98-24046. Proposed Settlement Agreement; Power-Bannock Counties, ID PM SIP

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47493-47494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24046]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6157-4]


Proposed Settlement Agreement; Power-Bannock Counties, ID PM SIP

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''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement 
concerning litigation instituted against the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') by the Portneuf Environmental Council. The lawsuit 
concerns EPA's alleged failure to perform a

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nondiscretionary duty with respect to determining, based on air quality 
data, whether the Power-Bannock Counties nonattainment area in Idaho 
attained the PM-10 national ambient air quality standards by the 
December 31, 1996 statutorily- extended attainment deadline.
    The Agreement generally establishes deadlines by which EPA will 
propose and take final action on a federal plan to control particulate 
matter (PM-10) for the portions of the area that are not attaining the 
PM-10 standards in existence prior to September 16, 1997.
    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 Samantha 
Hooks, Air and Radiation Law Office (2344), Office of General Counsel, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, [phone]. Written comments should be sent to Michael A. 
Prosper at the above address and must be submitted on or before October 
8, 1998.

    Dated: August 28, 1998.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-24046 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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