[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25892]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 211-0102b; FRL-6161-9]


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 approving a revision to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the general provisions and 
definitions that are applicable to all regulations in the Bay Area Air 
Quality Management District.
    The intended effect of this action is to clarify the general 
provisions and definitions that apply to the regulation of emissions of 
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and other 
pollutants 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 submittal as a 
direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this 
as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A 
detailed rationale for this approval is set forth in the direct final 
rule. If no adverse comments are received, no further activity is 
contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule 
will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 
a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not 
institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting 
should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by October 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking 
Office [AIR-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rule revision are available for public inspection at 
EPA's Region IX office during normal business hours and 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: Yvonne Fong, Rulemaking Office [AIR-
4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality 
Management District Regulation 1, General Provisions and Definitions, 
submitted to EPA on June 23, 1998 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.

    Dated: September 4, 1998.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-25892 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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