Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision: Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 172-0157b; FRL-6420-2]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California

State Implementation Plan Revision: Bay Area Air Quality Management

District, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay

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 approving revisions to the California State

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

compound (VOC) emissions from the miscellaneous metal part and magnet

wire coating industries. The intended effect of this action is to

regulate emissions of VOCs according to 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direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received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 parties

interested in commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by September 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:

Rulemaking Office (AIR-4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), 401 ``M'' Street,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20460

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San

Francisco, CA 94109

Kern County Air Pollution Control District, 2700 M Street, Suite 302,

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, 24580 Silver Cloud

Court, Monterey, CA 93940

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

Diamond Bar, CA 91765

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

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

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

1226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the following rules:

--Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)--Rule 8-26, Magnet

Wire Coating Operations;

--Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD)--Rule 410.4,

Surface Coating of Metal Parts and Products;

--Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD)--Rule

434, Coating of Metal Parts and Products; and,

--South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)--Rule 1107,

Coating of Metal Parts and Products.

These rules were submitted by the California Air Resources Board

(CARB) to EPA on July 23, 1996 (BAAQMD Rule 8-26), May 10, 1996 (KCAPCD

410.4), March 3, 1997 (MBUAPCD Rule 434), February 16, 1999 (SCAQMD

Rule 1107).

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: July 30, 1999.

David P. Howekamp,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-21161 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]

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