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private sector. This Federal action

approves pre-existing requirements

under State or local law, and imposes

no new Federal requirements.

Accordingly, no additional costs to

State, local, or tribal governments, or to

the private sector, result from this

action.

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, Sulfur oxides.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98–11508 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 272

[FRL–6005–6]

Hazardous Waste Management

Program: Final Authorization and

Incorporation by Reference of State

Hazardous Waste Management

Program for Oklahoma

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to incorporate

by reference EPA’s approval of the

Oklahoma Department of Environment

Quality’s (ODEQ) hazardous waste for

Non-HSWA Cluster VI, RCRA Clusters I,

II, III and IV and to approve its revisions

to that program submitted by the State

of Oklahoma. In the final rules section

of this Federal Register, the EPA is

approving the State’s request as an

immediate final rule without prior

proposal because EPA views this action

as noncontroversial and anticipates no

adverse comments. A detailed rationale

for approving the State’s request is set

forth in the immediate final rule. If no

adverse written comments are received

in response to that immediate final rule,

no further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse written comments, a

second Federal Register notice will be

published before the time the immediate

final rule takes effect. The second notice

may withdraw the immediate final rule

or identify the issues raised, respond to

the comments and affirm that the

immediate final rule will take effect as

scheduled. Any parties interested in

commenting on this action should do so

at this time.

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed rule must be received on or

before June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to Alima Patterson, Regional 6

Authorization Coordinator, Grants and

Authorization Section (6PD–G),

Multimedia Planning and Permitting

Division, at the address listed below.

Copies of the materials submitted by

ODEQ may be examined during normal

business hours at the following

locations: EPA Region 6 Library, 12th

Floor, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas

75202–2733, Phone number: (214) 665–

6444; or the Oklahoma Department of

Environmental Quality, 1000 Northeast

Tenth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

73117–1212, Phone number: (405) 271–

5338.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alima Patterson (214) 665–8533.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

For additional information see the

immediate final rule published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Lynda F. Carroll,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 226

[I.D. No. 101097A]

Designated Critical Habitat; Central

California Coast and Southern Oregon/

Northern California Coast Coho

Salmon

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; re-opening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: NMFS is re-opening the

public comment period on proposed

regulations to designate critical habitat

for Central California Coast and

Southern Oregon/Northern California

Coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus

kisutch). These proposals were made on

November 25, 1997, under provisions of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(ESA). NMFS has received a request for

additional time to complete the review

and compilation of information. NMFS

finds the request to be reasonable and

hereby re-opens the comment period

until June 10, 1998.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received before June 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Garth Griffin, NMFS, Protected

Resources Division, 525 NE Oregon St.

- Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–2737;

or Craig Wingert, NMFS, Southwest

Region, Protected Species Management

Division, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite

4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garth Griffin at (503) 231–2005, Craig

Wingert at (562) 980–4021, or Joe Blum

at (301) 713–1401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 31, 1996, NMFS

published its determination to list the

Central California Coast Evolutionarily

Significant Unit (ESU) of coho salmon

as threatened under the ESA (61 FR

41514). Subsequently, on May 6, 1997,

NMFS published its determination to

list the Southern Oregon/Northern

California Coast coho salmon ESU as

threatened under the ESA (62 FR

24588). On November 25, 1997 (62 FR

62741), NMFS published a proposed

rule identifying critical habitat for each

ESU and identified a 60-day comment

period (which ended January 26, 1998)

to solicit information relevant to the

proposal. During the comment period,

three public hearings were held between

December 8–11, 1997 in Gold Beach,

Oregon; Eureka, California; and Santa

Rosa, California.

Requests for an extension of the

public comment period were received

from a California Congressional

representative, as well as several county

and private organizations and private

citizens in northern California and

southern Oregon. Reasons given for

these requests included additional time

required under state law to assemble

county governments for a review of the

proposal, and time needed to assess the

scope and impact of the proposed rule.

NMFS determined that the requests

were reasonable and re-opened the

comment period until April 26, 1998.

A request for an additional extension

of the public comment period has been

received from a California Congressional

representative. The reason given for this

request is to allow additional time for

review of the potential impacts of the

proposed critical habitat designation on

local communities and private

landowners. NMFS finds the request to

be reasonable and hereby re-opens the

comment period.