[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45215-45216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21163]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 126-163b; FRL-6420-1]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast Air Quality Management 
District; Ventura County Air Pollution Control District; Mojave Desert 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). Two rules to be approved into the SIP 
control volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from storage tank 
cleaning and degassing operations and from components at crude oil and 
natural gas production and processing facilities. Two rules to be 
removed from the SIP control VOC emissions from pumps, compressors, and 
relief valves.
    The intended effect of this action is to regulate emissions of VOCs 
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 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

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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 rules 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 rules 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
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 702 County Square Drive, 
Ventura, CA 93003
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite 
200, Victorville, CA 92392-2383

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max Fantillo, Rulemaking Office, AIR-
4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns South Coast Air 
Quality Management District's (SCAQMD) Rule 1149, Storage Tank Cleaning 
and Degassing and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District's 
(VCAPCD) Rule 74.10, Components at Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production 
and Processing Facilities. The rules being removed from the SIP are 
Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District's (MDAQMD) Rules 466, 
Pumps and Compressors and 467, Safety Pressure Relief Valves. These 
rules were submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to 
EPA on October 13, 1995 (Rule 1149), June 23, 1998 (Rule 74.10), and 
November 30, 1994 (Rules 466 and 467). 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. 99-21163 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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