Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 164 / Monday, August 25, 1997 / Proposed Rules 44929

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will be withdrawn and all public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.

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AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 157–0046b; FRL–5881–2]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, San

Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution

Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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

adhesives.

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 this 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:

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air

Pollution Control District, 1999

Tuolumne Street, Suite #200, Fresno,

CA 93721

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Divison, 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 San Joaquin Valley

Unified Air Pollution Control District

Rule 4653, Adhesives, submitted to EPA

on August 10, 1995 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 6, 1997.

David P. Howekamp,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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40 CFR Part 60

[AD–FRL–5879–5]

RIN 2016–AD04

Emission Guidelines for Existing

Sources and Standards of

Performance for New Stationary

Sources: Large Municipal Waste

Combustion Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This action proposes to

amend the emission guidelines (subpart

Cb) and the standards of performance

(subpart Eb) for municipal waste

combustion (MWC) units. These

proposed amendments are companion

amendments to the court-ordered

remand amendments published

elsewhere in this Federal Register.

These proposed amendments would

improve the clarity of subparts Cb and

Eb, and would make technical

corrections that have been brought to

EPA’s attention since the December 19,

1995 promulgation.
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DATES: Comments must be received on

or before September 24, 1997.

Additionally, a hearing will be

convened if requests to speak are

received by September 9, 1997. If

requests to speak are received, the

hearing will take place on September

16, 1997 beginning at 10:00 a.m. A

message regarding the status of the

public hearing may be accessed by

calling (919) 541–5264.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Comments

should be submitted (in duplicate, if

possible) to: Air and Radiation Docket

and Information Center (MC–6102),

Attention Docket Number A–90–45/

Section VIII–E, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460. Note that this is

a different docket section number than

that specified for comments on the

court-related amendments included in a

separate notice in today’s Federal

Register. Refer to SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for information regarding

electronic submittal of comments.

Public Hearing. If a public hearing is

held, it will be held at EPA’s Office of

Administration Auditorium, Research

Triangle Park, North Carolina, or at an

alternate site nearby. Persons interested

in presenting oral testimony should

notify Ms. Donna Collins, Combustion

Group, Emission Standards Division

(MD–13), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina 27711, telephone (919) 541–

5578. The final meeting status and

location can be determined by calling

(919) 541–5264.

Docket. Docket Nos. A–90–45 and A–

89–08, containing supporting

information for this rulemaking, are

available for public inspection and

copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, at EPA’s

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (Mail Code 6102),

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, or by calling (202) 260–7548.

The docket is located at the above

address in Room M–1500, Waterside

Mall (ground floor, central mall). A

reasonable fee may be charged for

copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Walter Stevenson at (919) 541–5264,

Combustion Group, Emission Standards

Division (MD–13), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If no

significant material adverse comments

are received on these proposed

amendments by the specified date, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposal, and the

companion direct final rule (see the

final rules section of this Federal

Register) will automatically become

effective on the date specified therein. If

significant material adverse comments

are received on this proposal, the

companion direct final rule will be

withdrawn and all public comments

received will be addressed in a

subsequent final rule based on this

proposal. Any parties interested in

commenting should do so during this

comment period.

The regulatory text for the proposed

amendments is the same as the

regulatory text for the direct final rule;

the text is being published with the

companion direct final rule and is

incorporated by reference herein. In the

regulatory text, the effective dates and

the compliance dates are keyed to the

promulgation date for both the

guidelines and the standards. In the

regulatory text of the guidelines, the

State plan submittal dates and required

final compliance dates are also

dependent upon the promulgation date

of these amendments. Therefore, if EPA

were to withdraw the direct final rule as

a result of comments on this proposal,

the aforementioned dates would be

revised to reflect the subsequent final

promulgation date.

For further supplementary

information, the detailed rationale, and

the specific amendments being

proposed, see the information provided

in the companion direct final rule in the

direct final rules section of this issue of

the Federal Register.

Electronic Submittal of Comments

Comments and data may be submitted

in hard copy or electronically.

Electronic submittals should be sent to

A-and-R-Docket@epamail.epa.gov. No

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

Electronic comments must be submitted

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of

special characters and any form of

encryption. Electronic comments on this

proposed rule may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 or

6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data for this proposal,

whether in paper form or in electronic

forms such as through e-mail or on disk,

must be identified by the docket number

A–90–45/Section VIII–E.

Executive Order 12866 Review

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR

51735, October 4, 1993), EPA must

determine whether the regulatory action

is ‘‘significant’’ and, therefore, subject to

OMB review and the requirements of

the Executive Order. The EPA

considered the 1995 guidelines and

standards to be significant and the rules

were reviewed by OMB in 1995 (see 60

FR 65405). The amendments proposed

today would not result in any additional

control requirements and this regulatory

action is considered ‘‘not significant’’

under Executive Order 12866.

Unfunded Mandates Act

Under section 202 of the Unfunded

Mandates Reform Act of 1995

(‘‘Unfunded Mandates Act’’), signed

into law on March 22, 1995, EPA must

prepare a statement to accompany any

rule where the estimated costs to State,

local, or tribal governments, or to the

private sector will be $100 million or

more in any 1 year. Section 203 requires

EPA to establish a plan for informing

and advising any small governments

that may be significantly impacted by

the rule. An unfunded mandates

statement was prepared and published

in the 1995 promulgation notice (see 60

FR 65405–65412).

The EPA has determined that the

proposed amendments do not include

any new Federal mandate. Therefore,

the requirements of the Unfunded

Mandates Act do not apply to this

proposed rule.

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

Section 605 of the RFA requires

Federal agencies to give special

consideration to the impacts of

regulations on small entities, which are

small businesses, small organizations,

and small governments. During the 1995

rulemaking, EPA estimated that few, if

any, small entities would be affected by

the promulgated standards and

guidelines and, therefore, a regulatory

flexibility analysis was not required (see

60 FR 65413). The rules proposed today

would not establish any new

requirements; therefore, pursuant to the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 605(b), EPA

certifies that the amendments to the

guidelines and standards will not have

a significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities, and a

regulatory flexibility analysis is not

required.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 60

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

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