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Staff, (202) 504–3632.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’
or ‘‘We’’) is issuing an amendment to 31
CFR 356.20(b) of the Uniform Offering
Circular for the Sale and Issue of
Marketable Book-Entry Treasury Bills,
Notes, and Bonds 1 (‘‘UOC’’ or ‘‘Auction
Rules’’) to establish a minimum interest
rate of 1⁄8 of one percent (i.e., 0.125
percent) for all new marketable Treasury
note and bond issues. This amendment
is not applicable to reopenings.2 In this
rule we discuss how Treasury
determines the interest rate for new note
and bond issues, the reason for
establishing a minimum interest rate,
and the final amendment to the UOC.
I. Determining the Interest Rate for New
Treasury Note and Bond Issues
In determining the interest rate for
new note and bond issues, Treasury sets
the interest rate at a 1⁄8 of one percent
increment. The interest rate we establish
produces the price closest to, but not
above, par that corresponds to the yield
awarded to successful competitive
bidders.3 The interest rate in turn is
used to establish the amount of the
semi-annual interest payment that note
and bond investors receive.4
II. Establishing a Minimum Interest
Rate
In an extremely low interest rate
environment, a note or bond auction
could result in an interest rate lower
than Treasury’s 1⁄8 of one percent
interest rate increment. If that were to
happen, under the current methodology
the new security would be issued with
a zero percent interest rate and would
have no semi-annual interest payments.
Treasury is amending the UOC because
we believe it is preferable that Treasury
notes and bonds pay regular, semiannual interest payments.
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III. Amendment to the Rule
Accordingly, Treasury is amending
paragraph (b) of 31 CFR 356.20 to state
1 See 58 FR 412, January 5, 1993. The circular, as
amended, is codified at 31 CFR part 356. The UOC,
together with the offering announcement for each
auction, sets out the terms and conditions for the
sale and issuance by the Treasury to the public of
marketable book-entry Treasury bills, notes, and
bonds.
2 The term reopening is defined at 31 CFR 356.2
as the auction of an additional amount of an
outstanding security.
3 For example, the two-year note auction
conducted on December 29, 2005, resulted in a
yield of 4.404 percent. The interest rate was set at
43⁄8 percent with a price of 99.944505. See
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/
press/preanre/2005/ofk1229051.pdf.
4 See Appendix B to part 356—Formulas and
Tables.
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that if a Treasury note or bond auction
results in a yield lower than 0.125
percent, the interest rate will be set at
1⁄8 of one percent with the price
adjusted accordingly (i.e., at a
premium). This change applies to all
new marketable Treasury note and bond
issues: Treasury fixed-principal 5 (also
referred to as nominal) notes and bonds
as well as Treasury inflation-protected
notes and bonds.
Procedural Requirements
Executive Order 12866. This final rule
is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’
pursuant to Executive Order 12866.
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Because this rule relates to public
contracts and procedures for United
States securities, the notice, public
comment, and delayed effective date
provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act are inapplicable,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2).
Regulatory Flexibility Act. As no
notice of proposed rulemaking is
required, the provisions of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601,
et seq.) do not apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act. There is no
new collection of information contained
in this final rule, and, therefore, the
Paperwork Reduction Act does not
apply. The Office of Management and
Budget has approved the collections of
information already contained in 31
CFR part 356, under control number
1535–0112. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid
OMB control number.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 356
Bonds, Federal Reserve System,
Government Securities, Securities.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 31 CFR part 356 is amended
as follows:
PART 356—SALE AND ISSUE OF
MARKETABLE BOOK-ENTRY
TREASURY BILLS, NOTES, AND
BONDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY CIRCULAR, PUBLIC DEBT
SERIES NO. 1–93)
1. The authority citation for part 356
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3102,
et seq.; 12 U.S.C. 391.
5 We use the term ‘‘fixed-principal’’ to distinguish
such securities from ‘‘inflation-protected’’ securities.
We refer to fixed-principal notes and fixedprincipal bonds as ‘‘notes’’ and ‘‘bonds’’ in official
Treasury publications, such as auction
announcements and auction results press releases,
as well as in the auction system.
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2. Section 356.20 is amended by
revising the introductory text of
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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auction awards?
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(b) Determining the interest rate for
new note and bond issues. We set the
interest rate at a 1⁄8 of one percent
increment. If a Treasury note or bond
auction results in a yield lower than
0.125 percent, the interest rate will be
set at 1⁄8 of one percent, and successful
bidders’ award prices will be calculated
accordingly (see appendix B to this part
for formulas).
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Richard L. Gregg,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R05–OAR–2010–0850; FRL–9271–9]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Wisconsin; The Milwaukee-Racine and
Sheboygan Areas; Determination of
Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone
Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is making determinations
under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan,
Wisconsin areas have attained the 1997
8-hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS). The
Milwaukee-Racine area includes
Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine,
Washington, Waukesha, and Kenosha
Counties. The Sheboygan area includes
Sheboygan County. The determinations
are based on complete, quality-assured
and certified ambient air monitoring
data that show that the areas have
monitored attainment of the 1997 8hour ozone standard for the 2006–2008
and 2007–2009 monitoring periods.
Quality assured data available for 2010
indicate that the areas continue to
monitor attainment. As a result of these
determinations, the requirements for
these areas to submit attainment
demonstrations and associated
reasonably available control measures
(RACM), reasonable further progress
plans (RFP), contingency measures, and
other State Implementation Plan (SIP)
SUMMARY:
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revisions related to attainment of the
standard are suspended for as long as
the areas continue to attain the 1997 8hour ozone standard. These
determinations also suspend the
requirement for EPA to promulgate
attainment demonstration, RFP, and any
other attainment-related Federal
Implementation Plans (FIPs) for these
areas. EPA published proposed and
direct final approvals of this request on
December 15, 2010. We received an
adverse comment on our proposed
rulemaking, which is addressed below.
As a result, EPA withdrew the direct
final approval on January 28, 2011.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
March 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R05–OAR–2010–0850. 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 statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604. This facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We
recommend that you telephone
Kathleen D’Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, at (312) 886–1767 before
visiting the Region 5 office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen D’Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Attainment Planning and
Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR–18J), Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604, (312) 886–1767,
dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. What did EPA propose?
II. What comments did we receive on the
proposed action?
III. What actions is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What did EPA propose?
On December 15, 2010, EPA
published proposed (75 FR 78197) and
direct final (75 FR 78164)
determinations under the CAA that the
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Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan,
Wisconsin areas have attained the 1997
8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA received an
adverse comment on this action and
withdrew the direct final approval on
January 28, 2011 (76 FR 5078).
II. What comments did we receive on
the proposed action?
EPA received an adverse comment
from Midwest Environmental Defense
Center, Inc.
Comment: The commenter asserts that
section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA
prohibits redesignation of a
nonattainment area to attainment unless
five requirements are met. The
commenter contends that EPA’s Federal
Register document describes air quality
monitoring data in the MilwaukeeRacine and Sheboygan areas, but does
not discuss the other requirements for
redesignation. The commenter argues
that unless all five criteria for
redesignation are met, the Administrator
cannot grant the redesignation.
Response: The commenter’s concerns
are misplaced; the actions that are the
subject of these rulemakings are
determinations of attainment, and not
redesignations to attainment. As EPA
stated in its December 15, 2010, direct
final rule, the determinations of
attainment in this notice are not
equivalent to redesignations to
attainment under section 107(d)(3) of
the CAA. While the commenter is
correct that rulemakings redesignating
an area to attainment would need to
satisfy the criteria of section
107(d)(3)(E), EPA’s actions here are not
redesignations. EPA is not purporting
here to redesignate the MilwaukeeRacine and Sheboygan areas, and thus
we acknowledged in the direct final
rulemaking that we were not attempting
to approve maintenance plans for the
areas as required under section 175A of
the CAA, nor have we found that the
areas have met the other statutory
requirements for redesignation. The
designation status of each of the areas
remains nonattainment for the 1997
8-hour ozone NAAQS until such time as
EPA determines, through notice and
comment rulemaking, that it meets the
CAA requirements for redesignation to
attainment. Thus, EPA’s rulemaking
here addresses only the air quality issue
of whether the areas are attaining the
1997 8-hour ozone standard. The
commenter offered no objection to
EPA’s proposed determinations that the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan
nonattainment areas are attaining that
standard.
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III. What actions is EPA taking?
EPA is making final determinations
that the Milwaukee-Racine and
Sheboygan, Wisconsin areas have
attained the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
The determinations are based upon
complete, quality-assured and certified
ambient air monitoring data, which
show that the areas have monitored
attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard for the 2006–2008 and 2007–
2009 monitoring periods. Quality
assured data for 2010 available to date
indicate that the areas continue to
monitor attainment.
As provided in 40 CFR 51.918, the
determinations of attainment for the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan areas
suspend the requirements for the State
of Wisconsin to submit for these areas:
An attainment demonstration,
associated RACM, RFP plan,
contingency measures, and any other
planning SIPs related to attainment of
the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These
determinations also suspend any
requirement for EPA to promulgate FIPs
for these areas deriving from the
concomitant SIP obligations.
The attainment-related SIP and FIP
obligations remain suspended for each
area for so long as it continues to attain
the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS or until
it is redesignated for that NAAQS, at
which time the obligations end. 40 CFR
51.918.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
These actions make determinations
based on air quality data, and would, if
finalized, result in the suspension of
certain Federal requirements. For that
reason, these actions:
• Are not ‘‘significant regulatory
actions’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993);
• Do not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Are 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.);
• Do 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);
• Do not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Are not economically significant
regulatory actions based on health or
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safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Are not significant regulatory
actions subject to Executive Order
13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
• Are 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
• Do 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 a
determinations of attainment is an
action that affects the status of a
geographical area and does not impose
any new regulatory requirements on
tribes, impact any existing sources of air
pollution on tribal lands, nor impair the
maintenance of ozone national ambient
air quality standards in tribal lands.
However, because there are tribal lands
located in Milwaukee County, we
provided the affected tribe with the
opportunity to consult with EPA on the
attainment determination. The
consultation occurred on November 15,
2010. The affected tribe raised no
concerns.
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.
These actions are not ‘‘major rules’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by May 2, 2011. Filing a petition
for reconsideration by the Administrator
of this final rule does not affect the
finality of these actions for the purposes
of judicial review nor does it extend the
time within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
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postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. These actions may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce their requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: February 14, 2011.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart YY—Wisconsin
2. Section 52.2585 is amended by
adding paragraph (y) to read as follows:
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§ 52.2585
Control strategy: Ozone.
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(y) Determination of attainment. EPA
has determined, as of March 1, 2011 that
the Milwaukee-Racine, WI and
Sheboygan, WI areas have attained the
1997 8-hour ozone standard. These
determinations suspend the
requirements for these areas to submit
attainment demonstrations and
associated reasonably available control
measures (RACM), reasonable further
progress plans (RFP), contingency
measures, and other State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions
related to attainment of the standard for
as long as the areas continue to attain
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. These
determinations also stay the
requirement for EPA to promulgate
attainment demonstration and RFP
Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) for
these areas.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R05–OAR–2006–0976; FRL–9272–1]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio;
Oxides of Nitrogen Budget Trading
Program; Technical Amendment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Final rule.
EPA is taking final action to
remove codification of a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) approval
vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit in a decision dated
June 5, 2009. This relates to Ohio rule
revisions concerning 240 allowances
under the Nitrogen Oxides Budget
Trading Program added to the SIP by
EPA rulemaking dated February 13,
2008. This final rule conforms the
codification of the SIP to the decision by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit in Buckeye Power, Inc. v. EPA
(6th Cir., No. 08–3399, June 5, 2009).
DATES: This final rule is effective on
March 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R05–OAR–2006–0976. 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,
i.e., Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604. This facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We
recommend that you telephone Anthony
Maietta, Environmental Protection
Specialist, at (312) 353–8777 before
visiting the Region 5 office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony Maietta, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Control Strategies
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8777,
Maietta.anthony@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
SUMMARY:
I. Background Information
II. What action is EPA taking?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background information
On October 11, 2006, the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency sent
EPA a letter requesting, among other
actions, that EPA approve rule revisions
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2010-0850; FRL-9271-9]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Wisconsin; The Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan Areas; Determination of
Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is making determinations under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
that the Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan, Wisconsin areas have attained
the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).
The Milwaukee-Racine area includes Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine,
Washington, Waukesha, and Kenosha Counties. The Sheboygan area includes
Sheboygan County. The determinations are based on complete, quality-
assured and certified ambient air monitoring data that show that the
areas have monitored attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for
the 2006-2008 and 2007-2009 monitoring periods. Quality assured data
available for 2010 indicate that the areas continue to monitor
attainment. As a result of these determinations, the requirements for
these areas to submit attainment demonstrations and associated
reasonably available control measures (RACM), reasonable further
progress plans (RFP), contingency measures, and other State
Implementation Plan (SIP)
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revisions related to attainment of the standard are suspended for as
long as the areas continue to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
These determinations also suspend the requirement for EPA to promulgate
attainment demonstration, RFP, and any other attainment-related Federal
Implementation Plans (FIPs) for these areas. EPA published proposed and
direct final approvals of this request on December 15, 2010. We
received an adverse comment on our proposed rulemaking, which is
addressed below. As a result, EPA withdrew the direct final approval on
January 28, 2011.
DATES: This final rule is effective on March 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2010-0850. 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 statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only
in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division,
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal holidays. We recommend that you telephone Kathleen D'Agostino,
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-1767 before visiting the Region 5
office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767,
dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. What did EPA propose?
II. What comments did we receive on the proposed action?
III. What actions is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What did EPA propose?
On December 15, 2010, EPA published proposed (75 FR 78197) and
direct final (75 FR 78164) determinations under the CAA that the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan, Wisconsin areas have attained the 1997
8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA received an adverse comment on this action and
withdrew the direct final approval on January 28, 2011 (76 FR 5078).
II. What comments did we receive on the proposed action?
EPA received an adverse comment from Midwest Environmental Defense
Center, Inc.
Comment: The commenter asserts that section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA
prohibits redesignation of a nonattainment area to attainment unless
five requirements are met. The commenter contends that EPA's Federal
Register document describes air quality monitoring data in the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan areas, but does not discuss the other
requirements for redesignation. The commenter argues that unless all
five criteria for redesignation are met, the Administrator cannot grant
the redesignation.
Response: The commenter's concerns are misplaced; the actions that
are the subject of these rulemakings are determinations of attainment,
and not redesignations to attainment. As EPA stated in its December 15,
2010, direct final rule, the determinations of attainment in this
notice are not equivalent to redesignations to attainment under section
107(d)(3) of the CAA. While the commenter is correct that rulemakings
redesignating an area to attainment would need to satisfy the criteria
of section 107(d)(3)(E), EPA's actions here are not redesignations. EPA
is not purporting here to redesignate the Milwaukee-Racine and
Sheboygan areas, and thus we acknowledged in the direct final
rulemaking that we were not attempting to approve maintenance plans for
the areas as required under section 175A of the CAA, nor have we found
that the areas have met the other statutory requirements for
redesignation. The designation status of each of the areas remains
nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS until such time as EPA
determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that it meets the
CAA requirements for redesignation to attainment. Thus, EPA's
rulemaking here addresses only the air quality issue of whether the
areas are attaining the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. The commenter
offered no objection to EPA's proposed determinations that the
Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan nonattainment areas are attaining that
standard.
III. What actions is EPA taking?
EPA is making final determinations that the Milwaukee-Racine and
Sheboygan, Wisconsin areas have attained the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
The determinations are based upon complete, quality-assured and
certified ambient air monitoring data, which show that the areas have
monitored attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the 2006-
2008 and 2007-2009 monitoring periods. Quality assured data for 2010
available to date indicate that the areas continue to monitor
attainment.
As provided in 40 CFR 51.918, the determinations of attainment for
the Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan areas suspend the requirements for
the State of Wisconsin to submit for these areas: An attainment
demonstration, associated RACM, RFP plan, contingency measures, and any
other planning SIPs related to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS. These determinations also suspend any requirement for EPA to
promulgate FIPs for these areas deriving from the concomitant SIP
obligations.
The attainment-related SIP and FIP obligations remain suspended for
each area for so long as it continues to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS or until it is redesignated for that NAAQS, at which time the
obligations end. 40 CFR 51.918.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
These actions make determinations based on air quality data, and
would, if finalized, result in the suspension of certain Federal
requirements. For that reason, these actions:
Are not ``significant regulatory actions'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
Do not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Are 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.);
Do 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);
Do not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Are not economically significant regulatory actions based
on health or
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safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23,
1997);
Are not significant regulatory actions subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Are 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
Do 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 a determinations of attainment is an action that affects the
status of a geographical area and does not impose any new regulatory
requirements on tribes, impact any existing sources of air pollution on
tribal lands, nor impair the maintenance of ozone national ambient air
quality standards in tribal lands. However, because there are tribal
lands located in Milwaukee County, we provided the affected tribe with
the opportunity to consult with EPA on the attainment determination.
The consultation occurred on November 15, 2010. The affected tribe
raised no concerns.
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. These actions are not ``major rules'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by May 2, 2011. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of these actions for the purposes of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. These actions may not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce their requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: February 14, 2011.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart YY--Wisconsin
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2. Section 52.2585 is amended by adding paragraph (y) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.2585 Control strategy: Ozone.
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(y) Determination of attainment. EPA has determined, as of March 1,
2011 that the Milwaukee-Racine, WI and Sheboygan, WI areas have
attained the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. These determinations suspend
the requirements for these areas to submit attainment demonstrations
and associated reasonably available control measures (RACM), reasonable
further progress plans (RFP), contingency measures, and other State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions related to attainment of the
standard for as long as the areas continue to attain the 1997 8-hour
ozone standard. These determinations also stay the requirement for EPA
to promulgate attainment demonstration and RFP Federal Implementation
Plans (FIPs) for these areas.
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