[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38197-38198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16326]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 71

[OAR-2002-0047, FRL-7520-3]


Revisions to Federal Operating Permits Program Fee Payment 
Deadlines for California Agricultural Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Because we received adverse comment, we are withdrawing the 
direct final rule to amend the Federal Operating Permits Program fee 
payment deadlines for California agricultural sources. We published the 
direct final rule on May 13, 2003. We stated in that Federal Register 
document that if we received adverse comment by June 12,

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we would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register. We 
subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final rule. We 
will address those comments in a subsequent final action based on the 
parallel proposal also published on May 13, 2003. As stated in the 
parallel proposal, we will not institute a second comment period on 
this action.

DATES: As of June 27, 2003, EPA withdraws the direct final rule 
published at 68 FR 25507 on May 13, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Docket number OAR-2002-0047, containing supporting 
information used in the development of the withdrawal is available for 
public viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center, Room B108, 
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The EPA Docket 
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the 
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744. The telephone number for the Air 
Docket is (202) 566-1742.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, 
access the index of the contents of the official public docket, and 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search'' and key in the 
appropriate docket identification number.
    Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets. 
Information claimed as confidential business information and other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute, which are not 
included in the official public docket, will not be available for 
public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket. The EPA's policy is 
that copyrighted material will not be placed in EPA's electronic public 
docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the 
official public docket. Although not all docket materials may be 
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly 
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Candace Carraway, Operating 
Permits Group, Office of Air Quality Standards and Planning (C304-04), 
U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 
number (919) 541-3189; facsimile number (919) 541-5509; electronic mail 
address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 13, 2003, we published a direct final 
rule (68 FR 25507) and a parallel proposal (68 FR 25548) amending the 
fee provisions of the Federal Operating Permits Program. The amendment 
extended the date by which State-exempt major agricultural sources in 
California must pay fees and allowed their permit applications to be 
considered complete even though fees may not have been paid on or 
before the date that applications are due.
    We stated in the preamble to the direct final rule and parallel 
proposal that if we received significant adverse comment on the direct 
final rule, we would publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the 
Federal Register. The direct final rule stated that the deadline for 
submitting public comments was June 12, 2003, and that the effective 
date of the provisions would be June 27, 2003.
    Accordingly, the direct final rule is withdrawn as of June 27, 
2003.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 71

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: June 20, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 03-16326 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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