[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43976-43977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21691]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

[CA 014-0014; FRL-5553-5]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, El Dorado County Air Pollution 
Control District, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Placer 
County Air Pollution Control District, Santa Barbara County Air 
Pollution Control District, and the South Coast Air Quality Management 
District; Withdrawal

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

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for the approval of revisions to the California State Implementation 
Plan. EPA published the direct final rule on June 12, 1996 (61 FR 
29659), approving revisions to rules from the following air pollution 
control districts: El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District 
(EDCAPCD), Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD), Placer 
County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD), Santa Barbara County 
Air Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD), and the South Coast Air 
Quality Management District (SCAQMD). As stated in that Federal 
Register document, if adverse or critical comments were received by 
July 12, 1996, 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Withdrawal of the direct final rule is effective on 
August 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Beck, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), 
Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Internet: 
[email protected] Telephone: (415) 744-1202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the direct 
final rule located in the final rules section of the June 12, 1996 
Federal Register, and in the Federal Register document located in the 
proposed rule section of the June 12, 1996 (61 FR 29725) Federal 
Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: August 8, 1996.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator.

    Subpart F of 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


Sec. 52.220   [Amended]

    2. Section 52.220 is amended by removing paragraphs 
(c)(185)(i)(A)(9), (194)(i)(G), (198)(i)(K), (207)(i)(B)(2), and 
(225)(i)(B)(3).
[FR Doc. 96-21691 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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