Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 55769

Original amendment submission

date Date of final publication Citation/description

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June 22, 1992 ............................. October 22, 1997. ....................... 62 IAC 1816.116(a)(2)(C); 1817.116(a)(2)(C); Non-augmentation Policy

Statement.

§ 913.16 [Amended]

3. Section 913.16 is amended by

removing and reserving paragraph (o).

[FR Doc. 97–27982 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 157–0055a; FRL–5912–7]

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule for

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, San

Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution

Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

SUMMARY: Due to an adverse comment,

EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule

for the approval of a revision to the

California State Implementation Plan.

EPA published the direct final rule on

August 25, 1997 at 62 FR 44909,

approving revisions to a rule from the

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air

Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD).

As stated in that Federal Register

document, if adverse or critical

comments were received by September

24, 1997, the effective date would be

delayed and notice would be published

in the Federal Register. EPA

subsequently received adverse

comments on that direct final rule. EPA

will address the comments received in

a subsequent final action on this or a

future revision of this rule in the near

future. EPA will not institute a second

comment period on this document.

DATES: The direct final rule published at

62 FR 44909 is withdrawn as of October

22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yvonne Fong, Rulemaking Office (AIR–

4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105, Telephone: (415) 744–1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

rule located in the final rules section of

the August 25, 1997 Federal Register,

and in the short informational

document located in the proposed rule

section of the August 25, 1997 Federal

Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Incorporation by reference,

Intergovernmental relations, Ozone,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Volatile organic

compounds.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

Subpart F of part 52, Chapter I, Title

40 of the Code of Federal Regulations if

amended as follows:

PART 52—[AMENDED]

Subpart F—California

1. The authority citation for part 52

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

§ 52.220 [Amended]

2. Section 52.220 is amended by

removing paragraph (c)(224)(i)(D).

[FR Doc. 97–27978 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL–5911–8]

Final Determination To Extend

Deadline for Promulgation of Action on

Section 126 Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is extending by an

additional one month the deadline for

taking final action on petitions that

eight States have submitted to require

EPA to make findings that sources

upwind of those States contribute

significantly to nonattainment problems

in those States. Under the Clean Air Act

(CAA or Act), EPA is authorized to grant

this time extension if EPA determines

that the extension is necessary, among

other things, to meet the purposes of the

Act’s rulemaking requirements. By this

document, EPA is making that

determination. The eight States that

have submitted the petitions are

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, New York,

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and

Vermont.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective

as of October 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard J. Hoffman, Office of General

Counsel, MC–2344, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260–5892.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Today’s action is procedural, and is

set in the context of a series of actions

EPA is taking to address the problem of

the transport of tropospheric ozone and

its precursors—especially oxides of

nitrogen (NOX)—across the eastern

region of the United States.

The most recent step EPA has taken

to address regional ozone transport was

the signing of a proposed rulemaking

that the State implementation plans

(SIPs) of 22 States and the District of

Columbia, all in the eastern half of the

United States, must be revised under

CAA sections 110(k)(5) and 110(a)(1) to

include provisions reducing NOX

emissions because those emissions

contribute significantly to ozone

nonattainment or maintenance problems

in downwind states. EPA Administrator

Carol M. Browner signed this proposed

rulemaking—referred to in this notice as

the NOX SIP call—on October 10, 1997.

The proposal is designed to assure that

SIPs meet the requirements of CAA

section 110(a)(2)(D), which mandates

that SIPs contain adequate provisions

prohibiting emissions that significantly

contribute to downwind nonattainment

problems. This proposal is based on

information indicating that emissions

from those 23 jurisdictions have an

adverse impact on downwind areas with

respect to both of the ozone National

Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS)—the long-standing one-hour

standard and the eight-hour standard

that was promulgated by notice dated

July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38856). EPA’s

proposals were based generally on

recommendations and technical

analyses from the Ozone Transport

Assessment Group (OTAG), which was

an organization comprising EPA, states,