96-30868. Proposed Settlement Agreement; Title I SIPs for the State of Colorado

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30868]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5658-8]


Proposed Settlement Agreement; Title I SIPs for the State of 
Colorado

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act 
(``Act''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed settlement agreement concerning litigation instituted against 
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') by Citizens for Balanced 
Transportation (``CBT''). The lawsuit concerns EPA's alleged failure to 
perform a nondiscretionary duty with respect to taking action on state 
implementation plans (``SIPs'') regulating carbon monoxide (``CO'') and 
particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a 
nominal ten micrometers (``PM-10'') emissions, and/or promulgating a 
federal implementation plan (``FIP'') as to these control requirements 
for the Denver Metropolitan Area in the State of Colorado. The proposed 
settlement agreement generally provides for EPA to sign, within 
specified timeframes, Notices of Proposed and Final Rulemaking 
regarding each of the above-mentioned SIPs.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to 
the settlement agreement. EPA or the Department of Justice may withhold 
or withdraw consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the 
comments disclose facts or circumstances that indicate that such 
consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate or inconsistent with the 
requirements of the Act.
    Copies of the settlement agreement are available from Phyllis 
Cochran, Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, 
D.C. 20460, [phone]. Written comments should be sent to Michael 
A. Prosper at the above address and must be submitted on or before 
January 3, 1997.

    Dated: November 27, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-30868 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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