81_FR_92082 81 FR 91839 - Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules

81 FR 91839 - Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 243 (December 19, 2016)

Page Range91839-91841
FR Document2016-30195

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving administrative revisions for incorporation into the Michigan's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The submittal, by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on December 21, 2015, makes minor corrections to Michigan's Air Pollution Control Rules entitled ``Emissions Limitations and Prohibitions--Miscellaneous.''

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0845; FRL-9956-62-Region 5]


Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving 
administrative revisions for incorporation into the Michigan's State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). The submittal, by the Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on December 21, 2015, makes minor 
corrections to Michigan's Air Pollution Control Rules entitled 
``Emissions Limitations and Prohibitions--Miscellaneous.''

DATES: This rule is effective on February 17, 2017, unless EPA receives 
adverse written comments by January 18, 2017. If EPA receives adverse 
comments, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the 
Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take 
effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2015-0845 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, 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. 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: Charles Hatten, Environmental 
Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6031, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information 
section is arranged as follows:

I. What did Michigan submit?
II. What action is EPA taking?
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What did Michigan submit?

    On December 21, 2015, MDEQ submitted a request to EPA to make minor 
administrative revisions to rules in Chapter 336, Part 9. The revisions 
are described below:
    R 336.1906 (rule 906)--This existing rule requires notice to MDEQ 
for the placement of a device that dilutes or conceals emissions. MDEQ 
requests the rule that is currently in effect at the state level be 
incorporated into the SIP. The regulatory text of Michigan's current 
rule, effective May 20, 2015, is identical to the text of the SIP 
approved rule, which became effective March 19, 2002. The only revision 
to the text is the effective date of the rule. Because there are no 
substantive changes to language in the current version of the rule 
promulgated at the state, EPA finds the 2015 version of rule 906 
approvable into the SIP.
    R 336.1911 (rule 911) and R 336.1912 (rule 912)--The provisions of 
these rules do not allow emissions or specifically limit emissions from 
a source, process equipment, or operation. In the existing rule 911, it 
requires a malfunction abatement plan in certain situations. A person 
responsible for the operation of a source of an air contaminant shall 
prepare a malfunction abatement plan to prevent, detect, and correct 
malfunctions or equipment failures resulting in emissions exceeding any 
applicable emission limitation. In this rule the word ``commission'' 
was changed to ``department.'' Malfunction abatement plans are to be 
submitted to the department because the commission no longer exists.
    The existing rule 912 addresses notification and reporting 
requirements of excess emissions resulting from either an abnormal 
condition, start-up, shutdown, or malfunction of a source, process 
equipment, or operation. In section 912(5b), the word ``which'' was 
changed to ``that.''
    Because there are no substantive changes to the language in rules 
911 and 912, EPA finds the revisions acceptable for approval into the 
Michigan SIP.\1\
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    \1\ On June 12, 2015 (80 FR 33840), EPA finalized a SIP Call to 
address deficient SIP provisions regarding emissions during facility 
start-up, shutdown, and malfunctions. In this SIP Call, Michigan was 
required to revise a rule which allowed an affirmative defense for 
excess emissions during start-up or shutdown. The SIP Call did not 
include rule 911 or 912. These two rules address only planning and 
reporting requirements. Thus, they comply with EPA's policy on 
start-up, shutdown, and malfunctions.
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    Overall, the revisions to Part 9 make minor corrections to rules 
906, 911, and 912. The revisions are solely administrative, and do not 
make any substantive changes to the language in the rules. The 
revisions to these rules will not increase emissions of pollutants into 
the atmosphere.

II. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is approving the December 21, 2015, request to revise 
Michigan's air pollution control rules in Part 9. The revisions will 
not increase emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere.
    We are publishing this action without prior proposal because we 
view this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse 
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal 
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will 
serve as the proposal to approve the state plan if relevant adverse 
written comments are filed. This rule will be effective February 17, 
2017 without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse written 
comments by January 18, 2017. If we receive such comments, we will 
withdraw this action before the effective date by publishing a 
subsequent document that will withdraw the final action. All public 
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed action. EPA will not institute a second comment 
period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do 
so at this time. If we do not receive any comments, this action will be 
effective February 17, 2017.

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III. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes 
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the Michigan 
regulations described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 
below. Therefore, these materials have been approved by EPA for 
inclusion in the State implementation plan, have been incorporated by 
reference by EPA into that plan, are fully federally enforceable under 
sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the effective date of the final 
rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be incorporated by reference by 
the Director of the Federal Register in the next update to the SIP 
compilation.\2\ EPA has made, and will continue to make, these 
documents generally available electronically through 
www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA Region 5 Office (please contact 
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this preamble for more information).
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    \2\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator is required to 
approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA 
and applicable Federal regulations. 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);
     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 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).
    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 February 17, 2017. 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 today's 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, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: December 2, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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

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


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2. In Sec.  52.1170, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by revising 
the entries for R 336.1906, R 336.1911, and R 336.1912 under the 
heading ``Part 9. Emission Limitations and Prohibitions--
Miscellaneous'' to read as follows:


Sec.  52.1170   Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

                                        EPA-Approved Michigan Regulations
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    Michigan citation                Title            effective date    EPA approval date         Comments
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R 336.1906...............  Diluting and concealing         5/20/2015  12/19/2016 [insert
                            emissions.                                 Federal Register
                                                                       citation].
 
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R 336.1911...............  Malfunction abatement           5/20/2015  12/19/2016 [insert
                            plans.                                     Federal Register
                                                                       citation].
R 336.1912...............  Abnormal conditions,            5/20/2015  12/19/2016 [insert
                            start-up, shutdown, and                    Federal Register
                            malfunction of a source,                   citation].
                            process, or process
                            equipment, operating,
                            notification, and
                            reporting requirements.
 
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                                              recipient of credit assistance, as                      outside of the primary submission (i.e.,              word ‘‘commission’’ was changed to
                                              determined necessary by EPA. The                        on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing              ‘‘department.’’ Malfunction abatement
                                              specific credit agreement between the                   system). For additional submission                    plans are to be submitted to the
                                              recipient of credit assistance and EPA                  methods, please contact the person                    department because the commission no
                                              may contain additional reporting                        identified in the ‘‘For Further                       longer exists.
                                              requirements.                                           Information Contact’’ section. For the                   The existing rule 912 addresses
                                              [FR Doc. 2016–30194 Filed 12–16–16; 8:45 am]            full EPA public comment policy,                       notification and reporting requirements
                                              BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                      information about CBI or multimedia                   of excess emissions resulting from either
                                                                                                      submissions, and general guidance on                  an abnormal condition, start-up,
                                                                                                      making effective comments, please visit               shutdown, or malfunction of a source,
                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/                          process equipment, or operation. In
                                              AGENCY                                                  commenting-epa-dockets.                               section 912(5b), the word ‘‘which’’ was
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                            changed to ‘‘that.’’
                                              40 CFR Part 52                                                                                                   Because there are no substantive
                                                                                                      Charles Hatten, Environmental
                                                                                                                                                            changes to the language in rules 911 and
                                              [EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0845; FRL–9956–62–                    Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air
                                                                                                                                                            912, EPA finds the revisions acceptable
                                              Region 5]                                               Programs Branch (AR–18J),
                                                                                                                                                            for approval into the Michigan SIP.1
                                                                                                      Environmental Protection Agency,                         Overall, the revisions to Part 9 make
                                              Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9                     Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,                  minor corrections to rules 906, 911, and
                                              Miscellaneous Rules                                     Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6031,              912. The revisions are solely
                                                                                                      hatten.charles@epa.gov.                               administrative, and do not make any
                                              AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                              Agency (EPA).                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            substantive changes to the language in
                                              ACTION: Direct final rule.
                                                                                                      Throughout this document whenever                     the rules. The revisions to these rules
                                                                                                      ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean           will not increase emissions of pollutants
                                              SUMMARY:  The Environmental Protection                  EPA. This supplementary information                   into the atmosphere.
                                              Agency (EPA) is approving                               section is arranged as follows:
                                                                                                                                                            II. What action is EPA taking?
                                              administrative revisions for                            I. What did Michigan submit?
                                              incorporation into the Michigan’s State                 II. What action is EPA taking?                           EPA is approving the December 21,
                                              Implementation Plan (SIP). The                          III. Incorporation by Reference                       2015, request to revise Michigan’s air
                                              submittal, by the Michigan Department                   IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews             pollution control rules in Part 9. The
                                              of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on                                                                            revisions will not increase emissions of
                                                                                                      I. What did Michigan submit?
                                              December 21, 2015, makes minor                                                                                pollutants into the atmosphere.
                                              corrections to Michigan’s Air Pollution                    On December 21, 2015, MDEQ                            We are publishing this action without
                                              Control Rules entitled ‘‘Emissions                      submitted a request to EPA to make                    prior proposal because we view this as
                                              Limitations and Prohibitions—                           minor administrative revisions to rules               a noncontroversial amendment and
                                              Miscellaneous.’’                                        in Chapter 336, Part 9. The revisions are             anticipate no adverse comments.
                                                                                                      described below:                                      However, in the proposed rules section
                                              DATES:  This rule is effective on February                 R 336.1906 (rule 906)—This existing                of this Federal Register publication, we
                                              17, 2017, unless EPA receives adverse                   rule requires notice to MDEQ for the                  are publishing a separate document that
                                              written comments by January 18, 2017.                   placement of a device that dilutes or                 will serve as the proposal to approve the
                                              If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA                   conceals emissions. MDEQ requests the                 state plan if relevant adverse written
                                              will publish a timely withdrawal of the                 rule that is currently in effect at the state         comments are filed. This rule will be
                                              rule in the Federal Register and inform                 level be incorporated into the SIP. The               effective February 17, 2017 without
                                              the public that the rule will not take                  regulatory text of Michigan’s current                 further notice unless we receive relevant
                                              effect.                                                 rule, effective May 20, 2015, is identical            adverse written comments by January
                                              ADDRESSES:   Submit your comments,                      to the text of the SIP approved rule,                 18, 2017. If we receive such comments,
                                              identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05–                    which became effective March 19, 2002.                we will withdraw this action before the
                                              OAR–2015–0845 at http://                                The only revision to the text is the                  effective date by publishing a
                                              www.regulations.gov or via email to                     effective date of the rule. Because there             subsequent document that will
                                              blakley.pamela@epa.gov. For comments                    are no substantive changes to language                withdraw the final action. All public
                                              submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the                in the current version of the rule                    comments received will then be
                                              online instructions for submitting                      promulgated at the state, EPA finds the               addressed in a subsequent final rule
                                              comments. Once submitted, comments                      2015 version of rule 906 approvable into              based on the proposed action. EPA will
                                              cannot be edited or removed from                        the SIP.                                              not institute a second comment period.
                                              Regulations.gov. For either manner of                      R 336.1911 (rule 911) and R 336.1912               Any parties interested in commenting
                                              submission, EPA may publish any                         (rule 912)—The provisions of these                    on this action should do so at this time.
                                              comment received to its public docket.                  rules do not allow emissions or                       If we do not receive any comments, this
                                              Do not submit electronically any                        specifically limit emissions from a                   action will be effective February 17,
                                              information you consider to be                          source, process equipment, or operation.              2017.
                                              Confidential Business Information (CBI)                 In the existing rule 911, it requires a
                                              or other information whose disclosure is                malfunction abatement plan in certain                    1 On June 12, 2015 (80 FR 33840), EPA finalized

                                              restricted by statute. Multimedia                       situations. A person responsible for the              a SIP Call to address deficient SIP provisions
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                                                                                                                                                            regarding emissions during facility start-up,
                                              submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be                operation of a source of an air                       shutdown, and malfunctions. In this SIP Call,
                                              accompanied by a written comment.                       contaminant shall prepare a                           Michigan was required to revise a rule which
                                              The written comment is considered the                   malfunction abatement plan to prevent,                allowed an affirmative defense for excess emissions
                                              official comment and should include                     detect, and correct malfunctions or                   during start-up or shutdown. The SIP Call did not
                                                                                                                                                            include rule 911 or 912. These two rules address
                                              discussion of all points you wish to                    equipment failures resulting in                       only planning and reporting requirements. Thus,
                                              make. EPA will generally not consider                   emissions exceeding any applicable                    they comply with EPA’s policy on start-up,
                                              comments or comment contents located                    emission limitation. In this rule the                 shutdown, and malfunctions.



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                                              III. Incorporation by Reference                                 • Does not contain any unfunded                     Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
                                                 In this rule, EPA is finalizing                           mandate or significantly or uniquely                petitions for judicial review of this
                                              regulatory text that includes                                affect small governments, as described              action must be filed in the United States
                                              incorporation by reference. In                               in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act                 Court of Appeals for the appropriate
                                              accordance with requirements of 1 CFR                        of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);                            circuit by February 17, 2017. Filing a
                                              51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation                       • Does not have Federalism                       petition for reconsideration by the
                                              by reference of the Michigan regulations                     implications as specified in Executive              Administrator of this final rule does not
                                              described in the amendments to 40 CFR                        Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,                affect the finality of this action for the
                                              part 52 set forth below. Therefore, these                    1999);                                              purposes of judicial review nor does it
                                              materials have been approved by EPA                             • Is not an economically significant             extend the time within which a petition
                                              for inclusion in the State                                   regulatory action based on health or                for judicial review may be filed, and
                                              implementation plan, have been                               safety risks subject to Executive Order             shall not postpone the effectiveness of
                                              incorporated by reference by EPA into                        13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);                such rule or action. Parties with
                                                                                                              • Is not a significant regulatory action         objections to this direct final rule are
                                              that plan, are fully federally enforceable
                                                                                                           subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR             encouraged to file a comment in
                                              under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA
                                                                                                           28355, May 22, 2001);                               response to the parallel notice of
                                              as of the effective date of the final
                                                                                                              • Is not subject to requirements of              proposed rulemaking for this action
                                              rulemaking of EPA’s approval, and will
                                                                                                           Section 12(d) of the National                       published in the proposed rules section
                                              be incorporated by reference by the
                                                                                                           Technology Transfer and Advancement                 of today’s Federal Register, rather than
                                              Director of the Federal Register in the
                                                                                                           Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because            file an immediate petition for judicial
                                              next update to the SIP compilation.2
                                                                                                           application of those requirements would             review of this direct final rule, so that
                                              EPA has made, and will continue to
                                                                                                           be inconsistent with the CAA; and                   EPA can withdraw this direct final rule
                                              make, these documents generally                                 • Does not provide EPA with the
                                              available electronically through                                                                                 and address the comment in the
                                                                                                           discretionary authority to address, as              proposed rulemaking. This action may
                                              www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA
                                                                                                           appropriate, disproportionate human                 not be challenged later in proceedings to
                                              Region 5 Office (please contact the
                                                                                                           health or environmental effects, using              enforce its requirements. (See section
                                              person identified in the FOR FURTHER
                                                                                                           practicable and legally permissible                 307(b)(2).)
                                              INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                                                                           methods, under Executive Order 12898
                                              preamble for more information).
                                                                                                           (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).                    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
                                              IV. Statutory and Executive Order                               In addition, the SIP is not approved
                                              Reviews                                                      to apply on any Indian reservation land               Environmental protection, Air
                                                                                                           or in any other area where EPA or an                pollution control, Incorporation by
                                                Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the                                                                             reference, Intergovernmental relations,
                                              Administrator is required to approve a                       Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
                                                                                                           tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of           Reporting and recordkeeping
                                              SIP submission that complies with the                                                                            requirements.
                                              provisions of the CAA and applicable                         Indian country, the rule does not have
                                              Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);                      tribal implications and will not impose               Dated: December 2, 2016.
                                              40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP                      substantial direct costs on tribal                  Robert A. Kaplan,
                                              submissions, EPA’s role is to approve                        governments or preempt tribal law as                Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
                                              state choices, provided that they meet                       specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
                                                                                                           FR 67249, November 9, 2000).                            40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
                                              the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly,
                                              this action merely approves state law as                        The Congressional Review Act, 5
                                                                                                           U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small           PART 52—APPROVAL AND
                                              meeting Federal requirements and does                                                                            PROMULGATION OF
                                              not impose additional requirements                           Business Regulatory Enforcement
                                                                                                           Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides            IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
                                              beyond those imposed by state law. For
                                              that reason, this action:                                    that before a rule may take effect, the
                                                • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory                        agency promulgating the rule must                   ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
                                              action’’ subject to review by the Office                     submit a rule report, which includes a              continues to read as follows:
                                              of Management and Budget under                               copy of the rule, to each House of the                  Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                              Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,                         Congress and to the Comptroller General
                                              October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,                      of the United States. EPA will submit a             ■ 2. In § 52.1170, the table in paragraph
                                              January 21, 2011);                                           report containing this action and other             (c) is amended by revising the entries
                                                • Does not impose an information                           required information to the U.S. Senate,            for R 336.1906, R 336.1911, and R
                                              collection burden under the provisions                       the U.S. House of Representatives, and              336.1912 under the heading ‘‘Part 9.
                                              of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44                           the Comptroller General of the United               Emission Limitations and
                                              U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);                                        States prior to publication of the rule in          Prohibitions—Miscellaneous’’ to read as
                                                • Is certified as not having a                             the Federal Register. A major rule                  follows:
                                              significant economic impact on a                             cannot take effect until 60 days after it
                                                                                                                                                               § 52.1170    Identification of plan.
                                              substantial number of small entities                         is published in the Federal Register.
                                              under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5                      This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as              *       *    *      *     *
                                              U.S.C. 601 et seq.);                                         defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).                             (c) * * *
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                                                                                             EPA-APPROVED MICHIGAN REGULATIONS—Continued
                                                                                                                                         State effective
                                               Michigan citation                                  Title                                                          EPA approval date            Comments
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                                                                                            Part 9. Emission Limitations and Prohibitions—Miscellaneous


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                                              R 336.1906 ........   Diluting and concealing emissions ...........................            5/20/2015     12/19/2016 [insert Fed-
                                                                                                                                                             eral Register citation].

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                                              R 336.1911 ........   Malfunction abatement plans ....................................          5/20/2015    12/19/2016 [insert Fed-
                                                                                                                                                             eral Register citation].
                                              R 336.1912 ........   Abnormal conditions, start-up, shutdown, and mal-                        5/20/2015     12/19/2016 [insert Fed-
                                                                      function of a source, process, or process equip-                                       eral Register citation].
                                                                      ment, operating, notification, and reporting re-
                                                                      quirements.

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                                              [FR Doc. 2016–30195 Filed 12–16–16; 8:45 am]                site. Although listed in the index, some                  mechanism by which states that meet
                                              BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                      information is not publicly available,                    certain criteria may request and be
                                                                                                          e.g., Confidential Business Information                   granted by the EPA Administrator a one-
                                                                                                          or other information whose disclosure is                  year extension of an area’s attainment
                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                    restricted by statute. Certain other                      deadline. The CAA also requires that
                                              AGENCY                                                      material, such as copyrighted material,                   areas that have not attained the standard
                                                                                                          is not placed on the Internet and will be                 by their attainment deadlines be
                                              40 CFR Part 81                                              publicly available only in hard copy                      reclassified to either the next ‘‘highest’’
                                              [EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0277; FRL–9956–95–                        form. Publicly available docket                           classification (e.g., marginal to
                                              Region 5]                                                   materials are available either through                    moderate, moderate to serious, etc.) or
                                                                                                          http://www.regulations.gov, or please                     to the classifications applicable to the
                                              Reclassification of the Sheboygan,                          contact the person identified in the FOR                  areas’ design values.
                                              Wisconsin Area To Moderate                                  FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section                          On April 30, 2012, the Sheboygan
                                              Nonattainment for the 2008 Ozone                            for additional availability information.                  area was designated as nonattainment
                                              National Ambient Air Quality                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          for the 2008 ozone NAAQS and was
                                              Standards                                                   Kathleen D’Agostino, Environmental                        classified as marginal, effective July 20,
                                              AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                           Scientist, Attainment Planning and                        2012 (77 FR 30088, May 21, 2012).
                                              Agency (EPA).                                               Maintenance Section, Air Programs                         Wisconsin submitted a letter to EPA
                                              ACTION: Final rule.                                         Branch (AR–18J), Environmental                            requesting a one-year extension of the
                                                                                                          Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West                      attainment deadline for the Sheboygan
                                              SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                     Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois                      area under section 181(a)(5) of the CAA.
                                              Agency (EPA) is determining that the                        60604, (312) 886–1767,                                    In that letter, Wisconsin certified that
                                              Sheboygan, Wisconsin area (Sheboygan                        dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.                               the State had complied with all
                                              County) has failed to attain the 2008                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                requirements and commitments
                                              ozone National Ambient Air Quality                          Throughout this document whenever                         pertaining to the Sheboygan area in the
                                              Standards (NAAQS) by the applicable                         ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean               SIP and that all monitors in the area had
                                              attainment date of July 20, 2016, and                       EPA.                                                      a fourth highest daily maximum 8-hour
                                              that this area is not eligible for an                                                                                 average of 0.075 parts per million (ppm)
                                              extension of the attainment date. Thus,                     I. What is being addressed in this                        or less for 2014 (i.e., the last full year
                                              EPA is reclassifying this area as                           document?                                                 of air quality data prior to the July 20,
                                              ‘‘moderate’’ nonattainment for the 2008                        Clean Air Act (CAA) section 181(b)(2)                  2015, attainment date). On May 4, 2016
                                              ozone NAAQS. The State of Wisconsin                         requires EPA to determine, based on an                    (81 FR 26697), based on EPA’s
                                              must submit State Implementation Plan                       area’s ozone design value 1 as of the                     evaluation and determination that the
                                              (SIP) revisions that meet the statutory                     area’s attainment deadline, whether the                   area met the attainment date extension
                                              and regulatory requirements that apply                      area has attained the ozone standard by                   criteria of CAA section 181(a)(5), EPA
                                              to areas classified as moderate                             that date. The statute provides a                         granted the Sheboygan area a one-year
                                              nonattainment for the 2008 ozone                                                                                      extension of the marginal area
                                              NAAQS by January 1, 2017.                                     1 An area’s ozone design value for the eight-hour
                                                                                                                                                                    attainment date to July 20, 2016.
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                                              DATES: This final rule is effective                         ozone NAAQS is the highest three-year average of
                                                                                                          the annual fourth-highest daily maximum eight-
                                                                                                                                                                       Wisconsin did not request a second
                                              December 19, 2016.                                          hour average concentrations of all monitors in the        one-year extension for the Sheboygan
                                              ADDRESSES: EPA has established a                            area. To determine whether an area has attained the       area, and the area would not have
                                              docket for this action under Docket ID                      ozone NAAQS prior to the attainment date, EPA             qualified for one under CAA section
                                                                                                          considers the monitor-specific ozone design values
                                              No. EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0277. All                              in the area for the most recent three years with
                                                                                                                                                                    181(a)(5) because, at 0.076 ppm, the
                                              documents in the docket are listed in                       complete, quality-assured monitored ozone data            average of the 2014 and 2015 annual
                                              the http://www.regulations.gov Web                          prior to the attainment deadline.                         fourth highest daily maximum eight-


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Document Created: 2016-12-17 03:15:30
Document Modified: 2016-12-17 03:15:30
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 rule is effective on February 17, 2017, unless EPA receives adverse written comments by January 18, 2017. If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect.
ContactCharles Hatten, Environmental Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6031, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 91839 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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