Notice of Cancellation of March 3, 1994 Public Hearing Scheduled in Connection With the Proposed Imposition of Statewide Sanctions on California Under Clean Air Act Section 110(m) for Failure To Submit a Complete SIP Revision for an Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program

David P. Howekamp
Environmental Protection Agency
March 2, 1994

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

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Notice of Cancellation of March 3, 1994 Public Hearing Scheduled 
in Connection With the Proposed Imposition of Statewide Sanctions on 
California Under Clean Air Act Section 110(m) for Failure To Submit a 
Complete SIP Revision for an Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and 
Maintenance Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is cancelling the 
public hearing that had been scheduled for March 3, 1994 in Los Angeles 
to receive public comment on its proposed imposition of discretionary 
sanctions on the State of California. The sanctions had been proposed 
because of failure by the State to submit a complete SIP revision for 
an enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program as 
required by the Clean Air Act for certain ozone and carbon monoxide 
(CO) nonattainment areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Calkins, Chief, Air Planning 
Branch (A-2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, (415) 744-1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 7, 1994 (59 FR 3534, January 24, 
1994) EPA proposed a rule for the imposition of discretionary sanctions 
on the State of California under section 110(m) of the Clean Air Act 
for failure to submit a complete SIP revision for an enhanced motor 
vehicle I/M Program. In the proposed rule, EPA announced its intention 
to finalize sanctions on California on May 15, 1994 if sufficient 
progress had not been made by the State toward the implementation of an 
approvable I/M program to be operational on or before January 1, 1995. 
The proposed rule announced a public hearing on the proposed action on 
March 3, 1994 to be held in Los Angeles.
    Following the January 17, 1994 earthquake in California, on January 
24, 1994 EPA Administrator Carol Browner sent a letter to California 
Governor Pete Wilson advising him that in light of the earthquake in 
California and the resulting damage to the state's highway system and 
economy, EPA was cancelling the May 15, 1994 deadline contained in the 
proposed rule for finalizing sanctions on California. Based on 
Administrator Browner's January 24th letter, EPA is cancelling the 
previously scheduled public hearing of March 3, 1994. At this time EPA 
is not accepting public comment on this proposal.
    The public hearing was scheduled to be held on March 3, 1994 in the 
auditorium of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 111 North 
Hope, Los Angeles, California 90012 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 
p.m. to 9 p.m.

    Dated: February 23, 1994.
David P. Howekamp,
Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9.
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