Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States, 71508-71510 [2013-28241]

Download as PDF 71508 * * Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 230 / Friday, November 29, 2013 / Rules and Regulations * * * [FR Doc. 2013–28533 Filed 11–27–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [FRL–9903–40–OAR] Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: Section 110(h) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’), requires EPA by November 15, 1995, and every three years thereafter, to assemble the requirements of the federally-enforceable State Implementation Plans (SIPs) in each State and to publish notice in the Federal Register of the availability of such documents. This notice of availability fulfills the three-year requirement of making these SIP compilations for each State available to the public. DATES: Effective November 29, 2013. ADDRESSES: You may contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office regarding the requirements of the applicable implementation plans for each State in that region. The list below identifies the appropriate regional office for each state. The State SIP compilations are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the appropriate EPA Regional Office. If you want to view these documents, you should make an appointment with the appropriate EPA office and arrange to review the SIP at a mutually agreeable time. Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Regional Contact: Donald Cooke (617/ 918–1668), EPA, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. See also: https://www.epa.gov/region1/ topics/air/sips.html. Region 2: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Regional Contact: Paul Truchan (212/ 637–3711), EPA, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007– 1866. See also: https://www.epa.gov/ region02/air/sip/. sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:31 Nov 27, 2013 Jkt 232001 Region 3: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Regional Contact: Harold A. Frankford (215/814–2108), EPA, Air Protection Division (3AP00), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. See also: https://yosemite.epa.gov/r3/ r3sips.nsf/MidAtlanticSIPs?openform. Region 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Regional Contact: Nacosta Ward (404/ 562–9140), EPA, Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303–3104. See also: https://www.epa.gov/region4/ air/sips/. Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Regional Contact: Christos Panos (312/353–8328), EPA, Air and Radiation Division (AR–18J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604–3507. See also: https://www.epa.gov/region5/ air/sips/. Region 6: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Regional Contacts: Bill Deese (214/ 665–7253) and Carl Young (214/665– 6645), EPA, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Air Planning Section (6PD–L), 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75202–2733. See also: https://www.epa.gov/ earth1r6/6pd/air/sip/sip.htm. Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Regional Contact: Jan Simpson (913/ 551–7089), EPA, Air and Waste Management Division, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219. See also: https://www.epa.gov/ region07/air/rules/fedapprv.htm. Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Regional Contact: Kathy Ayala (303/ 312–6142), EPA, Air Program, Office of Partnership and Regulatory Assistance, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129. See also: https://www.epa.gov/region8/ air/sip.html. Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, and Guam. Regional Contacts: Lisa Tharp (415/ 947–4142) and Andy Steckel (415/947– 4115), EPA, Air Division, Rules Office, (AIR–4), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. See also: https://www.epa.gov/region9/ air/sips/. Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Regional Contact: Claudia Vaupel (206/553–6121), EPA, Office of Air Waste and Toxics (AWT–107), 1200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101–3140. See also: https://www.epa.gov/ r10earth/sips.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Cooke, Air Quality Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109—3912, telephone number (617) 918–1668, fax number (617) 918–0668, email cooke.donald@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Availability of SIP Compilations II. What is the basis for this document? III. What is being made available under this document? IV. What are the documents and materials associated with the SIP? V. Background A. Relationship of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to SIPs B. What is a State Implementation Plan? C. What does it mean to be federallyenforceable? I. Availability of SIP Compilations This notice identifies the appropriate EPA Regional Offices to which you may address questions of SIP availability and SIP requirements. In response to the 110(h) requirement following the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the first notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on November 1, 1995 at 60 FR 55459. Subsequent notices of availability were published in the Federal Register on November 18, 1998 (63 FR 63986), November 20, 2001 (66 FR 58070), December 22, 2004 (69 FR 76617), November 15, 2007 (72 FR 64158), and November 24, 2010 (75 FR 71548). This is the seventh notice of availability of the compilations of federally-enforceable State Implementation Plans for each state. In addition, information on the content of EPA-approved SIPs is available on the Internet through the EPA Regional Web sites. Regional Web site addresses for Regional information are provided in the regional contacts list above. II. What is the basis for this document? Section 110(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act mandates that not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and every three years thereafter, the Administrator shall assemble and publish a comprehensive document for each State setting forth all requirements of the applicable implementation plan for such State and shall publish notice in the Federal Register of the availability of such documents. E:\FR\FM\29NOR1.SGM 29NOR1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 230 / Friday, November 29, 2013 / Rules and Regulations sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES Section 110(h) recognizes the fluidity of a given State SIP. The SIP is a living document which can be revised by the State with EPA approval as necessary to address the unique air pollution problems in the State. Therefore, EPA from time to time must take action on SIP revisions containing new and/or revised regulations. On May 31, 1972 (37 FR 10842), EPA approved, with certain exceptions, the initial SIPs for 50 states, four territories and the District of Columbia. [Note: EPA approved an additional SIP—for the Northern Mariana Islands—on November 10, 1986 (51 FR 40799)]. Since 1972, each State and territory has submitted numerous SIP revisions, either on their own initiative, or because they were required to as a result of various amendments to the Clean Air Act. This notice of availability informs the public that the SIP compilation has been updated to include the most recent requirements approved into the SIP. These approved requirements are federally-enforceable. III. What is being made available under this document? This document announces that the federally-enforceable SIP for each State is available for review and public inspection at the appropriate EPA Regional Office and identifies the contact person for each regional office. The federally-enforceable SIP is a complex document, containing both many regulatory requirements and nonregulatory items such as plans and emission inventories. Regulatory requirements include State-adopted rules and regulations, source-specific requirements reflected in consent orders, and in some cases, provisions in the enabling statutes. Following the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the first section 110(h) SIP compilation availability notice was published on November 1, 1995 (61 FR 55459). At that time, EPA announced that the SIP compilations, comprised of the regulatory portion of each State SIP, were available at the EPA Regional Office serving that particular State. In general, the compilations made available in 1995 did not include the source-specific requirements or other documents and materials associated with the SIP. With the second notice of availability in 1998, the source-specific requirements and the ‘‘non-regulatory’’ documents [e.g., attainment plans, rate of progress plans, emission inventories, transportation control measures, statutes demonstrating legal authority, monitoring networks, etc.] were made available and will remain available for public inspection at the respective regional office listed in the ADDRESSES VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:31 Nov 27, 2013 Jkt 232001 section above. If you want to view these documents, please make an appointment with the appropriate EPA Regional Office and arrange for a mutually agreeable time. IV. What are the documents and materials associated with the SIP? In addition to state regulations that provide for air pollution control, SIPs include EPA-approved non-regulatory elements (such as transportation control measures, local ordinances, state statutes, modeling demonstrations, and emission inventories). These elements must have gone through the state rulemaking process with the opportunity for public comment. EPA also took rulemaking action on these elements and those which have been EPA-approved or conditionally approved are listed along with any limitations on their approval. Examples of EPA-approved documents and materials associated with the SIP include, but are not limited to: SIP Narratives; Particulate Matter Plans; Carbon Monoxide Plans; Ozone Plans; Maintenance plans; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) SIPs; Emissions Inventories; Monitoring Networks; State Statutes submitted for the purposes of demonstrating legal authority; Part D nonattainment area plans; Attainment demonstrations; Transportation control measures (TCMs); Committal measures; Contingency Measures; Non-regulatory and Non-TCM Control Measures; 15% Rate of Progress Plans; Emergency episode plans; and Visibility plans. As stated above, the ‘‘non-regulatory’’ documents are available for public inspection at the appropriate EPA Regional Office. V. Background A. Relationship of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to SIPs EPA has established primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six criteria pollutants, which are widespread common pollutants known to be harmful to human health and welfare. The criteria pollutants are: carbon monoxide; lead; nitrogen oxides; ozone; particulate matter; and sulfur dioxide. See 40 CFR part 50 for a technical description of how the levels of these standards are measured and attained. State Implementation Plans provide for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the NAAQS in each state. Areas within each state that are designated nonattainment are subject to additional planning and control requirements. Accordingly, different regulations or programs in the SIP will PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 71509 apply to different areas. EPA lists the designation of each area at 40 CFR part 81. B. What is a State Implementation Plan? The State Implementation Plan is a plan for each State that identifies how that State will attain and/or maintain the primary and secondary NAAQS set forth in section 109 of the Clean Air Act and 40 Code of Federal Regulations 50.4 through 50.13 and 50.15 through 50.17 and which includes federallyenforceable requirements. Each State is required to have a SIP which contains control measures and strategies which demonstrate how each area will attain and maintain the NAAQS. These plans are developed through a public process, formally adopted by the State, and submitted by the Governor’s designee to EPA. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to review each plan and any plan revisions and to approve the plan or plan revisions if consistent with the Clean Air Act. SIP requirements applicable to all areas are provided in section 110. Part D of title I of the Clean Air Act specifies additional requirements applicable to nonattainment areas. Section 110 and part D describe the elements of a SIP and include, among other things, emission inventories, a monitoring network, an air quality analysis, modeling, attainment demonstrations, enforcement mechanisms, and regulations which have been adopted by the State to attain or maintain NAAQS. EPA has adopted regulatory requirements which spell out the procedures for preparing, adopting and submitting SIPs and SIP revisions. See 40 CFR part 51. EPA’s action on each State’s SIP is promulgated in 40 CFR part 52. The first section in the subpart in 40 CFR part 52 for each State is generally the ‘‘Identification of plan’’ section which provides chronological development of the State SIP. Alternatively, if the state has undergone the new Incorporation by Reference formatting process (see 62 FR 27968; May 22, 1997), the identification of plan section identifies the Statesubmitted rules and plan elements that have been federally approved. The goal of the State-by-State SIP compilation is to identify those rules under the ‘‘Identification of plan’’ section which are currently federally-enforceable. In addition, some of the SIP compilations may include control strategies, such as transportation control measures, local ordinances, State statutes, and emission inventories. Some of the SIP compilations may not identify these other federally-enforceable elements. E:\FR\FM\29NOR1.SGM 29NOR1 71510 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 230 / Friday, November 29, 2013 / Rules and Regulations The contents of a typical SIP fall into three categories: (1) State-adopted control measures which consists of either rules/regulations or sourcespecific requirements (e.g., orders and consent decrees); (2) State-submitted ‘‘non-regulatory’’ components (e.g., attainment plans, rate of progress plans, emission inventories, transportation control measures, statutes demonstrating legal authority, monitoring networks, etc.); and (3) additional requirements promulgated by EPA (in the absence of a commensurate State provision) to satisfy a mandatory section 110 or part D (Clean Air Act) requirement. C. What does it mean to be federallyenforceable? Enforcement of the state regulation before and after it is incorporated into the federally-approved SIP is primarily a state responsibility. However, after the regulation is federally approved, EPA is authorized to take enforcement action against violators. Citizens also have legal recourse to address violations as described in section 304 of the Clean Air Act. When States submit their most current State regulations for inclusion into federally-enforceable SIPs, EPA begins its review as soon as possible. Until EPA approves a submittal by rulemaking action, State-submitted regulations will be State-enforceable only. Therefore, State-enforceable SIPs may exist that differ from federallyenforceable SIPs. As EPA approves these State-submitted regulations, the regional offices will continue to update the SIP compilations to include these applicable requirements. Dated: November 18, 2013. Gina McCarthy, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2013–28241 Filed 11–27–13; 8:45 am] sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:31 Nov 27, 2013 Jkt 232001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 [EPA–R07–OAR–2013–0512; FRL 9903–15Region 7] Delegation of Authority to the States of Iowa; Kansas; Missouri; Nebraska; Lincoln-Lancaster County, NE; and City of Omaha, NE., for New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Including Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority. AGENCY: The States of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska and the local agencies of Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska, and the city of Omaha, Nebraska, have submitted updated regulations for delegation of EPA authority for implementation and enforcement of NSPS, NESHAP, and MACT standards. The submissions cover new EPA standards and, in some instances, revisions to standards previously delegated. EPA’s review of the pertinent regulations shows that they contain adequate and effective procedures for the implementation and enforcement of these Federal standards. This action informs the public of delegations to the above-mentioned agencies. SUMMARY: This document is effective on November 29, 2013. The dates of delegation can be found in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. ADDRESSES: Copies of documents relative to this action are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Road, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. The interested persons wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment with the office at least 24 hours in advance. Effective immediately, all notifications, applications, reports, and other correspondence required pursuant to the newly delegated standards and revisions identified in this document must be submitted with respect to sources located in the jurisdictions identified in this document, to the following addresses: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Air Quality Bureau, 7900 Hickman DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Road, Suite 1, Windsor Heights, Iowa 50324. Kansas Department of Health and the Environment, Bureau of Air, 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 310, Topeka, Kansas 66612–1367. Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Air Pollution Control Program, PO Box 176, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102–0176. Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, 1200 ‘‘N’’ Street, Suite 400, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Division of Environmental Public Health, Air Quality Section, 3140 ‘‘N’’ Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68510. City of Omaha, Public Works Department, Air Quality Control Division, 5600 South 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68107. Duplicates of required documents must also continue to be submitted to the EPA Regional Office at the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula Higbee at (913) 551–7028, or by email at higbee.paula@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplementary information is organized in the following order: I. What does this action do? II. What is the authority for delegation? III. What does delegation accomplish? IV. What has been delegated? V. What has not been delegated? List of Delegation Tables Table I—NSPS, 40 CFR part 60 Table II—NESHAP, 40 CFR part 61 Table III—NESHAP, 40 CFR part 63 I. What does this action do? EPA is providing notice of an update to its delegable authority for implementation and enforcement of the Federal standards shown in the tables below to the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. This action updates the delegation tables previously published at 76 FR 10761 (February 28, 2011). EPA has established procedures by which these agencies are automatically delegated the authority to implement the standards when they adopt regulations which are identical to the Federal standards. We then periodically provide notice of the new and revised standards for which delegation has been given. This notice does not affect or alter the status of the listed standards under state or Federal law. II. What is the Authority for Delegation? 1. Section 111(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes EPA to delegate E:\FR\FM\29NOR1.SGM 29NOR1

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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL-9903-40-OAR]


Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans 
for All States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Section 110(h) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (the 
``Act''), requires EPA by November 15, 1995, and every three years 
thereafter, to assemble the requirements of the federally-enforceable 
State Implementation Plans (SIPs) in each State and to publish notice 
in the Federal Register of the availability of such documents. This 
notice of availability fulfills the three-year requirement of making 
these SIP compilations for each State available to the public.

DATES: Effective November 29, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office 
regarding the requirements of the applicable implementation plans for 
each State in that region. The list below identifies the appropriate 
regional office for each state. The State SIP compilations are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
appropriate EPA Regional Office. If you want to view these documents, 
you should make an appointment with the appropriate EPA office and 
arrange to review the SIP at a mutually agreeable time.
    Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 
Island, and Vermont.
    Regional Contact: Donald Cooke (617/918-1668), EPA, Office of 
Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code 
OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region1/topics/air/sips.html.
    Region 2: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.
    Regional Contact: Paul Truchan (212/637-3711), EPA, Air Programs 
Branch, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region02/air/sip/.
    Region 3: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia.
    Regional Contact: Harold A. Frankford (215/814-2108), EPA, Air 
Protection Division (3AP00), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2029.
    See also: https://yosemite.epa.gov/r3/r3sips.nsf/MidAtlanticSIPs?openform.
    Region 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
    Regional Contact: Nacosta Ward (404/562-9140), EPA, Air Planning 
Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-3104.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region4/air/sips/.
    Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin.
    Regional Contact: Christos Panos (312/353-8328), EPA, Air and 
Radiation Division (AR-18J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 
60604-3507.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region5/air/sips/.
    Region 6: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
    Regional Contacts: Bill Deese (214/665-7253) and Carl Young (214/
665-6645), EPA, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, Air 
Planning Section (6PD-L), 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 
75202-2733.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/air/sip/sip.htm.
    Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
    Regional Contact: Jan Simpson (913/551-7089), EPA, Air and Waste 
Management Division, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner 
Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region07/air/rules/fedapprv.htm.
    Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 
Wyoming.
    Regional Contact: Kathy Ayala (303/312-6142), EPA, Air Program, 
Office of Partnership and Regulatory Assistance, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 
Denver, CO 80202-1129.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region8/air/sip.html.
    Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, and 
Guam.
    Regional Contacts: Lisa Tharp (415/947-4142) and Andy Steckel (415/
947-4115), EPA, Air Division, Rules Office, (AIR-4), 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/region9/air/sips/.
    Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
    Regional Contact: Claudia Vaupel (206/553-6121), EPA, Office of Air 
Waste and Toxics (AWT-107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 
98101-3140.
    See also: https://www.epa.gov/r10earth/sips.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Cooke, Air Quality Planning 
Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional 
Office, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2), Boston, 
MA 02109--3912, telephone number (617) 918-1668, fax number (617) 918-
0668, email cooke.donald@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Availability of SIP Compilations
II. What is the basis for this document?
III. What is being made available under this document?
IV. What are the documents and materials associated with the SIP?
V. Background
    A. Relationship of National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
(NAAQS) to SIPs
    B. What is a State Implementation Plan?
    C. What does it mean to be federally-enforceable?

I. Availability of SIP Compilations

    This notice identifies the appropriate EPA Regional Offices to 
which you may address questions of SIP availability and SIP 
requirements. In response to the 110(h) requirement following the 1990 
Clean Air Act Amendments, the first notice of availability was 
published in the Federal Register on November 1, 1995 at 60 FR 55459. 
Subsequent notices of availability were published in the Federal 
Register on November 18, 1998 (63 FR 63986), November 20, 2001 (66 FR 
58070), December 22, 2004 (69 FR 76617), November 15, 2007 (72 FR 
64158), and November 24, 2010 (75 FR 71548). This is the seventh notice 
of availability of the compilations of federally-enforceable State 
Implementation Plans for each state.
    In addition, information on the content of EPA-approved SIPs is 
available on the Internet through the EPA Regional Web sites. Regional 
Web site addresses for Regional information are provided in the 
regional contacts list above.

II. What is the basis for this document?

    Section 110(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act mandates that not later than 
5 years after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 
1990, and every three years thereafter, the Administrator shall 
assemble and publish a comprehensive document for each State setting 
forth all requirements of the applicable implementation plan for such 
State and shall publish notice in the Federal Register of the 
availability of such documents.

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    Section 110(h) recognizes the fluidity of a given State SIP. The 
SIP is a living document which can be revised by the State with EPA 
approval as necessary to address the unique air pollution problems in 
the State. Therefore, EPA from time to time must take action on SIP 
revisions containing new and/or revised regulations. On May 31, 1972 
(37 FR 10842), EPA approved, with certain exceptions, the initial SIPs 
for 50 states, four territories and the District of Columbia. [Note: 
EPA approved an additional SIP--for the Northern Mariana Islands--on 
November 10, 1986 (51 FR 40799)]. Since 1972, each State and territory 
has submitted numerous SIP revisions, either on their own initiative, 
or because they were required to as a result of various amendments to 
the Clean Air Act. This notice of availability informs the public that 
the SIP compilation has been updated to include the most recent 
requirements approved into the SIP. These approved requirements are 
federally-enforceable.

III. What is being made available under this document?

    This document announces that the federally-enforceable SIP for each 
State is available for review and public inspection at the appropriate 
EPA Regional Office and identifies the contact person for each regional 
office.
    The federally-enforceable SIP is a complex document, containing 
both many regulatory requirements and non-regulatory items such as 
plans and emission inventories. Regulatory requirements include State-
adopted rules and regulations, source-specific requirements reflected 
in consent orders, and in some cases, provisions in the enabling 
statutes.
    Following the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the first section 
110(h) SIP compilation availability notice was published on November 1, 
1995 (61 FR 55459). At that time, EPA announced that the SIP 
compilations, comprised of the regulatory portion of each State SIP, 
were available at the EPA Regional Office serving that particular 
State. In general, the compilations made available in 1995 did not 
include the source-specific requirements or other documents and 
materials associated with the SIP. With the second notice of 
availability in 1998, the source-specific requirements and the ``non-
regulatory'' documents [e.g., attainment plans, rate of progress plans, 
emission inventories, transportation control measures, statutes 
demonstrating legal authority, monitoring networks, etc.] were made 
available and will remain available for public inspection at the 
respective regional office listed in the ADDRESSES section above. If 
you want to view these documents, please make an appointment with the 
appropriate EPA Regional Office and arrange for a mutually agreeable 
time.

IV. What are the documents and materials associated with the SIP?

    In addition to state regulations that provide for air pollution 
control, SIPs include EPA-approved non-regulatory elements (such as 
transportation control measures, local ordinances, state statutes, 
modeling demonstrations, and emission inventories). These elements must 
have gone through the state rulemaking process with the opportunity for 
public comment. EPA also took rulemaking action on these elements and 
those which have been EPA-approved or conditionally approved are listed 
along with any limitations on their approval. Examples of EPA-approved 
documents and materials associated with the SIP include, but are not 
limited to: SIP Narratives; Particulate Matter Plans; Carbon Monoxide 
Plans; Ozone Plans; Maintenance plans; Vehicle Inspection and 
Maintenance (I/M) SIPs; Emissions Inventories; Monitoring Networks; 
State Statutes submitted for the purposes of demonstrating legal 
authority; Part D nonattainment area plans; Attainment demonstrations; 
Transportation control measures (TCMs); Committal measures; Contingency 
Measures; Non-regulatory and Non-TCM Control Measures; 15% Rate of 
Progress Plans; Emergency episode plans; and Visibility plans. As 
stated above, the ``non-regulatory'' documents are available for public 
inspection at the appropriate EPA Regional Office.

V. Background

A. Relationship of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to 
SIPs

    EPA has established primary and secondary National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for six criteria pollutants, which are widespread 
common pollutants known to be harmful to human health and welfare. The 
criteria pollutants are: carbon monoxide; lead; nitrogen oxides; ozone; 
particulate matter; and sulfur dioxide. See 40 CFR part 50 for a 
technical description of how the levels of these standards are measured 
and attained. State Implementation Plans provide for implementation, 
maintenance, and enforcement of the NAAQS in each state. Areas within 
each state that are designated nonattainment are subject to additional 
planning and control requirements. Accordingly, different regulations 
or programs in the SIP will apply to different areas. EPA lists the 
designation of each area at 40 CFR part 81.

B. What is a State Implementation Plan?

    The State Implementation Plan is a plan for each State that 
identifies how that State will attain and/or maintain the primary and 
secondary NAAQS set forth in section 109 of the Clean Air Act and 40 
Code of Federal Regulations 50.4 through 50.13 and 50.15 through 50.17 
and which includes federally-enforceable requirements. Each State is 
required to have a SIP which contains control measures and strategies 
which demonstrate how each area will attain and maintain the NAAQS. 
These plans are developed through a public process, formally adopted by 
the State, and submitted by the Governor's designee to EPA. The Clean 
Air Act requires EPA to review each plan and any plan revisions and to 
approve the plan or plan revisions if consistent with the Clean Air 
Act.
    SIP requirements applicable to all areas are provided in section 
110. Part D of title I of the Clean Air Act specifies additional 
requirements applicable to nonattainment areas. Section 110 and part D 
describe the elements of a SIP and include, among other things, 
emission inventories, a monitoring network, an air quality analysis, 
modeling, attainment demonstrations, enforcement mechanisms, and 
regulations which have been adopted by the State to attain or maintain 
NAAQS. EPA has adopted regulatory requirements which spell out the 
procedures for preparing, adopting and submitting SIPs and SIP 
revisions. See 40 CFR part 51.
    EPA's action on each State's SIP is promulgated in 40 CFR part 52. 
The first section in the subpart in 40 CFR part 52 for each State is 
generally the ``Identification of plan'' section which provides 
chronological development of the State SIP. Alternatively, if the state 
has undergone the new Incorporation by Reference formatting process 
(see 62 FR 27968; May 22, 1997), the identification of plan section 
identifies the State-submitted rules and plan elements that have been 
federally approved. The goal of the State-by-State SIP compilation is 
to identify those rules under the ``Identification of plan'' section 
which are currently federally-enforceable. In addition, some of the SIP 
compilations may include control strategies, such as transportation 
control measures, local ordinances, State statutes, and emission 
inventories. Some of the SIP compilations may not identify these other 
federally-enforceable elements.

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    The contents of a typical SIP fall into three categories: (1) 
State-adopted control measures which consists of either rules/
regulations or source-specific requirements (e.g., orders and consent 
decrees); (2) State-submitted ``non-regulatory'' components (e.g., 
attainment plans, rate of progress plans, emission inventories, 
transportation control measures, statutes demonstrating legal 
authority, monitoring networks, etc.); and (3) additional requirements 
promulgated by EPA (in the absence of a commensurate State provision) 
to satisfy a mandatory section 110 or part D (Clean Air Act) 
requirement.

C. What does it mean to be federally-enforceable?

    Enforcement of the state regulation before and after it is 
incorporated into the federally-approved SIP is primarily a state 
responsibility. However, after the regulation is federally approved, 
EPA is authorized to take enforcement action against violators. 
Citizens also have legal recourse to address violations as described in 
section 304 of the Clean Air Act.
    When States submit their most current State regulations for 
inclusion into federally-enforceable SIPs, EPA begins its review as 
soon as possible. Until EPA approves a submittal by rulemaking action, 
State-submitted regulations will be State-enforceable only. Therefore, 
State-enforceable SIPs may exist that differ from federally-enforceable 
SIPs. As EPA approves these State-submitted regulations, the regional 
offices will continue to update the SIP compilations to include these 
applicable requirements.

    Dated: November 18, 2013.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-28241 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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