[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38682-38683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18936]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 057-0009b; FRL-5527-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control 
District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and San 
Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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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 metal parts and products coating, 
semiconductor manufacturing, petroleum refineries and chemical plants, 
polyester resin material operations and decontamination of soil.
    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 
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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 
August 26, 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.

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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 Divison, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 ``M'' Street, Suite 
290, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue, Auburn, 
CA 95603
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 669 County Square Drive, 
Ventura, CA 93003
San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 Tuolumne 
Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel A. Meer, Chief, 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) 744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the following rules 
submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board on the dates 
noted. Kern County Air Pollution Control District's Rule 410.4, Surface 
Coating of Metal Parts and Products, submitted on May 25, 1995; Placer 
County Air Pollution Control District's Rule 244, Semiconductor 
Manufacturing Operations, submitted on May 24, 1995; Ventura County Air 
Pollution Control District's Rules 74.7, Fugitive Emissions of Reactive 
Organic Compounds (ROC) at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants, 
submitted on March 26, 1996, and 74.14, Polyester Resin Material 
Operations, submitted on September 14, 1992; and San Joaquin Valley 
Unified Air Pollution Control District's Rule 4651, Volatile Organic 
Compound Emissions from Decontamination of Soil, submitted on December 
22, 1994. 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: June 17, 1996.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-18936 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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