[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15344-15345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8415]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[CA 041-0067a; FRL-5984-1]


Proposed Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans 
and Redesignation of California's Ten Federal Carbon Monoxide Planning 
Areas to Attainment Urbanized Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve maintenance plans and 
redesignation requests submitted by the California Air Resources Board 
(CARB) to redesignate ten of California's federal carbon monoxide 
planning areas from nonattainment to attainment for the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide (CO). They 
are: Bakersfield Metropolitan Area, Fresno Urbanized Area, Lake Tahoe 
South Shore Area, Sacramento Area, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose Area, 
Chico Urbanized Area, Lake Tahoe North Shore Area, Modesto Urbanized 
Area, San Diego Area, and Stockton Urbanized Area. Under the Clean Air 
Act as amended in 1990 (CAA), designations can be revised if sufficient 
data is available to warrant such revisions. In this action, EPA is 
proposing California's maintenance plans and redesignation requests 
because they meet the requirements set forth in the CAA. In addition, 
EPA is proposing a related State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission 
by CARB, an Air Quality Attainment Plan for CO for Fresno.
    In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, 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 relevant adverse comments. A detailed 
rationale for this approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If 
no relevant adverse comments are received in response to this action, 
no further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. 
However, if EPA receives relevant adverse comments, then EPA will 
publish a document that withdraws only those portions of the action on 
which EPA received the adverse comments, informing the public that 
those portions of the action are withdrawn. EPA will then address those 
comments in a final action based upon this proposed rule. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period on the proposed rule. 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 
April 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Larry A. Biland, Air Planning Office (AIR-2), Air Division, U.S. EPA, 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California, 94105-3901. 
Telephone: (415) 744-1227.
    Copies of the SIP materials and EPA's technical support document 
are available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during 
normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions are also 
available for inspection at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Air Division, Air Planning 
Office (AIR-2), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20460
California Air Resources Board, 2020 L Street, Sacramento, California 
92123-1095
Kern County APCD, 2700 M Street, Suite #290, Bakersfield, CA 93301
San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD, 1999 Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, 
Fresno, CA 93721
Placer County, DeWitt Center 11464 B Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
Sacramento Metropolitan APCD, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826
Bay Area Air, Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109
Butte County, 2525 Dominic Drive, Suite J, Chico, CA 95928-7184

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El Dorado County 2850, Fairlane Ct., Bldg. C, Placerville, CA 95667-
4100
Yolo--Solano County, 1947 Galileo Ct., Suite 103, Davis, CA 95616-4882
San Diego County, Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake 
Drive, San Diego, CA 92123-1095

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry A. Biland, Air Planning Office 
(AIR-2), Air Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California, 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1227.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Approval and 
Promulgation of State Implementation Plans submitted to EPA on December 
28, 1992; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; 
Redesignation of California's Ten Federal Carbon Monoxide Planning 
Areas to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and 
Emission Inventory; Bakersfield Metropolitan Area, Fresno Urbanized 
Area, Lake Tahoe South Shore Area, Sacramento Area, San Francisco-
Oakland-San Jose Area, Chico Urbanized Area, Lake Tahoe North Shore 
Area, Modesto Urbanized Area, San Diego Area, and Stockton Urbanized 
Area submitted to EPA on July 3, 1996 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: March 4, 1998.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-8415 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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