Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Placer County Air Pollution Control District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 140-10-7261b; FRL-5457-1]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Placer County Air

Pollution Control District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control

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 the storage and transfer of

organic liquids and tank degassing 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

revisions as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views these as noncontroversial revision amendments 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 these rules. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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 5, 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 rules and EPA's evaluation reports of the rules 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.

Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue,

Auburn, CA 95603.

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Rule Development

Section, 669 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.

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, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the Placer County Air

Pollution Control District's Rule 212, ``Storage of Organic Liquids,''

and Rule 215, ``Transfer of Gasoline into Tank Trucks, Trailers and

Railroad Tank Cars at Loading Facilities,'' and the Ventura County Air

Pollution Control District's Rule 74.26, ``Crude Oil Storage Tank

Degassing Operations,'' and Rule 74.27, ``Gasoline and ROC Liquid

Storage Tank Degassing Operations.'' These rules were submitted to EPA

on January 24, 1995 (Rules 215, 74.26, and 74.27) and October 13, 1995

(Rule 212), 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 11, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-11195 Filed 5-03-96; 8:45 am]

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