[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-777]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 157-1-7223b; FRL-5317-3]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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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 the transfer of gasoline into stationary 
storage tanks and vehicle fuel tanks. 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. In the 
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 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 
February 22, 1996.

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 IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rules and EPA's evaluation report of each rule are 
available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during normal 
business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for 
inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson 
Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae Wang, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), 
Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) Rule 448, 
Gasoline Transfer into Stationary Storage Containers, and Rule 449, 
Transfer of Gasoline into Vehicle Fuel Tanks, submitted to EPA on 
August 10, 1995 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: October 11, 1995.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-777 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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