Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Kern County Air Pollution Control District; Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District; South Coast Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 043-0017b; FRL-5617-5]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision; Kern County Air

Pollution Control District; Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control

District; South Coast 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 organic solvent degreasing operations,

petroleum storage tank degassing, and gasoline transfer and dispensing

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. In the Rules section of this

Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP revision as a direct

final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial action 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and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

November 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 IX, 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 IX office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted rules are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

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

290, Bakersfield, CA 93301

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian

Drive, B-23, Goleta, CA 93117

South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Copley Drive,

Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae Wang, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3),

Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region

IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415)

744-1200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Kern County Air

Pollution Control District (KCAPCD) Rule 412.1, Transfer of Gasoline

into Vehicle Fuel Tanks; KCAPCD Rule 410.3, Organic Solvent Degreasing

Operations; KCAPCD Rule 102, Definitions; Santa Barbara County Air

Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD) Rule 343, Petroleum Storage Tank

Degassing; and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)

Rule 461, Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing. The California Air

Resources Board submitted these rules for incorporation into the SIP.

The following table contains the adoption and submittal dates for each

rule.

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Rule No. Adopted Submitted

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KCAPCD 412.1.................................... 11/9/92 1/11/93

KCAPCD 410.3.................................... 3/7/96 5/10/96

KCAPCD 102...................................... 3/7/96 5/10/96

SBCAPCD 343..................................... 12/14/93 3/29/94

SCAQMD 461...................................... 9/8/95 1/31/96

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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.

Date Signed: September 17, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-25468 Filed 10-4-96; 8:45 am]

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