[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13538-13539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6651]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 207-0136b; FRL-6239-9]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan 
and South Coast Air Quality Management District and San Joaquin Valley 
Unified Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). This action is an administrative change 
which revises the definitions in Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 
Management (SMAQMD), San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
District (SJVUAPCD), and South Coast Air Quality Management District 
(SCAQMD). The intended effect of approving this action is to 
incorporate changes to the definitions for clarity and consistency and 
to update the Exempt Compound list in SMAQMD, SJVUAPCD, and SCAQMD 
rules to be consistent with the revised federal and state VOC 
definitions.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this action is to 
incorporate changes to the definition of VOC and to update the Exempt 
Compound list in SMAQMD, SJVUAPCD, and SCAQMD rules to be consistent 
with the revised federal and state VOC definitions. EPA is proposing 
approval of these revisions to be incorporated into the California SIP 
for the attainment of the national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS) for ozone under title I of the Clean Air Act (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 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 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. Any parties interested in commenting should do so at 
this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by April 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Chief, 
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 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.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson 
Rd., Sacramento, CA 95826
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1990 E. 
Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93726

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South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Dr., 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia G. Allen, Rulemaking Office 
[Air-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1189)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management Rule 101, General Provisions and 
Definitions, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 
Rule 1020, Definitions, and South Coast Air Quality Management District 
Rule 1302, Definitions (New Source Review). These rules were submitted 
by the California Air Resources Board to EPA on October 27, 1998 
(Sacramento); May 18, 1998 (San Joaquin); and March 10, 1998 (South 
Coast). For further information, please see the information provided in 
the direct final action that is located in the rules section of this 
Federal Register.

    Dated: March 5, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-6651 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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