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

[Federal Register: December 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 251)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 72223]

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

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 207-0108b; FRL-6203-8]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the control of oxides of nitrogen NO‹INF›X‹/INF› and carbon monoide (CO) emissions from boilers of the electric power generation facility at Moss Landing in the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) area.

The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to regulate emissions of NO‹INF›X‹/INF› and CO 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, 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 rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received in writing by February 1, 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 the rule 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. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development, 24850 Silver Cloud Ct., Monterey, CA 93940-6536.

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 MBUAPCD's Rule 431, Emissions from Electric Power Boilers, submitted to EPA on March 10, 1998 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: December 4, 1998. Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-34553Filed12-30-98; 8:45 am]

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