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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, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
adopting rules 3745–19–01, 3745–19–
02, 3745–19–03, 3745–19–04, and 3745–
19–05.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA–R05–OAR–2006–0546; FRL–8534–4]
Dated: February 15, 2008.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
Approval and Promulgation of Ohio
SO2 Air Quality Implementation Plans
and Designation of Areas
For the reasons stated in the preamble,
part 52, chapter I, of title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
AGENCY:
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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 KK—Ohio
2. Section 52.1870 is amended by
adding paragraph (c)(143) to read as
follows:
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Identification of plan.
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(143) On September 7, 2006, Ohio
submitted revisions to Ohio
Administrative Code Chapter 3745–19,
Rules 3745–19–01 through 3745–19–05
including the 3754–19–03 Appendix.
The revisions update Ohio’s open
burning regulations. Ohio added
requirements for specific types of
burning: emergency burning,
recreational fires, hazardous material
disposal, and firefighting training. The
State also added or refined some of the
definitions.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Ohio Administrative Code
Chapter 3745: Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency, Chapter 19: Open
Burning Standards, Rule 3745–19–01:
Definitions, Rule 3745–19–02: Relations
to Other Prohibitions, Rule 3745–19–03:
Open Burning in Restricted Areas with
Appendix ‘‘Open Burning of Storm
Debris Conditions’’, Rule 3745–19–04:
Open Burning in Unrestricted Areas,
and Rule 3745–19–05: Permission to
Individuals and Notification to the Ohio
EPA. The rules were effective on July 7,
2006.
(B) June 27, 2006, ‘‘Director’s Final
Findings and Orders’’, signed by Joseph
P. Koncelik, Director, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
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EPA is approving an
assortment of rules, submitted by Ohio
on May 16, 2006, as amended on
December 10, 2007, setting limits on
sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Most
significantly, EPA is approving rules for
Franklin, Stark, and Summit Counties
and for one source in Sandusky County,
rules that supersede regulations that
EPA promulgated in 1976 as a Federal
Implementation Plan (FIP). This action
provides that the entire FIP for SO2 in
Ohio will now be superseded by
approved State limits. Consequently,
EPA is rescinding the entire FIP. EPA is
also approving several substantive rule
revisions and approving numerous Ohio
rules that update various company
names and unit identifications. Finally,
since this rulemaking resolves the
issues, which led a court to remand the
designation for a portion of Summit
County to EPA for reconsideration, EPA
is promulgating a designation of
attainment for the presently
undesignated portion of this county.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
April 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R05–OAR–2006–0546. 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,
i.e., Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information whose
disclosure 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 Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77
SUMMARY:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
§ 52.1870
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We
recommend that you telephone John
Summerhays, Environmental Scientist,
at (312) 886–6067 before visiting the
Region 5 office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Summerhays, Environmental Scientist,
Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR–18J), Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604, (312) 886–6067,
summerhays.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
supplementary information section is
arranged as follows:
I. Background for This Action
A. Summary of Ohio’s Submittal
B. Summary of EPA’s Proposed
Rulemaking
C. Comments on EPA’s Proposal
II. What Action Is EPA Taking?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews.
I. Background for This Action
A. Summary of Ohio’s Submittal
On May 16, 2006, Ohio EPA
submitted 4 amended general SO2 rules
and 40 county-specific SO2 rules. The
county-specific rules include 4 rules
that were submitted to supersede
remaining FIP rules, 4 rules that include
substantive revisions to the limits, and
32 rules, which only change company
names or unit identifications or make
other such administrative changes.
On July 24, 2007, Ohio submitted a
letter identifying an error, noted by the
company, in its SO2 limit for the facility
in Stark County owned by the Canton
Drop Forging and Manufacturing
Company. On December 10, 2007, Ohio
submitted rule revisions correcting this
error. The correction of this error makes
the Stark County rules consistent with
Ohio’s attainment demonstration for
this county and fully approvable.
B. Summary of EPA’s Proposed
Rulemaking
EPA proposed action on this
submittal on May 1, 2007. The notice of
proposed rulemaking provided a
summary of the full history of the
regulation of SO2 emissions in the State
of Ohio. Most notably, because Ohio
withdrew its original SO2 rules from
EPA consideration, EPA promulgated a
FIP for SO2 on August 27, 1976, with
numerous subsequent amendments. On
September 12, 1979, Ohio submitted a
plan with limits for SO2 in all 88 Ohio
counties. For many of the counties, EPA
approved Ohio’s rules and provided that
the approved rules would supersede the
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corresponding federally promulgated
rules. For other counties, EPA had
concerns about the 1979 rules that Ohio
addressed with subsequent submittals.
With its May 2006 submittal, Ohio
completed the process of submitting
State rules to address all 88 counties in
the state and to entirely supersede the
FIP for SO2 in Ohio.
EPA’s May 2007 proposed rulemaking
included three components. First, EPA
addressed the state rules that Ohio
submitted. EPA proposed to approve all
of the submitted rules. Second, EPA
addressed the FIP rules that the state
rules supersede. Since the submitted
rules, along with rules approved
previously, would complete the process
of superseding the entire FIP, EPA
proposed to rescind the entire FIP.
Third, EPA addressed the designation of
portions of Summit County, Ohio.
Portions of this county have been
undesignated as a result of a lawsuit
that led the Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit to remand the designation
to EPA pending resolution of modeling
issues as to what emission limits are
necessary to attain the standard. EPA
believes that these issues are resolved
by the modeling underlying Ohio’s
Summit County SO2 limits, and so EPA
proposed to establish a designation of
attainment for this county.
EPA’s proposed rulemaking was
based on EPA’s belief that Ohio’s rules
were fully consistent with the
attainment demonstrations for the
applicable counties. Although Ohio’s
letter of July 25, 2007, indicates that this
was not the case for one boiler at one
source in Stark County, the revised rules
that Ohio submitted on December 10,
2007, remove this discrepancy. As a
result, EPA believes that Ohio’s limits
are now consistent with the applicable
attainment demonstrations and are fully
approvable.
reflect only administrative changes such
as updating company names.
This action provides that state rules
now supersede the last remaining
portions of the FIP that was
promulgated in 1976 et seq. Therefore,
the FIP may be removed from the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR). Even after
the FIP is removed, EPA may continue
to take enforcement action against
violations of the FIP limits discovered to
have occurred during the time the FIP
was in effect. Accordingly, EPA is
rescinding the entirety of 40 CFR
52.1881(b) (including general provisions
and county-specific limits) and of 40
CFR 52.1882 (providing FIP compliance
schedules). Since EPA has now
approved rules for the entire State, EPA
is rescinding the sections of 40 CFR
52.1881(a) that identify counties for
which EPA has taken no action or has
disapproved the state’s plan. EPA is
replacing the listing of counties having
approved rules with a rule-by-rule
listing of approved rules.
Finally, EPA is also establishing a
designation of attainment for the portion
of Summit County that is presently
undesignated. For simplicity, EPA is
combining the designations into a single
designation for the entire county rather
than have separate designations for four
subdivisions of the county. EPA is also
rescinding the footnote that was
inadvertently applied to the designation
of Trumbull County.
C. Comments on EPA’s Proposal
This rule does not impose an
information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. This action
approves State rules regulating
emissions of SO2. The present action
does not establish any new information
collection burden. Burden means the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install,
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating,
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
EPA received no comments on its
proposed rulemaking.
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II. What Action Is EPA Taking?
EPA believes that the SO2 rules
submitted by Ohio meet applicable
requirements, most notably by assuring
attainment in the applicable areas.
Therefore, EPA is approving the rules
that Ohio submitted on May 16, 2006,
as amended in the rule submitted on
December 10, 2007. Specifically, EPA is
fully approving 44 rules for SO2 in
Ohio, including 4 general rules, 4
county-specific rules that replace FIP
rules, 4 county-specific rules that
incorporate substantive changes in
limits, and 32 county-specific rules that
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review
This action is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under the terms of
Executive Order (EO) 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993) and is therefore
not subject to review under the EO.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
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adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements; train personnel to be
able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed
in 40 CFR part 9.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
generally requires an agency to prepare
a regulatory flexibility analysis of any
rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the
Administrative Procedures Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies
the rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities
include small businesses, small
organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions. For purposes of assessing
the impacts of today’s action on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A
small business that is a small industrial
entity as defined in the U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) size
standards. (See 13 CFR 121.); (2) a small
governmental jurisdiction that is a
government of a city, county, town,
school district or special district with a
population of less than 50,000; and (3)
a small organization that is any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently
owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field. This action merely
approves state rules regulating SO2
emissions and imposes no additional
requirements beyond those imposed by
state rules. Accordingly, I certify that
this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public
Law 104–4, establishes requirements for
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their regulatory actions on State, local,
and Tribal governments and the private
sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA,
EPA generally must prepare a written
statement, including a cost-benefit
analysis, for proposed and final rules
with ‘‘Federal mandates’’ that may
result in expenditures to State, local,
and Tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or to the private sector, of
$100 million or more in any one year.
Before promulgating an EPA rule for
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which a written statement is needed,
section 205 of the UMRA generally
requires EPA to identify and consider a
reasonable number of regulatory
alternatives and adopt the least costly,
most cost-effective or least burdensome
alternative that achieves the objectives
of the rule. The provisions of section
205 do not apply when they are
inconsistent with applicable law.
Moreover, section 205 allows EPA to
adopt an alternative other than the least
costly, most cost-effective or least
burdensome alternative if the
Administrator publishes with the final
rule an explanation to why that
alternative was not adopted. Before EPA
establishes any regulatory requirements
that may significantly or uniquely affect
small governments, including Tribal
governments, it must have developed
under section 203 of the UMRA a small
government agency plan. The plan must
provide for notifying potentially
affected small governments, enabling
officials of affected small governments
to have meaningful and timely input in
the development of EPA regulatory
proposals with significant Federal
intergovernmental mandates, and
informing, educating, and advising
small governments on compliance with
the regulatory requirements. Today’s
action does not include a Federal
mandate within the meaning of UMRA
that may result in expenditures of $100
million or more in any one year by
either State, local, or Tribal
governments in the aggregate or to the
private sector, and therefore, is not
subject to the requirements of sections
202 and 205 of the UMRA. This action
merely approves state rules regulating
SO2 emissions and imposes no
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state rules. EPA has
determined that this rule contains no
regulatory requirements that might
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, because the state emission
limitations being approved apply to
industrial facilities, not to any small
government.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Executive Order 13132, entitled
‘‘Federalism’’ (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999), requires EPA to develop an
accountable process to ensure
‘‘meaningful and timely input by State
and local officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have federalism
implications.’’ ‘‘Policies that have
federalism implications’’ is defined in
the Executive Order to include
regulations that have ‘‘substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and
the States, or on the distribution of
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power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government.’’ This
action merely approves state rules
regulating SO2 emissions and imposes
no additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state rules. This
action will not modify the relationship
of the States and EPA for purposes of
developing programs to implement the
NAAQS. Thus, Executive Order 13132
does not apply to this rule.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
Executive Order 13175, entitled
‘‘Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments’’ (65 FR
67249, November 9, 2000), requires EPA
to develop an accountable process to
ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by
tribal officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have tribal
implications.’’ This action does not have
‘‘Tribal implications’’ as specified in
Executive Order 13175. This action
merely approves state rules regulating
SO2 emissions in a state with no
federally recognized tribes. Thus,
Executive Order 13175 does not apply
to this rule.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
Executive Order 13045: ‘‘Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April
23, 1997) applies to any rule that (1) is
determined to be ‘‘economically
significant’’ as defined under Executive
Order 12866, and (2) concerns an
environmental health or safety risk that
EPA has reason to believe may have
disproportionate effect on children. If
the regulatory action meets both criteria,
the Agency must evaluate the
environmental health or safety effects of
the planned rule on children, and
explain why the planned regulation is
preferable to other potentially effective
and reasonably feasible alternatives
considered by the Agency. This action
merely approves state rules regulating
SO2 emissions and imposes no
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state rules. This action is
not subject to Executive Order 13045
because it is not economically
significant as defined in E.O. 12866, and
because the Agency does not have
reason to believe the environmental
health risks or safety risks addressed by
this rule present a disproportionate risk
to children.
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H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211, ‘‘Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use,’’ (66 FR 28355,
May 22, 2001) because it is not a
significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer
Advancement Act
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.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR
7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority
populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
EPA has determined that this final
rule will not have disproportionately
high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority or
low-income populations because it does
not affect the level of protection
provided to human health or the
environment. This action approves
emission limitations that are equivalent
or more stringent than current SIP
limitations, and so this rule will not
have adverse effects on any population.
K. Congressional Review Act
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
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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). This action will be effective
April 21, 2008.
L. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 May 20, 2008.
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
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Air pollution control, Environmental
protection, National parks, Sulfur
dioxide, Wilderness areas.
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
For the reasons stated in the preamble,
parts 52 and 81, chapter I, of title 40 of
the Code of Federal Regulations are
amended as follows:
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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.
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Subpart K—Ohio
2. Section 52.1870 is amended by
adding paragraph (c)(136) to read as
follows:
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Identification of plan.
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(136) On May 16, 2006, Ohio
submitted numerous regulations for
sulfur dioxide. These regulations were
submitted to replace the remaining
federally promulgated regulations, to
make selected revisions to applicable
limits, and to update company names
and make other similar administrative
changes. On December 10, 2007, Ohio
submitted a corrected rule for Stark
County.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Ohio Administrative Code Rules
3745–18–01 ‘‘Definitions and
incorporation by reference.’’, 3745–18–
02 ‘‘Ambient air quality standards;
sulfur dioxide.’’, 3745–18–03
‘‘Attainment dates and compliance time
schedules.’’, 3745–18–06 ‘‘General
emission limit provisions.’’, 3745–18–10
‘‘Ashtabula County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–11 ‘‘Athens County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–12 ‘‘Auglaize County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–17
‘‘Champaign County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–18 ‘‘Clark County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–28 ‘‘Erie County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–29
‘‘Fairfield County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–31 ‘‘Franklin County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–34 ‘‘Geauga County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–35 ‘‘Greene
County emission limits.’’, 3745–18–37
‘‘Hamilton County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–38 ‘‘Hancock County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–49 ‘‘Lake County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–50
‘‘Lawrence County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–53 ‘‘Lorain County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–57 ‘‘Marion County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–61 ‘‘Miami
County emission limits.’’, 3745–18–63
‘‘Montgomery County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–66 ‘‘Muskingum County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–68 ‘‘Ottawa
County emission limits.’’, 3745–18–69
‘‘Paulding County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–72 ‘‘Pike County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–76 ‘‘Richland County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–77 ‘‘Ross
County emission limits.’’, 3745–18–78
‘‘Sandusky County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–79 ‘‘Scioto County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–80 ‘‘Seneca County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–81 ‘‘Shelby
County emission limits.’’, 3745–18–83
‘‘Summit County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–84 ‘‘Trumbull County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–85
‘‘Tuscarawas County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–87 ‘‘Van Wert County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–90
‘‘Washington County emission limits.’’,
3745–18–91 ‘‘Wayne County emission
limits.’’, and 3745–18–93 ‘‘Wood
County emission limits.’’, adopted on
January 13, 2006, effective January 23,
2006.
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(B) January 13, 2006, ‘‘Director’s Final
Findings and Orders’’, signed by Joseph
P. Koncelik, Director, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
adopting the rules identified in
paragraph (A) above.
(C) Ohio Administrative Code Rules
3745–18–08 ‘‘Allen County emission
limits.’’, 3745–18–15 ‘‘Butler County
emission limits.’’, 3745–18–24
‘‘Cuyahoga County emission limits.’’,
and 3745–18–54 ‘‘Lucas County
emission limits.’’, adopted on March 16,
2006, effective March 27, 2006.
(D) March 16, 2006, ‘‘Director’s Final
Findings and Orders’’, signed by Joseph
P. Koncelik, Director, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
adopting rules 3745–18–08, 3745–18–
15, 3745–18–24, and 3745–18–54.
(E) Ohio Administrative Code Rule
3745–18–82 ‘‘Stark County emission
limits.’’, adopted on November 28, 2007,
effective December 8, 2007.
(F) November 28, 2007, ‘‘Director’s
Final Findings and Orders’’, signed by
Chris Korleski, Director, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
adopting rule 3745–18–82.
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I 3. Section 52.1881 is amended as
follows:
I a. By revising paragraph (a)(4).
I b. By removing and reserving
paragraphs (a)(7), (a)(8), and (b).
§ 52.1881 Control strategy: Sulfur oxides
(sulfur dioxide).
(a) * * *
(4) Notwithstanding the portions of
Ohio’s sulfur dioxide rules identified in
this section that EPA has either
disapproved or taken no action on, EPA
has approved a complete plan
addressing all counties in the State of
Ohio. EPA has approved the following
rules, supplemented by any additional
approved rules specified in 40 CFR
52.1870:
(i) Rules as effective in Ohio on
December 28, 1979: OAC 3745–18–
04(A), (B), (C), (D)(1), (D)(4), (E)(1), and
(H) (measurement methods), OAC 3745–
18–05 (ambient monitoring), OAC 3745–
18–09 (Ashland County), OAC 3745–
18–13 (Belmont), OAC 3745–18–14
(Brown), OAC 3745–18–16 (Carroll),
OAC 3745–18–19 (Clermont)—except
for one paragraph approved later (CG&E
Beckjord), OAC 3745–18–20 (Clinton),
OAC 3745–18–21 (Columbiana), OAC
3745–18–23 (Crawford), OAC 3745–18–
25 (Darke), OAC 3745–18–26 (Defiance),
OAC 3745–18–27 (Delaware), OAC
3745–18–30 (Fayette), OAC 3745–18–32
(Fulton), OAC 3745–18–36 (Guernsey),
OAC 3745–18–39 (Hardin), OAC 3745–
18–40 (Harrison), OAC 3745–18–41
(Henry), OAC 3745–18–42 (Highland),
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OAC 3745–18–43 (Hocking), OAC 3745–
18–44 (Holmes), OAC 3745–18–45
(Huron), OAC 3745–18–46 (Jackson),
OAC 3745–18–48 (Knox), OAC 3745–
18–51 (Licking), OAC 3745–18–52
(Logan), OAC 3745–18–55 (Madison),
OAC 3745–18–58 (Medina), OAC 3745–
18–59 (Meigs), OAC 3745–18–60
(Mercer), OAC 3745–18–62 (Monroe),
OAC 3745–18–64 (Morgan)—except for
one paragraph approved later (OP
Muskingum River), OAC 3745–18–65
(Morrow), OAC 3745–18–67 (Noble),
OAC 3745–18–70 (Perry), OAC 3745–
18–73 (Portage), OAC 3745–18–74
(Preble), OAC 3745–18–75 (Putnam),
OAC 3745–18–86 (Union), OAC 3745–
18–88 (Vinton), OAC 3745–18–89
(Warren), OAC 3745–18–92 (Williams),
and OAC 3745–18–94 (Wyandot);
(ii) Rules as effective in Ohio on
October 1, 1982: OAC 3745–18–64 (B)
(OP Muskingum River in Morgan
County);
(iii) Rules as effective in Ohio on May
11, 1987: OAC 3745–18–19(B) (CG&E
Beckjord);
(iv) Rules as effective in Ohio on
October 31, 1991: OAC 3745–18–04
(D)(7), (D)(8)(a) to (D)(8)(e), (E)(5),
(E)(6)(a), (E)(6)(b), (F), and (I)
(measurement methods);
(v) Rules as effective in Ohio on July
25, 1996: OAC 3745–18–47 (Jefferson);
(vi) Rules as effective in Ohio on
March 21, 2000: OAC 3745–18–04(D)(8),
(D)(9), and (E)(7) (measurement
methods), OAC 3745–18–22
(Coshocton), OAC 3745–18–33 (Gallia),
and OAC 3745–18–71 (Pickaway);
(vii) Rules as effective in Ohio on
September 1, 2003: OAC 3745–18–04(F)
and (J) (measurement methods), and
OAC 3745–18–56 (Mahoning);
(viii) Rules as effective in Ohio on
January 23, 2006: OAC 3745–18–01
(definitions), OAC 3745–18–02 (air
quality standards), OAC 3745–18–03
(compliance dates), OAC 3745–18–06
(general provisions), OAC 3745–18–07
(Adams), OAC 3745–18–10 (Ashtabula),
OAC 3745–18–11 (Athens), OAC 3745–
18–12 (Auglaize), OAC 3745–18–17
(Champaign), OAC 3745–18–18 (Clark),
OAC 3745–18–28 (Erie), OAC 3745–18–
29 (Fairfield), OAC 3745–18–31
(Franklin), OAC 3745–18–34 (Geauga),
OAC 3745–18–35 (Greene), OAC 3745–
18–37 (Hamilton), OAC 3745–18–38
(Hancock), OAC 3745–18–49 (Lake),
OAC 3745–18–50 (Lawrence), OAC
3745–18–53 (Lorain), OAC 3745–18–57
(Marion), OAC 3745–18–61 (Miami),
OAC 3745–18–63 (Montgomery), OAC
3745–18–66 (Muskingum), OAC 3745–
18–68 (Ottawa), OAC 3745–18–69
(Paulding), OAC 3745–18–72 (Pike),
OAC 3745–18–76 (Richland), OAC
3745–18–77 (Ross), OAC 3745–18–78
(Sandusky), OAC 3745–18–79 (Scioto),
OAC 3745–18–80 (Seneca), OAC 3745–
18–81 (Shelby), OAC 3745–18–83
(Summit), OAC 3745–18–84 (Trumbull),
OAC 3745–18–85 (Tuscarawas), OAC
3745–18–87 (Van Wert), OAC 3745–18–
90 (Washington), OAC 3745–18–91
(Wayne), and OAC 3745–18–93 (Wood);
(ix) Rules as effective in Ohio on
March 27, 2006: OAC 3745–18–08
(Allen), OAC 3745–18–15 (Butler), OAC
3745–18–24 (Cuyahoga), and OAC
3745–18–54 (Lucas); and
(x) Rule as effective in Ohio on
December 8, 2007: OAC 3745–18–82
(Stark).
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[Removed and Reserved]
4. Section 52.1882 is removed and
reserved.
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5. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
6. The table in § 81.336 entitled
‘‘Ohio—SO2’’ is amended by removing
the three footnotes and revising the
entries for Summit and Trumbull
Counties to read as follows:
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Ohio.
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standards
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[EPA–R06–OAR–2007–0967; FRL–8544–6]
Determination of Nonattainment and
Reclassification of the Baton Rouge 8Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; State
of Louisiana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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Final rule.
SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing its finding
that the Baton Rouge ‘‘marginal’’ 8-hour
ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter
referred to as the Baton Rouge area) did
not attain the 8-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or
standard) by June 15, 2007, the
attainment deadline set forth in the
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) and
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for
‘‘marginal’’ nonattainment areas. By
operation of law, the Baton Rouge area
is to be reclassified from a ‘‘marginal’’
to a ‘‘moderate’’ 8-hour ozone
nonattainment area on the effective date
of this rule. The new attainment
deadline for the reclassified Baton
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Rouge nonattainment area is ‘‘as
expeditiously as practicable’’ but no
later than June 15, 2010. In addition,
EPA is requiring Louisiana to submit
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions addressing the CAA’s
pollution control requirements for
‘‘moderate’’ 8-hour ozone
nonattainment areas no later than
January 1, 2009.
This final rule is effective on
April 21, 2008.
DATES:
EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R06–OAR–
2007–0967. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov,
Web site. Although listed in the index,
ADDRESSES:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0546; FRL-8534-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Ohio SO2 Air Quality Implementation
Plans and Designation of Areas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving an assortment of rules, submitted by Ohio on
May 16, 2006, as amended on December 10, 2007, setting limits on sulfur
dioxide (SO2) emissions. Most significantly, EPA is approving rules for
Franklin, Stark, and Summit Counties and for one source in Sandusky
County, rules that supersede regulations that EPA promulgated in 1976
as a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). This action provides that the
entire FIP for SO2 in Ohio will now be superseded by approved State
limits. Consequently, EPA is rescinding the entire FIP. EPA is also
approving several substantive rule revisions and approving numerous
Ohio rules that update various company names and unit identifications.
Finally, since this rulemaking resolves the issues, which led a court
to remand the designation for a portion of Summit County to EPA for
reconsideration, EPA is promulgating a designation of attainment for
the presently undesignated portion of this county.
DATES: This final rule is effective on April 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0546. 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, i.e., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure 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
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division,
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal holidays. We recommend that you telephone John Summerhays,
Environmental Scientist, at (312) 886-6067 before visiting the Region 5
office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Summerhays, Environmental
Scientist, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6067, summerhays.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplementary information section is
arranged as follows:
I. Background for This Action
A. Summary of Ohio's Submittal
B. Summary of EPA's Proposed Rulemaking
C. Comments on EPA's Proposal
II. What Action Is EPA Taking?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews.
I. Background for This Action
A. Summary of Ohio's Submittal
On May 16, 2006, Ohio EPA submitted 4 amended general SO2 rules and
40 county-specific SO2 rules. The county-specific rules include 4 rules
that were submitted to supersede remaining FIP rules, 4 rules that
include substantive revisions to the limits, and 32 rules, which only
change company names or unit identifications or make other such
administrative changes.
On July 24, 2007, Ohio submitted a letter identifying an error,
noted by the company, in its SO2 limit for the facility in Stark County
owned by the Canton Drop Forging and Manufacturing Company. On December
10, 2007, Ohio submitted rule revisions correcting this error. The
correction of this error makes the Stark County rules consistent with
Ohio's attainment demonstration for this county and fully approvable.
B. Summary of EPA's Proposed Rulemaking
EPA proposed action on this submittal on May 1, 2007. The notice of
proposed rulemaking provided a summary of the full history of the
regulation of SO2 emissions in the State of Ohio. Most notably, because
Ohio withdrew its original SO2 rules from EPA consideration, EPA
promulgated a FIP for SO2 on August 27, 1976, with numerous subsequent
amendments. On September 12, 1979, Ohio submitted a plan with limits
for SO2 in all 88 Ohio counties. For many of the counties, EPA approved
Ohio's rules and provided that the approved rules would supersede the
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corresponding federally promulgated rules. For other counties, EPA had
concerns about the 1979 rules that Ohio addressed with subsequent
submittals. With its May 2006 submittal, Ohio completed the process of
submitting State rules to address all 88 counties in the state and to
entirely supersede the FIP for SO2 in Ohio.
EPA's May 2007 proposed rulemaking included three components.
First, EPA addressed the state rules that Ohio submitted. EPA proposed
to approve all of the submitted rules. Second, EPA addressed the FIP
rules that the state rules supersede. Since the submitted rules, along
with rules approved previously, would complete the process of
superseding the entire FIP, EPA proposed to rescind the entire FIP.
Third, EPA addressed the designation of portions of Summit County,
Ohio. Portions of this county have been undesignated as a result of a
lawsuit that led the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to remand
the designation to EPA pending resolution of modeling issues as to what
emission limits are necessary to attain the standard. EPA believes that
these issues are resolved by the modeling underlying Ohio's Summit
County SO2 limits, and so EPA proposed to establish a designation of
attainment for this county.
EPA's proposed rulemaking was based on EPA's belief that Ohio's
rules were fully consistent with the attainment demonstrations for the
applicable counties. Although Ohio's letter of July 25, 2007, indicates
that this was not the case for one boiler at one source in Stark
County, the revised rules that Ohio submitted on December 10, 2007,
remove this discrepancy. As a result, EPA believes that Ohio's limits
are now consistent with the applicable attainment demonstrations and
are fully approvable.
C. Comments on EPA's Proposal
EPA received no comments on its proposed rulemaking.
II. What Action Is EPA Taking?
EPA believes that the SO2 rules submitted by Ohio meet applicable
requirements, most notably by assuring attainment in the applicable
areas. Therefore, EPA is approving the rules that Ohio submitted on May
16, 2006, as amended in the rule submitted on December 10, 2007.
Specifically, EPA is fully approving 44 rules for SO2 in Ohio,
including 4 general rules, 4 county-specific rules that replace FIP
rules, 4 county-specific rules that incorporate substantive changes in
limits, and 32 county-specific rules that reflect only administrative
changes such as updating company names.
This action provides that state rules now supersede the last
remaining portions of the FIP that was promulgated in 1976 et seq.
Therefore, the FIP may be removed from the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR). Even after the FIP is removed, EPA may continue to take
enforcement action against violations of the FIP limits discovered to
have occurred during the time the FIP was in effect. Accordingly, EPA
is rescinding the entirety of 40 CFR 52.1881(b) (including general
provisions and county-specific limits) and of 40 CFR 52.1882 (providing
FIP compliance schedules). Since EPA has now approved rules for the
entire State, EPA is rescinding the sections of 40 CFR 52.1881(a) that
identify counties for which EPA has taken no action or has disapproved
the state's plan. EPA is replacing the listing of counties having
approved rules with a rule-by-rule listing of approved rules.
Finally, EPA is also establishing a designation of attainment for
the portion of Summit County that is presently undesignated. For
simplicity, EPA is combining the designations into a single designation
for the entire county rather than have separate designations for four
subdivisions of the county. EPA is also rescinding the footnote that
was inadvertently applied to the designation of Trumbull County.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the
terms of Executive Order (EO) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and
is therefore not subject to review under the EO.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule does not impose an information collection burden under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
This action approves State rules regulating emissions of
SO2. The present action does not establish any new
information collection burden. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedures Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions. For purposes
of assessing the impacts of today's action on small entities, small
entity is defined as: (1) A small business that is a small industrial
entity as defined in the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) size
standards. (See 13 CFR 121.); (2) a small governmental jurisdiction
that is a government of a city, county, town, school district or
special district with a population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small
organization that is any not-for-profit enterprise which is
independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field. This
action merely approves state rules regulating SO2 emissions
and imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
rules. Accordingly, I certify that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and Tribal
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that
may result in expenditures to State, local, and Tribal governments, in
the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any
one year. Before promulgating an EPA rule for
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which a written statement is needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally
requires EPA to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory
alternatives and adopt the least costly, most cost-effective or least
burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. The
provisions of section 205 do not apply when they are inconsistent with
applicable law. Moreover, section 205 allows EPA to adopt an
alternative other than the least costly, most cost-effective or least
burdensome alternative if the Administrator publishes with the final
rule an explanation to why that alternative was not adopted. Before EPA
establishes any regulatory requirements that may significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, including Tribal governments, it
must have developed under section 203 of the UMRA a small government
agency plan. The plan must provide for notifying potentially affected
small governments, enabling officials of affected small governments to
have meaningful and timely input in the development of EPA regulatory
proposals with significant Federal intergovernmental mandates, and
informing, educating, and advising small governments on compliance with
the regulatory requirements. Today's action does not include a Federal
mandate within the meaning of UMRA that may result in expenditures of
$100 million or more in any one year by either State, local, or Tribal
governments in the aggregate or to the private sector, and therefore,
is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA.
This action merely approves state rules regulating SO2
emissions and imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed
by state rules. EPA has determined that this rule contains no
regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect
small governments, because the state emission limitations being
approved apply to industrial facilities, not to any small government.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.''
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the
Executive Order to include regulations that 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.'' This action
merely approves state rules regulating SO2 emissions and imposes no
additional requirements beyond those imposed by state rules. This
action will not modify the relationship of the States and EPA for
purposes of developing programs to implement the NAAQS. Thus, Executive
Order 13132 does not apply to this rule.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory
policies that have tribal implications.'' This action does not have
``Tribal implications'' as specified in Executive Order 13175. This
action merely approves state rules regulating SO2 emissions in a state
with no federally recognized tribes. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does
not apply to this rule.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
Executive Order 13045: ``Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies to any
rule that (1) is determined to be ``economically significant'' as
defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental
health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may have
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets
both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health or
safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and
reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency. This action
merely approves state rules regulating SO2 emissions and imposes no
additional requirements beyond those imposed by state rules. This
action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it is not
economically significant as defined in E.O. 12866, and because the
Agency does not have reason to believe the environmental health risks
or safety risks addressed by this rule present a disproportionate risk
to children.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use,'' (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a significant regulatory action
under Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act
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.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
EPA has determined that this final rule will not have
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the
environment. This action approves emission limitations that are
equivalent or more stringent than current SIP limitations, and so this
rule will not have adverse effects on any population.
K. Congressional Review Act
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
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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). This action will be effective April 21, 2008.
L. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 May 20, 2008. 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
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Air pollution control, Environmental protection, National parks,
Sulfur dioxide, Wilderness areas.
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
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For the reasons stated in the preamble, parts 52 and 81, chapter I, of
title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations are amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart K--Ohio
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2. Section 52.1870 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(136) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.1870 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(136) On May 16, 2006, Ohio submitted numerous regulations for
sulfur dioxide. These regulations were submitted to replace the
remaining federally promulgated regulations, to make selected revisions
to applicable limits, and to update company names and make other
similar administrative changes. On December 10, 2007, Ohio submitted a
corrected rule for Stark County.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Ohio Administrative Code Rules 3745-18-01 ``Definitions and
incorporation by reference.'', 3745-18-02 ``Ambient air quality
standards; sulfur dioxide.'', 3745-18-03 ``Attainment dates and
compliance time schedules.'', 3745-18-06 ``General emission limit
provisions.'', 3745-18-10 ``Ashtabula County emission limits.'', 3745-
18-11 ``Athens County emission limits.'', 3745-18-12 ``Auglaize County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-17 ``Champaign County emission limits.'',
3745-18-18 ``Clark County emission limits.'', 3745-18-28 ``Erie County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-29 ``Fairfield County emission limits.'',
3745-18-31 ``Franklin County emission limits.'', 3745-18-34 ``Geauga
County emission limits.'', 3745-18-35 ``Greene County emission
limits.'', 3745-18-37 ``Hamilton County emission limits.'', 3745-18-38
``Hancock County emission limits.'', 3745-18-49 ``Lake County emission
limits.'', 3745-18-50 ``Lawrence County emission limits.'', 3745-18-53
``Lorain County emission limits.'', 3745-18-57 ``Marion County emission
limits.'', 3745-18-61 ``Miami County emission limits.'', 3745-18-63
``Montgomery County emission limits.'', 3745-18-66 ``Muskingum County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-68 ``Ottawa County emission limits.'',
3745-18-69 ``Paulding County emission limits.'', 3745-18-72 ``Pike
County emission limits.'', 3745-18-76 ``Richland County emission
limits.'', 3745-18-77 ``Ross County emission limits.'', 3745-18-78
``Sandusky County emission limits.'', 3745-18-79 ``Scioto County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-80 ``Seneca County emission limits.'',
3745-18-81 ``Shelby County emission limits.'', 3745-18-83 ``Summit
County emission limits.'', 3745-18-84 ``Trumbull County emission
limits.'', 3745-18-85 ``Tuscarawas County emission limits.'', 3745-18-
87 ``Van Wert County emission limits.'', 3745-18-90 ``Washington County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-91 ``Wayne County emission limits.'', and
3745-18-93 ``Wood County emission limits.'', adopted on January 13,
2006, effective January 23, 2006.
(B) January 13, 2006, ``Director's Final Findings and Orders'',
signed by Joseph P. Koncelik, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency, adopting the rules identified in paragraph (A) above.
(C) Ohio Administrative Code Rules 3745-18-08 ``Allen County
emission limits.'', 3745-18-15 ``Butler County emission limits.'',
3745-18-24 ``Cuyahoga County emission limits.'', and 3745-18-54 ``Lucas
County emission limits.'', adopted on March 16, 2006, effective March
27, 2006.
(D) March 16, 2006, ``Director's Final Findings and Orders'',
signed by Joseph P. Koncelik, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency, adopting rules 3745-18-08, 3745-18-15, 3745-18-24, and 3745-18-
54.
(E) Ohio Administrative Code Rule 3745-18-82 ``Stark County
emission limits.'', adopted on November 28, 2007, effective December 8,
2007.
(F) November 28, 2007, ``Director's Final Findings and Orders'',
signed by Chris Korleski, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency, adopting rule 3745-18-82.
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3. Section 52.1881 is amended as follows:
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a. By revising paragraph (a)(4).
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b. By removing and reserving paragraphs (a)(7), (a)(8), and (b).
Sec. 52.1881 Control strategy: Sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide).
(a) * * *
(4) Notwithstanding the portions of Ohio's sulfur dioxide rules
identified in this section that EPA has either disapproved or taken no
action on, EPA has approved a complete plan addressing all counties in
the State of Ohio. EPA has approved the following rules, supplemented
by any additional approved rules specified in 40 CFR 52.1870:
(i) Rules as effective in Ohio on December 28, 1979: OAC 3745-18-
04(A), (B), (C), (D)(1), (D)(4), (E)(1), and (H) (measurement methods),
OAC 3745-18-05 (ambient monitoring), OAC 3745-18-09 (Ashland County),
OAC 3745-18-13 (Belmont), OAC 3745-18-14 (Brown), OAC 3745-18-16
(Carroll), OAC 3745-18-19 (Clermont)--except for one paragraph approved
later (CG&E Beckjord), OAC 3745-18-20 (Clinton), OAC 3745-18-21
(Columbiana), OAC 3745-18-23 (Crawford), OAC 3745-18-25 (Darke), OAC
3745-18-26 (Defiance), OAC 3745-18-27 (Delaware), OAC 3745-18-30
(Fayette), OAC 3745-18-32 (Fulton), OAC 3745-18-36 (Guernsey), OAC
3745-18-39 (Hardin), OAC 3745-18-40 (Harrison), OAC 3745-18-41 (Henry),
OAC 3745-18-42 (Highland),
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OAC 3745-18-43 (Hocking), OAC 3745-18-44 (Holmes), OAC 3745-18-45
(Huron), OAC 3745-18-46 (Jackson), OAC 3745-18-48 (Knox), OAC 3745-18-
51 (Licking), OAC 3745-18-52 (Logan), OAC 3745-18-55 (Madison), OAC
3745-18-58 (Medina), OAC 3745-18-59 (Meigs), OAC 3745-18-60 (Mercer),
OAC 3745-18-62 (Monroe), OAC 3745-18-64 (Morgan)--except for one
paragraph approved later (OP Muskingum River), OAC 3745-18-65 (Morrow),
OAC 3745-18-67 (Noble), OAC 3745-18-70 (Perry), OAC 3745-18-73
(Portage), OAC 3745-18-74 (Preble), OAC 3745-18-75 (Putnam), OAC 3745-
18-86 (Union), OAC 3745-18-88 (Vinton), OAC 3745-18-89 (Warren), OAC
3745-18-92 (Williams), and OAC 3745-18-94 (Wyandot);
(ii) Rules as effective in Ohio on October 1, 1982: OAC 3745-18-64
(B) (OP Muskingum River in Morgan County);
(iii) Rules as effective in Ohio on May 11, 1987: OAC 3745-18-19(B)
(CG&E Beckjord);
(iv) Rules as effective in Ohio on October 31, 1991: OAC 3745-18-04
(D)(7), (D)(8)(a) to (D)(8)(e), (E)(5), (E)(6)(a), (E)(6)(b), (F), and
(I) (measurement methods);
(v) Rules as effective in Ohio on July 25, 1996: OAC 3745-18-47
(Jefferson);
(vi) Rules as effective in Ohio on March 21, 2000: OAC 3745-18-
04(D)(8), (D)(9), and (E)(7) (measurement methods), OAC 3745-18-22
(Coshocton), OAC 3745-18-33 (Gallia), and OAC 3745-18-71 (Pickaway);
(vii) Rules as effective in Ohio on September 1, 2003: OAC 3745-18-
04(F) and (J) (measurement methods), and OAC 3745-18-56 (Mahoning);
(viii) Rules as effective in Ohio on January 23, 2006: OAC 3745-18-
01 (definitions), OAC 3745-18-02 (air quality standards), OAC 3745-18-
03 (compliance dates), OAC 3745-18-06 (general provisions), OAC 3745-
18-07 (Adams), OAC 3745-18-10 (Ashtabula), OAC 3745-18-11 (Athens), OAC
3745-18-12 (Auglaize), OAC 3745-18-17 (Champaign), OAC 3745-18-18
(Clark), OAC 3745-18-28 (Erie), OAC 3745-18-29 (Fairfield), OAC 3745-
18-31 (Franklin), OAC 3745-18-34 (Geauga), OAC 3745-18-35 (Greene), OAC
3745-18-37 (Hamilton), OAC 3745-18-38 (Hancock), OAC 3745-18-49 (Lake),
OAC 3745-18-50 (Lawrence), OAC 3745-18-53 (Lorain), OAC 3745-18-57
(Marion), OAC 3745-18-61 (Miami), OAC 3745-18-63 (Montgomery), OAC
3745-18-66 (Muskingum), OAC 3745-18-68 (Ottawa), OAC 3745-18-69
(Paulding), OAC 3745-18-72 (Pike), OAC 3745-18-76 (Richland), OAC 3745-
18-77 (Ross), OAC 3745-18-78 (Sandusky), OAC 3745-18-79 (Scioto), OAC
3745-18-80 (Seneca), OAC 3745-18-81 (Shelby), OAC 3745-18-83 (Summit),
OAC 3745-18-84 (Trumbull), OAC 3745-18-85 (Tuscarawas), OAC 3745-18-87
(Van Wert), OAC 3745-18-90 (Washington), OAC 3745-18-91 (Wayne), and
OAC 3745-18-93 (Wood);
(ix) Rules as effective in Ohio on March 27, 2006: OAC 3745-18-08
(Allen), OAC 3745-18-15 (Butler), OAC 3745-18-24 (Cuyahoga), and OAC
3745-18-54 (Lucas); and
(x) Rule as effective in Ohio on December 8, 2007: OAC 3745-18-82
(Stark).
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Sec. 52.1882 [Removed and Reserved]
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4. Section 52.1882 is removed and reserved.
PART 81--[AMENDED]
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5. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations
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6. The table in Sec. 81.336 entitled ``Ohio--SO2'' is
amended by removing the three footnotes and revising the entries for
Summit and Trumbull Counties to read as follows:
Sec. 81.336 Ohio.
Ohio.--SO2
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Does not meet Does not meet Better than
Designated area primary secondary Cannot be national
standards standards classified standards
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Summit County.................................. .............. .............. .............. X
Trumbull County................................ .............. .............. .............. X
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[FR Doc. E8-5666 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]
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