[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11207]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 095-0008b; FRL-5464-3]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
California State Implementation Plan Revision, Santa Barbara County Air 
Pollution Control 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, oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X), and 
oxides of sulfur (SO<INF>X) from flare and thermal oxidizers.
    The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to 
regulate emissions of VOC, NO<INF>X, and SO<INF>X in accordance with 
the goals 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 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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 
June 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to: 
Daniel A. Meer, Rulemaking Section (A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Copies of the rule and EPA's evaluation report of the rule are 
available for public inspection at EPA's Region 9 office during normal 
business hours. Copies of the submitted rule are also available for 
inspection at the following locations:

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian 
Drive, B-23, Goleta, CA 93117
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 2020 ``L'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Vineyard, Rulemaking Section 
(A-5-3), Air and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901, Telephone: 
(415) 744-1197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns Santa Barbara County 
Air Pollution Control District Rule 359, Flare and Thermal Oxidizers, 
submitted to EPA on July 13, 1994 by the California Air Resources 
Board. For further information, please see the information provided in 
the Direct Final action which is located in the Rules Section of this 
Federal Register.

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

    Dated: April 18, 1996.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-11207 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]
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