81 FR 9397 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Missouri; Emissions Inventory and Emissions Statement for the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis MO-IL Ozone Nonattainment Area
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 37 (February 25, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-03903 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 9397-9398] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03903] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0438; FRL 9942-75-Region 7] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Missouri; Emissions Inventory and Emissions Statement for the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis MO-IL Ozone Nonattainment Area AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 9398]] SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the state of Missouri. The revisions address base year Emissions Inventory (EI) and emissions statement requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Missouri portion of the St. Louis marginal ozone nonattainment area (``St. Louis area''). The Missouri counties comprising the St. Louis area are Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis along with the City of St. Louis. EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revisions because they satisfy the CAA section 182 requirements for the 2008 8- hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is proposing the revisions pursuant to section 110 and part D of the CAA and EPA's regulations. EPA will consider and take action on the Illinois submission for its portion of the St. Louis area in a separate action. DATES: Comments on this proposed action must be received in writing by March 28, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07- OAR-2015-0438, to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at www.regulations.gov or at the Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. The interested persons wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment with the office at least 24 hours in advance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lachala Kemp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7214 or by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the state's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment and anticipates no relevant adverse comments to this action. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant adverse comments are received in response to this action, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this action. If EPA receives relevant adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed action. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on part of this rule and if that part can be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those parts of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in the rules section of this Federal Register. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds. Dated: February 17, 2016. Mark Hague, Regional Administrator, Region 7. [FR Doc. 2016-03903 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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February 22, 1979, Prevention of EPA confirms that the SO2 emissions in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit limits for A. B. Brown (Commissioner’s of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
of 0.69 pounds per MMBTU for coal- Order 2016–01) and Clifty Creek • Does not have Federalism
fired boiler Unit 2. Note that the limit (Commissioner’s Order 2016–02) are implications as specified in Executive
on Unit 1 emissions alone (0.855 lbs per more stringent than the previous SO2 Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
MMBTU) is higher (less restrictive) than emissions limits for these sources. By 1999);
the limit on combined emissions from approving these Commissioner’s orders • Is not an economically significant
Units 1 and 2 (0.426 lbs per MMBTU). into the Indiana SIP, these SO2 regulatory action based on health or
Because Unit 2 has more impact per emissions limits will become federally safety risks subject to Executive Order
pound of emissions than Unit 1 due to enforceable and strengthen the Indiana 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
dispersion characteristics, the plant can SIP. • Is not a significant regulatory action
emit more and still not cause violations subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
of the 2010 SO2 NAAQS when only Unit V. Incorporation by Reference 28355, May 22, 2001);
1 is operating than when both Units 1 In this rule, EPA is proposing to • Is not subject to requirements of
and 2 are operating. include in a final EPA rule regulatory Section 12(d) of the National
For Clifty Creek, Indiana issued text that includes incorporation by Technology Transfer and Advancement
Commissioner’s Order 2016–02 on reference. In accordance with Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
February 1, 2016, with a compliance requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is application of those requirements would
date of April 19, 2016. This order proposing to incorporate by reference be inconsistent with the CAA; and
established a combined emission limit Commissioner’s Order No. 2016–01 • Does not provide EPA with the
for the six coal-fired boilers (Units No. issued to Vectren’s A. B. Brown discretionary authority to address, as
1 through No. 6) located at Clifty Creek Generating Station, effective January 11, appropriate, disproportionate human
of 2,624.5 lbs of SO2 per hour as a 720 2016, and Commissioner’s Order No. health or environmental effects, using
operating hour rolling average when any 2016–02 issued to Indiana-Kentucky practicable and legally permissible
of Units No.1 through No. 6, or any Electric Corporation’s Clifty Creek methods, under Executive Order 12898
combination thereof, is operating. Generating Station, effective February 1, (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
2016. EPA has made, and will continue In addition, the SIP is not approved
III. By what criteria is EPA reviewing
to make, these documents generally to apply on any Indian reservation land
this SIP revision?
available electronically through or in any other area where EPA or an
EPA is evaluating this revision on the Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
www.regulations.gov and/or in hard
basis of whether it strengthens Indiana’s tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
copy at the appropriate EPA office (see
SIP. Prior to Commissioner’s Order Indian country, the rule does not have
the ADDRESSES section of this preamble
2016–01, A.B. Brown had an SO2 tribal implications and will not impose
for more information).
emissions limit in its operating permit substantial direct costs on tribal
of 6.0 lbs SO2 per MMBTU for coal-fired VI. Statutory and Executive Order governments or preempt tribal law as
boiler Unit 1. Prior to Commissioner’s Reviews specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
Order 2016–02 Clifty Creek had an SO2 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
emissions limit in its operating permit
required to approve a SIP submission List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
for Units 1 through 6 not to exceed 7.52
that complies with the provisions of the
lbs of SO2 per MMBTU on a thirty (30) Environmental protection, Air
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
day rolling weighted average. The new pollution control, Incorporation by
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
SO2 emissions limits established by reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
IDEM in Commissioner’s Order 2016–01 Reporting and recordkeeping
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
and Commissioner’s Order 2016–02 for requirements, Sulfur oxides.
provided that they meet the criteria of
A.B. Brown and Clifty Creek, Dated: February 11, 2016.
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
respectively, are more stringent than the
merely approves state law as meeting Robert A. Kaplan,
previous limits and will therefore
Federal requirements and does not Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
strengthen Indiana’s SIP.
impose additional requirements beyond [FR Doc. 2016–03893 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
The adequacy of these limits for
those imposed by state law. For that
providing for attainment is not a BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
reason, this action:
prerequisite for approval of these limits.
Nevertheless, the purpose of these limits • Is not a significant regulatory action
is to provide for attainment, and EPA is subject to review by the Office of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
working with Indiana to assure a proper Management and Budget under AGENCY
analysis of the adequacy of these limits Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 40 CFR Part 52
for this purpose. If these limits become
SIP-approved and thereby federally January 21, 2011); [EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0438; FRL 9942–75–
enforceable in a timely fashion, formal • Does not impose an information Region 7]
evaluation of the adequacy of these collection burden under the provisions
limits to provide for attainment will be of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 Approval and Promulgation of Air
conducted as part of the process of U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Quality Implementation Plans; State of
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rulemaking on the 2010 SO2 NAAQS • Is certified as not having a Missouri; Emissions Inventory and
designation for these areas. significant economic impact on a Emissions Statement for the Missouri
substantial number of small entities Portion of the St. Louis MO-IL Ozone
IV. What action is EPA taking? under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 Nonattainment Area
EPA is proposing to approve the SO2 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); AGENCY: Environmental Protection
emissions limits in Commissioner’s • Does not contain any unfunded Agency (EPA).
Order 2016–01 and Commissioner’s mandate or significantly or uniquely
ACTION: Proposed rule.
Order 2016–02 into the Indiana SIP. affect small governments, as described
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection persons wanting to examine these ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve documents should make an AGENCY
revisions to the State Implementation appointment with the office at least 24
Plan (SIP) for the state of Missouri. The hours in advance. 40 CFR Part 52
revisions address base year Emissions [EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0150; FRL–9942–70–
Inventory (EI) and emissions statement FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Region 4]
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Lachala Kemp, Environmental
for the Missouri portion of the St. Louis Protection Agency, Air Planning and Approval and Promulgation of
marginal ozone nonattainment area (‘‘St. Development Branch, 11201 Renner Implementation Plans; North Carolina;
Louis area’’). The Missouri counties Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at Infrastructure Requirements for the
comprising the St. Louis area are (913) 551–7214 or by email at 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient
Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. kemp.lachala@epa.gov. Air Quality Standard
Louis along with the City of St. Louis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
EPA is proposing to approve the SIP AGENCY: Environmental Protection
final rules section of this Federal Agency.
revisions because they satisfy the CAA
Register, EPA is approving the state’s ACTION: Proposed rule.
section 182 requirements for the 2008 8-
SIP revision as a direct final rule
hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is without prior proposal because the SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
proposing the revisions pursuant to Agency views this as a noncontroversial Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
section 110 and part D of the CAA and revision amendment and anticipates no portions of the State Implementation
EPA’s regulations. EPA will consider relevant adverse comments to this Plan (SIP) submission, submitted by the
and take action on the Illinois action. A detailed rationale for the State of North Carolina, through the
submission for its portion of the St. approval is set forth in the direct final Department of Environment and Natural
Louis area in a separate action. rule. If no relevant adverse comments Resources (NC DENR), Division of Air
are received in response to this action, Quality (NC DAQ), on March 18, 2014,
DATES: Comments on this proposed
no further activity is contemplated in for inclusion into the North Carolina
action must be received in writing by
relation to this action. If EPA receives SIP. This proposal pertains to the
March 28, 2016.
relevant adverse comments, the direct infrastructure requirements of the Clean
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 2010 1-
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) national
OAR–2015–0438, to http:// ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online addressed in a subsequent final rule
The CAA requires that each state adopt
instructions for submitting comments. based on this proposed action. EPA will
and submit a SIP for the
Once submitted, comments cannot be not institute a second comment period implementation, maintenance and
edited or removed from Regulations.gov. on this action. Any parties interested in enforcement of each NAAQS
The EPA may publish any comment commenting on this action should do so promulgated by EPA, which is
received to its public docket. Do not at this time. Please note that if EPA commonly referred to as an
submit electronically any information receives adverse comment on part of ‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP submission. NC
you consider to be Confidential this rule and if that part can be severed DAQ certified that the North Carolina
Business Information (CBI) or other from the remainder of the rule, EPA may SIP contains provisions that ensure the
information whose disclosure is adopt as final those parts of the rule that 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS is
restricted by statute. Multimedia are not the subject of an adverse implemented, enforced, and maintained
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be comment. For additional information, in North Carolina. EPA is proposing to
accompanied by a written comment. see the direct final rule which is located determine that portions of North
The written comment is considered the in the rules section of this Federal Carolina’s infrastructure SIP
official comment and should include Register. submission, provided to EPA on March
discussion of all points you wish to 18, 2014, satisfy certain infrastructure
make. The EPA will generally not List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 elements for the 2010 1-hour SO2
consider comments or comment NAAQS.
contents located outside of the primary Environmental protection, Air
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or pollution control, Carbon monoxide, DATES: Written comments must be
other file sharing system). For Incorporation by reference, received on or before March 28, 2016.
additional submission methods, the full Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
EPA public comment policy, oxides, Ozone, Reporting and identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
information about CBI or multimedia recordkeeping requirements, Volatile OAR–2015–0150 at http://
submissions, and general guidance on organic compounds. www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
making effective comments, please visit Dated: February 17, 2016. instructions for submitting comments.
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ Once submitted, comments cannot be
Mark Hague,
commenting-epa-dockets. edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
Publicly available docket materials Regional Administrator, Region 7. EPA may publish any comment received
are available either electronically at [FR Doc. 2016–03903 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am] to its public docket. Do not submit
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www.regulations.gov or at the BILLING CODE 6560–50–P electronically any information you
Environmental Protection Agency, Air consider to be Confidential Business
Planning and Development Branch, Information (CBI) or other information
11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Kansas 66219. The Regional Office’s Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
official hours of business are Monday etc.) must be accompanied by a written
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., comment. The written comment is
excluding legal holidays. The interested considered the official comment and
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| Contact | Lachala Kemp, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7214 or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 9397 | |
| CFR Associated | Environmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Carbon Monoxide; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Oxides; Ozone; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Volatile Organic Compounds |
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