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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA181-0081b; FRL-6141-9]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California

State Implementation Plan Revision, Mohave Desert Air Quality

Management 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 wood product coating 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 (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 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 the rule. Any parties interested

in commenting on the rule should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel,

Rulemaking Office, AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. 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:

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive,

Suite 200, Victorville, CA 92392

South Coast Air Quality Management District, 218 East Copley Drive,

Diamond Bar, CA 91765

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Divison, Rule

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, Rulemaking Office,

AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75

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

1226

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Mohave Desert Air

Quality Management District Rule 1114--Wood Product Coating Operations

and South Coast Air Quality Management District, Rule 1136--Wood

Product Coatings submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board

to EPA on March 3, 1997 and August 28, 1996, respectively. For further

information, please see the information provided in the Direct Final

action that

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is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

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

Date signed: July 29, 1998.

Nora L. McGee,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.

[FR Doc. 98-21897 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]

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