Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 47581 [2012-19314]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0311; FRL–9687–2]
Revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan, Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management
District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is proposing to approve
revisions to the Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management
District (SMAQMD) portion of the
California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). This revision concerns the
definition of volatile organic
compounds (VOC). We are approving a
local rule that helps regulate VOCs
under the Clean Air Act, as amended
(CAA or the Act).
DATES: Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by September 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2012–0311, 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 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 EPA, your email 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.
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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. 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:
Cynthia G. Allen, EPA Region IX, (415)
947–4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
proposal addresses the following local
rule: Rule 101. In the Rules and
Regulations section of this Federal
Register, we are approving this local
rule in a direct final action without
prior proposal because we believe this
SIP revision is 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: May 10, 2012.
Jared Blumeneld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012–19314 Filed 8–8–12; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0332; FRL–9687–7]
Revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert,
Northern Sierra, Sacramento
Metropolitan and San Diego Air
Pollution Agencies
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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Proposed rule.
EPA is proposing to approve
revisions to the Mojave Desert Air
Quality Management District
(MDAQMD), Northern Sierra Air
Quality Management District
(NSAQMD), Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District
(SMAQMD) and San Diego County Air
Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD)
portions of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). These
revisions concern volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from
automotive parts and component,
automobile refinishing, metal parts and
products, and miscellaneous coating
and refinishing operations. We are
proposing to approve local rules to
regulate these emission sources under
the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990
(CAA or the Act).
DATES: Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by September 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number R09–OAR–
2012–0332, 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 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 EPA, your email 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: Generally, documents in the
docket for this action are available
electronically at www.regulations.gov
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0311; FRL-9687-2]
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Sacramento
Metropolitan 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 Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) portion of the
California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the
definition of volatile organic compounds (VOC). We are approving a
local rule that helps regulate VOCs under the Clean Air Act, as amended
(CAA or the Act).
DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by September 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2012-0311, 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 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 EPA, your email
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: 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. 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: Cynthia G. Allen, EPA Region IX, (415)
947-4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local
rule: Rule 101. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal
Register, we are approving this local rule in a direct final action
without prior proposal because we believe this SIP revision is 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: May 10, 2012.
Jared Blumeneld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012-19314 Filed 8-8-12; 8:45 am]
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