[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 74355-74356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26360]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0651; FRL-10268-01-R9]


Air Plan Approval; California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control 
District; Stationary Source Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a revision to the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District 
(EKAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). In 
this action, we are proposing to approve a local rule submitted by the 
EKAPCD, governing the issuance of permits for stationary sources, 
focusing on the preconstruction review and permitting of major sources 
and major modifications under part D of title I of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA or ``the Act''). In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
issue of the Federal Register, we are approving the submitted rule into

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the California SIP as a direct final rule without a prior proposed 
rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received by January 4, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2022-0651 at https://www.regulations.gov. For comments submitted at 
Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from 
Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public 
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information the 
disclosure of which is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions 
(audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The 
written comment is considered the official comment and should include 
discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not 
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary 
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For 
additional submission methods, please contact the person identified in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public 
comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and 
general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. If you need assistance in a 
language other than English or if you are a person with disabilities 
who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you, please contact 
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Po-Chieh Ting, EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3191 or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA.
    This document proposes to approve EKAPCD Rule 210.1A into the 
EKAPCD portion of the California SIP. This rule was submitted to the 
EPA by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on October 5, 2022 by 
a letter of the same date. We find that CARB's October 5, 2022 SIP 
submittal for EKAPCD Rule 210.1A meets the completeness criteria in 40 
CFR part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.
    We have published a direct final rule to approve the submitted rule 
into the EKAPCD portion of the California SIP in the ``Rules and 
Regulations'' section of this issue of the Federal Register because we 
view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse 
comment. We have explained our reasons for this action in the preamble 
to the direct final rule.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will withdraw 
the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We would address all 
public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed 
rule.
    We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 
For further information, please see the information provided in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document.

    Dated: November 28, 2022.
Martha Guzman Aceves,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2022-26360 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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