97-15094. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; ArizonaMaricopa County Ozone Nonattainment Area  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Pages 31775-31776]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-15094]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 52
    
    [AZ 68-0011; FRL-5835-7]
    
    
    Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
    Arizona--Maricopa County Ozone Nonattainment Area
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Proposed rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
    revision submitted by the State of Arizona on April 29, 1997, 
    establishing a summertime gasoline Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) limit of 
    7.0 pounds per square inch (psi) for gasoline distributed in the 
    Maricopa (Phoenix) ozone nonattainment area. Arizona has lowered the 
    summertime RVP limit for this area to reduce emissions of volatile 
    organic compounds (VOC) in accordance with the requirements of the
    
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    Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA). Arizona's fuel requirement is 
    not preempted by federal fuels requirements because EPA is proposing to 
    find that the control measure is necessary for the Maricopa area to 
    attain the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone and 
    is proposing to approve the measure into the Arizona SIP.
        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 
    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 in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is 
    contemplated in relation to this rule. If 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    comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 document. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
    should do so at this time.
    
    DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by 
    July 11, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the Region IX contact 
    listed below. Copies of the SIP revision are available in the docket 
    (#AZ-RVP-97) for this rulemaking, which is open for public inspection 
    at the addresses below. A copy of this notice is also available on EPA, 
    Region IX's website at http://www.epa.gov/region09.
    
    Air Planning Office (AIR-2), Air Division, Region IX, U.S. 
    Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
    94105
    Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Outreach and 
    Information, First Floor, 3033 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix Arizona 85012
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxanne Johnson, Air Planning Office, 
    (AIR-2), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
    75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Telephone: (415) 744-
    1225.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The revision is being proposed for approval 
    into the Arizona SIP in section 13 of Arizona House Bill 2001 that adds 
    to Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) section 41-2083(E) 1 
    (summertime fuel requirement to limit RVP gasoline to 7.0 psi). This 
    revision was submitted by the ADEQ to EPA on April 29, 1997.
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        \1\ This section is currently codified in the ARS as section 41-
    2083(F).
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        On May 8, 1997, EPA found the April 29, 1997, SIP revision 
    conformed to EPA's completeness criteria in 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V 
    and the Federal Register on August 26, 1991 (56 FR 42216). 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. 7401-7671q.
    
        Dated: May 28, 1997.
    Felicia Marcus,
    Regional Administrator.
    [FR Doc. 97-15094 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/11/1997
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
97-15094
Dates:
Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by July 11, 1997.
Pages:
31775-31776 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
AZ 68-0011, FRL-5835-7
PDF File:
97-15094.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 52