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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - 40 CFR Part 52
          - [EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0079; FRL-8944-9]

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

# ACTION:

Proposed rule.

# SUMMARY:

EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from leaking components at industrial facilities such as petroleum refineries and chemical manufacturing plants. We are proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). At the same time, we are also approving a Negative Declaration and removing rules from the SIP.

# DATES:

Any comments on this proposal must arrive by September 28, 2009.

# ADDRESSES:

Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0079a, by one of the following methods:

                        1.                         *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.*                         Follow the on-line instructions.                    

                        2.                         *E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov*.                    

                        3.                         *Mail or deliver:*                         Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.                    

*Instructions:*                         All comments will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at                         *http://www.regulations.gov*, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through                         *http://www.regulations.gov*                         or e-mail.                         *http://www.regulations.gov*                         is an “anonymous access” system, and EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.                    

*Docket:*                         The index to the docket for this action is available electronically at                         *http://www.regulations.gov*                         and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (                        *e.g.*, copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in either location (                        *e.g.*, CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the                         **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**                         section.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Jerry Wamsley, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-4111,                         *wamsley.jerry@epa.gov*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    This proposal addresses the following local rules: Rule 1173—Fugitive Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds, Rule 465—Vacuum Producing Devices or Systems, Rule 466—Pumps and Compressors, 466.1—Valves and Flanges, and Rule 467—Pressure Relief Devices. In the Rules and Regulations section of this                     **Federal Register**                    , we are approving amendments to Rule 1173 and removing Rules 465, 466, 466.1, and 467 from the SIP in a direct final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.                

We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further information, please see the direct final action.

Dated: May 13, 2009.

Laura Yoshii,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

[FR Doc. E9-20828 Filed 8-27-09; 8:45 am]

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