Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Emission Reductions From Large Stationary Internal Combustion Engines and Large Cement Kilns, 49373-49377 [E8-19422]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 303
Administrative practice and
procedure, American Samoa, Customs
duties and inspection, Guam, Imports,
Marketing quotas, Northern Mariana
Islands, Reporting and record keeping
requirements, Virgin Islands, Watches
and jewelry.
For reasons set forth above, the
Departments propose to amend 15 CFR
part 303 as follows:
PART 303—WATCHES, WATCH
MOVEMENTS AND JEWELRY
PROGRAMS
1. The authority citation for 15 CFR
part 303 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 97–446, 96 Stat. 2331
(19 U.S.C. 1202, note); Pub. L. 103–465, 108
Stat. 4991; Pub. L. 94–241, 90 Stat. 263 (48
U.S.C. 1681, note); Pub. L. 106–36, 113 Stat.
167; Pub. L. 108–429, 118 Stat. 2582.
§ 303.2
[Amended]
2. Section 303.2 is amended as
follows:
A. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(13)(ii) and add
‘‘130’’ in its place.
B. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(13)(ii)(A) and
add ‘‘150’’ in its place.
C. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(14)(ii) and add
‘‘130’’ in its place.
D. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(14)(ii)(A) and
add ‘‘150’’ in its place.
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3. Section 303.16 is amended as
follows:
A. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(9)(ii) and add
‘‘130’’ in its place.
B. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(9)(ii)(A) and
add ‘‘150’’ in its place.
C. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(10)(ii) and add
‘‘130’’ in its place.
D. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first
sentence in paragraph (a)(10)(ii)(A) and
add ‘‘150’’ in its place.
Dated: August 13, 2008.
David Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Department of Commerce.
Dated: August 15, 2008.
Nikolao Pula,
Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department
of the Interior.
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30 CFR Part 18
RIN 1219–AB60
Conveyor Belt Combustion Toxicity
and Smoke Density
Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for information,
reopening and extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health
Administration is reopening the
rulemaking record on the request for
information entitled ‘‘Conveyor Belt
Combustion Toxicity and Smoke
Density’’ published in the Federal
Register on June 19, 2008 (73 FR 35057)
and extending the comment period to
September 8, 2008.
DATES: All comments must be received
by midnight eastern daylight time on
September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments must
be clearly identified with ‘‘RIN 1219–
AB60’’ and may be sent to MSHA by
any of the following methods:
(1) Federal Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Electronic mail: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov. Include ‘‘RIN
1219–AB60’’ in the subject line of the
message.
(3) Facsimile: (202) 693–9441. Include
‘‘RIN 1219–AB60’’ in the subject.
(4) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939.
(5) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room
2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939.
Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the
21st floor.
Comments can be accessed
electronically at https://www.msha.gov
under the ‘‘Rules and Regs’’ link. MSHA
will post all comments on the Internet
without change, including any personal
information provided. Comments may
also be reviewed at the Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia. Sign in at the
receptionist’s desk on the 21st floor.
MSHA maintains a listserve that
enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when rulemaking
documents are published in the Federal
Register. To subscribe to the listserve,
go to https://www.msha.gov/
subscriptions/subscribe.aspx.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939,
silvey.patricia@dol.gov (e-mail), (202)
693–9440 (voice), or (202) 693–9441
(Fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
On June 19, 2008, MSHA published a
Request for Information (RFI) on
conveyor belt combustion toxicity and
smoke density (73 FR 35057). The
comment period for the RFI closed on
August 18, 2008. In a separate
rulemaking, MSHA published on the
same day a proposed rule on flameresistant conveyor belts, fire prevention
and detection, and use of air from the
belt entry (73 FR 35026). The comment
period for the proposed rule closes on
September 8, 2008.
II. Extension of Comment Period
MSHA is reopening the rulemaking
record for the RFI to be consistent with
the proposed rule on flame-resistant
conveyor belt, fire prevention and
detection, and use of air from the belt
entry. The comment period for the RFI
closes on midnight eastern daylight time
September 8, 2008. MSHA will consider
all comments received through
September 8, 2008, including those
received between August 19 and the
date of this notice.
Dated: August 15, 2008.
Richard E. Stickler,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety
and Health.
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[EPA–R03–OAR–2007–0382, EPA–R03–
OAR–2008–0113; FRL–8707–4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia;
Emission Reductions From Large
Stationary Internal Combustion
Engines and Large Cement Kilns
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions for the Commonwealth of
Virginia. These revisions, submitted by
the Virginia Department of
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Environmental Quality (VADEQ),
pertain to nitrogen oxides (NOX)
emission reductions from large
stationary internal combustion (IC)
engines and large cement kilns from five
sources located in the Commonwealth.
The reductions allow Virginia to meet
its remaining obligations under the NOX
SIP Call. This action is being taken
under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 22,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2007–0382 and EPA–R03–
OAR–2008–0113 by one of the following
methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. E-mail:
Fernandez.Cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2007–0382
and/or EPA–R03–OAR–2008–0113,
Cristina Fernandez, Chief, Air Quality
Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously
listed EPA Region III address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2007–
0382 and/or EPA–R03–OAR–2008–
0113. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change, and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless
you provide it in the body of your
comment. If you send an e-mail
comment directly to EPA without going
through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
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comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the
electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., 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 in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy during normal business
hours at the Air Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Copies of the State submittal are
available at the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, 629 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn Powers, (215) 814–2308, or by
e-mail at powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality submitted four separate SIP
revisions to meet the NOX SIP Call
requirement to address large stationary
IC engines. These submissions were
made on February 26, 2007 for
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco)
Station 165; March 5, 2007 for Transco
Station 170; March 12, 2007 for Transco
Station 175; and March 19, 2007 for
Transco Station 180. On August 8, 2007,
VADEQ submitted a SIP revision to
meet the NOX SIP Call requirement to
address NOX emissions from cement
manufacturing in the Commonwealth.
I. Background
EPA issued the NOX SIP Call (63 FR
57356, October 27, 1998) to require 22
Eastern states and the District of
Columbia to reduce specified amounts
of one of the main precursors of groundlevel ozone, NOX, in order to reduce
interstate ozone transport. EPA found
that the sources in these states emit NOX
in amounts that contribute significantly
to nonattainment of the 1-hour ozone
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS) in downwind states. In the
NOX SIP Call, the amount of reductions
required by states were calculated based
on application of available, highly costeffective controls on certain source
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categories of NOX. These source
categories included large fossil fuelfired electric generating units (EGUs)
serving a generator with a capacity
greater than 25 MWe, fossil fuel-fired
non-EGUs (such as large industrial
boilers with a capacity greater than 250
MMBtu/hr), large stationary internal
combustion engines, and large cement
kilns. EPA established a model trading
rule for large EGUs and non-EGUs that
States could adopt to participate in the
EPA-administered NOX Budget Trading
program.
The NOX SIP Call, including the
Technical Amendments which
addressed the 2007 EGU budgets (64 FR
26298, May 14, 1999 and 65 FR 11222,
March 2, 2000), was challenged by a
number of state, industry, and labor
groups. A summary of the NOX SIP Call
requirements, including details of the
court decisions that were made in
response to challenges to the rule and
impacts of the court decisions on certain
aspects of the rule may be found in
EPA’s rulemaking dated April 21, 2004
(69 FR 21604) entitled, ‘‘Interstate
Ozone Transport: Response to Court
Decisions on the NOX SIP Call, NOX SIP
Call Technical Amendments, and
Section 126 Rules.’’ The relevant
portions of the April 21, 2004
rulemaking that affect Virginia’s
obligations under the NOX SIP Call, and
that pertain to the Commonwealth’s
requirements for Phase II, are discussed
in this document to provide background
on the SIP revisions for Phase II that
were submitted by VADEQ.
On March 3, 2000, the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued its
decision on the NOX SIP Call. Michigan
v. EPA, 213 F.3rd 663 (DC Dir. 2000).
While the DC Circuit ruled largely in
favor of EPA in support of its
requirements under the 1-hour ozone
NAAQS, it also ruled, in part, against
EPA on certain issues. The rulings
against EPA included two areas of the
NOX SIP Call that were remanded and
vacated, and two areas in which EPA
was found to have failed to provide
adequate notice of changes in the rule.
In the latter case, the rulings included
a failure to provide adequate notice of
the change in the definition of EGU as
applied to cogeneration units that
supply electricity to a utility power
distribution system for sale in certain
specified amounts, and a failure to
provide adequate notice of the change in
the control level EPA assumed for large
stationary internal combustion (IC)
engines. The portions of the NOX SIP
Call that were upheld by the Court were
termed ‘‘Phase I’’ of the rule. With the
exception of the remand of the EGU
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growth factors used in the NOX SIP Call
and the requirements for the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS (which EPA stayed due
to uncertainty created by the court
rulings), those portions of the NOX SIP
Call that had been remanded back to
EPA were finalized in the April 21, 2004
rulemaking (69 FR 21604) and termed
‘‘Phase II’’ of the rule.
The April 21, 2004 rule finalized
specific changes to the definition of
EGUs as applied to cogeneration units,
finalized the control levels assumed for
large stationary IC engines in the NOX
SIP Call, adjusted States’ total budgets
(as necessary) to reflect these changes,
established a SIP submittal date of April
1, 2005 for states to address the Phase
II portion of the budget, and set a
compliance date of May 1, 2007 for all
affected sources to meet Phase II. As a
result of these changes, states that were
not already meeting their total NOX SIP
Call emission reduction obligations
were required to submit a SIP revision
by April 1, 2005 to reduce ozone season
NOX emissions by an incremental
amount equivalent to the reductions
achieved by controlling IC engines to
prescribed levels. The IC engines that
comprise the subject States’ Phase II
inventory were compiled by EPA and
termed the EPA’s NOX SIP Call Engine
Inventory (65 FR 1222, March 2, 2000).
As finalized in the April 21, 2005
rulemaking, the amount of the
incremental reductions required was
based upon the level of reductions that
would occur if large natural gas-fired
stationary IC engines were controlled to
a level of 82 percent, and large diesel
and dual fuel stationary IC engines were
controlled to a level of 90 percent.
The change to the definition of
cogeneration units did not have an
impact on the Phase I budget previously
established for Virginia. Therefore, in
order to meet its Phase II obligations,
the State was required only to achieve
the incremental reductions that EPA
calculated based on controlling
stationary IC engines to prescribed
levels. As in Phase I of the NOX SIP
Call, states have flexibility in how they
achieve the incremental reductions
required under Phase II.
In the NOX SIP Call Engine Inventory,
EPA identified 17 lean burn engines in
Virginia that met the definition of large,
natural gas-fired IC engines. EPA
determined a reduction target of 3343
tons of NOX based on a reduction level
of 82 percent. In the NOX SIP Call
inventory, EPA identified five large
cement kilns and determined a
reduction target of 173 tons of NOX
based on a control level of 30 percent
for this source category.
Virginia’s Phase I NOX SIP Call
trading program was approved as part of
the Virginia SIP on November 12, 2002
(67 FR 68544), with the exception of its
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flow control provision, which was
conditionally approved. The conditional
approval was converted to a full
approval on August 25, 2004 (69 FR
52174). The Phase II change to the
definition of cogen units did not affect
the Phase I budget previously
established for Virginia and will not be
discussed in any detail here, but a full
discussion may be found in the April
21, 2005 rulemaking. In order to meet its
NOX SIP Call Phase II obligations, the
Commonwealth is required only to
achieve the incremental reductions that
EPA calculated based on a controlling
large IC engines to prescribed levels.
In the November 12, 2002 approval, it
was noted that the SIP revision did not
establish requirements for cement
manufacturing kilns and stationary
internal combustion engines, and that
Virginia was still obligated to submit
SIP revisions for additional reductions
required to meet the State’s overall
emissions budget.
II. Summary of SIP Revisions
The table below identifies the sources
and the individual state operating
permits that are the subject of this
rulemaking, followed by a summary of
the SIP revisions for each source
category. The Technical Support
Document (TSD) for this rulemaking
contains additional details pertaining to
EPA’s analysis of the State submittals.
LARGE IC ENGINES AND CEMENT KILNS SUBJECT TO THE NOX SIP CALL IN VIRGINIA
Source name
Location
Permit/order or registration No.
Transcontinental
Gas
Pipeline
Corp. Station 165.
Transcontinental
Gas
Pipeline
Corp. Station 170.
Transcontinental
Gas
Pipeline
Corp. Station 175.
Transcontinental
Gas
Pipeline
Corp. Station 180.
Roanoke Cement Corporation .......
Pittsylvania County .......................
Registration No. 30864 .................
Appomattox County ......................
Registration No. 30863 .................
Fluvanna County ..........................
Registration No. 40789 .................
Orange County .............................
Registration No. 40782 .................
Botetourt County ...........................
Registration No. 20232 .................
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A. Large Stationary IC Engines
VADEQ determined that one
company, Transco, owns all of the
potentially affected sources in the State,
and chose to impose 3343 tons of NOX
emission reductions from 19 engines
located at four stations. VADEQ issued
federally enforceable State operating
permits for these Transco stations. The
operating permit requirements for the
engines include NOX emission rate
limits and limits on hours of operation
during the ozone season to achieve the
required emission reductions. The
permits also include provisions for
testing, parametric monitoring,
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reporting, and recordkeeping to ensure
the terms of the permits are met.
B. Cement Manufacturing
Four long, dry cement kilns that were
included as part of the 1995 NOX SIP
Call inventory were permanently shut
down in 1996. The remaining preheater
kiln was reconfigured and upgraded as
a precalciner kiln to handle the capacity
of the facility. VADEQ submitted a
demonstration that the emissions from
the reconfigured preheater/precalciner
kiln in 2005 has resulted in at least a 30
percent reduction from the four long,
dry kilns and one preheater kiln that
existed in 1995. The demonstration
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Source type
Large natural gas-fired
combustion engine.
Large natural gas-fired
combustion engine.
Large natural gas-fired
combustion engine.
Large natural gas-fired
combustion engine.
Cement manufacturing.
internal
internal
internal
internal
shows that the kiln is maximizing fuel
efficiency while minimizing NOX
emissions, consistent with EPA’s
‘‘Alternative Control Techniques
Document—NOX emissions from
Cement Manufacturing’’ (EPA–453/R94–
004). The demonstration also shows that
the overall emission rate change from
1995 to 2005 is well over 30 percent. In
addition, low NOX burners were
installed on the kiln in 2006. VADEQ
issued a State Operating Permit for the
low NOX burners on December 22, 2004,
and on June 18, 2007 modified the
operating permit to indicate that the
preheater/precalciner configuration
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with low NOX burners implements the
requirements of the NOX SIP Call.
III. General Information Pertaining to
SIP Submittals From the
Commonwealth of Virgina
In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation
that provides, subject to certain
conditions, for an environmental
assessment (audit) ‘‘privilege’’ for
voluntary compliance evaluations
performed by a regulated entity. The
legislation further addresses the relative
burden of proof for parties either
asserting the privilege or seeking
disclosure of documents for which the
privilege is claimed. Virginia’s
legislation also provides, subject to
certain conditions, for a penalty waiver
for violations of environmental laws
when a regulated entity discovers such
violations pursuant to a voluntary
compliance evaluation and voluntarily
discloses such violations to the
Commonwealth and takes prompt and
appropriate measures to remedy the
violations. Virginia’s Voluntary
Environmental Assessment Privilege
Law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1–1198, provides
a privilege that protects from disclosure
documents and information about the
content of those documents that are the
product of a voluntary environmental
assessment. The Privilege Law does not
extend to documents or information (1)
that are generated or developed before
the commencement of a voluntary
environmental assessment; (2) that are
prepared independently of the
assessment process; (3) that demonstrate
a clear, imminent and substantial
danger to the public health or
environment; or (4) that are required by
law.
On January 12, 1998, the
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the
Attorney General provided a legal
opinion that states that the Privilege
law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1–1198, precludes
granting a privilege to documents and
information ‘‘required by law,’’
including documents and information
‘‘required by Federal law to maintain
program delegation, authorization or
approval,’’ since Virginia must ‘‘enforce
Federally authorized environmental
programs in a manner that is no less
stringent than their Federal
counterparts. * * *’’ The opinion
concludes that ‘‘[r]egarding § 10.1–1198,
therefore, documents or other
information needed for civil or criminal
enforcement under one of these
programs could not be privileged
because such documents and
information are essential to pursuing
enforcement in a manner required by
Federal law to maintain program
delegation, authorization or approval.’’
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Virginia’s Immunity law, Va. Code
Sec. 10.1–1199, provides that ‘‘[t]o the
extent consistent with requirements
imposed by Federal law,’’ any person
making a voluntary disclosure of
information to a state agency regarding
a violation of an environmental statute,
regulation, permit, or administrative
order is granted immunity from
administrative or civil penalty. The
Attorney General’s January 12, 1998
opinion states that the quoted language
renders this statute inapplicable to
enforcement of any Federally authorized
programs, since ‘‘no immunity could be
afforded from administrative, civil, or
criminal penalties because granting
such immunity would not be consistent
with Federal law, which is one of the
criteria for immunity.’’
Therefore, EPA has determined that
Virginia’s Privilege and Immunity
statutes will not preclude the
Commonwealth from enforcing its
program consistent with the Federal
requirements. In any event, because
EPA has also determined that a state
audit privilege and immunity law can
affect only state enforcement and cannot
have any impact on Federal
enforcement authorities, EPA may at
any time invoke its authority under the
CAA, including, for example, sections
113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the
requirements or prohibitions of the state
plan, independently of any state
enforcement effort. In addition, citizen
enforcement under section 304 of the
CAA is likewise unaffected by this, or
any, state audit privilege or immunity
law.
IV. Proposed Action
EPA’s review of the submittals
indicates that the Commonwealth of
Virginia has met the additional emission
reduction requirements to comply with
its overall emissions budget under the
NOX SIP Call. The SIP revisions address
Virginia’s remaining obligations under
the NOX SIP Call, therefore, EPA
proposes to approve them into the
Virginia SIP. EPA is soliciting public
comments on the issues discussed in
this document. These comments will be
considered before taking final action.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, EPA’s role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet
the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely
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proposes to approve state law as
meeting Federal requirements and does
not impose additional requirements
beyond those imposed by state law. For
that reason, this proposed action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• 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);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this action proposing
approval of Virginia’s remaining
emission reductions under the NOX SIP
Call does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because
the SIP is not approved to apply in
Indian country located in the state, and
EPA notes that it will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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William T. Wisniewski,
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[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1987–0002; FRL–8706–6]
National Oil and Hazardous Substance
Pollution Contingency Plan National
Priorities List
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the
Waste Inc. Landfill Superfund Site from
the National Priorities List.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region V is issuing a
Notice of Intent to Delete the Waste Inc.
Landfill Superfund Site (Site) located in
Michigan City, Indiana from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and
requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated
pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is
found at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300
which is the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of Indiana, through the Indiana
Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM), have determined
that all appropriate response actions
under CERCLA, other than operation,
maintenance, and five-year reviews,
have been completed. However, this
deletion does not preclude future
actions under Superfund.
DATES: Comments must be received by
September 22, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–1987–0002, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Dion Novak, Remedial
Project Manager, at novak.dion@epa.gov
or Robert Paulson, Community
Involvement Coordinator, at
paulson.robert@epa.gov.
• Fax: Gladys Beard at (312) 886–
4071.
• Mail: Dion Novak, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (SR–6J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–4737, or
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Robert Paulson, Community
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Environmental Protection Agency (P–
19J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL
60604, (312) 886–0272 or 1–800–621–
8431.
• Hand delivery: Robert Paulson,
Community Involvement Coordinator,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(P–19J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
IL 60604. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the docket’s normal
hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1987–
0002. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket
All documents in the docket are listed
in the https://www.regulations.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statue. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted
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www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at:
The Regional Office, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 77
W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604;
official hours of business are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays. Michigan
City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St.,
Michigan City, IN 46360, (815) 939–
4564; Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday,
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dion Novak, Remedial Project Manager,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(SR–6J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
IL 60604, (312) 886–4737,
novak.dion@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of
today’s Federal Register, we are
publishing a direct final Notice of
Deletion of the Waste Inc. Landfill
Superfund Site without prior Notice of
Intent to Delete because we view this as
a noncontroversial revision and
anticipate no adverse comment. We
have explained our reasons for this
deletion in the preamble to the direct
final Notice of Deletion, and those
reasons are incorporated herein. If we
receive no adverse comment(s) on this
deletion action, we will not take further
action on this Notice of Intent to Delete.
If we receive adverse comment(s), we
will withdraw the direct final Notice of
Deletion, and it will not take effect. We
will, as appropriate, address all public
comments in a subsequent final Notice
of Deletion based on this Notice of
Intent to Delete. We will not institute a
second comment period on this Notice
of Intent to Delete. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so at
this time.
For additional information, see the
direct final Notice of Deletion which is
located in the Rules section of this
Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous
substances, Hazardous waste,
Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, Water supply.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.
9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,
1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923;
3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Walter W. Kovalick, Jr.,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2007-0382, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0113; FRL-8707-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Virginia; Emission Reductions From Large Stationary Internal Combustion
Engines and Large Cement Kilns
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions for the Commonwealth of Virginia. These revisions, submitted
by the Virginia Department of
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Environmental Quality (VADEQ), pertain to nitrogen oxides
(NOX) emission reductions from large stationary internal
combustion (IC) engines and large cement kilns from five sources
located in the Commonwealth. The reductions allow Virginia to meet its
remaining obligations under the NOX SIP Call. This action is
being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 22,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2007-0382 and EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0113 by one of the following
methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. E-mail: Fernandez.Cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2007-0382 and/or EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0113,
Cristina Fernandez, Chief, Air Quality Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2007-0382 and/or EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0113. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the public docket without change,
and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal
are available at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 629
East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Powers, (215) 814-2308, or by
e-mail at powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality submitted four separate SIP revisions to meet the
NOX SIP Call requirement to address large stationary IC
engines. These submissions were made on February 26, 2007 for
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco) Station 165; March 5, 2007 for
Transco Station 170; March 12, 2007 for Transco Station 175; and March
19, 2007 for Transco Station 180. On August 8, 2007, VADEQ submitted a
SIP revision to meet the NOX SIP Call requirement to address
NOX emissions from cement manufacturing in the Commonwealth.
I. Background
EPA issued the NOX SIP Call (63 FR 57356, October 27,
1998) to require 22 Eastern states and the District of Columbia to
reduce specified amounts of one of the main precursors of ground-level
ozone, NOX, in order to reduce interstate ozone transport.
EPA found that the sources in these states emit NOX in
amounts that contribute significantly to nonattainment of the 1-hour
ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) in downwind states.
In the NOX SIP Call, the amount of reductions required by
states were calculated based on application of available, highly cost-
effective controls on certain source categories of NOX.
These source categories included large fossil fuel-fired electric
generating units (EGUs) serving a generator with a capacity greater
than 25 MWe, fossil fuel-fired non-EGUs (such as large industrial
boilers with a capacity greater than 250 MMBtu/hr), large stationary
internal combustion engines, and large cement kilns. EPA established a
model trading rule for large EGUs and non-EGUs that States could adopt
to participate in the EPA-administered NOX Budget Trading
program.
The NOX SIP Call, including the Technical Amendments
which addressed the 2007 EGU budgets (64 FR 26298, May 14, 1999 and 65
FR 11222, March 2, 2000), was challenged by a number of state,
industry, and labor groups. A summary of the NOX SIP Call
requirements, including details of the court decisions that were made
in response to challenges to the rule and impacts of the court
decisions on certain aspects of the rule may be found in EPA's
rulemaking dated April 21, 2004 (69 FR 21604) entitled, ``Interstate
Ozone Transport: Response to Court Decisions on the NOX SIP
Call, NOX SIP Call Technical Amendments, and Section 126
Rules.'' The relevant portions of the April 21, 2004 rulemaking that
affect Virginia's obligations under the NOX SIP Call, and
that pertain to the Commonwealth's requirements for Phase II, are
discussed in this document to provide background on the SIP revisions
for Phase II that were submitted by VADEQ.
On March 3, 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued its decision on the
NOX SIP Call. Michigan v. EPA, 213 F.3rd 663 (DC Dir. 2000).
While the DC Circuit ruled largely in favor of EPA in support of its
requirements under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS, it also ruled, in part,
against EPA on certain issues. The rulings against EPA included two
areas of the NOX SIP Call that were remanded and vacated,
and two areas in which EPA was found to have failed to provide adequate
notice of changes in the rule. In the latter case, the rulings included
a failure to provide adequate notice of the change in the definition of
EGU as applied to cogeneration units that supply electricity to a
utility power distribution system for sale in certain specified
amounts, and a failure to provide adequate notice of the change in the
control level EPA assumed for large stationary internal combustion (IC)
engines. The portions of the NOX SIP Call that were upheld
by the Court were termed ``Phase I'' of the rule. With the exception of
the remand of the EGU
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growth factors used in the NOX SIP Call and the requirements
for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS (which EPA stayed due to uncertainty created
by the court rulings), those portions of the NOX SIP Call
that had been remanded back to EPA were finalized in the April 21, 2004
rulemaking (69 FR 21604) and termed ``Phase II'' of the rule.
The April 21, 2004 rule finalized specific changes to the
definition of EGUs as applied to cogeneration units, finalized the
control levels assumed for large stationary IC engines in the
NOX SIP Call, adjusted States' total budgets (as necessary)
to reflect these changes, established a SIP submittal date of April 1,
2005 for states to address the Phase II portion of the budget, and set
a compliance date of May 1, 2007 for all affected sources to meet Phase
II. As a result of these changes, states that were not already meeting
their total NOX SIP Call emission reduction obligations were
required to submit a SIP revision by April 1, 2005 to reduce ozone
season NOX emissions by an incremental amount equivalent to
the reductions achieved by controlling IC engines to prescribed levels.
The IC engines that comprise the subject States' Phase II inventory
were compiled by EPA and termed the EPA's NOX SIP Call
Engine Inventory (65 FR 1222, March 2, 2000). As finalized in the April
21, 2005 rulemaking, the amount of the incremental reductions required
was based upon the level of reductions that would occur if large
natural gas-fired stationary IC engines were controlled to a level of
82 percent, and large diesel and dual fuel stationary IC engines were
controlled to a level of 90 percent.
The change to the definition of cogeneration units did not have an
impact on the Phase I budget previously established for Virginia.
Therefore, in order to meet its Phase II obligations, the State was
required only to achieve the incremental reductions that EPA calculated
based on controlling stationary IC engines to prescribed levels. As in
Phase I of the NOX SIP Call, states have flexibility in how
they achieve the incremental reductions required under Phase II.
In the NOX SIP Call Engine Inventory, EPA identified 17
lean burn engines in Virginia that met the definition of large, natural
gas-fired IC engines. EPA determined a reduction target of 3343 tons of
NOX based on a reduction level of 82 percent. In the
NOX SIP Call inventory, EPA identified five large cement
kilns and determined a reduction target of 173 tons of NOX
based on a control level of 30 percent for this source category.
Virginia's Phase I NOX SIP Call trading program was
approved as part of the Virginia SIP on November 12, 2002 (67 FR
68544), with the exception of its flow control provision, which was
conditionally approved. The conditional approval was converted to a
full approval on August 25, 2004 (69 FR 52174). The Phase II change to
the definition of cogen units did not affect the Phase I budget
previously established for Virginia and will not be discussed in any
detail here, but a full discussion may be found in the April 21, 2005
rulemaking. In order to meet its NOX SIP Call Phase II
obligations, the Commonwealth is required only to achieve the
incremental reductions that EPA calculated based on a controlling large
IC engines to prescribed levels.
In the November 12, 2002 approval, it was noted that the SIP
revision did not establish requirements for cement manufacturing kilns
and stationary internal combustion engines, and that Virginia was still
obligated to submit SIP revisions for additional reductions required to
meet the State's overall emissions budget.
II. Summary of SIP Revisions
The table below identifies the sources and the individual state
operating permits that are the subject of this rulemaking, followed by
a summary of the SIP revisions for each source category. The Technical
Support Document (TSD) for this rulemaking contains additional details
pertaining to EPA's analysis of the State submittals.
Large IC Engines and Cement Kilns Subject to the NOX SIP Call in Virginia
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Permit/order or
Source name Location registration No. Source type
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Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Pittsylvania County.... Registration No. 30864. Large natural gas-fired
Station 165. internal combustion
engine.
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Appomattox County...... Registration No. 30863. Large natural gas-fired
Station 170. internal combustion
engine.
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Fluvanna County........ Registration No. 40789. Large natural gas-fired
Station 175. internal combustion
engine.
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Orange County.......... Registration No. 40782. Large natural gas-fired
Station 180. internal combustion
engine.
Roanoke Cement Corporation........... Botetourt County....... Registration No. 20232. Cement manufacturing.
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A. Large Stationary IC Engines
VADEQ determined that one company, Transco, owns all of the
potentially affected sources in the State, and chose to impose 3343
tons of NOX emission reductions from 19 engines located at
four stations. VADEQ issued federally enforceable State operating
permits for these Transco stations. The operating permit requirements
for the engines include NOX emission rate limits and limits
on hours of operation during the ozone season to achieve the required
emission reductions. The permits also include provisions for testing,
parametric monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping to ensure the terms
of the permits are met.
B. Cement Manufacturing
Four long, dry cement kilns that were included as part of the 1995
NOX SIP Call inventory were permanently shut down in 1996.
The remaining preheater kiln was reconfigured and upgraded as a
precalciner kiln to handle the capacity of the facility. VADEQ
submitted a demonstration that the emissions from the reconfigured
preheater/precalciner kiln in 2005 has resulted in at least a 30
percent reduction from the four long, dry kilns and one preheater kiln
that existed in 1995. The demonstration shows that the kiln is
maximizing fuel efficiency while minimizing NOX emissions,
consistent with EPA's ``Alternative Control Techniques Document--
NOX emissions from Cement Manufacturing'' (EPA-453/R94-004).
The demonstration also shows that the overall emission rate change from
1995 to 2005 is well over 30 percent. In addition, low NOX
burners were installed on the kiln in 2006. VADEQ issued a State
Operating Permit for the low NOX burners on December 22,
2004, and on June 18, 2007 modified the operating permit to indicate
that the preheater/precalciner configuration
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with low NOX burners implements the requirements of the
NOX SIP Call.
III. General Information Pertaining to SIP Submittals From the
Commonwealth of Virgina
In 1995, Virginia adopted legislation that provides, subject to
certain conditions, for an environmental assessment (audit)
``privilege'' for voluntary compliance evaluations performed by a
regulated entity. The legislation further addresses the relative burden
of proof for parties either asserting the privilege or seeking
disclosure of documents for which the privilege is claimed. Virginia's
legislation also provides, subject to certain conditions, for a penalty
waiver for violations of environmental laws when a regulated entity
discovers such violations pursuant to a voluntary compliance evaluation
and voluntarily discloses such violations to the Commonwealth and takes
prompt and appropriate measures to remedy the violations. Virginia's
Voluntary Environmental Assessment Privilege Law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1-
1198, provides a privilege that protects from disclosure documents and
information about the content of those documents that are the product
of a voluntary environmental assessment. The Privilege Law does not
extend to documents or information (1) that are generated or developed
before the commencement of a voluntary environmental assessment; (2)
that are prepared independently of the assessment process; (3) that
demonstrate a clear, imminent and substantial danger to the public
health or environment; or (4) that are required by law.
On January 12, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the
Attorney General provided a legal opinion that states that the
Privilege law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1-1198, precludes granting a privilege
to documents and information ``required by law,'' including documents
and information ``required by Federal law to maintain program
delegation, authorization or approval,'' since Virginia must ``enforce
Federally authorized environmental programs in a manner that is no less
stringent than their Federal counterparts. * * *'' The opinion
concludes that ``[r]egarding Sec. 10.1-1198, therefore, documents or
other information needed for civil or criminal enforcement under one of
these programs could not be privileged because such documents and
information are essential to pursuing enforcement in a manner required
by Federal law to maintain program delegation, authorization or
approval.''
Virginia's Immunity law, Va. Code Sec. 10.1-1199, provides that
``[t]o the extent consistent with requirements imposed by Federal
law,'' any person making a voluntary disclosure of information to a
state agency regarding a violation of an environmental statute,
regulation, permit, or administrative order is granted immunity from
administrative or civil penalty. The Attorney General's January 12,
1998 opinion states that the quoted language renders this statute
inapplicable to enforcement of any Federally authorized programs, since
``no immunity could be afforded from administrative, civil, or criminal
penalties because granting such immunity would not be consistent with
Federal law, which is one of the criteria for immunity.''
Therefore, EPA has determined that Virginia's Privilege and
Immunity statutes will not preclude the Commonwealth from enforcing its
program consistent with the Federal requirements. In any event, because
EPA has also determined that a state audit privilege and immunity law
can affect only state enforcement and cannot have any impact on Federal
enforcement authorities, EPA may at any time invoke its authority under
the CAA, including, for example, sections 113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to
enforce the requirements or prohibitions of the state plan,
independently of any state enforcement effort. In addition, citizen
enforcement under section 304 of the CAA is likewise unaffected by
this, or any, state audit privilege or immunity law.
IV. Proposed Action
EPA's review of the submittals indicates that the Commonwealth of
Virginia has met the additional emission reduction requirements to
comply with its overall emissions budget under the NOX SIP
Call. The SIP revisions address Virginia's remaining obligations under
the NOX SIP Call, therefore, EPA proposes to approve them
into the Virginia SIP. EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues
discussed in this document. These comments will be considered before
taking final action.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely proposes to approve state law as
meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this
proposed action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
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);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this action proposing approval of Virginia's remaining
emission reductions under the NOX SIP Call does not have
tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian
country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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Dated: August 14, 2008.
William T. Wisniewski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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