[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 1999)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 71704] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-32643] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P