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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 057-0009b; FRL-5527-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air

Pollution Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control

District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and San

Joaquin Unified 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 metal parts and products coating,

semiconductor manufacturing, petroleum refineries and chemical plants,

polyester resin material operations and decontamination of soil.

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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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

August 26, 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.

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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 Divison, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812

Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 ``M'' Street, Suite

290, Bakersfield, CA 93301

Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue, Auburn,

CA 95603

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, 669 County Square Drive,

Ventura, CA 93003

San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999 Tuolumne

Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel A. Meer, Chief, 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) 744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the following rules

submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board on the dates

noted. Kern County Air Pollution Control District's Rule 410.4, Surface

Coating of Metal Parts and Products, submitted on May 25, 1995; Placer

County Air Pollution Control District's Rule 244, Semiconductor

Manufacturing Operations, submitted on May 24, 1995; Ventura County Air

Pollution Control District's Rules 74.7, Fugitive Emissions of Reactive

Organic Compounds (ROC) at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants,

submitted on March 26, 1996, and 74.14, Polyester Resin Material

Operations, submitted on September 14, 1992; and San Joaquin Valley

Unified Air Pollution Control District's Rule 4651, Volatile Organic

Compound Emissions from Decontamination of Soil, submitted on December

22, 1994. 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: June 17, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-18936 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]

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