[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66202-66203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27660]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 241-0244b; FRL-6893-2]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Antelope Valley Air 
Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control 
District (AVAPCD). The revisions concern the recission and associated 
negative declarations for one volatile organic compound source category 
and one oxides of nitrogen source category for the Antelope Valley Air 
Pollution Control District (AVAPCD).
    The intended effect of this action is to bring the AVAPCD SIP up to 
date in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as 
amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). EPA is finalizing the approval of 
these recissions and associated negative declarations from the 
California SIP under provisions of the CAA regarding EPA action on SIP 
submittals, SIPs for national primary and secondary ambient air quality 
standards and plan requirements for nonattainment areas. EPA is 
approving these revisions in accordance with the requirements of the 
CAA.

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DATES: Comments must arrive by December 4, 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.
    You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions and EPA's 
technical support documents (TSDs) at our Region IX office during 
normal business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP 
revisions at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.
Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District, 43301 Division Street, 
Suite 206, Lancaster, CA 93539-4409.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office, AIR-
4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, telephone: (415) 744-
1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rules being approved for recission and 
the negative declarations being approved for the Antelope Valley Air 
Pollution Control District (AVAPCD) portion of the California SIP are 
listed in the following Table:

                                 Submitted Recissions and Negative Declarations
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                                                      Adoption    Submittal
                Rule No. and title                      date         date              Type of revision
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1103, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetic Manufacturing       01-18-00     03-28-00  Recission and Negative
 Operations.                                                                   Declaration.
1159, Nitric Acid Units--Oxides of Nitrogen.......     01-18-00     03-28-00  Recission and Negative
                                                                               Declaration.
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    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.

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: October 4, 2000.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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