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

[Federal Register: November 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 227)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 66441-66442]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr26no99-37]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 126-0190b; FRL-6477-8]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and Yolo-Solano County Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the storage and transfer of gasoline, loading of organic liquids, and fugitive hydrocarbons.

The intended effect of this action is to regulate emissions of VOC in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the state's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for this approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by December 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Christine Vineyard, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Copies of the rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of each rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions are also available for inspection at the following locations:

Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 777 12th Street 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814-1908. Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian Drive, B-23, Goleta, CA 93301. Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003. Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, 1947 Galileo Ct., Suite 103, Davis, CA 95616.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Vineyard, [AIR-4], Air

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Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1197).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 447, Organic Liquid Loading, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Rule 316, Storage & Transfer of Gasoline, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Rule 70, Storage & Transfer of Gasoline, and Yolo-Solano County Air Pollution Control District Rule 2.23, Fugitive Hydrocarbons. These rules were submitted to EPA on June 23, 1998, March 10, 1998, August 1, 1997, and November 30, 1994, respectively, by the California Air Resources Board. For further information, please see the information provided in the direct final action that is located in the rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: November 5, 1999. Laura Yoshii, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-30610Filed11-24-99; 8:45 am]

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