Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Removal of the Mount Saint Mary's College 1979 Consent Order, 9315-9317 [2013-02817]

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Section 1926.61 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801–1819 and 6 U.S.C. 553. Section 1926.62 also issued under section 1031 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4853). Section 1926.65 also issued under section 126 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended (reprinted at 29 U.S.C.A. 655 Note), and 5 U.S.C. 553. § 1926.64 [Amended] 14. Amend § 1926.64 as follows: a. Remove the words ‘‘material safety data sheet’’ and add in their place ‘‘safety data sheet’’ wherever they appear in Appendix C; ■ b. Remove the words ‘‘material safety data sheets’’ and add in their place ‘‘safety data sheets’’ wherever they appear in Appendix C; ■ c. Remove the acronym ‘‘MSDS’’ and add in its place ‘‘SDS’’ wherever it appears in Appendix C. ■ ■ § 1926.65 [Amended] 15. Amend § 1926.65 by removing the words ‘‘material safety data sheets’’ and adding in their place ‘‘safety data sheets’’ wherever they appear in Appendix E. ■ § 1915.1001 [Amended] 12. Amend § 1915.1001 by removing the words ‘‘Material Safety Data Sheet’’ and adding in their place ‘‘safety data sheet’’ and removing the acronym ‘‘MSDS’’ and adding in its place ‘‘SDS’’ in Appendix K, section 3.1.(e). wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES ■ Subpart Z—[Amended] 16. The authority citation for Part 1926 Subpart Z continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: Section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:10 Feb 07, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 U.S.C. 3704); Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 12–71 (36 FR 8754), 8–76 (41 FR 25059), 9–83 (48 FR 35736), 1–90 (55 FR 9033), 6–96 (62 FR 111), 3–2000 (65 FR 50017), 5–2002 (67 FR 65008), 5–2007 (72 FR 31159), 4–2010 (75 FR 55355), or 1–2012 (77 FR 3912) as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911. Section 1926.1102 not issued under 29 U.S.C. 655 or 29 CFR part 1911; also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. § 1926.1101 [Amended] 17. Amend § 1926.1101 remove and reserve paragraph (k)(8)(v). ■ [FR Doc. 2013–01416 Filed 2–7–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0013; FRL–9777–5] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Removal of the Mount Saint Mary’s College 1979 Consent Order Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Direct final rule. AGENCY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) pertaining to the F. Keeler Company Boiler at Mount Saint Mary’s College. This revision removes the Mount Saint Mary’s College 1979 Consent Order (1979 Consent Order) from the Maryland SIP because the coal-fired F. Keeler Boiler has been modified by removing the coal-firing capability and converting the boiler to fire natural gas with No. 2 fuel oil as backup. EPA is approving this SIP revision because the 1979 Consent Order is no longer required as the modified gas-fired unit can comply with all visible emission and particulate requirements in the Maryland SIP, and this 1979 Consent Order is no longer required to satisfy any applicable Federal regulations or the Clean Air Act (CAA). This action is being taken under the CAA. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08FER1.SGM 08FER1 9316 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 27 / Friday, February 8, 2013 / Rules and Regulations This rule is effective on April 9, 2013 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by March 11, 2013. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA– R03–OAR–2013–0013 by one of the following methods: A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. B. Email: mastro.donna@epa.gov. C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0013, Donna Mastro, Acting Associate Director, (215) 814–2777, Air Protection Division, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2013– 0013. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change, and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES DATES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:10 Feb 07, 2013 Jkt 229001 Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal are available at the Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Pino, Air Protection Division, Project officer, (215) 814–2181, or by email at pino.maria@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The 1979 Consent Order provided an exception to Maryland’s fuel burning regulations for Mount Saint Mary’s College to allow the construction of a 25 million British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour coal-fired boiler. The specific regulations of concern for the coal-fired boiler at Mount Saint Mary’s College were: COMAR 10.18.03.02B (requirement for zero visible emissions); COMAR 10.18.03.03B(2)b (requirement that particulate matter (PM) not exceed 0.03 grains per dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf)); COMAR 10.18.03.03B(2)c(2) (requirement for dust collectors); and COMAR 10.18.03.06D(2) (prohibition of small solid-fuel boilers). MDE approved the construction of the coal-fired boiler because the coal-fired boiler was in a rural area and minimal impact on air quality was expected from particulate emissions from the boiler. The boiler was required to meet COMAR 10.18.03.02A (requirement not to exceed 20% opacity) and COMAR 10.18.03.03B(3) (requirement that PM emissions not exceed 0.10 gr/dscf). The 1979 Consent Order between Mount Saint Mary’s College and Maryland was approved by EPA into the Maryland SIP on March 18, 1980. 45 FR 17144 (approving the 1979 Consent Order into Maryland SIP because no ambient air quality standards would be violated by operation of the boiler). Subsequently, in January 1983, Mount Saint Mary’s College installed multicyclones on the boiler for additional control of PM. PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 II. Summary of the SIP Revision On November 19, 2012, MDE submitted a revision (#12–05) to remove the 1979 Consent Order from Maryland’s SIP because the coal-fired F. Keeler Boiler has been converted to fire natural gas with No. 2 fuel oil as backup. On July 18, 2000, MDE issued a permit to convert the boiler to natural gas with No. 2 oil as backup fuel. The converted gas-fired boiler is able to comply with all Maryland regulations, including visible emissions standards. Therefore, the 1979 Consent Order is no longer required and MDE has requested that it be removed from the Maryland SIP. III. Final Action EPA’s review of the SIP revision submitted by MDE on November 19, 2012 indicates that the 1979 Consent Order is no longer required as the modified gas-fired boiler is able to comply with all applicable Federal regulations and the Maryland SIP. Therefore, EPA is approving the SIP revision submitted by MDE on November 19, 2012 to remove the 1979 Consent Order. The 1979 Consent Order is no longer required to satisfy any applicable Federal regulations or the CAA. EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because EPA views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse comment. However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of today’s Federal Register, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision if adverse comments are filed. This rule will be effective on April 9, 2013 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comment by March 11, 2013. If EPA receives adverse comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. EPA will address all public comments in a subsequent final rulemaking action based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this rulemaking action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews A. General Requirements Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA 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 E:\FR\FM\08FER1.SGM 08FER1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 27 / Friday, February 8, 2013 / Rules and Regulations wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with RULES the CAA. Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this action: • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993); • does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); • is certified as not having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); • does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); • does not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); • is not an economically significant regulatory action based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); • is not a significant regulatory action subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); • is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the 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. B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:10 Feb 07, 2013 Jkt 229001 Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. Section 804, however, exempts from section 801 the following types of rules: rules of particular applicability; rules relating to agency management or personnel; and rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect the rights or obligations of nonagency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). Because this is a rule of particular applicability, EPA is not required to submit a rule report regarding this action under section 801. C. Petitions for Judicial Review Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by April 9, 2013. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules section of today’s Federal Register, rather than file an immediate petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed rulemaking. This action to approve a revision to the Maryland SIP to remove the Mount Saint Mary’s College 1979 Consent Order from the SIP may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).) List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Particulate matter. Dated: January 25, 2013. W.C. Early, Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 40 CFR part 52 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. PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 9317 Subpart V—Maryland § 52.1070 [Amended] 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph (d) is amended by removing the entry for Mt. Saint Mary’s College. ■ [FR Doc. 2013–02817 Filed 2–7–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 174 [EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0795; FRL–9376–4] Glycine max Herbicide-Resistant Acetolactate Synthase; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Glycine max herbicide-resistant acetolactate synthase (GM–HRA) enzyme when used as a plant-incorporated protectant inert ingredient in or on the food and feed commodities of soybean. Pioneer HiBred International, Inc. (DuPont Pioneer), submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Glycine max herbicide-resistant acetolactate synthase enzyme in or on the food and feed commodities of soybean. DATES: This regulation is effective February 8, 2013. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before April 9, 2013, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). SUMMARY: The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0795, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\08FER1.SGM 08FER1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0013; FRL-9777-5]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Maryland; Removal of the Mount Saint Mary's College 1979 Consent Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve a State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Maryland Department 
of the Environment (MDE) pertaining to the F. Keeler Company Boiler at 
Mount Saint Mary's College. This revision removes the Mount Saint 
Mary's College 1979 Consent Order (1979 Consent Order) from the 
Maryland SIP because the coal-fired F. Keeler Boiler has been modified 
by removing the coal-firing capability and converting the boiler to 
fire natural gas with No. 2 fuel oil as backup. EPA is approving this 
SIP revision because the 1979 Consent Order is no longer required as 
the modified gas-fired unit can comply with all visible emission and 
particulate requirements in the Maryland SIP, and this 1979 Consent 
Order is no longer required to satisfy any applicable Federal 
regulations or the Clean Air Act (CAA). This action is being taken 
under the CAA.

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DATES: This rule is effective on April 9, 2013 without further notice, 
unless EPA receives adverse written comment by March 11, 2013. If EPA 
receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the 
direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that 
the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2013-0013 by one of the following methods:
    A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. Email: mastro.donna@epa.gov.
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0013, Donna Mastro, Acting Associate 
Director, (215) 814-2777, Air Protection Division, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2013-0013. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change, and may be made available online 
at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal 
are available at the Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 
Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Pino, Air Protection Division, 
Project officer, (215) 814-2181, or by email at pino.maria@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The 1979 Consent Order provided an exception to Maryland's fuel 
burning regulations for Mount Saint Mary's College to allow the 
construction of a 25 million British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour coal-
fired boiler. The specific regulations of concern for the coal-fired 
boiler at Mount Saint Mary's College were: COMAR 10.18.03.02B 
(requirement for zero visible emissions); COMAR 10.18.03.03B(2)b 
(requirement that particulate matter (PM) not exceed 0.03 grains per 
dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf)); COMAR 10.18.03.03B(2)c(2) 
(requirement for dust collectors); and COMAR 10.18.03.06D(2) 
(prohibition of small solid-fuel boilers). MDE approved the 
construction of the coal-fired boiler because the coal-fired boiler was 
in a rural area and minimal impact on air quality was expected from 
particulate emissions from the boiler. The boiler was required to meet 
COMAR 10.18.03.02A (requirement not to exceed 20% opacity) and COMAR 
10.18.03.03B(3) (requirement that PM emissions not exceed 0.10 gr/
dscf). The 1979 Consent Order between Mount Saint Mary's College and 
Maryland was approved by EPA into the Maryland SIP on March 18, 1980. 
45 FR 17144 (approving the 1979 Consent Order into Maryland SIP because 
no ambient air quality standards would be violated by operation of the 
boiler). Subsequently, in January 1983, Mount Saint Mary's College 
installed multicyclones on the boiler for additional control of PM.

II. Summary of the SIP Revision

    On November 19, 2012, MDE submitted a revision (12-05) to 
remove the 1979 Consent Order from Maryland's SIP because the coal-
fired F. Keeler Boiler has been converted to fire natural gas with No. 
2 fuel oil as backup. On July 18, 2000, MDE issued a permit to convert 
the boiler to natural gas with No. 2 oil as backup fuel. The converted 
gas-fired boiler is able to comply with all Maryland regulations, 
including visible emissions standards. Therefore, the 1979 Consent 
Order is no longer required and MDE has requested that it be removed 
from the Maryland SIP.

III. Final Action

    EPA's review of the SIP revision submitted by MDE on November 19, 
2012 indicates that the 1979 Consent Order is no longer required as the 
modified gas-fired boiler is able to comply with all applicable Federal 
regulations and the Maryland SIP. Therefore, EPA is approving the SIP 
revision submitted by MDE on November 19, 2012 to remove the 1979 
Consent Order. The 1979 Consent Order is no longer required to satisfy 
any applicable Federal regulations or the CAA. EPA is publishing this 
rule without prior proposal because EPA views this as a 
noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse comment. However, 
in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, EPA is 
publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to 
approve the SIP revision if adverse comments are filed. This rule will 
be effective on April 9, 2013 without further notice unless EPA 
receives adverse comment by March 11, 2013. If EPA receives adverse 
comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register 
informing the public that the rule will not take effect. EPA will 
address all public comments in a subsequent final rulemaking action 
based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment 
period on this rulemaking action. Any parties interested in commenting 
must do so at this time.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. General Requirements

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA 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 action merely approves state law as meeting 
Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond 
those imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
     is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the 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.

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 804, however, exempts from section 801 the 
following types of rules: rules of particular applicability; rules 
relating to agency management or personnel; and rules of agency 
organization, procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect 
the rights or obligations of non-agency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 
Because this is a rule of particular applicability, EPA is not required 
to submit a rule report regarding this action under section 801.

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by April 9, 2013. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor 
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may 
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or 
action. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are 
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of 
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules 
section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate 
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can 
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed 
rulemaking.
    This action to approve a revision to the Maryland SIP to remove the 
Mount Saint Mary's College 1979 Consent Order from the SIP may not be 
challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See 
section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Particulate matter.

    Dated: January 25, 2013.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart V--Maryland


Sec.  52.1070  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  52.1070, the table in paragraph (d) is amended by removing 
the entry for Mt. Saint Mary's College.

[FR Doc. 2013-02817 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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