[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21559]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[AZ 100-0056b; FRL-7266-4]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Arizona 
State Implementation Plan Revision, Maricopa County Environmental 
Services Department

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Arizona State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Maricopa County Environmental 
Services Department (MCESD). The revisions consist of negative 
declarations for twelve volatile organic compound source categories for 
the MCESD. The intended effect of this action is to bring the MCESD 
portion of the Arizona SIP up to date in accordance with the 
requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). 
EPA is proposing the approval of these negative declarations for the 
MCESD portion of the Arizona 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.

DATES: Comments must arrive by September 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to: Andy 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 document (TSD) at our Region IX office during normal 
business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP revisions 
at the following locations: Arizona Department of Environmental 
Quality, 3033 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012. Maricopa 
County Environmental Services Department, 1001 North Central, No. 595, 
Phoenix, Arizona 85004.

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) 947-
4126. e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The negative declarations being approved for 
the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) portion 
of the Arizona SIP are listed in the following Table:

                                         Submitted Negative Declarations
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                 Local agency                                  Title                     Adopted      Submitted
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MCESD........................................  Refinery Sources.....................      04-26-00      12-14-00
                                               Automobile and Light Duty Trucks
                                               Magnet Wire
                                               Flatwood Paneling
                                               Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products
                                               Rubber Tire Manufacturing
                                               Polymer Manufacturing
                                               SOCMI
                                               Batch Processes
                                               Industrial Wastewater
                                               Ship Building Repair
                                               SOCMI Reactor/Distillation
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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: August 6, 2002.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 02-21559 Filed 8-23-02; 8:45 am]
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