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 217-0170b; FRL-6423-2]

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 proposes to approve a revision to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the control of volatile

organic compound (VOC) emissions from commercial and industrial

adhesive applications.

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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in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 parties interested in commenting

should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be received by September 30, 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 the

rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX 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: Yvonne Fong, Rulemaking Office (AIR-

4), Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-

1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns South Coast Air

Quality Management District Rule 1168, Adhesive Applications, submitted

to EPA on September 29, 1998 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: August 6, 1999.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-22180 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]

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