[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19957-19958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9997]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA126-0129b FRL-6233-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Arizona and 
California; General Conformity Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to approve various revisions to State 
Implementation Plans (SIP) which contain regulations for implementing 
and enforcing the general conformity rules which the EPA promulgated on 
November 30, 1993. EPA is proposing to approve SIP revisions which 
contain general conformity rules for the Arizona SIP and the California 
SIP for the following California Air Pollution Control Districts (APCD) 
and Air Quality Management Districts (AQMD): El Dorado County APCD, 
Great Basin Unified APCD, Monterey Bay Unified APCD, San Joaquin Valley 
Unified APCD, Santa Barbara County APCD, South Coast AQMD, Feather 
River AQMD, Placer County APCD, Sacramento Metro AQMD, Imperial County 
APCD, Bay Area AQMD, San Diego County APCD, Butte County AQMD, Ventura 
County APCD, Mojave Desert AQMD and Yolo-Solano AQMD.
    The approval of these general conformity rules into the SIP will 
result in the SIP criteria and procedures governing general conformity 
determinations instead of the Federal rules at 40 CFR Part 93, Subpart 
B. The Federal actions by the Federal Highway Administration and 
Federal Transit Administration (under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal 
Transit Act) are covered by the transportation conformity rules under 
40 CFR Part 51, Subpart T--Conformity to State or Federal 
Implementation Plans of Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects 
Developed, Funded or Approved Under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal 
Transit Act (and 40 CFR Part 93, Subpart A) and are not affected by 
this action.
    EPA proposes to approve these SIP revisions under sections 110(k) 
and 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). A more detailed 
discussion of

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today's action is provided in the Final Rule Section of this Federal 
Register.
    In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, the EPA is 
approving these General Conformity SIP revisions as a direct final 
rulemaking without prior proposal because the EPA views this action as 
noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed 
rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no 
adverse comments are received in response to that direct final rule, no 
further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If 
the 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 on this action. Any parties 
interested in providing comments on this action should do so at this 
time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing and postmarked by May 24, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments must be submitted to: Doris Lo, Planning 
Office [AIR2], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report 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:

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 3033 North Central 
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012
California Air Resources Board, 2020 L Street, P.O. Box 2815, 
Sacramento, California 95812
El Dorado County APCD, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, California 
95667
Great Basin Unified APCD, 157 Short Street, Suite #6, Bishop, 
California 93514
Monterey Bay Unified APCD, 24580 Silver Cloud Court, Monterey, 
California 93940
San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD, 1999 Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, 
Fresno, California 93721
Santa Barbara County APCD, 26 Castillian Drive, B-23, Goleta, 
California 93117
South Coast AQMD, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 
91765-4182
Feather River AQMD, 463 Palora Avenue, Yuba City, California 95991-
4711
Placer County APCD, 11464 B Avenue, Auburn, California 95603
Sacramento Metro AQMD, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, California 
95826
Bay Area AQMD, 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, California 94109
Imperial County APCD, 150 South Ninth Street, El Centro, California 
92243-2850
San Diego County APCD, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, California 
92123-1096
Butte County AQMD, 9287 Midway, Suite 1A, Durham, California 95938
Ventura County APCD, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, California 
93003
Mojave Desert AQMD, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 200, Victorville, 
California 92392-2383
Yolo-Solano AQMD, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, California 
95616

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lo, Planning Office (AIR2), Air 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, (415) 744-1287.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct 
Final rule which in located in the Rules Section of this Federal 
Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon Monoxide, 
General conformity, Hydrocarbons, Incorporation by reference, 
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 
matter, Volatile organic compound.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: January 29, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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