Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revisions, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and Tehama County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 192-0132b; FRL-6334-6]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revisions, Mojave Desert Air

Quality Management District and Tehama County Air Pollution Control

District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the recision of rules for the

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) and Tehama

County Air Pollution Control District (TCAPCD). These rules concern

emissions from orchard heaters and fuel burning equipment. The intended

effect of this action is to bring the MDAQMD and TCAPCD SIPs up to date

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 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 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

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on this rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should

do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by June 14, 1999.

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 rules and EPA's evaluation report for the rules 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Divison, Rule

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

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite

200, Victorville, CA 92392-2383.

Tehama County Air Pollution Control District, 1760 Walnut Street, Red

Bluff, CA 96080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Petersen, Rulemaking Office, (AIR-

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

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

1135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rules being proposed for recision from

the MDAQMD portion of the California SIP are included in San Bernardino

County Air Pollution Control District Regulation VI, Orchard, Field or

Citrus Grove Heaters, consisting of Rule 100, Definitions; Rule 101,

Exceptions; Rule 102, Permits Required; Rule 103, Transfer; Rule 104,

Standards for Granting Permits; Rule 109, Denial of Application; Rule

110, Appeals; Rule 120, Fees; Rule 130, Classification of Orchard

Heaters; Rule 131, Class I Heaters Designated; Rule 132, Class II

Heaters Designated; Rule 133, Identification of Heaters; Rule 134, Use

of Incomplete Heaters Prohibited; Rule 135, Cleaning, Repairs; Rule

136, Authority to Classify Orchard Heaters; and Rule 137, Enforcement.

These rules recisions were adopted by the MDAQMD on June 24, 1996 and

submitted by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on March 3,

1997.

The rule being proposed for recision from the TCAPCD portion of the

California SIP is TCAPCD Rule 4.13, Fuel Burning Equipment . This rule

recision was adopted by the TCAPCD on September 10, 1985 and submitted

by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on February 10, 1986.

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: April 9, 1999.

David P. Howekamp,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-11826 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]

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