Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Diego Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 184-0086b; FRL-6138-1]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Diego 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 from organic solvents.

The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule 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 relevant adverse

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comments are received, no further activity is contemplated in relation

to this rule. If EPA receives relevant adverse comments, the direct

final rule will not take effect and all public comments received will

be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.

EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any

parties interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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 rule revisions and EPA's evaluation report of this

rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX 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 Division, Rule

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

San Diego Air Pollution Control District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, San

Diego, CA 92123-1096.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Fong, Rulemaking Office (AIR-

4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-

1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns San Diego Air

Pollution Control District Rule 66, Organic Solvents, submitted to EPA

on October 18, 1996 by the California Air Resources Board. For further

information, please see the information provided in the Direct Final

action that is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: July 30, 1998.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-21350 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]

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