Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revisions for Six California County Air Pollution Control Districts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 009-0143b; FRL-6420-5]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California

State Implementation Plan Revisions for Six California County Air

Pollution Control Districts

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 concern the control of particulate

matter (PM) emissions from open burning, incinerator burning, and

orchard heater sources. The intended effect of this action is to

regulate emissions of PM 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 proposed 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 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 September 20, 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 rules 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

Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 ``M'' Street, Suite

290, Bakersfield, CA 93301

Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, 540 Searles Avenue,

Nevada City, CA 95959

Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District, 525 South Foothill

Drive, Yreka, CA 96097

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1990 East

Gettysburg Street, Fresno, CA 93726

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

Bluff, CA 96080

Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District, 2 South Green Street,

Sonora, CA 95370

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, Telephone: (415) 744-1135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Applicability

This document concerns the following rules submitted by the

California Air Resources Board:

Kern County Air Pollution Control District Rule 416, Open

Burning (submitted on October 18, 1996).

Kern County Air Pollution Control District Rule 417,

Agricultural Burning (submitted on October 18, 1996).

Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District Rules 302

to 312, Open Burning (submitted on October 25, 1991).

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

Rule 4302, Incinerator Burning (submitted on May 24, 1994).

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

Rule 4303, Orchard Heaters (submitted on May 24, 1994).

Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District Rule 4.3,

Non-Agricultural Burning (submitted on March 26, 1990).

Tehema County Air Pollution Control District Rule 3.12,

Wildland Vegetation Management Burning, (submitted on May 13, 1991).

Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District Rules 302

to 310, Open Burning (submitted on March 26, 1990).

For further information, please see the information provided in the

Direct Final action that is located in the Rules section of this

Federal Register.

Dated: July 30, 1999.

David P. Howekamp,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-21165 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]

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