[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 33665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13884]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 275-0393b; FRL-7495-2]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area 
Air Quality Management District; San Diego County 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 Bay Area Air 
Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and San Diego County Air Pollution 
Control District (SDCAPCD) portions of the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from organic liquid storage, equipment leaks 
at petroleum refineries, and wood product coating operations. 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 July 7, 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 or e-mail to 
[email protected].
    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, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814;
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109; and,
San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, 
San Diego, CA 92123.

    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 Web site 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: SDCAPCD Rule 67.11.1--Large Wood Product Coating Operations; 
BAAQMD Rule 8-5--Storage of Organic Liquids; and, BAAQMD 8-18--
Equipment Leaks. 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: April 28, 2003.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-13884 Filed 6-4-03; 8:45 am]
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