[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19330-19331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9713]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 164-0112b; FRL-6324-9]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California
State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District (SMAQMD), Mojave Desert Air Quality Management
District (MDAQMD), and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control
District (VCAPCD) as Revisions to the California State Implementation
Plan (SIP)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) emissions from rules from Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), Mojave Desert
Air Quality Management
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District (MDAQMD), and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control
District (VCAPCD) as revisions to the California State Implementation
Plan (SIP). SMAQMD's Rule 414 controls emissions of oxides of nitrogen
from natural gas-fired water heaters; MDAQMD's Rule 1157 controls
emissions from boilers and process heaters; and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16
controls emissions of oxides of nitrogen from oilfield drilling
operations.
The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to
regulate NOX emissions in accordance with the requirements
of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). In the final
rules Section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the
state's SIP submittal as 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, no further activity is contemplated. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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.
Any parties interested in commenting should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received by May 20, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking
Office, AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
Copies of the rules and EPA's evaluation reports of the rules are
available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal
business hours. Copies of the submitted rules revisions are also
available for inspection at the following locations:
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), 8475
Jackson Rd., Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95826-3904.
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive,
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182.
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD), 800 South
Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Addison, Rulemaking Office, AIR-4,
Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1160.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns SMAQMD's Rule 414,
Natural Gas-fired Water Heaters; MDAQMD's Rule 1157, Boilers and
Process Heaters; and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16, Oilfield Drilling Operations.
The California Air Resources Board submitted SMAQMD's Rule 414 to EPA
for incorporation into its SIP on March 10, 1998. MDAQMD's Rule 1157
was submitted on August 1, 1997 and VCAPCD's Rule 74.16 on April 5,
1991.
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: 2 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 1, 1999.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-9713 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am]
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