Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 191-0088b; FRL-6138-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air

Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of oxides of

nitrogen and sulfur compounds.

The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to

regulate emissions of oxides of nitrogen and sulfur compounds in

accordance with 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 approving 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 detailed rationale for this approval is set forth in the

direct final rule. If no relevant adverse comments are received, no

further activity is contemplated in relation to

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this rule. If EPA receives relevant adverse comments, the direct final

rule will not take effect 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. Any parties interested in

commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on must be received in writing by September 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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 rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of the

rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office

during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions

are also available for inspection at the following locations:

Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development,

24850 Silver Cloud Ct., Monterey, CA 93940-6536.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley Tong, Rulemaking Office (AIR-

4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-

1191.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Monterey Bay Unified

Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) Rule 404, Sulfur Compounds and

Nitrogen Oxides, submitted to EPA on March 3, 1997 by the California

Air Resources Board. For further information, please see the

information provided in the Direct Final action that is located in the

Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Sally Seymour,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-21354 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]

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