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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R01–OAR–2006–0641; A–1–FRL–
8527–5]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Massachusetts; Certification of Tunnel
Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Massachusetts.
The SIP revision consists of technical
revisions to Massachusetts regulation
310 CMR 7.38, ‘‘Certification of Tunnel
Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan
Boston Air Pollution Control District.’’
The amendments better define the
emissions monitoring techniques for
various types of tunnel ventilation
systems, and provide flexibility in
emission monitoring requirements. This
action is being taken in accordance with
the Clean Air Act.
DATES: This direct final rule will be
effective April 15, 2008, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by March
17, 2008. If adverse comments are
received, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the
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that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R01–OAR–2006–0641 by one of the
following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918–0047.
4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification
Number EPA–R01–OAR–2006–0641,’’
Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, One Congress Street,
Suite 1100 (mail code CAQ), Boston,
MA 02114–2023.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver
your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, 11th floor, (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114–2023. Such
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hours of business are Monday through
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Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, One Congress Street,
Suite 1100, Boston, MA. EPA requests
that if at all possible, you contact the
contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
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support document are also available for
public inspection during normal
business hours, by appointment at the
State Air Agency; Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention,
One Winter Street, 8th Floor, Boston,
MA 02108.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald O. Cooke, Air Quality Unit, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114–2023, telephone
number (617) 918–1668, fax number
(617) 918–0668, e-mail
cooke.donald@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Organization of this document. The
following outline is provided to aid in
locating information in this preamble.
I. Background and Purpose.
II. Addition of Emissions Monitoring
Techniques for Longitudinal Ventilation.
III. New Requirement for an Air Emissions
Monitoring Protocol.
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IV. Final Action
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and Purpose
On July 12, 2006, the State of
Massachusetts submitted a formal
revision to its State Implementation
Plan (SIP). The SIP revision consists of
technical revisions to 310 CMR 7.38,
‘‘Certification of Tunnel Ventilation
Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air
Pollution Control District.’’ The
technical revisions apply to the
emissions monitoring section of the
regulation at 310 CMR 7.38(8)(a) and
define the emission monitoring
requirements for systems that use
longitudinal ventilation, as well as add
the requirement for an ‘‘Air Emissions
Monitoring Protocol.’’ A new subsection
310 CMR 7.38(1)(b) requires any tunnel
ventilation system subject to a Federal
New Source Performance Standard or
National Emission Standard for
Hazardous Air Pollutants to operate in
compliance with those standards. A
new section, 310 CMR 7.38(10),
‘‘Removal of Air Pollution Control and
Monitoring Equipment,’’ has been
added to prohibit removal of air
pollution control equipment, or
monitoring equipment which has been
installed in accordance with 310 CMR
7.38. In addition to the technical
revisions, typographical errors are also
being corrected in the existing
regulation.
The Certification of Tunnel
Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan
Air Pollution Control District regulation,
310 CMR 7.38, was promulgated on
January 18, 1991 and applies to the
construction and operation of any
tunnel ventilation system for highway
projects constructed after January 1,
1991. On October 8, 1992, EPA
approved 310 CMR 7.38 as a revision to
the Massachusetts SIP (57 FR 46310). In
the final rule, EPA agreed with
Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection (MA DEP)
that tunnel ventilation systems are not
stationary sources subject to Prevention
of Significant Deterioration (PSD) or to
New Source Review (NSR) permitting
requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), nor to Massachusetts’ Plan
Approval and Emissions Limitations
regulation for stationary sources, 310
CMR 7.02.
The purpose of the Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems regulation
is to require certification that tunnel
ventilation systems for highway projects
in the Metropolitan Boston Air
Pollution Control District (defined in
310 CMR 7.00) meet certain air quality
requirements, thereby protecting public
health and the environment. The
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regulation requires an initial,
‘‘preconstruction’’ certification, an
operation certification (required 12–15
months after a project becomes fully
operational), and re-certification every
five years. In accordance with 310 CMR
7.38(2), the proponent must certify that
the project will not: (a) Cause or
exacerbate a violation of any National
Ambient Air Quality Standard as set
forth at 40 CFR part 50, or a
Massachusetts Ambient Air Quality
Standard as set forth at 310 CMR 6.00;
or (b) cause or exacerbate a violation of
the MA DEP’s one hour ambient NO2
guideline of 320 µg/m3; or (c) result in
an actual or projected increase in the
total amount of non-methane
hydrocarbons measured within the
project area when compared with the
no-build alternative.
With this certification process
approved as a SIP element, approval of
individual certifications or conditions
which require written approval by MA
DEP will not require SIP revisions. This
concept is included in the existing SIPapproved rule, and the recent revisions
do not change this previously
established process.
measure emissions from stacks, not exit
ramp portals. The revised subsection
7.38(8)(a) specifically requires
emissions monitoring and recording
equipment in tunnel roadway exit
portals that utilize longitudinal
ventilation.
The revisions to the Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems regulation
contain a revised set of allowable
techniques and emissions monitoring
approaches that incorporate elements of
40 CFR part 58—Ambient Air Quality
Surveillance, 40 CFR part 60—
Standards of Performance for New
Stationary Sources, 40 CFR part 75—
Continuous Emission Monitoring, as
well as statistical analysis, computer
modeling, and innovative technologies.
This ‘‘hybrid’’ approach to emission
monitoring, which includes elements of
ambient air quality monitoring and
continuous emission monitoring, will
provide more accurate monitoring of
ambient emissions within the portal
area environment which could not be
conducted with the original stack
monitoring approach under 40 CFR part
60, appendix B—Performance
Specifications.
II. Addition of Emissions Monitoring
Techniques for Longitudinal
Ventilation
During the late 1980s when the CA/
T Project was initially planning and
designing the ventilation system, the
only Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) authorized tunnel ventilation
system was the traditional ‘‘full
transverse ventilation.’’ Therefore, when
310 CMR 7.38 was promulgated in 1991,
the emissions monitoring requirements
were based on full transverse ventilation
technology. In 1995, FHWA issued a
memorandum entitled ‘‘Mechanical
Ventilation in Road Tunnels using Jet
Fans’’ authorizing applicable projects to
use longitudinal ventilation with jet fan
technology. The availability of this
additional ventilation technology was
neither anticipated nor provided for in
310 CMR 7.38(8).
Following the FHWA authorization
memo, the Central Artery/Third Harbor
Tunnel (CA/T) project studied the
supplementary use of longitudinal
ventilation at several exit ramps as a
cost saving measure. The CA/T Project
subsequently filed a Notice of Project
Change, and implemented longitudinal
ventilation at eight exit ramps. Although
longitudinal ventilation was approved
for use on the CA/T Project, the
resulting emission impacts at the eight
exit ramp portals cannot be monitored
using 40 CFR part 60 Continuous
Emissions Monitoring (CEM) methods
because those methods are designed to
III. New Requirement for an Air
Emissions Monitoring Protocol
MA DEP has also revised the
emissions monitoring requirements at
310 CMR 7.38(8)(a) to require that any
person who constructs and operates a
tunnel ventilation system which is
subject to the requirements of 310 CMR
7.38 shall, prior to commencing
operation of the tunnel ventilation
system or opening the project roadway
for public use, develop and submit to
the Department for review and approval
an ‘‘Air Emissions Monitoring
Protocol.’’ This subsection requires that
all emissions monitoring and recording
equipment be installed and operated in
accordance with the approved protocol.
Lastly, this subsection allows the ‘‘Air
Emissions Monitoring Protocol’’ to be
modified with prior written approval of
the Department. This allows flexibility
so that as technological advances occur
in contaminant and emissions
monitoring, MA DEP will be able to
modify the monitoring procedures
without necessarily having to complete
a regulatory revision process. Therefore,
the regulation allows affected projects to
periodically modify or update their air
emission monitoring protocol with
written approval of MA DEP.
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IV. Final Action
EPA has reviewed the revised rule
and has found that it is consistent with
requirements of the Clean Air Act. EPA
is approving this rule because it will
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improve emission monitoring
techniques, allowing the state greater
flexibility to assess and quantify
emissions, for the roadway tunnel
ventilation systems in the Boston
Metropolitan Air Control District. EPA
is approving Massachusetts
amendments to 310 CMR 7.38, entitled
‘‘Certification of Tunnel Ventilation
Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air
Pollution Control District,’’ and
incorporating this revised rule into the
Massachusetts SIP. The EPA is
publishing this action without prior
proposal because the Agency views this
as a noncontroversial amendment and
anticipates no adverse comments.
However, in the proposed rules section
of this Federal Register publication,
EPA is publishing a separate document
that will serve as the proposal to
approve the SIP revision should
relevant adverse comments be filed.
This rule will be effective April 15, 2008
without further notice unless the
Agency receives relevant adverse
comments by March 17, 2008.
If the EPA receives such comments,
then EPA will publish a notice
withdrawing the final rule and
informing the public that the rule will
not take effect. All public comments
received will then be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on the
proposed rule. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on
the proposed rule. All parties interested
in commenting on the proposed rule
should do so at this time. If no such
comments are received, the public is
advised that this rule will be effective
on April 15, 2008 and no further action
will be taken on the proposed rule.
Please note that if EPA receives adverse
comment on an amendment, paragraph,
or section of this rule and if that
provision may be severed from the
remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt
as final those provisions of the rule that
are not the subject of an adverse
comment.
V. 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
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Administrator certifies that this rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this
rule approves pre-existing requirements
under state law and does not impose
any additional enforceable duty beyond
that required by state law, it does not
contain any unfunded mandate or
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, as described in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–4).
This rule also does not have tribal
implications because it will not have a
substantial direct effect on one or more
Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes,
as specified by Executive Order 13175
(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This
action also does not have Federalism
implications because it does not have
substantial direct effects on the States,
on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,
August 10, 1999), because it merely
approves a state rule implementing a
Federal standard, and does not alter the
relationship or the distribution of power
and responsibilities established in the
Clean Air Act. This rule also is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
‘‘Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997),
because it approves a state rule
implementing a Federal standard.
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
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Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by April 15, 2008.
Interested parties should comment in
response to the proposed rule rather
than petition for judicial review, unless
the objection arises after the comment
period allowed for in the proposal.
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,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New
England.
Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is amended
as follows:
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PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart W—Massachusetts
2. Section 52.1120 is amended by
adding paragraph (c)(134) to read as
follows:
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§ 52.1120
Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(134) Revisions to the State
Implementation Plan submitted by the
Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection on July 12,
2006.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Massachusetts Regulation 310
CMR 7.38, entitled ‘‘Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District,’’ effective in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on
December 30, 2005.
(B) Massachusetts Regulation Filing,
dated December 13, 2005, amending 310
CMR 7.38 entitled ‘‘Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District.’’
(ii) Additional materials.
(A) Letter from the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection
dated July 12, 2006, submitting a
revision to the Massachusetts State
Implementation Plan.
3. In § 52.1167, Table 52.1167 is
amended by adding two new citations to
the existing entry for 310 CMR 7.38 to
read as follows:
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§ 52.1167 EPA-approved Massachusetts
State regulations.
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TABLE 52.1167—EPA-APPROVED MASSACHUSETTS REGULATIONS
State citation
Title/subject
Date
submitted by
State
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310 CMR 7.38
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Tunnel vent
certification
regulation.
7/12/06
2/15/08
7/12/06
2/15/08
*
FEDERAL REGISTER citation
*
*
Date
approved by
EPA
*
[Insert FEDERAL REGISTER page
number
where the
document
begins].
[Insert FEDERAL REGISTER page
number
where the
document
begins].
*
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52.1120(c)
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134
134
Comments/unapproved sections
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Amendments to Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District.
Massachusetts Regulation Filing, dated December 13, 2005, substantiating December 30, 2005, State effective date for
amended 310 CMR 7.38 ‘‘Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District.’’
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Notes:
1. This table lists regulations adopted as of 1972. It does not depict regulatory requirements which may have been part of the Federal SIP before this date.
2. The regulations are effective statewide unless stated otherwise in comments or title section.
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 feet
(18.3 m) LOA Using Jig or Hook-andLine Gear in the Bogoslof Pacific Cod
Exemption Area in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels
less than 60 feet (< 18.3 meters (m))
length overall (LOA) using jig or hookand-line gear in the Bogoslof Pacific cod
exemption area of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the limit of Pacific
cod for catcher vessels < 60 ft (18.3 m)
LOA using jig or hook-and-line gear in
the Bogoslof Pacific cod exemption area
in the BSAI.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), February 12, 2008, through
2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Hogan, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (FMP) prepared by
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council under authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
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Conservation and Management Act.
Regulations governing fishing by U.S.
vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
In accordance with
§ 679.22(a)(7)(i)(C), the Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional
Administrator), has determined that 113
metric tons of Pacific cod have been
caught by catcher vessels < 60 ft (18.3
m) LOA using jig or hook-and-line gear
in the Bogoslof exemption area
described at § 679.22(a)(7)(i)(C)(1).
Consequently, the Regional
Administrator is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels
< 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA using jig or hookand-line gear in the Bogoslof Pacific cod
exemption area.
After the effective date of this closure
the maximum retainable amounts at
§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time
during a trip.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2006-0641; A-1-FRL-8527-5]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Massachusetts; Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Massachusetts. The SIP revision consists of
technical revisions to Massachusetts regulation 310 CMR 7.38,
``Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan
Boston Air Pollution Control District.'' The amendments better define
the emissions monitoring techniques for various types of tunnel
ventilation systems, and provide flexibility in emission monitoring
requirements. This action is being taken in accordance with the Clean
Air Act.
DATES: This direct final rule will be effective April 15, 2008, unless
EPA receives adverse comments by March 17, 2008. If adverse comments
are received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final
rule in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will
not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R01-OAR-2006-0641 by one of the following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918-0047.
4. Mail: ``Docket Identification Number EPA-R01-OAR-2006-0641,''
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Organization of this document. The following outline is provided to
aid in locating information in this preamble.
I. Background and Purpose.
II. Addition of Emissions Monitoring Techniques for Longitudinal
Ventilation.
III. New Requirement for an Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol.
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IV. Final Action
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and Purpose
On July 12, 2006, the State of Massachusetts submitted a formal
revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP revision
consists of technical revisions to 310 CMR 7.38, ``Certification of
Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District.'' The technical revisions apply to the emissions
monitoring section of the regulation at 310 CMR 7.38(8)(a) and define
the emission monitoring requirements for systems that use longitudinal
ventilation, as well as add the requirement for an ``Air Emissions
Monitoring Protocol.'' A new subsection 310 CMR 7.38(1)(b) requires any
tunnel ventilation system subject to a Federal New Source Performance
Standard or National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants to
operate in compliance with those standards. A new section, 310 CMR
7.38(10), ``Removal of Air Pollution Control and Monitoring
Equipment,'' has been added to prohibit removal of air pollution
control equipment, or monitoring equipment which has been installed in
accordance with 310 CMR 7.38. In addition to the technical revisions,
typographical errors are also being corrected in the existing
regulation.
The Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan
Air Pollution Control District regulation, 310 CMR 7.38, was
promulgated on January 18, 1991 and applies to the construction and
operation of any tunnel ventilation system for highway projects
constructed after January 1, 1991. On October 8, 1992, EPA approved 310
CMR 7.38 as a revision to the Massachusetts SIP (57 FR 46310). In the
final rule, EPA agreed with Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection (MA DEP) that tunnel ventilation systems are not stationary
sources subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) or to
New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), nor to Massachusetts' Plan Approval and Emissions Limitations
regulation for stationary sources, 310 CMR 7.02.
The purpose of the Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems
regulation is to require certification that tunnel ventilation systems
for highway projects in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control
District (defined in 310 CMR 7.00) meet certain air quality
requirements, thereby protecting public health and the environment. The
regulation requires an initial, ``preconstruction'' certification, an
operation certification (required 12-15 months after a project becomes
fully operational), and re-certification every five years. In
accordance with 310 CMR 7.38(2), the proponent must certify that the
project will not: (a) Cause or exacerbate a violation of any National
Ambient Air Quality Standard as set forth at 40 CFR part 50, or a
Massachusetts Ambient Air Quality Standard as set forth at 310 CMR
6.00; or (b) cause or exacerbate a violation of the MA DEP's one hour
ambient NO2 guideline of 320 [mu]g/m\3\; or (c) result in an
actual or projected increase in the total amount of non-methane
hydrocarbons measured within the project area when compared with the
no-build alternative.
With this certification process approved as a SIP element, approval
of individual certifications or conditions which require written
approval by MA DEP will not require SIP revisions. This concept is
included in the existing SIP-approved rule, and the recent revisions do
not change this previously established process.
II. Addition of Emissions Monitoring Techniques for Longitudinal
Ventilation
During the late 1980s when the CA/T Project was initially planning
and designing the ventilation system, the only Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) authorized tunnel ventilation system was the
traditional ``full transverse ventilation.'' Therefore, when 310 CMR
7.38 was promulgated in 1991, the emissions monitoring requirements
were based on full transverse ventilation technology. In 1995, FHWA
issued a memorandum entitled ``Mechanical Ventilation in Road Tunnels
using Jet Fans'' authorizing applicable projects to use longitudinal
ventilation with jet fan technology. The availability of this
additional ventilation technology was neither anticipated nor provided
for in 310 CMR 7.38(8).
Following the FHWA authorization memo, the Central Artery/Third
Harbor Tunnel (CA/T) project studied the supplementary use of
longitudinal ventilation at several exit ramps as a cost saving
measure. The CA/T Project subsequently filed a Notice of Project
Change, and implemented longitudinal ventilation at eight exit ramps.
Although longitudinal ventilation was approved for use on the CA/T
Project, the resulting emission impacts at the eight exit ramp portals
cannot be monitored using 40 CFR part 60 Continuous Emissions
Monitoring (CEM) methods because those methods are designed to measure
emissions from stacks, not exit ramp portals. The revised subsection
7.38(8)(a) specifically requires emissions monitoring and recording
equipment in tunnel roadway exit portals that utilize longitudinal
ventilation.
The revisions to the Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems
regulation contain a revised set of allowable techniques and emissions
monitoring approaches that incorporate elements of 40 CFR part 58--
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, 40 CFR part 60--Standards of
Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR part 75--Continuous
Emission Monitoring, as well as statistical analysis, computer
modeling, and innovative technologies. This ``hybrid'' approach to
emission monitoring, which includes elements of ambient air quality
monitoring and continuous emission monitoring, will provide more
accurate monitoring of ambient emissions within the portal area
environment which could not be conducted with the original stack
monitoring approach under 40 CFR part 60, appendix B--Performance
Specifications.
III. New Requirement for an Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol
MA DEP has also revised the emissions monitoring requirements at
310 CMR 7.38(8)(a) to require that any person who constructs and
operates a tunnel ventilation system which is subject to the
requirements of 310 CMR 7.38 shall, prior to commencing operation of
the tunnel ventilation system or opening the project roadway for public
use, develop and submit to the Department for review and approval an
``Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol.'' This subsection requires that
all emissions monitoring and recording equipment be installed and
operated in accordance with the approved protocol. Lastly, this
subsection allows the ``Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol'' to be
modified with prior written approval of the Department. This allows
flexibility so that as technological advances occur in contaminant and
emissions monitoring, MA DEP will be able to modify the monitoring
procedures without necessarily having to complete a regulatory revision
process. Therefore, the regulation allows affected projects to
periodically modify or update their air emission monitoring protocol
with written approval of MA DEP.
IV. Final Action
EPA has reviewed the revised rule and has found that it is
consistent with requirements of the Clean Air Act. EPA is approving
this rule because it will
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improve emission monitoring techniques, allowing the state greater
flexibility to assess and quantify emissions, for the roadway tunnel
ventilation systems in the Boston Metropolitan Air Control District.
EPA is approving Massachusetts amendments to 310 CMR 7.38, entitled
``Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan
Boston Air Pollution Control District,'' and incorporating this revised
rule into the Massachusetts SIP. The EPA is publishing this action
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse comments.
However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal Register
publication, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as
the proposal to approve the SIP revision should relevant adverse
comments be filed. This rule will be effective April 15, 2008 without
further notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by
March 17, 2008.
If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a notice
withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the rule will
not take effect. All public comments received will then be addressed in
a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on the proposed rule. All parties
interested in commenting on the proposed rule should do so at this
time. If no such comments are received, the public is advised that this
rule will be effective on April 15, 2008 and no further action will be
taken on the proposed rule. Please note that if EPA receives adverse
comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that
provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt
as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an
adverse comment.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211,
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action
merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by
state law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on
the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or
on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not have Federalism
implications because it does not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64
FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it merely approves a state rule
implementing a Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or
the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean
Air Act. This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it approves a state rule
implementing a Federal standard.
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. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by April 15, 2008. Interested
parties should comment in response to the proposed rule rather than
petition for judicial review, unless the objection arises after the
comment period allowed for in the proposal. 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,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart W--Massachusetts
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2. Section 52.1120 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(134) to read as
follows:
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Sec. 52.1120 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(134) Revisions to the State Implementation Plan submitted by the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on July 12, 2006.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Massachusetts Regulation 310 CMR 7.38, entitled ``Certification
of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District,'' effective in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on
December 30, 2005.
(B) Massachusetts Regulation Filing, dated December 13, 2005,
amending 310 CMR 7.38 entitled ``Certification of Tunnel Ventilation
Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District.''
(ii) Additional materials.
(A) Letter from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection dated July 12, 2006, submitting a revision to the
Massachusetts State Implementation Plan.
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3. In Sec. 52.1167, Table 52.1167 is amended by adding two new
citations to the existing entry for 310 CMR 7.38 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1167 EPA-approved Massachusetts State regulations.
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Table 52.1167--EPA-Approved Massachusetts Regulations
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Date Date Federal Comments/
State citation Title/subject submitted by approved by Register 52.1120(c) unapproved
State EPA citation sections
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310 CMR 7.38....... Tunnel vent 7/12/06 2/15/08 [Insert Federal 134 Amendments to
certification Register page Certification
regulation. number where of Tunnel
the document Ventilation
begins]. Systems in the
Metropolitan
Boston Air
Pollution
Control
District.
7/12/06 2/15/08 [Insert Federal 134 Massachusetts
Register page Regulation
number where Filing, dated
the document December 13,
begins]. 2005,
substantiating
December 30,
2005, State
effective date
for amended
310 CMR 7.38
``Certificatio
n of Tunnel
Ventilation
Systems in the
Metropolitan
Boston Air
Pollution
Control
District.''
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Notes:
1. This table lists regulations adopted as of 1972. It does not depict regulatory requirements which may have
been part of the Federal SIP before this date.
2. The regulations are effective statewide unless stated otherwise in comments or title section.
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