[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32687-32688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15855]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 179-0042; FRL-5842-8]
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule for Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision,
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: Due to an adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing the direct final
rule for the approval of revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan. EPA published the direct final rule on Thursday,
April 17, 1997 (62 FR 18710), approving revisions to rules from the Bay
Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). As stated in that
Federal Register document, if adverse or critical comments were
received by May 19, 1997, the effective date would be delayed and
notice would be published in the Federal Register. EPA subsequently
received adverse comments on that direct final rule. EPA will address
the comments received in a subsequent final action in the near future.
EPA will not institute a second comment period on this document.
DATES: Withdrawal of this direct final rule becomes effective on June
17, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Rose, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4),
Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne
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Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Telephone: (415) 744-1184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the direct
final rule located in the final rules section of the April 17, 1997
Federal Register, and in the short document located in the proposed
rule section of the April 17, 1997 Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Oxides of
Nitrogen, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: June 4, 1997.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Subpart F--California
2. Section 52.220 is amended by removing paragraph (c)(239)(i)(D).
[FR Doc. 97-15855 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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