[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4779]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 231-0206b; FRL-6540-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality Management 
District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a revision to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the control of volatile 
organic compound (VOC) emissions from refinery vacuum-producing devices 
and systems.
    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, 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 action 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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 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. 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 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to: Andrew Steckel, Chief, Rulemaking Office, 
AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the submitted rule revisions and our technical support 
documents (TSDs) may be inspected at our Region IX office from 8:00 am 
to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. To see copies of the submitted rule 
revisions, you may also go to 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 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Petersen, Rulemaking Office (AIR-
4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, (415) 744-1135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns South Coast Air 
Quality Management District Rule 465, Refinery Vacuum-Producing Devices 
and Systems, submitted to EPA on October 29, 1999 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: February 11, 2000.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-4779 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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