[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3253-3254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1079]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

[CA 105-0012b; FRL-5673-7]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision; Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District; San Diego Air Pollution Control District; 
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 the operations of boilers, steam 
generators, process heaters, electric utility boilers, internal 
combustion engines, and stationary gas turbines.
    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 
Rule 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 in response to this proposed action, no further activity is 
contemplated in relation to this action. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 
February 21, 1997.


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ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action 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 rules 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 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.
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302, 
Bakersfield, CA 93301.
San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, 
San Diego, CA 92123-1096.
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development 
Section, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office 
(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District's (KCAPCD) Rule 425.2, Boilers, Steam 
Generators, and Process Heaters (Oxides of Nitrogen), Rule 427, 
Stationary Piston Engines (Oxides of Nitrogen), San Diego County Air 
Pollution Control District's (SDCAPCD) Rule 69.4, Stationary 
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, and Ventura County Air 
Pollution Control District's (VCAPCD) Rule 59, Electric Power 
Generating Equipment--Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions, and Rule 74.23, 
Stationary Gas Turbines. These rules were submitted by the California 
Air Resources Board (CARB) to EPA on May 25, 1995, March 26, 1996, 
October 19, 1994, February 11, 1994 and March 26, 1996, respectively. 
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: December 23, 1996.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-1079 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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