[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29966]
[[Page 60256]]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 210-0103b; FRL-6185-2]
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This action is an administrative change
which revises the definition of volatile organic compound (VOC) and
updates the Exempt Compound list in rules from the Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD).
The intended effect of proposing approval of this action is to
incorporate changes to the definition of VOC and to update the Exempt
Compound list in SMAQMD rules to be consistent with the revised federal
and state VOC definitions. EPA is proposing approval of these revisions
to be incorporated into the California SIP for the attainment of the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone under title I
of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules Section of
this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the state's SIP submittal
as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views
this as a noncontroversial revision 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, no further
activity is contemplated. 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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. Any parties interested
in commenting should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received by December 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Chief,
Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
Copies of the rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of each
rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office
during normal business hours. Copies of the submitted rule revisions
are also available for inspection at the following locations:
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411
Jackson Rd., Sacramento, CA 95826
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia G. Allen, Rulemaking Office
[Air-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415)
744-1189)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 101, General
Provisions and Definitions; Rule 442, Architectural Coatings; Rule 443,
Leaks From Synthetic Organic Chemical and Polymer Manufacturing; Rule
447, Organic Liquid Loading; Rule 452, Can Coating; Rule 456, Aerospace
Assembly and Component Coating Operations; Rule 458, Large Commercial
Bread Bakeries. These rules were submitted to EPA on May 18, 1998 by
the California Air Resources Board. For further information, please see
the information provided in the direct final action that is located in
the rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: October 26, 1998.
Sally Seymour,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-29966 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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