Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0030-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: State Implementation Plans: Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, California; Revisions
Posted Date: 2011-05-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29182-29183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12364]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0030; FRL-9308-4]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave 
Desert Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Mojave Desert Air 
Quality Management District (MDAQMD) portion of the California State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern negative 
declarations for volatile organic compound (VOC) source categories for 
the MDAQMD. We are proposing to approve these negative declarations 
under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by June 20, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2011-0030, 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: Cynthia Allen, EPA Region IX, (415) 
947-4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following 
negative declarations listed in Table 1:

                Table 1--Submitted Negative Declarations
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     Local agency             Title           Adopted        Submitted
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MDAQMD................  Pneumatic Rubber        01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Tire
                         Manufacturing.
MDAQMD................  Large Petroleum         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Dry Cleaners.
MDAQMD................  Surface Coating         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         of Cans.
MDAQMD................  Surface Coating         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         of Coils.
MDAQMD................  Surface Coating         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Fabrics.
MDAQMD................  Surface Coating         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Operations at
                         Automotive and
                         Light Duty
                         Truck Assembly
                         Plants.
MDAQMD................  Surface of              01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Coating of
                         Large
                         Appliances.
MDAQMD................  Surface of              01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Coating of
                         Magnet Wire.
MDAQMD................  Vacuum Producing        01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Devices or
                         Systems.
MDAQMD................  Leaks From              01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Petroleum
                         Refinery
                         Equipment.
MDAQMD................  Process Unit            01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Turnarounds.
MDAQMD................  Equipment Leaks         01/22/07        07/11/07
                         From Natural
                         Gas/Gasoline
                         Processing
                         Plants.
MDAQMD................  Synthesized             01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Pharmaceutical
                         Products.
MDAQMD................  Air Oxidation           01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Process--SOCMI.
MDAQMD................  Polymer                 01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Manufacturing
                         SOCMI and
                         Polymer
                         Manufacturing
                         Equipment Leaks.
MDAQMD................  Reactor                 01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Processes and
                         Distillation
                         Operations in
                         SOCMI.
MDAQMD................  Synthetic               01/22/07        07/11/07
                         Organic
                         Chemical
                         Polymer and
                         Resin
                         Manufacturing.
MDAQMD................  Petroleum               08/23/10        10/22/10
                         Refinery
                         Equipment.
MDAQMD................  Manufacture of          08/23/10        10/22/10
                         High-Density
                         Polyethylene,
                         Polypropylene,
                         and Polystyrene
                         Resins.
MDAQMD................  Fugitive                08/23/10        10/22/10
                         Emissions from
                         Synthetic
                         Organic
                         Chemical
                         Polymer and
                         Resin
                         Manufacturing
                         Equipment.
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    In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we 
are approving these negative declarations in a direct final action 
without prior proposal because we believe these negative declarations 
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.

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    Dated: April 25, 2011.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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