[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4946-4947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2825]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 102-13-7212b; FRL-5398-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP), which concern the control of oxides of 
nitrogen (NOx) emissions from boilers, steam generators, and 
process heaters.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to 
regulate emissions of NOx 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 revisions as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the Agency views these as noncontroversial revision amendments 
and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for this 
approval is set forth in the direct 

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final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this 
proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to these 
rules. 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withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a 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 on this document. Any parties 
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by 
March 11, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Daniel A. Meer, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 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 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.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson 
Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.
San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, 
San Diego, CA 92123-1096.
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 
Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721.
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development 
Section, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane F. James, Rulemaking Section (A-
5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: 
(415) 744-1191, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's Rule 411, ``Boiler 
NOx,'' the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District's Rule 
69.2, ``Industrial and Commercial Boilers, Process Heaters and Steam 
Generators,'' the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
District's Rule 4352, ``Solid Fuel Fired Boilers, Steam Generators and 
Process Heaters,'' and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control 
District's Rule 74.15, ``Boilers, Steam Generators and Process 
Heaters.'' These rules were submitted to EPA on September 28, 1994 
(Rule 4352), October 19, 1994 (Rule 69.2), January 24, 1995 (Rule 
74.15), and June 16, 1995 (Rule 411), by the California Air Resources 
Board. 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: November 21, 1995.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-2825 Filed 2-8-96; 8:45 am]
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