This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 220

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[NH–042–7169b; A–1–FRL–6871–1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans; New

Hampshire, New Hampshire—Nitrogen

Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve State Implementation Plan

(SIP) revisions submitted by the State of

New Hampshire (NH). The revisions

consists of adding CHAPTER Env–A

3200 NOX BUDGET TRADING

PROGRAM, NOX RACT Order 98–001,

and two emission quantification

protocols to the NH SIP. The regulations

and source specific order in NH are part

of a regional nitrogen oxides (NOX)

emissions budget and allowance trading

program designed to reduce stationary

source NOX emissions during the ozone

season in the Ozone Transport Region of

the northeastern United States. These

SIP revisions were submitted pursuant

to section 110 of the Clean Air Act. In

the Final Rules section of this Federal

Register EPA is approving the State’s

SIP submittal as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

submittal and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this action, 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final rule will be withdrawn and all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. EPA will

not institute a second comment period.

Any parties interested in commenting

on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before December 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

David Conroy, Unit Manager, Air

Quality Planning, Office of Ecosystem

protection (mail code CAQ), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, EPANew England, One Congress Street,

Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114–2023.

Copies of the State submittal and EPA’s

technical support document are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment

at the Office of Ecosystem Protection,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston, MA, and at the New

Hampshire Air Resources Division,

Department of Environmental Services,

6 Hazen Drive, P.O. Box 95, Concord,

NH 03301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Brown, (617) 918–1532 or at

brown.dan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the direct

final rule which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: September 6, 2000.

Mindy S. Lubber,

Regional Administrator, EPA-New England.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 226–0240; FRL–6897–2]

Disapproval of Implementations Plans;

Revision to the California State

Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley

Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to

disapprove a revision to the Antelope

Valley Air Pollution Control District

(AVAPCD) portion of the California

State Implementation Plan (SIP). This

revision concerns volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions from the

transfer of gasoline to storage tanks or to

vehicle fuel tanks. We are proposing

action on a local rule that regulates

these emission sources under the Clean

Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the

Act). We are taking comments on this

proposal and plan to follow with a final

action.

DATES: Any comments must arrive by

December 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy

Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR–

4), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

You can inspect copies of the

submitted rule revisions and EPA’s

technical support document (TSD) at

our Region IX office during normal

business hours. You may also see copies

of the submitted rule revisions at the

following locations:

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95812.

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District, 43301 Division Street, Suite

206, (P.O. Box 4038), Lancaster, CA

93539.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al

Petersen, Rulemaking Office (AIR–4),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IX, (415) 744–1135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.

Table of Contents

I. The State’s Submittal

A. What rule did the State submit?

B. Are there other versions of this rule?

C. What are the changes in the submitted

rule?

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action

A. How is EPA evaluating the rule?

B. Does the rule meet the evaluation

criteria?

C. What are the rule deficiencies?

D. EPA recommendations to further

improve the rule

E. Proposed action and public comment

III. Background information

A. Why was this rule submitted?

IV. Administrative Requirements

I. The State’s Submittal

A. What Rule Did the State Submit?

Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this

proposal with the dates that it was

adopted by the local air agency and

submitted by the California Air

Resources Board (CARB).