Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 128-0043; FRL-5876-1]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley

Unified Air Pollution Control 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

the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

(SJVUAPCD) for the following Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) source

categories: Nitric and Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, Cement

Manufacturing Plants, Asphalt Batch Plants, Iron and Steel

Manufacturing Plants, and Driers. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

September 15, 1997.

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

Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air 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 Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

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

Air Docket (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 40l ``M''

Street, SW., Washington, DC. 20460

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Fresno, CA 93721

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

AIR-4, Air 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 SJVUAPCD: (1) Nitric

and Adipic Acid Manufacturing Plants, (2) Cement Manufacturing Plants,

(3) Asphalt Batch Plants, (4) Iron and Steel Manufacturing Plants, and

(5) Driers. These negative declarations certify that there are no major

sources present in the above source categories in the SJVUAPCD. They

were adopted by the SJVUAPCD on September 14, 1994 and submitted to EPA

on October 17, 1994 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: August 1, 1997.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-21693 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]

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