[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44928-44929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22514]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 034-0049b; FRL-5880-5]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality 
Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which concerns the control of volatile 
organic compound (VOC) emissions from the storage of organic liquids.

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    The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to 
regulate emissions of VOCs 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 
revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment 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 in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is 
contemplated in relation to this rule. 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 
on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received in writing by 
September 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Andrew Steckel, 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 BAAQMD 
Rule 8-5 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:

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 939 Ellis Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109.
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95812.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Fong, Rulemaking Office [AIR-
4], Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: (415) 744-
1199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Bay Area Air 
Quality Management District Rule 8-5, Storage of Organic Liquids, 
submitted to EPA on May 24, 1994 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.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

    Dated: August 11, 1997.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-22514 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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