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

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

40 CFR Part 52

[WA47-7120b; FRL-5544-1]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Carbon Monoxide

Implementation Plan for the State of Washington: Puget Sound Emission

Inventory

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve the 1990 base year and 1995

projected year carbon monoxide emission inventory portion of the Puget

Sound carbon monoxide (CO) State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on

September 30, 1994, by the State of Washington Department of Ecology

(Ecology) for the purpose of bringing about the attainment of the

national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for CO. In the Final

Rules Section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the

State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment

and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the

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

are received in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is

contemplated in relation to this rule. If the 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

on this action.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by

September 9, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Montel Livingston,

Environmental Protection Specialist (OAQ-107), Office of Air Quality,

at the EPA Regional Office listed below. Copies of the documents

relevant to this proposed rule are available for public inspection

during normal business hours at the following locations. The interested

persons wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment

with the appropriate office at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Office of Air Quality, 1200

6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Washington State Department of Ecology,

300 Desmond Drive, Olympia, WA 98504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Cooper, Office of Air

Quality (OAQ-107), EPA, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-

6917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct

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

Register.

Dated: July 22, 1996.

Randall F. Smith,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-20140 Filed 8-7-96; 8:45 am]

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