[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25298]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 272-0369b; FRL-7387-3]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Bay Area Air 
Quality Management District (BAAQMD) portion of the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern Oxides of Nitrogen 
(NOX) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions from boilers, steam 
generators, and process heaters in petroleum refineries. In accordance 
with the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act), we are 
proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these emission sources.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by November 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR-
4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions and EPA's 
technical support document (TSD) at our Region IX office during normal 
business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP revisions 
at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109

    A copy of the rule may also be available via the Internet at http://www.arb.ca.gov/drdb/drdbltxt.htm. Please be advised that this is not 
an EPA Web site and may not contain the same version of the rule that 
was submitted to EPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charnjit Bhullar, EPA Region IX, (415) 
972-3960.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local 
rule: BAAQMD 9-10. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal 
Register, we are approving this local rule in a direct final action 
without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not 
controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish 
a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments 
in subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: September 13, 2002.
Keith Takata,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 02-25298 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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