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

28958

Vol. 63, No. 101

Wednesday, May 27, 1998

1The San Francisco Bay Area was redesignated

to attainment. See 60 FR 98 (May 22, 1995). The

EPA proposed to redesignate the San Francisco Bay

Area back to nonattainment for ozone based on a

number of violations of the National Ambient Air

Quality Standards (NAAQS) on December 19, 1997.

See 62 FR 66578.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[REG–119449–97]

RIN 1545–AV75

Qualified Zone Academy Bonds;

Hearing Cancellation

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Cancellation of notice of public

hearing on proposed regulations.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notice of cancellation of a public

hearing on proposed regulations under

section 7805(f) providing guidance to

holders and issuers of qualified zone

academy bonds.

DATES: The public hearing originally

scheduled for Wednesday, May 27,

1998, beginning at 10:00 a.m. is

cancelled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LaNita Van Dyke of the Regulations

Unit, Assistant Chief Counsel

(Corporate), (202) 622–7190, (not a toll

free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject of the public hearing is proposed

regulations under section 7805(f) of the

Internal Revenue Code. A notice of

proposed rulemaking and notice of

public hearing appearing in the Federal

Register on Wednesday, January 7, 1998

(63 FR 707), announced that the public

hearing on proposed regulations under

section 7805(f) of the Internal Revenue

Code would be held on Wednesday,

May 27, 1998, beginning at 10:00 a.m.,

in room 2615, Internal Revenue

Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington DC. The public

hearing scheduled for Wednesday, May

27, 1998, is cancelled.

Cynthia E. Grigsby,

Chief, Regulations Unit, Assistant Chief

Counsel, (Corporate).

[FR Doc. 98–13925 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 013–0073; FRL–6102–1]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, Bay

Area Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing a limited

approval and limited disapproval of a

revision to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP). This

revision concerns the general provisions

and definitions that are applicable to all

regulations in the Bay Area Air Quality

Management District.

The intended effect of proposing a

limited approval and limited

disapproval of this rule is to clarify the

general provisions and definitions that

apply to the regulation of emissions of

volatile organic compounds (VOCs),

oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and other

pollutants in accordance with the

requirements of the Clean Air Act, as

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

EPA’s final action on this proposed rule

will incorporate this rule into the

federally approved SIP. EPA has

evaluated the rule and is proposing a

simultaneous limited approval and

limited disapproval under provisions of

the CAA regarding EPA action on SIP

submittals and general rulemaking

authority. While strengthening the SIP,

this revision contains a public nuisance

provision and references to a Manual of

Procedures that are inappropriate for

incorporation into the SIP. The limited

disapproval portion of this proposed

rulemaking will exclude elements that

are not required by the Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

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 are available for

public inspection at EPA’s Region IX

office during normal business hours and

at the following locations:

Bay Area Air Quality Management

District, 939 Ellis Street, San

Francisco, CA 94109

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95812

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

94105–3901, Telephone: (415) 744–

1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Applicability

The rule being proposed for approval

into the California SIP is Bay Area Air

Quality Management District,

BAAQMD, Regulation 1, General

Provisions and Definitions. This rule

was submitted by the California Air

Resources Board to EPA on May 13,

1991.

II. Background

On March 3, 1978, EPA promulgated

a list of ozone nonattainment areas

under the provisions of the 1977 Clean

Air Act (1977 CAA or pre-amended

Act), that included the San Francisco

Bay Area. 43 FR 8964. On May 26, 1988,

EPA notified the Governor of California,

pursuant to section 110(a)(2)(H) of the

pre-amended Act, that the Bay Area Air

Quality Management District’s portion

of the SIP was inadequate to attain and

maintain the ozone standard and

requested that deficiencies in the

existing SIP be corrected (EPA’s SIPCall). On November 15, 1990,

amendments to the 1977 CAA were

enacted. Pub. L. 101–549, 104 Stat.

2399, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

On November 12, 1993, BAAQMD

submitted a request for redesignation to

attainment of the ozone standard.

Subsequently, EPA evaluated and

approved BAAQMD’s request and the

San Francisco Bay Area was reclassified

as an attainment area.1 40 CFR 81.305.

This document addresses EPA’s

proposed action for BAAQMD

Regulation 1, General Provisions and

Definitions. The BAAQMD adopted this