Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Measurement of Emissions of Air Contaminants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received by EPA on December 11, 2018. The submission...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received by EPA on December 11, 2018. The submission revises Missouri's regulation relating to measurement of emissions of air contaminants which allows the director to obtain air contaminant emission data upon request. These revisions are administrative in nature and do not impact the stringency of the SIP. Specifically, these revisions reformat the regulations and add definitions. Approval of these revisions will not impact air quality, ensures consistency between the State and Federally-approved rules, and ensures Federal enforceability of the State's rules.
DATES:
Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES:
You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0102 to
https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions:
All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this rulemaking. Comments received will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov/,
including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the “Written Comments” heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Bredehoft, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number (913) 551-7164; email address
Bredehoft.Deborah@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Written Comments
II. What is being addressed in this document?
III. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
IV. What action is EPA taking?
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0102, at
https://www.regulations.gov.
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, 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.
II. What is being addressed in this document?
The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) that were received by EPA on December 11, 2018. The SIP revision revises Missouri's regulation, Title 10 Code of State Regulations (10 CSR) 10-6.180, “Measurement of Emissions of Air Contaminates”, which allows the director to obtain air contaminant emission data from any source responsible for the emissions of air contaminants. The revisions are administrative in nature. They restructure the rule to meet Missouri's updated standard rule organizational format and add definitions specific to the regulatory text of 10 CSR 10-6.180 including air contaminant, director, facility, qualified personnel and source. EPA's analysis of the SIP revision can be found in the Technical Support Document included in this docket.
III. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
The state submission has met the public notice requirements for SIP submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The submission also satisfied the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V. The state provided public notice on this SIP revision from May 1, 2018, to June 7, 2018, and received no comment. In addition, as explained above and in more detail in the technical support document which is part of this docket, the revision meets the substantive SIP requirements of the CAA, including section 110 and implementing regulations.
IV. What action is EPA taking?
The EPA is proposing to amend the Missouri SIP by approving the State's request to amend 10 CSR 10-6.180, “Measurement of Emissions of Air Contaminants.” Approval of these revisions will ensure consistency between state and Federally-approved rules. The EPA has determined that these changes will not adversely impact air quality.
We are processing this as a proposed action because we are soliciting comments on this proposed action. Final rulemaking will occur after consideration of any comments.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is proposing to include regulatory text in an EPA final rule that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is proposing to incorporate by reference the Missouri Regulations described in the proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth below. EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials generally available through
www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region 7 Office (please contact the person identified in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this preamble for more information).
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VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act (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, 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);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501et 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. 601et 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);
Is not subject to requirements of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTA) because this rulemaking does not involve technical standards; 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, underExecutive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
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).
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84 FR 14906
Web Citation
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“Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Measurement of Emissions of Air Contaminants,” thefederalregister.org (April 12, 2019), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2019-07284/air-plan-approval-missouri-measurement-of-emissions-of-air-contaminants.