Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 102-1-6744b; FRL-5120-2]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area 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 California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions from Metal Container, Closure, and Coil

Coating, Solvent Cleaning Operations, and Pressure Relief Valves at

Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants.

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 (CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules

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

revisions as direct final rules without prior proposal because the

Agency views these as noncontroversial revision amendments and

anticipates no adverse comments. Detailed rationale for these approvals

are set forth in the direct final rules. If no adverse comments are

received in response to these proposed rules, no further activity is

contemplated in relation to these rules. If EPA receives adverse

comments, the direct final rules will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in subsequent final rules based on

the proposed rules. 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 these proposed rules must be received in writing by

January 9, 1995.

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 9, 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 9 office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San

Francisco, CA 94109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel A. Meer, Chief, Rulemaking

Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901,

Telephone: (415) 744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality

Management District (BAAQMD) Regulation 8, Rule 11, Metal Container,

Closure, and Coil Coating; Rule 16, Solvent Cleaning Operations; and

Rule 28, Pressure Relief Valves at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical

Plants submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on

September 28, 1994.

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: December 1, 1994.

Nora L. McGee,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-30327 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]

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