[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11912]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 192-0037b; FRL-5817-1]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed Rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of 
revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which 
concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from 
active and inactive landfills.
    The intended effect of proposing limited approval and limited 
disapproval 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 finalizing a simultaneous limited approval and 
limited disapproval of the state's SIP revision as a direct final rule 
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial action and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed 
rationale for this limited approval and limited disapproval 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 
June 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air 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 the rules 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:
    South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182 California Air Resources Board, Stationary 
Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Bowlin, Rulemaking Office 
(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1188

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    This document concerns South Coast Air Quality Management 
District's Rule 1150.1, Control of Gaseous Emissions from Active 
Landfills, and Rule 1150.2, Control of Gaseous Emissions from Inactive 
Landfills. The rules were submitted by the California Air Resources 
Board (CARB) to EPA on October 16, 1985 and February 10, 1986, 
respectively. For further information, please see the information 
provided in the Direct Final action which is located in the Final Rules 
Section of this Federal Register.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: April 13, 1997.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-11912 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]
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