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[EPA–R10–OAR–2011–0767, FRL–9494–9]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Oregon: New
Source Review/Prevention of
Significant Deterioration Rule
Revisions and Air Quality Permit
Streamlining Rule Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is taking final action to
approve the amendments to the Oregon
State Implementation Plan (SIP) that
were proposed on September 23, 2011.
SUMMARY:
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No comments were received on the
proposal and today EPA is taking final
action to approve the proposed SIP
amendments without change. EPA is
approving the SIP submission provided
by the State of Oregon for the purpose
of addressing the third element of the
interstate transport provisions of Clean
Air Act (CAA or the Act) for the 1997
8-hour ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS or
standards) and the 1997 and 2006 fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) NAAQS. The
third element of the CAA requires that
a state not interfere with any other
state’s required measures to prevent
significant deterioration (PSD) of its air
quality. EPA is also approving
numerous revisions to the Oregon SIP
that were submitted to EPA by the State
of Oregon on October 8, 2008; October
10, 2008; March 17, 2009; June 23, 2010;
December 22, 2010 and May 5, 2011.
The revisions include updating
Oregon’s new source review (NSR) rules
to be consistent with current Federal
regulations, adding greenhouse gases
(GHGs) to the list of pollutants whose
emissions are subject to control under
the State’s NSR permitting process; and
streamlining Oregon’s air quality rules
by clarifying requirements, removing
duplicative rules, and correcting errors.
The Federal Implementation Plan (FIP)
that EPA promulgated on December 9,
2010, providing for federal
implementation of PSD permitting for
GHGs is also withdrawn as part of this
action because it is being replaced
through the approval of the State’s
regulations providing authority for PSD
permitting of GHG emissions. The
revisions were submitted in accordance
with the requirements of section 110
and part D of the Act. Finally, EPA has
identified a technical error in its most
recent codification of the Oregon SIP
and is making a technical correction to
reinstate text that had been
unintentionally omitted from that
section.
DATES: This action is effective on
January 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R10–OAR–
2011–0767. All documents in the docket
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EPA Region 10, Office of Air, Waste,
and Toxics, AWT–107, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.
EPA requests that 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:
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Region 10 address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, wherever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA. Information is organized as
follows:
Table of Contents
I. Background
A. Third PSD Element of Oregon’s
Interstate Transport SIP for the 1997
Ozone and 1997 and 2006 p.m.2.5
NAAQS
B. Oregon’s NSR/PSD Permitting Program
C. Agricultural Operations (as specified in
Oregon Revised Statute 468A.020)
D. Permitting Rule Corrections,
Clarifications and Streamlining
II. Final Action
A. Rules to Approve into SIP
B. Rules on which No Action is Taken
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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I. Background
Title I of the CAA, as amended by
Congress in 1990, specifies the general
requirements for states to submit State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) to attain
and/or maintain the NAAQS and EPA’s
actions regarding approval of those SIPs.
On October 8, 2008, October 10, 2008,
March 17, 2009, June 23, 2010,
December 22, 2010 and May 5, 2011, the
Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality (ODEQ) submitted numerous
revisions to the SIP for the State of
Oregon. On September 23, 2011 (76 FR
59090), EPA solicited public comment
on a proposal to approve specified
portions of the State’s submissions. See
76 FR 59090. No public comments were
received on the proposal and we are
now taking final action to approve the
SIP revisions as described in the
September 23, 2011, proposal.
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A. Third PSD Element of Oregon’s
Interstate Transport SIP for the 1997
Ozone and 1997 and 2006 PM2.5
NAAQS
On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated
the 1997 8-hour ozone 1 NAAQS and the
1997 PM2.5 NAAQS 2. Additionally on
December 18, 2006, EPA revised the
1997 24-hour PM2.5 standard.3 Today’s
actions relate to these revised standards
(the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and the
1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS).
The interstate transport SIP
provisions in section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)
(also called ‘‘good neighbor’’ provisions)
require each state to submit a SIP that
contains provisions that prohibit
emissions that adversely affect another
state in the ways contemplated in the
statute. Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) identifies
four distinct elements related to the
evaluation of impacts of interstate
transport of air pollutants. In this
rulemaking EPA is approving Oregon’s
SIP with respect to the third element of
that section. The third element of
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) requires a SIP to
contain adequate provisions prohibiting
emissions that interfere with any other
state’s required measures to prevent
significant deterioration of its air
quality.
As a part of its SIP submittal
addressing interstate transport, ODEQ
submitted an analysis entitled ‘‘Oregon
SIP Infrastructure for Addressing the
Interstate Transport of Ozone and Fine
Particulate Matter’’, dated November 5,
2009, to EPA on December 22, 2010.4
EPA finds that ODEQ’s submission,
when evaluated in conjunction with the
NSR/PSD rule revisions that EPA is also
1 See 62 FR 38856. The level of the 1997 8-hour
ozone NAAQS is 0.08 parts per million (ppm). 40
CFR part 50.10. The 8-hour ozone standard is met
when the 3-year average of the annual 4th highest
daily maximum 8-hour ozone concentrations is 0.08
ppm or less (i.e., less than 0.085 ppm based on the
rounding convention in 40 CFR part 50, appendix
I). This 3-year average is referred to as the ‘‘design
value.’’
2 See 62 FR 38652. The level of the 1997 PM
2.5
NAAQS are 15.0 mg/m3 (annual arithmetic mean
3 (24-hour average
concentration) and 65 mg/m
concentration). 40 CFR part 50.7. The annual
standard is met when the 3-year average of the
annual mean concentrations is 15.0 mg/m3 or less
(i.e., less than 15.05 mg/m3 based on the rounding
convention in 40 CFR part 50, appendix N section
4.3). The 24-hour standard is met when the 3-year
average annual 98th percentile of 24-hour
concentrations is 65 mg/m3 or less (i.e., less than
65.5 mg/m3 based on the rounding convention in 40
CFR part 40 appendix N section 4.3). Id. These 3year averages are referred to as the annual PM2.5 and
24-hour PM2.5 ‘‘design values,’’ respectively.
3 See 71 FR 61144 . In 2006, the 24-hour PM
2.5
NAAQS standard was changed from 65 mg/m3 to 35
mg/m3 (24-hour average concentration). The annual
PM2.5 standard was not changed. 40 CFR 50.13.
4 This interstate transport report was
inadvertently left out of the original June 23, 2010,
SIP submittal.
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approving in today’s action, meets the
requirements under the CAA necessary
to avoid interference with another
state’s SIP measures for preventing
significant deterioration of air quality.
We are, therefore, approving Oregon’s
SIP submission for purposes of meeting
the requirements of CAA section
110(a)(2)(D)(i) that addresses the third
PSD element of the interstate transport
provisions for the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5
NAAQS.
B. Oregon’s NSR/PSD Rule Revisions
On December 31, 2002, EPA
published final rule changes to the PSD
and nonattainment NSR programs (67
FR 80186) and on November 7, 2003,
EPA published a notice of final action
on the reconsideration of the December
31, 2002 final rule changes (68 FR
63021). The December 31, 2002 and the
November 7, 2003, final actions, are
collectively referred to as the ‘‘2002
NSR Reform Rules.’’
The 2002 NSR Reform Rules require
that state agencies adopt and submit
revisions to their SIP permitting
programs implementing the minimum
program elements of the 2002 NSR
Reform Rules no later than January 2,
2006. To meet this requirement, ODEQ
submitted an NSR reform equivalency
demonstration report on December 22,
2005.
For the reasons discussed in EPA’s
proposed action, EPA has determined
that Oregon’s PSD program for
reviewing and controlling emissions
from new and modified sources is at
least as strict as EPA’s program. We
have reviewed Oregon’s NSR/PSD
program and ODEQ’s recent rule
revisions and have determined that the
NSR/PSD program meets the current
requirements in 40 CFR 51.165 and
51.166. Accordingly, EPA is taking final
action to approve these measures into
the federally approved SIP.
On May 5, 2011, ODEQ submitted a
series of additional rule changes as
revisions to the Oregon SIP. These rule
changes are necessary to align its rules
with significant changes made to EPA’s
air quality permitting regulations,
including the 2002 NSR Reform Rules
(published on December 31, 2002,
effective date March 3, 2003), and the
permitting of PM2.5 (direct PM2.5 and
PM2.5 precursors) and GHG emissions.
The SIP submittal covers revisions to
OAR chapter 340, divisions 200, 202,
216, 224, 225, and 228.
The rule revisions include the
adoption of a threshold or significant
emission rate of 10 tons per year of
PM2.5 as a significant change at an
existing facility. Facilities would trigger
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NSR/PSD permitting only if a physical
or operational change increased
emissions above this threshold. The rule
revisions also include the adoption of
levels to determine if additional
ambient air quality analysis is required,
track the cumulative impact of
emissions growth in areas that meet air
quality standards, and determine if
preconstruction monitoring is required
for PM2.5.
In addition, the May 5, 2011, SIP
submittal includes rules to allow the
permitting of GHG emissions under
Oregon’s NSR/PSD program. Oregon’s
definition of ‘‘federal major source’’ is
almost identical to EPA’s definition of
‘‘major stationary source’’ and as such,
Oregon has tailored its PSD rules in a
manner identical to EPA’s with respect
to major sources of GHG emissions. That
is, for a ‘‘federal major source’’ to be
‘‘major’’ for GHGs under the Oregon
PSD program, it must have the potential
to emit GHGs equal to or greater than
100,000 tons per year on a carbon
dioxide equivalent (CO2e) basis and a
potential to emit GHGs equal to or
greater than 100/250 tons per year on a
mass basis.5 However, Oregon’s
definition of ‘‘major modification’’ is
substantially different than (but
equivalent to) EPA’s definition of
‘‘major modification’’ so Oregon has
tailored its PSD rule in a different
manner in order to produce the same
outcome with respect to major
modifications for GHGs as EPA’s
Tailoring Rule.
In order for Oregon’s PSEL-based
definition to have the same effect as
EPA’s definition of ‘‘major
modification’’ with respect to GHG
emissions (i.e., an increase greater than
75,000 tons per year on a CO2e basis
and an increase greater than ‘‘zero’’ on
a mass basis), Oregon’s rule requires the
establishment of PSELs on a CO2e basis
and an increase in the PSEL of more
than 75,000 tons per year on a CO2e
basis, before a ‘‘major modification’’
under the Oregon rules will have
occurred.6 This approach is consistent
with how the Oregon program defines
major modifications for all other NSR
5 Carbon dioxide equivalent or CO2e is a unit of
measurement that allows the effect of different
GHGs to be compared using carbon dioxide as a
standard unit for reference.
6 Oregon’s rules use the terms ‘‘significant
emission threshold’’ or ‘‘significant emission rate
(SER)’’ for GHG PSD permitting purposes. However,
these terms do not have the same meaning as
‘‘significant’’ as used in the context of EPA’s PSD
regulation at 40 CFR 51.166. EPA has not
established a significant emission rate for GHGs
under 40 CFR 51.166(b)(23)(i). Oregon’s PSEL PSD
permitting program establishes a GHG threshold of
75,000 CO2e to tailor the application of its PSD
permitting program in a manner similar to EPA’s
GHG Tailoring Rule.
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regulated pollutants and results in the
same outcome as EPA’s Tailoring Rule
with respect to major modifications for
GHG emissions.
EPA finds that these provisions are
consistent with EPA’s GHG Tailoring
Rule and is approving the GHG PSD
permitting provisions into the federally
approved Oregon SIP, providing Oregon
with the authority to issue PSD permits
addressing GHG emissions. EPA is
simultaneously withdrawing the FIP
codified in 40 CFR 52.1987(d) that
ensures the availability of a PSDpermitting authority for GHG-emitting
sources in Oregon to reflect the fact that
analogous provisions are now a part of
the federally-approved SIP. EPA has
identified a technical error in 40 CFR
52.1987 whereby subsections (a), (b),
and (c) were erroneously omitted from
the code of federal regulations when
EPA promulgated the GHG FIP and
added subsection (d).7 In this action,
EPA is clarifying that subsections (a),
(b), and (c) should not have been
omitted from the text of the CFR as EPA
never provided notice of its intent (and
did not intend) to remove those
provisions from the SIP.
C. Agricultural Operations (as Specified
in Oregon Revised Statute 468A.020)
The CAA does not provide an
exemption for agricultural operations
while, prior to 2007, Oregon’s State law
exempted most agricultural operations
from air quality regulations. To address
this discrepancy, the 2007 Oregon
Legislature (in accordance with Oregon
Senate Bill 235) updated Oregon’s air
quality law (Oregon Revised Statute
(ORS) 468.020 and 468A.020) to be
consistent with the Federal CAA
enabling the regulation of air emissions
from agricultural sources if necessary to
implement the Federal CAA. The
Oregon Environmental Quality
Commission in turn adopted rule
amendments to OAR (340) 200–0030,
(340) 210–0205, and (340) 264–0040 to
align these rules with ORS 468A.020
and to make revisions to Oregon’s SIP
and the Oregon Title V operating permit
program. The revisions to OAR (340)
200–0030, (340) 210–0205, and (340)
264–0040 were submitted to EPA by
ODEQ on October 8, 2008. OAR rules
now allow agricultural air quality
pollution sources to be regulated in
Oregon as necessary to meet CAA
requirements.
EPA believes that the revised ORS
468A.020 (in conjunction with the
corresponding revisions to the OAR
(340) 200–0030, (340) 210–0205, and
(340) 264–0040) meet CAA
7 See
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requirements and, therefore, are
approving these revised OAR provisions
into the federally approved Oregon SIP.
D. Permitting Rule Corrections,
Clarifications and Streamlining
EPA is also approving portions of the
October 10, 2008, March 17, 2009, and
June 23, 2010, SIP submittals from
ODEQ that correct previous errors,
provide clarification and streamline air
quality permitting rules in the State of
Oregon.
On November 5, 1999, ODEQ
submitted a complete rule renumbering
to EPA for approval. On January 22,
2003 (68 FR 2891), we approved most of
these new divisions but at that time did
not take action on division 208 (Visible
Emissions and Nuisance Requirements).
We are now approving rules 0010
(Definitions), 0100 (Visible Emissions,
Applicability), 0110 (Visible Emissions,
Visible Air Contaminant Limitations),
0200 (Fugitive Emissions Requirements,
Applicability) and 0210 (Fugitive
Emissions Requirements) of division
208 into the Oregon SIP which replace
division 21, rules 015, 050, 055, and
060, which are simultaneously being
removed from the SIP (codified in 40
CFR 52.1970(c)(153)(i)(G)).
We are also approving Oregon’s
current excess emission rules (division
214, rules 0300 through 0360 that were
included in the October 10, 2008 SIP
submittal) into the Oregon SIP. These
division 214 rules replace the federallyapproved division 28, rules 1400, 1410,
1420, 1430, 1440, and 1450, which are
simultaneously removed from the SIP in
this action (codified in 40 CFR
52.1970(c)(153)(i)(G)). EPA finds that
the division 214 rules conform to
Federal standards related to excess
emissions. Oregon’s excess emission
provisions specify the factors that the
State will take into account regarding
the exercise of its enforcement
discretion in response to excess
emissions.
Additionally, as part of October 10,
2008 SIP submittal, ODEQ submitted a
revision to repeal outdated rules
governing wigwam waste burners with a
statewide prohibition on their use
(division 234, rules 0110, 0120, and
0130) and redundant kraft pulp mill
rules (division 234, rules 0230 and
0260). These rules are removed from the
SIP in this action (codified in 40 CFR
52.1970(c)(154)(i)(A)).
These rules are described with
additional specificity in our proposal for
this action (76 FR 59090).
II. Final Action
EPA is taking final action to approve
into Oregon’s federally-approved SIP
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the provisions discussed in the
September 23, 2011, proposal. This
action will result in the following
changes to the Oregon SIP in 40 CFR
part 52, subpart MM.
A. Rules Approved Into SIP
EPA is approving into the Oregon SIP
at 40 CFR part 52, subpart MM, the
following revisions to chapter 340 of the
OAR listed in Table 1. It is important to
note that in those instances where
ODEQ submitted multiple revisions to a
single rule of chapter 340 of the OAR,
the most recent version of that rule
(based on State effective date) is being
incorporated into the SIP since it
supersedes all previous revisions.
TABLE 1—ODEQ REGULATIONS BEING APPROVED
State citation
State
effective
date
Title/subject
Explanation
OAR 340–200—General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions
0010
0020
0025
0030
............................
............................
............................
............................
General,
General,
General,
General,
Purpose and Application .......................................................
General Air Quality Definitions .............................................
Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................
Exceptions .............................................................................
11/8/2007
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
9/17/2008
Including Tables 1–5.
OAR 340–202—Ambient Air Quality Standards and PSD Increments
0010
0060
0090
0130
............................
............................
............................
............................
0210 ............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
Ambient Air Quality Standards, Suspended Particulate Matter ..........
Ambient Air Quality Standards, Ozone ................................................
Ambient Air Quality Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standard for
Lead.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration Increments, Ambient Air Increments.
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/21/2010
5/21/2010
5/1/2011
Including Table 1.
OAR 340–204—Designation of Air Quality Areas
0010 ............................
0030 ............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
Designation of Nonattainment Areas ...................................................
5/21/2010
5/21/2010
OAR 340–206—Air Pollution Emergencies
0010 ............................
0030 ............................
Introduction ..........................................................................................
Episode Stage Criteria for Air Pollution Emergencies .........................
5/21/2010
5/21/2010
Including Table 2.
OAR 340–208—Visible Emissions and Nuisance Requirements
0010
0100
0110
0200
0210
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
Visible Emissions, Applicability ............................................................
Visible Emissions, Visible Air Contaminant Limitations .......................
Fugitive Emission Requirements, Applicability ....................................
Fugitive Emission Requirements, Requirements .................................
11/8/2007
2/5/2001
11/8/2007
2/5/2001
2/5/2001
OAR 340–209—Public Participation
0040 ............................
0070 ............................
0080 ............................
Public Notice Information .....................................................................
Hearings and Meeting Procedures ......................................................
Issuance or Denial of a Permit ............................................................
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
OAR 340–210—Stationary Source Notification Requirements
0205 ............................
Notice of Construction and Approval of Plans, Applicability ...............
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0010 ............................
0300 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1400).
0310 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1410).
0320 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1420).
0330 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1430).
0340 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1440).
0350 (Formally OAR–
340–28–1450).
0360 ............................
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Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Purpose and Applicability.
Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Planned Startup and
Shutdown.
Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Scheduled Maintenance.
Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, All Other Excess
Emissions.
Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Reporting Requirements.
Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Enforcement Action
Criteria.
Emergency as an Affirmative Defense ................................................
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State citation
State
effective
date
Title/subject
Explanation
OAR 340–216—Air Contaminant Discharge Permits
0020
0040
0060
0064
0082
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
Applicability ..........................................................................................
Application Requirements ....................................................................
General ACDPs ...................................................................................
Simple ACDP .......................................................................................
Termination or Revocation of an ACDP ..............................................
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
11/8/2007
Including Tables 1 and 2.
OAR 340–222—Stationary Source Plant Site Emission Limits
0020 ............................
Applicability ..........................................................................................
8/29/2008
OAR 340–224 Major New Source Review
0010
0050
0060
0070
............................
............................
............................
............................
Applicability and General Prohibitions .................................................
Requirements for Sources in Nonattainment Areas ............................
Requirements for Sources in Maintenance Areas ...............................
Prevention of Significant Deterioration Requirements for Sources in
Attainment or Unclassified Areas.
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
OAR 340–225—Air Quality Analysis Requirements
0020
0030
0045
0050
0060
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
0090 ............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
Procedural Requirements ....................................................................
Requirements for Analysis in Maintenance Areas ..............................
Requirements for Analysis in PSD Class II and Class III Areas .........
Requirements for Demonstrating Compliance with Standards and Increments in PSD Class I Areas.
Requirements for Demonstrating a Net Air Quality Benefit ................
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
5/1/2011
Including Table 1.
5/1/2011
Except 0090(2)(a)(C) addressing
interpollutant offset ratios.
OAR 340–228—Requirements for Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur Content
0020 ............................
0200 ............................
0210 ............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment, Sulfur Dioxide Standards.
General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment, Grain
Loading Standards.
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
OAR 340–232—Emission Standards for VOC Sources
0010 ............................
Introduction ..........................................................................................
11/8/2007
OAR 340–234—Emission Standards for Wood Products Industries
Definitions ............................................................................................
11/8/2007
0100 ............................
0110 ............................
0120 ............................
Wigwam Waste Burners, Wigwam Waste Burners .............................
Wigwam Waste Burners, Authorization to Operate a Wigwam Burner
Wigwam Waste Burners, Emission and Operation Standards for
Wigwam Waste Burners.
Wigwam Waste Burners, Monitoring and Reporting ...........................
Wigwam Waste Burners, Existing Administrative Agency Orders ......
Kraft Pulp Mills, Emission Limitations ..................................................
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
0130 ............................
0140 ............................
0210 ............................
0230 ............................
0240 ............................
Kraft Pulp Mills, Plans and Specifications ...........................................
Kraft Pulp Mills, Monitoring ..................................................................
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
0250 ............................
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Kraft Pulp Mills, Reporting ...................................................................
11/8/2007
0260 ............................
0500 ............................
0510 ............................
Kraft Pulp Mills, Upset Conditions .......................................................
Board Product Industries, Applicability and General Provisions .........
Board Product Industries, Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing Operations.
Board Product Industries, Particleboard Manufacturing Operations ...
Board Product Industries, Hardboard Manufacturing Operations .......
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
0520 ............................
0530 ............................
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and 0010(44) addressing total
reduced sulfur (TRS) emissionrelated definitions.
Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Except 0210(1) addressing TRS
emission limitations.
Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Except 0240(1) addressing TRS
monitoring provisions.
Except 0250(1) and 0250(2) addressing TRS reporting provisions.
Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
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State citation
State
effective
date
Title/subject
Explanation
OAR 340–236—Emission Standards for Specific Sources
0010 ............................
0410 ............................
Definitions ............................................................................................
Hot Asphalt Plants, Control Facilities Required ..................................
11/8/2007
11/8/2007
OAR 340–264—Rules for Open Burning
0040 ............................
Exemptions, Statewide ........................................................................
B. Rules on Which No Action Is Taken
The following provisions were
included in the SIP submittals
discussed above. However, EPA is
taking no action to incorporate them
into Oregon’s federally approved SIP at
this time.
OAR 340–200—General Air Pollution
Procedures and Definitions, rule 0040,
General, ‘‘State of Oregon Clean Air
Act Implementation Plan’’.
OAR 340–215—Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Requirements.
OAR 340–218—Oregon Title V
Operating Permits, rules 0010, 0020,
0040, 0050, 0120, 0150, 0180, 0190
and 0250.
OAR 340–225—Air Quality Analysis
Requirements, rule 0090,
Requirements for Demonstrating a Net
Air Quality Benefit, paragraph (a)(C)
addressing interpollutant offset ratios
for PM2.5.
OAR 340–228—Requirements for Fuel
Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur
Content, rules 0672, 0673, 0676, and
0678 (Mercury Rules for Coal-Fired
Power Plants).
OAR 340–228—Requirements for Fuel
Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur
Content, rule 0300, Federal Acid Rain
Program, Federal Regulations
Adopted by Reference.
OAR 340–230—Incinerator Regulations.
OAR 340–234—Standards for Wood
Products Industries—Specific
references to TRS emission limits or
definitions.
OAR 340–246—Oregon State Air Toxics
Program, rule 0230, Safety Net Source
Air Toxics Emissions Reduction
Measures in Permit.
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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
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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
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located in the state, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: November 9, 2011.
Dennis J. McLerran,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 52
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart MM—Oregon
2. Section 52.1970 is amended by
adding paragraphs (c)(153) and (154) to
read as follows:
■
§ 52.1970
Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(153) On October 8, 2008, October 10,
2008, March 17, 2009, June 23, 2010,
December 22, 2010, and May 5, 2011,
the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality submitted
numerous amendments to the Oregon
Administrative Rules as revisions to the
Oregon State implementation plan. The
revisions include updating Oregon’s
new source review rules to be consistent
with current Federal regulations and
streamlining Oregon’s air quality rules
by clarifying requirements, removing
duplicative rules, and correcting errors.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective February 5, 2001:
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(1) Division 208, Visible Emissions
and Nuisance Requirements: Rule 0100,
Visible Emissions, Applicability; Rule
0200, Fugitive Emission Requirements,
Applicability; Rule 0210, Fugitive
Emission Requirements, Requirements.
(B) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective November 8,
2007:
(1) Division 200, General Air
Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0010, General, Purpose and
Application;
(2) Division 208, Visible Emissions
and Nuisance Requirements: Rule 0010,
Definitions; Rule 0110, Visible
Emissions, Visible Air Contaminant
Limitations;
(3) Division 209, Public Participation:
Rule 0040, Public Notice Information;
Rule 0070, Hearing and Meeting
Procedures; Rule 0080, Issuance or
Denial of a Permit;
(4) Division 214, Stationary Source
Reporting Requirements: Rule 0010,
Definitions; Rule 0300, Excess
Emissions and Emergency Provision,
Purpose and Applicability; Rule 0310,
Excess Emissions and Emergency
Provision, Planned Start-up and
Shutdown; Rule 0320, Excess Emissions
and Emergency Provision, Scheduled
Maintenance; Rule 0330, Excess
Emissions and Emergency Provision, All
Other Excess Emissions; Rule 0340,
Excess Emissions and Emergency
Provision, Reporting Requirements;
Rule 0350, Excess Emissions and
Emergency Provision, Enforcement
Action Criteria; Rule 0360, Excess
Emissions and Emergency Provision,
Emergency as an Affirmative Defense;
(5) Division 216, Air Contaminant
Discharge Permits: Rule 0082,
Termination or Revocation of an ACDP;
(6) Division 228, Requirements for
Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel
Sulfur Content: Rule 0020, Definitions;
Rule 0200, General Emission Standards
for Fuel Burning Equipment, Sulfur
Dioxide Standards; Rule 0210, General
Emission Standards for Fuel Burning
Equipment, Grain Loading Standards;
(7) Division 232, Emission Standards
for VOC Point Sources: Rule 0010,
Introduction;
(8) Division 234, Emission Standards
for Wood Products Industries: Rule
0010, Definitions (except for paragraphs
(24), (26)(a) and (44)); Rule 0100,
Wigwam Waste Burners, Wigwam Waste
Burners; Rule 0140, Wigwam Waste
Burners, Existing Administrative
Agency Orders; Rule 0210, Kraft Pulp
Mills, Emission Limitations (except for
paragraph (1)); Rule 0240, Kraft Pulp
Mills, Monitoring (except for paragraph
(1)); Rule 0250, Kraft Pulp Mills,
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Reporting (except for paragraphs (1) and
(2)); Rule 0500, Board Products
Industries (Veneer, Plywood,
Particleboard, Hardboard), Applicability
and General Provisions; Rule 0510,
Board Products Industries (Veneer,
Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard),
Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing
Operations; Rule 0520, Board Products
Industries (Veneer, Plywood,
Particleboard, Hardboard), Particleboard
Manufacturing Operations; Rule 0530,
Board Products Industries (Veneer,
Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard),
Hardboard Manufacturing Operations;
(9) Division 236, Emission Standards
for Specific Industries: Rule 0010,
Definitions; Rule 0410, Hot Mix Asphalt
Plants, Control Facilities Required.
(C) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective August 29, 2008:
(1) Division 222, Stationary Source
Plant Site Emission Limits: Rule 0020,
Applicability.
(D) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective September 17,
2008:
(1) Division 200, General Air
Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0030, General, Exceptions;
(2) Division 210, Stationary Source
Notification Requirements: Rule 0205,
Notice of Construction and Approval of
Plans, Applicability;
(3) Division 264, Rules for Open
Burning: Rule 0040, Exemptions,
Statewide.
(E) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective May 21, 2010:
(1) Division 202, Ambient Air Quality
Standards and PSD Increments: Rule
0090, Ambient Air Quality Standards,
Ozone; Rule 0130, Ambient Air Quality
Standards, Ambient Air Quality
Standard for Lead;
(2) Division 204, Designation of Air
Quality Areas: Rule 0010, Definitions;
Rule 0030, Designation of
Nonattainment Areas;
(3) Division 206, Air Pollution
Emergencies: Rule 0010, Introduction;
Rule 0030, Episode Stage Criteria for Air
Pollution Emergencies (including Table
2, Air Pollution Episode Warning
Conditions Emission Reduction Plan).
(F) The following revised sections of
the Oregon Administrative Rules,
Chapter 340, effective May 1, 2011:
(1) Division 200, General Air
Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0020, General, General Air Quality
Definitions (including Table 1,
Significant Air Quality Impact; Table 2,
Significant Emission Rates; Table 3,
Significant Emission Rates for the
Medford-Ashland Air Quality
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Emission Levels; Table 5, General
PSELs); Rule 0025, General,
Abbreviations and Acronyms;
(2) Division 202, Ambient Air Quality
Standards and PSD Increments: Rule
0010, Definitions; Rule 0060, Ambient
Air Quality Standards, Suspended
Particulate Matter; Rule 0210,
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Increments, Ambient Air Increments
(including Table 1, Maximum
Allowable Increase);
(3) Division 216, Air Contaminant
Discharge Permits: Rule 0020,
Applicability (including Table 1, Air
Contaminant Discharge Permits; Table
2, Part 1 Initial Permitting Application
Fees, Part 2 Annual Fees, Part 3 Specific
Activity Fees, Part 4 Late Fees); Rule
0040, Application Requirements; Rule
0060, General Air Contaminant
Discharge Permits; Rule 0064, Simple
ACDP;
(4) Division 224, Major New Source
Review: Rule 0010, Applicability and
General Prohibitions; Rule 0050,
Requirements for Sources in
Nonattainment Areas; Rule 0060,
Requirements for Sources in
Maintenance Areas, Rule 0070,
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Requirements for Sources in Attainment
or Unclassified Areas;
(5) Division 225, Air Quality Analysis
Requirements: Rule 0020, Definitions
(including Table 1, Constant K for Range
of Influence Calculation); Rule 0030,
Procedural Requirements; Rule 0045,
Requirements for Analysis in
Maintenance Areas; Rule 0050,
Requirements for Analysis in PSD Class
II and Class III Areas; Rule 0060,
Requirements for Demonstrating
Compliance With Standards and
Increments in PSD Class I Areas; and
Rule 0090, Requirements for
Demonstrating a Net Air Quality Benefit
(except paragraph (2)(a)(C)).
(G) Remove the following rules from
section 340 to the OAR from the current
incorporation by reference: Divisions
21, Rules 015, 050, 055 and 060; and
Division 28. See paragraph(s)
(c)(116)(i)(A), (c)(116)(i)(C),
(c)(118)(i)(B) and (c)(139)(i)(B) of this
section.
(154) On October 10, 2008, the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality
submitted a SIP revision to repeal
outdated rules governing wigwam waste
burners with a statewide prohibition on
their use, and to repeal redundant kraft
pulp mill rules.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Remove the following rules of
section 340 of the OAR from the current
incorporation by reference: Division
234, Rules 0110, 0120, 0130, 0230 and
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0260. See paragraph (c)(139)(i)(A) of this
section.
■ 3. Section 52.1987 is revised to read
as follows:
■
§ 52.1987
quality.
(a) EPA approves the portion of
Oregon’s SIP revision submitted June
23, 2010, and December 22, 2010
(referenced in § 52.1989(a)) addressing
the requirement in Clean Air Act section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) that a state not
interfere with any other state’s required
measures to prevent significant
deterioration (PSD) of its air quality (the
third PSD element).
(b) [Reserved]
Significant deterioration of air
(a) The Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality rules for the
prevention of significant deterioration of
air quality (provisions of OAR Chapter
340, Divisions 200, 202, 209, 212, 216,
222, 224, 225 (except 225–0090(2)(a)(C)
on interpollutant offset ratios), and 268,
as in effect on May 1, 2011, are
approved as meeting the requirements
of title I, part C, subpart 1 of the Clean
Air Act, as in effect on July 1, 2011, for
preventing significant deterioration of
air quality.
(b) The Lane Regional Air Pollution
Authority rules for permitting new and
modified major stationary sources (Title
38 New Source Review) are approved,
in conjunction with the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality
rules, in order for the Lane Regional Air
Pollution Authority to issue prevention
of significant deterioration permits
within Lane County.
(c) The requirements of sections 160
through 165 of the Clean Air Act are not
met for Indian reservations since the
plan does not include approvable
procedures for preventing the
significant deterioration of air quality on
Indian reservations and, therefore, the
provisions in § 52.21 except paragraph
(a)(1) are hereby incorporated and made
part of the applicable plan for Indian
reservations in the State of Oregon.
■ 4. In § 52.1989, paragraph (a) is
revised to read as follows:
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§ 52.1989 Interstate Transport for the 1997
8-hour ozone NAAQS and 1997 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS.
(a) On June 23, 2010 and December
22, 2010, the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality submitted a SIP
revision, adopted by the Oregon
Environmental Quality Commission on
April 30, 2010, to meet the requirements
of Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(i).
EPA approves the portion of this
submittal relating to significant
contribution to nonattainment of the
NAAQS in any other state and
interference with maintenance of the
NAAQS by any other state. EPA also
approves the portion of the submittal
addressing the requirement in Clean Air
Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) that a state
not interfere with any other state’s
required measures to prevent significant
deterioration (PSD) of its air quality (the
third PSD element).
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5. Section 52.1990 is added to read as
follows:
§ 52.1990 Interstate Transport for the 2006
24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2011–0675; FRL–9611–3]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of
Kansas: Regional Haze
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is taking final action to
approve a revision to the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) for Kansas,
submitted by the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment on October 26,
2009, that addresses Regional Haze for
the first implementation period. EPA
has determined that the plan submitted
by Kansas satisfies the requirements of
the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), for
states to prevent any future and remedy
and existing anthropogenic impairment
of visibility in Class I areas caused by
emissions of air pollutants located over
a wide geographic area (also known as
the ‘‘regional haze’’ program). EPA
proposed to approve these revisions on
August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52604).
DATES: Effective Date: This rule will be
effective January 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R07–OAR–
2011–0675. 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
SUMMARY:
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materials are available either
electronically through https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Planning and Development
Branch, Air and Waste Management
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 7, 901 North 5th Street,
Kansas City, KS 66101. EPA requests
that if at all possible, you contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for further
information. The regional office’s
official hours of business are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chrissy Wolfersberger, Air Planning and
Development Branch, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City,
Kansas 66101; by telephone at (913)
551–7864; or by email at
wolfersberger.chris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, the terms
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Public comments and EPA responses
III. Final action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order reviews
I. Background
On August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52604),
EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) for the State of
Kansas, proposing approval of Kansas’
regional haze plan for the first
implementation period (through 2018).
A detailed explanation of the CAA’s
visibility requirements and the regional
haze rule as it applies to Kansas was
provided in the NPR and will not be
restated here. EPA’s rationale for
proposing approval of the Kansas SIP
revision was described in detail in the
proposal, and is further described in
this final rulemaking.
II. Public comments and EPA responses
The publication of EPA’s proposed
rule on August 23, 2011 initiated a 30
day public comment period that ended
on September 22, 2011. During the
public comment period we received
written comments from the State of
Colorado, the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment on behalf of
the State of Kansas (State), Kansas City
Power & Light, Westar Energy, and the
National Parks Conservation
Association (NPCA). We have
summarized the comments and
provided our responses below. Full
copies of the comment letters are
available in the docket for this
rulemaking.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0767, FRL-9494-9]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Oregon: New
Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration Rule Revisions
and Air Quality Permit Streamlining Rule Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to approve the amendments to the
Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) that were proposed on September
23, 2011. No comments were received on the proposal and today EPA is
taking final action to approve the proposed SIP amendments without
change. EPA is approving the SIP submission provided by the State of
Oregon for the purpose of addressing the third element of the
interstate transport provisions of Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) for
the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or
standards) and the 1997 and 2006 fine particulate matter
(PM2.5) NAAQS. The third element of the CAA requires that a
state not interfere with any other state's required measures to prevent
significant deterioration (PSD) of its air quality. EPA is also
approving numerous revisions to the Oregon SIP that were submitted to
EPA by the State of Oregon on October 8, 2008; October 10, 2008; March
17, 2009; June 23, 2010; December 22, 2010 and May 5, 2011. The
revisions include updating Oregon's new source review (NSR) rules to be
consistent with current Federal regulations, adding greenhouse gases
(GHGs) to the list of pollutants whose emissions are subject to control
under the State's NSR permitting process; and streamlining Oregon's air
quality rules by clarifying requirements, removing duplicative rules,
and correcting errors. The Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) that EPA
promulgated on December 9, 2010, providing for federal implementation
of PSD permitting for GHGs is also withdrawn as part of this action
because it is being replaced through the approval of the State's
regulations providing authority for PSD permitting of GHG emissions.
The revisions were submitted in accordance with the requirements of
section 110 and part D of the Act. Finally, EPA has identified a
technical error in its most recent codification of the Oregon SIP and
is making a technical correction to reinstate text that had been
unintentionally omitted from that section.
DATES: This action is effective on January 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0767. All documents in the docket
are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed
in the index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e.,
Confidential Business Information 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
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materials are available either electronically through https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at EPA Region 10, Office of Air,
Waste, and Toxics, AWT-107, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
98101. EPA requests that 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: Scott Hedges at telephone number:
(206) 553-0296, email address: hedges.scott@epa.gov, or the above EPA,
Region 10 address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. Information is organized
as follows:
Table of Contents
I. Background
A. Third PSD Element of Oregon's Interstate Transport SIP for
the 1997 Ozone and 1997 and 2006 p.m.2.5 NAAQS
B. Oregon's NSR/PSD Permitting Program
C. Agricultural Operations (as specified in Oregon Revised
Statute 468A.020)
D. Permitting Rule Corrections, Clarifications and Streamlining
II. Final Action
A. Rules to Approve into SIP
B. Rules on which No Action is Taken
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Title I of the CAA, as amended by Congress in 1990, specifies the
general requirements for states to submit State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) to attain and/or maintain the NAAQS and EPA's actions regarding
approval of those SIPs. On October 8, 2008, October 10, 2008, March 17,
2009, June 23, 2010, December 22, 2010 and May 5, 2011, the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) submitted numerous revisions
to the SIP for the State of Oregon. On September 23, 2011 (76 FR
59090), EPA solicited public comment on a proposal to approve specified
portions of the State's submissions. See 76 FR 59090. No public
comments were received on the proposal and we are now taking final
action to approve the SIP revisions as described in the September 23,
2011, proposal.
A. Third PSD Element of Oregon's Interstate Transport SIP for the 1997
Ozone and 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS
On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated the 1997 8-hour ozone \1\ NAAQS
and the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS \2\. Additionally on December 18,
2006, EPA revised the 1997 24-hour PM2.5 standard.\3\
Today's actions relate to these revised standards (the 1997 8-hour
ozone NAAQS and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS).
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\1\ See 62 FR 38856. The level of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS is
0.08 parts per million (ppm). 40 CFR part 50.10. The 8-hour ozone
standard is met when the 3-year average of the annual 4th highest
daily maximum 8-hour ozone concentrations is 0.08 ppm or less (i.e.,
less than 0.085 ppm based on the rounding convention in 40 CFR part
50, appendix I). This 3-year average is referred to as the ``design
value.''
\2\ See 62 FR 38652. The level of the 1997 PM2.5
NAAQS are 15.0 [micro]g/m\3\ (annual arithmetic mean concentration)
and 65 [micro]g/m\3\ (24-hour average concentration). 40 CFR part
50.7. The annual standard is met when the 3-year average of the
annual mean concentrations is 15.0 [micro]g/m\3\ or less (i.e., less
than 15.05 [micro]g/m\3\ based on the rounding convention in 40 CFR
part 50, appendix N section 4.3). The 24-hour standard is met when
the 3-year average annual 98th percentile of 24-hour concentrations
is 65 [micro]g/m\3\ or less (i.e., less than 65.5 [micro]g/m\3\
based on the rounding convention in 40 CFR part 40 appendix N
section 4.3). Id. These 3-year averages are referred to as the
annual PM2.5 and 24-hour PM2.5 ``design
values,'' respectively.
\3\ See 71 FR 61144 . In 2006, the 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS standard was changed from 65 [micro]g/m\3\ to 35 [micro]g/m\3\
(24-hour average concentration). The annual PM2.5
standard was not changed. 40 CFR 50.13.
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The interstate transport SIP provisions in section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)
(also called ``good neighbor'' provisions) require each state to submit
a SIP that contains provisions that prohibit emissions that adversely
affect another state in the ways contemplated in the statute. Section
110(a)(2)(D)(i) identifies four distinct elements related to the
evaluation of impacts of interstate transport of air pollutants. In
this rulemaking EPA is approving Oregon's SIP with respect to the third
element of that section. The third element of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)
requires a SIP to contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions
that interfere with any other state's required measures to prevent
significant deterioration of its air quality.
As a part of its SIP submittal addressing interstate transport,
ODEQ submitted an analysis entitled ``Oregon SIP Infrastructure for
Addressing the Interstate Transport of Ozone and Fine Particulate
Matter'', dated November 5, 2009, to EPA on December 22, 2010.\4\ EPA
finds that ODEQ's submission, when evaluated in conjunction with the
NSR/PSD rule revisions that EPA is also approving in today's action,
meets the requirements under the CAA necessary to avoid interference
with another state's SIP measures for preventing significant
deterioration of air quality. We are, therefore, approving Oregon's SIP
submission for purposes of meeting the requirements of CAA section
110(a)(2)(D)(i) that addresses the third PSD element of the interstate
transport provisions for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and the 1997 and
2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.
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\4\ This interstate transport report was inadvertently left out
of the original June 23, 2010, SIP submittal.
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B. Oregon's NSR/PSD Rule Revisions
On December 31, 2002, EPA published final rule changes to the PSD
and nonattainment NSR programs (67 FR 80186) and on November 7, 2003,
EPA published a notice of final action on the reconsideration of the
December 31, 2002 final rule changes (68 FR 63021). The December 31,
2002 and the November 7, 2003, final actions, are collectively referred
to as the ``2002 NSR Reform Rules.''
The 2002 NSR Reform Rules require that state agencies adopt and
submit revisions to their SIP permitting programs implementing the
minimum program elements of the 2002 NSR Reform Rules no later than
January 2, 2006. To meet this requirement, ODEQ submitted an NSR reform
equivalency demonstration report on December 22, 2005.
For the reasons discussed in EPA's proposed action, EPA has
determined that Oregon's PSD program for reviewing and controlling
emissions from new and modified sources is at least as strict as EPA's
program. We have reviewed Oregon's NSR/PSD program and ODEQ's recent
rule revisions and have determined that the NSR/PSD program meets the
current requirements in 40 CFR 51.165 and 51.166. Accordingly, EPA is
taking final action to approve these measures into the federally
approved SIP.
On May 5, 2011, ODEQ submitted a series of additional rule changes
as revisions to the Oregon SIP. These rule changes are necessary to
align its rules with significant changes made to EPA's air quality
permitting regulations, including the 2002 NSR Reform Rules (published
on December 31, 2002, effective date March 3, 2003), and the permitting
of PM2.5 (direct PM2.5 and PM2.5
precursors) and GHG emissions. The SIP submittal covers revisions to
OAR chapter 340, divisions 200, 202, 216, 224, 225, and 228.
The rule revisions include the adoption of a threshold or
significant emission rate of 10 tons per year of PM2.5 as a
significant change at an existing facility. Facilities would trigger
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NSR/PSD permitting only if a physical or operational change increased
emissions above this threshold. The rule revisions also include the
adoption of levels to determine if additional ambient air quality
analysis is required, track the cumulative impact of emissions growth
in areas that meet air quality standards, and determine if
preconstruction monitoring is required for PM2.5.
In addition, the May 5, 2011, SIP submittal includes rules to allow
the permitting of GHG emissions under Oregon's NSR/PSD program.
Oregon's definition of ``federal major source'' is almost identical to
EPA's definition of ``major stationary source'' and as such, Oregon has
tailored its PSD rules in a manner identical to EPA's with respect to
major sources of GHG emissions. That is, for a ``federal major source''
to be ``major'' for GHGs under the Oregon PSD program, it must have the
potential to emit GHGs equal to or greater than 100,000 tons per year
on a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) basis and a potential to emit
GHGs equal to or greater than 100/250 tons per year on a mass basis.\5\
However, Oregon's definition of ``major modification'' is substantially
different than (but equivalent to) EPA's definition of ``major
modification'' so Oregon has tailored its PSD rule in a different
manner in order to produce the same outcome with respect to major
modifications for GHGs as EPA's Tailoring Rule.
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\5\ Carbon dioxide equivalent or CO2e is a unit of measurement
that allows the effect of different GHGs to be compared using carbon
dioxide as a standard unit for reference.
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In order for Oregon's PSEL-based definition to have the same effect
as EPA's definition of ``major modification'' with respect to GHG
emissions (i.e., an increase greater than 75,000 tons per year on a
CO2e basis and an increase greater than ``zero'' on a mass basis),
Oregon's rule requires the establishment of PSELs on a CO2e basis and
an increase in the PSEL of more than 75,000 tons per year on a CO2e
basis, before a ``major modification'' under the Oregon rules will have
occurred.\6\ This approach is consistent with how the Oregon program
defines major modifications for all other NSR regulated pollutants and
results in the same outcome as EPA's Tailoring Rule with respect to
major modifications for GHG emissions.
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\6\ Oregon's rules use the terms ``significant emission
threshold'' or ``significant emission rate (SER)'' for GHG PSD
permitting purposes. However, these terms do not have the same
meaning as ``significant'' as used in the context of EPA's PSD
regulation at 40 CFR 51.166. EPA has not established a significant
emission rate for GHGs under 40 CFR 51.166(b)(23)(i). Oregon's PSEL
PSD permitting program establishes a GHG threshold of 75,000 CO2e to
tailor the application of its PSD permitting program in a manner
similar to EPA's GHG Tailoring Rule.
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EPA finds that these provisions are consistent with EPA's GHG
Tailoring Rule and is approving the GHG PSD permitting provisions into
the federally approved Oregon SIP, providing Oregon with the authority
to issue PSD permits addressing GHG emissions. EPA is simultaneously
withdrawing the FIP codified in 40 CFR 52.1987(d) that ensures the
availability of a PSD-permitting authority for GHG-emitting sources in
Oregon to reflect the fact that analogous provisions are now a part of
the federally-approved SIP. EPA has identified a technical error in 40
CFR 52.1987 whereby subsections (a), (b), and (c) were erroneously
omitted from the code of federal regulations when EPA promulgated the
GHG FIP and added subsection (d).\7\ In this action, EPA is clarifying
that subsections (a), (b), and (c) should not have been omitted from
the text of the CFR as EPA never provided notice of its intent (and did
not intend) to remove those provisions from the SIP.
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\7\ See 75 FR 82246, 82254 (December 20, 2010).
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C. Agricultural Operations (as Specified in Oregon Revised Statute
468A.020)
The CAA does not provide an exemption for agricultural operations
while, prior to 2007, Oregon's State law exempted most agricultural
operations from air quality regulations. To address this discrepancy,
the 2007 Oregon Legislature (in accordance with Oregon Senate Bill 235)
updated Oregon's air quality law (Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 468.020
and 468A.020) to be consistent with the Federal CAA enabling the
regulation of air emissions from agricultural sources if necessary to
implement the Federal CAA. The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission
in turn adopted rule amendments to OAR (340) 200-0030, (340) 210-0205,
and (340) 264-0040 to align these rules with ORS 468A.020 and to make
revisions to Oregon's SIP and the Oregon Title V operating permit
program. The revisions to OAR (340) 200-0030, (340) 210-0205, and (340)
264-0040 were submitted to EPA by ODEQ on October 8, 2008. OAR rules
now allow agricultural air quality pollution sources to be regulated in
Oregon as necessary to meet CAA requirements.
EPA believes that the revised ORS 468A.020 (in conjunction with the
corresponding revisions to the OAR (340) 200-0030, (340) 210-0205, and
(340) 264-0040) meet CAA requirements and, therefore, are approving
these revised OAR provisions into the federally approved Oregon SIP.
D. Permitting Rule Corrections, Clarifications and Streamlining
EPA is also approving portions of the October 10, 2008, March 17,
2009, and June 23, 2010, SIP submittals from ODEQ that correct previous
errors, provide clarification and streamline air quality permitting
rules in the State of Oregon.
On November 5, 1999, ODEQ submitted a complete rule renumbering to
EPA for approval. On January 22, 2003 (68 FR 2891), we approved most of
these new divisions but at that time did not take action on division
208 (Visible Emissions and Nuisance Requirements). We are now approving
rules 0010 (Definitions), 0100 (Visible Emissions, Applicability), 0110
(Visible Emissions, Visible Air Contaminant Limitations), 0200
(Fugitive Emissions Requirements, Applicability) and 0210 (Fugitive
Emissions Requirements) of division 208 into the Oregon SIP which
replace division 21, rules 015, 050, 055, and 060, which are
simultaneously being removed from the SIP (codified in 40 CFR
52.1970(c)(153)(i)(G)).
We are also approving Oregon's current excess emission rules
(division 214, rules 0300 through 0360 that were included in the
October 10, 2008 SIP submittal) into the Oregon SIP. These division 214
rules replace the federally-approved division 28, rules 1400, 1410,
1420, 1430, 1440, and 1450, which are simultaneously removed from the
SIP in this action (codified in 40 CFR 52.1970(c)(153)(i)(G)). EPA
finds that the division 214 rules conform to Federal standards related
to excess emissions. Oregon's excess emission provisions specify the
factors that the State will take into account regarding the exercise of
its enforcement discretion in response to excess emissions.
Additionally, as part of October 10, 2008 SIP submittal, ODEQ
submitted a revision to repeal outdated rules governing wigwam waste
burners with a statewide prohibition on their use (division 234, rules
0110, 0120, and 0130) and redundant kraft pulp mill rules (division
234, rules 0230 and 0260). These rules are removed from the SIP in this
action (codified in 40 CFR 52.1970(c)(154)(i)(A)).
These rules are described with additional specificity in our
proposal for this action (76 FR 59090).
II. Final Action
EPA is taking final action to approve into Oregon's federally-
approved SIP
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the provisions discussed in the September 23, 2011, proposal. This
action will result in the following changes to the Oregon SIP in 40 CFR
part 52, subpart MM.
A. Rules Approved Into SIP
EPA is approving into the Oregon SIP at 40 CFR part 52, subpart MM,
the following revisions to chapter 340 of the OAR listed in Table 1. It
is important to note that in those instances where ODEQ submitted
multiple revisions to a single rule of chapter 340 of the OAR, the most
recent version of that rule (based on State effective date) is being
incorporated into the SIP since it supersedes all previous revisions.
Table 1--ODEQ Regulations Being Approved
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State
State citation Title/subject effective Explanation
date
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OAR 340-200--General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions
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0010..................................... General, Purpose and Application.......... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0020..................................... General, General Air Quality Definitions.. 5/1/2011 Including Tables 1-5.
0025..................................... General, Abbreviations and Acronyms....... 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0030..................................... General, Exceptions....................... 9/17/2008 ....................................................
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OAR 340-202--Ambient Air Quality Standards and PSD Increments
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0060..................................... Ambient Air Quality Standards, Suspended 5/1/2011 ....................................................
Particulate Matter.
0090..................................... Ambient Air Quality Standards, Ozone...... 5/21/2010 ....................................................
0130..................................... Ambient Air Quality Standards, Ambient Air 5/21/2010 ....................................................
Quality Standard for Lead.
0210..................................... Prevention of Significant Deterioration 5/1/2011 Including Table 1.
Increments, Ambient Air Increments.
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OAR 340-204--Designation of Air Quality Areas
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 5/21/2010 ....................................................
0030..................................... Designation of Nonattainment Areas........ 5/21/2010 ....................................................
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OAR 340-206--Air Pollution Emergencies
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0010..................................... Introduction.............................. 5/21/2010 ....................................................
0030..................................... Episode Stage Criteria for Air Pollution 5/21/2010 Including Table 2.
Emergencies.
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OAR 340-208--Visible Emissions and Nuisance Requirements
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0100..................................... Visible Emissions, Applicability.......... 2/5/2001 ....................................................
0110..................................... Visible Emissions, Visible Air Contaminant 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Limitations.
0200..................................... Fugitive Emission Requirements, 2/5/2001 ....................................................
Applicability.
0210..................................... Fugitive Emission Requirements, 2/5/2001 ....................................................
Requirements.
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OAR 340-209--Public Participation
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0040..................................... Public Notice Information................. 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0070..................................... Hearings and Meeting Procedures........... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0080..................................... Issuance or Denial of a Permit............ 11/8/2007 ....................................................
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OAR 340-210--Stationary Source Notification Requirements
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0205..................................... Notice of Construction and Approval of 9/17/2008 ....................................................
Plans, Applicability.
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OAR 340-214--Stationary Source Reporting Requirements
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0300 (Formally OAR-340-28-1400).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Purpose and Applicability.
0310 (Formally OAR-340-28-1410).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Planned Startup and Shutdown.
0320 (Formally OAR-340-28-1420).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Scheduled Maintenance.
0330 (Formally OAR-340-28-1430).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
All Other Excess Emissions.
0340 (Formally OAR-340-28-1440).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Reporting Requirements.
0350 (Formally OAR-340-28-1450).......... Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Enforcement Action Criteria.
0360..................................... Emergency as an Affirmative Defense....... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
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OAR 340-216--Air Contaminant Discharge Permits
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0020..................................... Applicability............................. 5/1/2011 Including Tables 1 and 2.
0040..................................... Application Requirements.................. 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0060..................................... General ACDPs............................. 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0064..................................... Simple ACDP............................... 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0082..................................... Termination or Revocation of an ACDP...... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
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OAR 340-222--Stationary Source Plant Site Emission Limits
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0020..................................... Applicability............................. 8/29/2008 ....................................................
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OAR 340-224 Major New Source Review
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0010..................................... Applicability and General Prohibitions.... 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0050..................................... Requirements for Sources in Nonattainment 5/1/2011 ....................................................
Areas.
0060..................................... Requirements for Sources in Maintenance 5/1/2011 ....................................................
Areas.
0070..................................... Prevention of Significant Deterioration 5/1/2011 ....................................................
Requirements for Sources in Attainment or
Unclassified Areas.
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OAR 340-225--Air Quality Analysis Requirements
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0020..................................... Definitions............................... 5/1/2011 Including Table 1.
0030..................................... Procedural Requirements................... 5/1/2011 ....................................................
0045..................................... Requirements for Analysis in Maintenance 5/1/2011 ....................................................
Areas.
0050..................................... Requirements for Analysis in PSD Class II 5/1/2011 ....................................................
and Class III Areas.
0060..................................... Requirements for Demonstrating Compliance 5/1/2011 ....................................................
with Standards and Increments in PSD
Class I Areas.
0090..................................... Requirements for Demonstrating a Net Air 5/1/2011 Except 0090(2)(a)(C) addressing interpollutant
Quality Benefit. offset ratios.
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OAR 340-228--Requirements for Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur Content
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0020..................................... Definitions............................... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0200..................................... General Emission Standards for Fuel 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Burning Equipment, Sulfur Dioxide
Standards.
0210..................................... General Emission Standards for Fuel 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Burning Equipment, Grain Loading
Standards.
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OAR 340-232--Emission Standards for VOC Sources
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0010..................................... Introduction.............................. 11/8/2007 ....................................................
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OAR 340-234--Emission Standards for Wood Products Industries
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 11/8/2007 Except 0010(24), 0010(26)(a) and 0010(44) addressing
total reduced sulfur (TRS) emission-related
definitions.
0100..................................... Wigwam Waste Burners, Wigwam Waste Burners 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0110..................................... Wigwam Waste Burners, Authorization to 11/8/2007 Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Operate a Wigwam Burner.
0120..................................... Wigwam Waste Burners, Emission and 11/8/2007 Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Operation Standards for Wigwam Waste
Burners.
0130..................................... Wigwam Waste Burners, Monitoring and 11/8/2007 Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
Reporting.
0140..................................... Wigwam Waste Burners, Existing 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Administrative Agency Orders.
0210..................................... Kraft Pulp Mills, Emission Limitations.... 11/8/2007 Except 0210(1) addressing TRS emission limitations.
0230..................................... Kraft Pulp Mills, Plans and Specifications 11/8/2007 Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
0240..................................... Kraft Pulp Mills, Monitoring.............. 11/8/2007 Except 0240(1) addressing TRS monitoring provisions.
0250..................................... Kraft Pulp Mills, Reporting............... 11/8/2007 Except 0250(1) and 0250(2) addressing TRS reporting
provisions.
0260..................................... Kraft Pulp Mills, Upset Conditions........ 11/8/2007 Rule repealed, remove from SIP.
0500..................................... Board Product Industries, Applicability 11/8/2007 ....................................................
and General Provisions.
0510..................................... Board Product Industries, Veneer and 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Plywood Manufacturing Operations.
0520..................................... Board Product Industries, Particleboard 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Manufacturing Operations.
0530..................................... Board Product Industries, Hardboard 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Manufacturing Operations.
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OAR 340-236--Emission Standards for Specific Sources
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0010..................................... Definitions............................... 11/8/2007 ....................................................
0410..................................... Hot Asphalt Plants, Control Facilities 11/8/2007 ....................................................
Required.
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OAR 340-264--Rules for Open Burning
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0040..................................... Exemptions, Statewide..................... 9/17/2008 ....................................................
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B. Rules on Which No Action Is Taken
The following provisions were included in the SIP submittals
discussed above. However, EPA is taking no action to incorporate them
into Oregon's federally approved SIP at this time.
OAR 340-200--General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions, rule
0040, General, ``State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan''.
OAR 340-215--Greenhouse Gas Reporting Requirements.
OAR 340-218--Oregon Title V Operating Permits, rules 0010, 0020, 0040,
0050, 0120, 0150, 0180, 0190 and 0250.
OAR 340-225--Air Quality Analysis Requirements, rule 0090, Requirements
for Demonstrating a Net Air Quality Benefit, paragraph (a)(C)
addressing interpollutant offset ratios for PM2.5.
OAR 340-228--Requirements for Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur
Content, rules 0672, 0673, 0676, and 0678 (Mercury Rules for Coal-Fired
Power Plants).
OAR 340-228--Requirements for Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel Sulfur
Content, rule 0300, Federal Acid Rain Program, Federal Regulations
Adopted by Reference.
OAR 340-230--Incinerator Regulations.
OAR 340-234--Standards for Wood Products Industries--Specific
references to TRS emission limits or definitions.
OAR 340-246--Oregon State Air Toxics Program, rule 0230, Safety Net
Source Air Toxics Emissions Reduction Measures in Permit.
III. 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
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: November 9, 2011.
Dennis J. McLerran,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 MM--Oregon
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2. Section 52.1970 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(153) and (154)
to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1970 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(153) On October 8, 2008, October 10, 2008, March 17, 2009, June
23, 2010, December 22, 2010, and May 5, 2011, the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality submitted numerous amendments to the Oregon
Administrative Rules as revisions to the Oregon State implementation
plan. The revisions include updating Oregon's new source review rules
to be consistent with current Federal regulations and streamlining
Oregon's air quality rules by clarifying requirements, removing
duplicative rules, and correcting errors.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective February 5, 2001:
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(1) Division 208, Visible Emissions and Nuisance Requirements: Rule
0100, Visible Emissions, Applicability; Rule 0200, Fugitive Emission
Requirements, Applicability; Rule 0210, Fugitive Emission Requirements,
Requirements.
(B) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective November 8, 2007:
(1) Division 200, General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0010, General, Purpose and Application;
(2) Division 208, Visible Emissions and Nuisance Requirements: Rule
0010, Definitions; Rule 0110, Visible Emissions, Visible Air
Contaminant Limitations;
(3) Division 209, Public Participation: Rule 0040, Public Notice
Information; Rule 0070, Hearing and Meeting Procedures; Rule 0080,
Issuance or Denial of a Permit;
(4) Division 214, Stationary Source Reporting Requirements: Rule
0010, Definitions; Rule 0300, Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision,
Purpose and Applicability; Rule 0310, Excess Emissions and Emergency
Provision, Planned Start-up and Shutdown; Rule 0320, Excess Emissions
and Emergency Provision, Scheduled Maintenance; Rule 0330, Excess
Emissions and Emergency Provision, All Other Excess Emissions; Rule
0340, Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Reporting Requirements;
Rule 0350, Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision, Enforcement Action
Criteria; Rule 0360, Excess Emissions and Emergency Provision,
Emergency as an Affirmative Defense;
(5) Division 216, Air Contaminant Discharge Permits: Rule 0082,
Termination or Revocation of an ACDP;
(6) Division 228, Requirements for Fuel Burning Equipment and Fuel
Sulfur Content: Rule 0020, Definitions; Rule 0200, General Emission
Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment, Sulfur Dioxide Standards; Rule
0210, General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment, Grain
Loading Standards;
(7) Division 232, Emission Standards for VOC Point Sources: Rule
0010, Introduction;
(8) Division 234, Emission Standards for Wood Products Industries:
Rule 0010, Definitions (except for paragraphs (24), (26)(a) and (44));
Rule 0100, Wigwam Waste Burners, Wigwam Waste Burners; Rule 0140,
Wigwam Waste Burners, Existing Administrative Agency Orders; Rule 0210,
Kraft Pulp Mills, Emission Limitations (except for paragraph (1)); Rule
0240, Kraft Pulp Mills, Monitoring (except for paragraph (1)); Rule
0250, Kraft Pulp Mills, Reporting (except for paragraphs (1) and (2));
Rule 0500, Board Products Industries (Veneer, Plywood, Particleboard,
Hardboard), Applicability and General Provisions; Rule 0510, Board
Products Industries (Veneer, Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard), Veneer
and Plywood Manufacturing Operations; Rule 0520, Board Products
Industries (Veneer, Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard), Particleboard
Manufacturing Operations; Rule 0530, Board Products Industries (Veneer,
Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard), Hardboard Manufacturing Operations;
(9) Division 236, Emission Standards for Specific Industries: Rule
0010, Definitions; Rule 0410, Hot Mix Asphalt Plants, Control
Facilities Required.
(C) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective August 29, 2008:
(1) Division 222, Stationary Source Plant Site Emission Limits:
Rule 0020, Applicability.
(D) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective September 17, 2008:
(1) Division 200, General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0030, General, Exceptions;
(2) Division 210, Stationary Source Notification Requirements: Rule
0205, Notice of Construction and Approval of Plans, Applicability;
(3) Division 264, Rules for Open Burning: Rule 0040, Exemptions,
Statewide.
(E) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective May 21, 2010:
(1) Division 202, Ambient Air Quality Standards and PSD Increments:
Rule 0090, Ambient Air Quality Standards, Ozone; Rule 0130, Ambient Air
Quality Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead;
(2) Division 204, Designation of Air Quality Areas: Rule 0010,
Definitions; Rule 0030, Designation of Nonattainment Areas;
(3) Division 206, Air Pollution Emergencies: Rule 0010,
Introduction; Rule 0030, Episode Stage Criteria for Air Pollution
Emergencies (including Table 2, Air Pollution Episode Warning
Conditions Emission Reduction Plan).
(F) The following revised sections of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, Chapter 340, effective May 1, 2011:
(1) Division 200, General Air Pollution Procedures and Definitions:
Rule 0020, General, General Air Quality Definitions (including Table 1,
Significant Air Quality Impact; Table 2, Significant Emission Rates;
Table 3, Significant Emission Rates for the Medford-Ashland Air Quality
Maintenance Area; Table 4, De Minimus Emission Levels; Table 5, General
PSELs); Rule 0025, General, Abbreviations and Acronyms;
(2) Division 202, Ambient Air Quality Standards and PSD Increments:
Rule 0010, Definitions; Rule 0060, Ambient Air Quality Standards,
Suspended Particulate Matter; Rule 0210, Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Increments, Ambient Air Increments (including Table 1,
Maximum Allowable Increase);
(3) Division 216, Air Contaminant Discharge Permits: Rule 0020,
Applicability (including Table 1, Air Contaminant Discharge Permits;
Table 2, Part 1 Initial Permitting Application Fees, Part 2 Annual
Fees, Part 3 Specific Activity Fees, Part 4 Late Fees); Rule 0040,
Application Requirements; Rule 0060, General Air Contaminant Discharge
Permits; Rule 0064, Simple ACDP;
(4) Division 224, Major New Source Review: Rule 0010, Applicability
and General Prohibitions; Rule 0050, Requirements for Sources in
Nonattainment Areas; Rule 0060, Requirements for Sources in Maintenance
Areas, Rule 0070, Prevention of Significant Deterioration Requirements
for Sources in Attainment or Unclassified Areas;
(5) Division 225, Air Quality Analysis Requirements: Rule 0020,
Definitions (including Table 1, Constant K for Range of Influence
Calculation); Rule 0030, Procedural Requirements; Rule 0045,
Requirements for Analysis in Maintenance Areas; Rule 0050, Requirements
for Analysis in PSD Class II and Class III Areas; Rule 0060,
Requirements for Demonstrating Compliance With Standards and Increments
in PSD Class I Areas; and Rule 0090, Requirements for Demonstrating a
Net Air Quality Benefit (except paragraph (2)(a)(C)).
(G) Remove the following rules from section 340 to the OAR from the
current incorporation by reference: Divisions 21, Rules 015, 050, 055
and 060; and Division 28. See paragraph(s) (c)(116)(i)(A),
(c)(116)(i)(C), (c)(118)(i)(B) and (c)(139)(i)(B) of this section.
(154) On October 10, 2008, the Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality submitted a SIP revision to repeal outdated rules governing
wigwam waste burners with a statewide prohibition on their use, and to
repeal redundant kraft pulp mill rules.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Remove the following rules of section 340 of the OAR from the
current incorporation by reference: Division 234, Rules 0110, 0120,
0130, 0230 and
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0260. See paragraph (c)(139)(i)(A) of this section.
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3. Section 52.1987 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1987 Significant deterioration of air quality.
(a) The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality rules for the
prevention of significant deterioration of air quality (provisions of
OAR Chapter 340, Divisions 200, 202, 209, 212, 216, 222, 224, 225
(except 225-0090(2)(a)(C) on interpollutant offset ratios), and 268, as
in effect on May 1, 2011, are approved as meeting the requirements of
title I, part C, subpart 1 of the Clean Air Act, as in effect on July
1, 2011, for preventing significant deterioration of air quality.
(b) The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority rules for permitting
new and modified major stationary sources (Title 38 New Source Review)
are approved, in conjunction with the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality rules, in order for the Lane Regional Air
Pollution Authority to issue prevention of significant deterioration
permits within Lane County.
(c) The requirements of sections 160 through 165 of the Clean Air
Act are not met for Indian reservations since the plan does not include
approvable procedures for preventing the significant deterioration of
air quality on Indian reservations and, therefore, the provisions in
Sec. 52.21 except paragraph (a)(1) are hereby incorporated and made
part of the applicable plan for Indian reservations in the State of
Oregon.
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4. In Sec. 52.1989, paragraph (a) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1989 Interstate Transport for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and
1997 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS.
(a) On June 23, 2010 and December 22, 2010, the Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality submitted a SIP revision, adopted by the
Oregon Environmental Quality Commission on April 30, 2010, to meet the
requirements of Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(i). EPA approves the
portion of this submittal relating to significant contribution to
nonattainment of the NAAQS in any other state and interference with
maintenance of the NAAQS by any other state. EPA also approves the
portion of the submittal addressing the requirement in Clean Air Act
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) that a state not interfere with any other
state's required measures to prevent significant deterioration (PSD) of
its air quality (the third PSD element).
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5. Section 52.1990 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1990 Interstate Transport for the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS.
(a) EPA approves the portion of Oregon's SIP revision submitted
June 23, 2010, and December 22, 2010 (referenced in Sec. 52.1989(a))
addressing the requirement in Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)
that a state not interfere with any other state's required measures to
prevent significant deterioration (PSD) of its air quality (the third
PSD element).
(b) [Reserved]
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