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

[Federal Register: September 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 172)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 47217]

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

[DOCID:fr04se98-28]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 20-7-0084b; FRL-6138-9]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area 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 particulate matter (PM) emissions from open burning and visible emissions within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to regulate emissions of PM 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 relevant adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA receives relevant 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 rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by October 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 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 9 office during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions are also available for inspection at the following locations:

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Irwin, (Rulemaking [AIR-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1903).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality Management District Regulation 5, Open Burning, and Regulation 6, Visible Emissions, submitted to EPA on March 10, 1998 and May 13, 1991, respectively, by the California Air Resources Board. 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: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: July 23, 1998. Clyde Morris, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-23818Filed9-3-98; 8:45 am]

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