82_FR_51563 82 FR 51350 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Continuous Opacity Monitoring Requirements for Municipal Waste Combustors

82 FR 51350 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Continuous Opacity Monitoring Requirements for Municipal Waste Combustors

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 213 (November 6, 2017)

Page Range51350-51351
FR Document2017-24116

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State of Maryland's Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 State Plan for municipal waste combustors (MWCs). The revisions contain Maryland's amendments to Regulations .07 and .08 under the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 26.11.08. These amendments update the MWC references to opacity compliance. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)'s discontinued Technical Memorandum (TM 90-01) is no longer applicable and the regulations now refer to COMAR 26.11.31, which codifies quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) procedures for continuous opacity monitors (COMs). EPA is approving this revision to remove TM 90-01 from Maryland's CAA section 111(d)/129 State Plan in accordance with the requirements of the CAA.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0484; FRL-9970-28-Region 3]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Maryland; Continuous Opacity Monitoring Requirements for Municipal 
Waste Combustors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct 
final action to approve revisions to the State of Maryland's Clean Air 
Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 State Plan for municipal waste combustors 
(MWCs). The revisions contain Maryland's amendments to Regulations .07 
and .08 under the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 26.11.08. These 
amendments update the MWC references to opacity compliance. The 
Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)'s discontinued Technical 
Memorandum (TM 90-01) is no longer applicable and the regulations now 
refer to COMAR 26.11.31, which codifies quality assurance (QA) and 
quality control (QC) procedures for continuous opacity monitors (COMs). 
EPA is approving this revision to remove TM 90-01 from Maryland's CAA 
section 111(d)/129 State Plan in accordance with the requirements of 
the CAA.

DATES: This rule is effective on January 5, 2018 without further 
notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by December 6, 
2017. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform 
the public that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2017-0484 at https://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: Emily Linn, (215) 814-5273, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On May 10, 2016, the State of Maryland submitted a formal revision 
(MD Submittal #16-05) to its CAA section 111(d)/129 State Plan for 
MWCs. The revisions contain Maryland's amendments to COMAR 26.11.08.08, 
``Requirements for an Existing Large MWC with a Capacity Greater Than 
250 Tons Per Day.'' These amendments update the MWC references to 
opacity compliance previously made by MDE. MDE's discontinued technical 
memorandum which previously addressed QA/QC procedures for COMs, TM 90-
01, is no longer state effective and the Maryland regulations therefore 
now refer to COMAR 26.11.31, which codifies similar QA and QC 
procedures for COMs.\1\ In a state rulemaking action, MDE also revised 
the title of COMAR 26.11.08.07, ``Requirements for Municipal Waste 
Combustors with a Capacity of 35 tons or greater per day and less than 
or equal to 250 Tons Per Day,'' to clarify that the state regulation 
applies to small MWCs. However, this clarification to the title of 
COMAR 26.11.08.07 is a minor administrative change and is not part of 
this action. The text of 26.11.08.07 remains unchanged, and thus the 
requirements for MWCs remain unchanged. EPA is approving this revision 
to remove TM 90-01 from Maryland's 111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs in 
accordance with the requirements of the CAA as the changes are 
administrative in nature.
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    \1\ EPA previously approved Maryland's State Plan for large MWCs 
on April 8, 2008 (see 73 FR 18970). In addition, EPA previously 
approved, as a revision to the Maryland state implementation plan, 
the regulatory requirements for QA/QC controls for COMs in COMAR 
26.11.31. 81 FR 78048 (November 7, 2016).
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II. Summary of CAA Section 111(d)/129 State Plan Revision and EPA 
Analysis

    EPA has reviewed Maryland's submittal to revise its CAA section 
111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs in the context of the requirements of 40 
CFR part 60, subpart Eb. These amendments are largely administrative in 
nature. In this action, EPA is finalizing its determination that the 
submitted revision meets the above-cited requirements. EPA is revising 
40 CFR part 62, subpart V (Sec.  62.5110 and Sec.  61.5112) to reflect 
this approval.

III. Final Action

    EPA is approving the May 10, 2016 Maryland CAA section 111(d)/129 
State Plan revision submittal as a revision to Maryland's CAA section 
111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs. EPA is publishing this rule without 
prior proposal because EPA views this as a noncontroversial amendment 
and anticipates no adverse comment. However, in the ``Proposed Rules'' 
section of this Federal Register, EPA is publishing a separate document 
that will serve as the proposal to approve the 111(d)/129 State Plan 
revision if adverse comments are filed. This rule will be effective on 
January 5, 2018 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse 
comment by December 6, 2017. If EPA receives adverse comment, EPA will 
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the 
public that the rule will not take effect. EPA will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties 
interested in commenting must do so at this time.

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IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. General Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355 (May 22, 2001)). This 
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and 
imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. 
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because 
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does 
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by 
state law, it 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). This rule also does not 
have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the 
relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on 
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it have substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified 
in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it 
merely approves a state rule implementing a Federal requirement, and 
does not alter the relationship or the distribution of power and 
responsibilities established in the CAA. This rule also is not subject 
to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it 
approves a state rule implementing a Federal standard.
    In reviewing Section 111(d)/129 plan submissions, EPA's role is to 
approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the 
Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence of a prior existing 
requirement for the State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), 
EPA has no authority to disapprove a Section 111(d)/129 plan submission 
for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with applicable 
law for EPA, when it reviews a Section 111(d)/129 plan submission, to 
use VCS in place of a Section 111(d)/129 plan submission that otherwise 
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements 
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This rule does not 
impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    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).

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by January 5, 2018. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor 
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may 
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or 
action. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are 
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of 
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules 
section of this Federal Register, rather than file an immediate 
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can 
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed 
rulemaking action. This action approving Maryland's revisions to their 
111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs may not be challenged later in 
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate 
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides.

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Cosmo Servidio,
Regional Administrator, Region III.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, 40 CFR part 62 is amended 
as follows:

PART 62--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS FOR DESIGNATED 
FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS

0
1. The authority citation for part 62 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart V--Maryland

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2. Section 62.5110 is amended by adding paragraph (c) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  62.5110  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) On May 10, 2016, Maryland submitted a revised State Plan and 
related COMAR 26.11.08.08 amendments.

0
3. Section 62.5112 is amended by adding paragraph (c) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  62.5112  Effective date.

* * * * *
    (c) The plan revision is effective January 5, 2018.

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                                             Incorporation by reference,                             such comments, it will publish a timely               MDE also revised the title of COMAR
                                             Intergovernmental relations, Lead,                      withdrawal of the direct final rule in the            26.11.08.07, ‘‘Requirements for
                                             Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate                    Federal Register and inform the public                Municipal Waste Combustors with a
                                             matter, Regional haze, Reporting and                    that the rule will not take effect.                   Capacity of 35 tons or greater per day
                                             recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur                      ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                      and less than or equal to 250 Tons Per
                                             oxides, Volatile organic compounds.                     identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03–                  Day,’’ to clarify that the state regulation
                                               Dated: October 24, 2017.                              OAR–2017–0484 at https://                             applies to small MWCs. However, this
                                             Deborah A. Szaro,                                       www.regulations.gov, or via email to                  clarification to the title of COMAR
                                             Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New                  aquino.marcos@epa.gov. For comments                   26.11.08.07 is a minor administrative
                                             England.                                                submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the              change and is not part of this action.
                                                                                                     online instructions for submitting                    The text of 26.11.08.07 remains
                                             PART 52—APPROVAL AND                                    comments. Once submitted, comments                    unchanged, and thus the requirements
                                             PROMULGATION OF                                         cannot be edited or removed from                      for MWCs remain unchanged. EPA is
                                             IMPLEMENTATION PLANS                                    Regulations.gov. For either manner of                 approving this revision to remove TM
                                                                                                     submission, EPA may publish any                       90–01 from Maryland’s 111(d)/129 State
                                             ■ Accordingly, the amendments to 40                     comment received to its public docket.                Plan for MWCs in accordance with the
                                             CFR 52.1520 published in the Federal                    Do not submit electronically any                      requirements of the CAA as the changes
                                             Register on September 6, 2017 (82 FR                    information you consider to be                        are administrative in nature.
                                             42037), on page 42040 are withdrawn                     confidential business information (CBI)
                                             effective November 6, 2017.                                                                                   II. Summary of CAA Section 111(d)/129
                                                                                                     or other information whose disclosure is              State Plan Revision and EPA Analysis
                                             [FR Doc. 2017–24113 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am]             restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                             BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be                EPA has reviewed Maryland’s
                                                                                                     accompanied by a written comment.                     submittal to revise its CAA section
                                                                                                     The written comment is considered the                 111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs in the
                                             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                official comment and should include                   context of the requirements of 40 CFR
                                             AGENCY                                                  discussion of all points you wish to                  part 60, subpart Eb. These amendments
                                                                                                     make. EPA will generally not consider                 are largely administrative in nature. In
                                             40 CFR Part 62                                                                                                this action, EPA is finalizing its
                                                                                                     comments or comment contents located
                                             [EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0484; FRL–9970–28–                    outside of the primary submission (i.e.,              determination that the submitted
                                             Region 3]                                               on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing              revision meets the above-cited
                                                                                                     system). For additional submission                    requirements. EPA is revising 40 CFR
                                             Approval and Promulgation of Air                        methods, please contact the person                    part 62, subpart V (§ 62.5110 and
                                             Quality Implementation Plans;                           identified in the FOR FURTHER                         § 61.5112) to reflect this approval.
                                             Maryland; Continuous Opacity                            INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the
                                             Monitoring Requirements for Municipal                                                                         III. Final Action
                                                                                                     full EPA public comment policy,
                                             Waste Combustors                                        information about CBI or multimedia                      EPA is approving the May 10, 2016
                                             AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        submissions, and general guidance on                  Maryland CAA section 111(d)/129 State
                                             Agency (EPA).                                           making effective comments, please visit               Plan revision submittal as a revision to
                                                                                                     http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/                          Maryland’s CAA section 111(d)/129
                                             ACTION: Direct final rule.
                                                                                                     commenting-epa-dockets.                               State Plan for MWCs. EPA is publishing
                                             SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                                                                       this rule without prior proposal because
                                                                                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                             Agency (EPA) is taking direct final                                                                           EPA views this as a noncontroversial
                                                                                                     Emily Linn, (215) 814–5273, or by email
                                             action to approve revisions to the State                                                                      amendment and anticipates no adverse
                                                                                                     at linn.emily@epa.gov.
                                             of Maryland’s Clean Air Act (CAA)                                                                             comment. However, in the ‘‘Proposed
                                                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Rules’’ section of this Federal Register,
                                             section 111(d)/129 State Plan for
                                             municipal waste combustors (MWCs).                      I. Background                                         EPA is publishing a separate document
                                             The revisions contain Maryland’s                                                                              that will serve as the proposal to
                                                                                                        On May 10, 2016, the State of                      approve the 111(d)/129 State Plan
                                             amendments to Regulations .07 and .08                   Maryland submitted a formal revision
                                             under the Code of Maryland Regulations                                                                        revision if adverse comments are filed.
                                                                                                     (MD Submittal #16–05) to its CAA                      This rule will be effective on January 5,
                                             (COMAR) 26.11.08. These amendments                      section 111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs.
                                             update the MWC references to opacity                                                                          2018 without further notice unless EPA
                                                                                                     The revisions contain Maryland’s                      receives adverse comment by December
                                             compliance. The Maryland Department                     amendments to COMAR 26.11.08.08,
                                             of the Environment (MDE)’s                                                                                    6, 2017. If EPA receives adverse
                                                                                                     ‘‘Requirements for an Existing Large                  comment, EPA will publish a timely
                                             discontinued Technical Memorandum                       MWC with a Capacity Greater Than 250
                                             (TM 90–01) is no longer applicable and                                                                        withdrawal in the Federal Register
                                                                                                     Tons Per Day.’’ These amendments                      informing the public that the rule will
                                             the regulations now refer to COMAR                      update the MWC references to opacity
                                             26.11.31, which codifies quality                                                                              not take effect. EPA will address all
                                                                                                     compliance previously made by MDE.                    public comments in a subsequent final
                                             assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)                 MDE’s discontinued technical
                                             procedures for continuous opacity                                                                             rule based on the proposed rule. EPA
                                                                                                     memorandum which previously                           will not institute a second comment
                                             monitors (COMs). EPA is approving this                  addressed QA/QC procedures for COMs,
                                             revision to remove TM 90–01 from                                                                              period on this action. Any parties
                                                                                                     TM 90–01, is no longer state effective
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                                             Maryland’s CAA section 111(d)/129                                                                             interested in commenting must do so at
                                                                                                     and the Maryland regulations therefore                this time.
                                             State Plan in accordance with the                       now refer to COMAR 26.11.31, which
                                             requirements of the CAA.                                codifies similar QA and QC procedures
                                             DATES: This rule is effective on January                                                                      In addition, EPA previously approved, as a revision
                                                                                                     for COMs.1 In a state rulemaking action,              to the Maryland state implementation plan, the
                                             5, 2018 without further notice, unless                                                                        regulatory requirements for QA/QC controls for
                                             EPA receives adverse written comment                      1 EPA previously approved Maryland’s State Plan     COMs in COMAR 26.11.31. 81 FR 78048 (November
                                             by December 6, 2017. If EPA receives                    for large MWCs on April 8, 2008 (see 73 FR 18970).    7, 2016).



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                                             IV. Statutory and Executive Order                       EPA, when it reviews a Section 111(d)/                List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
                                             Reviews                                                 129 plan submission, to use VCS in                      Environmental protection, Air
                                                                                                     place of a Section 111(d)/129 plan                    pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
                                             A. General Requirements
                                                                                                     submission that otherwise satisfies the               Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
                                                Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR                   provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus,
                                             51735, October 4, 1993), this action is                                                                       Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter,
                                                                                                     the requirements of section 12(d) of the              Reporting and recordkeeping
                                             not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and             National Technology Transfer and
                                             therefore is not subject to review by the                                                                     requirements, Sulfur oxides.
                                                                                                     Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.
                                             Office of Management and Budget. For                    272 note) do not apply. This rule does                  Dated: October 18, 2017.
                                             this reason, this action is also not                    not impose an information collection                  Cosmo Servidio,
                                             subject to Executive Order 13211,                       burden under the provisions of the                    Regional Administrator, Region III.
                                             ‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That                   Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
                                             Significantly Affect Energy Supply,                                                                             For the reasons stated in the
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).                                 preamble, 40 CFR part 62 is amended as
                                             Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355 (May
                                             22, 2001)). This action merely approves                 B. Submission to Congress and the                     follows:
                                             state law as meeting Federal                            Comptroller General
                                                                                                                                                           PART 62—APPROVAL AND
                                             requirements and imposes no additional
                                                                                                        The Congressional Review Act, 5                    PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS
                                             requirements beyond those imposed by
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small             FOR DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND
                                             state law. Accordingly, the
                                                                                                     Business Regulatory Enforcement                       POLLUTANTS
                                             Administrator certifies that this rule
                                             will not have a significant economic                    Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
                                                                                                                                                           ■ 1. The authority citation for part 62
                                             impact on a substantial number of small                 that before a rule may take effect, the
                                                                                                                                                           continues to read as follows:
                                             entities under the Regulatory Flexibility               agency promulgating the rule must
                                             Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this                submit a rule report, which includes a                    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                             rule approves pre-existing requirements                 copy of the rule, to each House of the
                                                                                                                                                           Subpart V—Maryland
                                             under state law and does not impose                     Congress and to the Comptroller General
                                             any additional enforceable duty beyond                  of the United States. EPA will submit a               ■ 2. Section 62.5110 is amended by
                                             that required by state law, it does not                 report containing this action and other               adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:
                                             contain any unfunded mandate or                         required information to the U.S. Senate,
                                             significantly or uniquely affect small                  the U.S. House of Representatives, and                § 62.5110    Identification of plan.
                                             governments, as described in the                        the Comptroller General of the United                 *     *    *     *     *
                                             Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995                    States prior to publication of the rule in              (c) On May 10, 2016, Maryland
                                             (Pub. L. 104–4). This rule also does not                the Federal Register. A major rule                    submitted a revised State Plan and
                                             have a substantial direct effect on one or              cannot take effect until 60 days after it             related COMAR 26.11.08.08
                                             more Indian tribes, on the relationship                 is published in the Federal Register.                 amendments.
                                             between the Federal Government and                      This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as                ■ 3. Section 62.5112 is amended by
                                             Indian tribes, or on the distribution of                defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).                           adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:
                                             power and responsibilities between the
                                             Federal Government and Indian tribes,                   C. Petitions for Judicial Review                      § 62.5112    Effective date.
                                             as specified by Executive Order 13175                                                                         *     *    *     *    *
                                                                                                        Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
                                             (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor                                                                            (c) The plan revision is effective
                                                                                                     petitions for judicial review of this
                                             will it have substantial direct effects on                                                                    January 5, 2018.
                                                                                                     action must be filed in the United States
                                             the States, on the relationship between                                                                       [FR Doc. 2017–24116 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                     Court of Appeals for the appropriate
                                             the national government and the States,
                                             or on the distribution of power and                     circuit by January 5, 2018. Filing a                  BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

                                             responsibilities among the various                      petition for reconsideration by the
                                             levels of government, as specified in                   Administrator of this final rule does not
                                                                                                     affect the finality of this action for the            ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                             Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,                                                                           AGENCY
                                             August 10, 1999), because it merely                     purposes of judicial review nor does it
                                             approves a state rule implementing a                    extend the time within which a petition
                                                                                                                                                           40 CFR Part 180
                                             Federal requirement, and does not alter                 for judicial review may be filed, and
                                             the relationship or the distribution of                 shall not postpone the effectiveness of               [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0362; FRL–9969–99]
                                             power and responsibilities established                  such rule or action. Parties with
                                                                                                     objections to this direct final rule are              Formaldehyde, Polymer With 1,3-
                                             in the CAA. This rule also is not subject                                                                     Benzenediol, 2-Methyloxirane and
                                             to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,                  encouraged to file a comment in
                                                                                                     response to the parallel notice of                    Oxirane, Ethers With Polyethylene
                                             April 23, 1997), because it approves a                                                                        Glycol Mono-Me Ether; Exemption
                                             state rule implementing a Federal                       proposed rulemaking for this action
                                                                                                     published in the proposed rules section               From the Requirement of a Tolerance
                                             standard.
                                                In reviewing Section 111(d)/129 plan                 of this Federal Register, rather than file            AGENCY:  Environmental Protection
                                             submissions, EPA’s role is to approve                   an immediate petition for judicial                    Agency (EPA).
                                             state choices, provided that they meet                  review of this direct final rule, so that             ACTION: Final rule.
                                             the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this              EPA can withdraw this direct final rule
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                                             context, in the absence of a prior                      and address the comment in the                        SUMMARY:   This regulation establishes an
                                             existing requirement for the State to use               proposed rulemaking action. This action               exemption from the requirement of a
                                             voluntary consensus standards (VCS),                    approving Maryland’s revisions to their               tolerance for residues of formaldehyde,
                                             EPA has no authority to disapprove a                    111(d)/129 State Plan for MWCs may                    polymer with 1,3-benzenediol, 2-
                                             Section 111(d)/129 plan submission for                  not be challenged later in proceedings to             methyloxirane and oxirane, ethers with
                                             failure to use VCS. It would thus be                    enforce its requirements. (See section                polyethylene glycol mono-Me ether
                                             inconsistent with applicable law for                    307(b)(2).)                                           (CAS Reg. No. 1998118–31–2) when


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionDirect final rule.
DatesThis rule is effective on January 5, 2018 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by December 6, 2017. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect.
ContactEmily Linn, (215) 814-5273, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 51350 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Carbon Monoxide; Intergovernmental Relations; Lead; Nitrogen Dioxide; Particulate Matter; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Sulfur Oxides

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