Clean Air Act Reclassification; California-Santa Barbara Nonattainment Area; Ozone

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[CA-003-BU; FRL-5907-8]

Clean Air Act Reclassification; California-Santa Barbara

Nonattainment Area; Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 2, 1997, EPA published a proposed rule (62 FR

46234) proposing to determine that the Santa Barbara moderate ozone

nonattainment area has not attained the 1-hour ozone national ambient

air quality standard (NAAQS) by the Clean Air Act (CAA) mandated

attainment date for moderate nonattainment areas, November 15, 1996. If

EPA takes final action on the determination as proposed, the Santa

Barbara ozone nonattainment area will be reclassified by operation of

law as a serious nonattainment area. On September 24, 1997, the Santa

Barbara County Air Pollution Control District requested a 30-day

extension of the comment period in order to allow a better opportunity

for local stakeholders to provide input to EPA. In response to that

request, EPA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment

period on the September 2, 1997, proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments on the September 2, 1997, proposed rule must be

received in writing by November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, Office of Air Planning, Air Division, 17th Floor, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

Copies of EPA's draft technical support document for this

rulemaking and EPA's policies governing attainment findings and

extension requests are contained in the docket for this rulemaking. A

copy of EPA's proposal (62 FR 46234) and the TSD are also available in

the air programs section of EPA Region 9's website, http://www.epa.gov/

region09. The docket is available for inspection during normal business

hours at the following location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 9, Office of Air Planning, Air Division, 17th Floor, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1248.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Jesson, Office of Air Planning

(AIR-2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1288.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

John Wise,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-26865 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]

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