[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47464-47465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22184]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 224-0166b; FRL-6425-6]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management 
District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control 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) which concern the control of volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from pleasure craft coating operations.
    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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 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 30, 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:


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California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812;
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182; and,
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 669 County Square Drive, 
Ventura, CA 93003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, Rulemaking Office, 
[AIR-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns South Coast Air 
Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1106.1--Pleasure Craft 
Coating Operations and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District 
(VCAPCD) Rule 74.24.1--Pleasure Craft Coating and Commercial Boatyard 
Operations. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) submitted these 
rules to EPA on June 3, 1999 and February 16, 1999, respectively. 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: August 6, 1999.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 99-22184 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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