[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15922-15926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8083]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 195-0101a FRL-6235-8]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management 
District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, South 
Coast Air Quality Management District, Santa Barbara County Air 
Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 
Management District, and Kern County Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the 
California State Implementation Plan. The revisions concern rules from 
the following Districts: Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District 
(YSAQMD), Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District 
(MBUAPCD), South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Santa 
Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD), Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD), and Kern County 
Air Pollution Control District (KNCAPCD). This approval action will 
incorporate these rules into the federally approved SIP. The intended 
effect of approving these rules is to regulate emissions of volatile 
organic compounds (VOCs) in accordance with the requirements of the 
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). The revised rules 
control VOC emissions from organic solvent cleaning, and surface 
preparation and cleanup. Thus, EPA is finalizing the approval of these 
revisions into the California SIP under provisions of the CAA regarding 
EPA action on SIP submittals, SIPs for national primary and secondary 
ambient air quality standards and plan requirements for nonattainment 
areas.

DATES: This rule is effective on June 1, 1999 without further notice, 
unless EPA receives adverse comments by May 3, 1999. If EPA receives 
such comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal 
Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to Andrew Steckel at the Region 
IX office listed below. Copies of the rule revisions and EPA's 
evaluation report for each rule are available for public inspection at 
EPA's Region IX office during normal business hours. Copies of the 
submitted rule revisions are available for inspection at the following 
locations:

Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 
103, Davis, CA 95616
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud 
Court, Monterey, CA 93940
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian Drive 
B-23, Goleta, CA 93117
Sacramento Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson Road, 
Sacramento, CA 95826
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302, 
Bakersfield, CA 93301

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, Telephone: (415) 744-
1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Applicability

    The part of this Federal Register action which applies to the South 
Coast Air Quality Management District excludes the Los Angeles County 
portion of the Southeast Desert AQMA, otherwise known as the Antelope 
Valley Region in Los Angeles County, which is now under the 
jurisdiction of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District as 
of July 1, 1997.
    The rules being approved into the California SIP include: YSAQMD 
Rule 2.31--Surface Preparation and Cleanup, MBUAPCD Rule 433--Organic 
Solvent Cleaning, SCAQMD Rule 1122--Solvent Degreasers, SBCAPCD Rule 
321--Solvent Cleaning Operations, SMAQMD Rule 454--Degreasing 
Operations, and KNCAPCD Rule 410.3--Organic Solvent Cleaning 
Operations. These rules were submitted by the California Air Resources 
Board (CARB) to EPA on November 30, 1994, June 3, 1997, September 8, 
1997, March 10, 1998, May 18, 1998, and June 23, 1998 respectively.

II. Background

    On March 3, 1978, EPA promulgated a list of ozone nonattainment 
areas under the provisions of the Clean Air Act, as amended in l977 
(1977 Act or pre-amended Act), that included the Sacramento Metro Area, 
which includes Yolo County and part of Solano County, the Monterey Bay 
Area, the South Coast Air Basin, the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc 
Area, and the Southeast Desert Modified Air Quality Management Area. 43 
FR 8964, 40 CFR 81.305. On May 26, 1988, EPA notified the Governor of 
California, pursuant to section 110(a)(2)(H) of the 1977 Act, that the 
above districts' portions of the California SIP were inadequate to 
attain and maintain the ozone standard and requested that deficiencies 
in the existing SIP be corrected (EPA's SIP--Call). On November 15, 
1990, the Clean

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Air Act Amendments of 1990 were enacted. Pub. L. 101-549, 104 Stat. 
2399, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q. In amended section 182(a)(2)(A) 
of the CAA, Congress statutorily adopted the requirement that 
nonattainment areas fix their deficient reasonably available control 
technology (RACT) rules for ozone and established a deadline of May 15, 
1991 for states to submit corrections of those deficiencies.
    Section 182(a)(2)(A) applies to areas designated as nonattainment 
prior to enactment of the amendments and classified as marginal or 
above as of the date of enactment. It requires such areas to adopt and 
correct RACT rules pursuant to pre-amended section 172 (b) as 
interpreted in pre-amendment guidance.1 EPA's SIP-Call used 
that guidance to indicate the necessary corrections for specific 
nonattainment areas. The Sacramento Metro Area is classified as severe, 
the Monterey Bay Area as serious, the South Coast Air Basin as extreme, 
the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc Area as serious, therefore, these 
areas were subject to the RACT fix-up requirement and the May 15, 1991 
deadline. However, the Southeast Desert Air Basin portion of Kern 
County was not a pre-amendment nonattainment area and, therefore, was 
not designated and classified upon enactment of the amended ACT. For 
this reason KNCAPCD is not subject to section 182(a)(2)(A) RACT fix-up 
requirement. The KNCAPCD is, however, still subject to the requirements 
of EPA's SIP-Call, because the SIP-Call included all of Kern 
County.2
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    \1\ Among other things, the pre-amendment guidance consists of 
those portions of the proposed Post-1987 ozone and carbon monoxide 
policy that concern RACT, 52 FR 45044 (November 24, 1987); ``Issues 
Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and Deviations, 
Clarification to Appendix D of November 24, 1987 Federal Register 
Notice'' (Blue Book) (notice of availability was published in the 
Federal Register on May 25, 1988); and the existing control 
technique guidelines (CTGs).
    \2\ The Sacramento Metro Area, the Monterey Bay Area, the South 
Coast Air Basin, the Monterey Bay Area, and the Santa Barbara-Santa 
Maria-Lompoc Area retained their designation and were classified by 
operation of law pursuant to sections 107(d) and 181(a) upon the 
date of enactment of the CAA. The Southeast Desert Air Basin Portion 
of Kern County was designated nonattainment on November 6, 1991 (56 
FR 56649). On April 25, 1995, EPA published a final rule granting 
the State's request to reclassify the Sacramento Metro Area to 
severe from serious (60 FR 20237). This reclassification became 
effective on June 1, 1995. On December 10, 1997, EPA published a 
final rule reclassifying the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc Area 
to serious from moderate. This reclassification became effective on 
January 9, 1998.
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    The State of California submitted many revised RACT rules for 
incorporation into its SIP on November 30, 1994, June 3, 1997, 
September 8, 1997, March 10, 1998, May 18, 1998, and June 23, 1998, 
including the rules being acted on in this document. This document 
addresses EPA's direct-final action for YSAQMD Rule 2.31--Surface 
Preparation and Cleanup, MBUAPCD Rule 433--Organic Solvent Cleaning, 
SCAQMD Rule 1122--Solvent Degreasers, SBCAPCD Rule 321--Solvent 
Cleaning Operations, SMAQMD Rule 454--Degreasing Operations, and 
KNCAPCD Rule 410.3--Organic Solvent Cleaning Operations. YSAQMD adopted 
Rule 2.31 on April 27, 1994, MBUAPCD adopted Rule 433 on March 26, 
1997, SCAQMD adopted Rule 1122 on July 11, 1997, SBCAPCD adopted Rule 
321 on September 18, 1997, SMAQMD adopted Rule 454 on April 3, 1997, 
and KNCAPCD adopted Rule 410.3 on May 7, 1998. These submitted rules 
were found to be complete on January 30, 1995 (2.31), September 5, 1997 
(433), October 20, 1997 (1122), July 17, 1998 (454) and August 25, 1998 
(410.3) pursuant to EPA's completeness criteria that are set forth in 
40 CFR part 51 Appendix V 3 and is being finalized for 
approval into the SIP.
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    \3\ EPA adopted the completeness criteria on February 16, 1990 
(55 FR 5830) and, pursuant to section 110(k)(1)(A) of the CAA, 
revised the criteria on August 26, 1991 (56 FR 42216).
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    These rules regulate VOC emissions from organic solvent cleaning 
operations, and surface preparation and clean-up activities. VOCs 
contribute to the production of ground level ozone and smog. This rules 
were originally adopted as part of these Districts' effort to achieve 
the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone and in 
response to EPA's SIP-Call and the section 182(a)(2)(A) CAA 
requirement. The following is EPA's evaluation and final action for 
this rule.

III. EPA Evaluation and Action

    In determining the approvability of a VOC rule, EPA must evaluate 
the rule for consistency with the requirements of the CAA and EPA 
regulations, as found in section 110 and part D of the CAA and 40 CFR 
part 51 (Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of 
Implementation Plans). The EPA interpretation of these requirements, 
which forms the basis for today's action, appears in the various EPA 
policy guidance documents listed in footnote 1. Among those provisions 
is the requirement that a VOC rule must, at a minimum, provide for the 
implementation of RACT for stationary sources of VOC emissions. This 
requirement was carried forth from the pre-amended Act.
    For the purpose of assisting state and local agencies in developing 
RACT rules, EPA prepared a series of Control Technique Guideline (CTG) 
documents. The CTGs are based on the underlying requirements of the Act 
and specify the presumptive norms for what is RACT for specific source 
categories. Under the CAA, Congress ratified EPA's use of these 
documents, as well as other Agency policy, for requiring States to 
``fix-up'' their RACT rules. See section 182(a)(2)(A). The CTG 
applicable to MBUAPCD Rule 433, SCAQMD Rule 1122, SBCAPCD Rule 321, 
SMAQMD Rule 454, and KNCAPCD Rule 410.3 is entitled, Control of 
Volatile Organic Emissions from Solvent Metal Cleaning, EPA-450/2-77-
022, November 1977. YSAQMD Rule 2.31 controls emissions from a source 
category for which EPA has not issued a CTG. Accordingly this rule was 
evaluated against the general RACT requirements of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA section 110 and part D). The rule was also compared with other 
district rules covering the same source category to ensure consistency. 
Further interpretation of EPA policy are found in the Blue Book, 
referred to in footnote 1. In general, these guidance documents have 
been set forth to ensure that VOC rules are fully enforceable and 
strengthen or maintain the SIP.
    There is currently no version of YSAQMD Rule 2.31, Surface 
Preparation and Cleanup SIP. The submitted rule includes the following 
provisions:
     Applicability section defining who is subject to the rule,
     Exemptions for dry cleaning and solvent cleaning 
operations, which are subject to other district rules. Wipe cleaning, 
automated spray systems, aerosol products and cleaning of high 
precision optics are exempted from specific provisions of this rule.
     Standard VOC limits for solvents to perform cleaning 
activities,'
     Monitoring and record keeping section containing the 
description of records that must be kept and a listing of test methods 
to be used in determining compliance.
    On February 26, 1996, EPA approved into the SIP a version of Rule 
433--Organic Solvent Cleaning that had been adopted by MBUAPCD on June 
15, 1994. MBUAPCD submitted Rule 433--Organic Solvent Cleaning includes 
the following significant changes from the current SIP:
     A revised applicability section with an added reference to 
the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP),

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     A revised rule effectiveness date which coincides with the 
rule adoption date,
     A reference to MBUAPCD Rule 101--Definitions, in lieu of a 
detailed listing of exempt compounds, and
     an added reference to EPA's Guidelines for Determining 
Capture Efficiency, dated January 9, 1995.
    On November 4, 1996, EPA approved into the SIP a version of Rule 
1122--Solvent Degreasers that had been adopted by SCAQMD on April 5, 
1991. SCAQMD submitted Rule 1122--Solvent Degreasers includes the 
following significant changes from the current SIP:
     The rule language was modified to eliminate ambiguities 
between Rule 1122--Solvent Degreasers, and 1171--Solvent Cleaning 
Operations,
     The requirements covering remote reservoir cold cleaners 
were removed from this rule to be regulated under Rule 1171,
     Limits the VOC content of cleaning material for batch 
loaded cold cleaners to 50 grams per liter, or less,
     Augmented methods of controlling emissions from open top 
vapor degreasers by adding the requirements of a superheated vapor 
zone, and an automated parts handling system,
     Added design requirements and control standards for Air-
tight and air-less cleaning systems,
     Added and defined ``clean air solvent'' and describes how 
to obtain clean air solvent certification, which, when displayed, 
qualifies for an exemption from the requirements of this rule,
     Exempts degreasing operations using halogenated solvents, 
which are regulated under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart T (NESHAP), and
     Requires monthly records to be kept in the format shown in 
appendix A to this rule.
    There is currently no version of SBCAPCD Rule 321--Solvent Cleaning 
Operations in the SIP. The submitted Rule includes the following 
provisions:
     An applicability section,
     Exempts cleaning operations employing solvents with 2% or 
less VOC content, and cleaning operations using halogenated solvents 
regulated under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart T (NESHAP).
     Definitions of pertinent terms,
     General and specific design and operating requirements 
covering all types of solvent cleaning operation.
     Test methods to be used to determine compliance with the 
requirements of this rule, and
     Record keeping requirements.
    On August 4, 1994, EPA approved into the SIP a version of Rule 
454--Degreasing Operations that had been adopted by SMAQMD on February 
23, 1993. SMAQMD submitted Rule 454--Degreasing Operations includes the 
following significant changes from the current SIP:
     Added an exemption for cleaning solvents with VOC content 
of 5% or less, by weight,
     Exempts solvent cleaning operations using halogenated 
solvents which fall under the requirements of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart T 
(NESHAP), and
     Referenced SMAQMD Rule 101--General Provisions and 
Definitions in lieu of the detailed listing of exempt components.
    On October 7, 1996, EPA approved into the SIP a version of Rule 
410.3--Organic Solvent Degreasing Operations that had been adopted by 
KNCAPCD on March 7, 1996. KNCAPCD submitted Rule 410.3--Organic Solvent 
Degreasing Operations includes the following significant changes from 
the current SIP:
     Added the definition of ``low volatility solvents'' and 
provided an exemption from the free-board height requirement, when 
using this type of solvents, and
     Added an exemption for degreasers using halogenated 
solvents which must comply with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart T (NESHAP).
    EPA has evaluated the submitted rules and has determined that they 
are consistent with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy. 
Therefore, YSAQMD Rule 2.31--Surface Preparation and Cleanup, MBUAPCD 
Rule 433--Organic Solvent Cleaning, SCAQMD Rule 1122--Solvent 
Degreasers, SBCAPCD Rule 321--Solvent Cleaning Operations, SMAQMD Rule 
454--Degreasing Operations, and KNCAPCD Rule 410.3--Organic Solvent 
Cleaning Operations are being approved under section 110(k)(3) of the 
CAA as meeting the requirements of section 110(a) and part D.
    Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting or 
allowing or establishing a precedent for any future implementation 
plan. Each request for revision to the state implementation plan shall 
be considered separately in light of specific technical, economic, and 
environmental factors and in relation to relevant statutory and 
regulatory requirements.
    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no 
adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this 
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document 
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should 
adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective June 1, 1999 
without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by 
May 3, 1999.
    If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule informing the public that the rule 
will not take effect. All public comments received will then be 
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. The 
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. If no such comments are received, the public is advised that this 
rule will be effective on June 1, 1999 and no further action will be 
taken on the proposed rule.

IV. Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
regulatory action from Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, entitled 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.''

B. Executive Order 12875

    Under Executive Order 12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental 
Partnership, EPA may not issue a regulation that is not required by 
statute and that creates a mandate upon a state, local, or tribal 
government, unless the Federal government provides the funds necessary 
to pay the direct compliance costs incurred by those governments, or 
EPA consults with those governments. If EPA complies by consulting, 
Executive Order 12875 requires EPA to provide to the Office of 
Management and Budget a description of the extent of EPA's prior 
consultation with representatives of affected state, local, and tribal 
governments, the nature of their concerns, copies of any written 
communications from the governments, and a statement supporting the 
need to issue the regulation. In addition, E.O. 12875 requires EPA to 
develop an effective process permitting elected officials and other 
representatives of state, local, and tribal governments ``to provide 
meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals 
containing significant unfunded mandates.''
    Today's rule does not create a mandate on state, local or tribal 
governments. The rule does not impose any enforceable duties on these 
entities. Accordingly, the requirements of section 1(a) of E.O. 12875 
do not apply to this rule.

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C. Executive Order 13045

    Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies to any rule that: (1) is 
determined to be ``economically significant'' as defined under E.O. 
12866, and (2) concerns an environmental health or safety risk that EPA 
has reason to believe may have a disproportionate effect on children. 
If the regulatory action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate 
the environmental health or safety effects of the planned rule on 
children, and explain why the planned regulation is preferable to other 
potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives considered 
by the Agency.
    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not involve 
decisions intended to mitigate environmental health or safety risks.

D. Executive Order 13084

    Under Executive Order 13084, Consultation and Coordination with 
Indian Tribal Governments, EPA may not issue a regulation that is not 
required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the 
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the Federal 
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance 
costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults with those 
governments. If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order 13084 
requires EPA to provide to the Office of Management and Budget, in a 
separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a 
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with 
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature 
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the 
regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires EPA to develop 
an effective process permitting elected and other representatives of 
Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful and timely input in 
the development of regulatory policies on matters that significantly or 
uniquely affect their communities.''
    Today's rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the 
communities of Indian tribal governments. Accordingly, the requirements 
of section 3(b) of E.O. 13084 do not apply to this rule.

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency 
to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the agency certifies 
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small 
businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental 
jurisdictions. This final rule will not have a significant impact on a 
substantial number of small entities because SIP approvals under 
section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the Clean Air Act do not create 
any new requirements but simply approve requirements that the State is 
already imposing. Therefore, because the Federal SIP approval does not 
create any new requirements, I certify that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Moreover, due to the nature of the Federal-State relationship under the 
Clean Air Act, preparation of flexibility analysis would constitute 
Federal inquiry into the economic reasonableness of state action. The 
Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base its actions concerning SIPs on such 
grounds. Union Electric Co., v. U.S. EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 
42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).

F. Unfunded Mandates

    Under Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or 
final rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated 
annual costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate; 
or to private sector, of $100 million or more. Under Section 205, EPA 
must select the most cost-effective and least burdensome alternative 
that achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent with 
statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a plan 
for informing and advising any small governments that may be 
significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
    EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated does not 
include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated annual costs of 
$100 million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector. This Federal action approves 
pre-existing requirements under State or local law, and imposes no new 
requirements. Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local, or 
tribal governments, or to the private sector, result from this action.

G. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a 
``major'' rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

H. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by June 1, 1999. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial 
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial 
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such 
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings 
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Note: Incorporation by reference of the State Implementation 
Plan for the State of California was approved by the Director of the 
Federal Register on July 1, 1982.

    Dated: February 16, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart F--California

    2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs 
(c)(207)(i)(C)(7),

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(249), (254)(i)(C)(3), (255)(i)(A)(3), (256)(i)(C) and (258), to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.220  Identification of plan.

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    (C) * * *
    (7) Rule 2.31, adopted on April 27, 1994.
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    (249) New and amended regulations for the following APCD's were 
submitted on September 8, 1997, by the Governor's designee.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) South Coast Air Quality Management District.
    (1) Rule 1122, adopted on March 2, 1979 and amended on July 11, 
1997.
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    (3) Rule 321, adopted on February 24, 1971 and revised on September 
18, 1997.
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    (3) Rule 454, adopted on June 5, 1979 and amended on April 3, 1997.
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    (C) Kern County Air Pollution Control District.
    (1) Rule 410.3, adopted on June 26, 1979 and revised on May 7, 
1998.
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    (258) New and amended regulations for the following APCD's were 
submitted on June 3, 1997, by the Governor's designee.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District.
    (1) Rule 433, adopted on June 15, 1994 and revised on March 26, 
1997.
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