[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-81]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 207-0106b; FRL-6210-9]
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert 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 California State
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) emissions from the operations of fuel burning
equipment, electric power generating equipment, and steam generating
equipment within the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
(MDAQMD).
The intended effect of proposing approval of these revisions is to
regulate emissions of NOX 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
amendment and anticipates no adverse comments. 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 this rule. If EPA receives 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 on this rule. Any parties interested
in commenting on this rule should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received by February 10, 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 rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of each
rule 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 Division, Rule
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite
200, Victorville, CA 92392-2383.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office
(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415)
744-1185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns approval of MDAQMD's
Rules 474, Fuel Burning Equipment; 475, Electric Power Generating
Equipment; 476, Steam Power Generating Equipment; and removal of MDAQMD
Rule 68, Fuel Burning Equipment--Oxides of Nitrogen. These rules were
submitted by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on March 10,
1998. 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: December 14, 1998.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-81 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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