[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2471]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA236-0204b; FRL-6533-7]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air 
Pollution Control District

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is proposing revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern an emission offsets exemption 
for pollution control projects that are mandated by District, state, or 
federal regulation.
    The intended effect of this action is to regulate emissions from 
stationary sources of air pollution subject to District new source 
review (NSR) regulation 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 
submittal 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 adverse comments are received, no 
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the 
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received 
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed 
rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties 
interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES:  Written comments must be received by March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Comments should be addressed to: Roger Kohn, Permits Office 
(AIR-3), 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 9 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.
    Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 
Silver Cloud Court, Monterey CA 93940.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Roger Kohn, Permits Office (AIR-3), 
Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1238).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This document concerns Monterey Bay Unified 
Air Pollution Control District Rule 207, Review of New or Modified 
Sources, submitted to EPA on October 29, 1999 by the California Air 
Resources Board. 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: January 21, 2000.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-2471 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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