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 038-0193b; FRL-6510-8]

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 rule recissions from the South

Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). This action will

rescind these rules from the federally approved SIP.

The intended effect of this action is to update and clarify the

State Implementation Plan 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direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received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 January 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Chief,

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 recissions 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 recissions

are also available for inspection at the following locations:

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

Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office,

[AIR-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9,

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

744-1184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns the rule recissions

listed below from the South Coast Air Quality Management District and

its predecessor agencies, submitted to EPA by the California Air

Resources Board on the dates listed for each rule.

South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD)

Rule 107, Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Organic

Materials, Recission Adopted: 3-9-92

Submitted to EPA: 9-14-92

Rule 1231, Judicial Review, Recission Adopted:

Submitted to EPA: 7-25-79

Rule 1311, Power Plants, Recission Adopted: 6-28-90

Submitted to EPA: 1-28-92

Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District (APCD)

Rule 51, Nuisance, Recission Adopted: 5-7-76

Submitted to EPA: 8-2-76

Orange County APCD

Rule 51, Nuisance

Rule 67.1, Fuel Burning Equipment

Rule 68, Fuel Burning Equipment--Oxides of Nitrogen

Recissions Adopted: 5-7-76

Submitted to EPA: 8-2-76

Riverside County APCD

Rule 51, Nuisance, Recission Adopted: 5-7-76

Submitted to EPA: 8-2-76

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: December 7, 1999.

David P. Howekamp,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 99-32643 Filed 12-21-99; 8:45 am]

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