Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control Agency

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA-070-0001b; FRL-5452-1]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley

Unified Air Pollution Control Agency

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 the transfer of gasoline in stationary

storage containers, delivery vessels, bulk plants, and vehicle fuel

tanks.

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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

June 3, 1996.

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 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.

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Fresno, CA 93721.

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 San Joaquin Valley

Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4621, Gasoline Transfer

into Stationary Containers, Delivery Vessels, and Bulk Plants, and Rule

4622, Transfer of Gasoline into Vehicle Fuel Tanks, submitted to EPA on

November 18, 1993 and May 24, 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: March 24, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-10569 Filed 5-01-96; 8:45 am]

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