[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31297-31298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11997]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 226-0186b; FRL-6606-4]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Antelope Valley Air 
Pollution Control 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) for the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control 
District (AVAPCD). There are six revisions: three rule recissions with 
accompanying negative declarations for source categories that emit 
volatile organic compounds (VOC); two negative declarations for source 
categories that emit oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>), and one rule 
recission for a source category that emits oxides of sulfur 
(SO<INF>X</INF>). The intended effect of this action is to bring the 
AVAPCD SIP up to date in accordance with the requirements of the Clean 
Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). EPA is finalizing the 
approval of these recissions from the California SIP under provisions 
of the CAA regarding EPA action on SIP submittals, SIPs for national 
primary and secondary ambient air quality standards and plan 
requirements for nonattainment areas. EPA is approving these revisions 
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will be withdrawn and all

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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 June 16, 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 revisions and EPA's technical support document 
of each rule are available for public inspection at EPA's Region IX 
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.
Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District, 43301 Division Street, 
Suite 206, Lancaster, CA 93539-4409

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: The rules being approved for recission and 
the negative declarations being approved for the Antelope Valley Air 
Pollution Control District (AVAPCD) portion of the California SIP are 
listed in the following Table:

                                 Submitted Recissions and Negative Declarations
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                                       Adoption    Submittal
         Rule No. and title              date         date                      Type of revision
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1105, Fluid Catalytic Cracking          04-21-98     05-13-99  Recission.
 Units--Oxides of Sulfur.
1109, Emissions of Oxides of            04-21-98     05-13-99  Negative Declaration.
 Nitrogen from Boilers and Process
 Heaters in Petroleum Refineries.
1112, Emissions of Oxides of            03-16-99     07-23-99  Negative Declaration.
 Nitrogen from Cement Kilns.
1115, Motor Vehicle Assembly Line       11-18-97     01-12-99  Recission/Negative Declaration.
 Coating Operations.
1117, Emissions of Oxides of            03-16-99     07-23-99  Recission/Negative Declaration.
 Nitrogen from Glass Melting
 Furnaces.
1123, Refinery Process Turnarounds.     11-08-97     02-16-99  Recission/Negative Declaration.
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    The rule recissions and negative declarations listed above were 
submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on the 
dates indicated. For further information, please see the information 
provided in the direct final action that is located in the rules 
section of this Federal Register.

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

    Dated: May 3, 2000.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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