[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26865]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[CA-003-BU; FRL-5907-8]


Clean Air Act Reclassification; California-Santa Barbara 
Nonattainment Area; Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 2, 1997, EPA published a proposed rule (62 FR 
46234) proposing to determine that the Santa Barbara moderate ozone 
nonattainment area has not attained the 1-hour ozone national ambient 
air quality standard (NAAQS) by the Clean Air Act (CAA) mandated 
attainment date for moderate nonattainment areas, November 15, 1996. If 
EPA takes final action on the determination as proposed, the Santa 
Barbara ozone nonattainment area will be reclassified by operation of 
law as a serious nonattainment area. On September 24, 1997, the Santa 
Barbara County Air Pollution Control District requested a 30-day 
extension of the comment period in order to allow a better opportunity 
for local stakeholders to provide input to EPA. In response to that 
request, EPA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment 
period on the September 2, 1997, proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments on the September 2, 1997, proposed rule must be 
received in writing by November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 9, Office of Air Planning, Air Division, 17th Floor, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
    Copies of EPA's draft technical support document for this 
rulemaking and EPA's policies governing attainment findings and 
extension requests are contained in the docket for this rulemaking. A 
copy of EPA's proposal (62 FR 46234) and the TSD are also available in 
the air programs section of EPA Region 9's website, http://www.epa.gov/
region09. The docket is available for inspection during normal business 
hours at the following location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9, Office of Air Planning, Air Division, 17th Floor, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1248.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Jesson, Office of Air Planning 
(AIR-2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1288.

    Dated: October 2, 1997.
John Wise,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-26865 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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