83_FR_14296 83 FR 14232 - Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Withdrawal for Designated Facilities and Pollutants

83 FR 14232 - Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Withdrawal for Designated Facilities and Pollutants

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 64 (April 3, 2018)

Page Range14232-14234
FR Document2018-06748

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve Ohio's request for withdrawal of the previously approved Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) State Plan. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) submitted its HMIWI withdrawal on January 24, 2018, certifying that there is only one HMIWI unit currently operating in the state of Ohio and requesting that the Federal Plan apply to the single source in the State.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0113; FRL-9976-13-Region 5]


Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 
Incinerator Withdrawal for Designated Facilities and Pollutants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve Ohio's request for withdrawal of the previously approved 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) State Plan. The 
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) submitted its HMIWI 
withdrawal on January 24, 2018, certifying that there is only one HMIWI 
unit currently operating in the state of Ohio and requesting that the 
Federal Plan apply to the single source in the State.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 3, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2018-0113, 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.

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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: Margaret Sieffert, Environmental 
Engineer, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard (AT-18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-1151, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information 
section is arranged as follows:

I. Background
II. Proposed EPA Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Background

    Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires that EPA develop 
regulations providing that states must submit to EPA plans establishing 
standards of performance for certain existing sources of pollutants. A 
standard of performance would apply to the existing source if it were 
an existing source, and if the pollutants are noncriteria pollutants 
(i.e., pollutants for which there is no national ambient air quality 
standard) and are not on a list published under section 108 of the Act 
or emitted from a source category regulated under section 112 of the 
Act. Section 129 of the Act, and 40 CFR part 60, subpart B, apply the 
section 111(d) requirements to existing solid waste combustors, 
including HMIWIs, and provide that EPA should include, as part of the 
performance standards, emissions guidelines (EGs) that include the plan 
elements required by section 129.
    The regulation at 40 CFR part 60, subpart B contains general 
provisions applicable to the adoption and submittal of state plans for 
subject facilities under sections 111(d) and 129 (111(d)/129 plan). 40 
CFR part 62, subpart A provides the procedural framework for the 
submission of the plans.
    EPA promulgated new source performance standards and EGs for HMIWIs 
on September 15, 1997 (62 FR 48382), and amended them most recently on 
October 6, 2009 (74 FR 51367) and April 4, 2011 (76 FR 18407). The 
standards and EGs are codified at 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ce and Ec, 
respectively.
    States were required to revise plans for existing HMIWIs, pursuant 
to sections 111(d) and 129 of the Act and 40 CFR part 60, subpart B. 
OEPA submitted a HMIWI State Plan on October 18, 2005. EPA approved the 
State Plan under 40 CFR 62.8880, and the State Plan became effective on 
August 6, 2007 (72 FR 36605). On May 13, 2013, EPA finalized the 
Federal Plan under 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH (78 FR 28052).
    A HMIWI unit as defined in 40 CFR 60.31e, means any device that 
combusts any amount of hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste. 
The designated facilities to which the original EG's applied were 
existing HMIWI units that: (1) For which construction was commenced on 
or before June 20, 1996, or for which modification was commenced on or 
before March 16, 1998; or (2) For which construction was commenced 
after June 20, 1996, but no later than December 1, 2008, or for which 
modification is commenced after March 16, 1998, but no later than April 
6, 2010.
    On January 21, 2018, OEPA submitted its HMIWI withdrawal, in which 
it certifies that there is only one HMIWI unit currently operating in 
Ohio. On January 18, 2013, OEPA confirmed that two of the four HMIWI 
units had shut down. Since that time an additional HMIWI unit has shut 
down. The only remaining HMIWI unit is at Stericycle, Inc, located in 
Warren, OH. Because there is only one source, OEPA is requesting that 
the previously approved State Plan be withdrawn and that the Federal 
Plan apply to the source.
    Although Section 111(d) requires States to submit State Plans, EPA 
understands that the extensive amendments that would be required by 
OEPA to revise Ohio's previously approved State Plan to make it 
consistent with the revisions would be disproportionate to the single 
affected source in Ohio. EPA's Federal Plan implementing the EG's would 
apply to the remaining source in Ohio (as well as to any existing 
affected sources if found at a later date). Ohio would be implementing 
and enforcing the Federal Plan through its Title V permitting process. 
This action should not be construed as an approval of a State Plan or 
delegation of the Federal Plan and that Ohio's Section 111(d)/129 
obligations are separate from Ohio's obligations under Title V of the 
Act. Ohio understands and accepts this limitation.

II. Proposed EPA Action

    EPA is proposing to approve Ohio's request for withdrawal of a 
previously approved State Plan and amending 40 CFR part 62 to reflect 
OEPA's withdrawal. OEPA submitted its HMIWI withdrawal on January 21, 
2018 certifying that there is only one HMIWI unit, as defined under 40 
CFR 60.31e, currently operating in the state of Ohio and requested that 
the Federal Plan apply to the single source in the State. EPA 
understands that the extensive amendments that would be required by 
OEPA to revise Ohio's previously approved State Plan to make it 
consistent with the revisions would be disproportionate to the single 
affected source in Ohio, and is proposing to approve the withdrawal and 
have the Federal Plan apply to the known affected source.

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

General Requirements

    This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the 
terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 
therefore is not subject to review by the Office of Management and 
Budget under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 
2011). 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 is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2, 2017) 
regulatory action because this action is not significant under E.O. 
12866. This action merely approves state law as meeting Federal 
requirements and merely notifies the public of EPA' approval for a 
withdrawal of a previously approved HMIWI State Plan. This action 
imposes no requirements beyond those imposed by the state. Accordingly, 
the Administrator certifies that this proposed 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 rulemaking

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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 proposed rule 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 jurisdiction. In 
those areas of Indian country, the rulemaking does not have tribal 
implications and will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal 
governments or preempt tribal law as specified by Executive Order 13175 
(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not have 
Federalism implications because it does not 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). This action 
merely approves a withdrawal, and does not alter the relationship or 
the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Act. 
This rulemaking also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997), because it approves a withdrawal.
    In reviewing section 111(d)/129 plan submissions, EPA's role is to 
approve State choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Act. 
With regard to withdrawals for designated facilities received by EPA 
from states, EPA's role is to notify the public of the approval of the 
State's withdrawal and revise 40 CFR part 62 accordingly. 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 withdrawal for failure to use VCS. It 
would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews 
a section 111(d)/129 withdrawal, to use VCS in place of a section 
111(d)/129 withdrawal submission that otherwise satisfies the 
provisions of the 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 rulemaking does not impose an information 
collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators, 
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 20, 2018.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2018-06748 Filed 4-2-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                                   TABLE 1 OF § 165.801—SECTOR OHIO VALLEY ANNUAL AND RECURRING SAFETY ZONES—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                        Sector Ohio Valley
                                                                            Date                                                       Sponsor/name                                                                                    Safety zone
                                                                                                                                                                                             location

                                                  65. 1 day—During the first two weeks of July                   City of Maysville Fireworks ............................             Maysville, KY .............    Ohio River, Mile
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     408–409 (Kentucky).
                                                  66. 1 day—Saturday before Memorial Day ....                    Venture Outdoors/Venture Outdoors Festival                           Pittsburgh, PA ............    Allegheny      River,      Mile    0.0–0.25;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Monongahela River, Mile 0.0–0.25 (Penn-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sylvania).
                                                  67. 1 day—Third Saturday in July ..................            Pittsburgh Irish Rowing Club/St. Brendan’s                           Pittsburgh, PA ............    Ohio River, Mile 7.0–9.0 (Pennsylvania).
                                                                                                                   Cup Currach Regatta.
                                                  68. 1 day—July 4th .........................................   Wellsburg 4th of July Committee/Wellsburg                            Wellsburg, WV ...........      Ohio River, Mile 73.5–74.5 (West Virginia).
                                                                                                                   4th of July Freedom Celebration.
                                                  69. 1 day—Last week in June or first week of                   Newburgh Fireworks Display .........................                 Newburgh, IN .............     Ohio River, Mile 777.3–778.3 (Indiana).
                                                    July.
                                                  70. 3 days—Third or Fourth weekend in April                    Henderson Tri-Fest/Henderson Breakfast                               Henderson, KY ..........       Ohio River, Mile 802.5–805.5 (Kentucky).
                                                                                                                   Lions Club.
                                                  71. 1 day—Third week of November .............                 Gallipolis in Lights ..........................................      Gallipolis, OH .............   Ohio River, Mile 269.2–270 (Ohio).
                                                  72. 1 day—One weekend in September ........                    Tribute to the River ........................................        Point Pleasant, WV ....        Ohio River, Mile 264.6–265.6 (West Virginia).
                                                  73. 1 day—Labor Day or first week of Sep-                      Labor Day Fireworks Show ............................                Marmet, WV ...............     Kanawha River, Mile 67.5–68 (West Vir-
                                                    tember.                                                                                                                                                            ginia).
                                                  74. 1 day—One weekend in August ..............                 Ravenswood River Festival ............................               Ravenswood, WV ......          Ohio River, Mile 220–221 (West Virginia).
                                                  75. 1 day—First weekend or week in July .....                  Queen’s Landing Fireworks ...........................                Greenup, KY ..............     Ohio River, Mile 339.3–340.3 (West Virginia).
                                                  76. 1 day—First weekend in June ..................             Cumberland River Compact/Nashville Splash                            Nashville, TN .............    Cumberland River, Mile 189.7–192.1 (Ten-
                                                                                                                   Bash.                                                                                               nessee).
                                                  77. 1 day—Second weekend in September ...                      Nashville Symphony/Concert Fireworks ........                        Nashville, TN .............    Cumberland River, Mile 190.1–192.3 (Ten-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       nessee).
                                                  78. 1 day—Second or third weekend in Octo-                     Outdoor Chattanooga/Swim the Suck ............                       Chattanooga, TN .......        Tennessee River, Mile 452.0–454.5 (Ten-
                                                    ber.                                                                                                                                                               nessee).
                                                  79. 1 day—Friday or Saturday after Thanks-                     Friends of the Festival/Cheer at the Pier .......                    Chattanooga, TN .......        Tennessee River, Mile 462.7–465.2 (Ten-
                                                    giving.                                                                                                                                                            nessee).
                                                  80. 1 day—July 3rd ........................................    Chattanooga Presents/Pops on the River .....                         Chattanooga, TN .......        Tennessee River, Mile 462.7–465.2 (Ten-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       nessee).
                                                  81. 7 days—Scheduled home games ............                   University of Tennessee/UT Football Fire-                            Knoxville, TN ..............   Tennessee River, Mile 645.6–648.3 (Ten-
                                                                                                                   works.                                                                                              nessee).
                                                  82. 1 day—July 3rd ........................................    Randy Boyd/Independence Celebration Fire-                            Knoxville, TN ..............   Tennessee River, Mile 625.0–628.0 (Ten-
                                                                                                                   works Display.                                                                                      nessee).
                                                  83. 1 day—Second weekend in September ...                      City of Clarksville/Clarksville Riverfest ...........                Clarksville, TN ............   Cumberland River, Mile 124.5–127.0 (Ten-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       nessee).
                                                  84. 1 day—Fourth weekend in October .........                  Chattajack .......................................................   Chattanooga, TN .......        Tennessee River, Mile 462.7–465.5 (Ten-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       nessee).
                                                  85. 1 day—First week in May .........................          Belterra Park Gaming Fireworks ....................                  Cincinnati, OH ............    Ohio River, Mile 460.0–462.0 (Ohio).
                                                  86. 1 day—First week of July .........................         Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra .....................                  Cincinnati, OH ............    Ohio River, Mile 460.0–462.0 (Ohio).
                                                  87. 1 day—First week in August ....................            Gliers Goetta Fest LLC ..................................            Newport, KY ...............    Ohio River, Mile 469.0–471.0.
                                                  88. 1 day—last 2 weekends in August/first                      Wheeling Dragon Boat Race .........................                  Wheeling, WV ............      Ohio River mile 90.4–91.5 (West Virginia).
                                                    week of September.
                                                  89. 1 day—week of July 4th ...........................         Wheeling Symphony fireworks .......................                  Wheeling, WV ............      Ohio River   mile 90–92 (West Virginia).
                                                  90. 1 day—week of July 4th ...........................         Chester Fireworks ..........................................         Chester, WV ..............     Ohio River   mile 42.0–44.0 (West Virginia).
                                                  91. 1 day—First week of August ....................            Kittaning Folk Festival ....................................         Kittanning, PA ............    Allegheny    River mile 44.0–46.0 (Pennsyl-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       vania).
                                                  92. 2 days—One weekend in August .............                 Powerboat Nationals—Parkersburg Regatta/                             Parkersburg, WV .......        Ohio River   mile 183.5–185.5 (West Virginia).
                                                                                                                   Parkersburg Homecoming Festival.
                                                  93. 1 day—One weekend in August ..............                 Parkersburg Homecoming Festival—Fire-                                Parkersburg, WV .......        Ohio River mile 183.5–185.5 (West Virginia).
                                                                                                                   works.



                                                  *        *        *         *         *                                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                                     Protection Agency (OEPA) submitted its
                                                    Dated: March 27, 2018.                                                   AGENCY                                                                       HMIWI withdrawal on January 24, 2018,
                                                                                                                                                                                                          certifying that there is only one HMIWI
                                                  M.B. Zamperini,                                                            40 CFR Part 62                                                               unit currently operating in the state of
                                                  Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the                                                                                                               Ohio and requesting that the Federal
                                                  Port Sector Ohio Valley.                                                   [EPA–R05–OAR–2018–0113; FRL–9976–13-
                                                                                                                             Region 5]
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Plan apply to the single source in the
                                                  [FR Doc. 2018–06739 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]                                                                                                              State.
                                                  BILLING CODE 9110–04–P                                                     Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Hospital/                                           DATES:  Comments must be received on
                                                                                                                             Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator                                         or before May 3, 2018.
                                                                                                                             Withdrawal for Designated Facilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
                                                                                                                             and Pollutants
                                                                                                                                                                                                          identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05–
                                                                                                                             AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                                            OAR–2018–0113, at http://
                                                                                                                             Agency (EPA).                                                                www.regulations.gov or via email to
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                                                                                                                             ACTION: Proposed rule.                                                       cain.alexis@epa.gov. For comments
                                                                                                                                                                                                          submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
                                                                                                                             SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                                      online instructions for submitting
                                                                                                                             Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve                                         comments. Once submitted, comments
                                                                                                                             Ohio’s request for withdrawal of the                                         cannot be edited or removed from
                                                                                                                             previously approved Hospital/Medical/                                        Regulations.gov. For either manner of
                                                                                                                             Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI)                                         submission, EPA may publish any
                                                                                                                             State Plan. The Ohio Environmental                                           comment received to its public docket.


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                                                  Do not submit electronically any                        of state plans for subject facilities under            implementing and enforcing the Federal
                                                  information you consider to be                          sections 111(d) and 129 (111(d)/129                    Plan through its Title V permitting
                                                  Confidential Business Information (CBI)                 plan). 40 CFR part 62, subpart A                       process. This action should not be
                                                  or other information whose disclosure is                provides the procedural framework for                  construed as an approval of a State Plan
                                                  restricted by statute. Multimedia                       the submission of the plans.                           or delegation of the Federal Plan and
                                                  submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be                   EPA promulgated new source                          that Ohio’s Section 111(d)/129
                                                  accompanied by a written comment.                       performance standards and EGs for                      obligations are separate from Ohio’s
                                                  The written comment is considered the                   HMIWIs on September 15, 1997 (62 FR                    obligations under Title V of the Act.
                                                  official comment and should include                     48382), and amended them most                          Ohio understands and accepts this
                                                  discussion of all points you wish to                    recently on October 6, 2009 (74 FR                     limitation.
                                                  make. EPA will generally not consider                   51367) and April 4, 2011 (76 FR 18407).
                                                                                                          The standards and EGs are codified at                  II. Proposed EPA Action
                                                  comments or comment contents located
                                                  outside of the primary submission (i.e.                 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ce and Ec,                       EPA is proposing to approve Ohio’s
                                                  on the web, cloud, or other file sharing                respectively.                                          request for withdrawal of a previously
                                                  system). For additional submission                         States were required to revise plans                approved State Plan and amending 40
                                                  methods, please contact the person                      for existing HMIWIs, pursuant to                       CFR part 62 to reflect OEPA’s
                                                  identified in the ‘‘For Further                         sections 111(d) and 129 of the Act and                 withdrawal. OEPA submitted its HMIWI
                                                  Information Contact’’ section. For the                  40 CFR part 60, subpart B. OEPA                        withdrawal on January 21, 2018
                                                  full EPA public comment policy,                         submitted a HMIWI State Plan on                        certifying that there is only one HMIWI
                                                  information about CBI or multimedia                     October 18, 2005. EPA approved the                     unit, as defined under 40 CFR 60.31e,
                                                  submissions, and general guidance on                    State Plan under 40 CFR 62.8880, and                   currently operating in the state of Ohio
                                                  making effective comments, please visit                 the State Plan became effective on                     and requested that the Federal Plan
                                                  http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/                            August 6, 2007 (72 FR 36605). On May                   apply to the single source in the State.
                                                  commenting-epa-dockets.                                 13, 2013, EPA finalized the Federal Plan               EPA understands that the extensive
                                                                                                          under 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH (78                  amendments that would be required by
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          FR 28052).                                             OEPA to revise Ohio’s previously
                                                  Margaret Sieffert, Environmental                           A HMIWI unit as defined in 40 CFR
                                                  Engineer, Environmental Protection                                                                             approved State Plan to make it
                                                                                                          60.31e, means any device that combusts                 consistent with the revisions would be
                                                  Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson                       any amount of hospital waste and/or
                                                  Boulevard (AT–18J), Chicago, Illinois                                                                          disproportionate to the single affected
                                                                                                          medical/infectious waste. The                          source in Ohio, and is proposing to
                                                  60604, (312) 353–1151,                                  designated facilities to which the
                                                  sieffert.margaret@epa.gov.                                                                                     approve the withdrawal and have the
                                                                                                          original EG’s applied were existing                    Federal Plan apply to the known
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              HMIWI units that: (1) For which                        affected source.
                                                  Throughout this document whenever                       construction was commenced on or
                                                  ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean             before June 20, 1996, or for which                     III. Statutory and Executive Order
                                                  EPA. This supplementary information                     modification was commenced on or                       Reviews
                                                  section is arranged as follows:                         before March 16, 1998; or (2) For which                General Requirements
                                                  I. Background                                           construction was commenced after June
                                                  II. Proposed EPA Action                                 20, 1996, but no later than December 1,                   This action is not a ‘‘significant
                                                  III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews              2008, or for which modification is                     regulatory action’’ under the terms of
                                                                                                          commenced after March 16, 1998, but                    Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
                                                  I. Background                                                                                                  October 4, 1993) and therefore is not
                                                                                                          no later than April 6, 2010.
                                                     Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act                     On January 21, 2018, OEPA submitted                 subject to review by the Office of
                                                  (Act) requires that EPA develop                         its HMIWI withdrawal, in which it                      Management and Budget under
                                                  regulations providing that states must                  certifies that there is only one HMIWI                 Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (76
                                                  submit to EPA plans establishing                        unit currently operating in Ohio. On                   FR 3821, January 21, 2011). For this
                                                  standards of performance for certain                    January 18, 2013, OEPA confirmed that                  reason, this action is also not subject to
                                                  existing sources of pollutants. A                       two of the four HMIWI units had shut                   Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions
                                                  standard of performance would apply to                  down. Since that time an additional                    Concerning Regulations That
                                                  the existing source if it were an existing              HMIWI unit has shut down. The only                     Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
                                                  source, and if the pollutants are                       remaining HMIWI unit is at Stericycle,                 Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May
                                                  noncriteria pollutants (i.e., pollutants                Inc, located in Warren, OH. Because                    22, 2001). This action is not an
                                                  for which there is no national ambient                  there is only one source, OEPA is                      Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339,
                                                  air quality standard) and are not on a                  requesting that the previously approved                February 2, 2017) regulatory action
                                                  list published under section 108 of the                 State Plan be withdrawn and that the                   because this action is not significant
                                                  Act or emitted from a source category                   Federal Plan apply to the source.                      under E.O. 12866. This action merely
                                                  regulated under section 112 of the Act.                    Although Section 111(d) requires                    approves state law as meeting Federal
                                                  Section 129 of the Act, and 40 CFR part                 States to submit State Plans, EPA                      requirements and merely notifies the
                                                  60, subpart B, apply the section 111(d)                 understands that the extensive                         public of EPA’ approval for a
                                                  requirements to existing solid waste                    amendments that would be required by                   withdrawal of a previously approved
                                                  combustors, including HMIWIs, and                       OEPA to revise Ohio’s previously                       HMIWI State Plan. This action imposes
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                                                  provide that EPA should include, as                     approved State Plan to make it                         no requirements beyond those imposed
                                                  part of the performance standards,                      consistent with the revisions would be                 by the state. Accordingly, the
                                                  emissions guidelines (EGs) that include                 disproportionate to the single affected                Administrator certifies that this
                                                  the plan elements required by section                   source in Ohio. EPA’s Federal Plan                     proposed rule will not have a significant
                                                  129.                                                    implementing the EG’s would apply to                   economic impact on a substantial
                                                     The regulation at 40 CFR part 60,                    the remaining source in Ohio (as well as               number of small entities under the
                                                  subpart B contains general provisions                   to any existing affected sources if found              Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601
                                                  applicable to the adoption and submittal                at a later date). Ohio would be                        et seq.). Because this rulemaking


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                                                  approves pre-existing requirements                      List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62                        • Mail: Submit all written comments
                                                  under state law and does not impose                       Environmental protection,                            to Frank Helies, NMFS Southeast
                                                  any additional enforceable duty beyond                  Administrative practice and procedure,                 Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue
                                                  that required by state law, it does not                 Air pollution control, Hospital/medical/               South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
                                                  contain any unfunded mandate or                         infectious waste incinerators,                            • Instructions: Comments sent by any
                                                  significantly or uniquely affect small                  Intergovernmental relations, Reporting                 other method, to any other address or
                                                  governments, as described in the                        and recordkeeping requirements.                        individual, or received after the end of
                                                  Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995                                                                           the comment period, may not be
                                                                                                            Dated: March 20, 2018.                               considered by NMFS. All comments
                                                  (Pub. L. 104–4). This proposed rule is
                                                                                                          Edward H. Chu,                                         received are a part of the public record
                                                  not approved to apply on any Indian
                                                  reservation land or in any other area                   Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.               and will generally be posted for public
                                                  where EPA or an Indian tribe has                        [FR Doc. 2018–06748 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]             viewing on www.regulations.gov
                                                  demonstrated that a tribe has                           BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                 without change. All personal identifying
                                                  jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian                                                                         information (e.g., name, address),
                                                                                                                                                                 confidential business information, or
                                                  country, the rulemaking does not have
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 otherwise sensitive information
                                                  tribal implications and will not impose
                                                                                                                                                                 submitted voluntarily by the sender will
                                                  substantial direct costs on tribal
                                                                                                          National Oceanic and Atmospheric                       be publicly accessible. NMFS will
                                                  governments or preempt tribal law as                                                                           accept anonymous comments (enter
                                                  specified by Executive Order 13175 (65                  Administration
                                                                                                                                                                 ‘‘N/A’’ in required fields if you wish to
                                                  FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This                                                                              remain anonymous).
                                                  action also does not have Federalism                    50 CFR Part 622
                                                                                                                                                                    Electronic copies of Abbreviated
                                                  implications because it does not have                   [Docket No. 171222999–8208–01]                         Framework 1, which includes an
                                                  substantial direct effects on the States,                                                                      environmental assessment, Regulatory
                                                  on the relationship between the national                RIN 0648–BH46
                                                                                                                                                                 Flexibility Act (RFA) analysis, and a
                                                  government and the States, or on the                                                                           regulatory impact review, may be
                                                                                                          Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
                                                  distribution of power and                                                                                      obtained from www.regulations.gov or
                                                                                                          Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-
                                                  responsibilities among the various                                                                             the Southeast Regional Office website at
                                                                                                          Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
                                                  levels of government, as specified in                                                                          http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_
                                                                                                          Region; Abbreviated Framework
                                                  Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,                     Amendment 1                                            fisheries/s_atl/sg/2017/red_grouper_
                                                  August 10, 1999). This action merely                                                                           framework/index.html.
                                                  approves a withdrawal, and does not                     AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  alter the relationship or the distribution              Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                   Frank Helies, NMFS SERO, telephone:
                                                  of power and responsibilities                           Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                     727–824–5305, email: Frank.Helies@
                                                  established in the Act. This rulemaking                 Commerce.                                              noaa.gov.
                                                  also is not subject to Executive Order                  ACTION: Proposed rule; request for                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    The
                                                  13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997),                    comments.                                              snapper-grouper fishery in the South
                                                  because it approves a withdrawal.                                                                              Atlantic region is managed under the
                                                                                                          SUMMARY:   NMFS proposes to implement
                                                     In reviewing section 111(d)/129 plan                 management measures described in                       FMP and includes red grouper, along
                                                  submissions, EPA’s role is to approve                   Abbreviated Framework Amendment 1                      with other snapper-grouper species. The
                                                  State choices, provided that they meet                  (Abbreviated Framework 1) to the                       FMP was prepared by the Council and
                                                  the criteria of the Act. With regard to                 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the                  is implemented by NMFS through
                                                  withdrawals for designated facilities                   Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South                   regulations at 50 CFR part 622 under the
                                                  received by EPA from states, EPA’s role                 Atlantic Region, as prepared and                       authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
                                                  is to notify the public of the approval of              submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery                Fishery Conservation and Management
                                                  the State’s withdrawal and revise 40                    Management Council (Council). If                       Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). All
                                                  CFR part 62 accordingly. In this context,               implemented, this proposed rule would                  weights described in this proposed rule
                                                  in the absence of a prior existing                      reduce the commercial and recreational                 are in round weight.
                                                  requirement for the State to use                        annual catch limits (ACLs) for red                     Background
                                                  voluntary consensus standards (VCS),                    grouper in the exclusive economic zone
                                                                                                                                                                    The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
                                                  EPA has no authority to disapprove a                    (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. The
                                                                                                                                                                 NMFS and regional fishery management
                                                  section 111(d)/129 withdrawal for                       purpose of the proposed rule is to
                                                                                                                                                                 councils to prevent overfishing and
                                                  failure to use VCS. It would thus be                    address the overfishing of red grouper.
                                                                                                                                                                 achieve, on a continuing basis, the
                                                  inconsistent with applicable law for                    DATES: Written comments must be                        optimum yield from federally managed
                                                  EPA, when it reviews a section 111(d)/                  received by May 3, 2018.                               fish stocks to ensure that fishery
                                                  129 withdrawal, to use VCS in place of                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                     resources are managed for the greatest
                                                  a section 111(d)/129 withdrawal                         on the proposed rule, identified by                    overall benefit to the nation.
                                                  submission that otherwise satisfies the                 ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2017–0162’’ by any of                         In 2010, NMFS determined that the
                                                  provisions of the Act. Thus, the                        the following methods:                                 South Atlantic red grouper stock was
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                                                  requirements of section 12(d) of the                       • Electronic Submission: Submit all                 undergoing overfishing and was
                                                  National Technology Transfer and                        electronic comments via the Federal                    overfished following a stock assessment
                                                  Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.                      Rulemaking Portal. Go to                               (Southeast Data, Assessment, and
                                                  272 note) do not apply. This rulemaking                 www.regulations.gov/                                   Review (SEDAR) 19). Through
                                                  does not impose an information                          #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-                       Amendment 24 to the FMP, the Council
                                                  collection burden under the provisions                  0162, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,                 and NMFS implemented a 10-year
                                                  of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                  complete the required fields, and enter                rebuilding plan in 2011, with a
                                                  (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).                               or attach your comments.                               projected end date of 2020, which was


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Document Created: 2018-04-03 00:49:33
Document Modified: 2018-04-03 00:49:33
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule.
DatesComments must be received on or before May 3, 2018.
ContactMargaret Sieffert, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (AT-18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-1151, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 14232 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Administrative Practice and Procedure; Air Pollution Control; Hospital/medical/infectious Waste Incinerators; Intergovernmental Relations and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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