81_FR_92084 81 FR 91841 - Reclassification of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area To Moderate Nonattainment for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

81 FR 91841 - Reclassification of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area To Moderate Nonattainment for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

Page Range91841-91846
FR Document2016-30330

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining that the Sheboygan, Wisconsin area (Sheboygan County) has failed to attain the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the applicable attainment date of July 20, 2016, and that this area is not eligible for an extension of the attainment date. Thus, EPA is reclassifying this area as ``moderate'' nonattainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The State of Wisconsin must submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions that meet the statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to areas classified as moderate nonattainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS by January 1, 2017.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0277; FRL-9956-95-Region 5]


Reclassification of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area To Moderate 
Nonattainment for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining that 
the Sheboygan, Wisconsin area (Sheboygan County) has failed to attain 
the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the 
applicable attainment date of July 20, 2016, and that this area is not 
eligible for an extension of the attainment date. Thus, EPA is 
reclassifying this area as ``moderate'' nonattainment for the 2008 
ozone NAAQS. The State of Wisconsin must submit State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) revisions that meet the statutory and regulatory 
requirements that apply to areas classified as moderate nonattainment 
for the 2008 ozone NAAQS by January 1, 2017.

DATES: This final rule is effective December 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0277. All documents in the docket are listed in 
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, 
some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business 
Information or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not 
placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy 
form. Publicly available docket materials are available either through 
http://www.regulations.gov, or please contact the person identified in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional availability 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental 
Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs 
Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.

I. What is being addressed in this document?

    Clean Air Act (CAA) section 181(b)(2) requires EPA to determine, 
based on an area's ozone design value \1\ as of the area's attainment 
deadline, whether the area has attained the ozone standard by that 
date. The statute provides a mechanism by which states that meet 
certain criteria may request and be granted by the EPA Administrator a 
one-year extension of an area's attainment deadline. The CAA also 
requires that areas that have not attained the standard by their 
attainment deadlines be reclassified to either the next ``highest'' 
classification (e.g., marginal to moderate, moderate to serious, etc.) 
or to the classifications applicable to the areas' design values.
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    \1\ An area's ozone design value for the eight-hour ozone NAAQS 
is the highest three-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily 
maximum eight-hour average concentrations of all monitors in the 
area. To determine whether an area has attained the ozone NAAQS 
prior to the attainment date, EPA considers the monitor-specific 
ozone design values in the area for the most recent three years with 
complete, quality-assured monitored ozone data prior to the 
attainment deadline.
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    On April 30, 2012, the Sheboygan area was designated as 
nonattainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS and was classified as marginal, 
effective July 20, 2012 (77 FR 30088, May 21, 2012). Wisconsin 
submitted a letter to EPA requesting a one-year extension of the 
attainment deadline for the Sheboygan area under section 181(a)(5) of 
the CAA. In that letter, Wisconsin certified that the State had 
complied with all requirements and commitments pertaining to the 
Sheboygan area in the SIP and that all monitors in the area had a 
fourth highest daily maximum 8-hour average of 0.075 parts per million 
(ppm) or less for 2014 (i.e., the last full year of air quality data 
prior to the July 20, 2015, attainment date). On May 4, 2016 (81 FR 
26697), based on EPA's evaluation and determination that the area met 
the attainment date extension criteria of CAA section 181(a)(5), EPA 
granted the Sheboygan area a one-year extension of the marginal area 
attainment date to July 20, 2016.
    Wisconsin did not request a second one-year extension for the 
Sheboygan area, and the area would not have qualified for one under CAA 
section 181(a)(5) because, at 0.076 ppm, the average of the 2014 and 
2015 annual fourth highest daily maximum eight-

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hour average ozone concentrations at a monitor in the area is greater 
than 0.075 ppm. On September 28, 2016 (81 FR 66617), EPA proposed to 
determine that the Sheboygan area failed to attain the 2008 ozone NAAQS 
by the applicable attainment date of July 20, 2016, is not eligible for 
an additional one-year attainment date extension, and must be 
reclassified as moderate nonattainment. EPA also proposed to require 
Wisconsin to submit SIP revisions to address moderate area requirements 
by January 1, 2017.

II. What comments did we receive on the proposed rule and how are we 
responding to those comments?

    EPA provided a 30-day review and comment period on the proposed 
action. Adverse comments are summarized and addressed below.
    Comment 1: There are two ozone monitoring sites in the Sheboygan 
area. The first is located at Kohler Andrae State Park along Lake 
Michigan and southeast of the City of Sheboygan, the main urban area of 
the county. The ozone detected by the Kohler monitor does not come from 
the Sheboygan area, but from areas along southern Lake Michigan, namely 
Chicago, IL and Gary, IN. This site has been operational since June 
1997. The second monitoring site, known as Haven, is located northwest 
and downwind of the City of Sheboygan and has been operational since 
April 2014.
    EPA's nonattainment re-designation is based exclusively on data 
from the Kohler Andrae monitor. Once 2016 data are certified, the Haven 
monitor will have three complete years of data for this site. Based on 
these data, the Haven monitor will have a design value of 0.069 ppm, as 
compared to 0.079 ppm at the Kohler Andrae monitor.\2\ These data show 
that actual air quality within the Sheboygan area is in compliance with 
the 2008 ozone standard. EPA should allow Wisconsin to certify these 
data and consider all available regulatory data prior to making a re-
designation for the entire county.
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    \2\ The level of the 2008 ozone standard is 0.075 ppm.
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    Response 1: CAA section 181(b)(2) requires EPA to determine, based 
on an area's ozone design value as of the area's attainment 
deadline,\3\ whether the area has attained the ozone standard by that 
date. The CAA also requires that any area \4\ that EPA finds has not 
attained the standard by the attainment deadline shall be reclassified 
by operation of law to the higher of the next ``highest'' 
classification (e.g., marginal to moderate, moderate to serious, etc.) 
or the classification applicable to the area's design value. Further, 
the agency's mandatory duty to make determinations of attainment or 
failure to attain the NAAQS exists regardless of the nature or effect 
of transported ozone and emissions on monitored air quality data in a 
given nonattainment area.\5\
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    \3\ Section 181(a)(5) of the CAA gives the Administrator the 
discretion to grant up to two one-year extensions of the attainment 
date upon application by any state if certain criteria are met. 
Wisconsin did not request a second one-year attainment date 
extension, and the Sheboygan area would not have met the criteria 
required for EPA to grant one.
    \4\ Except those classified as severe or extreme.
    \5\ See Sierra Club v. EPA, 294 F.3d 155, 160-62 (D.C. Cir. 
2002) (holding that the EPA is not permitted to relax mandatory 
statutory requirements for downwind areas on the basis of interstate 
transport).
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    Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 50, appendix P, the 2008 ozone 
NAAQS is attained at a monitoring site when the three-year average of 
the annual fourth-highest daily maximum eight-hour average ambient air 
quality ozone concentration is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm.\6\ This 
three-year average is referred to as the design value. When the design 
value is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm at each ambient air quality 
monitoring site within the area, the area is deemed to be meeting the 
NAAQS. If the design value is greater than 0.075 ppm at any site in the 
area, the area is deemed to be violating the NAAQS.
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    \6\ The rounding convention under 40 CFR part 50, appendix P, 
dictates that concentrations shall be reported in ppm to the third 
decimal place, with additional digits to the right being truncated. 
Thus, a computed three-year average ozone concentration of 0.076 ppm 
is greater than 0.075 ppm and, therefore, over the standard.
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    Therefore, even if the Haven monitoring site had three years of 
complete, quality-assured, and certified ozone data showing a design 
value below the standard for the 2013-2015 time period, EPA would still 
be compelled to determine that the area failed to attain the standard 
due to the violation recorded at the Kohler Andrae monitor.
    Comment 2: EPA's guidance on monitoring site selection states, 
``[f]or regulatory compliance, the principle objective is to measure 
the ozone concentration in the high population density areas and the 
maximum downwind concentration from the urban region.'' The Kohler 
Andrae monitor is not located downwind from sources in the Sheboygan 
area. The monitor's location in no way could be seen as measuring ozone 
concentration in an area with the maximum downwind concentration from 
the urban region.
    Response 2: The siting of the Kohler Andrae monitor is consistent 
with EPA's monitoring site selection guidance. EPA's monitoring 
guidance does not prevent placement of monitors upwind of urban source 
areas. In addition, the Kohler Andrae monitor was not placed to monitor 
the maximum downwind impacts from the urbanized portion of the 
Sheboygan area, but to capture maximum downwind impacts from several 
urban areas along Lake Michigan, including Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 
Chicago, Illinois; and Gary, Indiana. The fact that the Kohler Andrae 
site is monitoring the highest ozone concentrations in Wisconsin 
supports the appropriateness of its selection as a maximum downwind 
site.
    Comment 3: The Haven monitor is located approximately six miles 
northwest of the City of Sheboygan. Wisconsin established this monitor 
specifically to provide accurate downwind measurements of air quality 
for the Sheboygan area. This monitor's location makes it a much more 
appropriate monitor to use for compliance with ozone standards because 
it is placed in a location that will actually monitor ozone generated 
from Sheboygan area facilities.
    Response 3: EPA recognizes that the Haven monitor provides 
additional air quality data that can be used in conjunction with the 
air quality data from the Kohler Andrae monitor to form a more complete 
understanding of ozone values throughout the Sheboygan area. This 
information can be considered when making nonattainment area boundary 
decisions for any future ozone designations. The Sheboygan area, 
consisting of the entirety of Sheboygan County, was designated as 
nonattainment for the 2008 ozone standard on April 30, 2012. EPA 
considered the recommendation of the state and the information 
available at the time to determine the appropriate boundary for the 
area. At that time, the Haven monitor ozone data were not available for 
consideration. That designation is not being reevaluated in this 
rulemaking.
    In this action EPA is meeting its statutory obligation under 
section 181(b)(2) of the CAA to determine, based on the area's ozone 
design value as of the area's attainment deadline, whether the 
Sheboygan area has attained the 2008 ozone standard. As discussed more 
completely in response to Comment 1, if any monitor in an area shows a 
violation of the ozone NAAQS during the most recent three-year period 
with complete, quality assured, and certified ozone data before the 
attainment deadline, and the state fails to meet the requirements for 
an attainment date extension set forth in

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section 181(a)(5) of the CAA, EPA is obligated to determine that the 
area has failed to attain the standard by the attainment date. 
Therefore, even were EPA able to consider data from the Haven monitor, 
EPA cannot ignore the data recorded at the Kohler Andrae monitor, which 
is also located within the Sheboygan nonattainment area. Quality 
assured, certified data from the Kohler Andrae monitor show that the 
area failed to attain the 2008 ozone standard by its attainment 
deadline and, thus, EPA is obligated to make that finding. EPA's 
finding that the area failed to attain the standard by the attainment 
deadline requires EPA to reclassify the area by operation of law. 
Further, as discussed above, the agency's mandatory duty to make 
determinations of attainment or failure to attain the NAAQS exists 
regardless of the nature or effect of transported emissions on 
monitored air quality data in a given nonattainment area.
    Comment 4: The State of Wisconsin has worked with EPA to address 
the issue of an upwind compliance monitor unfairly subjecting an entire 
county to a nonattainment designation in Kenosha County. At the very 
least, EPA should consider changing the geographic boundaries of the 
Sheboygan nonattainment area to exclude those portions of the county 
which are clearly in attainment according to data from the Haven 
monitor. Reclassifying only part of Sheboygan County would allow for 
more regulatory certainty for businesses and residents of the area as 
well as provide a more fair and appropriate regulatory solution than 
holding the entire county accountable as the air quality data clearly 
shows substantial attainment with the 2008 standard in large portions 
of the county.
    Response 4: As discussed in the previous response, in this action, 
EPA is meeting its statutory obligation under section 181(b)(2) of the 
CAA. This action does not grant EPA the authority to reopen the 
boundary determinations that were made when the Sheboygan area was 
designated as nonattainment for the 2008 ozone standard.\7\ However, 
EPA and the states are currently in the process of designating areas 
under the 2015 ozone standard. The arguments presented by the commenter 
as well as other supporting information may be provided by the State to 
support its boundary recommendations for the 2015 ozone NAAQS and would 
be considered by EPA when finalizing area designations and boundaries 
for that ozone standard.
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    \7\ 77 FR 30088 (May 21, 2012).
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    Comment 5: Reclassification to moderate increases the emission 
offsets required for new and modified major sources, which could 
restrict future growth for sources in the Sheboygan area. In addition, 
the majority of ozone precursor emissions in the Sheboygan area are 
located downwind of the Kohler Andrae ozone monitor. These facilities 
may be subject to increased regulations even though they are not likely 
contributing on days with higher ozone concentrations at the Kohler 
Andrae monitor.
    Response 5: EPA acknowledges that a reclassification to moderate 
increases emission offsets required for new and modified major sources 
from 1.1 to 1 (for marginal areas) to 1.15 to 1 (for moderate areas). 
This offset ratio is established by section 181(b)(5) of the CAA. 
Increased offset ratios are intended to mitigate the impact of new 
ozone precursor sources to an existing ozone air quality problem and to 
avoid the propagation of this ozone problem to areas downwind of the 
violating monitoring site.
    Comment 6: EPA should not finalize this action. Wisconsin's 
lakeshore air quality is heavily impacted by ozone precursors 
originating from out of state. The Sheboygan area, in particular, has 
long suffered the consequences of diminished air quality and resulting 
nonattainment due to emissions originating beyond Wisconsin's borders. 
To meet its CAA obligations, Wisconsin has already taken a wide range 
of actions to reduce emissions in order to improve the air quality of 
the Sheboygan area. Source apportionment modeling from the Lake 
Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) has suggested that the entire 
State of Wisconsin contributes less than 10% of the ozone monitored in 
the Sheboygan area. Any further actions taken by the state to address 
moderate area planning requirements for this NAAQS are unlikely to 
significantly improve the Sheboygan area's air quality. EPA must 
expeditiously and more completely address the contributions of upwind 
state emissions to this region of Wisconsin.
    Response 6: EPA readily acknowledges the role interstate transport 
of precursors and ozone pollution plays in the efforts of downwind 
areas to attain and maintain the NAAQS. Section 110(a)(2)(D) of the CAA 
specifically contains provisions requiring states to address their 
contribution to nonattainment and maintenance of the NAAQS in other 
states. CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) requires each state in its SIP 
to prohibit emissions that will significantly contribute to 
nonattainment of a NAAQS, or interfere with maintenance of a NAAQS, in 
another state. Under section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), each state is required 
to submit to the EPA new or revised SIPs that contain adequate 
provisions ``prohibiting, consistent with the provisions of this 
subchapter, any source or other type of emissions activity within the 
state from emitting any air pollutant in amounts which will . . . 
contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with 
maintenance by, any other state with respect to any such national 
primary or secondary ambient air quality standard.''
    EPA has taken a number of steps to fulfill its statutory obligation 
to enforce CAA section 110(a)(2)(D), or the ``good neighbor'' 
provision, including the NOX SIP Call, the Clean Air 
Interstate Rule, and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Most 
recently, on October 26, 2016 (81 FR 74504), EPA updated CSAPR 
specifically to address the 2008 ozone NAAQS with tightened ozone 
NOX emission budgets designed to achieve emission reductions 
in upwind states before the July 2018 moderate area attainment date.\8\
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    \8\ In updating CSAPR to address the 2008 ozone standard, EPA 
established ozone season NOX emissions budgets of 14,601 
tons for Illinois and 23,303 tons for Indiana. See 81 FR 74504, 
74508 (October 26, 2016). This tightened the CSAPR emission budgets 
of 21,208 tons for Illinois and 46,175 tons for Indiana, which had 
been established to address the 1997 ozone standard. See 76 FR 
48208, 48262-63 (August 8, 2011).
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    In addition, in recognition of the regional nature of ozone 
formation and transport, the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium was 
created to provide a forum for the states surrounding Lake Michigan to 
work cooperatively to develop attainment strategies for the entire Lake 
Michigan region. EPA continues to encourage the states to work 
cooperatively through this forum to reach attainment goals throughout 
the region.
    Nevertheless, as noted previously, the agency's mandatory duty to 
make determinations of attainment or failure to attain the NAAQS under 
section 181(b)(2) of the CAA exists regardless of the nature or effect 
of transported emissions on monitored air quality data in a given 
nonattainment area.
    Comment 7: EPA's proposed rule states ``moderate nonattainment 
areas are required to attain the standard `as expeditiously as 
practicable' but no later than six years after the initial designation 
as nonattainment (which, in the case of the Sheboygan area, would be 
July 20, 2018).'' EPA is proposing to require submission of the 
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moderate area SIP revisions no later than January 1, 2017. EPA is 
unlikely to finalize a reclassification until just weeks before the 
proposed January 1, 2017 due date. This is insufficient time for a 
state to complete all the actions needed to meet moderate nonattainment 
area requirements for this NAAQS. EPA must finalize a more realistic 
deadline and ensure the state is not penalized for any deficiency 
relative to that date.
    Response 7: EPA recognizes the extremely tight timeframe and is 
committed to working with Wisconsin to prepare SIP revisions in a 
timely manner. EPA's ability to extend deadlines for areas being 
reclassified as required by CAA section 181(b)(2) is governed by 
section 182(i) of the CAA, which directs that the state shall meet the 
new requirements according to the schedules prescribed in those 
requirements, but provides ``that the Administrator may adjust any 
applicable deadlines (other than attainment dates) to the extent such 
adjustment is necessary or appropriate to assure consistency among the 
required submissions.'' CAA section 182(b), as interpreted by 40 CFR 
51.1100 et seq., describes the required SIP revisions and associated 
deadlines for a nonattainment area classified as moderate at the time 
of the initial designations. However, these SIP submission deadlines 
(e.g., three years after the effective date of designation, or July 
2015, for submission of an attainment plan and attainment 
demonstration) have already passed. Accordingly, EPA proposed to 
exercise its discretion under CAA section 182(i) to adjust the moderate 
SIP submittal deadlines for the Sheboygan area.
    In determining an appropriate deadline for the moderate area SIP 
revisions for the Sheboygan area, EPA had to consider that pursuant to 
40 CFR 51.1108(d), the state must provide for implementation of all 
control measures needed for attainment no later than the beginning of 
the attainment year ozone season. The attainment year ozone season is 
the complete ozone season immediately preceding a nonattainment area's 
attainment date. In the case of nonattainment areas classified as 
moderate for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the attainment year ozone season is 
the 2017 ozone season (40 CFR 51.1100(h)). Because an extension of the 
attainment date is not appropriate here, and control measures for other 
moderate areas are to be implemented no later than the beginning of the 
2017 ozone season, EPA determined it would not be appropriate to adjust 
the attainment date beyond the beginning of the 2017 ozone season for 
the Sheboygan area. Further, because ozone seasons begin as early as 
January 1, EPA determined that a SIP submission deadline of January 1, 
2017, is the latest submittal deadline that allows all states to meet 
40 CFR 51.1108(d) requirements, and thus assures consistency as 
directed by 182(i).
    While we acknowledge that the timeframe for submitting the required 
SIP revisions is tight, states have not been prohibited from beginning 
development of moderate area SIP revisions prior to finalization of the 
reclassification. In fact, although reclassification of the Sheboygan 
area is being finalized in this rule, Wisconsin has been aware that EPA 
would propose to reclassify the Sheboygan area as moderate from the 
time that 2015 monitoring data became available showing that the 
Sheboygan area would not qualify for an additional one-year extension. 
EPA has consistently encouraged states to begin working on moderate 
area SIP revision requirements ahead of finalization of the 
reclassification required by the CAA.
    Even before the 2015 monitoring data was available, the state was 
aware that, if a second one-year extension was not appropriate, the 
state would have very little time to develop and implement an 
acceptable attainment plan. EPA's policy regarding attainment date 
extensions and reclassifications of marginal areas \9\ explicitly 
cautions: ``When requesting an extension, States should consider the 
consequences of eventually not attaining the NAAQS. Although areas can 
request two 1-year extensions, those that ultimately fail to attain the 
NAAQS will be bumped up to at least a moderate classification . . . 
Consequently, areas that are bumped up will be under very tight 
timeframes to implement the new SIP requirements, in addition to 
achieving the reductions to meet the new attainment date.'' Moreover, 
in providing the initial one-year extension to the Sheboygan area, EPA 
was clear that ``it would be prudent for the state to begin preparing 
for the possibility that the area may not attain by the July 20, 2016, 
attainment date.'' (81 FR at 26703) Accordingly, we believe the area 
was provided adequate notice that time to develop and submit a moderate 
area attainment plan was likely to be short given that the moderate 
area attainment year ozone season is the 2017 ozone season for the 2008 
ozone NAAQS and that other moderate areas were also required to submit 
their plans in January 2017.
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    \9\ Memorandum Dated February 3, 1994, from D. Kent Berry 
entitled ``Procedures for Processing Bump Ups and Extension Requests 
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    Comment 8: A reclassification to moderate would require the fourth 
highest ozone value for 2017 to be at or below 0.059 ppm. This would 
require ozone values to fall below background levels, and absolutely no 
action available to either the State of Wisconsin or EPA could achieve 
such a result. EPA is requiring the State of Wisconsin to undergo a 
time consuming SIP drafting effort in an extremely limited timeframe 
with no possibility of success. This requirement is as impractical as 
it is unfair.
    Response 8: As discussed in the response to comment 7, the State of 
Wisconsin has been aware of its potential obligation to meet moderate 
SIP requirements from the time that the area failed to attain the 2008 
ozone standard and the State requested and qualified for a one-year 
attainment date extension. Further, EPA disagrees that reclassification 
to moderate would require the fourth highest 8-hour daily average ozone 
value for 2017 to be at or below 0.059 ppm at the Kohler Andrae 
monitor. As discussed more completely in response to comment 1, under 
EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 50, appendix P, the 2008 ozone NAAQS is 
attained at a monitoring site when the three-year average of the annual 
fourth-highest daily maximum eight-hour average ambient air quality 
ozone concentration is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm, when truncated 
after the third decimal place. The fourth highest 8-hour daily average 
ozone value for 2015 is 0.081. Preliminary data indicate that the 
fourth highest 8-hour daily average ozone value for 2016 is 0.085. 
Thus, providing the preliminary 2016 data remains unchanged upon 
certification, a fourth highest 8-hour daily average ozone value of 
0.061 ppm for 2017 would result in a design value of 0.075 at the 
Kohler Andres monitor, which would be in attainment of the 2008 ozone 
standard.
    In addition, even if the design value at the Kohler Andres monitor 
is not attaining the 2008 ozone standard with certified 2015-2017 
monitoring data, Wisconsin could still request a one-year extension of 
the moderate area attainment date for the Sheboygan area. EPA could 
grant such an extension provided that the State meets the requirements 
of section 181(a)(5) of the CAA. Subsequently, if the area continued to 
violate the standard with 2018 data, Wisconsin could request a second 
one-year attainment date extension, which EPA could grant if the State 
meets the requirements of section 181(a)(5). It should be noted that, 
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Sheboygan area should fail to qualify for a one-year extension (or an 
additional one-year extension) and/or ultimately fails to attain the 
2008 ozone standard by its attainment deadline, EPA would be required 
to meet its statutory obligation under section 181(b)(2) of the CAA to 
determine that the area failed to attain the ozone standard by its 
attainment deadline. This would result in the area being reclassified 
by operation of law to the next ``highest'' classification, in this 
case from moderate to serious.
    Alternately, the State of Wisconsin could decide that additional 
time is needed to adopt the emissions control plan, seek emission 
controls from upwind states, and implement additional emission 
controls. In that case, Wisconsin could request that the Sheboygan area 
be reclassified to serious nonattainment at this time. This would 
result in establishing a serious area attainment date of July 20, 2021 
for the Sheboygan area (rather than the July 20, 2018 moderate 
attainment deadline), and require the area to meet the serious level 
requirements of section 182(c) of the CAA while giving the state 
additional time to develop an ozone attainment plan for the Sheboygan 
area.

III. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is determining that the Sheboygan area failed to attain the 
2008 ozone NAAQS by the applicable attainment date of July 20, 2016, 
and is not eligible for an additional one-year attainment date 
extension. Therefore, upon the effective date of this rule, the 
Sheboygan area will be reclassified by operation of law to moderate 
nonattainment for the 2008 ozone standard. EPA is requiring Wisconsin 
to submit SIP revisions to address moderate area requirements by 
January 1, 2017.

IV. Good Cause Exemption Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

    Under APA section 553(d)(3), 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), an agency may make 
a rule immediately effective ``for good cause found and published with 
the rule.'' The EPA believes that there is ``good cause'' to make this 
rule effective upon publication in the Federal Register in order to 
avoid an impractical outcome and to provide time for the state to meet 
the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines. Specifically, for any 
areas classified as moderate nonattainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, 
the EPA has interpreted CAA section 182, in conjunction with 40 CFR 
51.1108(d) and 51.1112(a)(3), to require states to submit their 
moderate area SIP revisions and comply with RACT implementation 
requirements by January 1, 2017. While EPA acknowledges and addresses 
comments related to the compressed timeline associated with this action 
elsewhere in this notice, the agency believes that establishing an 
effective date of this action simultaneous with the date of publication 
will reconcile the competing statutory interests by eliminating a 
potentially impractical outcome in which the area might otherwise be 
subject to moderate nonattainment area statutory and regulatory 
deadlines that would already have passed prior to the normal 30 days 
post-publication effective date. EPA made clear in the action providing 
the initial extension for this area that absent a second extension, a 
state would be under a tight deadline to develop an acceptable 
attainment plan. See 81 FR 26703. When 2015 monitoring data became 
available earlier this year showing that the Sheboygan area would not 
be eligible for a second one-year extension, the state had every reason 
to anticipate and prepare for reclassification. In addition, EPA 
published its proposed rule for this reclassification on September 28, 
2016, and is providing direct notice to the state of this final action 
simultaneous with signature of this rule. Accordingly, the EPA finds 
that the preparation time actually available to the state and the need 
to reconcile the statutory interest in reclassification with the 
deadlines for submission of moderate area SIP revisions and compliance 
with RACT implementation requirements, constitute good cause under 5 
U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this final action effective upon publication.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under section 181(b)(2) of the CAA, a determination of 
nonattainment is a factual determination based upon air quality 
considerations and the resulting reclassification must occur by 
operation of law. A determination of nonattainment and the resulting 
reclassification of a nonattainment area by operation of law under 
section 181(b)(2) does not in and of itself create any new 
requirements, but rather applies the requirements contained in the CAA. 
For these reasons, 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, this proposed rule does not have tribal implications 
because it will not have a substantial direct effect 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, this proposed rule does not have tribal implications as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor 
will it impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or 
preempt tribal law.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this

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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. 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 81

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Designations and classifications, 
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
    Part 81, title 40, chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
amended as follows:

PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES

0
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

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


0
2. Section 81.350 is amended by revising the entry for Sheboygan 
County, WI in the table entitled ``Wisconsin--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS 
(Primary and secondary)'' to read as follows:


Sec.  81.350  Wisconsin.

* * * * *

                                       Wisconsin--2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
                                             [Primary and secondary]
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                                                 Designation                           Classification
          Designated area          -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Date \1\              Type             Date \1\              Type
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                                                  * * * * * * *
Sheboygan County, WI: \2\           ..............  Nonattainment........       1/18/2017  Moderate.
 Sheboygan County.
 
                                                  * * * * * * *
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\1\ This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
\2\ Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted.

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                                                                                             EPA-APPROVED MICHIGAN REGULATIONS—Continued
                                                                                                                                         State effective
                                               Michigan citation                                  Title                                                          EPA approval date            Comments
                                                                                                                                              date

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                                                                                            Part 9. Emission Limitations and Prohibitions—Miscellaneous


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

                                                      *                       *                    *                                 *                       *                    *                  *
                                              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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                                              hour average ozone concentrations at a                  area 4 that EPA finds has not attained                  EPA’s monitoring site selection
                                              monitor in the area is greater than 0.075               the standard by the attainment deadline                 guidance. EPA’s monitoring guidance
                                              ppm. On September 28, 2016 (81 FR                       shall be reclassified by operation of law               does not prevent placement of monitors
                                              66617), EPA proposed to determine that                  to the higher of the next ‘‘highest’’                   upwind of urban source areas. In
                                              the Sheboygan area failed to attain the                 classification (e.g., marginal to                       addition, the Kohler Andrae monitor
                                              2008 ozone NAAQS by the applicable                      moderate, moderate to serious, etc.) or                 was not placed to monitor the maximum
                                              attainment date of July 20, 2016, is not                the classification applicable to the area’s             downwind impacts from the urbanized
                                              eligible for an additional one-year                     design value. Further, the agency’s                     portion of the Sheboygan area, but to
                                              attainment date extension, and must be                  mandatory duty to make determinations                   capture maximum downwind impacts
                                              reclassified as moderate nonattainment.                 of attainment or failure to attain the                  from several urban areas along Lake
                                              EPA also proposed to require Wisconsin                  NAAQS exists regardless of the nature                   Michigan, including Milwaukee,
                                              to submit SIP revisions to address                      or effect of transported ozone and                      Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; and Gary,
                                              moderate area requirements by January                   emissions on monitored air quality data                 Indiana. The fact that the Kohler Andrae
                                              1, 2017.                                                in a given nonattainment area.5                         site is monitoring the highest ozone
                                                                                                         Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR part                 concentrations in Wisconsin supports
                                              II. What comments did we receive on                     50, appendix P, the 2008 ozone NAAQS                    the appropriateness of its selection as a
                                              the proposed rule and how are we                        is attained at a monitoring site when the               maximum downwind site.
                                              responding to those comments?                           three-year average of the annual fourth-                   Comment 3: The Haven monitor is
                                                 EPA provided a 30-day review and                     highest daily maximum eight-hour                        located approximately six miles
                                              comment period on the proposed action.                  average ambient air quality ozone                       northwest of the City of Sheboygan.
                                              Adverse comments are summarized and                     concentration is less than or equal to                  Wisconsin established this monitor
                                              addressed below.                                        0.075 ppm.6 This three-year average is                  specifically to provide accurate
                                                 Comment 1: There are two ozone                       referred to as the design value. When                   downwind measurements of air quality
                                              monitoring sites in the Sheboygan area.                 the design value is less than or equal to               for the Sheboygan area. This monitor’s
                                              The first is located at Kohler Andrae                   0.075 ppm at each ambient air quality                   location makes it a much more
                                              State Park along Lake Michigan and                      monitoring site within the area, the area               appropriate monitor to use for
                                              southeast of the City of Sheboygan, the                 is deemed to be meeting the NAAQS. If                   compliance with ozone standards
                                              main urban area of the county. The                      the design value is greater than 0.075                  because it is placed in a location that
                                              ozone detected by the Kohler monitor                    ppm at any site in the area, the area is                will actually monitor ozone generated
                                              does not come from the Sheboygan area,                  deemed to be violating the NAAQS.                       from Sheboygan area facilities.
                                              but from areas along southern Lake                         Therefore, even if the Haven                            Response 3: EPA recognizes that the
                                              Michigan, namely Chicago, IL and Gary,                  monitoring site had three years of                      Haven monitor provides additional air
                                              IN. This site has been operational since                complete, quality-assured, and certified                quality data that can be used in
                                              June 1997. The second monitoring site,                  ozone data showing a design value                       conjunction with the air quality data
                                              known as Haven, is located northwest                    below the standard for the 2013–2015                    from the Kohler Andrae monitor to form
                                              and downwind of the City of Sheboygan                   time period, EPA would still be                         a more complete understanding of
                                              and has been operational since April                    compelled to determine that the area                    ozone values throughout the Sheboygan
                                              2014.                                                   failed to attain the standard due to the                area. This information can be
                                                 EPA’s nonattainment re-designation is                violation recorded at the Kohler Andrae                 considered when making nonattainment
                                              based exclusively on data from the                      monitor.                                                area boundary decisions for any future
                                              Kohler Andrae monitor. Once 2016 data                      Comment 2: EPA’s guidance on                         ozone designations. The Sheboygan
                                              are certified, the Haven monitor will                   monitoring site selection states, ‘‘[f]or               area, consisting of the entirety of
                                              have three complete years of data for                   regulatory compliance, the principle                    Sheboygan County, was designated as
                                              this site. Based on these data, the Haven               objective is to measure the ozone                       nonattainment for the 2008 ozone
                                              monitor will have a design value of                     concentration in the high population                    standard on April 30, 2012. EPA
                                              0.069 ppm, as compared to 0.079 ppm                     density areas and the maximum                           considered the recommendation of the
                                              at the Kohler Andrae monitor.2 These                    downwind concentration from the                         state and the information available at
                                              data show that actual air quality within                urban region.’’ The Kohler Andrae                       the time to determine the appropriate
                                              the Sheboygan area is in compliance                     monitor is not located downwind from                    boundary for the area. At that time, the
                                              with the 2008 ozone standard. EPA                       sources in the Sheboygan area. The                      Haven monitor ozone data were not
                                              should allow Wisconsin to certify these                 monitor’s location in no way could be                   available for consideration. That
                                              data and consider all available                         seen as measuring ozone concentration                   designation is not being reevaluated in
                                              regulatory data prior to making a re-                   in an area with the maximum                             this rulemaking.
                                              designation for the entire county.                      downwind concentration from the                            In this action EPA is meeting its
                                                 Response 1: CAA section 181(b)(2)                    urban region.                                           statutory obligation under section
                                              requires EPA to determine, based on an                     Response 2: The siting of the Kohler                 181(b)(2) of the CAA to determine,
                                              area’s ozone design value as of the area’s              Andrae monitor is consistent with                       based on the area’s ozone design value
                                              attainment deadline,3 whether the area                                                                          as of the area’s attainment deadline,
                                              has attained the ozone standard by that                   4 Except  those classified as severe or extreme.      whether the Sheboygan area has
                                              date. The CAA also requires that any                      5 See Sierra Club v. EPA, 294 F.3d 155, 160–62        attained the 2008 ozone standard. As
                                                                                                      (D.C. Cir. 2002) (holding that the EPA is not           discussed more completely in response
                                                 2 The level of the 2008 ozone standard is 0.075      permitted to relax mandatory statutory                  to Comment 1, if any monitor in an area
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                                              ppm.                                                    requirements for downwind areas on the basis of
                                                 3 Section 181(a)(5) of the CAA gives the             interstate transport).                                  shows a violation of the ozone NAAQS
                                              Administrator the discretion to grant up to two one-      6 The rounding convention under 40 CFR part 50,       during the most recent three-year period
                                              year extensions of the attainment date upon             appendix P, dictates that concentrations shall be       with complete, quality assured, and
                                              application by any state if certain criteria are met.   reported in ppm to the third decimal place, with        certified ozone data before the
                                              Wisconsin did not request a second one-year             additional digits to the right being truncated. Thus,
                                              attainment date extension, and the Sheboygan area       a computed three-year average ozone concentration
                                                                                                                                                              attainment deadline, and the state fails
                                              would not have met the criteria required for EPA        of 0.076 ppm is greater than 0.075 ppm and,             to meet the requirements for an
                                              to grant one.                                           therefore, over the standard.                           attainment date extension set forth in


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                                              section 181(a)(5) of the CAA, EPA is                         Comment 5: Reclassification to                     contribute to nonattainment of a
                                              obligated to determine that the area has                  moderate increases the emission offsets               NAAQS, or interfere with maintenance
                                              failed to attain the standard by the                      required for new and modified major                   of a NAAQS, in another state. Under
                                              attainment date. Therefore, even were                     sources, which could restrict future                  section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), each state is
                                              EPA able to consider data from the                        growth for sources in the Sheboygan                   required to submit to the EPA new or
                                              Haven monitor, EPA cannot ignore the                      area. In addition, the majority of ozone              revised SIPs that contain adequate
                                              data recorded at the Kohler Andrae                        precursor emissions in the Sheboygan                  provisions ‘‘prohibiting, consistent with
                                              monitor, which is also located within                     area are located downwind of the                      the provisions of this subchapter, any
                                              the Sheboygan nonattainment area.                         Kohler Andrae ozone monitor. These                    source or other type of emissions
                                              Quality assured, certified data from the                  facilities may be subject to increased                activity within the state from emitting
                                              Kohler Andrae monitor show that the                       regulations even though they are not                  any air pollutant in amounts which will
                                              area failed to attain the 2008 ozone                      likely contributing on days with higher               . . . contribute significantly to
                                              standard by its attainment deadline and,                  ozone concentrations at the Kohler                    nonattainment in, or interfere with
                                              thus, EPA is obligated to make that                       Andrae monitor.                                       maintenance by, any other state with
                                              finding. EPA’s finding that the area                         Response 5: EPA acknowledges that a                respect to any such national primary or
                                              failed to attain the standard by the                      reclassification to moderate increases                secondary ambient air quality
                                              attainment deadline requires EPA to                       emission offsets required for new and                 standard.’’
                                              reclassify the area by operation of law.                  modified major sources from 1.1 to 1                     EPA has taken a number of steps to
                                              Further, as discussed above, the                          (for marginal areas) to 1.15 to 1 (for                fulfill its statutory obligation to enforce
                                              agency’s mandatory duty to make                           moderate areas). This offset ratio is                 CAA section 110(a)(2)(D), or the ‘‘good
                                              determinations of attainment or failure                   established by section 181(b)(5) of the               neighbor’’ provision, including the NOX
                                              to attain the NAAQS exists regardless of                  CAA. Increased offset ratios are                      SIP Call, the Clean Air Interstate Rule,
                                              the nature or effect of transported                       intended to mitigate the impact of new                and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
                                              emissions on monitored air quality data                   ozone precursor sources to an existing                (CSAPR). Most recently, on October 26,
                                              in a given nonattainment area.                            ozone air quality problem and to avoid                2016 (81 FR 74504), EPA updated
                                                 Comment 4: The State of Wisconsin                      the propagation of this ozone problem to              CSAPR specifically to address the 2008
                                              has worked with EPA to address the                        areas downwind of the violating                       ozone NAAQS with tightened ozone
                                              issue of an upwind compliance monitor                     monitoring site.                                      NOX emission budgets designed to
                                                                                                           Comment 6: EPA should not finalize                 achieve emission reductions in upwind
                                              unfairly subjecting an entire county to a
                                                                                                        this action. Wisconsin’s lakeshore air                states before the July 2018 moderate
                                              nonattainment designation in Kenosha
                                                                                                        quality is heavily impacted by ozone                  area attainment date.8
                                              County. At the very least, EPA should
                                                                                                        precursors originating from out of state.                In addition, in recognition of the
                                              consider changing the geographic
                                                                                                        The Sheboygan area, in particular, has                regional nature of ozone formation and
                                              boundaries of the Sheboygan
                                                                                                        long suffered the consequences of                     transport, the Lake Michigan Air
                                              nonattainment area to exclude those
                                                                                                        diminished air quality and resulting                  Directors Consortium was created to
                                              portions of the county which are clearly
                                                                                                        nonattainment due to emissions                        provide a forum for the states
                                              in attainment according to data from the
                                                                                                        originating beyond Wisconsin’s borders.               surrounding Lake Michigan to work
                                              Haven monitor. Reclassifying only part                    To meet its CAA obligations, Wisconsin
                                              of Sheboygan County would allow for                                                                             cooperatively to develop attainment
                                                                                                        has already taken a wide range of                     strategies for the entire Lake Michigan
                                              more regulatory certainty for businesses                  actions to reduce emissions in order to
                                              and residents of the area as well as                                                                            region. EPA continues to encourage the
                                                                                                        improve the air quality of the
                                              provide a more fair and appropriate                                                                             states to work cooperatively through
                                                                                                        Sheboygan area. Source apportionment
                                              regulatory solution than holding the                                                                            this forum to reach attainment goals
                                                                                                        modeling from the Lake Michigan Air
                                              entire county accountable as the air                                                                            throughout the region.
                                                                                                        Directors Consortium (LADCO) has
                                              quality data clearly shows substantial                                                                             Nevertheless, as noted previously, the
                                                                                                        suggested that the entire State of
                                              attainment with the 2008 standard in                                                                            agency’s mandatory duty to make
                                                                                                        Wisconsin contributes less than 10% of
                                              large portions of the county.                                                                                   determinations of attainment or failure
                                                                                                        the ozone monitored in the Sheboygan
                                                 Response 4: As discussed in the                                                                              to attain the NAAQS under section
                                                                                                        area. Any further actions taken by the
                                              previous response, in this action, EPA is                                                                       181(b)(2) of the CAA exists regardless of
                                                                                                        state to address moderate area planning
                                              meeting its statutory obligation under                                                                          the nature or effect of transported
                                                                                                        requirements for this NAAQS are
                                              section 181(b)(2) of the CAA. This                                                                              emissions on monitored air quality data
                                                                                                        unlikely to significantly improve the
                                              action does not grant EPA the authority                                                                         in a given nonattainment area.
                                                                                                        Sheboygan area’s air quality. EPA must
                                              to reopen the boundary determinations                                                                              Comment 7: EPA’s proposed rule
                                                                                                        expeditiously and more completely
                                              that were made when the Sheboygan                                                                               states ‘‘moderate nonattainment areas
                                                                                                        address the contributions of upwind
                                              area was designated as nonattainment                                                                            are required to attain the standard ‘as
                                                                                                        state emissions to this region of
                                              for the 2008 ozone standard.7 However,                                                                          expeditiously as practicable’ but no later
                                                                                                        Wisconsin.
                                              EPA and the states are currently in the                      Response 6: EPA readily                            than six years after the initial
                                              process of designating areas under the                    acknowledges the role interstate                      designation as nonattainment (which, in
                                              2015 ozone standard. The arguments                        transport of precursors and ozone                     the case of the Sheboygan area, would
                                              presented by the commenter as well as                     pollution plays in the efforts of                     be July 20, 2018).’’ EPA is proposing to
                                              other supporting information may be                       downwind areas to attain and maintain                 require submission of the necessary
                                              provided by the State to support its                      the NAAQS. Section 110(a)(2)(D) of the
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                                                                                                                                                                8 In updating CSAPR to address the 2008 ozone
                                              boundary recommendations for the 2015                     CAA specifically contains provisions                  standard, EPA established ozone season NOX
                                              ozone NAAQS and would be considered                       requiring states to address their                     emissions budgets of 14,601 tons for Illinois and
                                              by EPA when finalizing area                               contribution to nonattainment and                     23,303 tons for Indiana. See 81 FR 74504, 74508
                                              designations and boundaries for that                      maintenance of the NAAQS in other                     (October 26, 2016). This tightened the CSAPR
                                              ozone standard.                                                                                                 emission budgets of 21,208 tons for Illinois and
                                                                                                        states. CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)                46,175 tons for Indiana, which had been established
                                                                                                        requires each state in its SIP to prohibit            to address the 1997 ozone standard. See 76 FR
                                                7 77   FR 30088 (May 21, 2012).                         emissions that will significantly                     48208, 48262–63 (August 8, 2011).



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                                              moderate area SIP revisions no later                    Further, because ozone seasons begin as               moderate areas were also required to
                                              than January 1, 2017. EPA is unlikely to                early as January 1, EPA determined that               submit their plans in January 2017.
                                              finalize a reclassification until just                  a SIP submission deadline of January 1,                  Comment 8: A reclassification to
                                              weeks before the proposed January 1,                    2017, is the latest submittal deadline                moderate would require the fourth
                                              2017 due date. This is insufficient time                that allows all states to meet 40 CFR                 highest ozone value for 2017 to be at or
                                              for a state to complete all the actions                 51.1108(d) requirements, and thus                     below 0.059 ppm. This would require
                                              needed to meet moderate nonattainment                   assures consistency as directed by                    ozone values to fall below background
                                              area requirements for this NAAQS. EPA                   182(i).                                               levels, and absolutely no action
                                              must finalize a more realistic deadline                                                                       available to either the State of
                                                                                                         While we acknowledge that the
                                              and ensure the state is not penalized for                                                                     Wisconsin or EPA could achieve such a
                                                                                                      timeframe for submitting the required                 result. EPA is requiring the State of
                                              any deficiency relative to that date.
                                                 Response 7: EPA recognizes the                       SIP revisions is tight, states have not               Wisconsin to undergo a time consuming
                                              extremely tight timeframe and is                        been prohibited from beginning                        SIP drafting effort in an extremely
                                              committed to working with Wisconsin                     development of moderate area SIP                      limited timeframe with no possibility of
                                              to prepare SIP revisions in a timely                    revisions prior to finalization of the                success. This requirement is as
                                              manner. EPA’s ability to extend                         reclassification. In fact, although                   impractical as it is unfair.
                                              deadlines for areas being reclassified as               reclassification of the Sheboygan area is                Response 8: As discussed in the
                                              required by CAA section 181(b)(2) is                    being finalized in this rule, Wisconsin               response to comment 7, the State of
                                              governed by section 182(i) of the CAA,                  has been aware that EPA would propose                 Wisconsin has been aware of its
                                              which directs that the state shall meet                 to reclassify the Sheboygan area as                   potential obligation to meet moderate
                                              the new requirements according to the                   moderate from the time that 2015                      SIP requirements from the time that the
                                              schedules prescribed in those                           monitoring data became available                      area failed to attain the 2008 ozone
                                              requirements, but provides ‘‘that the                   showing that the Sheboygan area would                 standard and the State requested and
                                              Administrator may adjust any                            not qualify for an additional one-year                qualified for a one-year attainment date
                                              applicable deadlines (other than                        extension. EPA has consistently                       extension. Further, EPA disagrees that
                                              attainment dates) to the extent such                    encouraged states to begin working on                 reclassification to moderate would
                                              adjustment is necessary or appropriate                  moderate area SIP revision requirements               require the fourth highest 8-hour daily
                                              to assure consistency among the                         ahead of finalization of the                          average ozone value for 2017 to be at or
                                              required submissions.’’ CAA section                     reclassification required by the CAA.                 below 0.059 ppm at the Kohler Andrae
                                              182(b), as interpreted by 40 CFR 51.1100                   Even before the 2015 monitoring data               monitor. As discussed more completely
                                              et seq., describes the required SIP                     was available, the state was aware that,              in response to comment 1, under EPA
                                              revisions and associated deadlines for a                if a second one-year extension was not                regulations at 40 CFR part 50, appendix
                                              nonattainment area classified as                        appropriate, the state would have very                P, the 2008 ozone NAAQS is attained at
                                              moderate at the time of the initial                     little time to develop and implement an               a monitoring site when the three-year
                                              designations. However, these SIP                        acceptable attainment plan. EPA’s                     average of the annual fourth-highest
                                              submission deadlines (e.g., three years                 policy regarding attainment date                      daily maximum eight-hour average
                                              after the effective date of designation, or             extensions and reclassifications of                   ambient air quality ozone concentration
                                              July 2015, for submission of an                         marginal areas 9 explicitly cautions:                 is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm, when
                                              attainment plan and attainment                          ‘‘When requesting an extension, States                truncated after the third decimal place.
                                              demonstration) have already passed.                     should consider the consequences of                   The fourth highest 8-hour daily average
                                              Accordingly, EPA proposed to exercise                   eventually not attaining the NAAQS.                   ozone value for 2015 is 0.081.
                                              its discretion under CAA section 182(i)                 Although areas can request two 1-year                 Preliminary data indicate that the fourth
                                              to adjust the moderate SIP submittal                    extensions, those that ultimately fail to             highest 8-hour daily average ozone
                                              deadlines for the Sheboygan area.                       attain the NAAQS will be bumped up to                 value for 2016 is 0.085. Thus, providing
                                                 In determining an appropriate                        at least a moderate classification . . .              the preliminary 2016 data remains
                                              deadline for the moderate area SIP                      Consequently, areas that are bumped up                unchanged upon certification, a fourth
                                              revisions for the Sheboygan area, EPA                   will be under very tight timeframes to                highest 8-hour daily average ozone
                                              had to consider that pursuant to 40 CFR                 implement the new SIP requirements, in                value of 0.061 ppm for 2017 would
                                              51.1108(d), the state must provide for                  addition to achieving the reductions to               result in a design value of 0.075 at the
                                              implementation of all control measures                  meet the new attainment date.’’                       Kohler Andres monitor, which would be
                                              needed for attainment no later than the                 Moreover, in providing the initial one-               in attainment of the 2008 ozone
                                              beginning of the attainment year ozone                  year extension to the Sheboygan area,                 standard.
                                              season. The attainment year ozone                       EPA was clear that ‘‘it would be prudent                 In addition, even if the design value
                                              season is the complete ozone season                     for the state to begin preparing for the              at the Kohler Andres monitor is not
                                              immediately preceding a nonattainment                                                                         attaining the 2008 ozone standard with
                                                                                                      possibility that the area may not attain
                                              area’s attainment date. In the case of                                                                        certified 2015–2017 monitoring data,
                                                                                                      by the July 20, 2016, attainment date.’’
                                              nonattainment areas classified as                                                                             Wisconsin could still request a one-year
                                                                                                      (81 FR at 26703) Accordingly, we
                                              moderate for the 2008 ozone NAAQS,                                                                            extension of the moderate area
                                                                                                      believe the area was provided adequate
                                              the attainment year ozone season is the                                                                       attainment date for the Sheboygan area.
                                                                                                      notice that time to develop and submit
                                              2017 ozone season (40 CFR 51.1100(h)).                                                                        EPA could grant such an extension
                                                                                                      a moderate area attainment plan was
                                              Because an extension of the attainment                                                                        provided that the State meets the
                                                                                                      likely to be short given that the
                                              date is not appropriate here, and control                                                                     requirements of section 181(a)(5) of the
                                                                                                      moderate area attainment year ozone
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                                              measures for other moderate areas are to                                                                      CAA. Subsequently, if the area
                                                                                                      season is the 2017 ozone season for the
                                              be implemented no later than the                                                                              continued to violate the standard with
                                                                                                      2008 ozone NAAQS and that other
                                              beginning of the 2017 ozone season,                                                                           2018 data, Wisconsin could request a
                                              EPA determined it would not be                            9 Memorandum Dated February 3, 1994, from D.
                                                                                                                                                            second one-year attainment date
                                              appropriate to adjust the attainment                    Kent Berry entitled ‘‘Procedures for Processing
                                                                                                                                                            extension, which EPA could grant if the
                                              date beyond the beginning of the 2017                   Bump Ups and Extension Requests for Marginal          State meets the requirements of section
                                              ozone season for the Sheboygan area.                    Ozone Nonattainment Areas.’’                          181(a)(5). It should be noted that, if the


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                                              Sheboygan area should fail to qualify for               requirements by January 1, 2017. While                   • Is certified as not having a
                                              a one-year extension (or an additional                  EPA acknowledges and addresses                        significant economic impact on a
                                              one-year extension) and/or ultimately                   comments related to the compressed                    substantial number of small entities
                                              fails to attain the 2008 ozone standard                 timeline associated with this action                  under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
                                              by its attainment deadline, EPA would                   elsewhere in this notice, the agency                  U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
                                              be required to meet its statutory                       believes that establishing an effective                  • Does not contain any unfunded
                                              obligation under section 181(b)(2) of the               date of this action simultaneous with                 mandate or significantly or uniquely
                                              CAA to determine that the area failed to                the date of publication will reconcile                affect small governments, as described
                                              attain the ozone standard by its                        the competing statutory interests by                  in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
                                              attainment deadline. This would result                  eliminating a potentially impractical                 of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
                                              in the area being reclassified by                       outcome in which the area might                          • Does not have Federalism
                                              operation of law to the next ‘‘highest’’                otherwise be subject to moderate                      implications as specified in Executive
                                              classification, in this case from                       nonattainment area statutory and                      Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
                                              moderate to serious.                                    regulatory deadlines that would already               1999);
                                                 Alternately, the State of Wisconsin                  have passed prior to the normal 30 days                  • Is not an economically significant
                                              could decide that additional time is                    post-publication effective date. EPA                  regulatory action based on health or
                                              needed to adopt the emissions control                   made clear in the action providing the                safety risks subject to Executive Order
                                              plan, seek emission controls from                       initial extension for this area that absent           13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
                                              upwind states, and implement                            a second extension, a state would be                     • Is not a significant regulatory action
                                              additional emission controls. In that                   under a tight deadline to develop an                  subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
                                              case, Wisconsin could request that the                  acceptable attainment plan. See 81 FR                 28355, May 22, 2001);
                                              Sheboygan area be reclassified to                       26703. When 2015 monitoring data                         • Is not subject to requirements of
                                              serious nonattainment at this time. This                became available earlier this year                    section 12(d) of the National
                                              would result in establishing a serious                  showing that the Sheboygan area would                 Technology Transfer and Advancement
                                              area attainment date of July 20, 2021 for               not be eligible for a second one-year                 Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
                                              the Sheboygan area (rather than the July                extension, the state had every reason to              application of those requirements would
                                              20, 2018 moderate attainment deadline),                 anticipate and prepare for                            be inconsistent with the CAA; and
                                              and require the area to meet the serious                reclassification. In addition, EPA                       • Does not provide EPA with the
                                              level requirements of section 182(c) of                 published its proposed rule for this                  discretionary authority to address, as
                                              the CAA while giving the state                          reclassification on September 28, 2016,               appropriate, disproportionate human
                                              additional time to develop an ozone                     and is providing direct notice to the                 health or environmental effects, using
                                              attainment plan for the Sheboygan area.                 state of this final action simultaneous               practicable and legally permissible
                                                                                                      with signature of this rule. Accordingly,             methods, under Executive Order 12898
                                              III. What action is EPA taking?                                                                               (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
                                                                                                      the EPA finds that the preparation time
                                                 EPA is determining that the                          actually available to the state and the                  In addition, this proposed rule does
                                              Sheboygan area failed to attain the 2008                need to reconcile the statutory interest              not have tribal implications because it
                                              ozone NAAQS by the applicable                           in reclassification with the deadlines for            will not have a substantial direct effect
                                              attainment date of July 20, 2016, and is                submission of moderate area SIP                       on any Indian reservation land or in any
                                              not eligible for an additional one-year                 revisions and compliance with RACT                    other area where EPA or an Indian tribe
                                              attainment date extension. Therefore,                   implementation requirements,                          has demonstrated that a tribe has
                                              upon the effective date of this rule, the               constitute good cause under 5 U.S.C.                  jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
                                              Sheboygan area will be reclassified by                  553(d)(3) to make this final action                   country, this proposed rule does not
                                              operation of law to moderate                            effective upon publication.                           have tribal implications as specified by
                                              nonattainment for the 2008 ozone                                                                              Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
                                              standard. EPA is requiring Wisconsin to                 V. Statutory and Executive Order                      November 9, 2000), nor will it impose
                                              submit SIP revisions to address                         Reviews                                               substantial direct costs on tribal
                                              moderate area requirements by January                     Under section 181(b)(2) of the CAA, a               governments or preempt tribal law.
                                              1, 2017.                                                determination of nonattainment is a                      The Congressional Review Act, 5
                                                                                                      factual determination based upon air                  U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
                                              IV. Good Cause Exemption Under the                                                                            Business Regulatory Enforcement
                                                                                                      quality considerations and the resulting
                                              Administrative Procedure Act (APA)                                                                            Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
                                                                                                      reclassification must occur by operation
                                                Under APA section 553(d)(3), 5 U.S.C.                 of law. A determination of                            that before a rule may take effect, the
                                              553(d)(3), an agency may make a rule                    nonattainment and the resulting                       agency promulgating the rule must
                                              immediately effective ‘‘for good cause                  reclassification of a nonattainment area              submit a rule report, which includes a
                                              found and published with the rule.’’                    by operation of law under section                     copy of the rule, to each House of the
                                              The EPA believes that there is ‘‘good                   181(b)(2) does not in and of itself create            Congress and to the Comptroller General
                                              cause’’ to make this rule effective upon                any new requirements, but rather                      of the United States. EPA will submit a
                                              publication in the Federal Register in                  applies the requirements contained in                 report containing this action and other
                                              order to avoid an impractical outcome                   the CAA. For these reasons, this action:              required information to the U.S. Senate,
                                              and to provide time for the state to meet                 • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory                 the U.S. House of Representatives, and
                                              the relevant statutory and regulatory                   action’’ subject to review by the Office              the Comptroller General of the United
                                              deadlines. Specifically, for any areas                  of Management and Budget under                        States prior to publication of the rule in
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                                              classified as moderate nonattainment for                Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,                  the Federal Register. A major rule
                                              the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the EPA has                       October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,               cannot take effect until 60 days after it
                                              interpreted CAA section 182, in                         January 21, 2011);                                    is published in the Federal Register.
                                              conjunction with 40 CFR 51.1108(d) and                    • Does not impose an information                    This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
                                              51.1112(a)(3), to require states to submit              collection burden under the provisions                defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
                                              their moderate area SIP revisions and                   of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44                       Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
                                              comply with RACT implementation                         U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);                                 petitions for judicial review of this


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                                              action must be filed in the United States                         List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81                               PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS
                                              Court of Appeals for the appropriate                                                                                               FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
                                                                                                                  Environmental protection,
                                              circuit by February 17, 2017. Filing a                                                                                             PURPOSES
                                                                                                                Administrative practice and procedure,
                                              petition for reconsideration by the
                                                                                                                Air pollution control, Designations and                          ■ 1. The authority citation for part 81
                                              Administrator of this final rule does not                         classifications, Intergovernmental
                                              affect the finality of this action for the                                                                                         continues to read as follows:
                                                                                                                relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone,
                                              purposes of judicial review nor does it                           Reporting and recordkeeping                                          Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                              extend the time within which a petition                           requirements, Volatile organic                                   ■ 2. Section 81.350 is amended by
                                              for judicial review may be filed, and                             compounds.                                                       revising the entry for Sheboygan
                                              shall not postpone the effectiveness of                                                                                            County, WI in the table entitled
                                                                                                                  Dated: December 7, 2016.
                                              such rule or action. This action may not                                                                                           ‘‘Wisconsin—2008 8-Hour Ozone
                                                                                                                Robert A. Kaplan,
                                              be challenged later in proceedings to                                                                                              NAAQS (Primary and secondary)’’ to
                                              enforce its requirements. (See section                            Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
                                                                                                                                                                                 read as follows:
                                              307(b)(2).)                                                         Part 81, title 40, chapter I of the Code
                                                                                                                of Federal Regulations is amended as                             § 81.350    Wisconsin.
                                                                                                                follows:                                                         *       *     *       *    *

                                                                                                           WISCONSIN—2008 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS
                                                                                                                                 [Primary and secondary]

                                                                                                                              Designation                                                       Classification
                                                           Designated area
                                                                                                      Date 1                                  Type                              Date 1                           Type


                                                      *                             *                               *                      *                                *                    *                       *
                                              Sheboygan County,             WI: 2       She-   ........................    Nonattainment ................................       1/18/2017     Moderate.
                                                boygan County.

                                                           *                        *                              *                            *                           *                      *                     *
                                                  1 This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
                                                  2 Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted.




                                              *       *        *       *      *                                 number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0658, is                                  list of North American Industrial
                                              [FR Doc. 2016–30330 Filed 12–16–16; 8:45 am]                      available at http://www.regulations.gov                          Classification System (NAICS) codes is
                                              BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                            or at the Office of Pesticide Programs                           not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
                                                                                                                Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)                            provides a guide to help readers
                                                                                                                in the Environmental Protection Agency                           determine whether this document
                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                          Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William                             applies to them. Potentially affected
                                              AGENCY                                                            Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301                          entities may include:
                                                                                                                Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC                               • Crop production (NAICS code 111).
                                              40 CFR Part 180                                                   20460–0001. The Public Reading Room                                 • Animal production (NAICS code
                                                                                                                is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,                             112).
                                              [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0658; FRL–9955–45]                                                                                                   • Food manufacturing (NAICS code
                                                                                                                Monday through Friday, excluding legal
                                                                                                                holidays. The telephone number for the                           311).
                                              Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances
                                                                                                                Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,                              • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
                                              AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                                 and the telephone number for the OPP                             code 32532).
                                              Agency (EPA).                                                     Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review                          B. How can I get electronic access to
                                              ACTION: Final rule.                                               the visitor instructions and additional                          other related information?
                                                                                                                information about the docket available                              You may access a frequently updated
                                              SUMMARY:   This regulation establishes                            at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
                                              tolerances for residues of flumioxazin in                                                                                          electronic version of EPA’s tolerance
                                              or on multiple commodities which are                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                 regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through
                                              identified and discussed later in this                            Michael Goodis, Registration Division                            the Government Printing Office’s e-CFR
                                              document. The Inter-Regional Research                             (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,                           site at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-
                                              Project Number 4 (IR–4) requested these                           Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                            idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/
                                              tolerances under the Federal Food,                                Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,                               40tab_02.tpl.
                                              Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).                                   DC 20460–0001; Main telephone
                                                                                                                                                                                 C. How can I file an objection or hearing
                                                                                                                number: (703) 305–7090; email address:
                                              DATES: This regulation is effective                                                                                                request?
                                                                                                                RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
                                              December 19, 2016. Objections and                                                                                                    Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21
                                              requests for hearings must be received                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                                                 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an
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                                              on or before February 17, 2017, and                               I. General Information                                           objection to any aspect of this regulation
                                              must be filed in accordance with the                                                                                               and may also request a hearing on those
                                              instructions provided in 40 CFR part                              A. Does this action apply to me?
                                                                                                                                                                                 objections. You must file your objection
                                              178 (see also Unit I.C. of the                                      You may be potentially affected by                             or request a hearing on this regulation
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).                                       this action if you are an agricultural                           in accordance with the instructions
                                              ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,                            producer, food manufacturer, or                                  provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure
                                              identified by docket identification (ID)                          pesticide manufacturer. The following                            proper receipt by EPA, you must


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Document Created: 2016-12-17 03:15:51
Document Modified: 2016-12-17 03:15:51
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
ActionFinal rule.
DatesThis final rule is effective December 19, 2016.
ContactKathleen D'Agostino, Environmental Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 91841 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Administrative Practice and Procedure; Air Pollution Control; Designations and Classifications; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Oxides; Ozone; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Volatile Organic Compounds

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