82 FR 57125 - Air Plan Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze SIP; FIP for Regional Haze; Final Action on Petitions for Reconsideration

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 231 (December 4, 2017)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of its denials of petitions for reconsideration of rules addressing regional haze planning requirements for the States of Michigan and Minnesota. Specifically, on November 26, 2013, the United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) petitioned EPA to reconsider and stay the final rulemaking captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; States of Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional Haze'' published on February 6, 2013, as well as the final rulemaking captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; States of Michigan and Minnesota; Regional Haze,'' published on September 30, 2013. Further, on June 13, 2016, U.S. Steel petitioned EPA to reconsider and stay the final rulemaking captioned ``Air Plan Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Revision to 2013 Taconite Federal Implementation Plan Establishing BART for Taconite Plants,'' published on April 12, 2016. EPA has denied the petitions by final action signed January 18, 2017, for reasons that EPA explains in the document denying U.S. Steel's petitions.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0066; EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0067; FRL-9960-05-Region 5]


Air Plan Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze SIP; FIP 
for Regional Haze; Final Action on Petitions for Reconsideration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of action denying petitions for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of its denials of petitions for reconsideration of rules addressing 
regional haze planning requirements for the States of Michigan and 
Minnesota. Specifically, on November 26, 2013, the United States Steel 
Corporation (U.S. Steel) petitioned EPA to reconsider and stay the 
final rulemaking captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
Implementation Plans; States of Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze 
State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional 
Haze'' published on February 6, 2013, as well as the final rulemaking 
captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
Plans; States of Michigan and Minnesota; Regional Haze,'' published on 
September 30, 2013. Further, on June 13, 2016, U.S. Steel petitioned 
EPA to reconsider and stay the final rulemaking captioned ``Air Plan 
Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Revision to 2013 Taconite Federal 
Implementation Plan Establishing BART for Taconite Plants,'' published 
on April 12, 2016. EPA has denied the petitions by final action signed 
January 18, 2017, for reasons that EPA explains in the document denying 
U.S. Steel's petitions.

DATES: December 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established dockets for these actions under EPA-R05-
OAR-2017-0066 for the Petition to Reconsider the Original 2013 Taconite 
FIP and EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0067 for the Petition to Reconsider the 2016 
Revisions to the Taconite FIP. These dockets include the petitions for 
reconsideration, EPA's response, and other related documents. All 
documents are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as 
copyrighted material, is not placed on

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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 Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal 
holidays. We recommend that you telephone Steven Rosenthal, 
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-6052 before visiting the Region 5 
office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rosenthal, Environmental 
Engineer, Air Planning and Maintenance Section, at 312-886-6052, 
[email protected] or at Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act 
indicates which Federal Courts of Appeal have venue for petitions for 
review of final actions by EPA. This action pertains to facilities in 
Minnesota and is not based on a determination of nationwide scope or 
effect. Thus, under section 307(b)(1), any petitions for review of 
EPA's action denying the U.S. Steel petition for reconsideration must 
be filed in the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on or before 
February 2, 2018.

    Dated: February 28, 2017.
Robert Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    Editorial note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on November 28, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-25946 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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