Partial Withdrawal of Approval of 34 Clean Air Act Part 70 Operating Permits Programs in California; Announcement of a Part 71 Federal Operating Permits Program
air-emissions · Rule · Published 2002-10-15 · Effective 2002-11-14 · CA · 67 FR 63551
Document
Document number
02-26174
Federal Register citation
67 FR 63551
CFR reference
40 CFR 70
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2002-10-15
Effective date
2002-11-14
State
CA
EPA docket
CA085-WDL
Abstract
Pursuant to our authority under the federal operating permits program regulations, EPA is taking final action to withdraw, in part, approval of the following 34 Clean Air Act title V operating permits programs in the State of California: Amador County Air Pollution Control District (APCD), Bay Area Air Quality Management District (AQMD), Butte County AQMD, Calaveras County APCD, Colusa County APCD, El Dorado County APCD, Feather River AQMD, Glenn County APCD, Great Basin Unified APCD, Imperial County APCD, Kern County APCD, Lake County AQMD, Lassen County APCD, Mariposa County APCD, Mendocino County APCD, Modoc County APCD, Mojave Desert AQMD, Monterey Bay Unified APCD, North Coast Unified AQMD, Northern Sierra AQMD, Northern Sonoma County APCD, Placer County APCD, Sacramento Metro AQMD, San Diego County APCD, San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD, San Luis Obispo County APCD, Santa Barbara County APCD, Shasta County APCD, Siskiyou County APCD, South Coast AQMD, Tehama County APCD, Tuolumne County APCD, Ventura County APCD, and Yolo-Solano AQMD. Our partial withdrawal of title V program approval is based upon EPA's finding that the State's agricultural permitting exemption at Health and Safety Code 42310(e) unduly restricts the 34 local districts' ability to adequately administer and enforce their title V programs, which have previously been granted full approval status. Therefore, EPA is withdrawing approval of those portions of the 34 district title V programs that relate to sources that are subject to title V but are not being permitted because of the state's agricultural permitting exemption ("state-exempt major stationary agricultural sources"). This notice also fulfills EPA's obligation to inform the public of the implementation of a part 71 federal operating permits program ("part 71 program") for state- exempt major stationary agricultural sources in California.