82 FR 24614 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Regional Haze Best Available Retrofit Technology Measure for Verso Luke Paper Mill
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 102 (May 30, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 30, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 24614-24617] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-10913] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0783; FRL-9961-03-Region 3] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Regional Haze Best Available Retrofit Technology Measure for Verso Luke Paper Mill AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. This revision pertains to a best available retrofit technology (BART) alternative measure for the Verso Luke Paper Mill (the Mill) submitted by the State of Maryland. Maryland requests new emissions limits for sulfur dioxide (SO2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NOX ) for power boiler 24 at the Mill and a SO2 cap on tons emitted per year for power boiler 25, while also requesting removal of the specific BART emission limits for SO2 and NOX from power boiler 25. The alternative BART measure will provide greater reasonable progress for SO2 and NOX for regional haze by resulting in additional emission reductions of 2,055 tons per year (tpy) of SO2 and an additional 804 tpy of NOX than would occur through the previously approved BART measure for power boiler 25, a BART subject source. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA). DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 29, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03- OAR-2016-0783 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to [email protected]. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Shandruk, (215) 814-2166, or by email at [email protected]. [[Page 24615]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Regional haze is impairment of visual range or colorization caused by air pollution, principally by fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ), produced by numerous sources and activities, located across a broad regional area. The sources include, but are not limited to, major and minor stationary sources, mobile sources, and area sources including non-anthropogenic sources. These sources and activities may emit PM2.5 (e.g., sulfates, nitrates, organic carbon, elemental carbon, and soil dust), and their precursors (e.g., SO2 , NOX , and in some cases, ammonia and volatile organic compounds). Fine particulate matter can also cause serious health effects and mortality in humans, and contributes to environmental effects such as acid deposition and eutrophication. In the CAA Amendments of 1977, Congress established a program to protect and improve visibility in the Nation's national parks and wilderness areas. See CAA section 169A. Congress amended the visibility provisions in the CAA in 1990 to focus attention on the problem of regional haze. See CAA section 169B. EPA promulgated regional haze regulations (RHR) in 1999 to implement sections 169A and 169B of the CAA. These regulations require states to develop and implement plans to ensure reasonable progress towards improving visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas.\1\ See 64 FR 35714 (July 1, 1999); see also 70 FR 39104 (July 6, 2005) and 71 FR 60612 (October 13, 2006). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ While Maryland has no Class I areas within its borders, there are several Class I areas nearby including Dolly Sods Wilderness Area and Otter Creek Wilderness Area in West Virginia; Brigantine Wilderness in New Jersey; Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee; James River Face and Shenandoah National Park in Virginia; Linville Gorge in North Carolina; and Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RHR requires each state's regional haze implementation plan to contain emission limitations representing best available retrofit technology (BART) and schedules for compliance with BART for each source subject to BART, unless the state demonstrates that an emissions trading program or other alternative measure will achieve greater reasonable progress toward natural visibility conditions. The requirements for alternative measures are established at 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2). In addition to demonstrating greater reasonable progress towards improving visibility, among other things, the RHR also requires that all necessary emission reductions from a BART alternative take place during the period of the first long-term strategy for regional haze (i.e., 2008-2018) and requires a demonstration that the emission reductions from the alternative measure will be surplus to the reductions from measures adopted to meet CAA requirements as of the baseline date of the SIP. 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2). The baseline date for regional haze SIPs is 2002. See Memorandum from Lydia Wegman and Peter Tsirigotis, 2002 Base Year Emission Inventory SIP Planning: 8-hr Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze Programs, November 8, 2002. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/memoranda/2002bye-gm.pdf. See 79 FR 56322, 56328-29 (September 19, 2014) (proposing approval of alternative BART for Arizona SIP). Maryland's regional haze SIP was submitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) on February 13, 2012 and approved by EPA in June 2012. See 77 FR 39938 (June 13, 2012). This regional haze SIP included, among other measures, BART emission limits for power boiler 25 at the Verso Luke Paper Mill because power boiler 25 was a BART subject source. The BART emission limits which EPA had approved in June 2012 for power boiler 25 were 0.44 pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu) for SO2 , a 30-day rolling limit of 0.40 lb/MMBtu for NOX , and 0.07 lb/MMBtu for particulate matter (PM).\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ While EPA's approval of Maryland's regional haze SIP in 2012 included a PM limit for power boiler 25 of 0.07 lb/MMBtu, Maryland is not seeking to revise that PM limit for BART on power boiler 25 and thus the PM limit of 0.07 lb/MMBtu remains on power boiler 25. See 77 FR 39938. This rulemaking action pertains to adjusting the BART limits for SO2 and NOX for power boiler 25. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA's Analysis On November 28, 2016, the State of Maryland through the MDE submitted to EPA a revision to the Maryland regional haze SIP consisting of a BART alternative measure for Verso Luke Paper Mill. The SIP revision seeks to revise the BART strategy for the Verso Luke Paper Mill, including specifically the emission limits for power boiler 25 for SO2 and NOX . MDE states that Verso Luke Paper Mill is eliminating the use of coal as a source of fuel used in power boiler 24 and replacing it with natural gas. MDE's SIP revision submittal seeks alternative BART emission limits for SO2 and NOX for power boiler 24, and seeks to remove the previously approved BART requirements for SO2 and NOX from power boiler 25 and replace them with new, alternative emission requirements. Specifically, for power boiler 24 at the Mill, Maryland's SIP revision seeks to establish (1) a new BART emission limit of 0.28 lb/MMBtu, measured as an hourly average for SO2 ; (2) a new BART emission limit of 0.4 lb/MMBtu, measured on a 30-day rolling average for NOX ; and (3) associated monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements. For power boiler 25, this SIP revision seeks to: (1) Remove the SO2 BART emission limit approved by EPA in June 2012 and seeks to establish an annual SO2 cap of 9,876 tons measured on a 12-month rolling average; (2) remove the NOX BART emission limit but retain existing requirements under COMAR 26.11.14.07 applicable to the power boiler; and (3) impose associated monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The BART requirements for PM approved by EPA in June 2012 on power boiler 25 would remain unchanged on power boiler 25. MDE's analysis demonstrates that the alternative SO2 BART measure (i.e. new SO2 emission limit on power boiler 24; removal of approved SO2 BART limit and new annual SO2 cap on power boiler 25) would provide an additional 2,055 tpy in SO2 emissions reductions (or 20% more emission reductions) than the tons per year to be reduced by the currently approved BART requirements on power boiler 25. MDE's analysis also shows that the alternative NOX BART measure on power boiler 24 (with removed BART limit on power boiler 25) would provide an additional 804 tpy in NOX emission reductions than the currently approved BART requirements on power boiler 25. Finally, MDE's analysis shows that the alternative NOX BART measure on power boiler 24 would provide a 227 tons per ozone season NOX benefit than would the currently approved BART requirements on power boiler 25. Thus, with the additional SO2 and NOX emission reductions per year, EPA finds that the alternative SO2 and NOX BART emission limits on power boiler 24 (with the SO2 tpy cap on power boiler 25) will provide for greater reasonable progress toward achieving natural visibility conditions than would be achieved through the currently approved BART emission limits on power boiler 25. EPA also finds the emission reductions from the new limits on power boiler 24 (and SO2 tpy cap on power boiler 25) have been implemented before the end of the first regional haze planning period (i.e., 2018). In addition, the emission reductions from the proposed BART emission limits for power boiler 24 for [[Page 24616]] SO2 and NOX are surplus to reductions resulting from CAA requirements as of the baseline date of the SIP or 2002. More information on Maryland's SIP submittal and on EPA's analysis of emission reductions from the alternative BART measure (including discussion of the reductions as implemented and surplus) is provided in the Technical Support Document (TSD) which is available online at www.regulations.gov for this rulemaking. Therefore, EPA finds Maryland's SIP revision for the alternative BART emission limits for SO2 and NOX for power boiler 24 (and SO2 cap on power boiler 25) meet the requirements for an alternative BART measure in accordance with CAA section 169A and as established at 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2) in the RHR. In addition, EPA finds that this SIP revision, which seeks to remove BART SO2 and NOX emission limits for power boiler 25 from the approved Maryland regional haze SIP, meets the requirements of CAA section 110(l) and will not interfere with attainment and maintenance of any NAAQS, reasonable further progress or any other applicable CAA requirement. EPA finds that Maryland has demonstrated that additional SO2 and NOX emission reductions will be achieved each year with the alternative BART emission limits on power boiler 24 and SO2 tpy cap on power boiler 25, and as such, no interference with reasonable further progress or any NAAQS is expected. As discussed previously, the alternative BART emission limits on power boiler 24 meet other CAA requirements in section 169A and 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2). More information on Maryland's SIP submittal and demonstration of greater reasonable progress from the alternative BART measure is provided in the TSD under Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0783 which is available online at www.regulations.gov for this rulemaking. EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this document. These comments will be considered before taking final action. III. Proposed Action EPA has reviewed Maryland's SIP revision seeking an alternative BART measure and emission limits for power boiler 24 (and SO2 tpy cap on power boiler 25) compared to EPA's previously federally enforceable BART limits for SO2 and NOX on power boiler 25. EPA finds that the alternative BART measure for Verso Luke Paper Mill with SO2 and NOX limits as alternative BART on power boiler 24 will result in greater emission reductions in SO2 and NOX from the facility and provide greater reasonable progress and greater visibility improvement than the currently approved BART measure which applies solely to power boiler 25. Specifically, the conversion of power boiler 24 from a coal- burning boiler to a natural gas power boiler with new emission limits contained within a federally enforceable permit is expected to result in fewer SO2 and NOX emissions from the Mill. MDE's analysis shows that in comparison to the currently approved BART requirements on power boiler 25, the alternative BART measure on power boiler 24 of 0.28 lb/MMBtu, measured as an hourly average for SO2 and 0.4 lb/MMBtu, measured on a 30-day rolling average for NOX with the 9,876 SO2 cap on power boiler 25, would provide (1) an additional 2,055 tpy in SO2 emissions reductions; (2) an additional 804 tpy in NOX emission reductions; and (3) a 227 tons per ozone season NOX benefit. In addition, EPA finds that the alternative BART emission limits will result in reductions surplus to CAA requirements as of 2002 and will be implemented prior to the end of 2018. EPA proposes to approve the November 28, 2016 SIP submittal as it meets the requirements in CAA section 169A and in 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2). EPA also proposes to incorporate by reference the permit requirements for power boilers 24 and 25 issued August 17, 2016 for the Mill, which include alternative emission requirements, as well as monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements. EPA also finds that this SIP revision meets the requirements of CAA section 110(l) and will not interfere with attainment and maintenance of any NAAQS, reasonable further progress or any other applicable CAA requirement. Therefore, EPA proposes to approve Maryland's November 28, 2016 SIP revision submittal as it meets CAA requirements. IV. Incorporation by Reference In this proposed rule, EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is proposing to incorporate by reference the permit requirements for power boilers 24 and 25 issued August 17, 2016 for Verso Luke Paper Mill, which include alternative emission requirements, as well as monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements for power boilers 24 and 25 as discussed in section II of this notice of proposed rulemaking and the TSD. EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials generally available through http://www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA Region III Office (please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more information). V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed 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, pertaining to alternative BART emission limits for Verso Luke Paper Mill, does [[Page 24617]] not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: March 6, 2017. Cecil Rodrigues, Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. [FR Doc. 2017-10913 Filed 5-26-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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(i) Is a ‘‘community unit,’’ as the (iv) Any community where the SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
comparable term is defined or primary transmitter was lawfully carried Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
interpreted in accordance with prior to March 31, 1972; state implementation plan (SIP) revision
§ 76.5(dd) of the rules and regulations of (8) The term ‘‘FCC Sports Blackout submitted by the State of Maryland.
the Federal Communications Rule’’ refers to § 76.111 of the rules and This revision pertains to a best available
Commission in effect as of November regulations of the Federal retrofit technology (BART) alternative
23, 2014, 47 CFR 76.5(dd) (2014); Communications Commission in effect measure for the Verso Luke Paper Mill
(ii) That is located in whole or in part as of November 23, 2014, 47 CFR76.111 (the Mill) submitted by the State of
within the 35-mile specified zone of a (2014); Maryland. Maryland requests new
television broadcast station licensed to (9) Subject to paragraph (e)(10) of this emissions limits for sulfur dioxide (SO2)
a community in which a sports event is section, the surcharge will apply to the and nitrogen oxides (NOX) for power
taking place, provided that if there is no secondary transmission of the primary boiler 24 at the Mill and a SO2 cap on
television broadcast station licensed to transmission of a live television tons emitted per year for power boiler
the community in which a sports event broadcast of a sports event only where 25, while also requesting removal of the
is taking place, the applicable specified the holder of the broadcast rights to the specific BART emission limits for SO2
zone shall be that of the television sports event or its agent has given the and NOX from power boiler 25. The
broadcast station licensed to the covered cable system advance written alternative BART measure will provide
community with which the sports event notice regarding such secondary greater reasonable progress for SO2 and
or team is identified, or, if the event or transmission as required by the former NOX for regional haze by resulting in
local team is not identified with any § 76.111(b) of the rules and regulations additional emission reductions of 2,055
particular community, the nearest of the Federal Communications tons per year (tpy) of SO2 and an
community to which a television station Commission in effect as of November additional 804 tpy of NOX than would
is licensed; and 23, 2014, 47 CFR 76.111(b) & (c) (2014); occur through the previously approved
(iii) Whose royalty fee is specified by and BART measure for power boiler 25, a
17 U.S.C. 111(d)(1)(B); (10) In the case of collegiate sports BART subject source. This action is
(3) A ‘‘television broadcast’’ of a events: being taken under the Clean Air Act
sports event must qualify as a ‘‘non- (i) The holder of the broadcast rights (CAA).
network television program’’ within the or its agent also must attest that the
specific team on whose behalf the DATES: Written comments must be
meaning of 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(3)(A); received on or before June 29, 2017.
(4) An ‘‘eligible professional sports surcharge notice is given meets the
eligibility condition specified in ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
event’’ is a game involving teams that
paragraph (e)(5) of this section and identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03–
are members of the National Football
provide documentary evidence in OAR–2016–0783 at http://
League, Major League Baseball, the
support thereof; and www.regulations.gov, or via email to
National Hockey League, the National
(ii) The number of events involving a rehn.brian@epa.gov. For comments
Basketball Association, or the Women’s submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
National Basketball Association; specific team as to which a covered
cable system must pay the surcharge online instructions for submitting
(5) An ‘‘eligible collegiate sports
will be no greater than the largest comments. Once submitted, comments
event’’ is a game involving a football or
number of events as to which the Sports cannot be edited or removed from
men’s basketball team that is a member
Blackout Rule (47 CFR 76.111) was Regulations.gov. For either manner of
of Division I of the National Collegiate
invoked in a particular geographic area submission, EPA may publish any
Athletic Association on whose behalf
by such team during any one of the comment received to its public docket.
the FCC Sports Blackout Rule (47 CFR
accounting periods occurring between Do not submit electronically any
76.111) was invoked during the period
January 1, 2012 and November 23, 2014. information you consider to be
from January 1, 2012 to November 23,
* * * * * confidential business information (CBI)
2014;
(6) The term ‘‘specified zone’’ shall be or other information whose disclosure is
Dated: May 23, 2017. restricted by statute. Multimedia
defined as the comparable term is Suzanne M. Barnett,
defined or interpreted in accordance submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. accompanied by a written comment.
with Section § 76.5(e) of the rules and
regulations of the Federal
[FR Doc. 2017–10970 Filed 5–26–17; 8:45 am] The written comment is considered the
Communications Commission in effect BILLING CODE 1410–72–P official comment and should include
as of November 23, 2014, 47 CFR 76.5(e) discussion of all points you wish to
(2014); make. EPA will generally not consider
(7) The term ‘‘gross receipts’’ shall ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION comments or comment contents located
have the same meaning as in 17 U.S.C. AGENCY outside of the primary submission (i.e.
111(d)(1)(B) and shall include all gross on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing
40 CFR Part 52 system). For additional submission
receipts of the covered cable system
during the semiannual accounting [EPA–R03–OAR–2016–0783; FRL–9961–03– methods, please contact the person
period except those from the covered Region 3] identified in the FOR FURTHER
cable system’s subscribers who reside INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the
Approval and Promulgation of Air full EPA public comment policy,
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in:
(i) The local service area of the Quality Implementation Plans; information about CBI or multimedia
primary transmitter, as defined in 17 Maryland; Regional Haze Best submissions, and general guidance on
U.S.C. 111(f)(4); Available Retrofit Technology Measure making effective comments, please visit
(ii) Any community where the cable for Verso Luke Paper Mill http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
system has fewer than 1000 subscribers; commenting-epa-dockets.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
(iii) Any community located wholly Agency (EPA). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
outside the specified zone referenced in Irene Shandruk, (215) 814–2166, or by
ACTION: Proposed rule.
paragraph (e)(1) above; and email at shandruk.irene@epa.gov.
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not have tribal implications as specified ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, haze SIP. On October 27, 2011, DOEE
by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– submitted its first regional haze SIP in
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is OAR–2016–0267 at https:// accordance with the requirements of 40
not approved to apply in Indian country www.regulations.gov, or via email to CFR 51.308. On February 2, 2012 (77 FR
located in the state, and EPA notes that rehn.brian@epa.gov. For comments 5191), EPA approved the District’s first
it will not impose substantial direct submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the regional haze SIP. The District
costs on tribal governments or preempt online instructions for submitting submitted its first progress report SIP on
tribal law. comments. Once submitted, comments March 2, 2016 prior to the October 27,
cannot be edited or removed from 2016 due date.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Regulations.gov. For either manner of II. Requirements for the Regional Haze
Environmental protection, Air submission, EPA may publish any Progress Report SIPs and Adequacy
pollution control, Incorporation by comment received to its public docket. Determinations
reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Do not submit electronically any
Particulate matter, Reporting and information you consider to be Under 40 CFR 51.308(g), states must
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur confidential business information (CBI) submit a regional haze progress report
oxides, Volatile organic compounds. or other information whose disclosure is as a SIP revision that addresses, at a
restricted by statute. Multimedia minimum, the seven elements found in
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 40 CFR 51.308(g). As described in
Dated: March 6, 2017. further detail in section III of this
accompanied by a written comment.
Cecil Rodrigues, rulemaking action, to meet the progress
The written comment is considered the
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. official comment and should include report requirement, 40 CFR 51.308(g)
[FR Doc. 2017–10913 Filed 5–26–17; 8:45 am] discussion of all points you wish to requires: (1) A description of the status
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P make. EPA will generally not consider of measures in the approved regional
comments or comment contents located haze SIP; (2) a summary of emissions
outside of the primary submission (i.e. reductions achieved; (3) an assessment
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION on the web, cloud, or other file sharing of visibility conditions for each Class I
AGENCY system). For additional submission area in the state; (4) an analysis of
methods, please contact the person changes in emissions from sources and
40 CFR Part 52 activities within the state; (5) an
identified in the FOR FURTHER
assessment of any significant changes in
[EPA–R03–OAR–2016–0267; FRL–9962–74– INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the
Region 3] anthropogenic emissions within or
full EPA public comment policy,
outside the state that have limited or
information about CBI or multimedia
Approval and Promulgation of Air impeded progress in Class I areas
submissions, and general guidance on
Quality Implementation Plans; District impacted by the state’s sources; (6) an
making effective comments, please visit
of Columbia; Regional Haze Five-Year assessment of the sufficiency of the
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
Progress Report State Implementation approved regional haze SIP; and (7) a
commenting-epa-dockets.
Plan review of the state’s visibility
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara monitoring strategy.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Calcinore, (215) 814–2043, or by email Under 40 CFR 51.308(h), states are
Agency (EPA). at calcinore.sara@epa.gov. required to submit, at the same time as
ACTION: Proposed rule. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March the progress report SIP, a determination
2, 2016, the District submitted, as a SIP of the adequacy of their existing
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection revision (progress report SIP), a report regional haze SIP and to take one of four
Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of on progress made for visibility possible actions based on information in
a revision to the District of Columbia improvement in the first the progress report. As described in
State Implementation Plan (SIP) implementation period. This progress further detail in section III of this
submitted by the District of Columbia report SIP included a determination that rulemaking action, to meet the adequacy
(the District) through the District of the existing regional haze SIP requires determination requirement, 40 CFR
Columbia Department of Energy and no substantive revision to achieve the 51.308(h) requires states to either: (1)
Environment (DOEE). The District’s SIP established regional haze visibility Submit a negative declaration to EPA
revision addresses requirements of the improvement and emissions reduction that no further substantive revision to
Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA’s rules goals. the state’s existing regional haze SIP is
that require states to submit periodic needed; (2) provide notification to EPA
reports describing progress towards I. Background (and other state(s) that participated in
reasonable progress goals (RPGs) States are required to submit, in the the regional planning process) if the
established for regional haze and a form of a SIP revision, a progress report state determines that its existing
determination of the adequacy of the that evaluates progress towards the regional haze SIP is or may be
state’s existing SIP addressing regional RPGs for each mandatory Class I federal inadequate to ensure reasonable
haze (regional haze SIP). EPA is area within the state and in each progress at one or more Class I areas due
proposing approval of the District’s SIP mandatory Class I federal area outside to emissions from sources in other
revision because EPA has determined the state which may be affected by state(s) that participated in the regional
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that it satisfactorily addresses the emissions from within the state. See 40 planning process, and collaborate with
progress report and adequacy CFR 51.308(g). States are also required these other state(s) to develop additional
determination requirements for the first to submit, at the same time as the strategies to address deficiencies; (3)
implementation period for regional progress report, a determination of the provide notification with supporting
haze. This action is being taken under adequacy of the state’s existing regional information to EPA if the state
the CAA. haze SIP. See 40 CFR 51.308(h). The determines that its existing regional
DATES: Written comments must be progress report SIP is due five years haze SIP is or may be inadequate to
received on or before June 29, 2017. after submittal of the initial regional ensure reasonable progress at one or
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