[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 39793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19839]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[CA-189-0078(b); FRL-6127-2]
Proposed Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans
and Redesignation of the South Coast Air Basin in California to
Attainment for Nitrogen Dioxide
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve an attainment and maintenance plan
and grant a request submitted by the California Air Resources Board
(CARB) to redesignate the South Coast Air Basin (South Coast) from
nonattainment to attainment for the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2). Under the
Clean Air Act (CAA), designations can be revised if sufficient data are
available to warrant such revisions. In this action, EPA is proposing
to approve the attainment and maintenance plans as revisions to the
California State Implementation Plan (SIP), and EPA is also proposing
to grant the State's request to redesignate the South Coast to
attainment because the plans and request meet the requirements set
forth in the CAA.
DATES: Written comments must be received by August 24, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the EPA contact below. The
rulemaking docket for this notice may be inspected and copied at the
following location during normal business hours. A reasonable fee may
be charged for copying parts of the docket. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 9, Air Division, Air Planning Office (AIR-2), 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
Copies of the SIP materials are also available for inspection at
the addresses listed below:
California Air Resources Board, 2020 L Street, Sacramento, CA 92123-
1095
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive,
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Jesson, Air Planning Office (AIR-
2), Air Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105-3901. Telephone: (415) 744-1288
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this action, EPA is proposing to approve
the South Coast NO2 attainment and maintenance plans and
grant California's request to redesignate the South Coast to attainment
for NO2, because the plans and redesignation request meet
the requirements set forth in the CAA.
In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving the State's SIP revision and granting the redesignation
request as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial 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 the rule and informs the public that the rule will not
take effect. EPA will then address those comments in a final action
based upon this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment
period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do
so at this time.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Nitrogen dioxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Oxides of nitrogen, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: July 8, 1998.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-19839 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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