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

[Federal Register: September 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 184)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 50823-50824]

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

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 206-0095b; FRL-6164-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The revision consists of nine volatile organic compound (VOC) negative declarations from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD). The intended effect of this action is to include these negative declarations in the SIP and to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the state's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A 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 If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.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 October 23, 1998.

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

Copies of the negative declarations are available for public inspection at EPA's

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Region IX office and at the following locations during normal business hours.

Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 Air Docket (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 ``M'' Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812 San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, California 92123-1096.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office (AIR- 4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901 Telephone: (415) 744- 1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns negative declarations for VOC source categories from the SDCAPCD. On February 25, 1998, the CARB submitted nine negative declarations for the SDCAPCD for the following VOC source categories: (1) synthetic organic chemical manufacturing (SOCMI)--distillation, (2) SOCMI--reactors, (3) wood furniture, (4) plastic parts coatings (business machines), (5) plastic parts coatings (other), (6) offset lithography, (7) industrial wastewater, (8) autobody refinishing, and (9) volatile organic liquid storage. These negative declarations confirm that the respective source categories are not present in the SDCAPCD. The negative declarations were adopted by the SDCAPCD on October 22, 1997 and submitted to EPA by CARB as revisions to the SIP on February 25, 1998.

For further information, please see the information provided in the Direct Final action which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: September 8, 1998. Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-25329Filed9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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