Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 1.11.2001

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; OR

EPA is proposing to approve most but not all of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Oregon. This rulemaking proposes to approve most provisions of the Oregon Visibility State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted August 26, 1993, smoke management provisions submitted on August 26, 1993, revisions to the Oregon field burning program submitted July 3, 1997, and the amendments to the Smoke Management Plan for the Blue Mountains submitted September 27, 1995. We are proposing a combined action on these separate submissions because they address or are affected by the control of particulate matter from area sources, specifically smoke from field burning and smoke from forestry burning. These rules are also linked through the Oregon Visibility SIP, which seeks to control visibility degradation through field burning programs and smoke management programs. EPA is proposing to take no action on the provision which changes the review period from three to five years in the Visibility rules. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the Oregon SIP submittals as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views th