Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Arizona State Implementation Plan Revision

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[AZ 37-1-6592b; FRL-5099-6]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Arizona

State Implementation Plan Revision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Arizona State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of emissions of

volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the transfer of gasoline into

motor vehicle fuel tanks. On May 27, 1994, Arizona submitted a SIP

revision request to EPA to satisfy the requirement of section 182(b)(3)

of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act), which

requires all ozone nonattainment areas classified as moderate or worse

to require owners and operators of gasoline dispensing facilities to

install and operate stage II vapor recovery equipment. In the Rules

Section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the State's SIP

revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

December 1, 1994.

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 regulation and EPA's evaluation report of the rule

are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX office during

normal business hours. Copies of the submitted regulation are also

available for inspection at the following locations:

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 3033 North Central Avenue,

Phoenix, AZ 85012.

Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, 1951 West North Lane,

Phoenix, Arizona 85021.

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 Arizona

Administrative Code Title 4, Chapter 31, Article 9 (R4-31-901 through

R4-31-910), submitted to EPA on May 27, 1994 by the Arizona Department

of Environmental Quality. 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: September 23, 1994.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-27076 Filed 10-31-94; 8:45 am]

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