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 102-6-6837b; FRL-5145-6]

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 a revision to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP), which concerns the control of volatile

organic compound (VOC) emissions from valves and flanges at chemical

plants.

The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule 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

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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

March 20, 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 rule and EPA's evaluation report of the rule are

available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted rule 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.

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

Francisco, CA 94109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane F. James, 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) 744-1191.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air Quality

Management District's (BAAQMD) Rule 8-22, ``Valves and Flanges at

Chemical Plants,'' submitted to EPA on September 28, 1994, 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: January 17, 1995.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-3865 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]

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