83_FR_30475 83 FR 30350 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress Report

83 FR 30350 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress Report

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 125 (June 28, 2018)

Page Range30350-30352
FR Document2018-13825

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving Minnesota's regional haze progress report under the Clean Air Act (CAA) as a revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP). Minnesota has satisfied the progress report requirements of the Regional Haze Rule. Minnesota also provided a determination of the adequacy of its plan in addressing regional haze with its negative declaration, submitted with the progress report, that no revisions are needed to its plan.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0034; FRL-9980-09--Region 5]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress Report

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving 
Minnesota's regional haze progress report under the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
as a revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
Minnesota has satisfied the progress report requirements of the 
Regional Haze Rule. Minnesota also provided a determination of the 
adequacy of its plan in addressing regional haze with its negative 
declaration, submitted with the progress report, that no revisions are 
needed to its plan.

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0034. All documents in the docket are listed on 
the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is 
not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard 
copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
through www.regulations.gov or at the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We recommend 
that you telephone Matt Rau, Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-6524 
before visiting the Region 5 office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Rau, Environmental Engineer, 
Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6524, [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. What are EPA's responses to the comments?
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Background

    States are required to submit a progress report every five years 
that evaluates progress towards the reasonable progress goals (RPGs) 
for each mandatory Class I Federal area \1\ (Class I area) within the 
state and in each Class I area outside the state which may be affected 
by emissions from within the state. 40 CFR 51.308(g). States are also 
required to submit, at the same time as the progress report, a 
determination of the adequacy of the state's existing regional haze 
SIP. 40 CFR 51.308(h). The first progress report SIP is due five years 
after submittal of the initial regional haze SIP.
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    \1\ Under the CAA, a Class I Federal area is one in which 
visibility is protected more stringently than under the national 
ambient air quality standards. Class I Federal areas include 
national parks, wilderness areas, monuments, and other areas of 
special national and cultural significance.
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    Minnesota submitted its regional haze plan to EPA on December 30, 
2009, with a supplement submitted on May 8, 2012. Correspondingly, 
Minnesota submitted its five-year progress report and its determination 
of adequacy on December 30, 2014. Minnesota made no substantive 
revisions to its regional haze plan as it determined that the existing 
SIP is sufficient to achieve the 2018 reasonable progress goals for the 
Class I areas impacted by Minnesota emissions and thus further revision 
to the SIP was unnecessary. EPA is approving Minnesota's progress 
report on the basis that it satisfies the applicable requirements of 40 
CFR 51.308.
    In order to satisfy the requirements for Best Available Retrofit 
Technology (BART) for certain taconite ore processing facilities in 
Minnesota, EPA promulgated a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for 
taconite on February 6, 2013, (78 FR 8706) and revised the taconite FIP 
on April 12, 2016, (81 FR 21672). Minnesota elected to use the Cross-
State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) to satisfy BART for its electric 
generating units.
    Two Class I areas are located in Minnesota, the Boundary Waters 
Canoe Wilderness Area (Boundary Waters) and the Voyageurs National Park 
(Voyageurs). Further, Minnesota emissions contribute to visibility 
impairment at a Class I area located out of state, the Isle Royale 
National Park (Isle Royale) in Michigan.
    A direct final rule (DFR) approving the Minnesota regional haze 
progress report published on October 18, 2017 (82 FR 48425), along with 
a proposed rule (82 FR 48472) that provided a 30-day public comment 
period. The DFR evaluated the Minnesota submission by assessing its 
progress in implementing its regional haze plan during the first half 
of the first implementation period as well as the statutory and 
regulatory background for EPA's review of

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Minnesota's regional haze plan. The DFR also provided a description of 
the regional haze requirements addressed in the Minnesota progress 
report. The DFR serves as the detailed basis for this final rule.

II. What are EPA's responses to the comments?

    Comments were received on the DFR (82 FR 48425). The two anonymous 
commenters both expressed concern over CSAPR issues. The comments 
pertain to issues that were addressed in earlier Federal rulemakings.
    Comments: One commenter claims that Minnesota's submission cannot 
be approved because CSAPR is a FIP and Minnesota cannot rely on a FIP 
to demonstrate that its SIP is adequate. The commenter also claims that 
CSAPR has been rescinded as a program and is no longer in force. The 
commenter states that, as a result, Minnesota cannot rely on CSAPR for 
its long term goals.
    The other commenter contends that EPA cannot approve progress 
reports that rely on CSAPR or any other regional trading program to 
satisfy the BART requirements because BART is required on a source-by-
source basis. The commenter claims that BART needs to evaluated based 
on the impacts on each national park from each source, not as a 
holistic multi-source or multi-park evaluation.
    Response: The regulations governing progress reports do not include 
a requirement for states (or EPA) to ensure that all applicable 
regional haze requirements for the planning period have been met by the 
existing plan. As such, the comment raising concerns about the reliance 
on CSAPR to satisfy the BART requirement raises issues outside the 
scope of this rulemaking. We do note, however, that 40 CFR 51.308(e)(4) 
allows a state to rely on participation in a CSAPR FIP to address the 
BART requirements for electric generating units (EGUs). Consistent with 
this rule, EPA approved Minnesota's regional haze plan in 2012 as 
satisfying the applicable BART requirements in 40 CFR 51.308 for the 
subject EGUs through participation in CSAPR (77 FR 34801 (June 12, 
2012)).
    EPA's approval of Minnesota's reliance on CSAPR to satisfy the BART 
requirements for these sources rather than requiring source by source 
BART was upheld by the 8th Circuit. National Parks Conservation Ass'n 
v. McCarthy, 816 F.3d.989, 994 (8th Cir. 2016). More broadly, EPA's 
regulations that allow for the comparison of average visibility 
improvements across multiple Class I areas in assessing regional 
trading programs as alternatives to BART has also been upheld as 
reasonable by the D.C. Circuit. Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, 
471 F.3d 1333, 1340-41 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (upholding CAIR as a BART 
alternative); Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, 885 F.3d 714, 721 
(D.C. Cir. 2018) (upholding CSAPR as a BART alternative). We also note 
that CSAPR has not been rescinded and remains in force. Finally, the 
regional haze rule defines ``implementation plan'' to include approved 
SIPs or FIPs. Given this, states may rely on FIPs in their progress 
reports to demonstrate the adequacy of a plan to achieve reasonable 
progress goals.
    In summary, EPA disagrees that the points raised by the commenters 
prevent approval of the progress report. Thus, EPA finds that 
Minnesota's progress report satisfies 40 CFR 51.308.

III. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is approving the regional haze progress report that Minnesota 
submitted on December 30, 2014, under the CAA as a revision to the 
Minnesota SIP. EPA finds that Minnesota has satisfied the progress 
report requirements of the Regional Haze Rule. EPA also finds that 
Minnesota has met the requirements for a determination of the adequacy 
of its regional haze plan with its negative declaration submitted with 
the progress report.

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 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, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian 
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has 
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 
country, the rule 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).
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by August 27, 2018. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not

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affect the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review 
nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review 
may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or 
action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to 
enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate 
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, 
Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: June 18, 2018.
Cathy Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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


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2. In Sec.  52.1220, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding an 
entry for ``Regional Haze Progress Report'' to follow the entry titled 
``Regional Haze Plan'' to read as follows:


Sec.  52.1220  Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

                                EPA--Approved Minnesota Nonregulatory Provisions
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                                                               State
   Name of nonregulatory SIP      Applicable  geographic     submittal
           provision             or  nonattainment  area       date/       EPA approved date       Comments
                                                          effective date
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Regional Haze Progress Report..  statewide..............      12/30/2014  6/28/2018, [insert  ..................
                                                                           Federal Register
                                                                           citation].
 
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                                           § 52.820       Identification of plan                         (d) * * *
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                                                                                          EPA-APPROVED IOWA SOURCE-SPECIFIC ORDERS/PERMITS
                                                                                                        State effective
                                               Name of source                  Order/Permit No.                                          EPA approval date                              Explanation
                                                                                                             date


                                                    *                          *                         *                       *                    *                           *                  *
                                           (29) Grain Processing           Administrative Con-                  1/16/17     12/1/14, 79 FR 71025; amend-              The last sentence of Paragraph 5, Section
                                             Corporation.                    sent Order No.                                   ment approved 6/28/18 [Insert             III and Section VI are not approved by
                                                                             2014–AQ–A1.                                      Federal Register citation].               EPA as part of the SIP.

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                                           *      *         *       *      *                           www.regulations.gov or at the                               SIP is due five years after submittal of
                                           [FR Doc. 2018–13857 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am]                 Environmental Protection Agency,                            the initial regional haze SIP.
                                           BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                      Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77                       Minnesota submitted its regional haze
                                                                                                       West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,                            plan to EPA on December 30, 2009, with
                                                                                                       Illinois 60604. This facility is open from                  a supplement submitted on May 8,
                                           ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                    8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through                      2012. Correspondingly, Minnesota
                                           AGENCY                                                      Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We                      submitted its five-year progress report
                                                                                                       recommend that you telephone Matt                           and its determination of adequacy on
                                           40 CFR Part 52
                                                                                                       Rau, Environmental Engineer, at (312)                       December 30, 2014. Minnesota made no
                                           [EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0034; FRL–9980–                           886–6524 before visiting the Region 5                       substantive revisions to its regional haze
                                           09—Region 5]                                                office.                                                     plan as it determined that the existing
                                                                                                                                                                   SIP is sufficient to achieve the 2018
                                           Approval and Promulgation of Air                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Matt                    reasonable progress goals for the Class I
                                           Quality Implementation Plans;                               Rau, Environmental Engineer, Control                        areas impacted by Minnesota emissions
                                           Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress                           Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch                     and thus further revision to the SIP was
                                           Report                                                      (AR–18J), Environmental Protection                          unnecessary. EPA is approving
                                           AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                           Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson                           Minnesota’s progress report on the basis
                                           Agency (EPA).                                               Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,                         that it satisfies the applicable
                                           ACTION: Final rule.
                                                                                                       (312) 886–6524, rau.matthew@epa.gov.                        requirements of 40 CFR 51.308.
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                     In order to satisfy the requirements for
                                           SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                                                                                Best Available Retrofit Technology
                                                                                                       Throughout this document whenever
                                           Agency (EPA) is approving Minnesota’s                                                                                   (BART) for certain taconite ore
                                                                                                       ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
                                           regional haze progress report under the                                                                                 processing facilities in Minnesota, EPA
                                                                                                       EPA. This supplementary information
                                           Clean Air Act (CAA) as a revision to the                                                                                promulgated a Federal Implementation
                                                                                                       section is arranged as follows:
                                           Minnesota State Implementation Plan                                                                                     Plan (FIP) for taconite on February 6,
                                           (SIP). Minnesota has satisfied the                          I. Background                                               2013, (78 FR 8706) and revised the
                                           progress report requirements of the                         II. What are EPA’s responses to the                         taconite FIP on April 12, 2016, (81 FR
                                           Regional Haze Rule. Minnesota also                               comments?                                              21672). Minnesota elected to use the
                                           provided a determination of the                             III. What action is EPA taking?                             Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)
                                           adequacy of its plan in addressing                          IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews                   to satisfy BART for its electric
                                           regional haze with its negative                             I. Background                                               generating units.
                                           declaration, submitted with the progress                                                                                   Two Class I areas are located in
                                           report, that no revisions are needed to                       States are required to submit a                           Minnesota, the Boundary Waters Canoe
                                           its plan.                                                   progress report every five years that                       Wilderness Area (Boundary Waters) and
                                           DATES: This final rule is effective on July                 evaluates progress towards the                              the Voyageurs National Park
                                           30, 2018.                                                   reasonable progress goals (RPGs) for                        (Voyageurs). Further, Minnesota
                                           ADDRESSES: EPA has established a                            each mandatory Class I Federal area 1                       emissions contribute to visibility
                                           docket for this action under Docket ID                      (Class I area) within the state and in                      impairment at a Class I area located out
                                           No. EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0034. All                              each Class I area outside the state which                   of state, the Isle Royale National Park
                                           documents in the docket are listed on                       may be affected by emissions from                           (Isle Royale) in Michigan.
                                           the www.regulations.gov website.                            within the state. 40 CFR 51.308(g).                            A direct final rule (DFR) approving
                                           Although listed in the index, some                          States are also required to submit, at the                  the Minnesota regional haze progress
                                           information is not publicly available,                      same time as the progress report, a                         report published on October 18, 2017
                                           i.e., Confidential Business Information                     determination of the adequacy of the                        (82 FR 48425), along with a proposed
                                           (CBI) or other information whose                            state’s existing regional haze SIP. 40                      rule (82 FR 48472) that provided a 30-
                                           disclosure is restricted by statute.                        CFR 51.308(h). The first progress report                    day public comment period. The DFR
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                                           Certain other material, such as                                                                                         evaluated the Minnesota submission by
                                           copyrighted material, is not placed on                        1 Under the CAA, a Class I Federal area is one in         assessing its progress in implementing
                                           the internet and will be publicly                           which visibility is protected more stringently than         its regional haze plan during the first
                                                                                                       under the national ambient air quality standards.
                                           available only in hard copy form.                           Class I Federal areas include national parks,
                                                                                                                                                                   half of the first implementation period
                                           Publicly available docket materials are                     wilderness areas, monuments, and other areas of             as well as the statutory and regulatory
                                           available either through                                    special national and cultural significance.                 background for EPA’s review of


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                                           Minnesota’s regional haze plan. The                     also been upheld as reasonable by the                  under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
                                           DFR also provided a description of the                  D.C. Circuit. Utility Air Regulatory                   (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
                                           regional haze requirements addressed in                 Group v. EPA, 471 F.3d 1333, 1340–41                      • Does not contain any unfunded
                                           the Minnesota progress report. The DFR                  (D.C. Cir. 2006) (upholding CAIR as a                  mandate or significantly or uniquely
                                           serves as the detailed basis for this final             BART alternative); Utility Air                         affect small governments, as described
                                           rule.                                                   Regulatory Group v. EPA, 885 F.3d 714,                 in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
                                                                                                   721 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (upholding CSAPR                  of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
                                           II. What are EPA’s responses to the                                                                               • Does not have Federalism
                                           comments?                                               as a BART alternative). We also note
                                                                                                   that CSAPR has not been rescinded and                  implications as specified in Executive
                                              Comments were received on the DFR                    remains in force. Finally, the regional                Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
                                           (82 FR 48425). The two anonymous                        haze rule defines ‘‘implementation                     1999);
                                           commenters both expressed concern                       plan’’ to include approved SIPs or FIPs.                  • Is not an economically significant
                                           over CSAPR issues. The comments                         Given this, states may rely on FIPs in                 regulatory action based on health or
                                           pertain to issues that were addressed in                their progress reports to demonstrate the              safety risks subject to Executive Order
                                           earlier Federal rulemakings.                            adequacy of a plan to achieve                          13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
                                              Comments: One commenter claims                       reasonable progress goals.                                • Is not a significant regulatory action
                                           that Minnesota’s submission cannot be                     In summary, EPA disagrees that the                   subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
                                           approved because CSAPR is a FIP and                     points raised by the commenters                        28355, May 22, 2001);
                                           Minnesota cannot rely on a FIP to                       prevent approval of the progress report.                  • Is not subject to requirements of
                                           demonstrate that its SIP is adequate.                   Thus, EPA finds that Minnesota’s                       Section 12(d) of the National
                                           The commenter also claims that CSAPR                    progress report satisfies 40 CFR 51.308.               Technology Transfer and Advancement
                                           has been rescinded as a program and is                                                                         Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
                                           no longer in force. The commenter                       III. What action is EPA taking?                        application of those requirements would
                                           states that, as a result, Minnesota cannot                 EPA is approving the regional haze                  be inconsistent with the CAA; and
                                           rely on CSAPR for its long term goals.                  progress report that Minnesota                            • Does not provide EPA with the
                                              The other commenter contends that                    submitted on December 30, 2014, under                  discretionary authority to address, as
                                           EPA cannot approve progress reports                     the CAA as a revision to the Minnesota                 appropriate, disproportionate human
                                           that rely on CSAPR or any other                         SIP. EPA finds that Minnesota has                      health or environmental effects, using
                                           regional trading program to satisfy the                 satisfied the progress report                          practicable and legally permissible
                                           BART requirements because BART is                       requirements of the Regional Haze Rule.                methods, under Executive Order 12898
                                           required on a source-by-source basis.                   EPA also finds that Minnesota has met                  (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
                                           The commenter claims that BART needs                    the requirements for a determination of                   In addition, the SIP is not approved
                                           to evaluated based on the impacts on                    the adequacy of its regional haze plan                 to apply on any Indian reservation land
                                           each national park from each source, not                with its negative declaration submitted                or in any other area where EPA or an
                                           as a holistic multi-source or multi-park                with the progress report.                              Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
                                           evaluation.                                                                                                    tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
                                              Response: The regulations governing                  IV. Statutory and Executive Order                      Indian country, the rule does not have
                                           progress reports do not include a                       Reviews                                                tribal implications and will not impose
                                           requirement for states (or EPA) to ensure                 Under the CAA, the Administrator is                  substantial direct costs on tribal
                                           that all applicable regional haze                       required to approve a SIP submission                   governments or preempt tribal law as
                                           requirements for the planning period                    that complies with the provisions of the               specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
                                           have been met by the existing plan. As                  CAA and applicable Federal regulations.                FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
                                           such, the comment raising concerns                      42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).                       The Congressional Review Act, 5
                                           about the reliance on CSAPR to satisfy                  Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,                    U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
                                           the BART requirement raises issues                      EPA’s role is to approve state choices,                Business Regulatory Enforcement
                                           outside the scope of this rulemaking.                   provided that they meet the criteria of                Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
                                           We do note, however, that 40 CFR                        the CAA. Accordingly, this action                      that before a rule may take effect, the
                                           51.308(e)(4) allows a state to rely on                  merely approves state law as meeting                   agency promulgating the rule must
                                           participation in a CSAPR FIP to address                 Federal requirements and does not                      submit a rule report, which includes a
                                           the BART requirements for electric                      impose additional requirements beyond                  copy of the rule, to each House of the
                                           generating units (EGUs). Consistent with                those imposed by state law. For that                   Congress and to the Comptroller General
                                           this rule, EPA approved Minnesota’s                     reason, this action:                                   of the United States. EPA will submit a
                                           regional haze plan in 2012 as satisfying                  • Is not a significant regulatory action             report containing this action and other
                                           the applicable BART requirements in 40                  subject to review by the Office of                     required information to the U.S. Senate,
                                           CFR 51.308 for the subject EGUs                         Management and Budget under                            the U.S. House of Representatives, and
                                           through participation in CSAPR (77 FR                   Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,                   the Comptroller General of the United
                                           34801 (June 12, 2012)).                                 October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,                States prior to publication of the rule in
                                              EPA’s approval of Minnesota’s                        January 21, 2011);                                     the Federal Register. A major rule
                                           reliance on CSAPR to satisfy the BART                     • Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82                cannot take effect until 60 days after it
                                           requirements for these sources rather                   FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory                  is published in the Federal Register.
                                           than requiring source by source BART                    action because SIP approvals are                       This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
                                           was upheld by the 8th Circuit. National                 exempted under Executive Order 12866;                  defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
                                           Parks Conservation Ass’n v. McCarthy,                     • Does not impose an information                        Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
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                                           816 F.3d.989, 994 (8th Cir. 2016). More                 collection burden under the provisions                 petitions for judicial review of this
                                           broadly, EPA’s regulations that allow for               of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44                     action must be filed in the United States
                                           the comparison of average visibility                    U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);                                  Court of Appeals for the appropriate
                                           improvements across multiple Class I                      • Is certified as not having a                       circuit by August 27, 2018. Filing a
                                           areas in assessing regional trading                     significant economic impact on a                       petition for reconsideration by the
                                           programs as alternatives to BART has                    substantial number of small entities                   Administrator of this final rule does not


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                                           30352                Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2018 / Rules and Regulations

                                           affect the finality of this action for the                Reporting and recordkeeping                                       Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                           purposes of judicial review nor does it                   requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
                                           extend the time within which a petition                   organic compounds.                                            ■  2. In § 52.1220, the table in paragraph
                                           for judicial review may be filed, and                                                                                   (e) is amended by adding an entry for
                                                                                                       Dated: June 18, 2018.
                                           shall not postpone the effectiveness of                                                                                 ‘‘Regional Haze Progress Report’’ to
                                                                                                     Cathy Stepp,                                                  follow the entry titled ‘‘Regional Haze
                                           such rule or action. This action may not
                                                                                                     Regional Administrator, Region 5.                             Plan’’ to read as follows:
                                           be challenged later in proceedings to
                                           enforce its requirements. (See section                        40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
                                                                                                                                                                   § 52.1220    Identification of plan.
                                           307(b)(2).)
                                                                                                     PART 52—APPROVAL AND                                          *       *    *       *    *
                                           List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52                        PROMULGATION OF                                                   (e) * * *
                                             Environmental protection, Air                           IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
                                           pollution control, Incorporation by
                                           reference, Intergovernmental relations,                   ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
                                           Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter,                     continues to read as follows:

                                                                                       EPA—APPROVED MINNESOTA NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS
                                                                                                                                 State
                                                                                                       Applicable              submittal
                                                                                                     geographic or
                                                Name of nonregulatory SIP provision                                              date/                            EPA approved date                       Comments
                                                                                                     nonattainment             effective
                                                                                                         area                    date


                                                    *                 *                                *                         *                           *                    *                        *
                                           Regional Haze Progress Report ....................      statewide ..........         12/30/2014           6/28/2018, [insert Federal Register citation]

                                                      *                        *                         *                           *                        *                     *                      *



                                           *      *       *       *      *                           ADDRESSES:    EPA has established a                           I. Background
                                           [FR Doc. 2018–13825 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am]               docket for this action under Docket ID                           EPA received Nebraska’s November 8,
                                           BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                    No. EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0386. All                                2011, SIP submission. On October 5,
                                                                                                     documents in the docket are listed on                         2017, EPA proposed to approve the SIP
                                                                                                     the https://www.regulations.gov                               submission from the State of Nebraska.
                                           ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                  website. Although listed in the index,                        See 82 FR 46433. In conjunction with
                                           AGENCY                                                    some information is not publicly                              the October 5, 2017 notice of proposed
                                                                                                     available, i.e., CBI or other information                     rulemaking (NPR), EPA issued a direct
                                           40 CFR Part 52                                            whose disclosure is restricted by statute.                    final rule (DFR) approving the same SIP
                                                                                                     Certain other material, such as                               submission. See 82 FR 46415. However,
                                           [EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0386; FRL–9979–
                                           85—Region 7]
                                                                                                     copyrighted material, is not placed on                        in the DFR, EPA stated that if EPA
                                                                                                     the internet and will be publicly                             received adverse comments by
                                           Approval of Nebraska Air Quality                          available only in hard copy form.                             November 6, 2017, the action would be
                                           Implementation Plans; Adoption of a                       Publicly available docket materials are                       withdrawn and not take effect. EPA
                                           New Chapter Under the Nebraska                            available through https://                                    received one set of adverse comments
                                           Administrative Code                                       www.regulations.gov or please contact                         prior to the close of the comment
                                                                                                     the person identified in the FOR FURTHER                      period. EPA withdrew the DFR on
                                           AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                         INFORMATION CONTACT section for                               November 27, 2017. See 82 FR 55951.
                                           Agency (EPA).                                             additional information.                                          The revision to title 129, adding
                                           ACTION: Final rule.                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg                         chapter 43, Visibility Protection,
                                                                                                     Crable, Environmental Protection                              addressed in this action was originally
                                           SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                  Agency, Air Planning and Development                          proposed and approved during the
                                           Agency (EPA) is taking final action to                    Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard,                               September 8, 2006, Environmental
                                           approve the State Implementation Plan                     Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551–                            Quality Council (ECQ) meeting.
                                           (SIP) revision submitted by the state of                  7391, or by email at crable.gregory@                          However, the revision was not approved
                                           Nebraska on November 14, 2011.                            epa.gov.                                                      by Attorney General’s office. On August
                                           Nebraska is adding a new chapter titled                                                                                 17, 2007, an amended package was re-
                                           ‘‘Visibility Protection’’ which provides                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                     Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’                      submitted to the EQC, at which time it
                                           Nebraska authority to implement                                                                                         was approved by both the EQC and the
                                           Federal regulations relating to Regional                  and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section
                                                                                                                                                                   Attorney General’s office. After the
                                           Haze and Best Available Retrofit                          provides additional information by
                                                                                                                                                                   Governor’s signature, the revision
                                           Technology (BART). The new chapter                        addressing the following:
                                                                                                                                                                   adding chapter 43 became effective on
                                           incorporates EPA’s Guidelines for BART                    I. Background                                                 February 6, 2008. Chapter 43 was
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                                           Determinations under the Regional Haze                    II. What is being addressed in this document?                 submitted to the EPA, as part of a larger
                                           Rule. The revision to the SIP meets the                   III. Have the requirements for approval of a
                                                                                                           SIP revision been met?
                                                                                                                                                                   SIP package on November 8, 2011. Some
                                           visibility component of the Clean Air                                                                                   of the revisions submitted in November
                                                                                                     IV. EPA’s Response to Comments
                                           Act (CAA).                                                V. What action is EPA taking?                                 2011, were withdrawn by the State for
                                           DATES: This final rule is effective on July               VI. Incorporation by Reference                                various reasons. The remaining
                                           30, 2018.                                                 VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews                    revisions to title 129, except for


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Document Created: 2018-11-06 09:55:39
Document Modified: 2018-11-06 09:55:39
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule.
DatesThis final rule is effective on July 30, 2018.
ContactMatt Rau, Environmental Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6524, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 30350 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Dioxide; Particulate Matter; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Sulfur Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds

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