Control of Air Pollution; Emission Standards for New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 90

[FRL-5017-7]

Control of Air Pollution; Emission Standards for New Nonroad

Spark-Ignition Engines At or Below 19 Kilowatts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking, reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA announces a reopening of the comment period for the

proposed nonroad engines at or below 19 kilowatts (25 horsepower)

emission standards rulemaking. The Agency has decided to extend the

comment period in response to engine and equipment manufacturers'

requests that EPA allow a longer period to enable sufficient

development of comments.

DATES: Written comments relating to the proposed rule must be submitted

on or before August 5, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments (in

triplicate if possible) for EPA consideration by addressing them as

follows: EPA Air and Radiation Docket, Attention: Docket Number A-93-

25, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. Materials relevant to this

rulemaking are contained in this docket and may be viewed at this

location from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. As

provided in 40 CFR part 2, a reasonable fee may be charged by EPA for

photocopying docket materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucie Audette, Office of Mobile

Sources, Certification Division, (313) 741-7878.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for the proposed new spark-

ignition engine emission standards is granted to EPA by sections 203,

204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 213, 215, 216, and 301(a) of the Clean

Air Act (CAA) as amended. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was

published in the Federal Register on Monday, May 16, 1994 (59 FR

25399). The original close of the comment period was July 15, 1994. The

Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and the Outdoor Power Equipment

Institute (OPEI) approached EPA with requests for an extension of the

comment period in order to allow additional time to submit comments.

The Agency has an interest in examining comprehensive information

from interested parties that may be useful in drafting a more effective

final rule, and therefore has extended the comment period until August

5, 1994.

Dated: July 11, 1994.

Mary Nichols,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-17917 Filed 7-21-94; 8:45 am]

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