[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 145 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19013]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 019-FOI; FRL-6841-9]


Clean Air Act Reclassification and Finding of Failure To 
Implement a State Implementation Plan; California, San Joaquin Valley 
Nonattainment Area; Ozone; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period for its proposed action to 
find that the San Joaquin Valley serious ozone nonattainment area, 
which includes eastern Kern County, did not attain the 1-hour ozone 
national ambient air quality standard by November 15, 1999, the Clean 
Air Act's (CAA) attainment deadline for serious ozone nonattainment 
areas. If EPA makes final this proposed finding, the San Joaquin Valley 
nonattainment area will be reclassified by operation of law to severe.

DATES: Comments must arrive by August 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to John Ungvarsky, Air Planning Office (Air-
2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 or email comments to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Ungvarsky, Air Planning Office 
(Air-2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 744-
1286.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 19, 2000, we proposed that the San 
Joaquin Valley serious ozone nonattainment area did not attain the 1-
hour ozone national ambient air quality standard and that the approved 
serious area ozone State Implementation Plan for the San Joaquin Valley 
nonattainment area has not been fully implemented.
    The proposal provided a 30 day public comment period that ended on 
July 19, 2000. In response to a request from the San Joaquin Valley 
Unified Air Pollution Control District and the Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District, we are extending the comment period for an 
additional 30 days.

    Dated: July 19, 2000.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-19013 Filed 7-26-00; 8:45 am]
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