[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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