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PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:
40 CFR Part 52
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[EPA–R06–OAR–2006–0568; FRL–8305–1]
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 701; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR
1.05–1(g), 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; Pub. L.
107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
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follows:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
§ 165.T09–015 Safety zone; Port Pirate
Festival Fireworks, Port Washington
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(a) Location. The following area is a
temporary safety zone: All waters of
Port Washington Harbor and Lake
Michigan within the arc of a circle with
a 1000-foot radius from the fireworks
launch site located in position 43°23′07″
N, 087°51′54″ W (NAD 83).
(b) Effective period. This regulation is
effective from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (local),
on June 2, 2007.
(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with
the general regulations in section 165.23
of this part, entry into, transiting, or
anchoring within this safety zone is
prohibited unless authorized by the
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or
his designated on-scene representative.
(2) This safety zone is closed to all
vessel traffic, except as may be
permitted by the Captain of the Port
Lake Michigan or his designated onscene representative.
(3) The ‘‘on-scene representative’’ of
the Captain of the Port is any Coast
Guard commissioned, warrant or petty
officer who has been designated by the
Captain of the Port to act on his behalf.
The on-scene representative of the
Captain of the Port will be aboard either
a Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary
vessel. The Captain of the Port or his
designated on-scene representative may
be contacted via VHF Channel 16.
(4) Vessel operators desiring to enter
or operate within the safety zone shall
contact the Captain of the Port Lake
Michigan or his on-scene representative
to obtain permission to do so. Vessel
operators given permission to enter or
operate in the safety zone must comply
with all directions given to them by the
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or his
on-scene representative.
Dated: April 17, 2007.
Bruce C. Jones,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Lake Michigan.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; New
Mexico; Albuquerque/Bernalillo
County; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) and New Source
Review
SUMMARY: The EPA is approving
revisions to the State Implementation
Plan (SIP) for the Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, area
that were adopted on December 14,
2005, and submitted to EPA by the
Governor of New Mexico on May 24,
2006. The SIP revisions modify the PSD
and Nonattainment New Source Review
(NNSR) regulations in the SIP. They
were submitted to make the area’s PSD
and NNSR rules consistent with the
Federal PSD and NNSR revised
regulations, which were promulgated by
EPA on December 31, 2002, (67 FR
80186), and reconsidered with minor
changes on November 7, 2003, (68 FR
63021), (collectively, the ‘‘2002 New
Source Review (NSR) Reform rules’’).
The revisions include provisions for
baseline emissions calculations, an
actual-to-projected-actual methodology
for calculating emissions changes,
options for plantwide applicability
limits, and recordkeeping and reporting
requirements. The EPA is approving
these revisions pursuant to section 110,
part C, and part D of the Federal Clean
Air Act.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
May 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R06–OAR–2006–0568. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the www.regulations.gov Web site.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., Confidential Business information
or other information the disclosure of
which is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in
hard copy form. Publicly available
docket materials are available either
electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Permits Section (6PD–R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas
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75202–2733. The file will be made
available by appointment for public
inspection in the Region 6 Freedom of
Information Act Review Room between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
weekdays except for legal holidays.
Contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
paragraph below to make an
appointment. If possible, please make
the appointment at least two working
days in advance of your visit. There will
be a 15 cent per page fee for making
photocopies of documents. On the day
of the visit, please check in at the EPA
Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
The State submittal is also available
for public inspection at the State Air
Agency listed below during official
business hours by appointment:
Albuquerque Environmental Health
Department, Air Pollution Control
Division, One Civic Plaza, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Stanley M. Spruiell, Air Permits Section
(6PD–R), Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,
telephone (214) 665–7212; fax number
(214) 665–7263; or e-mail address
spruiell.stanley@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, any
reference to ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ means
EPA.
Outline
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
The EPA is taking final action to
approve the SIP revisions that the
Governor of New Mexico submitted May
24, 2006. This submittal consists of
revisions to two regulations that are
already part of the Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County SIP. The affected
regulations are: 20.22.60 New Mexico
Administrative Code (NMAC)
(Permitting in Nonattainment Areas)
and 20.22.61 NMAC (Prevention of
Significant Deterioration). These
revisions update the Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County Air Quality Control
Board (AQCB) NNSR and PSD
regulations to ensure that the
regulations are consistent with the 2002
New Source Review Reform Rules.
The SIP revision also includes other
non-substantive changes to AQCB’s PSD
and NNSR rules needed to update the
regulatory citations, make clarifying
revisions to the regulatory text, correct
typographical errors, and ensure that the
regulations are consistent with all
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current Federal requirements for PSD
and NNSR. These non-substantive
changes do not change the regulatory
requirements.
On February 15, 2007 (72 FR 7361),
we published our proposed approval of
this SIP revision. The February 15,
2007, proposal provided detailed
information about the Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County SIP revisions that are
being approved today. The proposal also
provided a detailed analysis of EPA’s
rationale for approving the
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County SIP
revisions. In the proposal, we provided
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed action. The public comment
period for this proposed rulemaking
ended March 19, 2007. We received no
comments, adverse or otherwise, on the
proposed rulemaking. We are therefore
finalizing our proposed approval
without changes. For more details on
this submittal, please refer to the
proposed rulemaking and to the
Technical Support Document, which is
in the docket for this action.
The EPA is also making a nonsubstantive administrative change to the
title of the second table under 40 CFR
52.1620(c), which incorporates the SIPapproved Albuquerque/Bernalillo
County regulations. The title of this
table currently is ‘‘EPA Approved
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NN
Regulations.’’ The EPA is changing this
title to ‘‘EPA Approved Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County, NM Regulations.’’
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II. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), this action is
not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and
therefore is not subject to review by the
Office of Management and Budget. For
this reason, this action is also not
subject to Executive Order 13211,
‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May
22, 2001). This action merely approves
State law as meeting Federal
requirements and imposes no additional
requirements beyond those imposed by
State law. Accordingly, the
Administrator certifies that this rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this
rule approves pre-existing requirements
under State law and does not impose
any additional enforceable duty beyond
that required by State law, it does not
contain any unfunded mandate or
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, as described in the
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Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–4).
This rule also does not have tribal
implications because it will not have a
substantial direct effect on: One or more
Indian tribes, the relationship between
the Federal Government and Indian
tribes, or 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,
the relationship between the national
government and the States, or the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,
August 10, 1999). This action merely
approves a State rule implementing a
Federal standard, and does not alter the
relationship or the distribution of power
and responsibilities established in the
Clean Air Act. The EPA interprets
Executive Order 13045, ‘‘Protection of
Children from Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885,
April 23, 1997), as applying only to
those regulatory actions that concern
health or safety risks such that the
analysis required under section 5–501 of
the Executive Order has the potential to
influence the regulation. This rule is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
because it approves a State program.
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) establishes Federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Because this rule merely
approves a State rule implementing a
Federal standard, EPA lacks the
discretionary authority to modify
today’s regulatory decision on the basis
of environmental justice considerations.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s
role is to approve State choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the
absence of a prior existing requirement
for the State to use voluntary consensus
standards (VCS), EPA has no authority
to disapprove a SIP submission for
failure to use VCS. It would thus be
inconsistent with applicable law for
EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission,
to use VCS in place of a SIP submission
that otherwise satisfies the provisions of
the Clean Air Act. Thus, the
requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.
272 note) do not apply. This rule does
not impose an information collection
burden under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
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The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S.
Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by June 25, 2007.
Filing a petition for reconsideration by
the Administrator of this final rule does
not affect the finality of this rule for the
purposes of judicial review nor does it
extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. This action may not
be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: April 17, 2007.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart GG—New Mexico
2. Section 52.1620 is amended as
follows:
I a. The title of the second table in
paragraph (c) is revised to read: ‘‘EPA
Approved Albuquerque/Bernalillo
County, NM Regulations’’
I b. The second table in § 52.1620(c)
entitled ‘‘EPA Approved Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County, NM Regulations’’ is
amended as follows:
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i. By revising the entry for Part 60
(20.11.60).
§ 52.1620
ii. By revising the entry for Part 61
(20.11.61).
The amendments read as follows:
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EPA-APPROVED ALBUQUERQUE/BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO REGULATIONS
State citation
State
submittal/
effective date
Title/subject
EPA approval date
Explanation
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New Mexico Administrative Code Title 20—Environmental Protection, Chapter 11—Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Air Quality Control
Board
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Part 60 (20.11.60) .........................
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Permitting in Nonattainment
Areas.
Part 61 (20.11.61) .........................
Prevention of Significant Deterioration.
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40 CFR Part 1051
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RIN 2060–A035
Extension of Temporary Exhaust
Emission Test Procedure Option for All
Terrain Vehicles
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In a rule published November
8, 2002, EPA promulgated new emission
standards for recreational vehicles
beginning in model year 2006. This
included a newly regulated class of
nonroad vehicles/engines commonly
referred to as all-terrain vehicles. In that
rulemaking, a temporary provision was
included allowing manufacturers to test
all-terrain vehicles over a steady-state,
engine-based, duty cycle for exhaust
emissions prior to the 2009 model year
in lieu of the transient, chassis-based,
Federal Test Procedure which was
effective for 2006 and later model years.
In this rulemaking we are taking direct
final action to extend the availability of
this temporary provision for in some
cases up to an additional six model
years. More specifically, manufacturers
would have to certify exhaust emission
engine families representing not less
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than 50 percent of their US-directed
production on the Federal Test
Procedure in model year 2014 and 100
percent in 2015. Manufacturers with
only one all terrain vehicle exhaust
emission engine family would not be
required to use the Federal Test
Procedure until the 2015 model year.
For those manufacturers who have not
yet done so, this will allow additional
time to certify to the previously
promulgated Federal Test Procedurebased emission standards using either
contract facilities or by obtaining inhouse capability.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective
on June 25, 2007, without further notice,
unless we receive adverse comments by
May 29, 2007 or a request for a public
hearing by May 11, 2007. If EPA
receives such comments or such a
request, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the
Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2005–0858, by one of the
following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov
• Fax: (202) 566–1741
• Mail: Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC, 20460. Please include two copies.
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center
(Air Docket), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room:
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during the Docket’s normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–
0858. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov. including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other infonnation
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless
you provide it in the body of your
comment. If you send an e-mail
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comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0568; FRL-8305-1]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
New Mexico; Albuquerque/Bernalillo County; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) and New Source Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is approving revisions to the State Implementation
Plan (SIP) for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, New Mexico, area that
were adopted on December 14, 2005, and submitted to EPA by the Governor
of New Mexico on May 24, 2006. The SIP revisions modify the PSD and
Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) regulations in the SIP. They
were submitted to make the area's PSD and NNSR rules consistent with
the Federal PSD and NNSR revised regulations, which were promulgated by
EPA on December 31, 2002, (67 FR 80186), and reconsidered with minor
changes on November 7, 2003, (68 FR 63021), (collectively, the ``2002
New Source Review (NSR) Reform rules''). The revisions include
provisions for baseline emissions calculations, an actual-to-projected-
actual methodology for calculating emissions changes, options for
plantwide applicability limits, and recordkeeping and reporting
requirements. The EPA is approving these revisions pursuant to section
110, part C, and part D of the Federal Clean Air Act.
DATES: This final rule is effective on May 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0568. All documents in the docket are
listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential
Business information or other information the disclosure of which is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Permits Section (6PD-R), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. The file
will be made available by appointment for public inspection in the
Region 6 Freedom of Information Act Review Room between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal holidays. Contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph below to
make an appointment. If possible, please make the appointment at least
two working days in advance of your visit. There will be a 15 cent per
page fee for making photocopies of documents. On the day of the visit,
please check in at the EPA Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
The State submittal is also available for public inspection at the
State Air Agency listed below during official business hours by
appointment:
Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, Air Pollution Control
Division, One Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stanley M. Spruiell, Air Permits
Section (6PD-R), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7212;
fax number (214) 665-7263; or e-mail address spruiell.stanley@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, any reference to
``we,'' ``us,'' or ``our'' means EPA.
Outline
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
The EPA is taking final action to approve the SIP revisions that
the Governor of New Mexico submitted May 24, 2006. This submittal
consists of revisions to two regulations that are already part of the
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County SIP. The affected regulations are:
20.22.60 New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) (Permitting in
Nonattainment Areas) and 20.22.61 NMAC (Prevention of Significant
Deterioration). These revisions update the Albuquerque/Bernalillo
County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) NNSR and PSD regulations to
ensure that the regulations are consistent with the 2002 New Source
Review Reform Rules.
The SIP revision also includes other non-substantive changes to
AQCB's PSD and NNSR rules needed to update the regulatory citations,
make clarifying revisions to the regulatory text, correct typographical
errors, and ensure that the regulations are consistent with all
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current Federal requirements for PSD and NNSR. These non-substantive
changes do not change the regulatory requirements.
On February 15, 2007 (72 FR 7361), we published our proposed
approval of this SIP revision. The February 15, 2007, proposal provided
detailed information about the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County SIP
revisions that are being approved today. The proposal also provided a
detailed analysis of EPA's rationale for approving the Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County SIP revisions. In the proposal, we provided
opportunity for public comment on the proposed action. The public
comment period for this proposed rulemaking ended March 19, 2007. We
received no comments, adverse or otherwise, on the proposed rulemaking.
We are therefore finalizing our proposed approval without changes. For
more details on this submittal, please refer to the proposed rulemaking
and to the Technical Support Document, which is in the docket for this
action.
The EPA is also making a non-substantive administrative change to
the title of the second table under 40 CFR 52.1620(c), which
incorporates the SIP-approved Albuquerque/Bernalillo County
regulations. The title of this table currently is ``EPA Approved
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NN Regulations.'' The EPA is changing
this title to ``EPA Approved Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM
Regulations.''
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211,
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action
merely approves State law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by State law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under State law and does
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by
State law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will
not have a substantial direct effect on: One or more Indian tribes, the
relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or 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, the relationship between the national government and the
States, or the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64
FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This action merely approves a State rule
implementing a Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or
the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean
Air Act. The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045, ``Protection of
Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997), as applying only to those regulatory actions
that concern health or safety risks such that the analysis required
under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has the potential to
influence the regulation. This rule is not subject to Executive Order
13045 because it approves a State program. Executive Order 12898 (59 FR
7629, February 16, 1994) establishes Federal executive policy on
environmental justice. Because this rule merely approves a State rule
implementing a Federal standard, EPA lacks the discretionary authority
to modify today's regulatory decision on the basis of environmental
justice considerations.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve State
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In
this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the
State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority
to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements
of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. This rule does not
impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by June 25, 2007. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: April 17, 2007.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart GG--New Mexico
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2. Section 52.1620 is amended as follows:
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a. The title of the second table in paragraph (c) is revised to read:
``EPA Approved Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM Regulations''
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b. The second table in Sec. 52.1620(c) entitled ``EPA Approved
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM Regulations'' is amended as follows:
[[Page 20730]]
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i. By revising the entry for Part 60 (20.11.60).
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ii. By revising the entry for Part 61 (20.11.61).
The amendments read as follows:
Sec. 52.1620 Identification of plan.
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EPA-Approved Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, New Mexico Regulations
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State
State citation Title/subject submittal/ EPA approval date Explanation
effective date
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New Mexico Administrative Code Title 20--Environmental Protection, Chapter 11--Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Air
Quality Control Board
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Part 60 (20.11.60)............... Permitting in 12/14/05 4/26/07 [Insert FR
Nonattainment page number where
Areas. document begins].
Part 61 (20.11.61)............... Prevention of 12/14/05 4/26/07 [Insert FR
Significant page number where
Deterioration. document begins].
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[FR Doc. E7-7896 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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