[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21161]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 172-0157b; FRL-6420-2]


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: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from the miscellaneous metal part and magnet 
wire coating industries. The intended effect of this action is to 
regulate emissions of VOCs according to 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 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direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received 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 September 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: 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 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:

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: This document concerns the following rules:

--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 Board 
(CARB) 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).
    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: July 30, 1999.
David P. Howekamp,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-21161 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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