[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23818]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 20-7-0084b; FRL-6138-9]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality 
Management 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 particulate 
matter (PM) emissions from open burning and visible emissions within 
the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to 
regulate emissions of PM in accordance with 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 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 relevant adverse comments 
are received in response to this rule, no further activity is 
contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA receives 
relevant adverse comments, the direct final rule will not take effect 
and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent 
final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second 
comment period on this rule. Any parties interested in commenting on 
this rule should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by October 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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 rule revisions 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 rule revisions 
are also available for inspection at the following locations:

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Irwin, (Rulemaking [AIR-4], Air 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1903).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality 
Management District Regulation 5, Open Burning, and Regulation 6, 
Visible Emissions, submitted to EPA on March 10, 1998 and May 13, 1991, 
respectively, 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: July 23, 1998.
Clyde Morris,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-23818 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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