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The U.S. Virgin Islands plan was evaluated on the basis of the following classifications:

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§ 52.2772 Approval status.

With the exceptions set forth in this subpart, the Administartor approves the U.S. Virgin Islands plan for attainment and maintenance of the national standards.

§ 52.2773

§ 52.2774

§ 52.2775

[Reserved] [Reserved]

Review of new sources and modifications.

(a) The requirements of § 51.18(c) of this chapter are not met since the plan does not provide a means of disapproving construction or modification of stationary sources if said construction or modification will interfere with attainment or maintenance of a national standard.

(b) Regulation for review of new sources and modifications. (1) This requirement is applicable to any stationary source subject to review under section 206-20, chapter 9, title 12, Virgin Islands Code, the construction or modification of which is commenced after the effective date of this paragraph.

(2) No owner or operator shall commence construction or modification of any stationary source after the effective date of this regulation without first obtaining approval from the Administrator of the location of such source.

(i) Application for approval to construct or modify shall be made on forms furnished by the Administrator, or by other means prescribed by the Administrator.

(ii) A separate application is required for each source.

(ii) Each application shall be signed by the applicant.

(iv) Each application shall be accompanied by site information, stack data, and the nature and amount of emissions. Such information shall be sufficient to enable the Administrator to make any determination pursuant to subparagraph (3) of this paragraph.

(v) Any additional information, plans, specifications, evidence, or documentation that the Administrator may require shall be furnished upon request.

(3) No approval to construct or modify will be granted unless the applicant shows to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the source will not prevent or interfere with attainment or maintenance of any national standard.

(4) The Administrator will act within 60 days on an application and will notify the applicant in writing of his approval or denial of the application. The Administrator will set forth his reasons for any denial.

(5) The Administrator may cancel an approval if the construction is not begun within 2 years from the date of issuance, or if during the construction, work is suspended for 1 year.

(6) Approval to construct or modify shall not be required for:

(1) The installation or alteration of an air pollutant detector, air pollutants recorder, combustion controller, or combustion shutoff.

(ii) Air conditioning or ventilating systems not designed to remove air pollutants generated by or released from equipment.

(iii) Fuel burning equipment, other than smokehouse generators, which has a heat input of not more than 250 MBtu/ ph (62.5 billion g-cal/h) and burns only gaseous fuel containing not more than 0.5 gr HS per 100 stdfts (5.7 g/100 stdm3); has a heat input of not more than 1 MBtu/h (250 Mg-cal/h) and burns only distillate oil; or has a heat input of not more than 350,000 Btu/h (88.2 Mg-cal/h) and burns any other fuel.

(iv) Mobile internal combustion engines.

(v) Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or physical analyses.

(vi) Other sources of minor significance specified by the Administrator.

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The Administrator approves American Samoa's plan for the attainment and maintenance of the national standards.

§ 52.2823 Attainment dates for national standards.

The following table presents the latest dates by which the national standards are to be attained. These dates reflect the information presented in American Samoa's plan.

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Subpart EEE-Approval and Promulgation of Plans

§ 52.2850 Approval and promulgation of implementation plans.

State plans consisting of control strategies, rules, and regulations, and, in certain instances, compliance schedules, which the Administrator has determined meet the requirements of section 16 of the "Clean Air Amendments of 1970" have been approved, as follows:

DELAWARE

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the Philadelphia Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on June 30, 1970. Supplemental information was received October 20, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedule pertaining thereto.

NEW JERSEY

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the Philadelphia Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 26, 1970. Supplemental information was submitted September 23, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedule pertaining thereto.

PENNSYLVANIA

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the Philadelphia Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 4, 1970. Supplemental information was received August 4, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. Therefore, the Administrator has approved

such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations pertaining thereto.

KANSAS

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the Kansas City Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on November 19, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedule pertaining thereto.

VIRGINIA

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the National Capital Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 29, 1970. Supplemental information was received August 10 and 14, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides and particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides and particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedules pertaining thereto.

MARYLAND

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the National Capital Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 28, 1970. Supplemental information was submitted August 7 and 21, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides and particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides and particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations, as well as the compliance schedule pertaining to the sulfur oxides standards. MARYLAND

An implementation plan for the Baltimore Intrastate Air Quality Control Region was submitted to the Environmental Protection

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Agency on December 23, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. The Administrator has also determined that the State's control strategy for particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategies, together with specified rules and regulations, as well as the compliance schedule pertaining to the sulfur oxides standards. COLORADO

An implementation plan for the Denver Intrastate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 12, 1970, and was amended by letter dated November 10, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. The Administrator has also determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for maintaining the national secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategies, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedules pertaining thereto.

MISSOURI

An implementation plan for the State's portion of the Kansas City Intrastate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on October 14, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedules pertaining thereto.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

An implementation plan for the District's portion of the National Capital Interstate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 6, 1970. Supplemental information was received August 24, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the District's control strategy for sulfur oxides and particulate matter, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attain

ment of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides and particulate matter. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations pertaining thereto.

MASSACHUSETTS

An implementation plan for the Boston Intrastate Air Quality Control Region was received by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on September 16, 1970. The Administrator has determined that the State's control strategy for sulfur oxides, as set forth in this implementation plan, is adequate for attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. Therefore, the Administrator has approved such control strategy, together with specified rules and regulations and the compliance schedules pertaining thereto. [37 FR 2581, Feb. 2, 1972. Redesignated at 37 FR 10846, May 31, 1972]

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Section 304 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, authorizes the commencement of civil actions to enforce the Act or to enforce certain requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act. The purpose of this part is to prescribe procedures governing the giving of notices required by subsection 304 (b) of the Act (sec. 12, Public Law 91-604; 84 Stat. 1706) as a prerequisite to the commencement of such actions.

§ 54.2 Service of notice.

(a) Notice to Administrator: Service of notice given to the Administrator under this part shall be accomplished by certified mail addressed to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460. Where notice relates to violation of an emission standard or limitation or to violation of an order issued with respect to an

emission standard or limitation, a copy of such notice shall be mailed to the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Region in which such violation is alleged to have occurred.

(b) Notice to State: Service of notice given to a State under this part regarding violation of an emission standard or limitation, or an order issued with respect to an emission standard or limitation shall be accomplished by certified mail addressed to an authorized representative of the State agency charged with responsibility for air pollution control in the State. A copy of such notice shall be mailed to the Governor of the State.

(c) Notice to alleged violator: Service of notice given to an alleged violator under this part shall be accomplished by certified mail addressed to, or by personal service upon, the owner or managing agent of the building, plant, installation, or facility alleged to be in violation of an emission standard or limitation, or an order issued with respect to an emission standard or limitation. Where the alleged violator is a corporation, a copy of such notice shall be sent by certified mail to the registered agent, if any, of such corporation in the State in which such violation is alleged to have occurred.

(d) Notice served in accordance with the provisions of this part shall be deemed given on the postmark date, if served by mail, or on the date of receipt, if personally served.

§ 54.3 Contents of notice.

(a) Failure to act. Notice regarding a failure of the Administrator to perform an act or duty which is not discretionary shall identify the provisions of the Act which requires such act or creates such duty, shall describe with reasonable specificity the action taken or not taken by the Administrator which is claimed to constitute a failure to perform such act or duty, and shall state the full name and address of the person giving the notice.

(b) Violation of standard, limitation or order. Notices to the Administrator, States, and alleged violators regarding violation of an emission standard or limitation or an order issued with respect

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