[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25854-25855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11826]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 192-0132b; FRL-6334-6]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revisions, Mojave Desert Air 
Quality Management District and Tehama County Air Pollution Control 
District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the recision of rules for the 
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) and Tehama 
County Air Pollution Control District (TCAPCD). These rules concern 
emissions from orchard heaters and fuel burning equipment. The intended 
effect of this action is to bring the MDAQMD and TCAPCD SIPs up to date 
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 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, no further activity 
is contemplated in relation to this 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

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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 June 14, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written 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 rules and EPA's evaluation report for the rules are 
available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX 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 Divison, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 
200, Victorville, CA 92392-2383.
Tehama County Air Pollution Control District, 1760 Walnut Street, Red 
Bluff, CA 96080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Petersen, Rulemaking Office, (AIR-
4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rules being proposed for recision from 
the MDAQMD portion of the California SIP are included in San Bernardino 
County Air Pollution Control District Regulation VI, Orchard, Field or 
Citrus Grove Heaters, consisting of Rule 100, Definitions; Rule 101, 
Exceptions; Rule 102, Permits Required; Rule 103, Transfer; Rule 104, 
Standards for Granting Permits; Rule 109, Denial of Application; Rule 
110, Appeals; Rule 120, Fees; Rule 130, Classification of Orchard 
Heaters; Rule 131, Class I Heaters Designated; Rule 132, Class II 
Heaters Designated; Rule 133, Identification of Heaters; Rule 134, Use 
of Incomplete Heaters Prohibited; Rule 135, Cleaning, Repairs; Rule 
136, Authority to Classify Orchard Heaters; and Rule 137, Enforcement. 
These rules recisions were adopted by the MDAQMD on June 24, 1996 and 
submitted by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on March 3, 
1997.
    The rule being proposed for recision from the TCAPCD portion of the 
California SIP is TCAPCD Rule 4.13, Fuel Burning Equipment . This rule 
recision was adopted by the TCAPCD on September 10, 1985 and submitted 
by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on February 10, 1986.
    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: April 9, 1999.
David P. Howekamp,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-11826 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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