Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Bay Area Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 179-0029b; FRL-5697-2]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision; Bay Area 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) which control oxides of nitrogen (NO X)

from industrial boilers, steam generators, and process heaters;

stationary internal combustion engines; stationary gas turbines;

electric power generating boilers; and glass melting furnaces. The

intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to regulate

emissions of NO X in accordance with the requirements of the Clean

Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). The rules are being

approved into the SIP in accordance with the area's ozone maintenance

plan for redesignation to attainment. In the Rules section of this

Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP revision as a direct

final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial action 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

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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withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a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

May 19, 1997.

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

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

Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 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 IX office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

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

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Rule Development Section, 939

Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office

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

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

744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the following

BAAQMD rules: Regulation 9, Rule 7, NOX and CO from

Industrial, Institutional, and Commercial Boilers, Steam

Generators, and Process Heaters; Regulation 9, Rule 8, NO X

and CO Emissions from Stationary Internal Combustion Engines;

Regulation 9, Rule 9, NO X from Stationary Gas Turbines;

Regulation 9, Rule 11, NO X and CO from Utility Electric Power

Generating Boilers; and Regulation 9, Rule 12, NO X from Glass

Melting Furnaces. These rules were submitted to EPA by the

California Air Resources Board on July 23, 1996. 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.

Date signed: February 7, 1997.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-9947 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]

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