Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0383-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Revisions to the California State Implementation Plans: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District
Posted Date: 2011-07-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 127 (Friday, July 1, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38589-38590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16482]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0383; FRL-9428-1]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope 
Valley 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 Antelope Valley 
Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California 
State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern negative 
declarations for volatile organic compound (VOC) source categories for 
the AVAQMD. 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 August 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2011-0383, 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 I:

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                                    Table 1--Submitted Negative Declarations
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               Local agency                                   Title                       Adopted     Submitted
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AVAQMD...................................  Large Appliances, Surface Coating..........     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Wood Furniture Surface Coating.............     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Gasoline Bulk Plants.......................     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline       09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            Processing Plants.
AVAQMD...................................  Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Equipment....     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Air Oxidation Processes (SOCMI)............     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Reactor and Distillation Processes (SOCMI).     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Tank Truck Gasoline Loading Terminals >         09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            76,000 L.
AVAQMD...................................  Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical       09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            Products.
AVAQMD...................................  Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires......      09/19/0     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Manufacture of High Density Polyethylene,       09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            Polypropylene and Polystyrene.
AVAQMD...................................  Equipment used in Synthetic Organic             09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            Chemical Polymers and Resin Manufacturing.
AVAQMD...................................  Refinery Vacuum-Producing Systems,              09/19/06     01/31/07
                                            Wastewater Separators and Process Unit
                                            Turnarounds.
AVAQMD...................................  Magnetic Wire Coating Operations...........     09/19/06     01/31/07
AVAQMD...................................  Ship Repair Operations.....................     10/19/10     01/07/11
AVAQMD...................................  Storage of Petroleum Liquids in Fixed Roof      10/19/10     01/07/11
                                            Tanks.
AVAQMD...................................  Petroleum Liquid Storage in External            10/19/10     01/07/11
                                            Floating Roof Tanks.
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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.

    Dated: June 14, 2011.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2011-16482 Filed 6-30-11; 8:45 am]
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