Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revisions to the Nevada State Implementation Plan; Requests for Rescission, 50875-50881 [E6-14214]
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individual’s overall vocational
impairment. This means that the
disability(ies) must have an identifiable,
measurable, or observable causative
effect on the overall vocational
impairment, but need not be the sole or
primary cause of the employment
handicap.
(2) When determining the individual’s
overall vocational impairment, the CP or
VRC will consider the factors identified
in § 21.50(c).
(3) For determinations made on
applications for vocational
rehabilitation filed on or after March 30,
1995, but before October 9, 1996, the
individual’s service-connected
disability(ies) need not contribute to the
individual’s overall vocational
impairment.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3101, 3102)
4. Revise § 21.52 to read as follows:
§ 21.52 Determining serious employment
handicap.
(a) Requirements for determining
serious employment handicap. For each
individual who is found to have an
employment handicap, a CP or VRC
must make a separate determination of
whether the individual has a serious
employment handicap. For the purposes
of an initial evaluation under § 21.50, a
serious employment handicap will be
found to exist only if a CP or VRC
determines that the individual meets
each of the following conditions:
(1) Significant vocational impairment.
The individual has a significant
vocational impairment; that is, a
significant impairment of the ability to
prepare for, obtain, or keep employment
in an occupation consistent with his or
her abilities, aptitudes, and interests,
considering the factors described in
§ 21.50 and paragraph (b) of this section.
(2) Effects of significant impairment
not overcome. The individual has not
overcome the effects of the significant
vocational impairment through
employment in, or qualifying for
employment in, an occupation
consistent with his or her abilities,
aptitudes, and interests. This includes
an individual who qualifies for a
suitable job, but who does not obtain or
keep the job for reasons beyond his or
her control.
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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3102)
(3) Contribution of the serviceconnected disability(ies) to the
individual’s overall significant
vocational impairment. (i) Except as
provided in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of this
section, the service-connected
disability(ies) must contribute in
substantial part to the individual’s
overall significant vocational
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impairment. This means that the
disability(ies) must have an identifiable,
measurable, or observable causative
effect on the overall significant
vocational impairment, but need not be
the sole or primary cause of the serious
employment handicap.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3101)
(ii) For determinations made on
applications for vocational
rehabilitation filed on or after March 30,
1995, but before October 9, 1996, the
individual’s service-connected
disability(ies) need not contribute to the
individual’s overall significant
vocational impairment.
(b) Factors for assessment during the
initial evaluation, when determining
whether a significant vocational
impairment exists. The combination of
all restrictions and their effects on the
individual define the extent of the
vocational impairment and its
significance. When determining
whether the individual has a significant
vocational impairment, VA will develop
and assess the following factors and
their effects:
(1) Number of disabling conditions;
(2) Severity of disabling condition(s);
(3) Existence of neuropsychiatric
condition(s);
(4) Adequacy of education or training
for suitable employment;
(5) Number, length, and frequency of
periods of unemployment or
underemployment;
(6) A pattern of reliance on
government support programs, such as
welfare, service-connected disability
compensation, nonservice-connected
disability pension, worker’s
compensation, or Social Security
disability;
(7) Extent and complexity of services
and assistance the individual needs to
achieve rehabilitation;
(8) Negative attitudes toward
individuals with disabilities and other
evidence of restrictions on suitable
employment, such as labor market
conditions; discrimination based on age,
race, gender, disability or other factors;
alcoholism or other substance abuse;
and
(9) Other factors that relate to
preparing for, obtaining, or keeping
employment consistent with the
individual’s abilities, aptitudes, and
interests.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3102, 3106)
Subpart M—Vocational Training and
Rehabilitation for Certain Children of
Vietnam Veterans—Spina Bifida and
Covered Birth Defects
5. Revise the authority citation for
part 21, subpart M to read as follows:
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 512, 1151
note, ch. 18, 5112, and as noted in specific
sections.
§ 21.8032
[Amended]
6. In § 21.8032, amend paragraph (a)
by removing ‘‘§§ 21.50(b)(5)’’ and
adding, in its place, ‘‘§§ 21.50(b)(3)’’.
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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2006–0590; FRL–8213–4]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Revisions to the
Nevada State Implementation Plan;
Requests for Rescission
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing, under the
Clean Air Act, approval of revisions to
the applicable state implementation
plan for the State of Nevada and
disapproval of other revisions. These
revisions involve certain regulations
and statutes for which the State of
Nevada is requesting rescission. EPA is
also proposing approval of certain
updated statutes submitted by the State
of Nevada as replacements for outdated
statutes in the applicable plan. The
approval proposed herein is contingent
upon receipt of certain public notice
and hearing documentation from the
State of Nevada. EPA is proposing this
action under the Clean Air Act
obligation to take action on State
submittals of revisions to state
implementation plans. The intended
effect is to rescind unnecessary
provisions from the applicable plan,
retain necessary provisions, and
approve replacement provisions for
certain statutes for which rescissions are
proposed for disapproval. EPA is taking
comments on this proposal and plans to
follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by
September 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2006–0590, by one of the
following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions.
2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel
(Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
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Instructions: All comments will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov,
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
www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, 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
www.regulations.gov 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.
(NDEP) submitted a large revision to the
applicable SIP on January 12, 2006. This
2006 SIP revision submittal supersedes
the regulatory portion of the earlier SIP
revision submittal dated February 16,
2005.1 On March 26, 2006, we found
that the Nevada SIP submittal dated
January 12, 2006 satisfied the
completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51,
appendix V, which must be met before
formal EPA review.
The primary purpose of this SIP
revision is to clarify and harmonize the
provisions approved by EPA into the
applicable SIP with the current
provisions adopted by the State.
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.
The first such action was proposed in
the Federal Register on September 13,
2005 (70 FR 53975) and finalized on
March 27, 2006 (71 FR 15040). The
second such action was proposed in the
Federal Register on June 9, 2006 (71 FR
33413).
In today’s action, we are taking
another step in the process of acting on
the State’s January 12, 2006 SIP revision
submittal by proposing action on the
State’s request for rescission of nearly
200 rules and statutes currently
approved in the applicable SIP.2 The
remaining portions of the submittal will
be acted on in future Federal Register
actions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 The February 16, 2005 SIP submittal also
includes documentation of public notice and
hearing for new or amended rules. The January 12,
2006 SIP submittal was not a complete re-submittal
of the earlier submittal in that it did not include
this documentation.
2 Of the nearly 200 rules and statutes for which
NDEP requests rescission, we are proposing action
today on all but 15, including 12 that we are
deferring to separate rulemakings and 3 that we
plan to take no action on. The rules and statutes
that we are deferring include rule 25 of general
order number 3 of the Nevada Public Service
Commission; article 1.60—Effective date; article
1.72—Existing facility; NAC 445.535—Kilogramcalorie; NAC 445.655 Abbreviations; article
13.1.3(3) [related to minor source BACT]; article
16.3.3.1—Opacity from kilns; NAC 445.667—Excess
emissions: scheduled maintenance, testing,
malfunctions; NAC 445.694—Emission discharge
information; NAC 445.706(2)—Application date;
payment of fees; NAC 445.715—Operation permits:
revocation; and NRS 704.820 to 704.900—
Construction of utility facilities: utility
environmental protection act. We do not plan to
take action on article 1.207—vehicle trip, article 14
(14.1 to 14.5.1.4)—supplementary control system
(submitted June 14, 1974), and article 14.1—
supplementary control system (submitted
November 17, 1981) because they are not in the
applicable SIP.
Throughout this document, the terms
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.
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Table of Contents
I. The State’s Submittal
A. Which rules and statutes did the state
submit for rescission?
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 rules and
statutes requested for rescission?
B. Do the rescissions meet the evaluation
criteria?
C. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State’s Submittal
A. Which rules and statutes did the state
submit for rescission?
The State of Nevada’s Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources,
Division of Environmental Protection
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B. What is the regulatory history of the
Nevada SIP?
Pursuant to the Clean Air
Amendments of 1970, the Governor of
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Nevada submitted the original Nevada
SIP to EPA in January 1972. EPA
approved certain portions of the original
SIP and disapproved other portions
under CAA section 110(a). See 37 FR
10842 (May 31, 1972). For some of the
disapproved portions of the original SIP,
EPA promulgated substitute provisions
under CAA section 110(c).3 This
original SIP included various rules,
codified as articles within the Nevada
Air Quality Regulations (NAQR), and
various statutory provisions codified in
chapter 445 of the Nevada Revised
Statutes (NRS). In the early 1980’s,
Nevada reorganized and re-codified its
air quality rules into sections within
chapter 445 of the Nevada
Administrative Code (NAC). Today,
Nevada codifies its air quality
regulations in chapter 445B of the NAC
and codifies air quality statutes in
chapter 445B (‘‘Air Pollution’’) of title
40 (‘‘Public Health and Safety’’) of the
NRS.
Nevada adopted and submitted many
revisions to the original set of
regulations and statutes in the SIP, some
of which EPA approved on February 6,
1975 at 40 FR 5508; on March 26, 1975
at 40 FR 13306; on January 9, 1978 at
43 FR 1341; on January 24, 1978 at 43
FR 3278; on August 21, 1978 at 43 FR
36932; on July 10, 1980 at 45 FR 46384;
on April 14, 1981 at 46 FR 21758; on
August 27, 1981 at 46 FR 43141; on
March 8, 1982 at 47 FR 9833; on April
13, 1982 at 47 FR 15790; on June 18,
1982 at 47 FR 26386; on June 23, 1982
at 47 FR 27070; on March 27, 1984 at
49 FR 11626. Since 1984, EPA has
approved very few revisions to Nevada’s
applicable SIP despite numerous
changes that have been adopted by the
State Environmental Commission. As a
result, the version of the rules
enforceable by NDEP is often quite
different from the SIP version
enforceable by EPA.
C. What is the purpose of this proposed
rule?
The purpose of this proposal is to
present EPA’s conclusions with respect
to the State’s request contained in
NDEP’s January 12, 2006 SIP revision
submittal for rescission of nearly 200
rules and statutes in the applicable SIP.
We provide our reasoning in general
terms below but provide a more detailed
analysis for each of the relevant rules
and statutes in the technical support
document (TSD) that has been prepared
for this proposed rulemaking.
3 Provisions that EPA promulgates under CAA
section 110(c) in substitution of disapproved State
provisions are referred to as Federal
Implementation Plans (FIPs).
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II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action
A. How is EPA evaluating the rules and
statutes requested for rescission?
Under CAA section 110(k)(2), EPA is
obligated to take action on submittals by
States of SIPs and SIP revisions. CAA
section 110(k)(3) authorizes EPA to
approve or disapprove, in whole or in
severable part, such submittals. EPA has
reviewed the regulations and statutes
submitted on January 12, 2006 by NDEP
for rescission for compliance with the
CAA requirements for SIPs in general
set forth in CAA section 110(a)(2) and
40 CFR part 51 and also for compliance
with CAA requirements for SIP
revisions in CAA sections 110(l) and
193.4 We have also applied the
principles set forth in a policy
memorandum from Johnnie L. Pearson,
Chief Regional Activities Section, U.S.
EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, dated February 12, 1990, and
entitled, ‘‘Review of State Regulation
Recodifications.’’ As described below,
EPA is proposing approval and
disapproval of portions of the State’s
rescission request and approval of
certain replacement provisions.
B. Do the rescissions meet the
evaluation criteria?
We are proposing to approve most of
the rules for which NDEP has requested
rescission (see Table 1), but are
proposing disapproval for rescission
requests related to certain rules and
statutes (see Table 2), and are proposing
to approve submitted replacement
provisions (see Table 3) for certain
provisions for which we believe the
State’s rescission request should be
disapproved.
Table 1 lists all of the SIP (or FIP)
provisions for which the State’s
rescission request is proposed for
approval along with the related
submittal and approval dates. The vast
majority of the provisions in table 1
represent defined terms that, although
approved by EPA and therefore made
part of the applicable SIP, are not relied
upon by any rule or statute in the
existing applicable SIP nor in any rule
or statute in the submitted SIP revision
and thus are unnecessary and
appropriate for rescission. We are also
proposing approval of the rescission
request with respect to certain other
rules and statutes (and one FIP) that we
have found to be unnecessary because
they are not needed generally in a SIP
under CAA section 110(a)(2) or under
40 CFR part 51 or because there are
other federally enforceable provisions
that would provide equivalent or greater
control. Neither NDEP’s February 16,
2005 nor January 12, 2006 SIP submittal
contained documentation of notice and
public hearing for repeal or rescission of
these provisions as required under CAA
section 110(l) for all SIP revisions. Thus,
we are making our proposed approval of
these rescissions contingent upon
receipt of this documentation from
NDEP.
The TSD provides more details
concerning our proposal and rationale
with respect to each of the items listed
in table 1.
TABLE 1.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL
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NAC
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NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
445.440
445.442
445.443
445.446
445.451
445.453
445.454
445.455
445.456
445.459
445.460
445.461
445.462
445.463
445.465
445.466
445.467
445.468
445.469
445.474
445.475
445.476
445.477
445.481
445.483
445.484
445.485
445.487
445.489
445.490
445.491
445.493
445.494
445.495
445.496
445.497
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Anode bake plant ......................................................................................
Asphalt concrete plant ...............................................................................
Barite dryer ................................................................................................
Basic oxygen process furnace ..................................................................
Bituminous coal .........................................................................................
Blast furnace .............................................................................................
Blowing tap ................................................................................................
Brass or bronze .........................................................................................
Calcium carbide .........................................................................................
Calcium silicon ..........................................................................................
Capture system .........................................................................................
Charge chrome ..........................................................................................
Charge period ............................................................................................
Coal preparation plant ...............................................................................
Coal processing and conveying equipment ..............................................
Coal refuse ................................................................................................
Coal storage system .................................................................................
Coke burn-off .............................................................................................
Commercial fuel oil ....................................................................................
Complex source ........................................................................................
Condensate ...............................................................................................
Confidential information .............................................................................
Control device ...........................................................................................
Copper converter .......................................................................................
Custody transfer ........................................................................................
Cyclonic flow .............................................................................................
Diesel fuel ..................................................................................................
Direct shell evacuation system .................................................................
Drilling and production facility ...................................................................
Dross reverberatory furnace .....................................................................
Dust handling equipment ..........................................................................
Dusts .........................................................................................................
Electric arc furnace ...................................................................................
Electric furnace ..........................................................................................
Electric smelting furnace ...........................................................................
4 CAA section 110(l) prohibits EPA from
approving any SIP revision that would interfere
with any applicable requirement concerning
attainment and reasonable further progress, or any
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section 193 prohibits modifications in control
requirements that were in effect before the CAA of
1990 in any nonattainment area unless the
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reductions of the nonattainment pollutant.
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NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
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NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
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NAC
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NAC
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NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
NAC
445.498
445.502
445.503
445.509
445.510
445.511
445.514
445.515
445.518
445.519
445.522
445.523
445.524
445.526
445.527
445.528
445.529
445.530
445.531
445.532
445.534
445.539
445.543
445.544
445.546
445.547
445.551
445.554
445.566
445.567
445.568
445.572
445.573
445.576
445.577
445.578
445.579
445.580
445.582
445.583
445.586
445.587
445.591
445.593
445.594
445.595
445.596
445.598
445.600
445.602
445.603
445.604
445.605
445.608
445.609
445.610
445.611
445.614
445.615
445.616
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Equivalent P2O5 feed ................................................................................
Equivalent P2O5 stored .............................................................................
Ferrochrome silicon ...................................................................................
Ferromanganese silicon ............................................................................
Ferrosilicon ................................................................................................
Fossil fuel-fired steam generating unit ......................................................
Fresh granular triple superphosphate .......................................................
Fuel gas .....................................................................................................
Fuel gas combustion device .....................................................................
Furnace charge .........................................................................................
Furnace cycle ............................................................................................
Furnace power input .................................................................................
Granular diammonium phosphate plant ....................................................
Granular triple super-phosphate storage facility .......................................
Heat time ...................................................................................................
High-carbon ferrochrome ..........................................................................
High level of volatile impurities .................................................................
High terrain ................................................................................................
Hydrocarbon ..............................................................................................
Isokinetic sampling ....................................................................................
Low terrain .................................................................................................
Meltdown and refining ...............................................................................
Meltdown and refining period ....................................................................
Molybdenum ..............................................................................................
Molybdenum processing plant ..................................................................
Nitric acid production unit ..........................................................................
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Secondary lead smelter ............................................................................
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SIP (or FIP) provision
Title
NAC 445.639 ...................................
NAC 445.640 ...................................
NAC 445.641 ...................................
NAC 445.642 ...................................
NAC 445.643 ...................................
NAC 445.644 ...................................
NAC 445.645 ...................................
NAC 445.646 ...................................
NAC 445.648 ...................................
NAC 445.652 ...................................
NAC 445.654 ...................................
Article 2.7.4 ......................................
Articles 2.10.1 and 2.10.1.1 .............
Articles 2.10.1.2, 2.10.2 and 2.10.3
Article 3.3.4 ......................................
Article 4.3.4 ......................................
Article 7.2.5 ......................................
Article 7.2.9 ......................................
Article 8.1 .........................................
Articles 8.1.1, 8.1.2, & 8.1.4 ............
Article 8.3.4 ......................................
Article 16.3.1.2 .................................
Articles 16.3.2, 16.3.2.1, & 16.3.2.2
Article 16.15 .....................................
Articles 16.15.1 to 16.15.1.2 ............
Articles 16.15.2 to 16.15.2.2 ............
Articles 16.15.3 to 16.15.3.2 ............
Article 16.15.4 ..................................
NAC 445.662 ...................................
NAC 445.695 ...................................
NAC 445.698 ...................................
NAC 445.700 ...................................
NAC 445.723 ...................................
NAC 445.815 ...................................
NAC 445.816(2) (a), (b), (c), (e), (f),
(g), (h), and (i).
NAC 445.844 ...................................
NRS 445.401 ...................................
Section 13(15) and (19) of Senate
Bill No. 275.
NRS 445.466 ...................................
NRS 445.497 ...................................
40 CFR 52.1475(c), (d), and (e) ......
Submittal date
Approval date
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Thermal dryer ............................................................................................
Thermit process .........................................................................................
Total fluorides ............................................................................................
Total smelter charge .................................................................................
Transfer and loading system .....................................................................
Triple superphosphate plant ......................................................................
True vapor pressure ..................................................................................
Vapor recovery system .............................................................................
Weak nitric acid .........................................................................................
Wet-process phosphoric acid plant ...........................................................
Confidential Information ............................................................................
Appeal procedures ....................................................................................
Appeal procedures ....................................................................................
Stop orders ................................................................................................
Emissions from any mobile equipment .....................................................
Basic Refractory ........................................................................................
Sierra Chemical Co ...................................................................................
Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters .................................................................
Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters .................................................................
Basic ..........................................................................................................
Regulations controlling cement (Applying to Portland cement plants) .....
Standard of particulate matter for clinker cooler (Applying to Portland
cement plants).
Primary lead smelters ...............................................................................
Standard for Particulate Matter (Applying to primary lead smelters) .......
Standard for Opacity (Applying to primary lead smelters) ........................
Standard for Sulfur (Applying to primary lead smelters) ..........................
Monitoring Operations (Applying to primary lead smelters) .....................
Confidential Information ............................................................................
Schedules for compliance .........................................................................
Appeal of director’s decision: Application forms .......................................
Violations: Manner of paying fines ............................................................
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Declaration of public policy .......................................................................
[State commission of environmental protection—review recommendations of hearing board and delegation].
Commission regulations: Notice and hearing ...........................................
Notice of regulatory action: Requirement; method; contents of notice ....
Control strategy and regulations: Sulfur oxides ........................................
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Table 2 lists the rules and statutes for
which the State’s rescission request is
proposed for disapproval along with the
related submittal and approval dates.
Generally, we believe that retention of
these provisions is appropriate to satisfy
certain specific requirements for SIPs
under CAA section 110(a)(2) or that
retention is appropriate because the
State has not provided sufficient
documentation to show that rescission
would not interfere with continued
attainment of the national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) as required
under CAA section 110(l). The TSD
provides more details concerning our
proposal and rationale with respect to
each of the items listed in table 2.
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Title
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Air contaminant .........................................................................................
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Stop order ..................................................................................................
Severability ................................................................................................
Concealment of emissions prohibited .......................................................
Hazardous emissions: Order for reduction or discontinuance ..................
Notice of violations; appearance before commission ...............................
Stop Orders ...............................................................................................
Reduction of employees’ pay because of use of system prohibited ........
Processing Plants for Precious Metals .....................................................
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TABLE 2.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS PROPOSED FOR DISAPPROVAL—
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NRS 445.451* ..................................
State environmental commission: Creation; composition; chairman;
quorum; salary, expenses of members; disqualification of members;
technical support.
Department designated as state air pollution control agency ..................
Department powers and duties .................................................................
Power of department representatives to enter and inspect premises ......
Appeals to commission; Notice of appeal .................................................
Appeals to commission; Hearings .............................................................
Appeals to commission: Appealable matters; commission action; rules
for appeals.
Violations: Notice and order by director; hearing; alternative procedures
Violations: Injunctive relief .........................................................................
Confidential information: Definitions; limitations on use; penalty for unlawful disclosure or use.
Power of department officers to inspect, search premises; search warrants.
Private rights and remedies not affected ..................................................
Provisions for transition in administration .................................................
Civil penalties; fines not bar to injunctive relief, other remedies; disposition of fines.
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NRS 445.581* ..................................
NRS 445.596* ..................................
NRS 445.598* ..................................
NRS 445.601* ..................................
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Approval date
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Note: Asterisk (*) indicates applicable SIP provisions for which replacement provisions are being proposed for approval herein (see table 3,
below).
Table 3 lists the submitted provisions
for which EPA is proposing approval
and that, upon final approval, will
supersede corresponding outdated
provisions in the applicable SIP. In its
January 12, 2006 SIP revision submittal,
NDEP requests EPA to approve new
statutory provisions to replace any
outdated State statutory provisions for
which EPA determines that the
rescission request should not be
approved. As noted above, we are
proposing to disapprove requests for
rescission of certain statutory
provisions, and thus, consistent with
the State’s request, we are proposing
approval of 14 specific statutory
provisions, submitted by NDEP in
appendix III-E of the January 12, 2006
SIP revision submittal, to replace the
corresponding statutory provisions in
the applicable SIP (see table 3, below).
In general, we find that the current
statutory provisions listed in table 3
essentially mirror the corresponding
outdated provisions in the applicable
SIP and thus would not relax any
existing requirement.5
The TSD provides more details
concerning our proposal and rationale
with respect to each of the items listed
in table 3.
TABLE 3.—SUBMITTED PROVISIONS WHICH ARE PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL AS REPLACEMENTS FOR OUTDATED
PROVISIONS IN THE APPLICABLE SIP
Submittal
date
Submitted provisions
Title
NRS 445B.200 ...................................
Creation and composition; chairman; quorum; compensation of members and employees;
disqualification; technical support.
Department designated as state air pollution control agency ....................................................
Powers and duties of department ..............................................................................................
Power of representatives of department to enter and inspect premises ...................................
Appeals to commission: notice of appeal ...................................................................................
Appeals to commission: hearings ...............................................................................................
Appeals to commission: appealable matters; action by commission; regulations .....................
Notice and order by director; hearing; alternative procedures ...................................................
Injunctive relief ............................................................................................................................
Confidentiality and use of information obtained by department; penalty ...................................
Officer of department may inspect or search premises; search warrant ...................................
Private rights and remedies not affected ...................................................................................
Provisions for transition in administration ...................................................................................
Levy and disposition of administrative fines; additional remedies available; penalty ................
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5 Because the current statutory provisions
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our proposed approval of the current statutory
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compensation of members and employees;
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C. Public Comment and Proposed
Action
Under CAA section 110(k)(3), EPA is
proposing approval of most of the State
of Nevada’s requests to rescind nearly
200 rules and statutes from the
applicable SIP but is proposing
disapproval of some of those requests.
EPA is also proposing approval of
certain statutory provisions submitted
by the State of Nevada as replacements
for outdated provisions in the
applicable SIP. The approval proposed
herein is contingent upon receipt of
certain public notice and hearing
documentation from the State of
Nevada. 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 rescind the rules and
statutes shown in table 1, above, from
the applicable SIP (contingent upon
receipt of public notice and hearing
documentation), retain certain rules and
statutes in the applicable SIP (shown in
table 2, above), and approve certain
replacement provisions (shown in table
3, above).
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
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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 action merely proposes
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to approve or disapprove a State request
for rescission and to approve certain
replacement provisions 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 or disapprove a
State request for rescission and to
approve certain replacement provisions
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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, Lead, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 16, 2006.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0590; FRL-8213-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revisions to
the Nevada State Implementation Plan; Requests for Rescission
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing, under the Clean Air Act, approval of
revisions to the applicable state implementation plan for the State of
Nevada and disapproval of other revisions. These revisions involve
certain regulations and statutes for which the State of Nevada is
requesting rescission. EPA is also proposing approval of certain
updated statutes submitted by the State of Nevada as replacements for
outdated statutes in the applicable plan. The approval proposed herein
is contingent upon receipt of certain public notice and hearing
documentation from the State of Nevada. EPA is proposing this action
under the Clean Air Act obligation to take action on State submittals
of revisions to state implementation plans. The intended effect is to
rescind unnecessary provisions from the applicable plan, retain
necessary provisions, and approve replacement provisions for certain
statutes for which rescissions are proposed for disapproval. EPA is
taking comments on this proposal and plans to follow with a final
action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by September 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2006-0590, by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions.
2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
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Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, 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
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous
access'' system, 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 www.regulations.gov 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, the terms ``we,''
``us'' and ``our'' refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. Which rules and statutes did the state submit for rescission?
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 rules and statutes requested for
rescission?
B. Do the rescissions meet the evaluation criteria?
C. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State's Submittal
A. Which rules and statutes did the state submit for rescission?
The State of Nevada's Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) submitted a
large revision to the applicable SIP on January 12, 2006. This 2006 SIP
revision submittal supersedes the regulatory portion of the earlier SIP
revision submittal dated February 16, 2005.\1\ On March 26, 2006, we
found that the Nevada SIP submittal dated January 12, 2006 satisfied
the completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51, appendix V, which must be
met before formal EPA review.
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\1\ The February 16, 2005 SIP submittal also includes
documentation of public notice and hearing for new or amended rules.
The January 12, 2006 SIP submittal was not a complete re-submittal
of the earlier submittal in that it did not include this
documentation.
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The primary purpose of this SIP revision is to clarify and
harmonize the provisions approved by EPA into the applicable SIP with
the current provisions adopted by the State. 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. The first such action was proposed in the
Federal Register on September 13, 2005 (70 FR 53975) and finalized on
March 27, 2006 (71 FR 15040). The second such action was proposed in
the Federal Register on June 9, 2006 (71 FR 33413).
In today's action, we are taking another step in the process of
acting on the State's January 12, 2006 SIP revision submittal by
proposing action on the State's request for rescission of nearly 200
rules and statutes currently approved in the applicable SIP.\2\ The
remaining portions of the submittal will be acted on in future Federal
Register actions.
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\2\ Of the nearly 200 rules and statutes for which NDEP requests
rescission, we are proposing action today on all but 15, including
12 that we are deferring to separate rulemakings and 3 that we plan
to take no action on. The rules and statutes that we are deferring
include rule 25 of general order number 3 of the Nevada Public
Service Commission; article 1.60--Effective date; article 1.72--
Existing facility; NAC 445.535--Kilogram-calorie; NAC 445.655
Abbreviations; article 13.1.3(3) [related to minor source BACT];
article 16.3.3.1--Opacity from kilns; NAC 445.667--Excess emissions:
scheduled maintenance, testing, malfunctions; NAC 445.694--Emission
discharge information; NAC 445.706(2)--Application date; payment of
fees; NAC 445.715--Operation permits: revocation; and NRS 704.820 to
704.900--Construction of utility facilities: utility environmental
protection act. We do not plan to take action on article 1.207--
vehicle trip, article 14 (14.1 to 14.5.1.4)--supplementary control
system (submitted June 14, 1974), and article 14.1--supplementary
control system (submitted November 17, 1981) because they are not in
the applicable SIP.
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B. What is the regulatory history of the Nevada SIP?
Pursuant to the Clean Air Amendments of 1970, the Governor of
Nevada submitted the original Nevada SIP to EPA in January 1972. EPA
approved certain portions of the original SIP and disapproved other
portions under CAA section 110(a). See 37 FR 10842 (May 31, 1972). For
some of the disapproved portions of the original SIP, EPA promulgated
substitute provisions under CAA section 110(c).\3\ This original SIP
included various rules, codified as articles within the Nevada Air
Quality Regulations (NAQR), and various statutory provisions codified
in chapter 445 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS). In the early
1980's, Nevada reorganized and re-codified its air quality rules into
sections within chapter 445 of the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC).
Today, Nevada codifies its air quality regulations in chapter 445B of
the NAC and codifies air quality statutes in chapter 445B (``Air
Pollution'') of title 40 (``Public Health and Safety'') of the NRS.
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\3\ Provisions that EPA promulgates under CAA section 110(c) in
substitution of disapproved State provisions are referred to as
Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs).
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Nevada adopted and submitted many revisions to the original set of
regulations and statutes in the SIP, some of which EPA approved on
February 6, 1975 at 40 FR 5508; on March 26, 1975 at 40 FR 13306; on
January 9, 1978 at 43 FR 1341; on January 24, 1978 at 43 FR 3278; on
August 21, 1978 at 43 FR 36932; on July 10, 1980 at 45 FR 46384; on
April 14, 1981 at 46 FR 21758; on August 27, 1981 at 46 FR 43141; on
March 8, 1982 at 47 FR 9833; on April 13, 1982 at 47 FR 15790; on June
18, 1982 at 47 FR 26386; on June 23, 1982 at 47 FR 27070; on March 27,
1984 at 49 FR 11626. Since 1984, EPA has approved very few revisions to
Nevada's applicable SIP despite numerous changes that have been adopted
by the State Environmental Commission. As a result, the version of the
rules enforceable by NDEP is often quite different from the SIP version
enforceable by EPA.
C. What is the purpose of this proposed rule?
The purpose of this proposal is to present EPA's conclusions with
respect to the State's request contained in NDEP's January 12, 2006 SIP
revision submittal for rescission of nearly 200 rules and statutes in
the applicable SIP. We provide our reasoning in general terms below but
provide a more detailed analysis for each of the relevant rules and
statutes in the technical support document (TSD) that has been prepared
for this proposed rulemaking.
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II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is EPA evaluating the rules and statutes requested for
rescission?
Under CAA section 110(k)(2), EPA is obligated to take action on
submittals by States of SIPs and SIP revisions. CAA section 110(k)(3)
authorizes EPA to approve or disapprove, in whole or in severable part,
such submittals. EPA has reviewed the regulations and statutes
submitted on January 12, 2006 by NDEP for rescission for compliance
with the CAA requirements for SIPs in general set forth in CAA section
110(a)(2) and 40 CFR part 51 and also for compliance with CAA
requirements for SIP revisions in CAA sections 110(l) and 193.\4\ We
have also applied the principles set forth in a policy memorandum from
Johnnie L. Pearson, Chief Regional Activities Section, U.S. EPA Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, dated February 12, 1990, and
entitled, ``Review of State Regulation Recodifications.'' As described
below, EPA is proposing approval and disapproval of portions of the
State's rescission request and approval of certain replacement
provisions.
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\4\ CAA section 110(l) prohibits EPA from approving any SIP
revision that would interfere with any applicable requirement
concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other
applicable requirement of the CAA. CAA section 193 prohibits
modifications in control requirements that were in effect before the
CAA of 1990 in any nonattainment area unless the modification
ensures equivalent or greater emission reductions of the
nonattainment pollutant.
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B. Do the rescissions meet the evaluation criteria?
We are proposing to approve most of the rules for which NDEP has
requested rescission (see Table 1), but are proposing disapproval for
rescission requests related to certain rules and statutes (see Table
2), and are proposing to approve submitted replacement provisions (see
Table 3) for certain provisions for which we believe the State's
rescission request should be disapproved.
Table 1 lists all of the SIP (or FIP) provisions for which the
State's rescission request is proposed for approval along with the
related submittal and approval dates. The vast majority of the
provisions in table 1 represent defined terms that, although approved
by EPA and therefore made part of the applicable SIP, are not relied
upon by any rule or statute in the existing applicable SIP nor in any
rule or statute in the submitted SIP revision and thus are unnecessary
and appropriate for rescission. We are also proposing approval of the
rescission request with respect to certain other rules and statutes
(and one FIP) that we have found to be unnecessary because they are not
needed generally in a SIP under CAA section 110(a)(2) or under 40 CFR
part 51 or because there are other federally enforceable provisions
that would provide equivalent or greater control. Neither NDEP's
February 16, 2005 nor January 12, 2006 SIP submittal contained
documentation of notice and public hearing for repeal or rescission of
these provisions as required under CAA section 110(l) for all SIP
revisions. Thus, we are making our proposed approval of these
rescissions contingent upon receipt of this documentation from NDEP.
The TSD provides more details concerning our proposal and rationale
with respect to each of the items listed in table 1.
Table 1.--SIP Provisions for Which the State's Rescission Request Is Proposed for Approval
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SIP (or FIP) provision Title Submittal date Approval date
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NAC 445.440................................ Aluminum equivalent................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.442................................ Anode bake plant................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.443................................ Asphalt concrete plant............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.446................................ Barite dryer....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.451................................ Basic oxygen process furnace....... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.453................................ Bituminous coal.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.454................................ Blast furnace...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.455................................ Blowing tap........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.456................................ Brass or bronze.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.459................................ Calcium carbide.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.460................................ Calcium silicon.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.461................................ Capture system..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.462................................ Charge chrome...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.463................................ Charge period...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.465................................ Coal preparation plant............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.466................................ Coal processing and conveying 10/26/82 03/27/84
equipment.
NAC 445.467................................ Coal refuse........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.468................................ Coal storage system................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.469................................ Coke burn-off...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.474................................ Commercial fuel oil................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.475................................ Complex source..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.476................................ Condensate......................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.477................................ Confidential information........... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.481................................ Control device..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.483................................ Copper converter................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.484................................ Custody transfer................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.485................................ Cyclonic flow...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.487................................ Diesel fuel........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.489................................ Direct shell evacuation system..... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.490................................ Drilling and production facility... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.491................................ Dross reverberatory furnace........ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.493................................ Dust handling equipment............ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.494................................ Dusts.............................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.495................................ Electric arc furnace............... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.496................................ Electric furnace................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.497................................ Electric smelting furnace.......... 10/26/82 03/27/84
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NAC 445.498................................ Electric submerged arc furnace..... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.502................................ Equivalent P2O5 feed............... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.503................................ Equivalent P2O5 stored............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.509................................ Ferrochrome silicon................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.510................................ Ferromanganese silicon............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.511................................ Ferrosilicon....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.514................................ Fossil fuel-fired steam generating 10/26/82 03/27/84
unit.
NAC 445.515................................ Fresh granular triple 10/26/82 03/27/84
superphosphate.
NAC 445.518................................ Fuel gas........................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.519................................ Fuel gas combustion device......... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.522................................ Furnace charge..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.523................................ Furnace cycle...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.524................................ Furnace power input................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.526................................ Granular diammonium phosphate plant 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.527................................ Granular triple super-phosphate 10/26/82 03/27/84
storage facility.
NAC 445.528................................ Heat time.......................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.529................................ High-carbon ferrochrome............ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.530................................ High level of volatile impurities.. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.531................................ High terrain....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.532................................ Hydrocarbon........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.534................................ Isokinetic sampling................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.539................................ Low terrain........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.543................................ Meltdown and refining.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.544................................ Meltdown and refining period....... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.546................................ Molybdenum......................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.547................................ Molybdenum processing plant........ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.551................................ Nitric acid production unit........ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.554................................ Nuisance........................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.566................................ Petroleum liquids.................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.567................................ Petroleum refinery................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.568................................ Pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment.. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.572................................ Potroom............................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.573................................ Potroom group...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.576................................ Primary aluminum reduction plant... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.577................................ Primary control system............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.578................................ Primary copper smelter............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.579................................ Primary lead smelter............... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.580................................ Primary zinc smelter............... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.582................................ Process gas........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.583................................ Process upset gas.................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.586................................ Product change..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.587................................ Proportional sampling.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.591................................ Refinery process unit.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.593................................ Reid vapor pressure................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.594................................ Reverberatory furnace.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.595................................ Reverberatory smelting furnace..... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.596................................ Ringelmann chart................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.598................................ Roof monitor....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.600................................ Run-of-pile triple superphosphate.. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.602................................ Secondary control system........... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.603................................ Secondary lead smelter............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.604................................ Shop............................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.605................................ Shop opacity....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.608................................ Silicomanganese.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.609................................ Silicomanganese zirconium.......... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.610................................ Silicon metal...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.611................................ Silvery iron....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.614................................ Sinter bed......................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.615................................ Sintering machine.................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.616................................ Sintering machine discharge end.... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.617................................ Six-minute period.................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.619................................ Smelting........................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.620................................ Smelting furnace................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.626................................ Standard ferromanganese............ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.629................................ Steel production cycle............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.631................................ Storage vessel..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.632................................ Structure, building, facility or 10/26/82 03/27/84
installation.
NAC 445.634................................ Sulfuric acid plant................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.635................................ Sulfuric acid production unit...... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.636................................ Superphosphoric acid plant......... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.637................................ Tapping............................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.638................................ Tapping period..................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
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NAC 445.639................................ Tapping station.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.640................................ Thermal dryer...................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.641................................ Thermit process.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.642................................ Total fluorides.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.643................................ Total smelter charge............... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.644................................ Transfer and loading system........ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.645................................ Triple superphosphate plant........ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.646................................ True vapor pressure................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.648................................ Vapor recovery system.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.652................................ Weak nitric acid................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.654................................ Wet-process phosphoric acid plant.. 10/26/82 03/27/84
Article 2.7.4.............................. Confidential Information........... 12/10/76 08/21/78
Articles 2.10.1 and 2.10.1.1............... Appeal procedures.................. 01/28/72 05/31/72
Articles 2.10.1.2, 2.10.2 and 2.10.3....... Appeal procedures.................. 10/31/75 01/09/78
Article 3.3.4.............................. Stop orders........................ 01/28/72 05/31/72
Article 4.3.4.............................. Emissions from any mobile equipment 01/28/72 05/31/72
Article 7.2.5.............................. Basic Refractory................... 11/05/80 06/18/82
Article 7.2.9.............................. Sierra Chemical Co................. 11/05/80 06/18/82
Article 8.1................................ Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters....... 06/14/74 02/06/75
Articles 8.1.1, 8.1.2, & 8.1.4............. Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters....... 10/31/75 01/09/78
Article 8.3.4.............................. Basic.............................. 11/05/80 06/18/82
Article 16.3.1.2........................... Regulations controlling cement 12/29/78 06/18/82
(Applying to Portland cement
plants).
Articles 16.3.2, 16.3.2.1, & 16.3.2.2...... Standard of particulate matter for 12/29/78 06/18/82
clinker cooler (Applying to
Portland cement plants).
Article 16.15.............................. Primary lead smelters.............. 12/29/78 06/18/82
Articles 16.15.1 to 16.15.1.2.............. Standard for Particulate Matter 12/29/78 06/18/82
(Applying to primary lead
smelters).
Articles 16.15.2 to 16.15.2.2.............. Standard for Opacity (Applying to 12/29/78 06/18/82
primary lead smelters).
Articles 16.15.3 to 16.15.3.2.............. Standard for Sulfur (Applying to 12/29/78 06/18/82
primary lead smelters).
Article 16.15.4............................ Monitoring Operations (Applying to 12/29/78 06/18/82
primary lead smelters).
NAC 445.662................................ Confidential Information........... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.695................................ Schedules for compliance........... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.698................................ Appeal of director's decision: 10/26/82 03/27/84
Application forms.
NAC 445.700................................ Violations: Manner of paying fines. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.723................................ Existing copper smelters........... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.815................................ Molybdenum processing plants....... 09/14/83 03/27/84
NAC 445.816(2) (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), Processing Plants for Precious 09/14/83 03/27/84
(g), (h), and (i). Metals.
NAC 445.844................................ Odors.............................. 10/26/82 03/27/84
NRS 445.401................................ Declaration of public policy....... 12/29/78 07/10/80
Section 13(15) and (19) of Senate Bill No. [State commission of environmental 01/28/72 05/31/72
275. protection--review recommendations
of hearing board and delegation].
NRS 445.466................................ Commission regulations: Notice and 12/29/78 07/10/80
hearing.
NRS 445.497................................ Notice of regulatory action: 12/29/78 07/10/80
Requirement; method; contents of
notice.
40 CFR 52.1475(c), (d), and (e)............ Control strategy and regulations: N.A. 02/06/75
Sulfur oxides.
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Table 2 lists the rules and statutes for which the State's
rescission request is proposed for disapproval along with the related
submittal and approval dates. Generally, we believe that retention of
these provisions is appropriate to satisfy certain specific
requirements for SIPs under CAA section 110(a)(2) or that retention is
appropriate because the State has not provided sufficient documentation
to show that rescission would not interfere with continued attainment
of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) as required under
CAA section 110(l). The TSD provides more details concerning our
proposal and rationale with respect to each of the items listed in
table 2.
Table 2.--SIP Provisions for Which the State's Rescission Request Is Proposed for Disapproval
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SIP provision Title Submittal date Approval date
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NAC 445.436................................ Air contaminant.................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.570................................ Portland cement plant.............. 10/26/82 03/27/84
Article 1.171.............................. Single source...................... 12/10/76 08/21/78
NAC 445.630................................ Stop order......................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.660................................ Severability....................... 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.663................................ Concealment of emissions prohibited 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.665................................ Hazardous emissions: Order for 10/26/82 03/27/84
reduction or discontinuance.
NAC 445.696................................ Notice of violations; appearance 10/26/82 03/27/84
before commission.
NAC 445.697................................ Stop Orders........................ 10/26/82 03/27/84
NAC 445.764................................ Reduction of employees' pay because 10/26/82 03/27/84
of use of system prohibited.
NAC 445.816(3), (4) & (5).................. Processing Plants for Precious 09/14/83 03/27/84
Metals.
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NRS 445.451*............................... State environmental commission: 12/29/78 07/10/80
Creation; composition; chairman;
quorum; salary, expenses of
members; disqualification of
members; technical support.
NRS 445.456*............................... Department designated as state air 12/29/78 07/10/80
pollution control agency.
NRS 445.473*............................... Department powers and duties....... 12/29/78 07/10/80
NRS 445.476*............................... Power of department representatives 12/29/78 07/10/80
to enter and inspect premises.
NRS 445.498*............................... Appeals to commission; Notice of 12/29/78 07/10/80
appeal.
NRS 445.499*............................... Appeals to commission; Hearings.... 12/29/78 07/10/80
NRS 445.501*............................... Appeals to commission: Appealable 12/29/78 07/10/80
matters; commission action; rules
for appeals.
NRS 445.526*............................... Violations: Notice and order by 09/10/75 01/24/78
director; hearing; alternative
procedures.
NRS 445.529*............................... Violations: Injunctive relief...... 12/29/78 07/10/80
NRS 445.576*............................... Confidential information: 09/10/75 01/24/78
Definitions; limitations on use;
penalty for unlawful disclosure or
use.
NRS 445.581*............................... Power of department officers to 12/29/78 07/10/80
inspect, search premises; search
warrants.
NRS 445.596*............................... Private rights and remedies not 12/29/78 07/10/80
affected.
NRS 445.598*............................... Provisions for transition in 12/29/78 07/10/80
administration.
NRS 445.601*............................... Civil penalties; fines not bar to 12/29/78 07/10/80
injunctive relief, other remedies;
disposition of fines.
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Note: Asterisk (*) indicates applicable SIP provisions for which replacement provisions are being proposed for
approval herein (see table 3, below).
Table 3 lists the submitted provisions for which EPA is proposing
approval and that, upon final approval, will supersede corresponding
outdated provisions in the applicable SIP. In its January 12, 2006 SIP
revision submittal, NDEP requests EPA to approve new statutory
provisions to replace any outdated State statutory provisions for which
EPA determines that the rescission request should not be approved. As
noted above, we are proposing to disapprove requests for rescission of
certain statutory provisions, and thus, consistent with the State's
request, we are proposing approval of 14 specific statutory provisions,
submitted by NDEP in appendix III-E of the January 12, 2006 SIP
revision submittal, to replace the corresponding statutory provisions
in the applicable SIP (see table 3, below). In general, we find that
the current statutory provisions listed in table 3 essentially mirror
the corresponding outdated provisions in the applicable SIP and thus
would not relax any existing requirement.\5\
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\5\ Because the current statutory provisions essentially mirror
the outdated provisions, we view our proposed approval of the
current statutory provisions as a re-codification and, as such, we
are not taking action to remedy pre-existing deficiencies in the
applicable SIP. We note, however, that one of the provisions, NRS
445B.200 (``Creation and composition; chairman; quorum; compensation
of members and employees; disqualification; technical support''),
does not meet the related SIP requirements (CAA section
110(a)(2)(E)(ii) and CAA section 128) and could be the subject of
some future EPA rulemaking, such as one under CAA section 110(k)(5).
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The TSD provides more details concerning our proposal and rationale
with respect to each of the items listed in table 3.
Table 3.--Submitted Provisions Which Are Proposed for Approval as
Replacements for Outdated Provisions in the Applicable SIP
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Submitted provisions Title Submittal date
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NRS 445B.200................ Creation and composition; 01/12/06
chairman; quorum;
compensation of members
and employees;
disqualification;
technical support.
NRS 445B.205................ Department designated as 01/12/06
state air pollution
control agency.
NRS 445B.230................ Powers and duties of 01/12/06
department.
NRS 445B.240................ Power of representatives 01/12/06
of department to enter
and inspect premises.
NRS 445B.340................ Appeals to commission: 01/12/06
notice of appeal.
NRS 445B.350................ Appeals to commission: 01/12/06
hearings.
NRS 445B.360................ Appeals to commission: 01/12/06
appealable matters;
action by commission;
regulations.
NRS 445B.450................ Notice and order by 01/12/06
director; hearing;
alternative procedures.
NRS 445B.460................ Injunctive relief........ 01/12/06
NRS 445B.570................ Confidentiality and use 01/12/06
of information obtained
by department; penalty.
NRS 445B.580................ Officer of department may 01/12/06
inspect or search
premises; search warrant.
NRS 445B.600................ Private rights and 01/12/06
remedies not affected.
NRS 445B.610................ Provisions for transition 01/12/06
in administration.
NRS 445B.640................ Levy and disposition of 01/12/06
administrative fines;
additional remedies
available; penalty.
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C. Public Comment and Proposed Action
Under CAA section 110(k)(3), EPA is proposing approval of most of
the State of Nevada's requests to rescind nearly 200 rules and statutes
from the applicable SIP but is proposing disapproval of some of those
requests. EPA is also proposing approval of certain statutory
provisions submitted by the State of Nevada as replacements for
outdated provisions in the applicable SIP. The approval proposed herein
is contingent upon receipt of certain public notice and hearing
documentation from the State of Nevada. 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 rescind
the rules and statutes shown in table 1, above, from the applicable SIP
(contingent upon receipt of public notice and hearing documentation),
retain certain rules and statutes in the applicable SIP (shown in table
2, above), and approve certain replacement provisions (shown in table
3, above).
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
action merely proposes to approve or disapprove a State request for
rescission and to approve certain replacement provisions 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 or disapprove a State request for rescission
and to approve certain replacement provisions 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, Lead, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 16, 2006.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. E6-14214 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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