83_FR_50062 83 FR 49870 - Air Plan Approval; California; Feather River Air Quality Management District

83 FR 49870 - Air Plan Approval; California; Feather River Air Quality Management District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 192 (October 3, 2018)

Page Range49870-49872
FR Document2018-21467

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Feather River Air Quality Management District (FRAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) from natural gas-fired water heaters, small boilers, and process heaters. We are proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0559; FRL-9984-80--Region 9]


Air Plan Approval; California; Feather River Air Quality 
Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a revision to the Feather River Air Quality Management District 
(FRAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
This revision concerns emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) 
from natural gas-fired water heaters, small boilers, and process 
heaters. We are proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these 
emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are 
taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final 
action.

DATES: Any comments must arrive by November 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2018-0559, at https://www.regulations.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. The 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. The 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Schwartz, EPA Region IX, (415) 
972-3286, schwartz.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. The State's Submittal
    A. What rule did the State submit?
    B. Are there other versions of this rule?
    C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule?
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
    A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
    B. Does the rule meet the evaluation criteria?
    C. EPA Recommendations To Further Improve the Rule
    D. Public comment and proposed action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. The State's Submittal

A. What rule did the State submit?

    Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this proposal with the dates 
that it was adopted by the local air agency and submitted by the 
California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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                                             Table 1--Submitted Rule
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             Local agency                 Rule number          Rule title             Adopted        Submitted
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FRAQMD................................            3.23  Natural Gas-Fired Water       10/03/2016      05/08/2017
                                                         Heaters, Small Boilers,
                                                         And Process Heaters.
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    On November 1, 2017, the EPA determined that the submittal for 
FRAQMD Rule 3.23 met the completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51 
Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.

B. Are there other versions of this rule?

    There are no previous versions of Rule 3.23 in the SIP.

C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule?

    Emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) contribute to 
ground-level ozone, smog and particulate matter, which harm human 
health and the environment. Section 110(a) of the CAA requires states 
to submit regulations that control NOX emissions. Rule 3.23 
limits NOX emissions in the FRAQMD from natural gas-fired 
water heaters, small boilers, and process heaters rated 0.075 MM \1\ to 
1 MM Btu/hr \2\. The EPA's technical support document (TSD) has more 
information about this rule.
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    \1\ MM = million.
    \2\ British thermal unit (Btu): The amount of heat required to 
raise the temperature of one pound of water from 59 [deg]F to 60 
[deg]F at one atmosphere.
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II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action

A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?

    SIP rules must be enforceable (see CAA section 110(a)(2)), must not 
interfere with applicable requirements concerning attainment and 
reasonable further progress or other CAA requirements (see CAA section 
110(l)), and must not modify certain SIP control requirements in 
nonattainment areas without ensuring equivalent or greater emissions 
reductions (see CAA section 193).
    Generally, SIP rules must require Reasonably Available Control 
Measures/Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACM/RACT) for each 
major source of NOX in ozone nonattainment areas classified 
as moderate or above (see CAA sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f)). 40 CFR 
81.305 describes FRAQMD as regulating a portion of the Sacramento Metro 
Area nonattainment area classified as Severe for the 1997 and 2008 8-
hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The rest of 
FRAQMD is designated as unclassifiable/attainment. Rule 3.23 regulates 
area sources that are too small to exceed the major source threshold of 
25 tons per year for Severe ozone nonattainment areas (see CAA 182(d) 
and (f)) and is therefore not subject to major source ozone RACT 
requirements. Nonetheless, FRAQMD must implement all RACM/RACT for 
NOX necessary to demonstrate attainment as expeditiously as 
practicable and to meet any reasonable further progress (RFP) 
requirements (CAA 172(c)(1), 40 CFR 51.912(d), 51.1112(c)).
    Guidance and policy documents that we used to evaluate 
enforceability, revision/relaxation and rule stringency requirements 
for the applicable criteria pollutants include the following:
    1. ``State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the 
Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,'' 57 
FR 13498 (April 16, 1992); 57 FR 18070 (April 28, 1992).
    2. ``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and 
Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook, revised January 11, 
1990).
    3. ``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule 
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).
    4. ``State Implementation Plans; Nitrogen Oxides Supplement to the 
General Preamble; Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 Implementation of 
Title I; Proposed Rule,'' (the NOX Supplement), 57 FR 55620, 
November 25, 1992.
    5. ``Alternative Control Techniques Document--NOX 
Emissions from Industrial/Commercial/Institutional (ICI) Boilers'', US 
EPA 453/R-94-022 (March 1994).
    6. ``Alternative Control Techniques Document--NOX 
Emissions from Process Heaters (Revised)'' (EPA-453/R-93-034 1993/09).
    7. ``Determination of Reasonably Available Control Technology and 
Best Available Retrofit Control Technology for Industrial, 
Institutional, and Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process 
Heaters'' (California Air Resources Board, July 18, 1991).

B. Does the Rule Meet the Evaluation Criteria?

    This rule is consistent with CAA requirements and relevant guidance 
regarding enforceability, RACT, and SIP revisions. The TSD has more 
information on our evaluation.

C. EPA Recommendations To Further Improve the Rule

    The TSD describes additional rule revisions that we recommend for 
the next time the local agency modifies the rule but are not currently 
the basis for rule disapproval.

D. Public Comment and Proposed Action

    As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA proposes to 
fully approve the submitted rule because it fulfills all relevant 
requirements. We will accept comments from the public on this proposal 
until November 2, 2018. If we take final action to approve the 
submitted rule, our final action will incorporate this rule into the 
federally enforceable SIP.

III. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule 
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance 
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by 
reference the FRAQMD rule described in Table 1 of this preamble. The 
EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials available 
through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region IX Office (please 
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this preamble for more information).

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a 
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and 
applicable federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 
Accordingly, this proposed action merely proposes to approve 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

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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 Clean Air Act; and
     does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority 
to address disproportionate human health or environmental effects with 
practical, appropriate, 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 the 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).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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

    Dated: September 21, 2018.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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                                                 employees at least the federal minimum                  professional employees may apply?                          Any comments must arrive by
                                                                                                                                                               DATES:
                                                 wage (currently $7.25 an hour) for all                  Why?                                                  November 2, 2018.
                                                 hours worked, and overtime premium                         2. What benefits and costs to
                                                                                                         employees and employers might                         ADDRESSES:   Submit your comments,
                                                 pay of not less than one and one-half
                                                                                                         accompany an increased salary level?                  identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
                                                 times the employee’s regular rate of pay
                                                                                                         How would an increased salary level                   OAR–2018–0559, at https://
                                                 for any hours worked over 40 in a
                                                                                                         affect real wages (e.g., increasing                   www.regulations.gov. For comments
                                                 workweek. The FLSA exempts from
                                                                                                         overtime pay for employees whose                      submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
                                                 both minimum wage and overtime
                                                                                                         current salaries are below a new level                online instructions for submitting
                                                 protection ‘‘any employee employed in
                                                                                                         but above the current threshold)? Could               comments. Once submitted, comments
                                                 a bona fide executive, administrative, or
                                                                                                         an increased salary level reduce                      cannot be edited or removed from
                                                 professional capacity’’ and delegates to
                                                                                                         litigation costs by reducing the number               Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish
                                                 the Secretary of Labor the power to
                                                                                                         of employees whose exemption status is                any comment received to its public
                                                 define and delimit these terms through
                                                                                                         unclear? Could this additional certainty              docket. Do not submit electronically any
                                                 regulation.
                                                                                                         produce other benefits for employees                  information you consider to be
                                                 DATES: The date, location, and time for                                                                       Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                 the public listening session is listed                  and employers?
                                                                                                            3. What is the best methodology to                 or other information whose disclosure is
                                                 below: October 17, 2018, Washington,                                                                          restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                                 DC, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.                                     determine an updated salary level?
                                                                                                         Should the update derive from wage                    submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
                                                   Members of the public may attend                                                                            accompanied by a written comment.
                                                 this listening session in person up to the              growth, cost-of-living increases, actual
                                                                                                         wages paid to employees, or some other                The written comment is considered the
                                                 seating capacity of the room. The                                                                             official comment and should include
                                                 Department will not attempt to achieve                  measure?
                                                                                                            4. Should the Department more                      discussion of all points you wish to
                                                 a consensus view in this listening                                                                            make. The EPA will generally not
                                                 session, but rather is interested in                    regularly update the standard salary
                                                                                                         level and the total-annual-compensation               consider comments or comment
                                                 hearing the views and ideas of                                                                                contents located outside of the primary
                                                 participants.                                           level for highly compensated
                                                                                                         employees? If so, how should these                    submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
                                                 ADDRESSES:    To obtain specific location               updates be made? How frequently                       other file sharing system). For
                                                 details and register to attend, please                  should updates occur? What benefits, if               additional submission methods, please
                                                 visit this link: https://                               any, could result from more frequent                  contact the person identified in the FOR
                                                 www.eventbrite.com/e/overtime-rule-                     updates?                                              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
                                                 listening-session-tickets-50661020476.                                                                        For the full EPA public comment policy,
                                                                                                           Dated: September 28, 2018.
                                                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              information about CBI or multimedia
                                                                                                         Robert Waterman,                                      submissions, and general guidance on
                                                 Stephen Davis, Listening Session
                                                 Coordinator, Division of Regulations,                   Senior Compliance Specialist, Division of             making effective comments, please visit
                                                                                                         Regulations, Legislation and Interpretation.          http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
                                                 Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage
                                                 and Hour Division, U.S. Department of                   [FR Doc. 2018–21521 Filed 10–2–18; 8:45 am]           commenting-epa-dockets.
                                                 Labor, Room S–3502, 200 Constitution                    BILLING CODE 4510–27–P
                                                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                 Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210;                                                                              Robert Schwartz, EPA Region IX, (415)
                                                 telephone: (202) 693–0406 (this is not a                                                                      972–3286, schwartz.robert@epa.gov.
                                                 toll-free number). Copies of this notice                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                 may be obtained in alternative formats                  AGENCY                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                 (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or                                                                         Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
                                                 Disc), upon request, by calling (202)                   40 CFR Part 52                                        and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
                                                 693–0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/                 [EPA–R09–OAR–2018–0559; FRL–9984–                     Table of Contents
                                                 TTD callers may dial toll-free (877) 889–               80—Region 9]
                                                 5627 to obtain information or request                                                                         I. The State’s Submittal
                                                 materials in alternative formats.                       Air Plan Approval; California; Feather                   A. What rule did the State submit?
                                                                                                         River Air Quality Management District                    B. Are there other versions of this rule?
                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July                                                                               C. What is the purpose of the submitted
                                                 26, 2017, the Department of Labor                       AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                           rule?
                                                 published a Request for Information                     Agency (EPA).                                         II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action
                                                 (RFI), Defining and Delimiting the                      ACTION: Proposed rule.                                   A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
                                                 Exemptions for Executive,                                                                                        B. Does the rule meet the evaluation
                                                 Administrative, Professional, Outside                   SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                     criteria?
                                                 Sales and Computer Employees. See 82                    Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a                   C. EPA Recommendations To Further
                                                                                                         revision to the Feather River Air Quality                   Improve the Rule
                                                 FR 34616. The RFI was one opportunity
                                                                                                                                                                  D. Public comment and proposed action
                                                 for the public to provide information to                Management District (FRAQMD) portion                  III. Incorporation by Reference
                                                 aid the Department in formulating a                     of the California State Implementation                IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
                                                 proposal to revise the white collar                     Plan (SIP). This revision concerns
                                                 exemption regulations. Public listening                 emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX)                 I. The State’s Submittal
                                                 sessions provide further opportunity for                from natural gas-fired water heaters,
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                                                                                                                                                               A. What rule did the State submit?
                                                 the public to provide input on issues                   small boilers, and process heaters. We
                                                 related to the salary level test, such as:              are proposing to approve a local rule to                Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this
                                                    1. What is the appropriate salary level              regulate these emission sources under                 proposal with the dates that it was
                                                 (or range of salary levels) above which                 the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We                adopted by the local air agency and
                                                 the overtime exemptions for bona fide                   are taking comments on this proposal                  submitted by the California Air
                                                 executive, administrative, or                           and plan to follow with a final action.               Resources Board (CARB).




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                                                                                                                     TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULE
                                                           Local agency                     Rule number                                     Rule title                               Adopted      Submitted

                                                 FRAQMD ................................                3.23   Natural Gas-Fired Water Heaters, Small Boilers, And Proc-             10/03/2016     05/08/2017
                                                                                                                 ess Heaters.



                                                   On November 1, 2017, the EPA                                too small to exceed the major source                revisions. The TSD has more
                                                 determined that the submittal for                             threshold of 25 tons per year for Severe            information on our evaluation.
                                                 FRAQMD Rule 3.23 met the                                      ozone nonattainment areas (see CAA
                                                                                                                                                                   C. EPA Recommendations To Further
                                                 completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51                       182(d) and (f)) and is therefore not
                                                                                                                                                                   Improve the Rule
                                                 Appendix V, which must be met before                          subject to major source ozone RACT
                                                 formal EPA review.                                            requirements. Nonetheless, FRAQMD                     The TSD describes additional rule
                                                                                                               must implement all RACM/RACT for                    revisions that we recommend for the
                                                 B. Are there other versions of this rule?                                                                         next time the local agency modifies the
                                                                                                               NOX necessary to demonstrate
                                                   There are no previous versions of                           attainment as expeditiously as                      rule but are not currently the basis for
                                                 Rule 3.23 in the SIP.                                         practicable and to meet any reasonable              rule disapproval.
                                                 C. What is the purpose of the submitted                       further progress (RFP) requirements                 D. Public Comment and Proposed
                                                 rule?                                                         (CAA 172(c)(1), 40 CFR 51.912(d),                   Action
                                                                                                               51.1112(c)).
                                                   Emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX)                          Guidance and policy documents that                 As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of
                                                 contribute to ground-level ozone, smog                        we used to evaluate enforceability,                 the Act, the EPA proposes to fully
                                                 and particulate matter, which harm                            revision/relaxation and rule stringency             approve the submitted rule because it
                                                 human health and the environment.                             requirements for the applicable criteria            fulfills all relevant requirements. We
                                                 Section 110(a) of the CAA requires                            pollutants include the following:                   will accept comments from the public
                                                 states to submit regulations that control                        1. ‘‘State Implementation Plans;                 on this proposal until November 2,
                                                 NOX emissions. Rule 3.23 limits NOX                           General Preamble for the                            2018. If we take final action to approve
                                                 emissions in the FRAQMD from natural                          Implementation of Title I of the Clean              the submitted rule, our final action will
                                                 gas-fired water heaters, small boilers,                       Air Act Amendments of 1990,’’ 57 FR                 incorporate this rule into the federally
                                                 and process heaters rated 0.075 MM 1 to                       13498 (April 16, 1992); 57 FR 18070                 enforceable SIP.
                                                 1 MM Btu/hr 2. The EPA’s technical                            (April 28, 1992).                                   III. Incorporation by Reference
                                                 support document (TSD) has more                                  2. ‘‘Issues Relating to VOC Regulation
                                                 information about this rule.                                  Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and                           In this rule, the EPA is proposing to
                                                                                                               Deviations,’’ EPA, May 25, 1988 (the                include in a final EPA rule regulatory
                                                 II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action                                                                               text that includes incorporation by
                                                                                                               Bluebook, revised January 11, 1990).
                                                 A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?                           3. ‘‘Guidance Document for Correcting            reference. In accordance with
                                                   SIP rules must be enforceable (see                          Common VOC & Other Rule                             requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is
                                                 CAA section 110(a)(2)), must not                              Deficiencies,’’ EPA Region 9, August 21,            proposing to incorporate by reference
                                                 interfere with applicable requirements                        2001 (the Little Bluebook).                         the FRAQMD rule described in Table 1
                                                 concerning attainment and reasonable                             4. ‘‘State Implementation Plans;                 of this preamble. The EPA has made,
                                                 further progress or other CAA                                 Nitrogen Oxides Supplement to the                   and will continue to make, these
                                                 requirements (see CAA section 110(l)),                        General Preamble; Clean Air Act                     materials available through
                                                 and must not modify certain SIP control                       Amendments of 1990 Implementation of                www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
                                                 requirements in nonattainment areas                           Title I; Proposed Rule,’’ (the NOX                  Region IX Office (please contact the
                                                 without ensuring equivalent or greater                        Supplement), 57 FR 55620, November                  person identified in the FOR FURTHER
                                                                                                               25, 1992.                                           INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                 emissions reductions (see CAA section
                                                 193).                                                            5. ‘‘Alternative Control Techniques              preamble for more information).
                                                   Generally, SIP rules must require                           Document—NOX Emissions from                         IV. Statutory and Executive Order
                                                 Reasonably Available Control Measures/                        Industrial/Commercial/Institutional                 Reviews
                                                 Reasonably Available Control                                  (ICI) Boilers’’, US EPA 453/R–94–022
                                                                                                               (March 1994).                                         Under the Clean Air Act, the
                                                 Technology (RACM/RACT) for each
                                                                                                                  6. ‘‘Alternative Control Techniques              Administrator is required to approve a
                                                 major source of NOX in ozone
                                                                                                               Document—NOX Emissions from                         SIP submission that complies with the
                                                 nonattainment areas classified as
                                                                                                               Process Heaters (Revised)’’ (EPA–453/               provisions of the Act and applicable
                                                 moderate or above (see CAA sections
                                                                                                               R–93–034 1993/09).                                  federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
                                                 182(b)(2) and 182(f)). 40 CFR 81.305
                                                                                                                  7. ‘‘Determination of Reasonably                 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
                                                 describes FRAQMD as regulating a
                                                                                                               Available Control Technology and Best               submissions, the EPA’s role is to
                                                 portion of the Sacramento Metro Area
                                                                                                               Available Retrofit Control Technology               approve state choices, provided that
                                                 nonattainment area classified as Severe
                                                                                                               for Industrial, Institutional, and                  they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
                                                 for the 1997 and 2008 8-hour ozone
                                                                                                               Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators,               Act. Accordingly, this proposed action
                                                 National Ambient Air Quality Standards
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                                                                                                               and Process Heaters’’ (California Air               merely proposes to approve state law as
                                                 (NAAQS). The rest of FRAQMD is
                                                                                                               Resources Board, July 18, 1991).                    meeting federal requirements and does
                                                 designated as unclassifiable/attainment.
                                                                                                                                                                   not impose additional requirements
                                                 Rule 3.23 regulates area sources that are                     B. Does the Rule Meet the Evaluation                beyond those imposed by state law. For
                                                                                                               Criteria?                                           that reason, this proposed action:
                                                   1 MM  = million.
                                                   2 Britishthermal unit (Btu): The amount of heat
                                                                                                                 This rule is consistent with CAA                    • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
                                                 required to raise the temperature of one pound of             requirements and relevant guidance                  action’’ subject to review by the Office
                                                 water from 59 °F to 60 °F at one atmosphere.                  regarding enforceability, RACT, and SIP             of Management and Budget under


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                                                 Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,                      Dated: September 21, 2018.                          additional submission methods, please
                                                 October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,                 Deborah Jordan,                                       contact the person identified in the FOR
                                                 January 21, 2011);                                      Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.             FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
                                                    • is not an Executive Order 13771 (82                [FR Doc. 2018–21467 Filed 10–2–18; 8:45 am]           For the full EPA public comment policy,
                                                 FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory                   BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                information about CBI or multimedia
                                                 action because SIP approvals are                                                                              submissions, and general guidance on
                                                 exempted under Executive Order 12866;                                                                         making effective comments, please visit
                                                                                                         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
                                                    • does not impose an information                                                                           commenting-epa-dockets.
                                                                                                         AGENCY
                                                 collection burden under the provisions
                                                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                 of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44                      40 CFR Part 52
                                                 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);                                                                                         Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office (AIR–
                                                                                                         [EPA–R09–OAR–2017–0490; FRL–9984–                     2), EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4192,
                                                    • is certified as not having a                       91—Region 9]                                          tax.wienke@epa.gov.
                                                 significant economic impact on a                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                 substantial number of small entities                    Approval and Promulgation of                          Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
                                                 under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5                 Implementation Plans; California;                     and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
                                                 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);                                    South Coast Serious Area Plan for the
                                                    • does not contain any unfunded                      2006 PM2.5 NAAQS                                      Table of Contents
                                                 mandate or significantly or uniquely                    AGENCY:  U.S. Environmental Protection                I. Background
                                                 affect small governments, as described                  Agency (EPA).                                         II. Summary of the 2016 PM2.5 Plan
                                                 in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act                                                                           III. Completeness Review of the 2016 PM2.5
                                                                                                         ACTION: Proposed rule.                                      Plan
                                                 of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
                                                                                                                                                               IV. Clean Air Act Requirements for PM2.5
                                                    • does not have Federalism                           SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                    Serious Area Plans
                                                 implications as specified in Executive                  Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve                  V. Review of South Coast Serious Area Plan
                                                 Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,                    state implementation plan (SIP)                             Addressing the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS
                                                 1999);                                                  revisions submitted by California to                     A. Emissions Inventory
                                                                                                         address Clean Air Act (CAA or ‘‘Act’’)                   B. PM2.5 Precursors
                                                    • is not an economically significant                                                                          C. Best Available Control Measures
                                                                                                         requirements for the 2006 24-hour fine
                                                 regulatory action based on health or                    particulate matter (PM2.5) national                      D. Attainment Demonstration and
                                                 safety risks subject to Executive Order                 ambient air quality standards (NAAQS                        Modeling
                                                 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);                    or ‘‘standards’’) in the Los Angeles-                    E. Reasonable Further Progress and
                                                    • is not a significant regulatory action                                                                         Quantitative Milestones
                                                                                                         South Coast air basin (South Coast)                      F. Contingency Measures
                                                 subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR                 Serious PM2.5 nonattainment area. The                    G. Major Stationary Source Control
                                                 28355, May 22, 2001);                                   EPA is also proposing to approve 2017                       Requirements Under CAA Section 189(e)
                                                    • is not subject to requirements of                  and 2019 motor vehicle emissions                         H. Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets
                                                 Section 12(d) of the National                           budgets for transportation conformity                 VI. Summary of Proposed Actions and
                                                 Technology Transfer and Advancement                     purposes and inter-pollutant trading                        Request for Public Comment
                                                 Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because                ratios for use in transportation                      VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
                                                 application of those requirements would                 conformity analyses.                                  I. Background
                                                 be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;                 DATES: Any comments must arrive by
                                                                                                         November 2, 2018.                                        On October 17, 2006, the EPA revised
                                                 and
                                                                                                                                                               the 24-hour NAAQS for PM2.5,
                                                    • does not provide the EPA with the                  ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
                                                                                                                                                               particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5
                                                 discretionary authority to address                      identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–                  microns or less, to provide increased
                                                 disproportionate human health or                        OAR–2017–0490 at https://                             protection of public health by lowering
                                                 environmental effects with practical,                   www.regulations.gov, or via email to                  the level from 65 micrograms per cubic
                                                 appropriate, and legally permissible                    tax.wienke@epa.gov. For comments                      meter (mg/m3) to 35 mg/m3.1
                                                 methods under Executive Order 12898                     submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
                                                                                                                                                               Epidemiological studies have shown
                                                 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).                        online instructions for submitting
                                                                                                                                                               statistically significant correlations
                                                                                                         comments. Once submitted, comments
                                                    In addition, the SIP is not approved                                                                       between elevated PM2.5 levels and
                                                                                                         cannot be edited or removed from
                                                 to apply on any Indian reservation land                                                                       premature mortality. Other important
                                                                                                         Regulations.gov. For either manner of
                                                 or in any other area where the EPA or                                                                         health effects associated with PM2.5
                                                                                                         submission, the EPA may publish any
                                                 an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a                                                                       exposure include aggravation of
                                                                                                         comment received to its public docket.
                                                 tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of                                                                     respiratory and cardiovascular disease
                                                                                                         Do not submit electronically any
                                                 Indian country, the rule does not have                                                                        (as indicated by increased hospital
                                                                                                         information you consider to be
                                                 tribal implications and will not impose                                                                       admissions, emergency room visits,
                                                                                                         Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                 substantial direct costs on tribal                                                                            absences from school or work, and
                                                                                                         or other information whose disclosure is
                                                 governments or preempt tribal law as
                                                                                                         restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                                 specified by Executive Order 13175 (65                                                                          1 40 CFR 50.13 and 71 FR 61144 (October 17,
                                                                                                         submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be              2006). The EPA first established NAAQS for PM2.5
                                                 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
                                                                                                         accompanied by a written comment.                     on July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38652), including annual
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                                                 List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52                      The written comment is considered the                 standards of 15.0 mg/m3 based on a 3-year average
                                                                                                                                                               of annual mean PM2.5 concentrations and 24-hour
                                                                                                         official comment and should include                   (daily) standards of 65 mg/m3 based on a 3-year
                                                   Environmental protection, Air                         discussion of all points you wish to                  average of 98th percentile 24-hour concentrations
                                                 pollution control, Incorporation by                     make. The EPA will generally not                      (40 CFR 50.7). In 2012, the EPA revised the annual
                                                 reference, Intergovernmental relations,                 consider comments or comment                          standards to lower them to 12 mg/m3 (78 FR 3086,
                                                 Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and                  contents located outside of the primary               January 15, 2013, codified at 40 CFR 50.18). Unless
                                                 recordkeeping requirements.                                                                                   otherwise noted, all references to the PM2.5
                                                                                                         submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or               standards in this notice are to the 2006 24-hour
                                                    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.                    other file sharing system). For                       NAAQS of 35 mg/m3 codified at 40 CFR 50.13.



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule.
DatesAny comments must arrive by November 2, 2018.
ContactRobert Schwartz, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-3286, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 49870 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Nitrogen Dioxide; Ozone and Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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