[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45178-45182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21160]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 172-0157a; FRL-6420-3]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision: Bay Area Air Quality Management 
District, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay 
Unified Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality 
Management 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 (SIP). The revisions concern rules 
from the following districts: Bay Area Air Quality Management 
District--Rule 8-26, Magnet Wire Coating Operations; Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District--Rule 410.4, Surface Coating of Metal Parts 
and Products; Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District--Rule 
434, Coating of Metal Parts and Products; and, South Coast Air Quality 
Management District--Rule 1107, Coating of Metal Parts and Products. 
This approval action will incorporate these rules within the federally 
approved SIP. The intended effect of approving these rules is to 
regulate emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) according to 
the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the 
Act). The revised rules control VOC emissions from the surface coating 
of magnet wire and miscellaneous metal parts and products. 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 October 18, 1999 without further 
notice, unless EPA receives adverse comments by September 20, 1999. If 
EPA receives such comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal notice 
in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not 
take effect.

ADDRESSES: Written 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, 
SW, Washington, D.C. 20460
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302, 
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud 
Court, Monterey, CA 93940
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 218 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, Rulemaking Office, 
AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, Telephone: (415) 744-
1226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Applicability

    EPA is approving the following rules into the California SIP:

--Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)--Rule 8-26, Magnet 
Wire Coating Operations;
--Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD)--Rule 410.4, 
Surface Coating of Metal Parts and Products;
--Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD)--Rule 
434, Coating of Metal Parts and Products; and,
--South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)--Rule 1107, 
Coating of Metal Parts and Products. These rules were submitted by the 
California Air Resources to EPA on July 23, 1996 (BAAQMD Rule 8-26), 
May 10, 1996 (KCAPCD 410.4), March 3, 1997 (MBUAPCD Rule 434), February 
16, 1999 (SCAQMD Rule 1107).

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 1977 
(1977 Act or pre-amended Act), that included the San Francisco Bay, the 
Southeast Desert Modified Air Quality Management Area, Monterey Bay, 
and the South Coast ozone nonattainment areas (see 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 portions of 
the California SIP represented by these areas 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 Air Act Amendments of 1990 were enacted. Public Law 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 nonattainment areas subject to this rulemaking 
were classified as follows: Bay Area--moderate; Monterey Bay--moderate; 
and South Coast--extreme.2 Therefore, these areas are 
subject to the RACT fix-up requirement and the May 15, 1991 deadline.
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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 
Document'' (Blue Book) (notice of availability was published in the 
Federal Register on May 25, 1988); and the existing control 
technique guidelines (CTGs).
    \2\ Bay Area, Monterey Bay, and South Coast nonattainment areas 
retained their designation of nonattainment and were classified by 
operation of law pursuant to sections 107(d) and 181(a) upon the 
date of enactment of the CAA. At the same time the Southeast Desert 
Air Basin Portion of Kern County was designated nonattainment. See 
56 FR 56694 (November 6, 1991).
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    The Bay Area ozone nonattainment area was redesignated to 
attainment on May 22, 1995 (see 60 FR 27028). Subsequently, based on 
violations of the ozone NAAQS, EPA redesignated the San Francisco Bay 
Area to nonattainment without classification on July 10, 1998 (see 63 
FR 37258). The Monterey Bay Area was redesignated as an attainment area 
for the ozone standard on January 17, 1997 (see 62 FR 2597).
    The Southeast Desert Air Basin portion of Kern County was not a 
pre-amendment nonattainment area, so it was not designated and 
classified upon enactment of the amended Act. Consequently, KCAPCD is 
not subject to the section 182(a)(2)(A) RACT fix-up requirement. The 
KCAPCD is subject to the requirements of EPA's SIP-Call, because the 
SIP-Call included all of Kern County.
    The State of California submitted many revised RACT rules for 
incorporation into its SIP. CARB submitted the rules subject to this 
rulemaking action to EPA on July 23, 1996 (BAAQMD Rule 8-26), May 10, 
1996 (KCAPCD Rule 410.4), March 3, 1997 (MBUAPCD Rule 434), February 
16, 1999 (SCAQMD Rule 1107). This document addresses EPA's direct-final 
action for Bay Area Air Quality Management District--Rule 8-26, Magnet 
Wire Coating Operations adopted and revised December 20, 1995; Kern 
County Air Pollution Control District--Rule 410.4, Surface Coating of 
Metal Parts and Products adopted and revised March 7, 1996; Monterey 
Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District--Rule 434, Coating of Metal 
Parts and Products adopted and revised December 18, 1996; and, South 
Coast Air Quality Management District--Rule 1107, Coating of Metal 
Parts and Products adopted and revised on August 18, 1998.
    These submitted rules were found to be complete pursuant to EPA's 
completeness criteria set forth in 40 CFR part 51, appendix 
V.3 EPA found the subject rules complete on the following 
dates: October 30, 1996 (BAAQMD Rule 8-26), July 19, 1996 (KCAPCD Rule 
410.4), August 12, 1997 (MBUAPCD Rule 434), April 23, 1999 (SCAQMD Rule 
1107).
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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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    EPA is taking direct final action to approve these revisions to the 
California SIP.
    These rules are prohibitory rules governing the use and application 
of coating compounds containing photochemically reactive volatile 
organic compounds (VOCs) in their respective industries. VOCs 
contribute to the production of ground level ozone and smog. These 
rules were adopted originally as part of each air district's 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. EPA's evaluation and final action for these rules follows 
in the next section.

III. EPA Evaluation and Action

    When deciding whether or not to approve 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 one. 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

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Agency policy, for requiring States to ``fix-up'' their RACT rules. See 
section 182(a)(2)(A). The CTGs applicable to these rules are entitled 
as follows:

--``Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary 
Sources, Volume IV: Surface Coating for the Insulation of Magnet 
Wire,'' USEPA, December 1977, EPA-450/2-77-033; and,
--``Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary 
Sources Volume VI: Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and 
Products,'' USEPA, June 1978, EPA-450/2-78-015.

    Further interpretations of EPA policy are found in the Blue Book, 
referred to in footnote one. In general, these guidance documents have 
been set forth to ensure that VOC rules are fully enforceable and 
strengthen or maintain the SIP.
    In the past, EPA approved into the SIP prior versions of each 
subject rule. On July 8, 1982, EPA approved into the SIP a prior 
version of BAAQMD Rule 8-26 (see 47 FR 29668.) This version of Rule 8-
26 was adopted by the BAAQMD Governing Board on May 7, 1980. Prior to 
the December 20, 1995 revisions to Rule 8-26, BAAQMD revised Rule 8-26 
on March 17, 1982. Consequently, this review of Rule 8-26 addresses 
this past, as well as, the recent December 20, 1995 revision of the 
rule.
    The BAAQMD's submitted Rule 8-26, Magnet Wire Coating Operations, 
included the following significant change from the current SIP rule.

--Rule 8-26's definition of volatile organic compounds was revised.

    The March 17, 1982 amendments to Rule 8-26 added two test methods 
at 8-26-601, Analysis of Samples and 8-26-602, Determination of 
Emissions.
    The definition change and test method additions within submitted 
Rule 8-26 do not interfere with reasonable further progress or 
attainment of the NAAQS. These 1982 and 1995 changes to Rule 8-26 
either update or improve the clarity of the rule. Consequently, the 
changes within submitted BAAQMD Rule 8-26 are consistent with the 
requirements of section 110(l) of the CAA.
    EPA has evaluated the BAAQMD's submitted rule and has determined 
that it is consistent with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy. 
Therefore, BAAQMD Rule 8-26, Magnet Wire Coating Operations is being 
approved under section 110(k)(3) of the CAA as meeting the requirements 
of section 110(a) and part D.
    EPA approved into the SIP a prior version of KCAPCD's Rule 410.4, 
Surface Coating of Metal Parts and Products, on July 25, 1996 (see 61 
FR 38571). The KCAPCD Governing Board adopted this version of Rule 
410.4 on April 6, 1995.
    KCAPCD's submitted Rule 410.4, Surface Coating of Metal Parts and 
Products includes the following significant change from the current SIP 
rule.

--Rule 410.4's definitions for exempt compounds and volatile organic 
compounds have been removed and the rule now refers to Rule 102--
Definitions for these terms.

    The definition change within submitted Rule 410.4 does not 
interfere with reasonable further progress or attainment of the NAAQS. 
This change updates the rule. Consequently, the change within submitted 
KCAPCD Rule 410.4 is consistent with the requirements of section 110(l) 
of the CAA.
    EPA has evaluated the KCAPCD's submitted rule and has determined 
that it is consistent with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy. 
Therefore, KCAPCD Rule 410.4--Surface Coating of Metal Parts and 
Products is being approved under section 110(k)(3) of the CAA as 
meeting the requirements of section 110(a) and part D.
    EPA approved a prior version of MBUAPCD's Rule 434, Coating of 
Metal Parts and Products on February 12, 1996 (see 61 FR 5288). This 
version of Rule 434 was adopted by the MBUAPCD Governing Board on June 
15, 1994. MBUAPCD's submitted Rule 434--Coating of Metal Parts and 
Products included these significant changes from the current SIP 
described below.

--Rule 434's definitions for exempt compounds and volatile organic 
compounds have been removed and the Rule 434 now refers to Rule 101--
Definitions for these terms.
--The VOC emissions limit for pretreatment wash primers were increased 
from 420 grams/litre (g/l) to 780 g/l.
--Recordkeeping requirements were revised to require daily 
recordkeeping for the use of non-compliant coatings.
--Lastly, the test method for determining pollution control equipment 
capture efficiency was updated.

    The VOC content limits, recordkeeping, and test method revisions 
within submitted Rule 434 do not interfere with reasonable further 
progress or attainment of the NAAQS. MBUAPCD stated there are no 
permitted sources within the district using pretreatment wash primer. 
As a result, MBUAPCD did not perform a five percent analysis justifying 
the de minimis effect of raising this emission limit. However, should 
sources using pretreatment wash primer begin coating operations within 
MBUAPCD, EPA will require the MBUAPCD to conduct a five percent 
analysis to demonstrate the continued de minimis emissions effect of 
the 780 g/l emissions limit.
    EPA has evaluated the MBUAPCD's submitted rule and has determined 
that it is consistent with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy. 
Therefore, MBUAPCD Rule 434--Coating of Metal Parts and Products is 
being approved under section 110(k)(3) of the CAA as meeting the 
requirements of section 110(a) and part D.
    On July 14, 1995, EPA approved into the SIP a prior version of 
SCAQMD--Rule 1107, Coating of Metal Parts and Products (see 60 FR 
36227). The SCAQMD Governing Board adopted this version of Rule 1107 on 
May 12, 1995. Prior to the August 14, 1998 revisions to Rule 1107, 
SCAQMD revised a set of rules including Rule 1107. The SCAQMD Governing 
Board adopted these revisions on March 8, 1996 and the CARB submitted 
them to EPA on July 23, 1996. EPA has not acted on this set of 
revisions. However, because the March 8, 1996 revisions to Rule 1107 
are incorporated within the later August 14, 1998 revisions and 
adoption, EPA's review of Rule 1107 addresses both this past as well as 
the most recent revisions of the rule.
    The significant changes from the current SIP within SCAQMD's August 
14, 1998 submittal of Rule 1107 are described below.

--The VOC content limit is lowered for general category single-
component air-dried coating from 340 gram/liter (gr/l) to 275 gr/l (2.3 
lb VOC/gal), less water and exempt compounds beginning March 1, 1999.
--A small use exemption for facilities using less than one gallon of 
coating per day is removed after March 1, 1999.
--A small use exemption for facilities using less than 55 gallons per 
rolling 12 month period is removed after March 1, 1999. However, this 
exemption is retained for sources using essential public service 
coatings for repair and maintenance procedures.
--An exemption is allowed for electric insulating and thermally 
conductive coatings.

    The March 8, 1996 amendments to Rule 1107 removed the definition of 
exempt compounds which was placed for ease of revision within Rule 
102--Definition of Terms. Also, because

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changes to California law prohibited air districts from regulating 
aerosol applications and placed this authority with the CARB, the 
SCAQMD exempted aerosol coating products from Rule 1107. Now, CARB 
regulates aerosol coatings through their consumer products regulations.
    The modified VOC content limits and exemption levels within 
submitted Rule 1107 do not interfere with reasonable further progress 
or attainment of the NAAQS. The VOC content limits have been 
strengthened and the exemption criteria are narrowed. The changes to 
Rule 1107 increase VOC emission reductions compared to the 1995 version 
of the rule within the SIP. SCAQMD calculated that VOC emissions are 
reduced by an additional 1.01 tons/per day or 368.7 tons per year. For 
these reasons, the changes within submitted Rule 1107 are consistent 
with the requirements of section 110(l) of the CAA.
    EPA has evaluated the SCAQMD's submitted rule and has determined it 
is consistent with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy. Therefore, 
SCAQMD--Rule 1107, Coating of Metal Parts and Products, is 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, 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 rulemaking action 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 October 
18, 1999 without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse 
comments by September 20, 1999.
    If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a timely 
withdrawal in the Federal Register 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. 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 is 
effective on October 18, 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, 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, Executive Order 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.

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 officials 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

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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 October 18, 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.

    Dated: July 30, 1999.
David P. Howekamp,
Acting 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)(231)(i)(B)(6), (c)(239)(i)(E)(5), (c)(244)(i)(A)(4), and 
(c)(262)(i)(C) to read as follows:


Sec. 52.220  Identification of plan.

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    (6) Rule 410.4, adopted on June 26, 1979 and amended on March 7, 
1996.
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    (i) * * *
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    (5) Rule 8-26, adopted on May 7, 1980 and amended on December 20, 
1995.
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    (244) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (A) * * *
    (4) Rule 434, adopted on December 18, 1996.
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    (i) * * *
    (C) South Coast Air Quality Management District.
    (1) Rule 1107, adopted on June 1, 1979 and amended on August 14, 
1998.
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