[Federal Register: November 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 216)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 210-0103b; FRL-6185-2]

 
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Sacramento Metropolitan 
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). This action is an administrative change 
which revises the definition of volatile organic compound (VOC) and 
updates the Exempt Compound list in rules from the Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD).
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this action is to 
incorporate changes to the definition of VOC and to update the Exempt 
Compound list in SMAQMD rules to be consistent with the revised federal 
and state VOC definitions. EPA is proposing approval of these revisions 
to be incorporated into the California SIP for the attainment of the 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone under title I 
of the Clean Air Act (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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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 December 9, 1998.

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 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:

California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 8411 
Jackson Rd., Sacramento, CA 95826

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia G. Allen, Rulemaking Office 
[Air-4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 
744-1189)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Rule 101, General 
Provisions and Definitions; Rule 442, Architectural Coatings; Rule 443, 
Leaks From Synthetic Organic Chemical and Polymer Manufacturing; Rule 
447, Organic Liquid Loading; Rule 452, Can Coating; Rule 456, Aerospace 
Assembly and Component Coating Operations; Rule 458, Large Commercial 
Bread Bakeries. These rules were submitted to EPA on May 18, 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: October 26, 1998.
Sally Seymour,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 98-29966 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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