82 FR 17405 - Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Butte County Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 68 (April 11, 2017)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Butte County Air Quality Management District (BCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the necessary procedures to create emission reduction credits (ERCs) from the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, particulate matter and carbon monoxide emissions due to the permanent curtailment of burning rice straw. We are proposing to approve a local rule that provides administrative procedures for creating ERCs consistent with Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) requirements.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17405-17406]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07160]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0466; FRL-9957-14-Region 9]


Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Butte County Air 
Quality Management District

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 Butte County Air Quality Management District 
(BCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
This revision concerns the necessary procedures to create emission 
reduction credits (ERCs) from the reduction of volatile organic 
compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, particulate 
matter and carbon monoxide emissions due to the permanent curtailment 
of burning rice straw. We are proposing to approve a local rule that 
provides administrative procedures for creating ERCs consistent with 
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) requirements.

DATES: Any comments must arrive by May 11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2016-0466 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to Andrew 
Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief at [email protected]. For 
comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be removed or 
edited from Regulations.gov. For either manner of submission, 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 whose disclosure 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3848, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA. This proposal addresses the following local 
rule: BCAQMD Rule 433 ``Rice Straw Emission Reduction Credits.'' In the 
Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are 
approving this local rule in a direct final action without prior 
proposal because we believe this SIP revision is not controversial. If 
we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in 
subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.


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    Dated: December 9, 2016.
Alexis Strauss
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    Editorial note:  This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on April 5, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2017-07160 Filed 4-10-17; 8:45 am]
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