (MDAQMD), and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) as revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). SMAQMD's Rule 414 controls emissions of oxides of nitrogen from natural gas-fired water heaters; MDAQMD's Rule 1157 controls emissions from boilers and process heaters; and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16 controls emissions of oxides of nitrogen from oilfield drilling operations.

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to regulate NO‹INF›X‹/INF› emissions 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 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 If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.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 May 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: 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 rules and EPA's evaluation reports of the rules are available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rules 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. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), 8475 Jackson Rd., Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95826-3904. Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182. Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD), 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Addison, Rulemaking Office, AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744- 1160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns SMAQMD's Rule 414, Natural Gas-fired Water Heaters; MDAQMD's Rule 1157, Boilers and Process Heaters; and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16, Oilfield Drilling Operations. The California Air Resources Board submitted SMAQMD's Rule 414 to EPA for incorporation into its SIP on March 10, 1998. MDAQMD's Rule 1157 was submitted on August 1, 1997 and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16 on April 5, 1991.

For further information, please see the information provided in the direct final action that is located in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 2 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: April 1, 1999. Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-9713Filed4-19-99; 8:45 am]

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