80_FR_38112 80 FR 37985 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi; Memphis, TN-MS-AR Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard

80 FR 37985 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi; Memphis, TN-MS-AR Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 127 (July 2, 2015)

Page Range37985-37988
FR Document2015-16080

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve the portion of the state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Mississippi, through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on January 14, 2015, that addresses the base year emissions inventory requirements for the State's portion of the Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas (Memphis, TN-MS-AR) 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as the ``Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area'' or ``Area''). A base year emissions inventory is required for all ozone nonattainment areas. The Area is comprised of Shelby County in Tennessee, Crittenden County in Arkansas, and a portion of DeSoto County in Mississippi. EPA will take action on the emissions inventories for the Tennessee and Arkansas portions of the Area in separate actions.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0247; FRL-9929-84-Region 4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi; 
Memphis, TN-MS-AR Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone 
Standard

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct 
final action to approve the portion of the state implementation plan 
(SIP) revision submitted by the State of Mississippi, through the 
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on January 14, 
2015, that addresses the base year emissions inventory requirements for 
the State's portion of the Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas 
(Memphis, TN-MS-AR) 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality 
standards (NAAQS) nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as the 
``Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area'' or ``Area''). A base year emissions 
inventory is required for all ozone nonattainment areas. The Area is 
comprised of Shelby County in Tennessee, Crittenden County in Arkansas, 
and a portion of DeSoto County in Mississippi. EPA will take action on 
the emissions inventories for the Tennessee and Arkansas portions of 
the Area in separate actions.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective August 31, 2015 without 
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 3, 2015. 
If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of 
the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public that 
this rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2015-0247, by one of the following methods:
    1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. Email: [email protected].
    3. Fax: (404) 562-9019.
    4. Mail: ``EPA-R04-OAR-2015-0247,'' Air Regulatory Management 
Section, (formerly the Regulatory Development Section), Air Planning 
and Implementation Branch (formerly the Air Planning Branch), Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Air 
Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, 
Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional 
Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional Office's official 
hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
excluding Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-OAR-
2015-0247. EPA's policy is that all comments received 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 information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit through www.regulations.gov or 
email, information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email 
comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your 
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and 
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you 
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official 
hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiereny Bell, Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Ms. Bell can be reached at (404) 562-9088 and via 
electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated a revised 8-hour ozone NAAQS of 
0.075 parts per million (ppm). See 73 FR 16436. Under EPA's regulations 
at 40 CFR part 50, the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS is attained when the 3-
year average of the annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour average 
ambient air quality ozone concentrations is less than or equal to 0.075 
ppm. See 40 CFR 50.15. Ambient air quality monitoring data for the 3-
year period must meet a data completeness requirement. The ambient air 
quality monitoring data completeness requirement is met when the 
average percent of days with valid ambient monitoring data is greater 
than 90 percent, and no single year has less than 75 percent data 
completeness as determined in appendix I of part 50.
    Upon promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS, the Clean Air Act (CAA 
or Act) requires EPA to designate as nonattainment any area that is 
violating the NAAQS, based on the three most recent years of ambient 
air quality data at the conclusion of the designation process. The 
Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area was designated nonattainment for the 2008 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS on May 21, 2012 (effective July 20, 2012), using 2008-2010 
ambient air quality data. See 77 FR 30088. At the time of designation, 
the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area was classified as a marginal nonattainment

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area for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. On March 6, 2015, EPA finalized a 
rule entitled ``Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards for Ozone: State Implementation Plan Requirements'' (SIP 
Requirements Rule) that establishes the requirements that state, 
tribal, and local air quality management agencies must meet as they 
develop implementation plans for areas where air quality exceeds the 
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.\1\ See 80 FR 12264. This rule establishes 
nonattainment area attainment dates based on Table 1 of section 181(a) 
of the CAA, including an attainment date three years after the July 20, 
2012, effective date, for areas classified as marginal for the 2008 8-
hour ozone NAAQS. Therefore, the attainment date for the Memphis, TN-
MS-AR Area is July 20, 2015.
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    \1\ The SIP Requirements Rule addresses a range of nonattainment 
area SIP requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, including 
requirements pertaining to attainment demonstrations, reasonable 
further progress (RFP), reasonably available control technology, 
reasonably available control measures, major new source review, 
emission inventories, and the timing of SIP submissions and of 
compliance with emission control measures in the SIP. The rule also 
revokes the 1997 ozone NAAQS and establishes anti-backsliding 
requirements.
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    Based on the nonattainment designation, Mississippi was required to 
develop a nonattainment SIP revision addressing certain CAA 
requirements. Specifically, pursuant to CAA section 182(a)(1), 
Mississippi was required to submit a SIP revision addressing emissions 
inventory requirements.
    Ground level ozone is not emitted directly into the air, but is 
created by chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen 
(NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the presence 
of sunlight. Emissions from industrial facilities and electric 
utilities, motor vehicle exhaust, gasoline vapors, and chemical 
solvents are some of the major sources of NOX and VOC. 
Section 182(a)(1) of the CAA requires states with areas designated 
nonattainment for the ozone NAAQS to submit a SIP revision providing a 
comprehensive, accurate, and current inventory of actual emissions from 
all sources of the relevant pollutant or pollutants in such area. 
NOX and VOCs are the relevant pollutants because they are 
the precursors of ozone.
    On January 14, 2015, Mississippi submitted a SIP revision 
containing a base year emissions inventory for its portion of the 
Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area. EPA is now taking action to approve the portion 
of the SIP revision addressing the emissions inventory as meeting the 
requirements of sections 110 and 182(a)(1) of the CAA. More information 
on EPA's analysis of Mississippi's emissions inventory is provided 
below.

II. Analysis of the State's Base Year Emissions Inventory

    As discussed above, section 182(a)(1) of the CAA requires states to 
submit a comprehensive, accurate, and current inventory of actual 
emissions from all sources of the relevant pollutant or pollutants in 
each ozone non-attainment area. The section 182(a)(1) base year 
inventory is defined in the SIP Requirements Rule as ``a comprehensive, 
accurate, current inventory of actual emissions from sources of VOC and 
NOX emitted within the boundaries of the nonattainment area 
as required by CAA section 182(a)(1).'' See 40 CFR 51.1100(bb). The 
inventory year must be selected consistent with the baseline year for 
the RFP plan as required by 40 CFR 51.1110(b),\2\ and the inventory 
must include actual ozone season day emissions as defined in 40 CFR 
51.1100(cc) \3\ and contain data elements consistent with the detail 
required by 40 CFR part 51, subpart A. See 40 CFR 51.1115(a), (c), (e). 
In addition, the point source emissions included in the inventory must 
be reported according to the point source emissions thresholds of the 
Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) in 40 CFR part 51, subpart 
A. 40 CFR 51.1115(d).
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    \2\ 40 CFR 51.1110(b) states that at the time of designation for 
the 2008 ozone NAAQS the baseline emissions inventory shall be the 
emissions inventory for the most recent calendar year for which a 
complete triennial inventory is required to be submitted to EPA 
under the provisions of subpart A of the part. States may use an 
alternative baseline emissions inventory provided the state 
demonstrates why it is appropriate to use the alternative baseline 
year, and provided that the year selected is between the years 2008 
to 2012.
    \3\ ``Ozone season day emissions'' is defined as an average 
day's emissions for a typical ozone season work weekday. The state 
shall select, subject to EPA approval, the particular month(s) in 
the ozone season and the day(s) in the work week to be represented, 
considering the conditions assumed in the development of RFP plans 
and/or emissions budgets for transportation conformity. See 40 CFR 
51.1100(cc).
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    Mississippi selected 2011 as the base year for the emissions 
inventory which is the year corresponding with the first triennial 
inventory under 40 CFR part 51, subpart A. This base year is one of the 
three years of ambient data used to designate the Area as a 
nonattainment area and therefore represents emissions associated with 
nonattainment conditions. The emissions inventory is based on data 
developed and submitted by MDEQ to EPA's 2011 National Emissions 
Inventory (NEI), and it contains data elements consistent with the 
detail required by 40 CFR part 51, subpart A.\4\
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    \4\ Data downloaded from the EPA EIS from the 2011 NEI was 
subjected to quality assurance procedures described under quality 
assurance details under 2011 NEI Version 1 Documentation located at 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/net/2011inventory.html#inventorydoc. 
The quality assurance and quality control procedures and measures 
associated with this data are outlined in the State's EPA-approved 
Emission Inventory Quality Assurance Project Plan.
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    Mississippi's emissions inventory for its portion of the Area 
provides 2011 emissions data for NOX and VOCs for the 
following general source categories: point, nonpoint (excluding 
biogenic sources), nonroad mobile, and onroad mobile. A detailed 
discussion of the inventory development is located in Appendix V to 
Mississippi's January 14, 2015, submittal which is provided in the 
docket for this action. The table below provides a summary of the 
emissions inventory.

          Table 1--2011 Point, Nonpoint, Nonroad Mobile, and Onroad Mobile Emissions for the Mississippi Portion of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area
                                                                  [Tons per summer day]
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                                                                      Point           Nonpoint       Non-road mobile   On-road mobile         Total
                                                               ------------------    (excluding    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      biogenic
                            County                                                    sources)
                                                                  NOX      VOC   ------------------   NOX      VOC      NOX      VOC      NOX      VOC
                                                                                    NOX      VOC
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DeSoto *......................................................    1.533    0.817    1.267    7.062    2.054    1.658    8.969    5.178   13.847   14.734
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* Emissions reported for the nonattainment portion of the county.


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    The emissions reported for DeSoto County reflect the emissions for 
only the nonattainment portion of the county. The inventory contains 
point source emissions data for facilities located within the 
Mississippi portion of the Area based on Geographic Information Systems 
(GIS) mapping. For the remaining emissions categories, emissions for 
the Mississippi portion of the Area were determined based on the 
population of the nonattainment portion of DeSoto County. More details 
on the emissions inventory for individual source categories is provided 
below and in Appendix V to Mississippi's SIP submittal.
    Point sources are large, stationary, identifiable sources of 
emissions that release pollutants into the atmosphere. The point source 
emissions inventory for Mississippi's portion of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR 
Area was reported from the 2011 NEI data. These sources are required to 
submit inventory data according to the AERR. The point source emissions 
data meets the point source emissions thresholds of 40 CFR part 51, 
subpart A.
    Nonpoint sources are small emission stationary sources which, due 
to their large number, collectively have significant emissions (e.g., 
dry cleaners, service stations). Emissions for these sources were 
calculated using established factors provided by EPA. These emissions 
were estimated at the county-level. Mississippi calculated average 
summer day nonpoint source emissions by summing the nonpoint emissions 
during the total five summer months (May, June, July, August and 
September) in 2011 and dividing by the total by the number of 2011 
summer days.
    On-road mobile sources include vehicles used on roads for 
transportation of passengers or freight. For on-road mobile sources, 
Mississippi used the 2011 emissions inventory developed by the Memphis 
Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization with input from MDEQ and 
others as part of the 2040 DeSoto County Nonattainment Area Moves Air 
Quality Conformity Demonstration. The inventory was created using EPA's 
Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES)-2010(b) mobile model to 
estimate emissions.\5\ County level on-road modeling was conducted 
using county-specific vehicle population, and other local data. 
Mississippi developed its on-road emissions inventory using the State's 
MOVES2010b modeling results for each ozone nonattainment county. 
Mississippi developed its inventory according to the current EPA 
emissions inventory guidance for on-road mobile sources.\6\
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    \5\ Mississippi used EPA's Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator 
(MOVES) version 2010b. According to the Emissions Inventory Guidance 
for Ozone [& PM] NAAQS Implementation and Regional Haze Regulations, 
all states but California, for on-road mobile emissions should be 
estimated with the latest EPA on-road mobile model, MOVES, following 
the latest guidance available at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/index.htm#sip.
    \6\ This guidance includes: Emissions Inventory Guidance for 
Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations, EPA-454/R-
05-001 (August 2005, updated November 2005); Policy Guidance on the 
Use of MOVES2010 for State Implementation Plan Development, 
Transportation Conformity, and Other Purposes, EPA-420-B-09-046 
(December 2009); and Technical Guidance on the Use of MOVES2010 for 
Emission Inventory Preparation in State Implementation Plans and 
Transportation Conformity, EPA-420-B-10-023 (April 2010).
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    Non-road mobile sources include vehicles, engines, and equipment 
used for construction, agriculture, recreation, and other purposes that 
do not use roadways (e.g., lawn mowers, construction equipment, 
railroad locomotives, and aircraft). The emissions from non-road mobile 
sources other than rail yards and airports were derived from 2011 NEI. 
EPA estimated non-road emissions for the 2011 NEI using the NONROAD 
model. Mississippi developed its inventory according to the current EPA 
emissions inventory guidance for non-road mobile sources.\7\ For the 
reasons discussed above, EPA has determined that Mississippi's 
emissions inventory meets the requirements under CAA section 182(a)(1) 
and the SIP Requirements Rule for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
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    \7\ This guidance includes: Procedures for Emission Inventory 
Preparation, Volume IV: Mobile Sources, EPA-450/4-81-026d (July 
1991).
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III. Final Action

    EPA is approving the portion of the SIP revision submitted by 
Mississippi on January 14, 2015, that addresses the base year emissions 
inventory for the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Area. EPA has concluded that this 
portion of the State's submission meets the requirements of sections 
110 and 182 of the CAA. EPA is publishing this rule without prior 
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal 
and anticipates no adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules 
section of this Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a 
separate document that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP 
revision should adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective 
August 31, 2015 without further notice unless the Agency receives 
adverse comments by August 3, 2015.
    If EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a document 
withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the rule will 
not take effect. All adverse comments received will then be addressed 
in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period. Parties interested in commenting 
should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public 
is advised that this rule will be effective on August 31, 2015 and no 
further action will be taken on the proposed rule.
    Please note that if 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 Agency may adopt as final those 
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable 
federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this 
action merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and 
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state 
law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review 
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);

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     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental 
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian 
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has 
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 
country, the rule does not have tribal implications as specified by 
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it 
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal 
law.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by August 31, 2015. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor 
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may 
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or 
action. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are 
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of 
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules 
section of this Federal Register, rather than file an immediate 
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can 
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed 
rulemaking. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to 
enforce its requirements. See section 307(b)(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: June 18, 2015.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart Z--Mississippi

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2. Section 52.1270(e) is amended by adding a new entry for ``2011 Base 
Year Emissions Inventory for the Mississippi portion of the Memphis, 
TN-MS-AR 2008 Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment Area'' at the end of the table 
to read as follows:


Sec.  52.1270  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (e) * * *

                               EPA-Approved Mississippi Non-Regulatory Provisions
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                                                                State
    Name of non-regulatory SIP      Applicable geographic  submittal date/   EPA Approval date      Explanation
             provision              or nonattainment area  effective date
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                                                  * * * * * * *
2011 Base Year Emissions Inventory  DeSoto County portion       1/14/2015  7/02/2015 [Insert
 for the Mississippi portion of      of Memphis, TN-AR-MS                   citation of
 the Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2008 Ozone    2008 8-hour Ozone                      publication].
 NAAQS Nonattainment Area.           Nonattainment Area.
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                                                        40 CFR Part 52                                           Benjamin, Chief, Air Regulatory                       electronically in www.regulations.gov or
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                                                        Approval and Promulgation of                             Environmental Protection Agency,                      and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
                                                        Implementation Plans; Mississippi;                       Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,                      Environmental Protection Agency,
                                                        Memphis, TN–MS–AR Emissions                              Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such                     Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
                                                        Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone                      deliveries are only accepted during the               Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA
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                                                                                                                                                                       Tiereny Bell, Air Regulatory
                                                        implementation plan (SIP) revision                       docket without change and may be
                                                                                                                                                                       Management Section, Air Planning and
                                                        submitted by the State of Mississippi,                   made available online at
                                                                                                                                                                       Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
                                                        through the Mississippi Department of                    www.regulations.gov, including any
                                                                                                                                                                       and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
                                                        Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on                          personal information provided, unless
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                                                        base year emissions inventory                            claimed to be Confidential Business
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                                                        quality standards (NAAQS)                                information that you consider to be CBI               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                        nonattainment area (hereafter referred to                or otherwise protected. The                           I. Background
                                                        as the ‘‘Memphis, TN–MS–AR Area’’ or                     www.regulations.gov Web site is an
                                                                                                                 ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which                       On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated
                                                        ‘‘Area’’). A base year emissions
                                                                                                                 means EPA will not know your identity                 a revised 8-hour ozone NAAQS of 0.075
                                                        inventory is required for all ozone
                                                                                                                 or contact information unless you                     parts per million (ppm). See 73 FR
                                                        nonattainment areas. The Area is
                                                                                                                 provide it in the body of your comment.               16436. Under EPA’s regulations at 40
                                                        comprised of Shelby County in
                                                                                                                 If you send an email comment directly                 CFR part 50, the 2008 8-hour ozone
                                                        Tennessee, Crittenden County in
                                                                                                                 to EPA without going through                          NAAQS is attained when the 3-year
                                                        Arkansas, and a portion of DeSoto
                                                                                                                 www.regulations.gov, your email                       average of the annual fourth-highest
                                                        County in Mississippi. EPA will take
                                                                                                                 address will be automatically captured                daily maximum 8-hour average ambient
                                                        action on the emissions inventories for
                                                                                                                 and included as part of the comment                   air quality ozone concentrations is less
                                                        the Tennessee and Arkansas portions of
                                                                                                                 that is placed in the public docket and               than or equal to 0.075 ppm. See 40 CFR
                                                        the Area in separate actions.
                                                                                                                 made available on the Internet. If you                50.15. Ambient air quality monitoring
                                                        DATES: This direct final rule is effective                                                                     data for the 3-year period must meet a
                                                                                                                 submit an electronic comment, EPA
                                                        August 31, 2015 without further notice,                  recommends that you include your                      data completeness requirement. The
                                                        unless EPA receives adverse comment                      name and other contact information in                 ambient air quality monitoring data
                                                        by August 3, 2015. If EPA receives such                  the body of your comment and with any                 completeness requirement is met when
                                                        comments, it will publish a timely                       disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA                     the average percent of days with valid
                                                        withdrawal of the direct final rule in the               cannot read your comment due to                       ambient monitoring data is greater than
                                                        Federal Register informing the public                    technical difficulties and cannot contact             90 percent, and no single year has less
                                                        that this rule will not take effect.                     you for clarification, EPA may not be                 than 75 percent data completeness as
                                                        ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                         able to consider your comment.                        determined in appendix I of part 50.
                                                        identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–                     Electronic files should avoid the use of                 Upon promulgation of a new or
                                                        OAR–2015–0247, by one of the                             special characters, any form of                       revised NAAQS, the Clean Air Act
                                                        following methods:                                       encryption, and be free of any defects or             (CAA or Act) requires EPA to designate
                                                           1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the                    viruses. For additional information                   as nonattainment any area that is
                                                        on-line instructions for submitting                      about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA               violating the NAAQS, based on the
                                                        comments.                                                Docket Center homepage at http://                     three most recent years of ambient air
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                                                           2. Email: R4–ARMS@epa.gov.                            www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.                      quality data at the conclusion of the
                                                           3. Fax: (404) 562–9019.                                  Docket: All documents in the                       designation process. The Memphis, TN–
                                                           4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2015–                          electronic docket are listed in the                   MS–AR Area was designated
                                                        0247,’’ Air Regulatory Management                        www.regulations.gov index. Although                   nonattainment for the 2008 8-hour
                                                        Section, (formerly the Regulatory                        listed in the index, some information is              ozone NAAQS on May 21, 2012
                                                        Development Section), Air Planning and                   not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other            (effective July 20, 2012), using 2008–
                                                        Implementation Branch (formerly the                      information whose disclosure is                       2010 ambient air quality data. See 77 FR
                                                        Air Planning Branch), Air, Pesticides                    restricted by statute. Certain other                  30088. At the time of designation, the
                                                        and Toxics Management Division, U.S.                     material, such as copyrighted material,               Memphis, TN–MS–AR Area was
                                                        Environmental Protection Agency,                         is not placed on the Internet and will be             classified as a marginal nonattainment


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                                                        area for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.                                  ozone NAAQS to submit a SIP revision                    include actual ozone season day
                                                        On March 6, 2015, EPA finalized a rule                                 providing a comprehensive, accurate,                    emissions as defined in 40 CFR
                                                        entitled ‘‘Implementation of the 2008                                  and current inventory of actual                         51.1100(cc) 3 and contain data elements
                                                        National Ambient Air Quality Standards                                 emissions from all sources of the                       consistent with the detail required by 40
                                                        for Ozone: State Implementation Plan                                   relevant pollutant or pollutants in such                CFR part 51, subpart A. See 40 CFR
                                                        Requirements’’ (SIP Requirements Rule)                                 area. NOX and VOCs are the relevant                     51.1115(a), (c), (e). In addition, the point
                                                        that establishes the requirements that                                 pollutants because they are the                         source emissions included in the
                                                        state, tribal, and local air quality                                   precursors of ozone.                                    inventory must be reported according to
                                                        management agencies must meet as they                                    On January 14, 2015, Mississippi                      the point source emissions thresholds of
                                                        develop implementation plans for areas                                 submitted a SIP revision containing a                   the Air Emissions Reporting
                                                        where air quality exceeds the 2008 8-                                  base year emissions inventory for its                   Requirements (AERR) in 40 CFR part 51,
                                                        hour ozone NAAQS.1 See 80 FR 12264.                                    portion of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR                        subpart A. 40 CFR 51.1115(d).
                                                        This rule establishes nonattainment area                               Area. EPA is now taking action to                          Mississippi selected 2011 as the base
                                                        attainment dates based on Table 1 of                                   approve the portion of the SIP revision                 year for the emissions inventory which
                                                        section 181(a) of the CAA, including an                                addressing the emissions inventory as                   is the year corresponding with the first
                                                        attainment date three years after the July                             meeting the requirements of sections                    triennial inventory under 40 CFR part
                                                        20, 2012, effective date, for areas                                    110 and 182(a)(1) of the CAA. More                      51, subpart A. This base year is one of
                                                        classified as marginal for the 2008 8-                                 information on EPA’s analysis of                        the three years of ambient data used to
                                                        hour ozone NAAQS. Therefore, the                                       Mississippi’s emissions inventory is                    designate the Area as a nonattainment
                                                        attainment date for the Memphis, TN–                                   provided below.
                                                                                                                                                                                       area and therefore represents emissions
                                                        MS–AR Area is July 20, 2015.                                           II. Analysis of the State’s Base Year                   associated with nonattainment
                                                           Based on the nonattainment                                          Emissions Inventory                                     conditions. The emissions inventory is
                                                        designation, Mississippi was required to                                  As discussed above, section 182(a)(1)                based on data developed and submitted
                                                        develop a nonattainment SIP revision                                   of the CAA requires states to submit a                  by MDEQ to EPA’s 2011 National
                                                        addressing certain CAA requirements.                                   comprehensive, accurate, and current                    Emissions Inventory (NEI), and it
                                                        Specifically, pursuant to CAA section                                  inventory of actual emissions from all                  contains data elements consistent with
                                                        182(a)(1), Mississippi was required to                                 sources of the relevant pollutant or                    the detail required by 40 CFR part 51,
                                                        submit a SIP revision addressing                                       pollutants in each ozone non-attainment                 subpart A.4
                                                        emissions inventory requirements.                                      area. The section 182(a)(1) base year                      Mississippi’s emissions inventory for
                                                           Ground level ozone is not emitted                                   inventory is defined in the SIP                         its portion of the Area provides 2011
                                                        directly into the air, but is created by                               Requirements Rule as ‘‘a                                emissions data for NOX and VOCs for
                                                        chemical reactions between oxides of                                   comprehensive, accurate, current                        the following general source categories:
                                                        nitrogen (NOX) and volatile organic                                    inventory of actual emissions from                      point, nonpoint (excluding biogenic
                                                        compounds (VOC) in the presence of                                     sources of VOC and NOX emitted within                   sources), nonroad mobile, and onroad
                                                        sunlight. Emissions from industrial                                    the boundaries of the nonattainment                     mobile. A detailed discussion of the
                                                        facilities and electric utilities, motor                               area as required by CAA section                         inventory development is located in
                                                        vehicle exhaust, gasoline vapors, and                                  182(a)(1).’’ See 40 CFR 51.1100(bb). The                Appendix V to Mississippi’s January 14,
                                                        chemical solvents are some of the major                                inventory year must be selected                         2015, submittal which is provided in
                                                        sources of NOX and VOC. Section                                        consistent with the baseline year for the               the docket for this action. The table
                                                        182(a)(1) of the CAA requires states with                              RFP plan as required by 40 CFR                          below provides a summary of the
                                                        areas designated nonattainment for the                                 51.1110(b),2 and the inventory must                     emissions inventory.

                                                          TABLE 1—2011 POINT, NONPOINT, NONROAD MOBILE, AND ONROAD MOBILE EMISSIONS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI PORTION
                                                                                            OF THE MEMPHIS, TN–MS–AR AREA
                                                                                                                                              [Tons per summer day]

                                                                                                                                      Point            Nonpoint (ex-        Non-road mobile       On-road mobile              Total
                                                                                                                                                      cluding biogenic
                                                                                    County                                                                sources)
                                                                                                                                NOX        VOC                               NOX        VOC        NOX        VOC        NOX          VOC
                                                                                                                                                      NOX         VOC

                                                        DeSoto * ...........................................................    1.533         0.817    1.267      7.062      2.054      1.658      8.969      5.178     13.847     14.734
                                                           * Emissions reported for the nonattainment portion of the county.



                                                          1 The SIP Requirements Rule addresses a range of                     inventory for the most recent calendar year for         the development of RFP plans and/or emissions
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                                                        nonattainment area SIP requirements for the 2008                       which a complete triennial inventory is required to     budgets for transportation conformity. See 40 CFR
                                                        ozone NAAQS, including requirements pertaining                         be submitted to EPA under the provisions of             51.1100(cc).
                                                        to attainment demonstrations, reasonable further                       subpart A of the part. States may use an alternative      4 Data downloaded from the EPA EIS from the
                                                        progress (RFP), reasonably available control                           baseline emissions inventory provided the state
                                                                                                                                                                                       2011 NEI was subjected to quality assurance
                                                        technology, reasonably available control measures,                     demonstrates why it is appropriate to use the
                                                        major new source review, emission inventories, and                     alternative baseline year, and provided that the year   procedures described under quality assurance
                                                        the timing of SIP submissions and of compliance                        selected is between the years 2008 to 2012.             details under 2011 NEI Version 1 Documentation
                                                        with emission control measures in the SIP. The rule                       3 ‘‘Ozone season day emissions’’ is defined as an    located at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/net/
                                                        also revokes the 1997 ozone NAAQS and                                  average day’s emissions for a typical ozone season      2011inventory.html#inventorydoc. The quality
                                                        establishes anti-backsliding requirements.                             work weekday. The state shall select, subject to EPA    assurance and quality control procedures and
                                                          2 40 CFR 51.1110(b) states that at the time of                       approval, the particular month(s) in the ozone          measures associated with this data are outlined in
                                                        designation for the 2008 ozone NAAQS the baseline                      season and the day(s) in the work week to be            the State’s EPA-approved Emission Inventory
                                                        emissions inventory shall be the emissions                             represented, considering the conditions assumed in      Quality Assurance Project Plan.



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                                                           The emissions reported for DeSoto                     road modeling was conducted using                        If EPA receives such comments, then
                                                        County reflect the emissions for only the                county-specific vehicle population, and               EPA will publish a document
                                                        nonattainment portion of the county.                     other local data. Mississippi developed               withdrawing the final rule and
                                                        The inventory contains point source                      its on-road emissions inventory using                 informing the public that the rule will
                                                        emissions data for facilities located                    the State’s MOVES2010b modeling                       not take effect. All adverse comments
                                                        within the Mississippi portion of the                    results for each ozone nonattainment                  received will then be addressed in a
                                                        Area based on Geographic Information                     county. Mississippi developed its                     subsequent final rule based on the
                                                        Systems (GIS) mapping. For the                           inventory according to the current EPA                proposed rule. EPA will not institute a
                                                        remaining emissions categories,                          emissions inventory guidance for on-                  second comment period. Parties
                                                        emissions for the Mississippi portion of                 road mobile sources.6                                 interested in commenting should do so
                                                        the Area were determined based on the                       Non-road mobile sources include                    at this time. If no such comments are
                                                        population of the nonattainment portion                  vehicles, engines, and equipment used                 received, the public is advised that this
                                                        of DeSoto County. More details on the                    for construction, agriculture, recreation,            rule will be effective on August 31, 2015
                                                        emissions inventory for individual                       and other purposes that do not use                    and no further action will be taken on
                                                        source categories is provided below and                  roadways (e.g., lawn mowers,                          the proposed rule.
                                                        in Appendix V to Mississippi’s SIP                       construction equipment, railroad                         Please note that if EPA receives
                                                        submittal.                                               locomotives, and aircraft). The                       adverse comment on an amendment,
                                                           Point sources are large, stationary,                  emissions from non-road mobile sources                paragraph, or section of this rule and if
                                                        identifiable sources of emissions that                   other than rail yards and airports were               that provision may be severed from the
                                                        release pollutants into the atmosphere.                  derived from 2011 NEI. EPA estimated                  remainder of the rule, the Agency may
                                                        The point source emissions inventory                     non-road emissions for the 2011 NEI                   adopt as final those provisions of the
                                                        for Mississippi’s portion of the                         using the NONROAD model.                              rule that are not the subject of an
                                                        Memphis, TN–MS–AR Area was                               Mississippi developed its inventory                   adverse comment.
                                                        reported from the 2011 NEI data. These                   according to the current EPA emissions
                                                        sources are required to submit inventory                 inventory guidance for non-road mobile                IV. Statutory and Executive Order
                                                        data according to the AERR. The point                    sources.7 For the reasons discussed                   Reviews
                                                        source emissions data meets the point                    above, EPA has determined that                           Under the CAA, the Administrator is
                                                        source emissions thresholds of 40 CFR                    Mississippi’s emissions inventory meets               required to approve a SIP submission
                                                        part 51, subpart A.                                      the requirements under CAA section                    that complies with the provisions of the
                                                           Nonpoint sources are small emission                   182(a)(1) and the SIP Requirements Rule               Act and applicable federal regulations.
                                                        stationary sources which, due to their                   for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.                      See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
                                                        large number, collectively have                          III. Final Action                                     Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
                                                        significant emissions (e.g., dry cleaners,                                                                     EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
                                                                                                                    EPA is approving the portion of the
                                                        service stations). Emissions for these                                                                         provided that they meet the criteria of
                                                                                                                 SIP revision submitted by Mississippi
                                                        sources were calculated using                                                                                  the CAA. Accordingly, this action
                                                                                                                 on January 14, 2015, that addresses the
                                                        established factors provided by EPA.                                                                           merely approves state law as meeting
                                                                                                                 base year emissions inventory for the
                                                        These emissions were estimated at the                                                                          federal requirements and does not
                                                                                                                 Memphis, TN–MS–AR Area. EPA has
                                                        county-level. Mississippi calculated                                                                           impose additional requirements beyond
                                                                                                                 concluded that this portion of the
                                                        average summer day nonpoint source                                                                             those imposed by state law. For that
                                                                                                                 State’s submission meets the
                                                        emissions by summing the nonpoint                                                                              reason, this action:
                                                                                                                 requirements of sections 110 and 182 of
                                                        emissions during the total five summer
                                                                                                                 the CAA. EPA is publishing this rule                     • Is not a significant regulatory action
                                                        months (May, June, July, August and                      without prior proposal because the                    subject to review by the Office of
                                                        September) in 2011 and dividing by the                   Agency views this as a noncontroversial               Management and Budget under
                                                        total by the number of 2011 summer                       submittal and anticipates no adverse                  Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
                                                        days.                                                    comments. However, in the proposed                    October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
                                                           On-road mobile sources include                                                                              January 21, 2011);
                                                                                                                 rules section of this Federal Register
                                                        vehicles used on roads for                               publication, EPA is publishing a                         • Does not impose an information
                                                        transportation of passengers or freight.                 separate document that will serve as the              collection burden under the provisions
                                                        For on-road mobile sources, Mississippi                  proposal to approve the SIP revision                  of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
                                                        used the 2011 emissions inventory                        should adverse comments be filed. This                U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
                                                        developed by the Memphis Urban Area                      rule will be effective August 31, 2015                   • Is certified as not having a
                                                        Metropolitan Planning Organization                       without further notice unless the                     significant economic impact on a
                                                        with input from MDEQ and others as                       Agency receives adverse comments by                   substantial number of small entities
                                                        part of the 2040 DeSoto County                           August 3, 2015.                                       under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
                                                        Nonattainment Area Moves Air Quality                                                                           U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
                                                        Conformity Demonstration. The                              6 This guidance includes: Emissions Inventory          • Does not contain any unfunded
                                                        inventory was created using EPA’s                        Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and              mandate or significantly or uniquely
                                                        Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator                        Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality
                                                                                                                                                                       affect small governments, as described
                                                                                                                 Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze
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                                                        (MOVES)-2010(b) mobile model to                                                                                in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
                                                                                                                 Regulations, EPA–454/R–05–001 (August 2005,
                                                        estimate emissions.5 County level on-                    updated November 2005); Policy Guidance on the        of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
                                                                                                                 Use of MOVES2010 for State Implementation Plan           • Does not have Federalism
                                                          5 Mississippi used EPA’s Motor Vehicle                 Development, Transportation Conformity, and
                                                        Emissions Simulator (MOVES) version 2010b.               Other Purposes, EPA–420–B–09–046 (December            implications as specified in Executive
                                                        According to the Emissions Inventory Guidance for        2009); and Technical Guidance on the Use of           Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
                                                        Ozone [& PM] NAAQS Implementation and                    MOVES2010 for Emission Inventory Preparation in       1999);
                                                        Regional Haze Regulations, all states but California,    State Implementation Plans and Transportation            • Is not an economically significant
                                                        for on-road mobile emissions should be estimated         Conformity, EPA–420–B–10–023 (April 2010).
                                                        with the latest EPA on-road mobile model, MOVES,           7 This guidance includes: Procedures for Emission   regulatory action based on health or
                                                        following the latest guidance available at http://       Inventory Preparation, Volume IV: Mobile Sources,     safety risks subject to Executive Order
                                                        www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/index.htm#sip.             EPA–450/4–81–026d (July 1991).                        13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);


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                                                           • Is not a significant regulatory action              of the United States. EPA will submit a                 enforce its requirements. See section
                                                        subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR                  report containing this action and other                 307(b)(2).
                                                        28355, May 22, 2001);                                    required information to the U.S. Senate,
                                                                                                                                                                         List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
                                                           • Is not subject to requirements of                   the U.S. House of Representatives, and
                                                        Section 12(d) of the National                            the Comptroller General of the United                     Environmental protection, Air
                                                        Technology Transfer and Advancement                      States prior to publication of the rule in              pollution control, Incorporation by
                                                        Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because                 the Federal Register. A major rule                      reference, Intergovernmental relations,
                                                        application of those requirements would                  cannot take effect until 60 days after it               Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
                                                        be inconsistent with the CAA; and                        is published in the Federal Register.                   recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
                                                           • Does not provide EPA with the                       This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as                  organic compounds.
                                                        discretionary authority to address, as                   defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).                               Dated: June 18, 2015.
                                                        appropriate, disproportionate human                         Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,                  Heather McTeer Toney,
                                                        health or environmental effects, using                   petitions for judicial review of this                   Regional Administrator, Region 4.
                                                        practicable and legally permissible                      action must be filed in the United States
                                                        methods, under Executive Order 12898                     Court of Appeals for the appropriate                        40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
                                                        (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).                         circuit by August 31, 2015. Filing a
                                                                                                                                                                         PART 52—APPROVAL AND
                                                           In addition, the SIP is not approved                  petition for reconsideration by the
                                                                                                                                                                         PROMULGATION OF
                                                        to apply on any Indian reservation land                  Administrator of this final rule does not
                                                                                                                                                                         IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
                                                        or in any other area where EPA or an                     affect the finality of this action for the
                                                        Indian tribe has demonstrated that a                     purposes of judicial review nor does it                 ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
                                                        tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of                extend the time within which a petition                 continues to read as follows:
                                                        Indian country, the rule does not have                   for judicial review may be filed, and
                                                        tribal implications as specified by                      shall not postpone the effectiveness of                     Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                                        Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,                      such rule or action. Parties with                       Subpart Z—Mississippi
                                                        November 9, 2000), nor will it impose                    objections to this direct final rule are
                                                        substantial direct costs on tribal                       encouraged to file a comment in                         ■ 2. Section 52.1270(e) is amended by
                                                        governments or preempt tribal law.                       response to the parallel notice of                      adding a new entry for ‘‘2011 Base Year
                                                           The Congressional Review Act, 5                       proposed rulemaking for this action                     Emissions Inventory for the Mississippi
                                                        U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small                published in the proposed rules section                 portion of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR
                                                        Business Regulatory Enforcement                          of this Federal Register, rather than file              2008 Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment
                                                        Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides                 an immediate petition for judicial                      Area’’ at the end of the table to read as
                                                        that before a rule may take effect, the                  review of this direct final rule, so that               follows:
                                                        agency promulgating the rule must                        EPA can withdraw this direct final rule
                                                        submit a rule report, which includes a                   and address the comment in the                          § 52.1270     Identification of plan.
                                                        copy of the rule, to each House of the                   proposed rulemaking. This action may                    *       *    *       *     *
                                                        Congress and to the Comptroller General                  not be challenged later in proceedings to                   (e) * * *

                                                                                                   EPA-APPROVED MISSISSIPPI NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS
                                                                                                                                                              State submittal
                                                                                                              Applicable geographic or nonattainment
                                                           Name of non-regulatory SIP provision                                                                date/effective       EPA Approval date        Explanation
                                                                                                                               area                                date


                                                                 *                     *                         *                   *                            *                         *                    *
                                                        2011 Base Year Emissions Inventory for              DeSoto County portion of Memphis, TN–                     1/14/2015    7/02/2015 [Insert ci-
                                                          the Mississippi portion of the Memphis,             AR–MS 2008 8-hour Ozone Nonattain-                                     tation of publica-
                                                          TN–MS–AR 2008 Ozone NAAQS Non-                      ment Area.                                                             tion].
                                                          attainment Area.



                                                        [FR Doc. 2015–16080 Filed 7–1–15; 8:45 am]               ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                ACTION:    Final rule.
                                                        BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                   AGENCY
                                                                                                                                                                  The Environmental Protection
                                                                                                                                                                         SUMMARY:
                                                                                                                 40 CFR Part 257                       Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking
                                                                                                                                                       action to amend the final rule regulating
                                                                                                                 [EPA–HQ–RCRA–2015–0331; FRL–9928–44– the disposal of coal combustion
                                                                                                                 OSWER]                                residuals (CCR) as solid waste under
                                                                                                                                                       subtitle D of the Resource Conservation
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                                                                                                                 RIN–2050–AE81                         and Recovery Act (RCRA). After
                                                                                                                                                       publication in the Federal Register,
                                                                                                                 Technical Amendments to the
                                                                                                                                                       inconsistencies resulting from
                                                                                                                 Hazardous and Solid Waste
                                                                                                                                                       typographical errors established two
                                                                                                                 Management System; Disposal of Coal
                                                                                                                                                       different effective dates in the regulatory
                                                                                                                 Combustion Residuals From Electric
                                                                                                                 Utilities—Correction of the Effective text for the final CCR rule. This action
                                                                                                                 Date                                  corrects these inconsistencies and
                                                                                                                                                       revises the Code of Federal Regulations
                                                                                                                 AGENCY: Environmental Protection      (CFR) so that it accurately reflects the
                                                                                                                 Agency.                               statutory effective date of six months


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Document Created: 2015-12-15 13:15:47
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 13:15:47
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionDirect final rule.
DatesThis direct final rule is effective August 31, 2015 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 3, 2015. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect.
ContactTiereny Bell, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Ms. Bell can be reached at (404) 562-9088 and via electronic mail at [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 37985 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Dioxide; Ozone; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Volatile Organic Compounds

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