Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 198-0099b; FRL-6184-5]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air Pollution

Control District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, San

Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Santa Barbara County

Air Pollution Control 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 motor vehicle and mobile equipment

refinishing, graphic arts, paper or fabric coating, and screen

printing.

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

submittal 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 adverse comments are

received, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 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 rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should do

so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by December 14, 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite

302, Bakersfield, CA 93301

Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 11464 B Avenue,

Auburn, CA 95603

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411

Jackson Road, Sacramento, CA 95826

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian

Drive B-23, Goleta, CA 93117

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Section

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

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

744-1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Kern County Air

Pollution Control District Rule 410.4A--Motor Vehicle and Mobile

Equipment Refinishing Operations and Rule 410.7--Graphic Arts, San

Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 4602--Motor

Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations and Rule 4607--Graphic

Arts, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule

450--Graphic Arts and Rule 459--Automotive and Trucks and Heavy

Equipment Refinishing Operations, and Santa Barbara County Air

Pollution Control District Rule 339--Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment

Coating Operations, submitted to EPA on May 10, 1996 (410.4A, 410.7),

August 1, 1997 (239), March 10, 1998 (4602, 4607, 339), and May 18,

1998 (450, 459) by the California Air Resources Board. For further

information, please see the

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information provided in the Direct Final action that is located in the

Rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 23, 1998.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-30274 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]

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