On February 1, 1996 (61 FR 3572), the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a direct final rule for State Implementation Plan (SIP) and section 112(l) approval of the State of Florida's minor source operating permit program so that Florida could begin to issue federally-enforceable operating permits on a source's potential emissions and thereby avoid major source applicability. Today's action is taken to clarify that EPA's section 112(l) approval of the Florida minor source operating permit program be extended to the State's minor source preconstruction permitting program as well as the operating permit program to allow Florida to issue both Federally- enforceable construction permits and Federally-enforceable operating permits pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended in 1990.