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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 095-0008b; FRL-5464-3]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Santa Barbara County Air

Pollution Control 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, oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and

oxides of sulfur (SOX) from flare and thermal oxidizers.

The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to

regulate emissions of VOC, NOX, and SOX in accordance with

the goals 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 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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 6, 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 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:

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian

Drive, B-23, Goleta, CA 93117

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

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 Santa Barbara County

Air Pollution Control District Rule 359, Flare and Thermal Oxidizers,

submitted to EPA on July 13, 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: April 18, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-11207 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]

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