[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44213-44214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21897]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA181-0081b; FRL-6141-9]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California 
State Implementation Plan Revision, Mohave Desert Air Quality 
Management District & 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 wood product coating 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 relevant adverse comments 
are received, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this 
rule. If EPA receives relevant 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 the rule. Any parties interested 
in commenting on the rule should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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:

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, 15428 Civic Drive, 
Suite 200, Victorville, CA 92392
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 218 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Divison, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald S. Wamsley, Rulemaking Office, 
AIR-4, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1226

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Mohave Desert Air 
Quality Management District Rule 1114--Wood Product Coating Operations 
and South Coast Air Quality Management District, Rule 1136--Wood 
Product Coatings submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board 
to EPA on March 3, 1997 and August 28, 1996, respectively. For further 
information, please see the information provided in the Direct Final 
action that

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is located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)

    Date signed: July 29, 1998.
Nora L. McGee,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 98-21897 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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