Source: http://thefederalregister.com/2003/05/07/03-7640.html
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 52', 'ART 52', 'art 52', 'ART 81', 'art 81', '§ 81']

[CA-276-0380; FRL-7461-5]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas; California--Indian Wells Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area
SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing approval pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) of the moderate area plan and maintenance plan for the Indian Wells Valley planning area in California and redesignating the area from nonattainment to attainment for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM-10).
DATES: This rule is effective on June 6, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You can inspect copies of the administrative record for this action at EPA's Region IX office during normal business hours. You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions at the following locations:
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Air Division, Air Planning Office (AIR-2), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901. Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 "M" Street, Suite 302, Bakersfield, CA 93301. California Air Resources Board, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Irwin, Air Planning Office (AIR-2), EPA Region 9, at (415) 947-4116 or:irwin.karen@epa.gov.
On December 17, 2002 we proposed to approve the PM-10 moderate area nonattainment plan and maintenance plan and the redesignation request for the Indian Wells Valley planning area (Indian Wells plan) submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) on December 5, 2002.1 67 FR 77196. In the proposal, we discussed in detail the CAA provisions for PM-10 moderate area plans, including EPA's clean data approach to areas such as the Indian Wells Valley, and the Act's requirements for maintenance plans and redesignation to attainment. In the proposal, we also evaluated the moderate area plan and maintenance plan and redesignation request according to the CAA and applicable EPA guidance. The reader is advised to refer to the proposal for these detailed discussions as they are not repeated here. In short, EPA, among other findings, determined that:
1We had previously received a draft of the plan for review.
1. Fugitive Dust Control Plan for the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California (September 1, 1994).2 This plan establishes controls for unpaved roads, disturbed vacant land and open storage piles.
2Appendix D of the Indian Wells plan.
2. Kern County 1990 Land Use Ordinance—Chapter 18.55 and Kern County Development Standards, Chapter III. This ordinance requires paving of streets for new subdivisions according to the County Development Standards.3
3Appendix E of the Indian Wells plan.
3. City of Ridgecrest Municipal Code 1980 which requires paving of streets for new subdivisions.4
We are also approving the following rules as RACM with respect to control of process fugitive emissions, however, as indicated by the following dates, they are already included in the California SIP: Rule 401 “Visible Emissions,” November 29, 1993; Rule 404.1 “Particulate Matter Concentration, April 18, 1972; and Rule 405 “Particulate Matter Emission Rate,” July 18, 1983. In addition, we are approving as RACM in the Indian Wells area the paving of unpaved roads between 1993 and the present5 and Bureau of Land Management closure of 83 miles of unpaved roads/off-highway vehicle trails, between 1994 and the present.6
5Appendix D of the Indian Wells plan.
6Appendix E of the Indian Wells plan.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on asubstantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601et seq.). Because this rule approves pre-existing requirements under State law and does not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by State law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This final rule does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501et seq.).
Dated: February 24, 2003. Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: PART 52—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority:
Subpart D—California 2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(306) to read as follows:
(1)PM-10 (Respirable Dust) Attainment Demonstration, Maintenance Plan, and Redesignation Request (excluding pages 4-1, 4-2, 6-1, 6-2, Appendix A, and pages D-12 through D-37 of Appendix D) adopted on September 5, 2002.
(1)California Air Resources Board Executive Order G-125-295 adopted on December 4, 2002.
PART 81—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows: Authority:
2. In § 81.305 the PM-10 table is amended by revising the entry for the Indian Wells Valley planning area under “Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Madera Counties” to read as follows:
California—PM-10 Designated area Designation Date1 Type Classification Date1 Type ******* Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Madera Counties: Indian Wells Valley planning area 09/5/02 Nonattainment July 7, 2003 Attainment. That portion of Kern County contained within Hydrologic Unit #18090205 ******* 1This date is November 15, 1990, unless otherwise noted.