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final rule will be withdrawn and all
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based on this proposed action. EPA will
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Dated: August 30, 2005.
William Rice,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R09–OAR–2005–NV–01; FRL–7967–9]
Revisions to the Nevada State
Implementation Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
revisions to the Nevada State
Implementation Plan (SIP). These
revisions concern definitions, sulfur
emission regulations, and various other
burning regulations. We are proposing
to approve these regulations in order to
regulate their corresponding emission
sources under the Clean Air Act as
amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We
are taking comments on this proposal
and plan to follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by
October 13, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number R09–OAR–
2005–NV–01, by one of the following
methods:
1. Agency Web site: https://
docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers
receiving comments through this
electronic public docket and comment
system. Follow the on-line instructions
to submit comments.
2. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions.
3. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
4. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel
(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments 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 Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information that
you consider CBI or otherwise protected
should be clearly identified as such and
should not be submitted through the
agency Web site, eRulemaking portal or
e-mail. The agency Web site and
eRulemaking portal are ‘‘anonymous
access’’ systems, and EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send e-mail
directly to EPA, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the public comment.
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.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub and in
hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California. 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 in either
location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard
copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR
section.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Julie
Rose, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4126,
rose.julie@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State’s Submittal
A. What Regulations Did the State Submit?
B. What Is the Regulatory History of the
Nevada SIP?
C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed
Rule?
II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action
A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Regulations?
B. Do the Regulations Meet the Evaluation
Criteria?
C. Public Comment and Final Action.
I. The State’s Submittal
A. What Regulations Did the State
Submit?
The NDEP submitted a large revision
to the applicable SIP on February 16,
2005. On August 18, 2005, the revision
became complete by operation of law
pursuant to 40 CFR part 51 Appendix V.
The primary purpose of this revision
is to clarify and harmonize State and
federally enforceable requirements.
Because this revision incorporates so
many changes from the 1970s and 1980s
vintage SIP regulations, EPA has
decided to review and act on the
submittal in a series of separate actions.
This Proposed rule is proposing to
approve a few of the provisions
contained in the February 2005
submittal. The remaining portions of the
submittal will be acted on in future
Federal Register actions.
Table 1 lists the provisions of the
Nevada Administrative Code (NAC)
addressed by this proposal with the
dates that they were adopted and
submitted by the Nevada Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources,
Division of Environmental Protection
(NDEP). Some of these provisions were
renumbered after their initial adoption.
TABLE 1.—SUBMITTED REGULATIONS
NAC No.
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445B.002
445B.004
445B.005
445B.006
445B.009
445B.011
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Administrator .............................................................................................................................
Affected Facility ........................................................................................................................
Affected Source ........................................................................................................................
Air-conditioning equipment .......................................................................................................
Air pollution ...............................................................................................................................
Ambient air ................................................................................................................................
Atmosphere ...............................................................................................................................
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TABLE 1.—SUBMITTED REGULATIONS—Continued
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Combustible refuse ...................................................................................................................
Commission ..............................................................................................................................
Continuous monitoring system .................................................................................................
Day ............................................................................................................................................
Director .....................................................................................................................................
Effective date of the program ...................................................................................................
Emergency ................................................................................................................................
Emission ...................................................................................................................................
Emission unit ............................................................................................................................
Enforceable ...............................................................................................................................
EPA ...........................................................................................................................................
Excess emissions .....................................................................................................................
Fuel ...........................................................................................................................................
Fuel-burning equipment ............................................................................................................
Fugitive dust .............................................................................................................................
Fugitive emissions ....................................................................................................................
Garbage ....................................................................................................................................
Hazardous air pollutant .............................................................................................................
Incinerator .................................................................................................................................
Local air pollution control agency .............................................................................................
Malfunction ................................................................................................................................
Maximum allowable throughput ................................................................................................
Monitoring device ......................................................................................................................
Multiple chamber incinerator ....................................................................................................
Nitrogen oxides .........................................................................................................................
Nonattainment area ..................................................................................................................
Nonroad engine ........................................................................................................................
Nonroad vehicle ........................................................................................................................
Odor ..........................................................................................................................................
One-hour period ........................................................................................................................
Opacity ......................................................................................................................................
Open burning ............................................................................................................................
Ore ............................................................................................................................................
Owner or operator ....................................................................................................................
Particulate matter ......................................................................................................................
Pathological wastes ..................................................................................................................
Person .......................................................................................................................................
PM10 ..........................................................................................................................................
Process equipment ...................................................................................................................
Process weight .........................................................................................................................
Reference conditions ................................................................................................................
Reference method ....................................................................................................................
Regulated air pollutant ..............................................................................................................
Run ...........................................................................................................................................
Salvage operation .....................................................................................................................
Shutdown ..................................................................................................................................
Single chamber incinerator .......................................................................................................
Smoke .......................................................................................................................................
Solid waste ...............................................................................................................................
Source .......................................................................................................................................
Stack and chimney ...................................................................................................................
Standard ...................................................................................................................................
Start-up .....................................................................................................................................
Toxic regulated air pollutant .....................................................................................................
Uncombined water ....................................................................................................................
Waste ........................................................................................................................................
Wet garbage .............................................................................................................................
Year ..........................................................................................................................................
Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................
Sulfur emission .........................................................................................................................
Sulfur emissions: Calculation of total feed sulfur .....................................................................
Sulfur emissions: Fuel-burning equipment ...............................................................................
Sulfur emissions: Other processes which emit sulfur ..............................................................
Open burning ............................................................................................................................
Incinerator burning ....................................................................................................................
Reduction of animal matter ......................................................................................................
Standards of quality for ambient air .........................................................................................
Plan for reduction of emissions ................................................................................................
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B. What Is the Regulatory History of the
Nevada SIP?
The State of Nevada first submitted an
applicable SIP in January 1972, portions
of which EPA approved pursuant to
CAA § 110(c) on May 31, 1972 at 37 FR
10842. The SIP included various
sections of the NAC and the Nevada
Revised Statutes. Nevada subsequently
adopted and submitted many revisions
to these requirements, some of which
EPA approved on January 9, 1978 at 43
FR 1342, July 10, 1980 at 45 FR 46284,
August 27, 1981 at 46 FR 43142, and
June 18, 1982 at 47 FR 26387. Since
1982, EPA has approved very few
revisions to Nevada’s applicable SIP
despite numerous changes that have
been adopted locally.
C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed
Rule?
The purpose of this proposal is to
bring the applicable SIP up to date. The
regulations we are proposing to approve
today address a few of the provisions
contained in the February 2005
submittal concerning definitions, sulfur
emission controls, and various burning
regulations.
II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action
A. How Is EPA Evaluating the
Regulations?
Generally, SIP regulations in
attainment areas must be enforceable
(see section 110(a) of the Act) and must
not relax existing requirements (see
sections 110(l) and 193). Guidance and
policy documents that we used to help
evaluate enforceability include the
following:
1. ‘‘Issues Relating to VOC Regulation
Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and
Deviations,’’ EPA, May 25, 1988 (the
Bluebook).
2. ‘‘Guidance Document for Correcting
Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,’’ EPA Region 9, August 21,
2001 (the Little Bluebook).
B. Do the Regulations Meet the
Evaluation Criteria?
We believe these regulations are
consistent with the relevant policy and
guidance regarding enforceability and
SIP relaxations. The TSD has more
information on our evaluation.
C. Public Comment and Final Action.
Because EPA believes the submitted
regulations fulfill all relevant
requirements, we are proposing to fully
approve them as described in section
110(k)(3) of the Act. We will accept
comments from the public on this
proposal for the next 30 days. Unless we
receive convincing new information
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during the comment period, we intend
to publish a final approval action that
will incorporate these regulations into
the federally enforceable SIP.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), this proposed
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 proposed action merely
proposes to approve state law as
meeting Federal requirements and
imposes no additional requirements
beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies
that this proposed 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
proposes to approve 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 proposed 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
proposes to approve 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 proposed 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.
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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 proposed
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.).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxide.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 31, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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CAS Exemption for Contracts
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Territories, and Possessions
Cost Accounting Standards
Board, Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, OMB.
ACTION: Staff Discussion Paper (SDP);
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Cost Accounting
Standards (CAS) Board, Office of
Federal Procurement Policy, invites
public comments on the staff discussion
paper regarding a provision that
provides an exemption from CAS for
contracts that are executed and
performed entirely outside the United
States, its territories, and possessions.
DATES: Comments must be in writing
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R09-OAR-2005-NV-01; FRL-7967-9]
Revisions to the Nevada State Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Nevada State
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern definitions, sulfur
emission regulations, and various other burning regulations. We are
proposing to approve these regulations in order to regulate their
corresponding emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in
1990 (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan
to follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by October 13, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number R09-OAR-2005-
NV-01, by one of the following methods:
1. Agency Web site: https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers
receiving comments through this electronic public docket and comment
system. Follow the on-line instructions to submit comments.
2. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions.
3. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
4. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments 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 Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be
clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through the
agency Web site, eRulemaking portal or e-mail. The agency Web site and
eRulemaking portal are ``anonymous access'' systems, and EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
public comment. 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.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at https://docket.epa.gov/rmepub and in hard copy at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. 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 in either location
(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Rose, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-
4126, rose.julie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. What Regulations Did the State Submit?
B. What Is the Regulatory History of the Nevada SIP?
C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed Rule?
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Regulations?
B. Do the Regulations Meet the Evaluation Criteria?
C. Public Comment and Final Action.
I. The State's Submittal
A. What Regulations Did the State Submit?
The NDEP submitted a large revision to the applicable SIP on
February 16, 2005. On August 18, 2005, the revision became complete by
operation of law pursuant to 40 CFR part 51 Appendix V.
The primary purpose of this revision is to clarify and harmonize
State and federally enforceable requirements. Because this revision
incorporates so many changes from the 1970s and 1980s vintage SIP
regulations, EPA has decided to review and act on the submittal in a
series of separate actions. This Proposed rule is proposing to approve
a few of the provisions contained in the February 2005 submittal. The
remaining portions of the submittal will be acted on in future Federal
Register actions.
Table 1 lists the provisions of the Nevada Administrative Code
(NAC) addressed by this proposal with the dates that they were adopted
and submitted by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). Some of these
provisions were renumbered after their initial adoption.
Table 1.--Submitted Regulations
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NAC No. NAC title Adopted Submitted
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445B.001............................... Definitions............................ 08/19/04 02/16/05
445B.002............................... Act.................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.004............................... Administrator.......................... 08/19/82 02/16/05
445B.005............................... Affected Facility...................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.006............................... Affected Source........................ 09/18/01 02/16/05
445B.009............................... Air-conditioning equipment............. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.011............................... Air pollution.......................... 01/22/98 02/16/05
445B.018............................... Ambient air............................ 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.022............................... Atmosphere............................. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.030............................... British thermal units.................. 09/03/87 02/16/05
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445B.042............................... Combustible refuse..................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.0425.............................. Commission............................. 01/22/98 02/16/05
445B.047............................... Continuous monitoring system........... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.051............................... Day.................................... 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.053............................... Director............................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.055............................... Effective date of the program.......... 11/03/93 02/16/05
445B.056............................... Emergency.............................. 11/03/93 02/16/05
445B.058............................... Emission............................... 01/22/98 02/16/05
445B.059............................... Emission unit.......................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.060............................... Enforceable............................ 08/19/82 02/16/05
445B.061............................... EPA.................................... 11/03/93 02/16/05
445B.063............................... Excess emissions....................... 11/03/93 02/16/05
445B.072............................... Fuel................................... 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.073............................... Fuel-burning equipment................. 08/29/90 02/16/05
445B.075............................... Fugitive dust.......................... 03/03/94 02/16/05
445B.077............................... Fugitive emissions..................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.080............................... Garbage................................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.084............................... Hazardous air pollutant................ 11/03/93 02/16/05
445B.086............................... Incinerator............................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.091............................... Local air pollution control agency..... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.095............................... Malfunction............................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.097............................... Maximum allowable throughput........... 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.103............................... Monitoring device...................... 10/03/94 02/16/05
445B.106............................... Multiple chamber incinerator........... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.109............................... Nitrogen oxides........................ 03/03/94 02/16/05
445B.112............................... Nonattainment area..................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.113............................... Nonroad engine......................... 05/10/01 02/16/05
445B.1135.............................. Nonroad vehicle........................ 05/10/01 02/16/05
445B.116............................... Odor................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.119............................... One-hour period........................ 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.121............................... Opacity................................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.122............................... Open burning........................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.125............................... Ore.................................... 08/12/78 02/16/05
445B.127............................... Owner or operator...................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.129............................... Particulate matter..................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.130............................... Pathological wastes.................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.134............................... Person................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.135............................... PM10................................... 11/18/91 02/16/05
445B.144............................... Process equipment...................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.145............................... Process weight......................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.151............................... Reference conditions................... 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.152............................... Reference method....................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.153............................... Regulated air pollutant................ 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.161............................... Run.................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.163............................... Salvage operation...................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.167............................... Shutdown............................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.168............................... Single chamber incinerator............. 11/08/77 02/16/05
445B.174............................... Smoke.................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.176............................... Solid waste............................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.177............................... Source................................. 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.180............................... Stack and chimney...................... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.182............................... Standard............................... 03/03/94 02/16/05
445B.185............................... Start-up............................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.196............................... Toxic regulated air pollutant.......... 10/03/95 02/16/05
445B.198............................... Uncombined water....................... 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.205............................... Waste.................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.207............................... Wet garbage............................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.209............................... Year................................... 09/03/87 02/16/05
445B.211............................... Abbreviations.......................... 08/19/04 02/16/05
445B.2204.............................. Sulfur emission........................ 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.22043............................. Sulfur emissions: Calculation of total 08/19/04 02/16/05
feed sulfur.
445B.22047............................. Sulfur emissions: Fuel-burning 09/09/99 02/16/05
equipment.
445B.2205.............................. Sulfur emissions: Other processes which 09/18/03 02/16/05
emit sulfur.
445B.22067............................. Open burning........................... 02/26/04 02/16/05
445B.2207.............................. Incinerator burning.................... 02/26/04 02/16/05
445B.2209.............................. Reduction of animal matter............. 09/16/76 02/16/05
445B.22097............................. Standards of quality for ambient air... 02/26/04 02/16/05
445B.230............................... Plan for reduction of emissions........ 08/19/04 02/16/05
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B. What Is the Regulatory History of the Nevada SIP?
The State of Nevada first submitted an applicable SIP in January
1972, portions of which EPA approved pursuant to CAA Sec. 110(c) on
May 31, 1972 at 37 FR 10842. The SIP included various sections of the
NAC and the Nevada Revised Statutes. Nevada subsequently adopted and
submitted many revisions to these requirements, some of which EPA
approved on January 9, 1978 at 43 FR 1342, July 10, 1980 at 45 FR
46284, August 27, 1981 at 46 FR 43142, and June 18, 1982 at 47 FR
26387. Since 1982, EPA has approved very few revisions to Nevada's
applicable SIP despite numerous changes that have been adopted locally.
C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed Rule?
The purpose of this proposal is to bring the applicable SIP up to
date. The regulations we are proposing to approve today address a few
of the provisions contained in the February 2005 submittal concerning
definitions, sulfur emission controls, and various burning regulations.
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Regulations?
Generally, SIP regulations in attainment areas must be enforceable
(see section 110(a) of the Act) and must not relax existing
requirements (see sections 110(l) and 193). Guidance and policy
documents that we used to help evaluate enforceability include the
following:
1. ``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and
Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook).
2. ``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).
B. Do the Regulations Meet the Evaluation Criteria?
We believe these regulations are consistent with the relevant
policy and guidance regarding enforceability and SIP relaxations. The
TSD has more information on our evaluation.
C. Public Comment and Final Action.
Because EPA believes the submitted regulations fulfill all relevant
requirements, we are proposing to fully approve them as described in
section 110(k)(3) of the Act. We will accept comments from the public
on this proposal for the next 30 days. Unless we receive convincing new
information during the comment period, we intend to publish a final
approval action that will incorporate these regulations into the
federally enforceable SIP.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
proposed 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
proposed action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal
requirements and imposes no additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that
this proposed 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 proposes to approve 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 proposed 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 proposes to approve 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
proposed 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 proposed 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.).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxide.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 31, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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