Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Louisiana; Clean Fuel Fleet Program

Résumé

The EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Louisiana for the purpose of establishing a Clean Fuel Fleet Program. The SIP revision was submitted by the State to satisfy the Federal mandate, found in the Clean Air Act (CAA), to implement a program whereby at least a certain percentage of all newly acquired vehicles of certain on-road fleets in the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area, beginning with model year 1998, shall be clean fuel vehicles (CFV). In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment and anticipates no adverse comments. The rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this rule. If the EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn, and all public comments received during the 30-day comment period set forth below will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.