Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Carbon Monoxide Implementation Plan for the State of Washington: Puget Sound Attainment Demonstration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[WA47-7120b; FRL-5538-4]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Carbon Monoxide

Implementation Plan for the State of Washington: Puget Sound Attainment

Demonstration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the attainment demonstration portion

of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State

of Washington Department of Ecology, as part of its Puget Sound

nonattainment area carbon monoxide (CO) attainment plan.

In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is

approving the attainment demonstration portion of the Puget Sound area

CO SIP revision as a direct final rule. A detailed rationale for the

action is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments

are received in response to that direct final rule, no further activity

is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. 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adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all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. EPA will not institute a second comment

period on this document. Any parties

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interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Montel Livingston,

SIP Manager, Office of Air Quality (OAQ-107), EPA, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington 98101. Documents which are incorporated by

reference are available for public inspection at the Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M

Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Copies of material submitted to EPA

may be examined during normal business hours at the following

locations: EPA Region 10, Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue

(OAQ-107), Seattle, Washington 98101; Washington Department of Ecology,

Attention Tami Dahlgren, Olympia, Washington 98504-7600, telephone

(360)407-6830; and the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Authority, 110

Union Street, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98101-2038.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William M. Hedgebeth, EPA Region 10,

Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue, M/S OAQ-107, Seattle,

Washington 98101, (206) 553-7369.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct

Final action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal

Register.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-18650 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]

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