80 FR 13512 - Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)

Page Range		13512-13513
FR Document		2015-05808

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern particulate matter (PM) emissions from particulate matter air pollution control devices and residential wood burning. We are proposing to approve these local rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-05808]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0851; FRL-9923-06-Region 9]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South 
Coast Air Quality Management District and Sacramento Metropolitan 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 South Coast Air Quality Management District 
(SCAQMD) and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 
(SMAQMD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
These revisions concern particulate matter (PM) emissions from 
particulate matter air pollution control devices and residential wood 
burning. We are proposing to approve these 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 April 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-09-OAR-
2014, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email: [email protected].
    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 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

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(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: Christine Vineyard, EPA Region IX, 
(415) 947-4125, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local 
rules: SCAQMD Rule 1155, Particulate Matter (PM) Control Devices and 
SMAQMD Rule 421 Mandatory Episodic Curtailment of Wood and Other Solid 
Fuel Burning (except section 402). In the Rules and Regulations section 
of this Federal Register, we are approving these local rules in a 
direct final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP 
revisions 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 these rules and if that provision may be 
severed from the remainder of the rules, we may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rules 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: January 23, 2015.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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affect only state enforcement and cannot Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, Management District (SCAQMD) and
have any impact on Federal 1999); Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
enforcement authorities, EPA may at • is not an economically significant Management District (SMAQMD)
any time invoke its authority under the regulatory action based on health or portions of the California State
CAA, including, for example, sections safety risks subject to Executive Order Implementation Plan (SIP). These
113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); revisions concern particulate matter
requirements or prohibitions of the state • is not a significant regulatory action (PM) emissions from particulate matter
plan, independently of any state subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR air pollution control devices and
enforcement effort. In addition, citizen 28355, May 22, 2001); residential wood burning. We are
enforcement under section 304 of the • is not subject to requirements of proposing to approve these local rules
CAA is likewise unaffected by this, or Section 12(d) of the National that regulate these emission sources
any, state audit privilege or immunity Technology Transfer and Advancement under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the
law. Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because Act).
application of those requirements would DATES: Any comments on this proposal
V. Incorporation by Reference
be inconsistent with the CAA; and must arrive by April 15, 2015.
In this proposed action, the EPA is • does not provide EPA with the
proposing to include in a final EPA rule ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
discretionary authority to address, as
regulatory text that includes identified by docket number EPA–09–
appropriate, disproportionate human
incorporation by reference. In OAR–2014, by one of the following
health or environmental effects, using
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR methods:
practicable and legally permissible 1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
51.5, the EPA is proposing to methods, under Executive Order 12898
incorporate by reference the VADEQ www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). instructions.
Regulations described in the proposed In addition, this proposed rule,
amendments to 40 CFR part 52. The 2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
pertaining to Virginia’s control of VOC 3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel
EPA has made, and will continue to emissions from commercial and (Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection
make, these documents generally consumer products and existing Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
available electronically through stationary sources, does not have tribal San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
www.regulations.gov and/or in hard implications as specified by Executive Instructions: All comments will be
copy at the appropriate EPA office (see Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, included in the public docket without
the ADDRESSES section of this preamble 2000), because the SIP is not approved change and may be made available
for more information). to apply in Indian country located in the online at www.regulations.gov,
VI. Statutory and Executive Order state, and EPA notes that it will not including any personal information
Reviews impose substantial direct costs on tribal provided, unless the comment includes
governments or preempt tribal law. Confidential Business Information (CBI)
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 or other information whose disclosure is
that complies with the provisions of the restricted by statute. Information that
Environmental protection, Air you consider CBI or otherwise protected
CAA and applicable Federal regulations. pollution control, Incorporation by
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). should be clearly identified as such and
reference, Ozone, Volatile organic should not be submitted through
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, compounds.
EPA’s role is to approve state choices, www.regulations.gov or email.
provided that they meet the criteria of Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous
the CAA. Accordingly, this action Dated: February 20, 2015. access’’ system, and EPA will not know
merely approves state law as meeting William C. Early, your identity or contact information
Federal requirements and does not unless you provide it in the body of
Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III.
impose additional requirements beyond your comment. If you send email
[FR Doc. 2015–05836 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
those imposed by state law. For that directly to EPA, your email address will
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reason, this proposed action: be automatically captured and included
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory as part of the public comment. If EPA
action’’ subject to review by the Office cannot read your comment due to
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
of Management and Budget under technical difficulties and cannot contact
AGENCY
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, you for clarification, EPA may not be
October 4, 1993); 40 CFR Part 52 able to consider your comment.
• does not impose an information Electronic files should avoid the use of
[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0851; FRL–9923–06– special characters, any form of
collection burden under the provisions Region 9]
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 encryption, and be free of any defects or
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Revisions to the California State viruses.
• is certified as not having a Implementation Plan, South Coast Air
Docket: Generally, documents in the
significant economic impact on a docket for this action are available
Quality Management District and
substantial number of small entities electronically at www.regulations.gov
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75
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Management District
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
• does not contain any unfunded AGENCY: Environmental Protection California 94105–3901. While all
mandate or significantly or uniquely Agency (EPA). documents in the docket are listed at
affect small governments, as described ACTION: Proposed rule. www.regulations.gov, some information
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act may be publicly available only at the
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted
• does not have Federalism Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve material, large maps), and some may not
implications as specified in Executive revisions to the South Coast Air Quality be publicly available in either location

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(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION For general information contact: The
materials, please schedule an AGENCY TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
appointment during normal business South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
hours with the contact listed in the FOR 40 CFR Part 721 14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0225; FRL–9923–81] 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RIN 2070–AJ99
Christine Vineyard, EPA Region IX, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
(415) 947–4125, vineyard.christine@ Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate document extends the public comment
epa.gov. and Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate Chemical period established in the Federal
Substances; Significant New Use Rule; Register proposed rule of January 21,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Extension of Comment Period 2015. This proposed rule for LCPFAC
proposal addresses the following local chemical substances is proposing to
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
rules: SCAQMD Rule 1155, Particulate Agency (EPA). designate as a significant new use
Matter (PM) Control Devices and manufacturing (including importing) or
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of
SMAQMD Rule 421 Mandatory Episodic comment period. processing of an identified subset of
Curtailment of Wood and Other Solid LCPFAC chemical substances for any
Fuel Burning (except section 402). In SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in use that will not be ongoing after
the Rules and Regulations section of this the Federal Register January 21, 2015, December 31, 2015, and all other
Federal Register, we are approving concerning long-chain perfluoroalkyl LCPFAC chemicals substances for
these local rules in a direct final action carboxylate (LCPFAC) chemical which there are currently no ongoing
without prior proposal because we substances and perfluoroalkyl sulfonate uses. For this SNUR, EPA is also
believe these SIP revisions are not (PFAS) chemical substances. This proposing to make inapplicable the
controversial. If we receive adverse document extends the comment period exemption for persons who import
comments, however, we will publish a for 90 days, from March 23, 2015, to LCPFAC chemical substances as part of
timely withdrawal of the direct final June 26, 2015. The comment period is articles. In addition, EPA is also
being extended because EPA received proposing to amend a SNUR for PFAS
rule and address the comments in
several comments asserting that there chemical substances that would make
subsequent action based on this
may be significant implications for the inapplicable the exemption for persons
proposed rule. Please note that if we supply chain and it is critical that who import PFAS chemical substances
receive adverse comment on an interested stakeholders have sufficient as part of carpets. EPA is hereby
amendment, paragraph, or section of time to respond to the proposed extending the comment period, which
these rules and if that provision may be rulemaking. was set to end on March 23, 2015, to
severed from the remainder of the rules, June 26, 2015.
DATES: The comment period for the
we may adopt as final those provisions
proposed rule published on January 21, To submit comments, or access the
of the rules that are not the subject of
2015 (80 FR 2885) is extended. docket, please follow the detailed
an adverse comment. Comments, identified by docket instructions provided under ADDRESSES
We do not plan to open a second identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– in the Federal Register document of
comment period, so anyone interested OPPT–2013–0225, must be received on January 21, 2015. If you have questions,
in commenting should do so at this or before June 26, 2015. consult the technical person listed
time. If we do not receive adverse ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
comments, no further activity is instructions provided under ADDRESSES CONTACT.
planned. For further information, please in the Federal Register document of
January 21, 2015 (80 FR 2885) (FRL– List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721
see the direct final action.
9915–63). Environmental protection, Chemicals,
Dated: January 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hazardous substances, Reporting and
Jared Blumenfeld, For technical information contact: recordkeeping requirements.
Regional Administrator, Region IX. Toni Krasnic, Chemical Control
[FR Doc. 2015–05808 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] Division, Office of Pollution Prevention Dated: March 9, 2014.
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Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone Toxics.
number: (202) 564–0984; email address: [FR Doc. 2015–05958 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
krasnic.toni@epa.gov. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Proposed rule.
Dates		Any comments on this proposal must arrive by April 15, 2015.
Contact		Christine Vineyard, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-4125, [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 13512