[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25862-25863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12000]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA012-0144b, FRL-6335-4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan for South Coast 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the new source review (NSR) 
program. The purpose of this action is to meet requirements of the 
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or Act) with regard to NSR in 
areas that have not attained the national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS). This approval action will incorporate the approved rules into 
the federally approved SIP for California, and will delete a number of 
the existing rules from the SIP. The rules were submitted by the State 
to satisfy certain Federal requirements for an approvable NSR SIP.
    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. The District has provided 
public workshops in the development of the submitted rules, and 
provided the opportunity for public comment prior to changes to its 
rules. 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 in relation to these rules. 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adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all 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 these proposed rules. The EPA will not institute a second 
comment period on this document. Any parties interested in commenting 
on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by June 14, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Nahid Zoueshtiagh 
(Air-3), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rules and EPA's evaluation report of each rule are 
available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal 
business hours at the following address: Air-3, Air Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the submitted rules are also available for inspection at 
the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nahid Zoueshtiagh (Air-3), Air 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the above listed 
rules submitted to the EPA on April 5, 1991 (Rules 203.1, 203.2, 204.1, 
213.2, 213.3), May 13, 1991 (Rules 201, 201.1, 203, 205, 209, 211, 214, 
215, 216, 217), and February 28, 1994 (Rules 204, 206, 210) by the 
California Air Resources Board. Since submittal to EPA, the

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District has rescinded Rules 203.1, 203.2, 204.1, 211, 213, 213.1, and 
213.2. EPA is not taking any action on the rescinded Rules 203.1, 203.2 
and 204.1 because they were not a part of the SIP. However, EPA is 
approving rescission of Rules 211, 213, 213.1 and 213.2, because the 
requirements of these rules are now contained in Rules 212 and 
Regulation XIII. For further information, please see the information 
provided in the Direct Final action which is located in the Rules 
Section of this Federal Register.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-12000 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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