Document ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0228-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District; Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
Posted Date: 2015-06-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 32078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13682]

[[Page 32078]]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0228; FRL-9928-08-Region 9]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Eastern 
Kern Air Pollution Control District, Mojave Desert Air Quality 
Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve revisions to the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District 
(EKAPCD) and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) 
portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These 
revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from 
polyester resin operations and oil-water separators. The EPA is 
proposing to approve local rules that regulate these emission sources 
under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by July 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2015-0228, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email: 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 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 www.regulations.gov or email. 
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and the EPA will 
not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in 
the body of your comment. If you send email directly to the EPA, your 
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the public comment. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
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: Generally, documents in the docket for this action are 
available electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. 
While all documents in the docket are listed at www.regulations.gov, 
some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy 
location (e.g., copyrighted material, large maps), 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: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3848, levin.nancy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local 
rules: EKAPCD Rule 432 Polyester Resin Operations and MDAQMD Rule 464 
Oil-Water Separators. In the Rules and Regulations section of this 
Federal Register, the EPA is approving these local rules in a direct 
final action without prior proposal because the EPA believes these SIP 
revisions are not controversial. If the EPA receives adverse comments, 
however, the EPA 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 the EPA receives adverse comment on 
an amendment, paragraph or section of this rule and if that provision 
may be severed from the remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as 
final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an 
adverse comment.
    The EPA does not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If the EPA does not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: May 8, 2015.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2015-13682 Filed 6-4-15; 8:45 am]
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