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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 152-0104b; FRL-6206-6]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, Kern County Air

Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions from steam enhanced crude oil production well

vents, refinery process vacuum producing devices, refinery process unit

turnaround, and polystyrene foam industry.

The intended effect of this action 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 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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in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. Any

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parties interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by January 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: 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 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:

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

290, Bakersfield, CA 93003.

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

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 Kern County Air

Pollution Control District Rule 404, Particulate Matter Concentration--

Valley Basin; Rule 408, Fuel Burning Equipment; Rule 411.1, Steam-

enhanced Crude Oil Production Well Vents; Rule 414.2, Refinery Process

Vacuum Producing Devices or Systems; Rule 414.3, Refinery Process Unit

Turnaround; and Rule 414.4, Polystyrene Foam Manufacturing, submitted

to EPA on May 25, 1995 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.

Dated: November 9, 1998.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 98-33736 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]

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