[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 166 (Friday, August 28, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20828]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0079; FRL-8944-9]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope 
Valley 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 Antelope Valley 
Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California 
State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile 
organic compound (VOC) emissions from leaking components at industrial 
facilities such as petroleum refineries and chemical manufacturing 
plants. We are proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these 
emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the 
Act). At the same time, we are also approving a Negative Declaration 
and removing rules from the SIP.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by September 28, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2009-0079a, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions.
    2. E-mail: [email protected].
    3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket 
without change and may be made available online at 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be 
clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
and EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to 
EPA, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as 
part of the public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While 
all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information 
may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., 
copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in either 
location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please 
schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Wamsley, EPA Region IX, (415) 
947-4111, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local 
rules: Rule 1173--Fugitive Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds, 
Rule 465--Vacuum Producing Devices or Systems, Rule 466--Pumps and 
Compressors, 466.1--Valves and Flanges, and Rule 467--Pressure Relief 
Devices. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, 
we are approving amendments to Rule 1173 and removing Rules 465, 466, 
466.1, and 467 from the SIP 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: May 13, 2009.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E9-20828 Filed 8-27-09; 8:45 am]
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