Approval And Promulgation Of Implementation Plans; Georgia: Approval of Revisions to the Georgia State Implementation Plan

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The EPA proposes a conditional interim approval of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Georgia through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) on November 15, 1993, and amended on June 17, 1996, which included the 15% Rate-of-Progress Plan (15% plan). This submittal was made to meet the 15% plan requirements of section 182(b)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA). The EPA is proposing a conditional interim approval because achievement of the 15% reduction in emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is dependent upon full implementation of the enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) plan and the conditions pertaining to the implementation of a low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) program of 7.0. Full approval of the 15% plan will be granted upon full approval of the I/M plan and the conditional approval of the low RVP program. The final interim approval of the I/M plan was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1997 (see 62 FR 42916). Full approval of the individual measures that comprise the 15% plan except for I/M and the low RVP program is also being proposed in this document. Additionally, the EPA is proposing full ap