[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63428-63429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30274]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 198-0099b; FRL-6184-5]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air Pollution 
Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, San 
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Santa Barbara County 
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 motor vehicle and mobile equipment 
refinishing, graphic arts, paper or fabric coating, and screen 
printing.
    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 
submittal 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, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse 
comments, the direct final rule will not take effect and all public 
comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on 
this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on 
this rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should do 
so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by December 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, 
Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. 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 Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 
302, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue, 
Auburn, CA 95603
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 
Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 
Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian 
Drive B-23, Goleta, CA 93117

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Section 
(AIR-4), Air 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 Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District Rule 410.4A--Motor Vehicle and Mobile 
Equipment Refinishing Operations and Rule 410.7--Graphic Arts, San 
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4602--Motor 
Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations and Rule 4607--Graphic 
Arts, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 
450--Graphic Arts and Rule 459--Automotive and Trucks and Heavy 
Equipment Refinishing Operations, and Santa Barbara County Air 
Pollution Control District Rule 339--Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment 
Coating Operations, submitted to EPA on May 10, 1996 (410.4A, 410.7), 
August 1, 1997 (239), March 10, 1998 (4602, 4607, 339), and May 18, 
1998 (450, 459) by the California Air Resources Board. For further 
information, please see the

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information provided in the Direct Final action that is located in the 
Rules section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: October 23, 1998.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-30274 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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