9810 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 1995 / Proposed Rules

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: February 9, 1995.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–4291 Filed 2–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

40 CFR Part 52

[WA24–1–6519b; FRL–5143–8]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans: Washington

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve

the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the State of

Washington for the Northwest Air

Pollution Authority (NWAPA). The SIP

revision was submitted by the State to

satisfy certain Federal Clean Air Act

requirements for the control of air

pollution in Island, Skagit, and

Whatcom Counties. In the Final Rules

Section of this Federal Register, the

EPA is approving the State’s SIP

revision as a direct final rule without

prior proposal because the Agency

views this as a noncontroversial

revision amendment 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 proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this rule. If the 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final rule will be withdrawn and all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 on this document.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by March

24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Montel Livingston,

Environmental Protection Specialist

(AT–082), Air Programs Section, at the

EPA Regional Office listed below.

Copies of the documents relevant to this

proposed rule are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations. The

interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 10, Air Programs

Section, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA

98101.

Washington State Department of

Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, PV–11,

Olympia, WA 98504–7600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Cooper, Air Programs Branch

(AT–082), EPA, Region 10, Seattle,

Washington 98101, (206) 553–6917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Dated: January 9, 1995.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–3863 Filed 2–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

40 CFR Part 52

[MA–29–01–6537; A–1–FRL–5156–9]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Massachusetts; Emission Banking,

Trading, and Averaging

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing the

approval of a State Implementation Plan

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of

Massachusetts. This revision establishes

a program of emission reduction credit

(ERC) banking and trading whereby

companies who reduce emissions below

the level required by State and federal

regulation can ‘‘bank’’ the surplus

reductions for use at a later date or for

transfer to another party. This program

has been adopted as a voluntary

economic incentive program pursuant to

EPA’s interim guidance on Economic

Incentive Programs. The intended effect

of this action is to facilitate costeffective compliance with other

emission reduction requirements

required by the Massachusetts SIP. This

action is being taken under the Clean

Air Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Linda M. Murphy, Director, Air,

Pesticides and Toxics Management

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region I, JFK Federal Bldg.,

Boston, MA 02203–2211. Copies of the

State submittal and EPA’s technical

support document are available for

public inspection during normal

business hours, by appointment at the

Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region I, One Congress Street,

10th floor, Boston, MA and the Division

of Air Quality Control, Department of

Environmental Protection, One Winter

Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven A. Rapp, (617) 565–9024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 23, 1993, EPA published

proposed rules for Economic Incentive

Programs (58 FR 11110). The proposal

set forth Economic Incentive Program

(EIP) rules which could be adopted by

certain ozone and carbon monoxide

nonattainment areas which were

mandated by sections 182(g)(3),

182(g)(5), 187(d)(3), and 187(g) of the

Clean Air Act (Act) to use or consider

as one of three options the use of an

economic incentive program to correct

attainment plan deficiencies. The notice

also served as interim guidance for

States to develop discretionary EIPs

which is allowed for any criteria

pollutant in all areas.

On February 9, 1994, the

Massachusetts Department of

Environmental Protection (DEP)

submitted 310 CMR 7.00 appendix B:

Emission Banking, Trading, and

Averaging as a revision to its State

Implementation Plan (SIP). This

regulation was submitted as a

discretionary EIP and is described as

emission limiting due to the fact that the

regulation places limits on total mass

emissions, emission related parameters,

or specifies levels of emission

reductions that participating sources

must meet. The regulation is designed to

utilize a federally enforceable permit

mechanism or single-source SIP

revisions to ensure the enforceability of

the ERCs. It replaces the former 310

CMR 7.00 appendix B which dealt

exclusively with emissions averaging.

The regulation deals separately with

ERC banking and trading and with

emissions averaging. Section 310 CMR

7.00 appendix B(3) establishes the

requirements of the ERC banking and

trading portion of the program by which

persons and companies who reduce

emissions below the level required by

State and federal regulation can ‘‘bank’’

the surplus reductions for use at a later

date or for transfer to another party. The

goal of this part of the program is to

encourage the creation and trading of

surplus ERCs for the purpose of offsets,

netting, and cost-effective compliance

without interfering with any applicable

requirements concerning attainment,

reasonable further progress, or any other

applicable air pollution control

requirements. As such, 310 CMR 7.00

Appendix B(3) is intended to promote

innovative and cost-effective