[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8868-8869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4382]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA262-0369b; FRL-7451-5]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey 
Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified 
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 Monterey Bay 
Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) and San Joaquin Valley 
Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portions of the 
California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern 
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from organic liquid storage 
and VOC and nitrogen dioxide (Nox) from flare operations at industrial 
sites such as oil refineries, chemical manufacturers, and oil wells. We 
are proposing to approve local rules to regulate these emission sources 
under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by March 28, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR-
4), 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

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Evaluation Section, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814;
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud 
Court, Monterey, CA 93940; and,
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1990 East 
Gettysburg Street, Fresno, CA 93726.
    A copy of the rule may also be available via the Internet at http://www.arb.ca.gov/drdb/drdbltxt.htm. Please be advised that this is not 
an EPA website and may not contain the same version of the rule that 
was submitted to EPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, EPA Region IX, 
(415) 947-4111.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local 
rules: MBUAPCD 417-Storage of Organic Liquids and SJVUAPCD 4311-Flares. 
In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are 
approving these local rules in a direct final action without prior 
proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. 
If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in 
subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Please note that if we 
receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this 
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the 
rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not 
the subject of an adverse comment.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: December 6, 2002.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-4382 Filed 2-25-03; 8:45 am]
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