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40 CFR Part 52
available at the Air Permits 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 you contact the person
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. Copies of the State
submittal are also available for public
inspection during normal business
hours, by appointment at the State Air
Agency: Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of
Air Resources Management, 2600 Blair
Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399–
2400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Kelly Fortin, Air Permits Section, Air
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, Region 4,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303–8960. The telephone number is
(404) 562–9117. Ms. Fortin can also be
reached via electronic mail at
fortin.kelly@epa.gov.
[FL–87; FL–89–200501, FRL–7869–2]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
published on December 17, 2004 (69 FR
75495). EPA will not institute a second
comment period on this action.
DATES: The direct final rule is
withdrawn as of February 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Notarianni, Air Planning
Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
((404) 562–9031 (phone) or
notarianni.michele@epa.gov (e-mail).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: January 24, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Florida: Citrus
Juice Processing
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final conditional approval.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA is conditionally
approving a revision to the Florida State
Implementation Plan (SIP) consisting of
a new Florida statute and implementing
regulations that set emission limits for
existing and new equipment at existing
citrus juice processing facilities in
Florida. This approval is conditioned
upon a commitment from the State to
adopt specific enforceable measures, as
stated in the proposed rule published
January 30, 2004 (69 FR 4459), within
one year from the effective date of this
rule. If the State fails to meet its
commitment by adopting and
submitting to EPA the necessary
revisions within the one-year period,
the approval is treated as a disapproval.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule will be
effective March 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Control No. FL–87 and FL–89. Some
information may not be publicly
available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Publicly available docket materials are
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I. Today’s Action
Today’s action is a conditional
approval under section 110(k)(4) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA may
conditionally approve a plan based on
a commitment from the State to adopt
specific enforceable measures within
one year from the effective date of final
conditional approval. Because the
revisions would materially alter the
existing SIP approved rule, the State
must make a SIP submittal. If the State
fails to adopt and submit the specified
measures by the end of one year from
the effective date of this conditional
approval, or fails to make a submittal,
EPA will issue a finding of disapproval.
If EPA determines that the rule with the
specified measures is approvable, EPA
will propose approval of the rule in the
Federal Register. EPA will
conditionally approve a certain rule
only once.
II. Background
EPA is taking this action in response
to a request from the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) to revise Florida’s SIP and Title
V operating permit program to include
an alternative regulatory program for
citrus juice processing facilities. FDEP’s
complete submittal, received by EPA on
July 29, 2002, includes a new citrus
statute (Florida Statute 403.08725),
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which the State adopted in July 2000
and amended on June 12, 2003, as well
as draft implementing regulations and
supporting material. FDEP formally
adopted these implementing regulations
in December 2002. 62–210.340 F.A.C.
FDEP also requested that the statute and
regulation be considered by EPA
pursuant to the Joint EPA/State
Agreement to Pursue Regulatory
Innovation between EPA and the
Environmental Council of the States
(‘‘ECOS’’). 63 FR 24784. After a detailed
review, EPA responded to FDEP with
letters, dated September 18, 2002, and
April 24, 2003, listing several changes to
the program that must be made in order
for EPA to incorporate the program into
the Florida SIP. On January 31, 2003,
FDEP made a supplemental submittal
outlining their intent to make necessary
statutory and regulatory revisions to the
program. In a Federal Register notice
published on January 30, 2004, EPA
requested comment on a proposal to
conditionally approve the proposed
changes to the Florida SIP. The Federal
Register notice described the proposed
program and identified specific
deficiencies that EPA has determined
must be corrected in order for EPA to
approve the program as part of the
Florida SIP. You may access this notice
and the January 30, 2004 Federal
Register document electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov. No
comments were received by EPA during
the 30 day public comment period.
The proposed program requires the
existing juice processing facilities in
Florida to comply with specified terms
in the statute when they construct,
operate, and modify air emissions units.
For some units these conditions are
different from those required by the
conventional construction and operating
permit requirements required by the
SIP-approved Florida regulations that
currently apply to citrus juice
processing facilities. The statute
requires a 65 percent recovery (50
percent the first year) of d-limonene oil
from peel processed through the peel
dryer. This reduction will decrease
emissions of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) from these facilities
by approximately 38 percent. The citrus
facilities can comply with the VOC
emission limitations through a
combination of emission controls,
pollution prevention, and emission
credits that can be generated through
over-control of the juice processing
facilities. The statute includes
requirements for emissions of VOC,
nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide
(SO2), and particulate matter (PM), for
existing units and for new units. New
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units include units that are modified or
are relocated. The program also
incorporates all applicable federal
standards (such as maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) for
hazardous air pollutants and New
Source Performance Standards (NSPS)).
The statute and implementing
regulations will be considered a general
permit for the purpose of Title V of the
CAA. Further details regarding the
program can be found in EPA’s January
30, 2004 Federal Register notice and in
the public docket referenced above.
Today’s approval is conditioned upon
FDEP making specific changes to the
State statute and regulations. FDEP will
have one year from the effective date of
this conditional approval to complete
and submit to EPA the necessary
program revisions. After EPA receives
the State’s submittal, EPA will review
the changes to ensure that they remedy
the deficiencies identified in the
January 30, 2004 notice. These
deficiencies relate to: the allowable fuel
sulfur content; PM–10 emissions; a
maximum production limit; regulated
and toxic air pollutants; public petitions
and judicial review; performance
measures; and program review. If EPA
believes these changes are approvable,
EPA will publish a proposed action to
approve the SIP and Title V revisions,
again soliciting public comment. The
Florida statute previously provided that
it would expire if EPA did not approve
the program as revisions to Florida’s SIP
and Title V program by January 31,
2005, and that in that event, the
applicable requirements would revert
back to those of the conventional
permitting programs. However, the
statutory ‘‘sunset’’ date has been
extended to July 1, 2005 (F.S.
403.08725, as amended 5/28/04).
III. Final Action
EPA is conditionally approving the
Florida SIP revision consisting of an
innovative strategy to create an
alternative program for regulating the
existing citrus juice industry, which was
submitted on January 30, 2001, with
additional material submitted on July
16, 2002 and January 31, 2003, with the
condition that Florida correct the
deficiencies described in our January
30, 2004 action (69 FR 4459). EPA is
taking this action pursuant to our
authority in section 110(k)4 of the CAA.
IV. 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
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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
CAA. 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 CAA. 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 CAA. Thus, the requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
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Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not
apply. This rule does 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 amended 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 April 5, 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, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
I Part 52 of chapter I, title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations, is amended as
follows:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 42. U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart (K)—Florida
2. A new § 52.519 is added to read as
follows:
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§ 52.519 Identification of plan-conditional
approval.
National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List
Comments may be mailed
to: Robert Sanchez, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. EPA Region III (3HS23),
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103–2029, (215) 814–3451.
Information Repositories:
Comprehensive information about the
Site is available for viewing and copying
at the Site information repositories
located at: U.S. EPA Region III, Regional
Center for Environmental Information
(RCEI), 1650 Arch Street (2nd Floor),
Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029, (215)
814–5254, Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.; and in Maryland at the
St. Mary’s County Library, 23250
Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD
20650 (301) 475–2846, Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Sanchez, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. EPA Region III (3HS23),
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103–2029, (215) 814–3451 or 1–800–
553–2509.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Direct final rule of deletion of
the Southern Maryland Wood Treating
Superfund Site from the National
Priorities List.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
III. Deletion Procedures
IV. Basis for Site Deletion
V. Deletion Action
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region III is publishing a
direct final rule of deletion of the
Southern Maryland Wood Treating
Superfund Site (Site), located in
Hollywood (St. Mary’s County),
Maryland, from the National Priorities
List (NPL).
The NPL, promulgated pursuant to
section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (CERCLA), is
Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which
is the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP). This direct final rule of deletion
is being published by EPA with the
concurrence of the State of Maryland,
through the Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE), because EPA has
determined that all appropriate
response actions under CERCLA have
been completed and, therefore, further
remedial action pursuant to CERCLA is
not appropriate.
DATES: This direct final rule deletion
will be effective April 5, 2005, unless
EPA receives adverse comments by
March 7, 2005. If adverse comments are
received, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule
deletion in the Federal Register
informing the public that the deletion
will not take effect.
I. Introduction
EPA Region III is publishing this
direct final notice of deletion of the
Southern Maryland Wood Treating
Superfund Site from the NPL.
The EPA identifies sites that appear to
present a significant risk to public
health or the environment and
maintains the NPL as the list of those
sites. As described in § 300.425(e)(3) of
the NCP, sites deleted from the NPL
remain eligible for remedial actions if
conditions at a deleted site warrant such
action.
Because EPA considers this action to
be noncontroversial and routine, EPA is
taking it without prior publication of a
notice of intent to delete. This action
will be effective April 5, 2005, unless
EPA receives adverse comments by
March 7, 2005, on this document or the
parallel notice of intent to delete
published in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’
section of today’s Federal Register. If
adverse comments are received within
the 30-day public comment period on
this notice or the notice of intent to
delete, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal of this direct final notice of
deletion before the effective date of the
deletion and the deletion will not take
effect. EPA will, as appropriate, prepare
a response to comments and continue
with the deletion process on the basis of
the notice of intent to delete and the
EPA is conditionally approving a
revision to the Florida State
Implementation Plan (SIP) consisting of
a new citrus statute (Florida Statute
403.08725), as well as implementing
regulations (62–210.340 F.A.C.) based
upon a commitment from the State to
adopt specific enforceable measures by
March 7, 2006. If the State fails to meet
its commitment by March 7, 2006, the
approval is treated as a disapproval.
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comments already received. There will
be no additional opportunity to
comment.
Section II of this document explains
the criteria for deleting sites from the
NPL. Section III discusses procedures
that EPA is using for this action. Section
IV discusses the Southern Maryland
Wood Treating Superfund Site and
demonstrates how it meets the deletion
criteria. Section V discusses EPA’s
action to delete the Site from the NPL
unless adverse comments are received
during the public comment period.
II. NPL Deletion Criteria
Section 300.425(e) of the NCP
provides that releases may be deleted
from the NPL where no further response
is appropriate. In making a
determination to delete a Site from the
NPL, EPA shall consider, in
consultation with the State, whether any
of the following criteria have been met:
i. Responsible parties or other persons
have implemented all appropriate
response actions required;
ii. All appropriate Fund-financed
(Hazardous Substance Superfund
Response Trust Fund) response under
CERCLA has been implemented, and no
further response action by responsible
parties is appropriate; or
iii. The remedial investigation has
shown that the release poses no
significant threat to public health or the
environment and, therefore, the taking
of remedial measures is not appropriate.
Even if a site is deleted from the NPL,
where hazardous substances, pollutants,
or contaminants remain at the deleted
site above levels that allow for
unlimited use and unrestricted
exposure, CERCLA section 121(c), 42
U.S.C. 9621(c), requires that a
subsequent review of the site be
conducted at least every five years after
the initiation of the remedial action at
the deleted site to ensure that the action
remains protective of public health and
the environment. If new information
becomes available which indicates a
need for further action, EPA may initiate
remedial actions. Whenever there is a
significant release from a site deleted
from the NPL, the deleted site may be
restored to the NPL without application
of the hazard ranking system.
III. Deletion Procedures
The following procedures apply to
deletion of the Site:
(1) EPA consulted with the State of
Maryland on the deletion of the Site
from the NPL prior to developing this
direct final notice of deletion.
(2) The State of Maryland has
concurred with deletion of the Site from
the NPL.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[FL-87; FL-89-200501, FRL-7869-2]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Florida:
Citrus Juice Processing
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final conditional approval.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is conditionally approving a revision to the Florida
State Implementation Plan (SIP) consisting of a new Florida statute and
implementing regulations that set emission limits for existing and new
equipment at existing citrus juice processing facilities in Florida.
This approval is conditioned upon a commitment from the State to adopt
specific enforceable measures, as stated in the proposed rule published
January 30, 2004 (69 FR 4459), within one year from the effective date
of this rule. If the State fails to meet its commitment by adopting and
submitting to EPA the necessary revisions within the one-year period,
the approval is treated as a disapproval.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule will be effective March 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Control No. FL-87 and FL-89. Some information may not be publicly
available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Publicly available docket materials are
available at the Air Permits 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 you contact the person 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. Copies of the State submittal
are also available for public inspection during normal business hours,
by appointment at the State Air Agency: Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resources Management, 2600
Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kelly Fortin, Air Permits Section,
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404) 562-9117.
Ms. Fortin can also be reached via electronic mail at
fortin.kelly@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Today's Action
Today's action is a conditional approval under section 110(k)(4) of
the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA may conditionally approve a plan based on
a commitment from the State to adopt specific enforceable measures
within one year from the effective date of final conditional approval.
Because the revisions would materially alter the existing SIP approved
rule, the State must make a SIP submittal. If the State fails to adopt
and submit the specified measures by the end of one year from the
effective date of this conditional approval, or fails to make a
submittal, EPA will issue a finding of disapproval. If EPA determines
that the rule with the specified measures is approvable, EPA will
propose approval of the rule in the Federal Register. EPA will
conditionally approve a certain rule only once.
II. Background
EPA is taking this action in response to a request from the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to revise Florida's SIP
and Title V operating permit program to include an alternative
regulatory program for citrus juice processing facilities. FDEP's
complete submittal, received by EPA on July 29, 2002, includes a new
citrus statute (Florida Statute 403.08725), which the State adopted in
July 2000 and amended on June 12, 2003, as well as draft implementing
regulations and supporting material. FDEP formally adopted these
implementing regulations in December 2002. 62-210.340 F.A.C. FDEP also
requested that the statute and regulation be considered by EPA pursuant
to the Joint EPA/State Agreement to Pursue Regulatory Innovation
between EPA and the Environmental Council of the States (``ECOS''). 63
FR 24784. After a detailed review, EPA responded to FDEP with letters,
dated September 18, 2002, and April 24, 2003, listing several changes
to the program that must be made in order for EPA to incorporate the
program into the Florida SIP. On January 31, 2003, FDEP made a
supplemental submittal outlining their intent to make necessary
statutory and regulatory revisions to the program. In a Federal
Register notice published on January 30, 2004, EPA requested comment on
a proposal to conditionally approve the proposed changes to the Florida
SIP. The Federal Register notice described the proposed program and
identified specific deficiencies that EPA has determined must be
corrected in order for EPA to approve the program as part of the
Florida SIP. You may access this notice and the January 30, 2004
Federal Register document electronically at https://www.regulations.gov.
No comments were received by EPA during the 30 day public comment
period.
The proposed program requires the existing juice processing
facilities in Florida to comply with specified terms in the statute
when they construct, operate, and modify air emissions units. For some
units these conditions are different from those required by the
conventional construction and operating permit requirements required by
the SIP-approved Florida regulations that currently apply to citrus
juice processing facilities. The statute requires a 65 percent recovery
(50 percent the first year) of d-limonene oil from peel processed
through the peel dryer. This reduction will decrease emissions of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) from these facilities by approximately
38 percent. The citrus facilities can comply with the VOC emission
limitations through a combination of emission controls, pollution
prevention, and emission credits that can be generated through over-
control of the juice processing facilities. The statute includes
requirements for emissions of VOC, nitrogen oxides (NOX),
sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter (PM), for
existing units and for new units. New
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units include units that are modified or are relocated. The program
also incorporates all applicable federal standards (such as maximum
achievable control technology (MACT) for hazardous air pollutants and
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)). The statute and implementing
regulations will be considered a general permit for the purpose of
Title V of the CAA. Further details regarding the program can be found
in EPA's January 30, 2004 Federal Register notice and in the public
docket referenced above.
Today's approval is conditioned upon FDEP making specific changes
to the State statute and regulations. FDEP will have one year from the
effective date of this conditional approval to complete and submit to
EPA the necessary program revisions. After EPA receives the State's
submittal, EPA will review the changes to ensure that they remedy the
deficiencies identified in the January 30, 2004 notice. These
deficiencies relate to: the allowable fuel sulfur content; PM-10
emissions; a maximum production limit; regulated and toxic air
pollutants; public petitions and judicial review; performance measures;
and program review. If EPA believes these changes are approvable, EPA
will publish a proposed action to approve the SIP and Title V
revisions, again soliciting public comment. The Florida statute
previously provided that it would expire if EPA did not approve the
program as revisions to Florida's SIP and Title V program by January
31, 2005, and that in that event, the applicable requirements would
revert back to those of the conventional permitting programs. However,
the statutory ``sunset'' date has been extended to July 1, 2005 (F.S.
403.08725, as amended 5/28/04).
III. Final Action
EPA is conditionally approving the Florida SIP revision consisting
of an innovative strategy to create an alternative program for
regulating the existing citrus juice industry, which was submitted on
January 30, 2001, with additional material submitted on July 16, 2002
and January 31, 2003, with the condition that Florida correct the
deficiencies described in our January 30, 2004 action (69 FR 4459). EPA
is taking this action pursuant to our authority in section 110(k)4 of
the CAA.
IV. 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 CAA.
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 CAA. 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 CAA. 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 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 amended 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 April 5, 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, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Part 52 of 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 (K)--Florida
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2. A new Sec. 52.519 is added to read as follows:
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Sec. 52.519 Identification of plan-conditional approval.
EPA is conditionally approving a revision to the Florida State
Implementation Plan (SIP) consisting of a new citrus statute (Florida
Statute 403.08725), as well as implementing regulations (62-210.340
F.A.C.) based upon a commitment from the State to adopt specific
enforceable measures by March 7, 2006. If the State fails to meet its
commitment by March 7, 2006, the approval is treated as a disapproval.
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