81_FR_6506 81 FR 6481 - Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Department of Pesticide Regulations

81 FR 6481 - Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Department of Pesticide Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 25 (February 8, 2016)

Page Range6481-6483
FR Document2016-02314

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the California Department of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from pesticides. We are proposing to approve these rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0807; FRL-9941-94-Region 9]


Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Department of 
Pesticide Regulations

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 California Department of Pesticide Regulations 
(CDPR) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These 
revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from 
pesticides. We are proposing to approve these rules to regulate these 
emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are 
taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final 
action.

DATES: Any comments must arrive by March 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2015-0807 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
[email protected]. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either 
manner of submission, the EPA may publish any comment received to its 
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia 
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person 
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full 
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia 
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please 
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3848, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. The State's Submittal
    A. What rules did the State submit?
    B. Are there other versions of these rules?
    C. What is the purpose of the submitted rules and rule 
revisions?
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
    A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?
    B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?
    C. EPA Recommendations To Further Improve the Rules
    D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Incorporation by reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

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I. The State's Submittal

A. What rules did the State submit?

    This proposal addresses additions and amendments to Title 3 of the 
California Code of Regulations (3 CCR) made by CDPR Regulation 12-001 
(``Nonfumigant Regulations''). Table 1 lists the new and amended 
regulations with the dates that they were adopted by the CDPR and 
submitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

                                            Table 1--Submitted Rules
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                                                                                     Adopted/
          Local agency                   Rule No.               Rule title            amended        Submitted
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CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6452               Reduced VOC Emissions         05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Field Fumigation
                                                           Methods.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6452.2             VOC Emission Limits...        05/23/13        02/04/15
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6558               Recommendations for           05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Use of Nonfumigants
                                                           in the San Joaquin
                                                           Valley (SJV) Ozone
                                                           Nonattainment Area
                                                           (NAA).
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6577               Sales of Nonfumigants         05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           for Use in the SJV
                                                           Ozone NAA.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6864               Criteria for                  05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Identifying
                                                           Pesticides as Toxic
                                                           Air Contaminants.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6880               Criteria to Designate         05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Low-VOC or High-VOC
                                                           Nonfumigant Pesticide
                                                           Products.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6881               Annual VOC Emissions          05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Inventory Report.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6883               Recommendation                05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Requirements in the
                                                           SJV Ozone NAA.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6884               SJV Ozone NAA Use             05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Prohibitions.
CDPR...........................  3 CCR 6886               Dealer                        05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                           Responsibilities for
                                                           the SJV Ozone NAA.
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    On August 4, 2015, the submittal for CDPR's Nonfumigant Regulations 
was deemed by operation of law to meet the completeness criteria in 40 
CFR part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.

B. Are there other versions of these rules?

    There are no previous versions of 3 CCR 6558, 6577, 6864, 6880, 
6883, 6884, or 6886 in the SIP. We approved earlier versions of 3 CCR 
6452, 6452.2 and 6452.4 (now 6881) into the SIP on October 26, 2012 (77 
FR 65294).

C. What is the purpose of the submitted rules and rule revisions?

    VOCs help produce ground-level ozone, smog and PM, which harm human 
health and the environment. Section 110(a) of the CAA requires States 
to submit regulations that control VOC emissions. The overall purpose 
of the new and amended regulations is to regulate certain nonfumigant 
pesticide products applied to certain crops in the SJV ozone NAA when 
VOC emissions meet or exceed 95% of the 18.1 tons per day limit on VOC 
emissions, or 17.2 tons per day. CDPR added or revised the rules 
specified above largely to establish limits on the sale and use of 
high-VOC formulations of nonfumigant pesticide products that contain 
abamectin, chlorpyrifos, gibberellins, or oxyfluorfen as their primary 
active ingredient, for use on any of the following seven crops: 
Alfalfa, almond, citrus, cotton, grape, pistachio, and walnut. These 
restrictions are only triggered when the VOC emissions meet or exceed 
17.2 tons per day, as reported in the CDPR's Annual VOC Emissions 
Inventory Report. They apply only during the May-October ``ozone 
season.'' Once high-VOC product prohibitions are in effect, they must 
remain in effect until the ``hypothetical emissions'' (i.e., the 
estimated VOC emissions if the prohibitions were not in effect) for 
pesticides in the SJV ozone NAA comply with the 17.2 tons per day limit 
for at least two consecutive years. The rules include a calculation to 
determine the ``hypothetical emissions.'' The rules also require pest 
control dealers to provide customers written information about these 
restrictions and to indicate on the invoice that the written 
information was provided. Pest control advisors are prohibited from 
recommending a restricted nonfumigant product, unless it qualifies 
under an exception.
    The EPA's technical support document (TSD) has more information 
about these rules.

II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action

A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?

    SIP rules must be enforceable (see CAA section 110(a)(2)), must not 
interfere with applicable requirements concerning attainment and 
reasonable further progress or other CAA requirements (see CAA section 
110(l)), and must not modify certain SIP control requirements in 
nonattainment areas without ensuring equivalent or greater emissions 
reductions (see CAA section 193).
    Generally, SIP rules must require Reasonably Available Control 
Technology (RACT) for each category of sources covered by a Control 
Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document as well as each major source of 
VOCs in ozone nonattainment areas classified as moderate or above (see 
CAA section 182(b)(2)). Because there are no relevant EPA CTG documents 
and because there are no major sources of VOCs for nonfumigant 
pesticides, nonfumigant pesticides are not subject to RACT 
requirements. However, nonfumigant pesticide use is subject to other 
VOC limits and requirements described in the TSD.
    Guidance and policy documents that we use to evaluate 
enforceability, revision/relaxation and rule stringency requirements 
for the applicable criteria pollutants include the following:

1. ``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and 
Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook, revised January 11, 
1990).
2. ``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule 
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?

    We believe these rules are consistent with CAA requirements and 
relevant guidance regarding enforceability, stringency, and SIP 
revisions. The TSD has more information on our evaluation.

C. EPA Recommendations To Further Improve the Rules

    The TSD describes additional rule revisions that we recommend for 
the next time the local agency modifies the rules but are not currently 
the basis for rule disapproval.

E. Public Comment and Proposed Action

    As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA proposes to 
fully approve the submitted rules because we believe they fulfill all 
relevant requirements. We will accept comments

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from the public on this proposal until March 9, 2016. Unless we receive 
convincing new information during the comment period, we intend to 
publish a final approval action that will incorporate these rules into 
the federally enforceable SIP.

III. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule 
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance 
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by 
reference the CDPR rules as described in Table 1 of this notice. The 
EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents available 
electronically through www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at the 
appropriate EPA office (see the ADDRESSES section of this preamble for 
more information).

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a 
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and 
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve State 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 
Accordingly, this proposed action merely proposes to approve State law 
as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional 
requirements beyond those imposed by State law. For that reason, this 
proposed action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     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);
     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 Clean Air Act; and
     does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority 
to address disproportionate human health or environmental effects with 
practical, appropriate, 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 the 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 and will not 
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal 
law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 
2000).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

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

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

    Dated: January 14, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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                                                      regulatory action under Executive Order                   Dated: February 2, 2016.                            compounds (VOCs) from pesticides. We
                                                      12866. VA’s impact analysis can be                      William F. Russo,                                     are proposing to approve these rules to
                                                      found as a supporting document at                       Director, Office of Regulation Policy &               regulate these emission sources under
                                                      http://www.regulations.gov, usually                     Management, Office of the General Counsel,            the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We
                                                      within 48 hours after the rulemaking                    Department of Veterans Affairs.                       are taking comments on this proposal
                                                      document is published. Additionally, a                    For the reasons set forth in the                    and plan to follow with a final action.
                                                      copy of the rulemaking and its impact                   preamble, we propose to amend 38 CFR
                                                      analysis are available on VA’s Web site                                                                       DATES:Any comments must arrive by
                                                                                                              part 17 as follows:                                   March 9, 2016.
                                                      at http://www.va.gov/orpm/, by
                                                      following the link for ‘‘VA Regulations                 PART 17—MEDICAL                                       ADDRESSES:   Submit your comments,
                                                      Published From FY 2004 Through Fiscal                                                                         identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
                                                      Year to Date.                                           ■ 1. The authority citation for part 17               OAR–2015–0807 at http://
                                                                                                              continues to read as follows:                         www.regulations.gov, or via email to
                                                      Unfunded Mandates
                                                                                                                Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in           Steckel.Andrew@epa.gov. For comments
                                                         The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act                     specific sections.                                    submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
                                                      of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that                                                                      online instructions for submitting
                                                      agencies prepare an assessment of                       ■ 2. Amend § 17.96 by revising the
                                                                                                              introductory paragraph to read as                     comments. Once submitted, comments
                                                      anticipated costs and benefits before                                                                         cannot be edited or removed from
                                                      issuing any rule that may result in the                 follows:
                                                                                                                                                                    Regulations.gov. For either manner of
                                                      expenditure by State, local, and tribal                 § 17.96 Medication prescribed by non-VA               submission, the EPA may publish any
                                                      governments, in the aggregate, or by the                physicians.                                           comment received to its public docket.
                                                      private sector, of $100 million or more                    Any prescription, which is not part of             Do not submit electronically any
                                                      (adjusted annually for inflation) in any                authorized Department of Veterans                     information you consider to be
                                                      one year. This proposed rule would                      Affairs hospital or outpatient care, for              Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                      have no such effect on State, local, and                drugs and medicines ordered by a                      or other information whose disclosure is
                                                      tribal governments, or on the private                   private or non-Department of Veterans                 restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                                      sector.                                                 Affairs doctor of medicine or doctor of               submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
                                                      Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                  osteopathy duly licensed to practice in               accompanied by a written comment.
                                                                                                              the jurisdiction where the prescription               The written comment is considered the
                                                        The Catalog of Federal Domestic
                                                                                                              is written, shall be filled by a                      official comment and should include
                                                      Assistance numbers and titles for the
                                                                                                              Department of Veterans Affairs                        discussion of all points you wish to
                                                      programs affected by this document are
                                                                                                              pharmacy or a non-VA pharmacy under                   make. The EPA will generally not
                                                      64.007, Blind Rehabilitation Centers;
                                                                                                              contract with VA, to include non-VA                   consider comments or comment
                                                      64.008, Veterans Domiciliary Care;
                                                                                                              pharmacy in a state home under                        contents located outside of the primary
                                                      64.009, Veterans Medical Care Benefits;
                                                                                                              contract with VA for filling                          submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
                                                      64.010, Veterans Nursing Home Care;
                                                                                                              prescriptions for patients in state                   other file sharing system). For
                                                      64.011, Veterans Dental Care; 64.012,
                                                                                                              homes, provided:                                      additional submission methods, please
                                                      Veterans Prescription Service; 64.014,
                                                      Veterans State Domiciliary Care; 64.015,                *     *     *     *      *                            contact the person identified in the FOR
                                                      Veterans State Nursing Home Care;                                                                             FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
                                                                                                              [§ 17.97   Removed and Reserved]
                                                      64.018, Sharing Specialized Medical                                                                           For the full EPA public comment policy,
                                                                                                              ■ 3. Remove § 17.97 and mark as                       information about CBI or multimedia
                                                      Resources; 64.019, Veterans
                                                                                                              reserved for future use.                              submissions, and general guidance on
                                                      Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drug
                                                      Dependence; 64.022, Veterans Home                       [FR Doc. 2016–02350 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am]            making effective comments, please visit
                                                      Based Primary Care; and 64.024, VA                      BILLING CODE 8320–01–P                                http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
                                                      Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem                                                                         commenting-epa-dockets.
                                                      Program.                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–
                                                      Signing Authority
                                                                                                              AGENCY                                                3848, levin.nancy@epa.gov.
                                                        The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
                                                      designee, approved this document and                    40 CFR Part 52                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                      authorized the undersigned to sign and                                                                        Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
                                                                                                              [EPA–R09–OAR–2015–0807; FRL–9941–94–
                                                      submit the document to the Office of the                                                                      and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
                                                                                                              Region 9]
                                                      Federal Register for publication
                                                      electronically as an official document of                                                                     Table of Contents
                                                                                                              Approval of California Air Plan
                                                      the Department of Veterans Affairs.                     Revisions, Department of Pesticide                    I. The State’s Submittal
                                                      Robert D. Snyder, Interim Chief of Staff,               Regulations                                              A. What rules did the State submit?
                                                      Department of Veterans Affairs,                                                                                  B. Are there other versions of these rules?
                                                      approved this document on January 29,                   AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                        C. What is the purpose of the submitted
                                                      2016, for publication.                                  Agency (EPA).
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                                                                                                                                                                          rules and rule revisions?
                                                                                                              ACTION: Proposed rule.                                II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action
                                                      List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17
                                                                                                                                                                       A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?
                                                        Administrative practice and                           SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                  B. Do the rules meet the evaluation
                                                      procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism,                   Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve                        criteria?
                                                      Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug                   revisions to the California Department                   C. EPA Recommendations To Further
                                                      abuse, Health care, Health facilities,                  of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR) portion                     Improve the Rules
                                                      Health professions, Health records,                     of the California State Implementation                   D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
                                                      Homeless, Mental health programs,                       Plan (SIP). These revisions concern                   III. Incorporation by reference
                                                      Nursing homes, Veterans.                                emissions of volatile organic                         IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews



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                                                      I. The State’s Submittal                                      Code of Regulations (3 CCR) made by                                 with the dates that they were adopted
                                                                                                                    CDPR Regulation 12–001                                              by the CDPR and submitted by the
                                                      A. What rules did the State submit?
                                                                                                                    (‘‘Nonfumigant Regulations’’). Table 1                              California Air Resources Board (CARB).
                                                        This proposal addresses additions and                       lists the new and amended regulations
                                                      amendments to Title 3 of the California
                                                                                                                            TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULES
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Adopted/
                                                         Local agency                   Rule No.                                                  Rule title                                                               Submitted
                                                                                                                                                                                                             amended

                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6452          Reduced VOC Emissions Field Fumigation Methods .............................                            05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6452.2        VOC Emission Limits ...............................................................................     05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6558          Recommendations for Use of Nonfumigants in the San Joaquin Valley                                       05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                                                                         (SJV) Ozone Nonattainment Area (NAA).
                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6577          Sales of Nonfumigants for Use in the SJV Ozone NAA .........................                            05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6864          Criteria for Identifying Pesticides as Toxic Air Contaminants .................                         05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR ..................      3 CCR 6880          Criteria to Designate Low-VOC or High-VOC Nonfumigant Pesticide                                         05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                                                                         Products.
                                                      CDPR    ..................   3   CCR   6881      Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report ...............................................                   05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR    ..................   3   CCR   6883      Recommendation Requirements in the SJV Ozone NAA .......................                                05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR    ..................   3   CCR   6884      SJV Ozone NAA Use Prohibitions ..........................................................               05/23/13        02/04/15
                                                      CDPR    ..................   3   CCR   6886      Dealer Responsibilities for the SJV Ozone NAA ....................................                      05/23/13        02/04/15



                                                        On August 4, 2015, the submittal for                        May-October ‘‘ozone season.’’ Once                                  182(b)(2)). Because there are no relevant
                                                      CDPR’s Nonfumigant Regulations was                            high-VOC product prohibitions are in                                EPA CTG documents and because there
                                                      deemed by operation of law to meet the                        effect, they must remain in effect until                            are no major sources of VOCs for
                                                      completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51                       the ‘‘hypothetical emissions’’ (i.e., the                           nonfumigant pesticides, nonfumigant
                                                      Appendix V, which must be met before                          estimated VOC emissions if the                                      pesticides are not subject to RACT
                                                      formal EPA review.                                            prohibitions were not in effect) for                                requirements. However, nonfumigant
                                                                                                                    pesticides in the SJV ozone NAA                                     pesticide use is subject to other VOC
                                                      B. Are there other versions of these                          comply with the 17.2 tons per day limit                             limits and requirements described in the
                                                      rules?                                                        for at least two consecutive years. The                             TSD.
                                                        There are no previous versions of 3                         rules include a calculation to determine                              Guidance and policy documents that
                                                      CCR 6558, 6577, 6864, 6880, 6883, 6884,                       the ‘‘hypothetical emissions.’’ The rules                           we use to evaluate enforceability,
                                                      or 6886 in the SIP. We approved earlier                       also require pest control dealers to                                revision/relaxation and rule stringency
                                                      versions of 3 CCR 6452, 6452.2 and                            provide customers written information                               requirements for the applicable criteria
                                                      6452.4 (now 6881) into the SIP on                             about these restrictions and to indicate                            pollutants include the following:
                                                      October 26, 2012 (77 FR 65294).                               on the invoice that the written                                     1. ‘‘Issues Relating to VOC Regulation
                                                                                                                    information was provided. Pest control                                    Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and Deviations,’’
                                                      C. What is the purpose of the submitted                       advisors are prohibited from                                              EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook,
                                                      rules and rule revisions?                                     recommending a restricted nonfumigant                                     revised January 11, 1990).
                                                        VOCs help produce ground-level                              product, unless it qualifies under an                               2. ‘‘Guidance Document for Correcting
                                                      ozone, smog and PM, which harm                                exception.                                                                Common VOC & Other Rule
                                                      human health and the environment.                                The EPA’s technical support                                            Deficiencies,’’ EPA Region 9, August 21,
                                                                                                                    document (TSD) has more information                                       2001 (the Little Bluebook).
                                                      Section 110(a) of the CAA requires
                                                      States to submit regulations that control                     about these rules.                                                  B. Do the rules meet the evaluation
                                                      VOC emissions. The overall purpose of                         II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action                                 criteria?
                                                      the new and amended regulations is to                                                                                                We believe these rules are consistent
                                                      regulate certain nonfumigant pesticide                        A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?
                                                                                                                                                                                        with CAA requirements and relevant
                                                      products applied to certain crops in the                        SIP rules must be enforceable (see                                guidance regarding enforceability,
                                                      SJV ozone NAA when VOC emissions                              CAA section 110(a)(2)), must not                                    stringency, and SIP revisions. The TSD
                                                      meet or exceed 95% of the 18.1 tons per                       interfere with applicable requirements                              has more information on our evaluation.
                                                      day limit on VOC emissions, or 17.2                           concerning attainment and reasonable
                                                      tons per day. CDPR added or revised the                       further progress or other CAA                                       C. EPA Recommendations To Further
                                                      rules specified above largely to establish                    requirements (see CAA section 110(l)),                              Improve the Rules
                                                      limits on the sale and use of high-VOC                        and must not modify certain SIP control                               The TSD describes additional rule
                                                      formulations of nonfumigant pesticide                         requirements in nonattainment areas                                 revisions that we recommend for the
                                                      products that contain abamectin,                              without ensuring equivalent or greater                              next time the local agency modifies the
                                                      chlorpyrifos, gibberellins, or oxyfluorfen                    emissions reductions (see CAA section                               rules but are not currently the basis for
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                                                      as their primary active ingredient, for                       193).                                                               rule disapproval.
                                                      use on any of the following seven crops:                        Generally, SIP rules must require
                                                      Alfalfa, almond, citrus, cotton, grape,                       Reasonably Available Control                                        E. Public Comment and Proposed
                                                      pistachio, and walnut. These                                  Technology (RACT) for each category of                              Action
                                                      restrictions are only triggered when the                      sources covered by a Control                                          As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of
                                                      VOC emissions meet or exceed 17.2 tons                        Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document                                the Act, the EPA proposes to fully
                                                      per day, as reported in the CDPR’s                            as well as each major source of VOCs in                             approve the submitted rules because we
                                                      Annual VOC Emissions Inventory                                ozone nonattainment areas classified as                             believe they fulfill all relevant
                                                      Report. They apply only during the                            moderate or above (see CAA section                                  requirements. We will accept comments


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                                                      from the public on this proposal until                     • is not a significant regulatory action           Quality Standards (NAAQS). These
                                                      March 9, 2016. Unless we receive                        subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR               submittals address how the existing SIP
                                                      convincing new information during the                   28355, May 22, 2001);                                 provides for implementation,
                                                      comment period, we intend to publish                       • is not subject to requirements of                maintenance, and enforcement of the
                                                      a final approval action that will                       Section 12(d) of the National                         2008 O3 and 2010 NO2 NAAQS
                                                      incorporate these rules into the federally              Technology Transfer and Advancement                   (infrastructure SIPs or i-SIPs). These i-
                                                      enforceable SIP.                                        Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because              SIPs ensure that the State’s SIP is
                                                                                                              application of those requirements would               adequate to meet the state’s
                                                      III. Incorporation by Reference
                                                                                                              be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;               responsibilities under the Federal Clean
                                                         In this rule, the EPA is proposing to                and                                                   Air Act (CAA).
                                                      include in a final EPA rule regulatory                     • does not provide the EPA with the
                                                                                                                                                                    DATES: Written comments must be
                                                      text that includes incorporation by                     discretionary authority to address
                                                                                                                                                                    received on or before March 9, 2016.
                                                      reference. In accordance with                           disproportionate human health or
                                                      requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is                  environmental effects with practical,                 ADDRESSES:   Submit your comments,
                                                      proposing to incorporate by reference                   appropriate, and legally permissible                  identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
                                                      the CDPR rules as described in Table 1                  methods under Executive Order 12898                   OAR–2012–0953 at http://
                                                      of this notice. The EPA has made, and                   (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).                      www.regulations.gov or via email to
                                                      will continue to make, these documents                     In addition, the SIP is not approved               fuerst.sherry@epa.gov. Follow the
                                                      available electronically through                        to apply on any Indian reservation land               online instructions for submitting
                                                      www.regulations.gov and in hard copy                    or in any other area where the EPA or                 comments. Once submitted, comments
                                                      at the appropriate EPA office (see the                  an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a               cannot be edited or removed from
                                                      ADDRESSES section of this preamble for                  tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of             Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish
                                                      more information).                                      Indian country, the rule does not have                any comment received to its public
                                                                                                              tribal implications and will not impose               docket. Do not submit electronically any
                                                      IV. Statutory and Executive Order
                                                                                                              substantial direct costs on tribal                    information you consider to be
                                                      Reviews
                                                                                                              governments or preempt tribal law as                  Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                         Under the Clean Air Act, the                         specified by Executive Order 13175 (65                or other information whose disclosure is
                                                      Administrator is required to approve a                  FR 67249, November 9, 2000).                          restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                                      SIP submission that complies with the                                                                         submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
                                                      provisions of the Act and applicable                    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
                                                                                                                                                                    accompanied by a written comment.
                                                      Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);                   Environmental protection, Air                       The written comment is considered the
                                                      40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP                 pollution control, Incorporation by                   official comment and should include
                                                      submissions, the EPA’s role is to                       reference, Intergovernmental relations,               discussion of all points you wish to
                                                      approve State choices, provided that                    Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping                    make. The EPA will generally not
                                                      they meet the criteria of the Clean Air                 requirements, Volatile organic                        consider comments or comment
                                                      Act. Accordingly, this proposed action                  compounds.                                            contents located outside of the primary
                                                      merely proposes to approve State law as                   Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.                   submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
                                                      meeting Federal requirements and does                                                                         other file sharing system). For
                                                      not impose additional requirements                        Dated: January 14, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                    additional submission methods, please
                                                      beyond those imposed by State law. For                  Jared Blumenfeld,                                     contact Sherry Fuerst, (214) 665–6454,
                                                      that reason, this proposed action:                      Regional Administrator, Region IX.                    fuerst.sherry@epa.gov. For the full EPA
                                                         • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory                  [FR Doc. 2016–02314 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am]            public comment policy, information
                                                      action’’ subject to review by the Office                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                about CBI or multimedia submissions,
                                                      of Management and Budget under                                                                                and general guidance on making
                                                      Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,                                                                           effective comments, please visit http://
                                                      October 4, 1993);                                       ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-
                                                         • does not impose an information                     AGENCY                                                epa-dockets.
                                                      collection burden under the provisions                                                                           Docket: The index to the docket for
                                                                                                              40 CFR Part 52
                                                      of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44                                                                            this action is available electronically at
                                                      U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);                                   [EPA–R06–OAR–2012–0953; FRL–9941–96–                  www.regulations.gov and in hard copy
                                                         • is certified as not having a                       Region 6]                                             at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
                                                      significant economic impact on a                                                                              Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all
                                                      substantial number of small entities                    Approval and Promulgation of Air
                                                                                                              Quality Implementation Plans; Texas;                  documents in the docket are listed in
                                                      under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5                                                                       the index, some information may be
                                                      U.S.C. 601 et seq.);                                    Infrastructure or Requirements for the
                                                                                                              2008 Ozone and 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide                  publicly available only at the hard copy
                                                         • does not contain any unfunded                                                                            location (e.g., copyrighted material), and
                                                      mandate or significantly or uniquely                    National Ambient Air Quality
                                                                                                              Standards                                             some may not be publicly available at
                                                      affect small governments, as described                                                                        either location (e.g., CBI).
                                                      in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act                     AGENCY:  Environmental Protection
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                                                                                                                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                      of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);                                Agency (EPA).
                                                         • does not have Federalism                                                                                 Sherry Fuerst, telephone (214) 665–
                                                                                                              ACTION: Proposed rule.                                6454, fuerst.sherry@epa.gov. To inspect
                                                      implications as specified in Executive
                                                      Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,                                                                          the hard copy materials, please schedule
                                                                                                              SUMMARY:  The Environmental Protection
                                                      1999);                                                                                                        an appointment with her or Bill Deese
                                                                                                              Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
                                                                                                                                                                    at (214) 665–7253.
                                                         • is not an economically significant                 elements of State Implementation Plan
                                                      regulatory action based on health or                    (SIP) submissions from the State of                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                      safety risks subject to Executive Order                 Texas for Ozone (O3) and Nitrogen                     Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
                                                      13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);                    Dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air                    or ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.


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Document Created: 2016-02-06 00:24:12
Document Modified: 2016-02-06 00:24:12
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule.
DatesAny comments must arrive by March 9, 2016.
ContactNancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972- 3848, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 6481 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Ozone; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Volatile Organic Compounds

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