[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 213 (Friday, November 1, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56491-56492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27845]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

[CA 168-0019b; FRL-5641-8]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to act on revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern five negative declarations from

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the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) 
for the following Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) source categories: 
Nitric and Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, Utility Boilers, Cement 
Manufacturing Plants, Glass Manufacturing Plants, and Iron and Steel 
Manufacturing Plants. The intended effect of proposing to include these 
negative declarations in the SIP is to meet 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 acting on 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 rationale for this action is set 
forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in 
response to this proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in 
relation to this rule. 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 
December 2, 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 negative declarations are available for public 
inspection at EPA's Region 9 office and at the following locations 
during normal business hours.
    Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105.
    Air Docket (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 ``M'' 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
    California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
    Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Rule 
Development Section, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, 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) 744-1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns negative declarations 
for five NOX source categories from the SMAQMD: (1) Nitric and 
Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, (2) Utility Boilers, (3) Cement 
Manufacturing Plants, (4) Glass Manufacturing Plants, and (5) Iron and 
Steel Manufacturing Plants. These negative declarations certify that 
the above source categories are not present in the SMAQMD. They were 
adopted by the SMAQMD on August 3, 1995, and submitted to EPA on March 
4, 1996, 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: October 17, 1996.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-27845 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]
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