[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 15148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7669]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 211-0127b; FRL-6313-5]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision; El Dorado County Air Pollution 
Control 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 oxides of 
nitrogen (NOX) emissions from natural gas-fired residential 
water heaters within the El Dorado County Air Pollution Control 
District.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to 
regulate NOX emissions 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 April 29, 1999.

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 and EPA's evaluation report of the 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
El Dorado County Environmental Management Department, Air Pollution 
Control District, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Addison, Rulemaking Office, AIR-4, 
Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 Telephone: (415) 744-
1160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns El Dorado County Air 
Pollution Control District's Rule 239, Natural Gas-fired Residential 
Water Heaters, submitted by the California Air Resources Board to EPA 
on June 23, 1998. 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 11, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-7669 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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