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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 038-100b; FRL-6333-5]

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans;

California State Implementation Plan Revision, 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 paper, fabric, and film coating

operations; graphic arts, coatings and ink manufacturing; plastic,

rubber, and glass coatings; motor vehicle and mobile equipment non-

assembly line coating operations; and solvent cleaning 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 adverse comments are

received, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this rule.

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 June 3, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action 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.

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

Diamond Bar, CA 91765.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office

(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 South Coast Air

Quality Management District Rules 1128--Paper, Fabric, and Film Coating

Operations; 1130--Graphic Arts; 1141.1--Coatings and Ink Manufacturing;

1145--Plastic, Rubber, and Glass Coatings; 1151--Motor Vehicle and

Mobile Equipment Non-Assembly Line Coating Operations; and 1171--

Solvent Cleaning Operations, submitted to EPA on July 23, 1996 (1128,

1130), September 14, 1992 (1141.1), August 1, 1997 (1145), and March

10, 1998 (1151, 1171) 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: April 22, 1999.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-11040 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]

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