Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revision for Utah; Visibility Protection

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[UT-001-0001b; FRL-5802-1]

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality

Implementation Plan Revision for Utah; Visibility Protection

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a revision to Utah's State

Implementation Plan (SIP) for Visibility Protection, as submitted by

the Governor with a letter dated July 25, 1996. The revision was

adopted by the State in 1993 to address comments received from the 1992

Utah Legislature's Administrative Rules Review Committee regarding the

need to remove a visibility policy statement from a regulation format

(since it is not a rule). The State responded by deleting the policy

statement from the Utah Air Conservation Regulations and adding the

text into the Visibility Protection SIP. This submittal was a necessary

``housekeeping'' step to bring the federally approved SIP up-to-date

with administrative revisions that took place at the State in 1993.

In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, EPA is acting

on the State's SIP revisions 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

EPA's actions 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 and the direct final rule will become

effective. 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be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a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 comment period on this action. Any parties

interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by

May 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to

Richard R. Long, Director, Air Program, EPA Region VIII at the address

listed below. Copies of the State's submittal and documents relevant to

this proposed rule are available for inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations: Air Program, Environmental Protection

Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202-2405; and Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of

Air Quality, 150 North 1950 West, P.O. Box 144820, Salt Lake City, Utah

84114-4820.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Platt, 8P2-A, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, (303) 312-6449.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct

Final action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal

Register.

Dated: March 14, 1997.

Max H. Dodson,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-9107 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]

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