[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-777]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 157-1-7223b; FRL-5317-3]
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;
California State Implementation Plan Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from the transfer of gasoline into stationary
storage tanks and vehicle fuel tanks. The intended effect of proposing
approval of these rules is to regulate emissions of VOCs in accordance
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. In the
Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's
SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment 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 in
response to this proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in
relation to this rule. 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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 on this document. Any
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this
time.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by
February 22, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to:
Daniel A. Meer, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
Copies of the rules and EPA's evaluation report of each rule are
available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during normal
business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for
inspection at the following locations:
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 Jackson
Road, Sacramento, CA 95826.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae Wang, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3),
Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415)
744-1200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) Rule 448,
Gasoline Transfer into Stationary Storage Containers, and Rule 449,
Transfer of Gasoline into Vehicle Fuel Tanks, submitted to EPA on
August 10, 1995 by the California Air Resources Board. For further
information, please see the information provided in the direct final
action which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Dated: October 11, 1995.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-777 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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