Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 168-0019b; FRL-5641-8]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan

Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to act on revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern five negative declarations from

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the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD)

for the following Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) source categories:

Nitric and Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, Utility Boilers, Cement

Manufacturing Plants, Glass Manufacturing Plants, and Iron and Steel

Manufacturing Plants. The intended effect of proposing to include these

negative declarations in the SIP is to meet 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 acting on 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 rationale for this action 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 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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 document. Any

parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this

time.

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

December 2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to:

Daniel A. Meer, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Copies of the negative declarations are available for public

inspection at EPA's Region 9 office and at the following locations

during normal business hours.

Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105.

Air Docket (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 ``M''

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Rule

Development Section, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Section, A-

5-3, Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone:

(415) 744-1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns negative declarations

for five NOX source categories from the SMAQMD: (1) Nitric and

Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, (2) Utility Boilers, (3) Cement

Manufacturing Plants, (4) Glass Manufacturing Plants, and (5) Iron and

Steel Manufacturing Plants. These negative declarations certify that

the above source categories are not present in the SMAQMD. They were

adopted by the SMAQMD on August 3, 1995, and submitted to EPA on March

4, 1996, by the California Air Resources Board. For further

information, please see the information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Dated: October 17, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-27845 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]

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