[Federal Register: January 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 6)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 207-0106b; FRL-6210-9]

 
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert 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 concern the control of oxides of 
nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) emissions from the operations of fuel burning 
equipment, electric power generating equipment, and steam generating 
equipment within the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District 
(MDAQMD).
    The intended effect of proposing approval of these revisions is to 
regulate emissions of NO<INF>X</INF> 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 adverse 
comments are received, no further activity is contemplated in relation 
to this rule. If EPA receives 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: Written comments must be received by February 10, 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 rule revisions 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 rule revisions 
are also available for inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 
200, Victorville, CA 92392-2383.

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 approval of MDAQMD's 
Rules 474, Fuel Burning Equipment; 475, Electric Power Generating 
Equipment; 476, Steam Power Generating Equipment; and removal of MDAQMD 
Rule 68, Fuel Burning Equipment--Oxides of Nitrogen. These rules were 
submitted by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on March 10, 
1998. 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: December 14, 1998.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-81 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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