Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: South Carolina, 3632-3634 [05-1374]
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[Federal Register: January 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 16)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3632-3634]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R04-OAR-2004-SC-0002/0003-200421(a); FRL-7863-5]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans South Carolina:
Definitions and General Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is approving revisions to the State Implementation
Plan (SIP) submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control (SC DHEC) on November 14, 2003, for the purpose
of clarifying current regulations and ensuring consistency between
State and Federal regulations. The revisions consist of those published
in the South Carolina State Register on August 28, 1998 and June 25,
1999, revising Regulation 61-62.1 Definitions and General Requirements.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective March 28, 2005 without
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by February 25,
2005. If adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform
the public that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Regional Material in
EDocket (RME) ID No. R04-OAR-2004-SC-0002 or R04-OAR-2004-SC-0003, by
one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http: //https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Agency Web site: https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/ RME, EPA's
electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred method
for receiving comments. Once in the system, select ``quick search,''
then key in the appropriate RME Docket identification number. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
3. E-mail: ward.nacosta@epa.gov.
4. Fax: 404-562-9019.
5. Mail: ``R04-OAR-2004-SC-0002 or R04-OAR-2004-SC-0003'',
Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
6. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Nacosta C.
Ward, Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division 12th floor, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the Regional Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional Office's
official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30,
excluding federal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to RME ID No. R04-OAR-2004-SC-
0002 or R04-OAR-2004-SC-0003. EPA's policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public docket without change and may
be made available online at https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, including
any personal information provided, unless the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not
submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected
through RME, regulations.gov, or e-mail. The EPA RME website and the
federal regulations.gov website are ``anonymous access'' systems, which
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment
directly to EPA without going through RME or regulations.gov, your e-
mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
RME index at https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in RME
or in hard copy at the Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning
Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you
contact the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official
hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding
federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nacosta C. Ward, Regulatory
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number
is (404) 562-9140. Ms. Ward can also be reached via electronic mail at
ward.nacosta@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Analysis of State's Submittal
On November 14, 2003, the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control submitted revisions to the South Carolina SIP.
These revisions were published in the South Carolina State Register on
August 28, 1998 and June 25, 1999, revising Regulation 61-62.1
Definitions and General Requirements. The revisions include
modifications to existing definitions and additions of new definitions
and text to clarify Permitting Requirements.
1. Description of Revisions Published in the State Register as of
August 28, 1998
a. In Regulation 61-62.1, Section I--Definitions, the State noted a
discrepancy in the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and
submitted a revised definition to restore uniformity to the SIP.
2. Description of Revisions Published in the State Register as of June
25, 1999
a. In Regulation 61-62.1, Section I--Definitions, the following
definitions are being modified using language more consistent with
State and Federal regulations:
Air Curtain Incinerator
Incinerator
Industrial Furnace
``Total reduced sulfur (TRS)''
Used Oil
Virgin Fuel
Waste
Waste Fuel
The following terms are being added to Section I:
Clean Wood
Commercial Incinerator
Municipal Solid Waste
Plastics/rubber Recycling Unit
Pyrolysis/Combustion Unit
Refuse-derived Fuel
Sludge Combustors
Untreated lumber
The following terms are being deleted from Section I:
Municipal Incinerator
Municipal Waste
Sludge Incinerator
All subsequent definitions have been renumbered and formatted for
consistency.
b. In Regulation 61-62.1, Section II--Permit Requirements, the
existing text in A.2. and G.8.a. is being revised to include an
exemption for the review and signature of construction permit
applications. The exemption states that professional engineers employed
by the government may also review and sign these documents if they are
preparing applications for the Federal government.
c. In Regulation 61-62.1, Section II, A.3., the existing language
is revised to clearly define construction permit exempt facilities.
Part of the existing text in Section II. A.3. will be renumbered to
Section II. A.4.
d. The SIP amendments to Regulation 61-62.1 were done concurrently
with amendments to the State-only Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 3,
Emissions from Incinerators. EPA will not be acting on the amendments
to Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 3 because it is not a part of the
federally approved SIP.
II. Final Action
EPA is approving the aforementioned changes to the State of South
Carolina SIP because they are consistent with the Clean Air Act and EPA
policy. The EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because
the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates
no adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should
adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective March 28, 2005
without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by
February 25, 2005.
If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a document
withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the rule will
not take effect. All public comments received will then be addressed in
a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period. Parties interested in commenting
should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public
is advised that this rule will be effective on March 28, 2005 and no
further action will be taken on the proposed rule. Please note that if
we receive 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.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211,
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action
merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by
state law, it 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).
This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on
the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or
on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not have Federalism
implications because it does not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64
FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This action merely approves a state rule
implementing a Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or
the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean
Air Act. This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically
significant.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In
this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the
State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority
to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This rule does
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not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this 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 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 Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by March 28, 2005. 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, Intergovernmental
relations, and Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 7, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Chapter I, title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as
follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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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 PP--South Carolina
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2. Section 52.2120(c) is amended under Regulation No. 62.1, by revising
the entries for ``Section I'' and ``Section II'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2120 Identification of plan.
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Air Pollution Control Regulations for South Carolina
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State EPA
State citation Title/subject effective approval Federal Register notice
date date
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Regulation No. 62.1 Definitions and General Requirements
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Section I........................ Definitions........ 10/26/01 1/26/05 [Insert citation of
publication].
Section II....................... Permit Requirements 06/27/03 1/26/05 [Insert citation of
publication].
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