Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, and Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

EPA is finalizing the approval of revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) proposed in the Federal Register on January 19, 2000. These revisions concern Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Rule 8.45, Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations; South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1151, Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Non- Assembly Line Coating Operation; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD) Rule 67.19, Coatings and Printing Inks Manufacturing Operations, and Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) Rule 425, Use of Cutback Asphalt. This approval action will incorporate these rules into the federally approved SIP. The intended effect of finalizing this action is to regulate emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) according to the requirements of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). These revised rules control VOC emissions from automobile refinishing, coating and ink manufacturing and use of cutback asphalt. Thus, EPA is finalizing the approval of these revisions into the California SIP under provisions of the CAA regarding EPA action on SIP submittals, SIPs for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards and plan requirements for nonattainment areas.