[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21591]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA267-0402b; FRL-7526-7]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South 
Coast Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the South Coast Air 
Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portion of the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from general spray coating operations, 
surfactant manufacturing, and storage tanks at petroleum facilities. 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 September 25, 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; and
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765.

    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: SCAQMD 481--Spray Coating Operations, SCAQMD 1141.2--Surfactant 
Manufacturing, and SCAQMD 1178--Further Control of VOC Emissions from 
Storage Tanks at Petroleum Facilities. 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: June 12, 2003.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 03-21591 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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