Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 166 / Friday, August 28, 2009 / Proposed Rules 44335 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following local 

rules: SJVUAPCD Rule 1020, Definitions 

and SBCAPCD Rule 102, Definitions. In 

the Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register, we are approving 

these local rules 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: August 11, 2009. 

Jane Diamond, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. E9–20805 Filed 8–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2009–0079; FRL–8944–9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley 

Air Quality Management District 

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] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2009-0032] 

[92210-1117-0000-B4] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a 

Petition To List the Sonoran 

Population of Desert Tortoise 

(Gopherus agasizzii) as a Distinct 

Population Segment (DPS) With 

Critical Habitat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of petition finding and 

initiation of status review. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce a 90–day 

finding on a petition to list the Sonoran 

desert tortoise (Gopherus agasizzii) as a 

distinct population segment (DPS) 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended, and designate critical 

habitat. On the basis of our review of the 

petition and information readily 

available in our files, we have 

determined that there is substantial 

information indicating that the Sonoran 


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