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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 192-0037b; FRL-5817-1]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, South Coast Air Quality

Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed Rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of

revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which

concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from

active and inactive landfills.

The intended effect of proposing limited approval and limited

disapproval 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 finalizing a simultaneous limited approval and

limited disapproval of 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 limited approval and limited disapproval 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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 5, 1997.

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

Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air 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 the rules 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:

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

Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182 California Air Resources Board, Stationary

Source Division, Rule Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street,

Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Bowlin, Rulemaking Office

(AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX,

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

744-1188

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This document concerns South Coast Air Quality Management

District's Rule 1150.1, Control of Gaseous Emissions from Active

Landfills, and Rule 1150.2, Control of Gaseous Emissions from Inactive

Landfills. The rules were submitted by the California Air Resources

Board (CARB) to EPA on October 16, 1985 and February 10, 1986,

respectively. For further information, please see the information

provided in the Direct Final action which is located in the Final Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Dated: April 13, 1997.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97-11912 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]

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