Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Emission Reduction Credit Banking Provisions; Implementation Plan for California State Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 157-0022b; FRL-5677-1]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Emission Reduction

Credit Banking Provisions; Implementation Plan for California State

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management 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). The revisions concern rules submitted by the

State of California on behalf of the Mojave Desert Air Quality

Management District (MDAQMD or the District) for the purpose of meeting

requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act)

with regard to emission reduction credit (ERC) banking for new source

review (NSR).

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to

control air pollution in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

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

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 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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. EPA will not institute a second public comment

period on this

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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.

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

Steve Ringer, Permits Office (A-5-1), 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 for the rules are

available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are available for

inspection at the following locations:

Permitting Office (A-5-1), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street

S.W., Washington, DC 20460

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Mojave Desert AQMD, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 200, Victorville, CA

92392-2383.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Ringer at (415) 744-1260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is proposing to approve the following

rules into the SIP:

Rule 1400, General; rule 1401, Definitions; rule 1402, Emission

Reduction Credit Registry; and rule 1404, Emission Reduction Credit

Calculation (rules 1400, 1401, 1402, and 1404 will hereafter be

referred to as the ``submitted rules''). The submitted rules were

adopted on June 28, 1995, and were submitted by the State of California

to EPA on August 10, 1995. EPA found the submitted rules to be complete

on October 4, 1995.

For further information, please see the information provided in the

direct final action which is located in the Rules section of this

Federal Register.

Dated: December 8, 1996.

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

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-1422 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]

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