[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6292-6293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2792]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 194-0125b; FRL-6226-6]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air 
Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the control of volatile 
organic compounds (VOC) emissions from leather processing operations 
within the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District 
(MBUAPCD) area.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to 
regulate emissions of VOC 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, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this rule. 
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: Written comments must be received in writing by March 11, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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 rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of the 
rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office 
during normal business

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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.
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development, 
24850 Silver Cloud Ct., Monterey, CA 93940-6536.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office 
(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns MBUAPCD's Rule 430, 
Leather Processing Operations, submitted to EPA on March 26, 1997 by 
the California Air Resources Board. For further information, please see 
the information provided in the direct final action that is located in 
the Rules section of this Federal Register.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: January 14, 1999.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-2792 Filed 2-8-99; 8:45 am]
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