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not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations,
Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: February 25, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Subpart (B)—Alabama
2. Section 52.50(e) is amended by
adding a new entry at the end of the
table for ‘‘Conformity SIP for
Birmingham and Jackson County’’ to
read 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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provision
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40 CFR Part 62
[EPA–R09–OAR–2008–0942; FRL–8781–2]
Approval and Promulgation of State
Air Quality Plans for Designated
Facilities and Pollutants; Control of
Emissions From Existing Other Solid
Waste Incinerator Units; Arizona; Pima
County Department of Environmental
Quality
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final
action to approve a negative declaration
submitted by the Pima County
Department of Environmental Quality.
The negative declaration certifies that
other solid waste incinerator units,
subject to the requirements of sections
111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act, do
not exist within the agency’s air
pollution control jurisdiction.
DATES: This rule is effective on May 26,
2009 without further notice, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by April 27,
2009. If we receive such comment, we
will publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register to notify the public
that this direct final rule will not take
effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2008–0942, by one of the
following methods:
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1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions.
2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel
(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information that
you consider CBI or otherwise protected
should be clearly identified as such and
should not be submitted through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. https://
www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, and EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send e-mail
directly to EPA, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the public comment.
If EPA cannot read your comment due
to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may
not be able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov and in hard
copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California.
While all documents in the docket are
listed in the index, some information
may be publicly available only at the
hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted
material), and some may not be publicly
available in either location (e.g., CBI).
To inspect the hard copy materials,
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please schedule an appointment during
normal business hours with the contact
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae
Wang, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4124,
wang.mae@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Final EPA Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA or the Act) require States
to submit plans to control certain
pollutants (designated pollutants) at
existing solid waste combustor facilities
(designated facilities) whenever
standards of performance have been
established under section 111(b) for new
sources of the same type, and EPA has
established emission guidelines (EG) for
such existing sources. A designated
pollutant is any pollutant for which no
air quality criteria have been issued, and
which is not included on a list
published under section 108(a) or
section 112(b)(1)(A) of the CAA, but
emissions of which are subject to a
standard of performance for new
stationary sources. However, section
129 of the CAA also requires EPA to
promulgate EG for solid waste
incineration units that emit a mixture of
air pollutants. These pollutants include
organics (dioxins/furans), carbon
monoxide, metals (cadmium, lead,
mercury), acid gases (hydrogen chloride,
sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides) and
particulate matter (including opacity).
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On December 16, 2005, (70 FR 74870),
EPA promulgated new source
performance standards and EG for other
solid waste incineration (OSWI) units,
located at 40 CFR part 60, subparts
EEEE and FFFF, respectively. The
designated facility to which the EG
apply is each existing OSWI unit, as
defined in subpart FFFF, that
commenced construction on or before
December 9, 2004.
Subpart B of 40 CFR part 60
establishes procedures to be followed
and requirements to be met in the
development and submission of State
plans for controlling designated
pollutants. Also, 40 CFR part 62
provides the procedural framework for
the submission of these plans. When
designated facilities are located in a
State, the State must then develop and
submit a plan for the control of the
designated pollutant. However, 40 CFR
60.23(b) and 62.06 provide that if there
are no existing sources of the designated
pollutant in the State, the State may
submit a letter of certification to that
effect (i.e., negative declaration) in lieu
of a plan. The negative declaration
exempts the State from the requirements
of subpart B for the submittal of a
111(d)/129 plan.
II. Final EPA Action
The Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality (PDEQ) has
determined that there are no designated
facilities subject to the OSWI unit EG
requirements in its air pollution control
jurisdiction. On April 14, 2008, PDEQ
submitted to EPA a negative declaration
letter certifying this fact. EPA is
amending 40 CFR part 62, subpart D—
Arizona, to reflect the receipt of this
negative declaration letter.
After publication of this Federal
Register notice, if an OSWI facility is
later found within the PDEQ
jurisdiction, then the overlooked facility
will become subject to the requirements
of the Federal OSWI 111(d)/129 plan,
including the compliance schedule. The
Federal plan would no longer apply if
EPA were to subsequently receive and
approve a 111(d)/129 plan from PDEQ.
EPA is publishing this action without
prior proposal because the Agency
views this as a noncontroversial
amendment and anticipates no adverse
comments. This action simply reflects
already existing Federal requirements
for State air pollution control agencies
under 40 CFR parts 60 and 62. In the
Proposed Rules section of this Federal
Register publication, EPA is publishing
a separate document that will serve as
the proposal to approve PDEQ’s
negative declaration should relevant
adverse or critical comments be filed.
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This rule will be effective May 26,
2009 without further notice unless the
Agency receives relevant adverse
comments by April 27, 2009. If EPA
receives such comments, then EPA will
publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register to notify the public
that the direct final approval will not
take effect and we will address the
comments in a subsequent final action
based on the proposal. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on
this action. Any parties interested in
commenting must do so at this time.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
state plan submission that complies
with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42
U.S.C. 7429(b)(2); 40 CFR 62.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing state plan
submissions, EPA’s role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet
the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this 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
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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 rule does not have
tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because it 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.
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action 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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Aluminum,
Fertilizers, Fluoride, Intergovernmental
relations, Paper and paper products
industry, Phosphate, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Sulfuric acid plants, Waste
treatment and disposal.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 62, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
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PART 62—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 62
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.
Subpart D—Arizona
2. Subpart D is amended by adding an
undesignated center heading and
§ 62.660 to read as follows:
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Emissions From Existing Other Solid
Waste Incineration Units
§ 62.660 Identification of plan—negative
declaration.
Letter from the Pima County
Department of Environmental Quality,
submitted on April 14, 2008, certifying
that there are no existing other solid
waste incineration units in its
jurisdiction subject to 40 CFR part 60,
subpart FFFF, of this chapter.
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40 CFR Parts 72, 73, 74, 77, and 78
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0774; FRL–8786–8]
RIN 2060–AP35
Rulemaking To Reaffirm the
Promulgation of Revisions of the Acid
Rain Program Rules
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
SUMMARY: Because EPA received an
adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing
the direct final rule for ‘‘Rulemaking to
Reaffirm the Promulgation of Revisions
of the Acid Rain Program Rules,’’ which
was published in the Federal Register
on December 15, 2008.
DATES: Effective March 26, 2009, EPA
withdraws the direct final rule
published at 73 FR 75954 on December
15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwight C. Alpern, Clean Air Markets
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Clean Air Markets Division,
Mailcode: 6204J, Ariel Rios Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202)
343–9151, e-mail at
alpern.dwight@epa.gov.
Because
EPA received an adverse comment, EPA
is withdrawing the direct final rule for
‘‘Rulemaking to Reaffirm the
Promulgation of Revisions of the Acid
Rain Program Rules,’’ which was
published on December 15, 2008 (73 FR
75954).
EPA stated in that direct final rule
that if EPA received adverse comment
by January 29, 2009, the direct final rule
would not take effect and EPA would
publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule in the Federal Register.
EPA subsequently received an adverse
comment on the direct final rule.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Because EPA received an adverse
comment, EPA is withdrawing the
direct final rule for ‘‘Rulemaking to
Reaffirm the Promulgation of Revisions
of the Acid Rain Program Rules.’’ As
stated in the parallel proposed rule (73
FR 75983) published on the same day as
the direct final rule, EPA will not
institute a second comment period in
this proceeding concerning the Acid
Rain Program rule revisions addressed
in the direct final and parallel proposed
rules. EPA will address the adverse
comment on the direct final rule in a
subsequent final rule based on the
parallel proposed rule.
The revisions of the Acid Rain
Program rules whose promulgation EPA
proposed to reaffirm in the parallel
proposed rule were described in detail,
along with EPA’s reasons for such
reaffirmation, in the interim final rule
(73 FR 75959) that was published on the
same day as the direct final and that
reaffirmed—on an interim basis pending
final action in this proceeding—the
promulgation of the Acid Rain Program
rule revisions. EPA notes that it is not
withdrawing the interim final rule.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Parts 72, 73,
74, 77, and 78
Environmental protection, Acid rain,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Electric utilities,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides.
Dated: March 19, 2009.
Elizabeth Craig,
Acting Assistant Administrator.
Accordingly, the direct final rule
published in the Federal Register on
December 15, 2008 (73 FR 75954) is
withdrawn as of March 26, 2009.
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40 CFR Part 370
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1998–0002; FRL 8785–3]
RIN 2050–AE17
Hazardous Chemical Reporting; Tier II
Inventory Information
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the
Federal Register on November 3, 2008,
amending the Emergency Planning and
Emergency Release Notification and
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Hazardous Chemical Reporting
regulations, as well as re-writing the
regulations in a plain language format.
This document is being issued to correct
a technical error to the regulatory text in
Hazardous Chemical Reporting,
specifically in the Tier II inventory
information section.
DATES: This final rule is effective March
26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–SFUND–1998–0002. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., 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
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Superfund Docket, EPA/DC,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the
Superfund Docket is (202) 566–0276.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy
Jacob, Office of Emergency Management
(OEM), Mail Code 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington
DC 20004; telephone number: (202)
564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2620;
e-mail address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov.
Also contact the Superfund, TRI,
EPCRA, RMP and Oil Information
Center at (800) 424–9346 or (703) 412–
9810 (in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area). The
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) number is (800) 553–7672 or
(703) 412–3323 (in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area). You may wish to
visit the OEM Internet site at https://
www.epa.gov/emergencies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
The Agency included in the
November 3, 2008 final rule who may be
potentially affected by this action. If you
have questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 62
[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0942; FRL-8781-2]
Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for
Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From
Existing Other Solid Waste Incinerator Units; Arizona; Pima County
Department of Environmental Quality
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve a negative
declaration submitted by the Pima County Department of Environmental
Quality. The negative declaration certifies that other solid waste
incinerator units, subject to the requirements of sections 111(d) and
129 of the Clean Air Act, do not exist within the agency's air
pollution control jurisdiction.
DATES: This rule is effective on May 26, 2009 without further notice,
unless EPA receives adverse comments by April 27, 2009. If we receive
such comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register to notify the public that this direct final rule will not take
effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2008-0942, by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions.
2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be
clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. https://www.regulations.gov is an
``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not know your identity or
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the public comment. If
EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California.
While all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some
information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location
(e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in
either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mae Wang, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-
4124, wang.mae@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Final EPA Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act)
require States to submit plans to control certain pollutants
(designated pollutants) at existing solid waste combustor facilities
(designated facilities) whenever standards of performance have been
established under section 111(b) for new sources of the same type, and
EPA has established emission guidelines (EG) for such existing sources.
A designated pollutant is any pollutant for which no air quality
criteria have been issued, and which is not included on a list
published under section 108(a) or section 112(b)(1)(A) of the CAA, but
emissions of which are subject to a standard of performance for new
stationary sources. However, section 129 of the CAA also requires EPA
to promulgate EG for solid waste incineration units that emit a mixture
of air pollutants. These pollutants include organics (dioxins/furans),
carbon monoxide, metals (cadmium, lead, mercury), acid gases (hydrogen
chloride, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides) and particulate matter
(including opacity).
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On December 16, 2005, (70 FR 74870), EPA promulgated new source
performance standards and EG for other solid waste incineration (OSWI)
units, located at 40 CFR part 60, subparts EEEE and FFFF, respectively.
The designated facility to which the EG apply is each existing OSWI
unit, as defined in subpart FFFF, that commenced construction on or
before December 9, 2004.
Subpart B of 40 CFR part 60 establishes procedures to be followed
and requirements to be met in the development and submission of State
plans for controlling designated pollutants. Also, 40 CFR part 62
provides the procedural framework for the submission of these plans.
When designated facilities are located in a State, the State must then
develop and submit a plan for the control of the designated pollutant.
However, 40 CFR 60.23(b) and 62.06 provide that if there are no
existing sources of the designated pollutant in the State, the State
may submit a letter of certification to that effect (i.e., negative
declaration) in lieu of a plan. The negative declaration exempts the
State from the requirements of subpart B for the submittal of a 111(d)/
129 plan.
II. Final EPA Action
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) has
determined that there are no designated facilities subject to the OSWI
unit EG requirements in its air pollution control jurisdiction. On
April 14, 2008, PDEQ submitted to EPA a negative declaration letter
certifying this fact. EPA is amending 40 CFR part 62, subpart D--
Arizona, to reflect the receipt of this negative declaration letter.
After publication of this Federal Register notice, if an OSWI
facility is later found within the PDEQ jurisdiction, then the
overlooked facility will become subject to the requirements of the
Federal OSWI 111(d)/129 plan, including the compliance schedule. The
Federal plan would no longer apply if EPA were to subsequently receive
and approve a 111(d)/129 plan from PDEQ.
EPA is publishing this action without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no
adverse comments. This action simply reflects already existing Federal
requirements for State air pollution control agencies under 40 CFR
parts 60 and 62. In the Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register
publication, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as
the proposal to approve PDEQ's negative declaration should relevant
adverse or critical comments be filed.
This rule will be effective May 26, 2009 without further notice
unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by April 27, 2009.
If EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register to notify the public that the direct
final approval will not take effect and we will address the comments in
a subsequent final action based on the proposal. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so at this time.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
state plan submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7429(b)(2); 40 CFR 62.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing state plan submissions, EPA's role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that reason, this 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 rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because it 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.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action 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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Aluminum, Fertilizers, Fluoride,
Intergovernmental relations, Paper and paper products industry,
Phosphate, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Sulfuric acid plants, Waste treatment and disposal.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Jane Diamond,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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Part 62, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 62--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 62 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Subpart D--Arizona
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2. Subpart D is amended by adding an undesignated center heading and
Sec. 62.660 to read as follows:
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Emissions From Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units
Sec. 62.660 Identification of plan--negative declaration.
Letter from the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality,
submitted on April 14, 2008, certifying that there are no existing
other solid waste incineration units in its jurisdiction subject to 40
CFR part 60, subpart FFFF, of this chapter.
[FR Doc. E9-6641 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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