[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19957-19958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9997]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA126-0129b FRL-6233-2]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Arizona and
California; General Conformity Rules
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to approve various revisions to State
Implementation Plans (SIP) which contain regulations for implementing
and enforcing the general conformity rules which the EPA promulgated on
November 30, 1993. EPA is proposing to approve SIP revisions which
contain general conformity rules for the Arizona SIP and the California
SIP for the following California Air Pollution Control Districts (APCD)
and Air Quality Management Districts (AQMD): El Dorado County APCD,
Great Basin Unified APCD, Monterey Bay Unified APCD, San Joaquin Valley
Unified APCD, Santa Barbara County APCD, South Coast AQMD, Feather
River AQMD, Placer County APCD, Sacramento Metro AQMD, Imperial County
APCD, Bay Area AQMD, San Diego County APCD, Butte County AQMD, Ventura
County APCD, Mojave Desert AQMD and Yolo-Solano AQMD.
The approval of these general conformity rules into the SIP will
result in the SIP criteria and procedures governing general conformity
determinations instead of the Federal rules at 40 CFR Part 93, Subpart
B. The Federal actions by the Federal Highway Administration and
Federal Transit Administration (under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal
Transit Act) are covered by the transportation conformity rules under
40 CFR Part 51, Subpart T--Conformity to State or Federal
Implementation Plans of Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects
Developed, Funded or Approved Under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal
Transit Act (and 40 CFR Part 93, Subpart A) and are not affected by
this action.
EPA proposes to approve these SIP revisions under sections 110(k)
and 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). A more detailed
discussion of
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today's action is provided in the Final Rule Section of this Federal
Register.
In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, the EPA is
approving these General Conformity SIP revisions as a direct final
rulemaking without prior proposal because the EPA views this action as
noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed
rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no
adverse comments are received in response to that direct final rule, no
further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If
the EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be
withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in providing comments on this action should do so at this
time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing and postmarked by May 24,
1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments must be submitted to: Doris Lo, Planning
Office [AIR2], 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 are
available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal
business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions are also
available for inspection at the following locations:
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 3033 North Central
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012
California Air Resources Board, 2020 L Street, P.O. Box 2815,
Sacramento, California 95812
El Dorado County APCD, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, California
95667
Great Basin Unified APCD, 157 Short Street, Suite #6, Bishop,
California 93514
Monterey Bay Unified APCD, 24580 Silver Cloud Court, Monterey,
California 93940
San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD, 1999 Tuolumne Street, Suite 200,
Fresno, California 93721
Santa Barbara County APCD, 26 Castillian Drive, B-23, Goleta,
California 93117
South Coast AQMD, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California
91765-4182
Feather River AQMD, 463 Palora Avenue, Yuba City, California 95991-
4711
Placer County APCD, 11464 B Avenue, Auburn, California 95603
Sacramento Metro AQMD, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, California
95826
Bay Area AQMD, 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, California 94109
Imperial County APCD, 150 South Ninth Street, El Centro, California
92243-2850
San Diego County APCD, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, California
92123-1096
Butte County AQMD, 9287 Midway, Suite 1A, Durham, California 95938
Ventura County APCD, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, California
93003
Mojave Desert AQMD, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 200, Victorville,
California 92392-2383
Yolo-Solano AQMD, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, California
95616
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lo, Planning Office (AIR2), Air
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, (415) 744-1287.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct
Final rule which in located in the Rules Section of this Federal
Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon Monoxide,
General conformity, Hydrocarbons, Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Volatile organic compound.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Dated: January 29, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
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