[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54089-54090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26894]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[TN-201-9828b; FRL-6169-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans Tennessee: 
Approval of Revisions to the Nashville/Davidson County Portion of the 
Tennessee SIP Regarding Control of Volatile Organic Compounds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve revisions to the Nashville/
Davidson County portion of the Tennessee State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) concerning control of volatile organic compounds. The State of 
Tennessee through the Tennessee Department of Air Pollution Control 
submitted the revisions to EPA on July 23, 1997. To be consistent with 
the EPA's Guidelines for ``Control of Volatile Organic Compounds 
Emissions from Stationary Sources,'' the State of Tennessee amended 
Regulation No. 7, ``Regulation for Control of Volatile Organic 
Compounds, Section 7-16, Emission Standards for Surface Coating of 
Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products'' of the Nashville/Davidson 
County portion of the Tennessee SIP (Nashville SIP).
    In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is 
approving the State of Tennessee 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 the approval is set forth in the 
direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to 
the direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation 
to this proposed 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 document should do so at this 
time.

DATES: To be considered, comments must be received by November 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Mr. Gregory O. 
Crawford at the EPA Regional Office listed below. Copies of documents 
relative to this action are available for public inspection during 
normal business hours at the following locations. The interested 
persons

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wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment with the 
appropriate office at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104.
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Air 
Pollution Control, L & C Annex, 9th Floor, 401 Church Street, 
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1531, (615) 532-0554.
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan 
Health Department, 311-23rd Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, 
(615) 340-5653.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gregory O. Crawford, Regulatory 
Planning Section. Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides, and Toxics 
Management Division, Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303. The telephone number is 404/562-
9046. (E-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct 
final rule which is published in the rules section of this Federal 
Register.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 98-26894 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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