Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan: Kentucky; Approval Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Paducah Area, 97-101 [E9-31170]
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2007–1186; FRL–9099–8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plan:
Kentucky; Approval Section 110(a)(1)
Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour
Ozone Standard for the Paducah Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
a revision to the Kentucky State
Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning
the maintenance plan addressing the
1997 8-hour ozone standard for the
Paducah 8-hour ozone attainment area,
which comprises Marshall County and a
portion of Livingston County (hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘Paducah Area’’). This
maintenance plan was submitted to EPA
on May 27, 2008, by the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, and ensures the continued
attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS) through the year 2020. On
July 15, 2009, the Commonwealth of
Kentucky submitted supplemental
information with updated emissions
tables for this Area to reflect actual
emissions. EPA proposes to find that
this plan meets the statutory and
regulatory requirements, and is
consistent with EPA’s guidance. EPA is
proposing to approve the revisions to
the Kentucky SIP, pursuant to Section
110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). On
March 12, 2008, EPA issued a revised
ozone standard. The current action,
however, is being taken to address
requirements under the 1997 ozone
standard. Requirements for the Paducah
Area under the 2008 standard will be
addressed in the future.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2007–1186, by one of the
following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
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3. Fax: 404–562–9019.
4. Mail: EPA–R04–OAR–2007–1186,
Regulatory Development Section, Air
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae
Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory
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I. Background
II. Analysis of the Commonwealth’s
Submittal
III. Final Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
In accordance with the CAA, the
Paducah Area, consisting of Marshall
County and a portion of Livingston
County in Kentucky, was designated as
marginal nonattainment for the 1-hour
ozone NAAQS effective November 6,
1991 (56 FR 56694) because the Area
did not meet the 1-hour ozone NAAQS.
On November 13, 1992, the
Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted
a request to redesignate the Paducah
Area to attainment for the 1-hour ozone
standard. At the same time as the
redesignation request, Kentucky
submitted the required ozone
monitoring data and maintenance plan
to ensure that the Paducah Area would
remain in attainment for the 1-hour
ozone standard for a period of 10 years,
consistent with the CAA section
175A(a). The maintenance plan
submitted by Kentucky followed EPA
guidance for limited maintenance areas,
which applied to 1-hour ozone standard
areas with design values less than 85
percent of the applicable standard (0.12
parts per million (ppm)). On February 7,
1995, EPA approved Kentucky’s request
to redesignate the Paducah Area (60 FR
7124) to attainment for the 1-hour ozone
standard.
On April 30, 2004, EPA designated
areas for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS
(69 FR 23858), and published the final
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Phase I Implementation Rule for the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS (69 FR
23951) (Phase I Rule). Marshall County
and a portion of Livingston County (i.e.,
which make up the Paducah Area) were
designated attainment for the 1997 8hour ozone standard, effective June 15,
2004. The Paducah attainment area
consequently was required to submit a
10-year maintenance plan under section
110(a)(1) of the CAA and the Phase I
Rule, 40 CFR 51.905(a)(3) and (4). On
May 20, 2005, EPA issued guidance
providing information on how a state
might fulfill the maintenance plan
obligation established by the CAA and
the Phase I Rule (Memorandum from
Lydia N. Wegman to Air Division
Directors, Maintenance Plan Guidance
Document for Certain 8-hour Ozone
Areas Under Section 110(a)(1) of Clean
Air Act, May 20, 2005—hereafter
referred to as ‘‘Wegman
Memorandum’’). On December 22, 2006,
the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit issued
an opinion that vacated portions of
EPA’s Phase I Implementation Rule for
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. See
South Coast Air Quality Management
District. v. EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (DC Cir.
2006). The Court vacated those portions
of the Rule that provided for regulation
of the 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment
areas designated under Subpart 1 in lieu
of Subpart 2 (of part D of the CAA),
among other portions. The Court’s
decision did not alter any requirements
under the Phase I Rule for section
110(a)(1) maintenance plans. EPA is
proposing to find that Kentucky’s May
27, 2008, proposed SIP revision satisfies
the section 110(a)(1) CAA requirements
for a plan that provides for
implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement of the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS in the Paducah Area. On March
12, 2008, EPA issued a revised ozone
standard. The current action, however,
is being taken to address requirements
under the 1997 ozone standard.
Requirements for the Paducah Area
under the 2008 standard will be
addressed in the future.
II. Analysis of the Commonwealth’s
Submittal
On May 27, 2008, the Commonwealth
of Kentucky submitted a SIP revision
containing the 1997 8-hour ozone
maintenance plan for the Paducah Area
as required by section 110(a)(1) of the
CAA and the provisions of EPA’s Phase
I Rule (see 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)). The
purpose of this maintenance plan is to
ensure continued attainment and
maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS in the Paducah Area until 2020.
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As required, this plan provides for
continued attainment and maintenance
of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the
Paducah Area for 10 years from the
effective date of the Area’s designation
as attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS, and includes contingency
measures. A July 15, 2009, submittal
from Kentucky updated the emissions
projections for point sources for 2005
and 2008 with actual data, and revised
the point source projections for 2011,
2014, 2017 and 2020 based on more
recent data. Each of the section 110(a)(1)
plan components is discussed below for
the Paducah Area.
(a) Attainment Inventory. In order to
demonstrate maintenance in the
Paducah Area, Kentucky developed
comprehensive inventories of volatile
organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen
oxide (NOX) emissions from area,
stationary, and mobile sources using
2002 as the base year. The year 2002 is
an appropriate year for Kentucky to base
attainment level emissions because
states may select any one of the three
years on which the 1997 8-hour
attainment designation was based (2001,
2002, and 2003). The Commonwealth’s
submittal contains the detailed
inventory data and summaries by source
category. Using the 2002 inventory (as a
base year) reflects one of the years used
for calculating the air quality design
values on which the 1997 8-hour ozone
designation decisions were based.
A further practical reason for selecting
2002 as the base year emission
inventory is that section 110(a)(2)(B) of
the CAA and the Consolidated
Emissions Reporting Rule (67 FR 39602,
June 10, 2002) require states to submit
emissions inventories for all criteria
pollutants and their precursors every
three years, on a schedule that includes
the emissions year 2002. The due date
for the 2002 emissions inventory is
established in the Rule as June 2004. In
accordance with these requirements,
Kentucky compiles a statewide
emissions inventory for point sources
on an annual basis. On-road mobile
emissions of VOC and NOX were
estimated using MOBILE6.2 motor
vehicle emissions factor computer
model. Non-road mobile emissions data
were derived using the U.S. EPA’s NonRoad Model.
In projecting data for the attainment
year 2020 inventory, Kentucky used
several methods to project data from the
base year 2002 to the years 2005, 2008,
2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020. These actual
and projected inventories were
developed using EPA-approved
technologies and methodologies. Point
source and non-point source projections
were derived from the Emissions
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Growth Analysis System version 4.0
(EGAS 4.0). Non-road mobile
projections were derived from EGAS
4.0, as well as from the National Mobile
Inventory Model.
The following tables provide VOC and
NOX emissions data for the 2002 base
attainment year inventory; as well as
actual VOC and NOX emission
inventory data for 2005 and 2008; and
projected VOC and NOX emission
inventory data for 2011, 2014, 2017 and
2020.
TABLE 1—PADUCAH AREA
[VOC and NOX Emissions Inventory] 1
Emissions
2002
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Total VOC (tons per day) ................................................................................
Total NOX (tons per day) .................................................................................
2005
2008
2011
2014
2017
2020
77.46
8.40
66.77
7.52
21.95
7.10
21.87
6.62
21.73
6.05
21.59
5.69
21.64
5.52
As shown in Table 1 above, the
Paducah Area is projected to decrease
total VOC and NOX emissions from the
base year of 2002 to the maintenance
year of 2020, thus demonstrating
continued attainment/maintenance of
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. Total
VOC emissions are projected to steadily
decrease from the base year of 2002
through 2017, but are then projected to
slightly increase by 0.05 tons per day
between the years 2017 and 2020.
However, year 2020 emissions projected
for both VOC and NOx are well under
the 2002 baseline year emissions levels.
Thus Kentucky demonstrated that the
1997 8-hour ozone standard will
continue to be maintained.
As shown in the table above,
Kentucky has demonstrated that the
future year emissions will be less than
the 2002 base attainment year’s
emissions for the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS. The attainment inventory
submitted by Kentucky for this Area is
consistent with the criteria discussed in
the Wegman Memorandum. EPA finds
that the actual emissions levels in 2005,
and 2008, along with the future
emissions for 2011, 2014, 2017, and
2020 are expected to be less than the
emissions levels in 2002. See Table 2 for
design value trends for this Area.
In the event that a future 8-hour ozone
monitoring reading in this Area is found
to violate the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard, the contingency plan section
of the maintenance plan requires that at
least one of the listed measures will be
promptly implemented to ensure that
this Area returns to maintenance of the
1997 8-hour ozone standard. Please see
section (d) Contingency Plan, below, for
additional information related to the
contingency measures.
(b) Maintenance Demonstration. The
primary purpose of a maintenance plan
is to demonstrate how an area will
continue to remain in compliance with
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the
10-year period following the effective
date of designation as unclassifiable/
attainment. The end projection year for
the maintenance plan for Paducah Area
was 2020. As discussed in section (a)
Attainment Inventory above, Kentucky
identified the level of ozone-forming
emissions that were consistent with
attainment of the NAAQS for ozone in
2002. For the original submittal,
Kentucky projected VOC and NOX
emissions for the years 2005, 2008,
2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020 in the
Paducah Area. Subsequently, Kentucky
provided updated projections for all
years. EPA finds that the future
emissions levels in those years are
expected to be below the emissions
levels in 2002.
Kentucky’s SIP revision also relies on
a combination of several air quality
measures that will provide for
additional 8-hour ozone emissions
reductions in the Paducah Area. These
measures include the potential
implementation of the following, among
others: (1) Federal motor vehicle control
program; (2) fleet turnover of
automobiles; (3) low reid vapor pressure
of gasoline; (4) tier 2 motor vehicle
emissions and fuel standards; (5) heavyduty gasoline and diesel highway
vehicles standard; (6) large nonroad
diesel engines rule; (7) nonroad spark
ignition engines and recreational
engines standard; (8) point source
emission reductions; (9) Air Products
and Chemicals –21–157–00009; (10)
reasonably available control measures,
(11) maximum available control
technology; (12) NOX SIP Call; (13)
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR); 2 (14)
several control programs to reduce area
source emissions from aerosol coatings,
architectural and industrial
maintenance coatings, and commercial/
consumer products; (15) non-highway
mobile source reductions; and (16)
emissions standards for small and large
spark-ignition engines, locomotives and
land based diesel engines.
There are no sources subject to CAIR
or the NOX SIP Call in the Paducah
Area. Hence the recent remand of CAIR
does not impact the maintenance
inventories or maintenance
demonstration in any way. Further, the
Paducah Area was in attainment prior to
implementation of these rules. Hence
any contribution to the reduction in the
background ozone levels from these
rules will be in addition to the projected
decreases within the maintenance
planning area. These rules are included
in the discussion of the maintenance
plan because, even though the submittal
takes no credit for them, they are
expected to reduce transported NOX and
ozone from outside the nonattainment
area, providing a further, unquantified
improvement in the Area’s air quality.
(c) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring.
The table below shows design values 3
for the Paducah Area. The ambient
ozone monitoring data was collected at
sites that were selected with assistance
from EPA and are considered to be
representative of the area of highest
concentration.
There is one monitor in Livingston
County in the Paducah Area. Marshall
County does not have a monitor. For the
Livingston County monitor, no design
values exceeding the 1997 0.08 ppm
standard occurred in recent years and it
is anticipated that the monitor will
remain at the current location, unless
otherwise allowed to be removed in
consultation with EPA and in
accordance with the 40 CFR part 58.
1 The emissions estimates in this table were
provided by Kentucky on July 15, 2009, through
John Lyons, Director, Division of Air Quality, as an
update to emissions estimates provided in the May
25, 2007, submittal.
2 Despite the legal status of CAIR as remanded,
many facilities have already or are continuing with
plans to install emission controls that may benefit
Kentucky areas.
3 The air quality design value at a monitoring site
is defined as that concentration that when reduced
to the level of the standard ensures that the site
meets the standard. For a concentration-based
standard, the air quality design value is simply the
standard-related test statistic. Thus, for the primary
and secondary ozone standards, the 3-year average
annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour
average ozone concentration is also the air quality
design value for the site. 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix
I, Section 3.
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See, Wegman Memorandum, pages 4
and 5.
TABLE 2—DESIGN VALUES FOR 8HOUR OZONE (PPM)
Paducah area
Year
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2000–2002
2001–2003
2002–2004
2003–2005
2004–2006
2005–2007
2006–2008
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Livingston
County
0.084
0.084
0.080
0.075
0.072
0.074
0.071
Based on the Table above, each of the
three-year average available design
values demonstrates attainment of the
1997 ozone NAAQS. Further, these
design values indicate that the Paducah
Area is expected to continue attainment
of the 1997 ozone NAAQS. The
attainment level for the 1997 8-hour
ozone standard is 0.08 ppm, effectively
0.084 ppm with the rounding
convention. However, in the event that
a design value at Livingston County
monitoring site exceeds the 1997 ozone
standard, the contingency plan included
in the Kentucky’s maintenance plan
submittal includes contingency
measures which will be promptly
implemented in accordance with the
contingency plan, discussed below.
(d) Contingency Plan. In accordance
with 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)(ii) and the
Wegman Memorandum, the section
110(a)(1) maintenance plan includes
contingency provisions to promptly
correct a violation of the 1997 ozone
NAAQS that may occur. In this
maintenance plan, if contingency
measures are triggered by a violation of
the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS,
Kentucky is committing to adopt one or
more of the contingency measures listed
below within nine months following the
trigger, and implement the measures
within eighteen months following the
trigger. The contingency measures
include: (1) Implementation of a
program to require additional emissions
reductions on stationary sources; (2)
requirement for Stage I Vapor Recovery;
(3) requirement of Stage II Vapor
Recovery; (4) further restrictions on
open burning during summer ozone
season; (5) restriction of certain roads or
lanes to, or construction of such roads
or lanes for use by, passenger buses or
high-occupancy vehicles; (6) tripreduction ordinances; (7) employerbased transportation management plans,
including incentives; (8) programs to
limit or restrict vehicle use in
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emission concentration, particularly
during periods of peak use; and (9)
programs for new construction and
major reconstructions of paths or tracks
for use by pedestrians or by nonmotorized vehicles when economically
feasible and in the public interest.
The maintenance plan also includes
two additional triggers (which would
occur prior to a violation of the 1997 8hour ozone NAAQS) for an evaluation
of existing control measures to see if any
further emission reduction measures
should be implemented at that time.
These triggers are an exceedance of the
NAAQS in any portion of the
maintenance area or a ten percent or
greater increase in emissions of either
VOC or NOX, based on the 2002
emissions inventory and periodic
emission inventory updates. If either of
these triggers occurs, Kentucky commits
to evaluating existing control measures
to see if any further emission reduction
measures should be implemented.
EPA proposes to find that these
contingency measures and schedules for
implementation satisfy EPA’s guidance
on the requirements of section 110(a)(1)
of continued attainment. Continued
attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS in the Paducah Area will
depend, in part, on the air quality
measures discussed previously (see
section II). In addition, Kentucky
commits to verifying the 1997 8-hour
ozone status in each maintenance plan
through annual and periodic
evaluations of the emissions
inventories. In the annual evaluations,
Kentucky will review VOC and NOX
emission data from stationary point
sources. During the periodic evaluations
(every three years), Kentucky will
update the emissions inventory for all
emissions source categories, and
compare the updated emissions
inventory data with actual 2005 and
2008, and projected 2011, 2014, 2017
and 2020 attainment emissions
inventories to verify continued
attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard.
III. Proposed Action
Pursuant to section 110(a)(1) of the
CAA, EPA is proposing to approve the
maintenance plan addressing the 1997
8-hour ozone standard for the Paducah
Area, which was submitted by Kentucky
on May 27, 2008, as updated in a July
15, 2009, submission, and which
ensures continued attainment of the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS through the
year 2020. EPA has evaluated the
Commonwealth’s submittal and has
determined that it meets the applicable
requirements of the CAA and EPA
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regulations, and is consistent with EPA
policy.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, 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 CAA. Accordingly, this proposed
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 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 CAA; 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 the SIP is
not approved to apply in Indian country
located in the state, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2007-1186; FRL-9099-8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan:
Kentucky; Approval Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-
Hour Ozone Standard for the Paducah Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Kentucky State
Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning the maintenance plan addressing
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the Paducah 8-hour ozone attainment
area, which comprises Marshall County and a portion of Livingston
County (hereafter referred to as the ``Paducah Area''). This
maintenance plan was submitted to EPA on May 27, 2008, by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, and ensures the continued attainment of the
1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) through
the year 2020. On July 15, 2009, the Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted
supplemental information with updated emissions tables for this Area to
reflect actual emissions. EPA proposes to find that this plan meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements, and is consistent with EPA's
guidance. EPA is proposing to approve the revisions to the Kentucky
SIP, pursuant to Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). On March 12,
2008, EPA issued a revised ozone standard. The current action, however,
is being taken to address requirements under the 1997 ozone standard.
Requirements for the Paducah Area under the 2008 standard will be
addressed in the future.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2007-1186, by one of the following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov.
3. Fax: 404-562-9019.
4. Mail: EPA-R04-OAR-2007-1186, Regulatory Development Section, Air
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation.
The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through
Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-OAR-
2007-1186. 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 through https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected. 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. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
https://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 https://
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www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Regulatory Development
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all
possible, you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's
official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30,
excluding federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zuri Farngalo, Regulatory Development
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404)
562-9152. Mr. Farngalo can also be reached via electronic mail at
farngalo.zuri@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Analysis of the Commonwealth's Submittal
III. Final Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
In accordance with the CAA, the Paducah Area, consisting of
Marshall County and a portion of Livingston County in Kentucky, was
designated as marginal nonattainment for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS
effective November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56694) because the Area did not meet
the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. On November 13, 1992, the Commonwealth of
Kentucky submitted a request to redesignate the Paducah Area to
attainment for the 1-hour ozone standard. At the same time as the
redesignation request, Kentucky submitted the required ozone monitoring
data and maintenance plan to ensure that the Paducah Area would remain
in attainment for the 1-hour ozone standard for a period of 10 years,
consistent with the CAA section 175A(a). The maintenance plan submitted
by Kentucky followed EPA guidance for limited maintenance areas, which
applied to 1-hour ozone standard areas with design values less than 85
percent of the applicable standard (0.12 parts per million (ppm)). On
February 7, 1995, EPA approved Kentucky's request to redesignate the
Paducah Area (60 FR 7124) to attainment for the 1-hour ozone standard.
On April 30, 2004, EPA designated areas for the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS (69 FR 23858), and published the final Phase I Implementation
Rule for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS (69 FR 23951) (Phase I Rule).
Marshall County and a portion of Livingston County (i.e., which make up
the Paducah Area) were designated attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard, effective June 15, 2004. The Paducah attainment area
consequently was required to submit a 10-year maintenance plan under
section 110(a)(1) of the CAA and the Phase I Rule, 40 CFR 51.905(a)(3)
and (4). On May 20, 2005, EPA issued guidance providing information on
how a state might fulfill the maintenance plan obligation established
by the CAA and the Phase I Rule (Memorandum from Lydia N. Wegman to Air
Division Directors, Maintenance Plan Guidance Document for Certain 8-
hour Ozone Areas Under Section 110(a)(1) of Clean Air Act, May 20,
2005--hereafter referred to as ``Wegman Memorandum''). On December 22,
2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit issued an opinion that vacated portions of EPA's Phase I
Implementation Rule for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. See South Coast
Air Quality Management District. v. EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (DC Cir. 2006).
The Court vacated those portions of the Rule that provided for
regulation of the 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas designated
under Subpart 1 in lieu of Subpart 2 (of part D of the CAA), among
other portions. The Court's decision did not alter any requirements
under the Phase I Rule for section 110(a)(1) maintenance plans. EPA is
proposing to find that Kentucky's May 27, 2008, proposed SIP revision
satisfies the section 110(a)(1) CAA requirements for a plan that
provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the 1997
8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Paducah Area. On March 12, 2008, EPA issued a
revised ozone standard. The current action, however, is being taken to
address requirements under the 1997 ozone standard. Requirements for
the Paducah Area under the 2008 standard will be addressed in the
future.
II. Analysis of the Commonwealth's Submittal
On May 27, 2008, the Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted a SIP
revision containing the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for the
Paducah Area as required by section 110(a)(1) of the CAA and the
provisions of EPA's Phase I Rule (see 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)). The purpose
of this maintenance plan is to ensure continued attainment and
maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Paducah Area until
2020.
As required, this plan provides for continued attainment and
maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Paducah Area for 10
years from the effective date of the Area's designation as attainment
for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, and includes contingency measures. A
July 15, 2009, submittal from Kentucky updated the emissions
projections for point sources for 2005 and 2008 with actual data, and
revised the point source projections for 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020
based on more recent data. Each of the section 110(a)(1) plan
components is discussed below for the Paducah Area.
(a) Attainment Inventory. In order to demonstrate maintenance in
the Paducah Area, Kentucky developed comprehensive inventories of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxide (NOX)
emissions from area, stationary, and mobile sources using 2002 as the
base year. The year 2002 is an appropriate year for Kentucky to base
attainment level emissions because states may select any one of the
three years on which the 1997 8-hour attainment designation was based
(2001, 2002, and 2003). The Commonwealth's submittal contains the
detailed inventory data and summaries by source category. Using the
2002 inventory (as a base year) reflects one of the years used for
calculating the air quality design values on which the 1997 8-hour
ozone designation decisions were based.
A further practical reason for selecting 2002 as the base year
emission inventory is that section 110(a)(2)(B) of the CAA and the
Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (67 FR 39602, June 10, 2002)
require states to submit emissions inventories for all criteria
pollutants and their precursors every three years, on a schedule that
includes the emissions year 2002. The due date for the 2002 emissions
inventory is established in the Rule as June 2004. In accordance with
these requirements, Kentucky compiles a statewide emissions inventory
for point sources on an annual basis. On-road mobile emissions of VOC
and NOX were estimated using MOBILE6.2 motor vehicle
emissions factor computer model. Non-road mobile emissions data were
derived using the U.S. EPA's Non-Road Model.
In projecting data for the attainment year 2020 inventory, Kentucky
used several methods to project data from the base year 2002 to the
years 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020. These actual and projected
inventories were developed using EPA-approved technologies and
methodologies. Point source and non-point source projections were
derived from the Emissions
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Growth Analysis System version 4.0 (EGAS 4.0). Non-road mobile
projections were derived from EGAS 4.0, as well as from the National
Mobile Inventory Model.
The following tables provide VOC and NOX emissions data
for the 2002 base attainment year inventory; as well as actual VOC and
NOX emission inventory data for 2005 and 2008; and projected
VOC and NOX emission inventory data for 2011, 2014, 2017 and
2020.
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\1\ The emissions estimates in this table were provided by
Kentucky on July 15, 2009, through John Lyons, Director, Division of
Air Quality, as an update to emissions estimates provided in the May
25, 2007, submittal.
Table 1--Paducah Area
[VOC and NOX Emissions Inventory] \1\
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Emissions 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020
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Total VOC (tons per day)......................... 77.46 66.77 21.95 21.87 21.73 21.59 21.64
Total NOX (tons per day)......................... 8.40 7.52 7.10 6.62 6.05 5.69 5.52
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As shown in Table 1 above, the Paducah Area is projected to
decrease total VOC and NOX emissions from the base year of
2002 to the maintenance year of 2020, thus demonstrating continued
attainment/maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. Total VOC
emissions are projected to steadily decrease from the base year of 2002
through 2017, but are then projected to slightly increase by 0.05 tons
per day between the years 2017 and 2020. However, year 2020 emissions
projected for both VOC and NOx are well under the 2002 baseline year
emissions levels. Thus Kentucky demonstrated that the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard will continue to be maintained.
As shown in the table above, Kentucky has demonstrated that the
future year emissions will be less than the 2002 base attainment year's
emissions for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The attainment inventory
submitted by Kentucky for this Area is consistent with the criteria
discussed in the Wegman Memorandum. EPA finds that the actual emissions
levels in 2005, and 2008, along with the future emissions for 2011,
2014, 2017, and 2020 are expected to be less than the emissions levels
in 2002. See Table 2 for design value trends for this Area.
In the event that a future 8-hour ozone monitoring reading in this
Area is found to violate the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, the
contingency plan section of the maintenance plan requires that at least
one of the listed measures will be promptly implemented to ensure that
this Area returns to maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
Please see section (d) Contingency Plan, below, for additional
information related to the contingency measures.
(b) Maintenance Demonstration. The primary purpose of a maintenance
plan is to demonstrate how an area will continue to remain in
compliance with the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the 10-year period
following the effective date of designation as unclassifiable/
attainment. The end projection year for the maintenance plan for
Paducah Area was 2020. As discussed in section (a) Attainment Inventory
above, Kentucky identified the level of ozone-forming emissions that
were consistent with attainment of the NAAQS for ozone in 2002. For the
original submittal, Kentucky projected VOC and NOX emissions
for the years 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020 in the Paducah
Area. Subsequently, Kentucky provided updated projections for all
years. EPA finds that the future emissions levels in those years are
expected to be below the emissions levels in 2002.
Kentucky's SIP revision also relies on a combination of several air
quality measures that will provide for additional 8-hour ozone
emissions reductions in the Paducah Area. These measures include the
potential implementation of the following, among others: (1) Federal
motor vehicle control program; (2) fleet turnover of automobiles; (3)
low reid vapor pressure of gasoline; (4) tier 2 motor vehicle emissions
and fuel standards; (5) heavy-duty gasoline and diesel highway vehicles
standard; (6) large nonroad diesel engines rule; (7) nonroad spark
ignition engines and recreational engines standard; (8) point source
emission reductions; (9) Air Products and Chemicals -21-157-00009; (10)
reasonably available control measures, (11) maximum available control
technology; (12) NOX SIP Call; (13) Clean Air Interstate
Rule (CAIR); \2\ (14) several control programs to reduce area source
emissions from aerosol coatings, architectural and industrial
maintenance coatings, and commercial/consumer products; (15) non-
highway mobile source reductions; and (16) emissions standards for
small and large spark-ignition engines, locomotives and land based
diesel engines.
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There are no sources subject to CAIR or the NOX SIP Call
in the Paducah Area. Hence the recent remand of CAIR does not impact
the maintenance inventories or maintenance demonstration in any way.
Further, the Paducah Area was in attainment prior to implementation of
these rules. Hence any contribution to the reduction in the background
ozone levels from these rules will be in addition to the projected
decreases within the maintenance planning area. These rules are
included in the discussion of the maintenance plan because, even though
the submittal takes no credit for them, they are expected to reduce
transported NOX and ozone from outside the nonattainment
area, providing a further, unquantified improvement in the Area's air
quality.
(c) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring. The table below shows design
values \3\ for the Paducah Area. The ambient ozone monitoring data was
collected at sites that were selected with assistance from EPA and are
considered to be representative of the area of highest concentration.
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\3\ The air quality design value at a monitoring site is defined
as that concentration that when reduced to the level of the standard
ensures that the site meets the standard. For a concentration-based
standard, the air quality design value is simply the standard-
related test statistic. Thus, for the primary and secondary ozone
standards, the 3-year average annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-
hour average ozone concentration is also the air quality design
value for the site. 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix I, Section 3.
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There is one monitor in Livingston County in the Paducah Area.
Marshall County does not have a monitor. For the Livingston County
monitor, no design values exceeding the 1997 0.08 ppm standard occurred
in recent years and it is anticipated that the monitor will remain at
the current location, unless otherwise allowed to be removed in
consultation with EPA and in accordance with the 40 CFR part 58.
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See, Wegman Memorandum, pages 4 and 5.
Table 2--Design Values for 8-Hour Ozone (ppm)
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Year Livingston
County
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2000-2002............................................... 0.084
2001-2003............................................... 0.084
2002-2004............................................... 0.080
2003-2005............................................... 0.075
2004-2006............................................... 0.072
2005-2007............................................... 0.074
2006-2008............................................... 0.071
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Based on the Table above, each of the three-year average available
design values demonstrates attainment of the 1997 ozone NAAQS. Further,
these design values indicate that the Paducah Area is expected to
continue attainment of the 1997 ozone NAAQS. The attainment level for
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard is 0.08 ppm, effectively 0.084 ppm with
the rounding convention. However, in the event that a design value at
Livingston County monitoring site exceeds the 1997 ozone standard, the
contingency plan included in the Kentucky's maintenance plan submittal
includes contingency measures which will be promptly implemented in
accordance with the contingency plan, discussed below.
(d) Contingency Plan. In accordance with 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)(ii)
and the Wegman Memorandum, the section 110(a)(1) maintenance plan
includes contingency provisions to promptly correct a violation of the
1997 ozone NAAQS that may occur. In this maintenance plan, if
contingency measures are triggered by a violation of the 1997 8-hour
ozone NAAQS, Kentucky is committing to adopt one or more of the
contingency measures listed below within nine months following the
trigger, and implement the measures within eighteen months following
the trigger. The contingency measures include: (1) Implementation of a
program to require additional emissions reductions on stationary
sources; (2) requirement for Stage I Vapor Recovery; (3) requirement of
Stage II Vapor Recovery; (4) further restrictions on open burning
during summer ozone season; (5) restriction of certain roads or lanes
to, or construction of such roads or lanes for use by, passenger buses
or high-occupancy vehicles; (6) trip-reduction ordinances; (7)
employer-based transportation management plans, including incentives;
(8) programs to limit or restrict vehicle use in downtown areas, or
other areas of emission concentration, particularly during periods of
peak use; and (9) programs for new construction and major
reconstructions of paths or tracks for use by pedestrians or by non-
motorized vehicles when economically feasible and in the public
interest.
The maintenance plan also includes two additional triggers (which
would occur prior to a violation of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS) for an
evaluation of existing control measures to see if any further emission
reduction measures should be implemented at that time. These triggers
are an exceedance of the NAAQS in any portion of the maintenance area
or a ten percent or greater increase in emissions of either VOC or
NOX, based on the 2002 emissions inventory and periodic
emission inventory updates. If either of these triggers occurs,
Kentucky commits to evaluating existing control measures to see if any
further emission reduction measures should be implemented.
EPA proposes to find that these contingency measures and schedules
for implementation satisfy EPA's guidance on the requirements of
section 110(a)(1) of continued attainment. Continued attainment of the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Paducah Area will depend, in part, on
the air quality measures discussed previously (see section II). In
addition, Kentucky commits to verifying the 1997 8-hour ozone status in
each maintenance plan through annual and periodic evaluations of the
emissions inventories. In the annual evaluations, Kentucky will review
VOC and NOX emission data from stationary point sources.
During the periodic evaluations (every three years), Kentucky will
update the emissions inventory for all emissions source categories, and
compare the updated emissions inventory data with actual 2005 and 2008,
and projected 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020 attainment emissions
inventories to verify continued attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard.
III. Proposed Action
Pursuant to section 110(a)(1) of the CAA, EPA is proposing to
approve the maintenance plan addressing the 1997 8-hour ozone standard
for the Paducah Area, which was submitted by Kentucky on May 27, 2008,
as updated in a July 15, 2009, submission, and which ensures continued
attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS through the year 2020. EPA
has evaluated the Commonwealth's submittal and has determined that it
meets the applicable requirements of the CAA and EPA regulations, and
is consistent with EPA policy.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, 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 CAA. Accordingly, this
proposed 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 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 CAA; 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 the
SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state,
and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
[[Page 101]]
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Incorporation by reference, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxides,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: December 22, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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