[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2172]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA172-0209b; FRL-6529-5]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Kern 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 
compounds (VOC) from the loading of organic liquids, and fugitive 
hydrocarbons.
    The intended effect of this action is to regulate emissions of VOC 
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 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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 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 March 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Comments should be addressed to: Christine Vineyard, 
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, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302, 
Bakersfield, CA 93301.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Christine Vineyard, [AIR-4], Air 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-1197).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Kern County Air 
Pollution Control District Rule 413, Organic Liquid Loading, and Rule 
414.1, Valves, Pressure Relief Valves, Flanges, Threaded Connections 
and Process Drains at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants. Both 
rules were adopted on March 7, 1996 and were submitted to EPA on May 
10, 1996 by the California Air Resources Board. 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: January 12, 2000.
Julia Barrow,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-2172 Filed 2-2-00; 8:45 am]
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