83_FR_62701 83 FR 62468 - Air Plan Approval; Texas; Emission Statements

83 FR 62468 - Air Plan Approval; Texas; Emission Statements

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 233 (December 4, 2018)

Page Range62468-62470
FR Document2018-26294

Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a portion of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Texas for the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The portion of the SIP revision being approved pertains to CAA 2008 ozone NAAQS requirement for emission statements in the Dallas/Fort Worth ozone nonattainment area (DFW area).

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0676; FRL-9986-66-Region 6]


Air Plan Approval; Texas; Emission Statements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a portion of a State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Texas for 
the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). 
The portion of the SIP revision being approved pertains to CAA 2008 
ozone NAAQS requirement for emission statements in the Dallas/Fort 
Worth ozone nonattainment area (DFW area).

DATES: This rule is effective on March 4, 2019 without further notice, 
unless the EPA receives relevant adverse comment by January 3, 2019. If 
the EPA receives such comment, the EPA will publish a timely withdrawal 
in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not 
take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2018-0676, at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to [email protected]. 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 Ms. Karolina Ruan Lei, 
214-665-7346, [email protected]. For the full EPA public 
comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and 
general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the 
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly 
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), 
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karolina Ruan Lei, 214-665-7346, 
[email protected]. To inspect the hard copy materials, please 
schedule an appointment with Ms. Karolina Ruan Lei or Mr. Bill Deese at 
214-665-7253.

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

I. Background

    Section 110 of the CAA requires states to develop and submit to the 
EPA a SIP to ensure that state air quality meets the NAAQS. These 
ambient standards currently address six criteria pollutants: Carbon 
monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, lead, particulate matter, and sulfur 
dioxide. Each federally-approved SIP protects air quality primarily by 
addressing air pollution at its point of origin through air pollution 
regulations and control strategies. The EPA approved SIP regulations 
and control strategies are federally enforceable.
    In 2008, we revised the 8-hour ozone primary and secondary NAAQS to 
a level of 0.075 parts per million (ppm) to provide increased 
protection of public health and the environment (73 FR 16436, March 27, 
2008). The 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS revised the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS 
of 0.08 ppm. The DFW area was classified as a ``Moderate'' ozone 
nonattainment area for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS (77 FR 30088, May 
21, 2012). The DFW 2008 ozone nonattainment area consists of Collin, 
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and 
Wise counties.
    On August 21, 2018, Texas submitted a SIP revision addressing 
oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reasonably available control 
technology (RACT) for a cement manufacturing plant in Ellis County as a 
part of its DFW 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS SIP update. That SIP revision 
also included a description of how the CAA Section 182(a)(3)(B) 
requirement for emission statements from stationary point sources are 
met in the DFW area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, using already-existing 
measures previously

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approved by EPA.\1\ EPA is only evaluating the emission statements 
portion of the August 21, 2018 SIP submittal in this action.\2\ A copy 
of the SIP revision submittal that includes the emission statement 
requirement is included in the docket to this rulemaking and is 
available online at www.regulations.gov, Docket number EPA-R06-OAR-
2018-0676. In the SIP revision submittal, Texas noted that the SIP 
revision pertaining to emissions inventory requirements approved by EPA 
on August 26, 1994 (59 FR 44036) meets the CAA requirement for emission 
statements. The codification of the Texas SIP approved by EPA can be 
found at 40 CFR 52.2270(c).
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    \1\ See page 4-4 of the adopted SIP revision submittal by Texas 
that is included in the docket to this action.
    \2\ In a separate action we proposed to approve the remainder of 
the August 21, 2018 SIP submittal. See Docket number EPA-R06-OAR-
2018-0675 online at www.regulations.gov.
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II. The EPA's Evaluation

    CAA section 182(a)(3)(B) calls for SIPs for all ozone nonattainment 
areas to require that the owner or operator of each stationary source 
of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds (ozone precursors) 
provide the State with an annual statement of emissions along with a 
certification that this information is accurate to the best knowledge 
of the individual certifying the statement.
    The Texas SIP includes 30 TAC Section 101.10 (Emissions Inventory 
Requirements). The certification for emission statements is found at 30 
TAC Section 101.10(d) (Certifying statement). We initially approved 
this certification as meeting the CAA emission statement requirement on 
August 26, 1994 (59 FR 44036).\3\ Most recently we approved revisions 
to 30 TAC Section 101.10 (Emissions Inventory Requirements) on June 8, 
2017 (82 FR 26598). The most recently EPA approved Texas regulation 
continues to include appropriate provisions so that the owner or 
operator of each stationary source must provide the State with a 
statement with each emissions inventory attesting that the information 
contained in the inventory is true and accurate to the best knowledge 
of the certifying official (30 TAC Section 101.10(d)(1)). We find that 
the SIP revision submittal that is the subject of this action continues 
to be consistent with those requirements. Therefore, since the Texas 
SIP already includes an approved CAA emission statement requirement, we 
are approving this portion of the SIP revision as it pertains to the 
2008 ozone standard.
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    \3\ In that action, we approved revisions to 30 TAC Section 
101.10: Emissions Inventory Requirements and the emission statement 
program for stationary sources within ozone nonattainment areas as 
the revisions satisfied CAA Section 182(a)(3)(B) requirements and 
was consistent with EPA's draft Guidance on the Implementation of an 
Emission Statement Program (July 1992).
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III. Final Action

    We are approving the revision to the Texas SIP submitted on August 
21, 2018, that pertains to the 2008 ozone NAAQS requirement for 
emission statements for large stationary sources in the DFW area.
    The EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because we 
view this as a non-controversial amendment and anticipate no adverse 
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal 
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will 
serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision if relevant adverse 
comments are received. This rule will be effective on March 4, 2019 
without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse comment by 
January 3, 2019. If we receive relevant adverse comments, we will 
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the 
public that the rule will not take effect. We will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will 
not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties 
interested in commenting must do so now. Please note that if we receive 
relevant adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this 
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the 
rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not 
the subject of an adverse comment.

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 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 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. The EPA will submit a report containing this rule 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

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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 February 4, 2019. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this rule 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, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: November 26, 2018.
Anne Idsal,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.

    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.

Subpart SS--Texas

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2. In Sec.  [thinsp]52.2270(e), the second table titled ``EPA Approved 
Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas 
SIP'' is amended by adding an entry at the end for ``Emission Statement 
Requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS''.
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  52.2270   Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

              EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP
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                                       Applicable           State
      Name of SIP provision        geographic or non-    submittal/     EPA approval date         Comments
                                    attainment area    effective date
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                                                  * * * * * * *
Emission Statement Requirements   Dallas-Fort Worth,        8/21/2018  12/4/2018, [Insert  .....................
 for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS.         TX.                                  Federal Register
                                                                        citation].
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     Subpart L—Georgia                                             ‘‘391–3–1–.01’’ and ‘‘391–3–1–.02(4)’’ to               § 52.570    Identification of plan.
                                                                   read as follows:                                        *       *    *       *      *
     ■ 2. In § 52.570, the table in paragraph
     (c) is amended by revising the entries                                                                                    (c)* * *

                                                                  EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA REGULATIONS
                                                                               State effective
             State citation                      Title/subject                                                      EPA approval date                            Explanation
                                                                                    date

     391–3–1–.01 ....................   Definitions ........................       7/20/2017     12/4/2018, [insert Federal Register citation] .............

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                                                                                   Emission Standards


             *                           *                   *                              *                   *                   *                              *
     391–3–1–.02(4) ................    Ambient Air Standards .....                7/20/2017 12/4/2018 [insert Federal Register citation] ..............

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     *      *       *       *      *                               Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish                    I. Background
     [FR Doc. 2018–26245 Filed 12–3–18; 8:45 am]                   any comment received to its public
     BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                        docket. Do not submit electronically any                   Section 110 of the CAA requires states
                                                                   information you consider to be                          to develop and submit to the EPA a SIP
                                                                   Confidential Business Information (CBI)                 to ensure that state air quality meets the
     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                      or other information whose disclosure is                NAAQS. These ambient standards
     AGENCY                                                        restricted by statute. Multimedia                       currently address six criteria pollutants:
                                                                   submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be                Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide,
     40 CFR Part 52                                                accompanied by a written comment.                       ozone, lead, particulate matter, and
     [EPA–R06–OAR–2018–0676; FRL–9986–66–                          The written comment is considered the                   sulfur dioxide. Each federally-approved
     Region 6]                                                     official comment and should include                     SIP protects air quality primarily by
                                                                   discussion of all points you wish to                    addressing air pollution at its point of
     Air Plan Approval; Texas; Emission                            make. The EPA will generally not                        origin through air pollution regulations
     Statements                                                    consider comments or comment                            and control strategies. The EPA
     AGENCY: Environmental Protection                              contents located outside of the primary                 approved SIP regulations and control
     Agency (EPA).                                                 submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or                 strategies are federally enforceable.
     ACTION: Direct final rule.                                    other file sharing system). For
                                                                   additional submission methods, please                      In 2008, we revised the 8-hour ozone
     SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Federal Clean                      contact Ms. Karolina Ruan Lei, 214–                     primary and secondary NAAQS to a
     Air Act (CAA or the Act), the                                 665–7346, ruan-lei.karolina@epa.gov.                    level of 0.075 parts per million (ppm) to
     Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                         For the full EPA public comment policy,                 provide increased protection of public
     is approving a portion of a State                             information about CBI or multimedia                     health and the environment (73 FR
     Implementation Plan (SIP) revision                            submissions, and general guidance on                    16436, March 27, 2008). The 2008 8-
     submitted by the State of Texas for the                       making effective comments, please visit                 hour ozone NAAQS revised the 1997 8-
     2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air                        https://www.epa.gov/dockets/                            hour ozone NAAQS of 0.08 ppm. The
     quality standards (NAAQS). The portion                        commenting-epa-dockets.                                 DFW area was classified as a
     of the SIP revision being approved                               Docket: The index to the docket for                  ‘‘Moderate’’ ozone nonattainment area
     pertains to CAA 2008 ozone NAAQS                              this action is available electronically at              for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS (77
     requirement for emission statements in                        www.regulations.gov and in hard copy                    FR 30088, May 21, 2012). The DFW
     the Dallas/Fort Worth ozone                                   at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,                      2008 ozone nonattainment area consists
     nonattainment area (DFW area).                                Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all                     of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson,
     DATES: This rule is effective on March 4,                     documents in the docket are listed in                   Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant,
     2019 without further notice, unless the                       the index, some information may be                      and Wise counties.
     EPA receives relevant adverse comment                         publicly available only at the hard copy                   On August 21, 2018, Texas submitted
     by January 3, 2019. If the EPA receives                       location (e.g., copyrighted material), and              a SIP revision addressing oxides of
     such comment, the EPA will publish a                          some may not be publicly available at                   nitrogen (NOx) reasonably available
     timely withdrawal in the Federal                              either location (e.g., CBI).
     Register informing the public that this                                                                               control technology (RACT) for a cement
     rule will not take effect.                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Ms.                 manufacturing plant in Ellis County as
                                                                   Karolina Ruan Lei, 214–665–7346, ruan-                  a part of its DFW 2008 8-hour ozone
     ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
     identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–                             lei.karolina@epa.gov. To inspect the                    NAAQS SIP update. That SIP revision
     OAR–2018–0676, at https://                                    hard copy materials, please schedule an                 also included a description of how the
     www.regulations.gov or via email to                           appointment with Ms. Karolina Ruan                      CAA Section 182(a)(3)(B) requirement
     ruan-lei.karolina@epa.gov. Follow the                         Lei or Mr. Bill Deese at 214–665–7253.                  for emission statements from stationary
     online instructions for submitting                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              point sources are met in the DFW area
     comments. Once submitted, comments                            Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’                for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, using
     cannot be edited or removed from                              and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.                              already-existing measures previously


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     approved by EPA.1 EPA is only                           consistent with those requirements.                      • Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
     evaluating the emission statements                      Therefore, since the Texas SIP already                FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
     portion of the August 21, 2018 SIP                      includes an approved CAA emission                     action because SIP approvals are
     submittal in this action.2 A copy of the                statement requirement, we are                         exempted under Executive Order 12866;
     SIP revision submittal that includes the                approving this portion of the SIP                        • Does not impose an information
     emission statement requirement is                       revision as it pertains to the 2008 ozone             collection burden under the provisions
     included in the docket to this                          standard.                                             of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
     rulemaking and is available online at                                                                         U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
                                                             III. Final Action                                        • Is certified as not having a
     www.regulations.gov, Docket number
     EPA–R06–OAR–2018–0676. In the SIP                          We are approving the revision to the               significant economic impact on a
     revision submittal, Texas noted that the                Texas SIP submitted on August 21,                     substantial number of small entities
     SIP revision pertaining to emissions                    2018, that pertains to the 2008 ozone                 under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
     inventory requirements approved by                      NAAQS requirement for emission                        U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     EPA on August 26, 1994 (59 FR 44036)                    statements for large stationary sources                  • Does not contain any unfunded
     meets the CAA requirement for                           in the DFW area.                                      mandate or significantly or uniquely
     emission statements. The codification of                   The EPA is publishing this rule                    affect small governments, as described
     the Texas SIP approved by EPA can be                    without prior proposal because we view                in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
     found at 40 CFR 52.2270(c).                             this as a non-controversial amendment                 of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
                                                             and anticipate no adverse comments.                      • Does not have Federalism
     II. The EPA’s Evaluation                                                                                      implications as specified in Executive
                                                             However, in the proposed rules section
        CAA section 182(a)(3)(B) calls for SIPs              of this Federal Register publication, we              Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
     for all ozone nonattainment areas to                    are publishing a separate document that               1999);
     require that the owner or operator of                                                                            • Is not an economically significant
                                                             will serve as the proposal to approve the
     each stationary source of nitrogen                                                                            regulatory action based on health or
                                                             SIP revision if relevant adverse
     oxides or volatile organic compounds                                                                          safety risks subject to Executive Order
                                                             comments are received. This rule will
     (ozone precursors) provide the State                                                                          13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
                                                             be effective on March 4, 2019 without                    • Is not a significant regulatory action
     with an annual statement of emissions                   further notice unless we receive relevant
     along with a certification that this                                                                          subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
                                                             adverse comment by January 3, 2019. If                28355, May 22, 2001);
     information is accurate to the best                     we receive relevant adverse comments,                    • Is not subject to requirements of
     knowledge of the individual certifying                  we will publish a timely withdrawal in                section 12(d) of the National
     the statement.                                          the Federal Register informing the                    Technology Transfer and Advancement
        The Texas SIP includes 30 TAC                        public that the rule will not take effect.            Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
     Section 101.10 (Emissions Inventory                     We will address all public comments in                application of those requirements would
     Requirements). The certification for                    a subsequent final rule based on the                  be inconsistent with the CAA; and
     emission statements is found at 30 TAC                  proposed rule. We will not institute a                   • Does not provide EPA with the
     Section 101.10(d) (Certifying statement).               second comment period on this action.                 discretionary authority to address, as
     We initially approved this certification                Any parties interested in commenting                  appropriate, disproportionate human
     as meeting the CAA emission statement                   must do so now. Please note that if we                health or environmental effects, using
     requirement on August 26, 1994 (59 FR                   receive relevant adverse comment on an                practicable and legally permissible
     44036).3 Most recently we approved                      amendment, paragraph, or section of                   methods, under Executive Order 12898
     revisions to 30 TAC Section 101.10                      this rule and if that provision may be                (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
     (Emissions Inventory Requirements) on                   severed from the remainder of the rule,                  In addition, the SIP is not approved
     June 8, 2017 (82 FR 26598). The most                    we may adopt as final those provisions                to apply on any Indian reservation land
     recently EPA approved Texas regulation                  of the rule that are not the subject of an            or in any other area where EPA or an
     continues to include appropriate                        adverse comment.                                      Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
     provisions so that the owner or operator                                                                      tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
     of each stationary source must provide                  IV. Statutory and Executive Order
                                                             Reviews                                               Indian country, the rule does not have
     the State with a statement with each                                                                          tribal implications and will not impose
     emissions inventory attesting that the                    Under the CAA, the Administrator is                 substantial direct costs on tribal
     information contained in the inventory                  required to approve a SIP submission                  governments or preempt tribal law as
     is true and accurate to the best                        that complies with the provisions of the              specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
     knowledge of the certifying official (30                Act and applicable Federal regulations.               FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
     TAC Section 101.10(d)(1)). We find that                 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).                      The Congressional Review Act, 5
     the SIP revision submittal that is the                  Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the               U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
     subject of this action continues to be                  EPA’s role is to approve state choices,               Business Regulatory Enforcement
                                                             provided that they meet the criteria of               Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
        1 See page 4–4 of the adopted SIP revision
                                                             the CAA. Accordingly, this action                     that before a rule may take effect, the
     submittal by Texas that is included in the docket
     to this action.                                         merely approves state law as meeting                  agency promulgating the rule must
        2 In a separate action we proposed to approve the    Federal requirements and does not                     submit a rule report, which includes a
     remainder of the August 21, 2018 SIP submittal. See     impose additional requirements beyond                 copy of the rule, to each House of the
     Docket number EPA–R06–OAR–2018–0675 online              those imposed by state law. For that                  Congress and to the Comptroller General
     at www.regulations.gov.
        3 In that action, we approved revisions to 30 TAC
                                                             reason, this action:                                  of the United States. The EPA will
     Section 101.10: Emissions Inventory Requirements          • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory                 submit a report containing this rule and
     and the emission statement program for stationary       action’’ subject to review by the Office              other required information to the U.S.
     sources within ozone nonattainment areas as the         of Management and Budget under                        Senate, the U.S. House of
     revisions satisfied CAA Section 182(a)(3)(B)
     requirements and was consistent with EPA’s draft
                                                             Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,                  Representatives, and the Comptroller
     Guidance on the Implementation of an Emission           October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,               General of the United States prior to
     Statement Program (July 1992).                          January 21, 2011);                                    publication of the rule in the Federal


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     Register. A major rule cannot take effect               List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52                    Subpart SS—Texas
     until 60 days after it is published in the
     Federal Register. This action is not a                    Environmental protection, Air
                                                             pollution control, Incorporation by                   ■  2. In § 52.2270(e), the second table
     ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.                                                                         titled ‘‘EPA Approved Nonregulatory
     804(2).                                                 reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
                                                             Reporting and recordkeeping                           Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory
        Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
                                                             requirements, Volatile organic                        Measures in the Texas SIP’’ is amended
     petitions for judicial review of this
                                                             compounds.                                            by adding an entry at the end for
     action must be filed in the United States
     Court of Appeals for the appropriate                                                                          ‘‘Emission Statement Requirements for
                                                               Dated: November 26, 2018.
     circuit by February 4, 2019. Filing a                                                                         the 2008 Ozone NAAQS’’.
                                                             Anne Idsal,
     petition for reconsideration by the                     Regional Administrator, Region 6.                        The revision reads as follows:
     Administrator of this final rule does not
     affect the finality of this rule for the                    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:             § 52.2270   Identification of plan.
     purposes of judicial review nor does it                                                                       *       *    *     *     *
     extend the time within which a petition                 PART 52—APPROVAL AND
                                                             PROMULGATION OF                                           (e) * * *
     for judicial review may be filed, and
     shall not postpone the effectiveness of                 IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
     such rule or action. This action may not
     be challenged later in proceedings to                   ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
     enforce its requirements. (See section                  continues to read as follows:
     307(b)(2).)                                                 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

                 EPA APPROVED NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES IN THE TEXAS SIP
                                                           Applicable geo-             State
               Name of SIP provision                       graphic or non-           submittal/                   EPA approval date                  Comments
                                                           attainment area         effective date


             *                  *                             *                       *                        *                 *                       *
     Emission Statement Requirements for the            Dallas-Fort Worth,                8/21/2018   12/4/2018, [Insert Federal Register cita-
      2008 Ozone NAAQS.                                  TX.                                            tion].



     [FR Doc. 2018–26294 Filed 12–3–18; 8:45 am]             (CSAPR), which was promulgated by                     information is not publicly available,
     BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  EPA to replace CAIR. CSAPR                            e.g., confidential business information
                                                             established Federal implementation                    (CBI) or other information whose
                                                             plans (FIPs) for 28 states, including                 disclosure is restricted by statute.
     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                West Virginia, and applied to electric                Certain other material, such as
     AGENCY                                                  generating units (EGUs). The SIP                      copyrighted material, is not placed on
                                                             submittals are comprised of revisions to              the internet and will be publicly
     40 CFR Part 52                                          the West Virginia regulation that                     available only in hard copy form.
     [EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0633; FRL–9986–89–                    implemented the CAIR ozone season                     Publicly available docket materials are
     Region 3]                                               NOX trading program that had                          available through http://
                                                             previously been included in the West                  www.regulations.gov, or please contact
     Approval and Promulgation of Air                        Virginia SIP. The revised West Virginia               the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
     Quality Implementation Plans; West                      regulation removed the CAIR ozone                     INFORMATION CONTACT section for
     Virginia; Revisions to Regulation for                   season NOX trading program provisions,                additional availability information.
     Control of Ozone Season Nitrogen                        which also addressed certain large non-               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
     Oxide Emissions                                         electric generating units (non-EGUs),                 Marilyn Powers, (215) 814–2308, or by
                                                             established new requirements for these                email at powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
     AGENCY:  Environmental Protection
                                                             large non-EGUs, included a state-wide
     Agency (EPA).                                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                             NOX emissions cap, and recodified
     ACTION: Final rule.                                     certain other provisions that address the             I. Background
                                                             NOX emission reductions required for
     SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection                                                                          On August 28, 2018 (82 FR 43836),
                                                             cement kilns and internal combustion
     Agency (EPA) is approving two state                                                                           EPA published a notice of proposed
                                                             engines. EPA is approving these SIP
     implementation plan (SIP) revisions                                                                           rulemaking (NPRM) which proposed
                                                             revisions to West Virginia’s ozone
     submitted by the State of West Virginia.                                                                      approval of the SIP revisions submitted
                                                             season NOX regulation in accordance
     The revisions pertain to a West Virginia                                                                      by the State of West Virginia for
     regulation that established the nitrogen                with the requirements of the Clean Air                revisions to Regulation 45CSR40. The
     oxides (NOX) ozone season trading                       Act (CAA).                                            first formal SIP revision was submitted
     program under the Clean Air Interstate                  DATES: This final rule is effective on                by West Virginia through the West
     Rule (CAIR), which implemented                          January 3, 2019.                                      Virginia Department of Environmental
     requirements for NOX reductions                         ADDRESSES: EPA has established a                      Protection (WVDEP) on July 13, 2016.
     necessary to reduce interstate transport                docket for this action under Docket ID                On October 10, 2017, WVDEP provided
     of pollution. The EPA-administered                      Number EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0633. All                     a supplemental SIP submission
     trading programs under CAIR were                        documents in the docket are listed on                 comprised of a demonstration showing
     discontinued upon the implementation                    the http://www.regulations.gov website.               that NOX emissions from applicable
     of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule                   Although listed in the index, some                    non-EGUs do not exceed the West


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Document Created: 2018-12-04 00:43:01
Document Modified: 2018-12-04 00:43:01
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
ActionDirect final rule.
DatesThis rule is effective on March 4, 2019 without further notice, unless the EPA receives relevant adverse comment by January 3, 2019. If the EPA receives such comment, the EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect.
ContactMs. Karolina Ruan Lei, 214-665-7346, [email protected] To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment with Ms. Karolina Ruan Lei or Mr. Bill Deese at 214-665-7253.
FR Citation83 FR 62468 
CFR AssociatedEnvironmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Nitrogen Dioxide; Ozone; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Volatile Organic Compounds

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