[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15286-15287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6973]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 224-0213b; FRL-6549-8]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution 
Control District, San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air 
Quality Air 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) which concern the control of volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from wood product and wood panelling coating 
operations.

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    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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 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 April 21, 2000.

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:
    California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Divison, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812;
    Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver 
Cloud Court, Monterey, CA 93940;
    San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 Tuolumne 
Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721;
    Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District 26 Castilian 
Drive, Suite B-23, Goleta, CA 93117; and,
    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 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the following local 
district rules: Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District 
(MBUAPCD) Rule 429--Applications of Nonarchitectural Coatings; San 
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) Rule 
4606--Wood Products Coating Operations; Santa Barbara County Air 
Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD) Rule 351--Surface Coating of Wood 
Products; South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 
1104--Wood Flat Stock Coating Operations. These rules were submitted by 
the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to EPA on these respective 
dates: March 23, 1988; February 16, 1999; May 13, 1999; and, October 
29, 1999.
    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 15, 2000.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-6973 Filed 3-21-00; 8:45 am]
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