[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1840]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2007-0122; FRL-9107-7]
Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Revising the California State
Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control
District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: On February 20, 2008 (73 FR 9260), EPA published a rule
proposing to correct EPA's May 2004 final approval of revisions to the
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District portion of
the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) and to approve revisions
to certain District rules. EPA's proposed correction, and proposed
approval of District rules submitted in December 2006, would conform
the SIP to a State law generally known as Senate Bill 700 by explicitly
exempting certain minor agricultural sources from new source review
permitting requirements and by limiting the applicability of offset
requirements for all minor agricultural sources consistent with
criteria identified in state law. EPA is withdrawing this previously
published proposed rule, and in this Federal Register, EPA is
publishing a proposed rule that replaces the February 20, 2008 proposed
rule.
DATES: The proposed rule published on February 20, 2008 (73 FR 9260) is
withdrawn as of January 29, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Yannayon, Permits Office (AIR-
3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 972-3534,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to EPA.
On February 20, 2008 (73 FR 9260), EPA proposed to correct our May
2004 final approval of revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District (``District'') portion of the California
State Implementation Plan (``SIP''). EPA also proposed to approve
revisions to two District rules submitted to EPA by the California Air
Resources Board (CARB) on December 29, 2006. The subject rules included
District Rule 2020 and District Rule 2201 (paragraph 4.6.9 only). The
proposed correction and proposed approval that were the subject of our
February 20, 2008 proposed rule relate to review and permitting of new
or modified stationary sources (``NSR'') specifically in connection
with agricultural sources. EPA received substantive comments on the
February 2008 proposed rule, and, since publication of the February
2008 proposed rule, the District has adopted revisions to Rules 2020
and 2201, and CARB has submitted the amended rules in their entirety to
EPA as revisions to the California SIP. In light of the comments on our
February 2008 proposed rule, and the more recent submittals of District
Rules 2020 and 2201, we have decided to withdraw the rule proposed on
February 20, 2008, and in this Federal Register, EPA is publishing a
new proposed rule. The rule being proposed in this Federal Register
replaces the following rule published on February 20, 2008:
Title: Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (Proposed rule,
73 FR 9260, EPA-R09-OAR-2007-0122).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: January 21, 2010.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2010-1840 Filed 1-28-10; 8:45 am]
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