Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, San Diego Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 187-0076b; FRL-6137-7]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Mojave Desert Air

Quality Management District, San Diego Air Pollution Control District,

San Joaquin Valley Unified 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 aerospace 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

revisions 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. Any parties interested in commenting

should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 16, 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 rules 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, Suite

200, Victorville, CA 92392.

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

Diego, CA 92123-1096.

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721.

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

Diamond, CA 91765.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Vineyard, Rulemaking Office

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

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

744-1197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Mojave Desert air

Quality Management District Rule 1118, Aerospace Vehicle Parts and

Products Coating Operations; San Diego County Air Pollution Control

District Rule 67.9, Aerospace Coating Operations; San Joaquin Unified

Air Pollution Control District Rule 4605, Aerospace Assembly and

Component Manufacturing Operations; and South Coast Air Quality

Management District, Rule 1124, Aerospace Assembly and Component

Manufacturing Operations, submitted to EPA on November 26, 1996, August

1, 1997, March 10, 1998, and August 1, 1997, respectively, 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 24, 1998.

Sally Seymour,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-21899 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]

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