Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 102-13-7212b; FRL-5398-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan

Air Quality Management District, San Diego County Air Pollution Control

District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District,

and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

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 boilers, steam generators, and

process heaters.

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to

regulate emissions of NOx 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 revisions as a direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views these as noncontroversial revision amendments

and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for this

approval is set forth in the direct

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final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this

proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to these

rules. 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withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a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

March 11, 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 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 are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson

Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive,

San Diego, CA 92123-1096.

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721.

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development

Section, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane F. James, 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) 744-1191, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the Sacramento

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's Rule 411, ``Boiler

NOx,'' the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District's Rule

69.2, ``Industrial and Commercial Boilers, Process Heaters and Steam

Generators,'' the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control

District's Rule 4352, ``Solid Fuel Fired Boilers, Steam Generators and

Process Heaters,'' and the Ventura County Air Pollution Control

District's Rule 74.15, ``Boilers, Steam Generators and Process

Heaters.'' These rules were submitted to EPA on September 28, 1994

(Rule 4352), October 19, 1994 (Rule 69.2), January 24, 1995 (Rule

74.15), and June 16, 1995 (Rule 411), 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: November 21, 1995.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-2825 Filed 2-8-96; 8:45 am]

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