Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 159-0018b; FRL-5641-6]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert Air

Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to act on revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern eight negative declarations

from the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District for the

following volatile organic compound (VOC) source categories: Synthetic

Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) Distillation, SOCMI

Reactors, SOCMI Batch Processing, Offset Lithography, Industrial

Wastewater, Plastic Parts-Business Machines, Plastic Parts-Other, and

Ship Building. The intended effect of proposing to include these

negative declarations in the SIP is to meet 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 acting on 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 rationale for this action 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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

December 2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to:

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.

Copies of the negative declarations are available for public

inspection at EPA's Region 9 office and at the following locations

during normal business hours.

Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105.

Air Docket (6102), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 ``M''

Street, S.W., Washington, DC. 20460.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (formerly San

Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District, 15428 Civic Drive,

Suite 200, Victorville, CA 92392-2382.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, 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) 744-1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns negative declarations

for eight VOC source categories from the Mojave Desert Air Quality

Management District: (1) Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing

Industry (SOCMI) Distillation, (2) SOCMI Reactors, (3) SOCMI Batch

Processing, (4) Offset Lithography, (5) Industrial Wastewater, (6)

Plastic Parts -Business Machines, (7) Plastic Parts - Other, and (8)

Ship Building. These negative declarations confirm that these source

categories are not present in the MDAQMD. They were

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submitted to EPA on August 7, 1995 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.

Date: October 6, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96-27843 Filed 10-31-96; 8:45 am]

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