Finding of Failure To Submit a Required State Implementation Plan Revision for 1-Hour Ozone Standard, California-San Joaquin Valley-Reasonably Available Control Technology

EPA is finding that California has failed to submit, for the San Joaquin Valley extreme 1-hour ozone nonattainment area, a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision required by Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 172(c)(1), 182(b)(2) and 182(f). These CAA sections require that SIPs provide for the implementation of reasonably available control technology on major stationary sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) as well as certain other sources. Under the CAA, this finding triggers the 18- month time clock for mandatory application of sanctions and 2-year time clock for a federal implementation plan.