82 FR 47393 - Air Plan Approval; Alabama; Regional Haze Plan and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2012 PM2.5
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 196 (October 12, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 47393-47396] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21954] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0104; FRL-9969-21--Region 4] Air Plan Approval; Alabama; Regional Haze Plan and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 2012 PM2.5, 2010 NO2, 2010 SO2, and 2008 Ozone NAAQS AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking the following four actions regarding the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP): Approving the portion of Alabama's October 26, 2015, SIP submittal seeking to change reliance from the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) for certain regional haze requirements; converting EPA's limited approval/limited disapproval of Alabama's July 15, 2008, regional haze SIP to a full approval; approving the visibility prong of Alabama's infrastructure SIP submittals for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), and 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); and converting EPA's disapproval of the visibility portion of Alabama's infrastructure SIP submittal for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS to an approval. DATES: This rule will be effective November 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0104. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e., 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 electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Notarianni, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Ms. Notarianni can be reached by telephone at (404) 562-9031 or via electronic mail at notarianni.michele@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background A. Regional Haze SIPs and Their Relationship With CAIR and CSAPR Section 169A(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) requires states to submit regional haze SIPs that contain [[Page 47394]] such measures as may be necessary to make reasonable progress towards the natural visibility goal, including a requirement that certain categories of existing major stationary sources built between 1962 and 1977 procure, install, and operate Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) as determined by the state. In revisions to the regional haze program made in 2005, EPA amended its regulations to provide that states participating in the CAIR cap-and-trade programs \1\ pursuant to an EPA-approved CAIR SIP or states that remain subject to a CAIR Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) need not require affected BART- eligible electric generating units (EGUs) to install, operate, and maintain BART for emissions of SO2 and nitrogen oxides (NOx). See 70 FR 39104. As a result of EPA's determination that CAIR was ``better-than-BART,'' a number of states in the CAIR region, including Alabama, relied on the CAIR cap-and-trade programs as an alternative to BART for EGU emissions of SO2 and NOx in designing their regional haze SIPs. These states also relied on CAIR as an element of a long-term strategy (LTS) for achieving their reasonable progress goals (RPGs) for their regional haze programs. However, in 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) remanded CAIR to EPA without vacatur to preserve the environmental benefits provided by CAIR. North Carolina v. EPA, 550 F.3d 1176, 1178 (D.C. Cir. 2008). On August 8, 2011 (76 FR 48208), acting on the D.C. Circuit's remand, EPA promulgated CSAPR to replace CAIR and issued FIPs to implement the rule in CSAPR-subject states.\2\ Implementation of CSAPR was scheduled to begin on January 1, 2012, when CSAPR would have superseded the CAIR program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ CAIR created regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce SO2 and NOx emissions in 27 eastern states (and the District of Columbia), including Alabama, that contributed to downwind nonattainment or interfered with maintenance of the 1997 8- hour ozone NAAQS or the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. \2\ CSAPR requires 28 eastern states to limit their statewide emissions of SO2 and/or NOx in order to mitigate transported air pollution unlawfully impacting other states' ability to attain or maintain four NAAQS: the 1997 ozone NAAQS, the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, and the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The CSAPR emissions limitations are defined in terms of maximum statewide ``budgets'' for emissions of annual SO2 , annual NOx, and/or ozone- season NOx by each covered state's large EGUs. The CSAPR state budgets are implemented in two phases of generally increasing stringency, with the Phase 1 budgets applying to emissions in 2015 and 2016 and the Phase 2 budgets applying to emissions in 2017 and later years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to the D.C. Circuit's 2008 ruling that CAIR was ``fatally flawed'' and its resulting status as a temporary measure following that ruling, EPA could not fully approve regional haze SIPs to the extent that they relied on CAIR to satisfy the BART requirement and the requirement for a LTS sufficient to achieve the state-adopted RPGs. On these grounds, EPA finalized a limited disapproval of Alabama's regional haze SIP on June 7, 2012, triggering the requirement for EPA to promulgate a FIP unless Alabama submitted and EPA approved a SIP revision that corrected the deficiency. See 77 FR 33642. EPA finalized a limited approval of Alabama's regional haze SIP on June 28, 2012, as meeting the remaining applicable regional haze requirements set forth in the CAA and the Regional Haze Rule (RHR). See 77 FR 38515. In the June 7, 2012, limited disapproval action, EPA also amended the RHR to provide that participation by a state's EGUs in a CSAPR trading program for a given pollutant--either a CSAPR federal trading program implemented through a CSAPR FIP or an integrated CSAPR state trading program implemented through an approved CSAPR SIP revision-- qualifies as a BART alternative for those EGUs for that pollutant.\3\ See 40 CFR 51.308(e)(4). Since EPA promulgated this amendment, numerous states covered by CSAPR have come to rely on the provision through either SIPs or FIPs.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ Legal challenges to the CSAPR-Better-than-BART rule from state, industry, and other petitioners are pending. Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, No. 12-1342 (D.C. Cir. filed August 6, 2012). \4\ EPA has promulgated FIPs relying on CSAPR participation for BART purposes for Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 77 FR at 33654, and Nebraska, 77 FR 40150, 40151 (July 6, 2012). EPA has approved Minnesota's and Wisconsin's SIPs relying on CSAPR participation for BART purposes. See 77 FR 34801, 34806 (June 12, 2012) for Minnesota and 77 FR 46952, 46959 (August 7, 2012) for Wisconsin. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Numerous parties filed petitions for review of CSAPR in the D.C. Circuit, and on August 21, 2012, the court issued its ruling, vacating and remanding CSAPR to EPA and ordering continued implementation of CAIR. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. v. EPA, 696 F.3d 7, 38 (D.C. Cir. 2012). The D.C. Circuit's vacatur of CSAPR was reversed by the United States Supreme Court on April 29, 2014, and the case was remanded to the D.C. Circuit to resolve remaining issues in accordance with the high court's ruling. EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., 134 S. Ct. 1584 (2014). On remand, the D.C. Circuit affirmed CSAPR in most respects, but invalidated without vacating some of the CSAPR budgets as to a number of states. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. v. EPA, 795 F.3d 118 (D.C. Cir. 2015). The remanded budgets include the Phase 2 SO2 emissions budgets for Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas and the Phase 2 ozone-season NOx budgets for 11 states. On September 21, 2017, the EPA Administrator signed a final rule affirming the continued validity of EPA's 2012 determination that CSAPR meets the RHR's criteria for a BART alternative. EPA determined that changes to CSAPR's geographic scope resulting from the actions that the Agency has taken or expects to take in response to the D.C. Circuit's remand do not affect the continued validity of participation in CSAPR as a BART alternative.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ The pre-publication version of this rule is available at: https://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/interstate-transport-fine-particulate-matter-revision-federal-implementation-plan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Infrastructure SIPs By statute, SIPs meeting the requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and (2) of the CAA are to be submitted by states within three years (or less, if the Administrator so prescribes) after promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS to provide for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the new or revised NAAQS. EPA has historically referred to these SIP submissions made for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) as ``infrastructure SIP'' submissions. Sections 110(a)(1) and (2) require states to address basic SIP elements such as for monitoring, basic program requirements, and legal authority that are designed to assure attainment and maintenance of the newly established or revised NAAQS. More specifically, section 110(a)(1) provides the procedural and timing requirements for infrastructure SIPs. Section 110(a)(2) lists specific elements that states must meet for the infrastructure SIP requirements related to a newly established or revised NAAQS. The contents of an infrastructure SIP submission may vary depending upon the data and analytical tools available to the state, as well as the provisions already contained in the state's implementation plan at the time in which the state develops and submits the submission for a new or revised NAAQS. Section 110(a)(2)(D) has two components: 110(a)(2)(D)(i) and 110(a)(2)(D)(ii). Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) includes four distinct components, [[Page 47395]] commonly referred to as ``prongs,'' that must be addressed in infrastructure SIP submissions. The first two prongs, which are codified in section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), are provisions that prohibit any source or other type of emissions activity in one state from contributing significantly to nonattainment of the NAAQS in another state (prong 1) and from interfering with maintenance of the NAAQS in another state (prong 2). The third and fourth prongs, which are codified in section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), are provisions that prohibit emissions activity in one state from interfering with measures required to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in another state (prong 3) or from interfering with measures to protect visibility in another state (prong 4). Section 110(a)(2)(D)(ii) requires SIPs to include provisions ensuring compliance with sections 115 and 126 of the Act, relating to interstate and international pollution abatement. A state can meet prong 4 requirements via confirmation in its infrastructure SIP submission that the state has an approved regional haze SIP that fully meets the requirements of 40 CFR 51.308 or 51.309. 40 CFR 51.308 and 51.309 specifically require that a state participating in a regional planning process include all measures needed to achieve its apportionment of emission reduction obligations agreed upon through that process. A fully approved regional haze SIP will ensure that emissions from sources under an air agency's jurisdiction are not interfering with measures required to be included in other air agencies' plans to protect visibility. Alabama's August 20, 2012, 2008 8-hour Ozone infrastructure SIP submission; April 23, 2013, and December 9, 2015, 2010 1-hour NO2 submissions; April 23, 2013, 2010 1-hour SO2 submission; and December 9, 2015, 2012 annual PM2.5 submission rely on the State having a fully approved regional haze SIP to satisfy its prong 4 requirements. EPA is approving the regional haze portion of the State's October 26, 2015, SIP revision and converting EPA's previous action on Alabama's regional haze SIP from a limited approval/limited disapproval to a full approval because final approval of this portion of the SIP revision would correct the deficiencies that led to EPA's limited approval/limited disapproval of the State's regional haze SIP. Specifically, EPA's approval of this portion of Alabama's October 26, 2015, SIP revision would satisfy the SO2 and NOX BART requirements and SO2 reasonable progress requirements for EGUs formerly subject to CAIR and the requirement that a LTS include measures as necessary to achieve the State-adopted RPGs. Because a state may satisfy prong 4 requirements through a fully approved regional haze SIP, EPA is also approving the prong 4 portion of Alabama's April 23, 2013, and December 9, 2015, 2010 1-hour NO2 infrastructure submissions; the April 23, 2013, 2010 1-hour SO2 infrastructure submission; and the December 9, 2015, 2012 annual PM2.5 submission; and converting EPA's February 7, 2017, disapproval of the prong 4 portions of Alabama's August 20, 2012, 2008 8-hour Ozone infrastructure submission to an approval. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on August 17, 2017 (82 FR 39090), EPA proposed to take the following actions regarding Alabama's October 26, 2015, SIP submittal, contingent upon the now final determination that CSAPR continues to qualify as an alternative to the application of BART under the RHR: (1) Approve the regional haze portion of Alabama's October 26, 2015, SIP submission to change reliance from CAIR to CSAPR; (2) convert EPA's limited approval/ limited disapproval of Alabama's July 15, 2008, regional haze SIP to a full approval; (3) approve the prong 4 portion of Alabama's April 23, 2013, and December 9, 2015, 2010 1-hour NO2 submissions; April 23, 2013, 2010 1-hour SO2 submission; and December 9, 2015, 2012 annual PM2.5 submission; and (4) convert EPA's February 7, 2017, disapproval of the prong 4 portion of Alabama's August 20, 2012, 2008 8-hour Ozone submission to an approval. The details of Alabama's submission and the rationale for EPA's actions are explained in the NPRM. Comments on the proposed rulemaking were due on or before September 18, 2017. EPA received no adverse comments on the proposed action. II. Final Actions As described above, EPA is taking the following actions: (1) Approving the regional haze portion of Alabama's October 26, 2015, SIP submission to change reliance from CAIR to CSAPR; (2) converting EPA's limited approval/limited disapproval of Alabama's July 15, 2008, regional haze SIP to a full approval; (3) approving the prong 4 portion of Alabama's April 23, 2013, and December 9, 2015, 2010 1-hour NO2 submissions; April 23, 2013, 2010 1-hour SO2 submission; and December 9, 2015, 2012 annual PM2.5 submission; and (4) converting EPA's February 7, 2017, disapproval of the prong 4 portion of Alabama's August 20, 2012, 2008 8-hour Ozone submission to an approval. All other applicable infrastructure requirements for the infrastructure SIP submissions have been or will be addressed in separate rulemakings. III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable federal regulations. See 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 Act. Accordingly, these actions merely approve state law as meeting federal requirements and do not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, these actions:Are not significant regulatory actions 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); do not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); are 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.); do 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); do not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); are not economically significant regulatory actions based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); are not significant regulatory actions subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); are 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 do 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). The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has [[Page 47396]] jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the 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 these actions 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. These actions are 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 these actions must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by December 11, 2017. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of these actions 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. These actions may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. See section 307(b)(2). List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate Matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides. Dated: September 29, 2017. Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III, Regional Administrator, Region 4. 40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 0 1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Subpart B--Alabama 0 2. Section 52.50(e) is amended by adding new entries for ``110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 1-hour NO 2 NAAQS'', ``110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS'', ``110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS'' and ``Regional Haze Plan Revision'' at the end of the table to read as follows: Sec. 52.50 Identification of plan. * * * * * (e) * * * EPA-Approved Alabama Non-Regulatory Provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Name of nonregulatory SIP Applicable geographic or submittal date/ EPA approval Explanation provision nonattainment area effective date date ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * 110(a)(1) and (2) Alabama...................... 12/9/2015 10/12/2017, Addressing Prong Infrastructure Requirements [Insert Federal 4 of Section for the 2010. Register 110(a)(2)(D)(i) 1-hour NO2 NAAQS............. citation]. (I) only. 110(a)(1) and (2) Alabama...................... 4/23/2013 10/12/2017, Addressing Prong Infrastructure Requirements [Insert Federal 4 of Section for the 2010. Register 110(a)(2)(D)(i) 1-hour SO2 NAAQS............. citation]. (I) only. 110(a)(1) and (2) Alabama...................... 12/9/2015 10/12/2017, Addressing Prong Infrastructure Requirements [Insert Federal 4 of Section for the 2012. Register 110(a)(2)(D)(i) Annual PM2.5 NAAQS........... citation]. (I) only. Regional Haze Plan Revision.. Alabama...................... 10/26/2015 10/12/2017, ................ [Insert Federal Register citation]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 3. Section 52.53 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (e) to read as follows: Sec. 52.53 Approval status. * * * * * (e) [Reserved] Sec. 52.61 [Removed and reserved] 0 4. Section 52.61 is removed and reserved. [FR Doc. 2017-21954 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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Tribe because, as noted above, this cannot take effect until 60 days after it Reporting and recordkeeping
action is not approving any specific is published in the Federal Register. requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
rule, but rather approving a SIP revision This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as organic compounds.
that evaluates the sufficiency of South defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Dated: September 29, 2017.
Carolina’s already approved regional Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, Onis ‘‘Trey’’ Glenn, III,
haze plan in meeting certain CAA petitions for judicial review of this
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
requirements. EPA notes today’s action action must be filed in the United States
will not impose substantial direct costs Court of Appeals for the appropriate 40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
on Tribal governments or preempt circuit by December 11, 2017. Filing a PART 52—APPROVAL AND
Tribal law. petition for reconsideration by the PROMULGATION OF
The Congressional Review Act, 5 Administrator of this final rule does not IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small affect the finality of this action for the
Business Regulatory Enforcement purposes of judicial review nor does it ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides extend the time within which a petition continues to read as follows:
that before a rule may take effect, the for judicial review may be filed, and
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
agency promulgating the rule must shall not postpone the effectiveness of
submit a rule report, which includes a such rule or action. This action may not Subpart PP—South Carolina
copy of the rule, to each House of the be challenged later in proceedings to
Congress and to the Comptroller General enforce its requirements. See section ■ 2. Section 52.2120(e) is amended by
of the United States. EPA will submit a 307(b)(2). adding an entry for ‘‘December 2012
report containing this action and other Regional Haze Progress Report’’ at the
required information to the U.S. Senate, List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
end of the table to read as follows:
the U.S. House of Representatives, and Environmental protection, Air
the Comptroller General of the United pollution control, Incorporation by § 52.2120 Identification of plan.
States prior to publication of the rule in reference, Intergovernmental relations, * * * * *
the Federal Register. A major rule Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter, (e) * * *
EPA-APPROVED SOUTH CAROLINA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS
State effective
Provision EPA approval date Explanation
date
* * * * * * *
December 2012 Regional Haze Progress Report .. 12/28/2012 10/12/2017 [Insert citation of publication]
[FR Doc. 2017–21948 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] approving the visibility prong of Air Planning and Implementation
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Alabama’s infrastructure SIP submittals Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Management Division, U.S.
(PM2.5), 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Environmental Protection Agency,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) National Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
AGENCY Ambient Air Quality Standards Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA
(NAAQS); and converting EPA’s requests that if at all possible, you
40 CFR Part 52 disapproval of the visibility portion of contact the person listed in the FOR
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0104; FRL–9969– Alabama’s infrastructure SIP submittal FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
21—Region 4] for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS to an schedule your inspection. The Regional
approval. Office’s official hours of business are
Air Plan Approval; Alabama; Regional Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to
Haze Plan and Prong 4 (Visibility) for This rule will be effective
DATES:
4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.
the 2012 PM2.5, 2010 NO2, 2010 SO2, November 13, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and 2008 Ozone NAAQS ADDRESSES: EPA has established a Michele Notarianni, Air Regulatory
AGENCY: Environmental Protection docket for this action under Docket Management Section, Air, Pesticides
Agency (EPA). Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
ACTION: Final rule.
2017–0104. All documents in the docket Environmental Protection Agency,
are listed on the www.regulations.gov Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Web site. Although listed in the index, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms.
Agency (EPA) is taking the following some information may not be publicly Notarianni can be reached by telephone
four actions regarding the Alabama State available, i.e., Confidential Business at (404) 562–9031 or via electronic mail
Implementation Plan (SIP): Approving Information or other information whose at notarianni.michele@epa.gov.
the portion of Alabama’s October 26, disclosure is restricted by statute.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
2015, SIP submittal seeking to change Certain other material, such as
jstallworth on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with RULES
reliance from the Clean Air Interstate copyrighted material, is not placed on I. Background
Rule (CAIR) to the Cross-State Air the Internet and will be publicly
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) for certain available only in hard copy form. A. Regional Haze SIPs and Their
regional haze requirements; converting Publicly available docket materials are Relationship With CAIR and CSAPR
EPA’s limited approval/limited available either electronically through Section 169A(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Air
disapproval of Alabama’s July 15, 2008, www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Act (CAA or Act) requires states to
regional haze SIP to a full approval; the Air Regulatory Management Section, submit regional haze SIPs that contain
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jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian actions must be filed in the United PART 52—APPROVAL AND
country, the rule does not have tribal States Court of Appeals for the PROMULGATION OF
implications as specified by Executive appropriate circuit by December 11, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2017. Filing a petition for
2000), nor will it impose substantial reconsideration by the Administrator of ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
direct costs on tribal governments or this final rule does not affect the finality continues to read as follows:
preempt tribal law. of these actions for the purposes of
The Congressional Review Act, 5 judicial review nor does it extend the Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small time within which a petition for judicial
Business Regulatory Enforcement review may be filed, and shall not Subpart B—Alabama
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides postpone the effectiveness of such rule
that before a rule may take effect, the or action. These actions may not be ■ 2. Section 52.50(e) is amended by
agency promulgating the rule must challenged later in proceedings to adding new entries for ‘‘110(a)(1) and
submit a rule report, which includes a enforce its requirements. See section (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the
copy of the rule, to each House of the 307(b)(2). 2010 1-hour NO2 NAAQS’’, ‘‘110(a)(1)
Congress and to the Comptroller General and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for
of the United States. EPA will submit a List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS’’,
report containing these actions and ‘‘110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure
Environmental protection,
other required information to the U.S. Requirements for the 2012 Annual PM2.5
Administrative practice and procedure,
Senate, the U.S. House of NAAQS’’ and ‘‘Regional Haze Plan
Air pollution control, Incorporation by
Representatives, and the Comptroller Revision’’ at the end of the table to read
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
General of the United States prior to as follows:
publication of the rule in the Federal Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
Register. A major rule cannot take effect Matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
§ 52.50 Identification of plan.
until 60 days after it is published in the requirements, Sulfur oxides.
* * * * *
Federal Register. These actions are not Dated: September 29, 2017.
a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. Onis ‘‘Trey’’ Glenn, III, (e) * * *
804(2). Regional Administrator, Region 4.
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for judicial review of these 40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
EPA-APPROVED ALABAMA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS
Applicable geographic State submittal
Name of nonregulatory SIP or nonattainment date/effective EPA approval date Explanation
provision area date
* * * * * * *
110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Alabama ...................... 12/9/2015 10/12/2017, [Insert Federal Addressing Prong 4 of Section
Requirements for the 2010. Register citation]. 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) only.
1-hour NO2 NAAQS ...................
110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Alabama ...................... 4/23/2013 10/12/2017, [Insert Federal Addressing Prong 4 of Section
Requirements for the 2010. Register citation]. 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) only.
1-hour SO2 NAAQS ...................
110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Alabama ...................... 12/9/2015 10/12/2017, [Insert Federal Addressing Prong 4 of Section
Requirements for the 2012. Register citation]. 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) only.
Annual PM2.5 NAAQS ................
Regional Haze Plan Revision .... Alabama ...................... 10/26/2015 10/12/2017, [Insert Federal
Register citation].
■ 3. Section 52.53 is amended by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EPA) is withdrawing the direct final
removing and reserving paragraph (e) to AGENCY rule for ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Iowa;
read as follows: Amendment to the Administrative
40 CFR Part 52 Consent Order, Grain Processing
§ 52.53 Approval status. Corporation, Muscatine, Iowa,’’
[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0143; FRL–9969–
* * * * * 14—Region 7] published in the Federal Register on
(e) [Reserved] August 25, 2017.
Air Plan Approval; Iowa; Amendment
§ 52.61 [Removed and reserved] to the Administrative Consent Order, DATES: The direct final rule published at
Grain Processing Corporation, 82 FR 40491, August 25, 2017, is
■ 4. Section 52.61 is removed and Muscatine, Iowa; Withdrawal of Direct withdrawn effective October 12, 2017.
reserved.
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Final Rule FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[FR Doc. 2017–21954 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Heather Hamilton, Environmental
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Agency (EPA). Protection Agency, Air Planning and
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at
SUMMARY: Due to an adverse comment, 913–551–7039, or by email at
the Environmental Protection Agency Hamilton.heather@epa.gov.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Rules and Regulations | |
| Action | Final rule. | |
| Dates | This rule will be effective November 13, 2017. | |
| Contact | Michele Notarianni, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Ms. Notarianni can be reached by telephone at (404) 562-9031 or via electronic mail at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 47393 | |
| CFR Associated | Environmental Protection; Administrative Practice and Procedure; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Dioxide; Ozone; Particulate Matter; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Sulfur Oxides |
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