[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63986-63988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30743]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA #1-10-98; FRL-6189-4]
Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans
for All States
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Section 110(h) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (the
``Act''), requires EPA by November 15, 1995, and every three years
thereafter, to identify the Federally-enforceable State Implementation
Plans (SIPs) in each
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State and to publish notice in the Federal Register of the availability
of such documents. This notice of availability fulfills the three-year
requirement of making these SIP compilations for each State available
for public inspection. The original notice of availability was
published on November 1, 1995 (60 FR 55459).
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 18, 1998.
ADDRESSES: You may contact the regional offices regarding requirements
of applicable implementation plans for their States. The SIP
compilations are available for public inspection during normal business
hours at the appropriate EPA regional office listed below. If you want
to view these documents, you should make an appointment with the
appropriate EPA office and arrange for a mutually agreeable time.
Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont
Regional Contact: Donald Cooks (617/565-3508)
EPA, Office of Ecosystem Protection, John F. Kennedy Federal Building,
One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02203-2211
Region 2: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Regional Contacts: Paul Truchan (212/637-4249)
EPA, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866
Region 3: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia
Regional Contact: Harold A. Frankford (215/814-2108)
EPA, Office of Air Programs (3AP20), Air Protection Division, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. See also: www.epa.gov/reg3artd/
index.htm
Region 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Regional Contact: Dick Schutt (404/562-9033)
EPA, Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303
Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin
Regional Contacts: Madelin Rucker for the States of Michigan, Minnesota
and Wisconsin (312/886-0661); Ryan Bahr (312/353-4366) for the States
of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
EPA, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, IL 60604-3507. See also http://www.epa.gov/ARD-R5/sips/
Region 6: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Regional Contact: Bill Deese (214/665-7253)
EPA, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Air Planning Section
(6PD-L), 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75202-2733. See also:
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/air/sip/sip.htm
Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Regional Contact: Ed West (913-551-7330)
EPA, Air and Toxics Division, Air Branch, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas
City, KS 66101. See also: http://www.epa.gov/region07/
Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming
Regional Contact: Laurie Ostrand (303/312-6437)
EPA, Air & Radiation Program, Air Quality Planning and Management Unit,
999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-2466
Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, and
Guam
Regional Contacts: Julie Rose (415/744-1184) and Cynthia Allen (415/
744-1189)
EPA, Air Division, AIR-4, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Regional Contact: Montel Livingston (206/553-0180)
EPA, Office of Air Quality (OAQ 107), 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA
98101. See also: hhtp://www.epa.gov/r10earth/
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Rose, (415) 744-1184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) are set for criteria pollutants, which are widespread common
pollutants known to be harmful to human health and welfare. The present
criteria pollutants are: Carbon monoxide, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide,
Ozone, Particulate matter, and Sulfur oxides. See 40 CFR Part 50 for a
technical description of how the levels of these standards are measured
and attained. SIPs provide for implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement of the standard in each state. Areas within each state that
are designated nonattainment are subject to additional planning and
control requirements. Accordingly, different regulations or programs in
the SIP will apply to different areas. EPA lists the designation of
each area at 40 CFR part 81.
States are required to develop SIPs containing strategies for
controlling emissions from pollution sources. See CAA title I; 40 CFR
Part 51--Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of
Implementation Plans. SIPs are legal documents, formally adopted,
committing States to carry out their air pollution control strategies
and including regulations, which are both specific and enforceable, for
sources of air pollution. These control strategies and regulations are
submitted in accordance with the Act and, upon approval by EPA, become
part of the Federally-enforceable SIP. (See 40 CFR Part 52--Approval
and Promulgation of Implementation Plans (with Subparts presenting the
status for each State and territory). The first section in the Subpart
for each State is the ``Identification of plan'' section which provides
chronological development of the State SIP. The identification of plan
section identifies the State-submitted rules and plan elements which
have been Federally approved. The goal of the State-by-State SIP
compilation is to identify those rules under the ``Identification of
plan'' section which are currently Federally enforceable. In addition,
some of the SIP compilations may include control strategies, such as
transportation control measures, local ordinances, State statutes, and
emission inventories, or may include regulations provided in other
sections of the State-specific subpart of part 52. Some of the SIP
compilations may not identify these other Federally enforceable
elements.
In some cases, further information on the content of approved SIPs
is available from the Internet. For those regions where such
information is available, an address for this information is provided
in the regional contacts list above.
You should note that, when States have submitted their most current
State regulations for inclusion into Federally-enforceable SIPs, EPA
will begin its review process of submittals as soon as possible. Until
EPA approves a submittal, State-submitted regulations will be State-
enforceable only; therefore, State-enforceable SIPs may exist which
differ from Federally-enforceable SIPs. As EPA approves these State-
submitted regulations, the regional offices will continue to update the
SIP compilations to include these applicable requirements.
This notice identifies the appropriate EPA regional offices to
which you may
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address questions of SIP availability and SIP requirements. In response
to the 110(h) requirement, the original notice of availability was
published in the Federal Register on November 1, 1995 at 60 FR 55459.
Dated: November 10, 1998.
Carol M. Browner,
U.S. EPA Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-30743 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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