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 95-2-6860b; FRL-5160-5]

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 pump and compressor seals at petroleum

refineries, chemical plants, bulk plants, and bulk terminals; large

commercial bakeries; and polyester resin operations.

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

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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

April 6, 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Bay Area Air Quality Management, 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA

94109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Vineyard, 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) 744-1197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the Bay Area Air

Quality Management District Rules 8-25, Pump and Compressor Seals at

Petroleum Refineries, Chemical Plants, Bulk Plants, and Bulk Terminals;

8-42, Large Commercial Bakeries; and 8-50, Polyester Resin Operations;

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: February 10, 1995.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-5349 Filed 3-6-95; 8:45 am]

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