[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3865]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

[CA 102-6-6837b; FRL-5145-6]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality 
Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP), which concerns the control of volatile 
organic compound (VOC) emissions from valves and flanges at chemical 
plants.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule 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 
revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment 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 in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is 
contemplated in relation to this rule. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 
on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by 
March 20, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Daniel A. Meer, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rule and EPA's evaluation report of the rule are 
available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal 
business hours. Copies of the submitted rule 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.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane F. James, Rulemaking Section (A-
5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: 
(415) 744-1191.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality 
Management District's (BAAQMD) Rule 8-22, ``Valves and Flanges at 
Chemical Plants,'' submitted to EPA on September 28, 1994, by the 
California Air Resources Board. 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. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: January 17, 1995.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-3865 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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