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

[Federal Register: April 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 63)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 15949-15950]

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

[DOCID:fr02ap99-17]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 195-0101b FRL-6235-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Kern County Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from organic solvent cleaning, and surface preparation and clean-up.

The intended effect of proposing approval of these rules is to regulate emissions of VOCs 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 not take effect and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by May 3, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812 Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, CA 95616 Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud Court, Monterey, CA 93940 South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian Drive B-23, Goleta, CA 93117 Sacramento Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826 Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302, Bakersfield, CA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office, (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This document concerns Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Rule 2.31--Surface Preparation and Cleanup, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 433--Organic Solvent Cleaning, South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1122--Solvent Degreasers, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control

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District Rule 321--Solvent Cleaning Operations, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 454--Degreasing Operations, and Kern County Air Pollution Control District Rule 410.3--Organic Solvent Cleaning, submitted to EPA on November 30, 1994, June 3, 1997, September 8, 1997, March 10, 1998, May 18, 1998, and June 23, 1998, 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: February 16, 1999. Laura Yoshii, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-8084Filed4-1-99; 8:45 am]

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