83 FR 19476 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the Lebanon and Delaware County Nonattainment Areas for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 86 (May 3, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2018)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 19476-19478] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-09201] [[Page 19476]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0423; FRL-9977-34-Region 3] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the Lebanon and Delaware County Nonattainment Areas for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve two state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These revisions pertain to base year emission inventories for the Lebanon County and Delaware County nonattainment areas for the 2012 annual fine particulate national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires states to submit a comprehensive, accurate and current inventory of actual emissions from all sources of direct and secondary ambient fine particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5 ) for all PM2.5 nonattainment areas. This action is being taken under Title I of the CAA. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 4, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03- OAR-2017-0423 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to spielberger.susan@epa.gov. 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: Brian Rehn, (215) 814-2176, or by email at rehn.brian@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Ambient or outdoor air can contain a variety of pollutants, including particulate matter (PM). Airborne PM can be comprised of either solid or liquid particles, or a complex mixture of particles in both solid and liquid form. The most common airborne PM constituents include sulfate (SO4); nitrate (NO3); ammonium; elemental carbon; organic mass; and inorganic material, referred to as ``crustal'' material, which can include metals, dust, soil and other trace elements. PM2.5 includes ``primary'' particles, which are directly emitted into the air by a variety of sources, and ``secondary'' particles, that are formed in the atmosphere as a result of reactions between precursor pollutants (e.g., SO4 and NO3 from emissions of mobile and stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide combining with ammonia). The human health effects associated with long- or short-term exposure to PM2.5 are significant and include premature mortality, aggravation of respiratory and cardiovascular disease (as indicated by increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits) and development of chronic respiratory disease. Welfare effects associated with elevated PM2.5 levels include visibility impairment, effects on sensitive ecosystems, materials damage and soiling, and climatic and radiative processes. On December 14, 2012, EPA promulgated a revised primary annual PM2.5 NAAQS to provide increased protection of public health from fine particle pollution (the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS). 78 FR 3086 (January 15, 2013). In that action, EPA strengthened the primary annual PM2.5 standard, lowering the level from 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter ([micro]g/m\3\) to 12.0 mg/m3. The 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS is attained when the 3-year average of the annual arithmetic mean monitored values does not exceed 12.0 mg/m3. See 40 CFR 50.18. On January 15, 2015 (80 FR 2206), EPA published area designations, as required by CAA section 107(d)(1), for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Through that designations action, EPA identified as ``nonattainment'' those areas that were then violating the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS based on quality-assured, certified air quality monitoring data from 2011 to 2013 and those areas that contributed to a violation of the NAAQS in a nearby area. In that action, EPA designated the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas as moderate nonattainment for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS, effective April 15, 2015. See 40 CFR 81.339. Pennsylvania's Delaware County and the Lebanon County nonattainment areas are each comprised of a single county. Under section 172(c)(3) of the CAA, Pennsylvania is required to submit a comprehensive, accurate, and current inventory of actual emissions from all sources (point, nonpoint, nonroad, and onroad) of the relevant pollutants, in each nonattainment area. EPA's ``Provisions for Implementation of the PM2.5 NAAQS'' (or PM implementation rule), at 40 CFR part 51, subpart Z, sets criteria for which pollutants are to be included by states in the required base year emission inventory. This inventory must include direct PM2.5 emissions, separately reported PM2.5 filterable and condensable emissions, and emissions of the PM2.5 precursors. 40 CFR 51.1008. II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA Analysis On May 5, 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) submitted a formal SIP revision consisting of the 2011 base year emissions inventory for the Delaware County nonattainment area for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. On September 25, 2017, PADEP submitted a formal revision consisting of the 2011 base year emission inventory for the Lebanon County nonattainment area for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. PADEP selected 2011 as its base year for SIP planning purposes, per EPA's PM implementation rule, at 40 CFR 51.1008(a)(1)(i), which requires that the base year inventory year shall be one of the 3 years for which monitored data were used for designations or another technically appropriate inventory year if justified by the state in the plan submission. EPA's nonattainment designations for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS were made for both the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas based on monitoring data from 2011- 2013 and thus included 2011. Furthermore, 2011 was the most recent and complete inventory for which emissions could be [[Page 19477]] derived from the 2011 National Emission Inventory Version 2 (NEI v2). PADEP's 2011 base year inventories for both areas include emissions estimates covering the stationary point, area (nonpoint), nonroad mobile, onroad mobile, and source categories. EPA's PM2.5 implementation rule requires the base year emissions inventory to include direct PM2.5 emissions, as well as separately reported PM2.5 filterable and condensable emissions, and emissions of the scientific PM2.5 precursors. 40 CFR 51.1008(a)(1)(iv). In its 2011 base year inventory SIP submittals for the Delaware and Lebanon County nonattainment areas, PADEP reported actual annual emissions of directly-emitted PM2.5 emissions (PM2.5 PRI), as well as separately reported PM2.5 filterable and condensable particulate matter (PM CON) emissions. PM CON is matter that exists as a vapor at stack conditions, but becomes a solid or liquid once it exits the stack and is cooled by ambient air. PADEP's base year inventories for these areas also include directly-emitted, primary particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10 PRI), emissions precursors that contribute to secondary formation of PM2.5 , including sulfur dioxides (SO2 ), nitrogen oxides (NOX ), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and ammonia (NH3) emissions. Table 1 summarizes the 2011 emission inventory by source sector for each pollutant or pollutant precursor for the Delaware County 2012 annual PM2.5 nonattainment area, expressed as annual emissions in tons per year (tpy). Table 1--Summary of 2011 Emissions of PM2.5, PM10, and PM2.5 Precursors for the Delaware County 2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS Nonattainment Area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual emissions (tpy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source sector PM10 Primary PM2.5 Primary \1\ \2\ SO2 NOX VOC NH3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stationary Point Sources \3\............................ 1,671.81 1,496.70 4,975.94 7,641.98 1,393.18 217.50 Area Sources \4\........................................ 2,502.73 998.82 2,055.13 2,875.85 6,779.07 206.47 Onroad Mobile Sources \5\............................... 328.61 179.01 31.05 5,643.30 2,999.73 130.41 Nonroad Mobile Sources.................................. 128.87 121.78 3.498 1,123.96 1,787.97 1.759 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Emissions..................................... 4,632.02 2,796.30 7,065.62 17,285.08 12,959.95 556.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Primary PM particles are emitted directly to the air from a source and include both filterable particulate and condensable components. Condensable PM (PM CON) exists as a vapor at stack conditions but exists as a solid or liquid once it exits the stack and is cooled by ambient air. All PM CON is smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter and, therefore, represents condensable matter for both PM10 and PM2.5. PM10 Primary is the sum of filterable PM10 (PM10 FIL) and PM CON. \2\ PM2.5 Primary is the sum of filterable PM2.5 and PM CON. \3\ The PM10 Primary value for stationary point sources includes a condensable component of 656.39 tpy. Because PM10 includes PM2.5 by definition, the PM2.5 Primary value for stationary point sources includes the same condensable component of 656.39 tpy. \4\ PMio Primary includes PM10 FIL and PM CON. PM2.5 Primary includes PM2.5 FIL and PM CON. Condensable emissions for the area source sector are a subset of PM Primary emissions, or 164.93 tpy. \5\ Condensable emissions for the onroad and nonroad sectors are not separately calculated by the MOVES model, and are therefore included within the PM10 Primary and PM2.5 Primary values of this table. Table 2 summarizes the 2011 emission inventory by source sector for each pollutant or pollutant precursor for the Lebanon County 2012 annual PM2.5 nonattainment area, expressed as annual emissions in tons per year. Table 2--Summary of 2011 Emissions of PM2.5, PM10, and PM2.5 Precursors for the Lebanon County 2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS Nonattainment Area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual emissions (tpy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source sector PM10 Primary PM2.5 Primary \1\ \2\ SO2 NOX VOC NH3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stationary Point Sources \3\............................ 136.64 80.68 278.53 690.30 182.37 17.44 Area Sources \4\........................................ 4,462.63 1,287.21 373.62 869.09 5,924.16 3,843.03 Onroad Mobile Sources \5\............................... 140.23 92.50 11.21 2,937.04 1,331.72 49.15 Nonroad Mobile Sources.................................. 64.48 61.55 1.684 615.91 668.43 0.751 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Emissions..................................... 4,803.98 1,521.94 665.05 5,112.33 8,106.69 3,910.37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Primary PM particles are emitted directly to the air from a source and include both filterable particulate and condensable components. PM10 Primary is the sum of filterable PM10 FIL and PM CON. \2\ PM2.5 Primary is the sum of filterable PM2.5 and PM CON. \3\ The PM10 Primary value for stationary point sources includes a condensable component of 48.04 tpy. Because PM10 includes PM2.5 by definition, the PM2.5 Primary value for stationary point sources includes the same condensable component of 48.04 tpy. \4\ PM10 Primary includes PM10 FIL and PM CON. PM2.5 Primary includes PM2.5 FIL and PM CON. Condensable emissions for the area source sector are a subset of PM Primary emissions, or 38.88 tpy. \5\ Condensable emissions for the onroad and nonroad sectors are not separately calculated by the MOVES model, and are therefore included within the PM10 Primary and PM2.5 Primary values of this table. Stationary point sources are large, stationary, and identifiable sources of emissions that release pollutants into the atmosphere. PADEP extracted data for PM2.5 source emissions from the 2011 NEI v2, which receives input from each state's annual inventory estimates. For the Delaware County nonattainment area, major sources of PM2.5 emissions and precursors have historically been refineries, electric power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For the Lebanon [[Page 19478]] County nonattainment area, the major sources include an electric power plant and a mineral processing facility. Area sources are stationary, nonpoint sources that are too small and numerous to be inventoried individually. Area sources are inventoried at the county level and aggregated with like categories. Area sources are typically estimated by multiplying an emission factor by some collective activity for each source category, such as population or employment data. PADEP accounted for control efficiency, rule effectiveness, and rule penetration in its area source calculations, where possible. PADEP's SIP submittals for the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas each lists these area source emissions by source category in an appendix to the SIP. Onroad sources of emissions include motor vehicles, such as cars, trucks, and buses, which are operated on public roadways. PADEP modelled onroad emissions using EPA's Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) model, version MOVES2014, coupled with vehicle miles of travel activity levels. PADEP reports these onroad emissions estimates in an appendix of each area's SIP submittal by pollutant and by highway source category. Nonroad sources are mobile, internal combustion sources other than highway motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, lawn and garden equipment, recreational vehicles, construction and agricultural equipment, and industrial equipment. However, emissions from locomotives, commercial marine vessels, and aircraft are included with the point and area source sectors. Nonroad mobile source emissions from different source categories are calculated using various methodologies, primarily by use of EPA's MOVES NONROAD emissions model or from EPA's National Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM). PADEP reports its nonroad emissions in an appendix to each area's base year SIP submittal. EPA reviewed Pennsylvania's 2011 base year emission inventory submissions including results, procedures, and methodologies for the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas and found them to be acceptable and approvable under sections 110 and 172(c)(3) of the CAA. EPA prepared a Technical Support Document (TSD) for each of the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas in support of this rulemaking. These TSDs are available online at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0423. III. Proposed Action EPA is proposing to approve Pennsylvania's SIP revision dated May 5, 2017 for the base year emission inventory for the Delaware County 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment area and Pennsylvania's SIP revision dated September 25, 2017 for the base year emission inventory for the Lebanon County 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment area. EPA is proposing to approve the base year emission inventories for these areas because the inventories for PM2.5 and its precursors were prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of sections 110 and 172(c)(3) of the CAA and its implementing regulations including 40 CFR 51.1008. EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this document. These comments will be considered before taking final action. EPA is taking a single rulemaking action proposing to approve both of these SIP submittals, which were submitted separately, as they address the same emission inventory requirement for two different moderate 2012 annual PM2.5 nonattainment areas in the same state. However, if EPA receives adverse comment on the proposed approval affecting only one of these SIP revisions, EPA reserves the right to take separate final action on the remaining SIP revision if relevant comments are not received on that SIP revision. IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed action:Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011); Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory action because SIP approvals are exempted under Executive Order 12866. Does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); Is certified as not having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4); Does not have federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); Is not an economically significant regulatory action based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); Is not a significant regulatory action subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the CAA; and Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, this proposed rule to approve the base year emission inventory SIP revisions for the Delaware County and Lebanon County nonattainment areas under the 2012 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: April 19, 2018. Cosmo Servidio, Regional Administrator, Region III. [FR Doc. 2018-09201 Filed 5-2-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION identified in the FOR FURTHER required by CAA section 107(d)(1), for
AGENCY INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Through
full EPA public comment policy, that designations action, EPA identified
40 CFR Part 52 information about CBI or multimedia as ‘‘nonattainment’’ those areas that
[EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0423; FRL–9977–34– submissions, and general guidance on were then violating the 2012 annual
Region 3] making effective comments, please visit PM2.5 NAAQS based on quality-assured,
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ certified air quality monitoring data
Approval and Promulgation of Air commenting-epa-dockets. from 2011 to 2013 and those areas that
Quality Implementation Plans; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: contributed to a violation of the NAAQS
Pennsylvania; Base Year Emissions Brian Rehn, (215) 814–2176, or by email in a nearby area. In that action, EPA
Inventories for the Lebanon and at rehn.brian@epa.gov. designated the Delaware County and
Delaware County Nonattainment Areas Lebanon County nonattainment areas as
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate moderate nonattainment for the 2012
Matter National Ambient Air Quality I. Background annual PM2.5 NAAQS, effective April
Standard Ambient or outdoor air can contain a 15, 2015. See 40 CFR 81.339.
variety of pollutants, including Pennsylvania’s Delaware County and
AGENCY: Environmental Protection the Lebanon County nonattainment
Agency (EPA). particulate matter (PM). Airborne PM
can be comprised of either solid or areas are each comprised of a single
ACTION: Proposed rule. county. Under section 172(c)(3) of the
liquid particles, or a complex mixture of
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection particles in both solid and liquid form. CAA, Pennsylvania is required to
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve The most common airborne PM submit a comprehensive, accurate, and
two state implementation plan (SIP) constituents include sulfate (SO4); current inventory of actual emissions
revisions submitted by the from all sources (point, nonpoint,
nitrate (NO3); ammonium; elemental
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These nonroad, and onroad) of the relevant
carbon; organic mass; and inorganic
revisions pertain to base year emission pollutants, in each nonattainment area.
material, referred to as ‘‘crustal’’
inventories for the Lebanon County and EPA’s ‘‘Provisions for Implementation
material, which can include metals,
Delaware County nonattainment areas of the PM2.5 NAAQS’’ (or PM
dust, soil and other trace elements.
for the 2012 annual fine particulate implementation rule), at 40 CFR part 51,
PM2.5 includes ‘‘primary’’ particles,
national ambient air quality standard subpart Z, sets criteria for which
which are directly emitted into the air
(NAAQS). The Clean Air Act (CAA) pollutants are to be included by states
by a variety of sources, and ‘‘secondary’’
requires states to submit a in the required base year emission
particles, that are formed in the
comprehensive, accurate and current inventory. This inventory must include
atmosphere as a result of reactions direct PM2.5 emissions, separately
inventory of actual emissions from all between precursor pollutants (e.g., SO4
sources of direct and secondary ambient reported PM2.5 filterable and
and NO3 from emissions of mobile and condensable emissions, and emissions
fine particulate matter less than 2.5 stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen
microns in diameter (PM2.5) for all PM2.5 of the PM2.5 precursors. 40 CFR 51.1008.
and sulfur dioxide combining with
nonattainment areas. This action is ammonia). II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA
being taken under Title I of the CAA. The human health effects associated Analysis
DATES: Written comments must be with long- or short-term exposure to On May 5, 2017, the Pennsylvania
received on or before June 4, 2018. PM2.5 are significant and include Department of Environmental Protection
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, premature mortality, aggravation of (PADEP) submitted a formal SIP
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– respiratory and cardiovascular disease revision consisting of the 2011 base year
OAR–2017–0423 at http:// (as indicated by increased hospital emissions inventory for the Delaware
www.regulations.gov, or via email to admissions and emergency room visits) County nonattainment area for the 2012
spielberger.susan@epa.gov. For and development of chronic respiratory annual PM2.5 NAAQS. On September
comments submitted at Regulations.gov, disease. Welfare effects associated with 25, 2017, PADEP submitted a formal
follow the online instructions for elevated PM2.5 levels include visibility revision consisting of the 2011 base year
submitting comments. Once submitted, impairment, effects on sensitive emission inventory for the Lebanon
comments cannot be edited or removed ecosystems, materials damage and County nonattainment area for the 2012
from Regulations.gov. For either manner soiling, and climatic and radiative annual PM2.5 NAAQS.
of submission, EPA may publish any processes. PADEP selected 2011 as its base year
comment received to its public docket. On December 14, 2012, EPA for SIP planning purposes, per EPA’s
Do not submit electronically any promulgated a revised primary annual PM implementation rule, at 40 CFR
information you consider to be PM2.5 NAAQS to provide increased 51.1008(a)(1)(i), which requires that the
confidential business information (CBI) protection of public health from fine base year inventory year shall be one of
or other information whose disclosure is particle pollution (the 2012 annual the 3 years for which monitored data
restricted by statute. Multimedia PM2.5 NAAQS). 78 FR 3086 (January 15, were used for designations or another
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 2013). In that action, EPA strengthened technically appropriate inventory year if
accompanied by a written comment. the primary annual PM2.5 standard, justified by the state in the plan
The written comment is considered the lowering the level from 15.0 micrograms submission. EPA’s nonattainment
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official comment and should include per cubic meter (mg/m3) to 12.0 mg/m3. designations for the 2012 annual PM2.5
discussion of all points you wish to The 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS is NAAQS were made for both the
make. EPA will generally not consider attained when the 3-year average of the Delaware County and Lebanon County
comments or comment contents located annual arithmetic mean monitored nonattainment areas based on
outside of the primary submission (i.e. values does not exceed 12.0 mg/m3. See monitoring data from 2011–2013 and
on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 40 CFR 50.18. thus included 2011. Furthermore, 2011
system). For additional submission On January 15, 2015 (80 FR 2206), was the most recent and complete
methods, please contact the person EPA published area designations, as inventory for which emissions could be
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County nonattainment area, the major III. Proposed Action substantial number of small entities
sources include an electric power plant EPA is proposing to approve under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
and a mineral processing facility. Pennsylvania’s SIP revision dated May U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Area sources are stationary, nonpoint 5, 2017 for the base year emission • Does not contain any unfunded
sources that are too small and numerous inventory for the Delaware County 2012 mandate or significantly or uniquely
to be inventoried individually. Area annual PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment affect small governments, as described
sources are inventoried at the county area and Pennsylvania’s SIP revision in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
level and aggregated with like dated September 25, 2017 for the base of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
categories. Area sources are typically year emission inventory for the Lebanon
estimated by multiplying an emission County 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS • Does not have federalism
factor by some collective activity for nonattainment area. EPA is proposing to implications as specified in Executive
each source category, such as approve the base year emission Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
population or employment data. PADEP inventories for these areas because the 1999);
accounted for control efficiency, rule inventories for PM2.5 and its precursors • Is not an economically significant
effectiveness, and rule penetration in its were prepared in accordance with the regulatory action based on health or
area source calculations, where applicable requirements of sections 110 safety risks subject to Executive Order
possible. PADEP’s SIP submittals for the and 172(c)(3) of the CAA and its 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
Delaware County and Lebanon County implementing regulations including 40
nonattainment areas each lists these CFR 51.1008. EPA is soliciting public • Is not a significant regulatory action
area source emissions by source comments on the issues discussed in subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
category in an appendix to the SIP. this document. These comments will be 28355, May 22, 2001);
Onroad sources of emissions include considered before taking final action. • Is not subject to requirements of
motor vehicles, such as cars, trucks, and EPA is taking a single rulemaking action Section 12(d) of the National
buses, which are operated on public proposing to approve both of these SIP Technology Transfer and Advancement
roadways. PADEP modelled onroad submittals, which were submitted Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
emissions using EPA’s Motor Vehicle separately, as they address the same application of those requirements would
Emission Simulator (MOVES) model, emission inventory requirement for two be inconsistent with the CAA; and
version MOVES2014, coupled with different moderate 2012 annual PM2.5
vehicle miles of travel activity levels. nonattainment areas in the same state. • Does not provide EPA with the
PADEP reports these onroad emissions However, if EPA receives adverse discretionary authority to address, as
estimates in an appendix of each area’s comment on the proposed approval appropriate, disproportionate human
SIP submittal by pollutant and by affecting only one of these SIP revisions, health or environmental effects, using
highway source category. EPA reserves the right to take separate practicable and legally permissible
Nonroad sources are mobile, internal final action on the remaining SIP methods, under Executive Order 12898
combustion sources other than highway revision if relevant comments are not (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
motor vehicles, including, but not received on that SIP revision. In addition, this proposed rule to
limited to, lawn and garden equipment, IV. Statutory and Executive Order approve the base year emission
recreational vehicles, construction and Reviews inventory SIP revisions for the Delaware
agricultural equipment, and industrial County and Lebanon County
equipment. However, emissions from Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission nonattainment areas under the 2012
locomotives, commercial marine annual PM2.5 NAAQS does not have
vessels, and aircraft are included with that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable federal regulations. tribal implications as specified by
the point and area source sectors. Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
Nonroad mobile source emissions from 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is
different source categories are
EPA’s role is to approve state choices, not approved to apply in Indian country
calculated using various methodologies,
provided that they meet the criteria of located in the state, and EPA notes that
primarily by use of EPA’s MOVES
the CAA. Accordingly, this action it will not impose substantial direct
NONROAD emissions model or from
merely approves state law as meeting costs on tribal governments or preempt
EPA’s National Mobile Inventory Model
federal requirements and does not tribal law.
(NMIM). PADEP reports its nonroad
impose additional requirements beyond
emissions in an appendix to each area’s List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
those imposed by state law. For that
base year SIP submittal.
reason, this proposed action: Environmental protection, Air
EPA reviewed Pennsylvania’s 2011 • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
base year emission inventory action’’ subject to review by the Office pollution control, Incorporation by
submissions including results, of Management and Budget under reference, Particulate matter, Reporting
procedures, and methodologies for the Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
Delaware County and Lebanon County October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
nonattainment areas and found them to January 21, 2011); Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
be acceptable and approvable under • Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
sections 110 and 172(c)(3) of the CAA. Dated: April 19, 2018.
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FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
EPA prepared a Technical Support action because SIP approvals are Cosmo Servidio,
Document (TSD) for each of the exempted under Executive Order 12866. Regional Administrator, Region III.
Delaware County and Lebanon County • Does not impose an information [FR Doc. 2018–09201 Filed 5–2–18; 8:45 am]
nonattainment areas in support of this collection burden under the provisions BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
rulemaking. These TSDs are available of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
online at http://www.regulations.gov, U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Proposed rule. | |
| Dates | Written comments must be received on or before June 4, 2018. | |
| Contact | Brian Rehn, (215) 814-2176, or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 19476 | |
| CFR Associated | Environmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Particulate Matter; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Sulfur Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds |
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