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Control of Air Pollution; Supplementary Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for New Gasoline Spark-Ignition Marine Engines; Exemptions for Non-Road Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts and New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines at or Below 19 Kilowatts

 [Federal Register: March 7, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 46)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9132-9133]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]




ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 89, 90, and 91
[FRL-5437-7]
RIN 2060-AE54
 
Control of Air Pollution; Supplementary Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking for New Gasoline Spark-Ignition Marine Engines; Exemptions 
for Non-Road Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts and 
New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines at or Below 19 Kilowatts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplementary Notice of Proposed Rule; Notice of Data 
Availability.




SUMMARY: Regarding gasoline marine engines, EPA has data available for 
public review regarding relative engine use by age of engine.

DATES: The comment period will remain open until March 8, 1996 for 
purposes of taking comment on the issues raised regarding marine 
gasoline engine relative use by engine age. Please direct all 
correspondence to the address specified below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments (in 
duplicate, if possible) for EPA consideration by addressing them as 
follows: EPA Air Docket (LE-131), Attention: Docket Number A-92-28, 
room M-1500, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
    Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained in this docket 
and may be reviewed at this location from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. 
Monday through Friday. As provided in 40 CFR part 2, a reasonable fee 
may be charged by EPA for photocopying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deanne R. North, Office of Mobile 
Sources, Engine Programs and Compliance Division, (313) 668-4283.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Data Availability

    The State of Wisconsin performed a survey of the 1995 summer season 
to obtain better information on relative use of spark-ignition gasoline 
marine engines by age. This Wisconsin data is available now in the Air 
Docket A-92-28 and on EPA's Technology Transfer Network/Bulletin Board 
System as described below. EPA may consider the survey results when 
deciding how to finalize the marine spark-ignition gasoline engine rule 
with respect to the relative use by age function.
    The Agency proposed in the Supplemental Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (SNPRM) (61 FR 4600, February 7, 1996) to include a 
statistical function in the credit calculation formula in Sec. 91.207 
of the regulations proposed for 40 CFR Part 91, representing relative 
usage of engines by engine age and power output. EPA will accept 
comment on the Wisconsin data and the proposals in the SNPRM through 
March 8, 1996.

II. Obtaining Information on this Rulemaking

    The SNPRM preamble, proposed regulatory language, and supporting 
data are available to the public through several sources. Electronic 
copies (on 3.5'' diskettes) of the proposed regulatory language may be 
obtained free of charge by visiting, writing, or calling the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Engine Programs and Compliance 
Division, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, (313) 668-4288. 
Refer to Docket A-92-28. A copy is also available for inspection in the 
docket (see ADDRESSES).

    The SNPRM preamble, proposed regulatory language, and some 
supporting information are also available electronically on the 
Technology Transfer Network (TTN), which is an electronic bulletin 
board system (BBS) operated by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards. The service is free of charge, except for the cost of the 
phone call. Users are able to access and download TTN files on their 
first call using a personal computer and modem per the following 
information.

    TTN BBS: 919-541-5742 (1200-14400 bps, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 
stop bit) Voice Helpline: 919-541-5384 Also accessible via Internet: 
TELNET ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov Off-line: Mondays from 8:00 AM to 12:00 
Noon ET.

    A user who has not called TTN previously will first be required to 
answer some basic informational questions for registration purposes. 
After completing the registration process, proceed through the 
following menu choices from the Top Menu to access information on this 
rulemaking.

<T> GATEWAY TO TTN TECHNICAL AREAS (Bulletin Boards)
<M> OMS--Mobile Sources Information
<K> Rulemaking & Reporting

<6> Non-Road

<1> File area #1. Non-Road Marine Engines

    At this point, the system will list all available files in the 
chosen category in chronological order with brief descriptions. To 
download a file, select a transfer protocol that is supported by the 
terminal software on your own computer, then set your own software to 
receive the file using that same protocol. 

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    If unfamiliar with handling compressed (that is, ZIP'ed) files, go 
to the TTN top menu, System Utilities (Command: 1) for information and 
the necessary program to download in order to unZIP the files of 
interest after downloading to your computer. After getting the files 
you want onto your computer, you can quit the TTN BBS with the 
<G>oodbye command.

    Please note that due to differences between the software used to 
develop the document and the software into which the document may be 
downloaded, changes in format, page length, etc. may occur.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 89

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Confidential business information, Environmental 
protection, Imports, Incorporation by reference, Labeling, Nonroad 
source pollution, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 90

    Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, 
Confidential business information, Environmental protection, Imports, 
Incorporation by reference, Labeling, Nonroad source pollution, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 91

    Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, 
Confidential business information, Environmental protection, Imports, 
Incorporation by reference, Labeling, Nonroad source pollution, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 1, 1996.

Richard Wilson,
Acting Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-5418 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

 
 

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