Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: California,

[Federal Register: October 3, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 192)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 50375]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA242-0291b; FRL-7059-1]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) and Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from automotive refinishing operations, metal parts and products coating, and applications of nonarchitectural coatings. We are proposing to approve local rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by November 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR- 4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions and EPA's technical support documents (TSDs) at our Region IX office during normal business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP revisions at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, 150 South 9th Street, El Centro, CA 92243; and, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud Court, Monterey, CA 93940.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, Rulemaking Office (Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 744- 1226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following rules: ICAPCD Rule 427, Automotive Refinishing Operations; MBUAPCD Rule 429, Applications of Nonarchitectural Coatings; and, MBUAPCD Rule 434, Coating of Metal Parts and Products. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are approving these local rules in a direct final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. However, if we receive adverse comments, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Since we do not plan to open a second comment period, anyone interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not receive adverse comments, we are planning no further activity. For further information, please see the direct final action.

Dated: August 24, 2001. Sally Seymour, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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