Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Kern County Air Pollution Control District; San Diego Air Pollution Control District; Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 105-0012b; FRL-5673-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision; Kern County Air

Pollution Control District; San Diego Air Pollution Control District;

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 the operations of boilers, steam

generators, process heaters, electric utility boilers, internal

combustion engines, and stationary gas turbines.

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

Rule 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 this approval

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

received in response to this proposed action, no further activity is

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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

February 21, 1997.

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

Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Copies of the rules and EPA's evaluation report of each rule 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.

Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302,

Bakersfield, CA 93301.

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

San Diego, CA 92123-1096.

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office

(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415)

744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Kern County Air

Pollution Control District's (KCAPCD) Rule 425.2, Boilers, Steam

Generators, and Process Heaters (Oxides of Nitrogen), Rule 427,

Stationary Piston Engines (Oxides of Nitrogen), San Diego County Air

Pollution Control District's (SDCAPCD) Rule 69.4, Stationary

Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, and Ventura County Air

Pollution Control District's (VCAPCD) Rule 59, Electric Power

Generating Equipment--Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions, and Rule 74.23,

Stationary Gas Turbines. These rules were submitted by the California

Air Resources Board (CARB) to EPA on May 25, 1995, March 26, 1996,

October 19, 1994, February 11, 1994 and March 26, 1996, respectively.

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: December 23, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-1079 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]

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