[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 26854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12208]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6972-9]
Proposed Settlement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree which was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of California by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') on April 16, 2001 to
address a lawsuit filed by Our Children's Earth Foundation. This
lawsuit, which was filed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42
U.S.C. 7604(a), addresses EPA's alleged failure to publish a
comprehensive document for each State in EPA Region 9, setting forth
all requirements of each such State's applicable State Implementation
Plan under section 110(h) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7410(h). Our Children's
Earth Foundation v. EPA, Civil No. C-01-1475 EDL (N.D. Cal.).
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by June 14, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Jeff Wehling, Office of
Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Copies of the proposed
consent decree are available from Janet Taber, (415) 744-1341.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act requires EPA to assemble
and publish a comprehensive document for each State setting forth all
requirements of the applicable implementation plan for such State. See
section 110(h), 42 U.S.C. 7410(h). Such an applicable plan is referred
to as a State implementation plan or ``SIP.'' Under the proposed
consent decree, EPA shall make available to the general public on the
Region 9 website (i.e., make ``web accessible'') certain information
concerning the SIPs. This information shall include a log of current
EPA-approved SIP rules for each local air quality management district
or air pollution control district within Region 9 (referred to as
``District'') showing approval dates and Federal Register citations and
a copy of the rules themselves. In addition, EPA shall make web
accessible summaries of the SIP commitments made by each District in
local plans developed under part D of Title I of the Act, as amended in
1990. These plan summaries shall identify each control measure approved
by EPA for adoption and implementation by the District, the emissions
reductions to which the District has committed, the schedule of
adoption and implementation dates to which the District has committed,
and any rule number for the SIP rule adopted by the District relating
to the control measure. The proposed consent decree provides for a
series of deadlines for making these SIP requirements web accessible
with the last such deadline occurring on March 31, 2002.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree from persons who were not named as parties to
the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may
withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed consent decree if the
comments disclose facts or circumstances that indicate that such
consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with
the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice
determines, following the comment period, that consent is
inappropriate, the final consent decree will then be executed by the
parties.
Dated: April 24, 2001.
Anna L. Wolgast,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 01-12208 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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