Air Quality Designations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2, 18248-18249 [2014-06813]
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165.23 apply to the safety zone created
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0155. In addition the following
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(1) All vessels requiring greater than
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(e) Enforcement period. This section
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Dated: March 16, 2014.
S.R. Murtagh,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2014–0191; FRL–9908–26–
Region6]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Texas;
Revisions to the Minor New Source
Review (NSR) State Implementation
Plan (SIP); Types of Standard Permits,
State Pollution Control Project
Standard Permit and Control Methods
for the Permitting of Grandfathered
and Electing Electric Generating
Facilities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
several revisions to the Texas State
Implementation Plan (SIP) related to the
Texas Minor New Source Review (NSR)
Standard Permits (SP) Program. First,
EPA is approving revisions submitted
by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ, or
Commission) on January 3, 2000, and
March 11, 2011, expanding the Texas SP
Program to include the Rule Standard
Permit (Rule SP). The EPA is also
proposing to approve a revision to the
Texas SIP submitted by the TCEQ on
February 1, 2006, for a specific Rule SP,
the Rule Standard Permit for Pollution
Control Projects (Rule SP for PCP) as
meeting the requirements for a Minor
NSR SIP revision. Finally, because EPA
is proposing to approve the Rule SP for
PCP, EPA is also proposing to approve
a severable portion of the January 3,
2000, submittal concerning the Texas
Senate Bill 7 (SB7) permitting program
for grandfathered and electing electric
generating facilities (EGFs). All of the
Texas SB7 EGFs permitting program
provisions have been approved as part
of the Texas NSR SIP except for this
severable portion. This severable
portion allowing for the use of the Rule
SP for PCP for permitting of collateral
emission increases is being proposed for
approval as meeting the requirements
for a Minor NSR SIP revision. EPA is
proposing these actions under section
110 of the Federal Clean Air Act (the
Act or CAA) through a direct final
rulemaking.
SUMMARY:
Written comments should be
received on or before May 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
Ms. Adina Wiley, Air Permits Section
(6PD–R), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,
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Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. Comments
may also be submitted electronically or
through hand delivery/courier by
following the detailed instructions in
the ADDRESSES section of the direct final
rule located in the rules section of this
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Barrett, (214) 665–7227,
barrett.richard@epa.gov. Adina Wiley,
(214) 665–2115, wiley.adina@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
final rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP submittal as a direct rule without
prior proposal because the Agency
views this as noncontroversial submittal
and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set
forth in the direct final rule. If no
relevant, adverse comments are received
in response to this action no further
activity is contemplated. If EPA receives
relevant, adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
For additional information, see the
direct final rule which is located in the
rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: March 21, 2014.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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Air Quality Designations for the 2010
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Primary National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS): Notice of Action Denying
Petition for Reconsideration and Stay
Request
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of action denying
petition for reconsideration and stay
request.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is providing notice that it
has responded to a petition for
reconsideration of a rule published in
the Federal Register on August 5, 2013,
that promulgated the initial air quality
designations for the 2010 Primary Sulfur
SUMMARY:
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Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) for certain
areas in the United States. The rule is
titled, ‘‘Air Quality Designations for the
2010 SO2 Primary NAAQS.’’ Subsequent
to publishing the rule, the EPA received
three petitions requesting that the EPA
reconsider its designation decisions for
certain areas. This document announces
the EPA’s response to one of those
petitions: a petition from U.S. Steel
requesting the EPA to reconsider its
designation decision for Detroit,
Michigan. A subsequent document will
announce the EPA’s response to the
other two petitions. The EPA carefully
considered the U.S. Steel’s petition and
supporting information, along with
information contained in the
rulemaking docket, in reaching its
decision on the petition. The EPA
denied the U.S. Steel’s petition for
reconsideration in a letter to the
petitioner dated March 11, 2014. The
letter explains the EPA’s reasons for the
denial. The petitioner also requested
that the EPA stay the effectiveness of the
designations rule, pending
reconsideration. Because the EPA
denied the reconsideration request, the
EPA also denied the stay request.
DATES: The petition for reconsideration
discussed in this document is denied as
of April 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rhonda Wright, Air Quality Planning
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code C539–04,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone: (919) 541–1087; email:
wright.rhonda@epa.gov.
Date of
petition to
the EPA
Petitioner
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Where can I get copies of this
document and other related
information?
This Federal Register document, the
petition for reconsideration and the
response letter to the petitioner are
available in the EPA’s docket
established for the rulemaking to
promulgate the air quality designations
for the 2010 SO2 Primary NAAQS,
under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2012–0233. The table below identifies
the petitioner, the date of petition to the
EPA, the document identification
number of the petition in the docket, the
date of the EPA’s acknowledgement
letter and the document identification
number in the docket for the EPA’s
response.
Date of the
EPA response
The EPA
response:
document
number in
docket
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Petition:
document No.
in docket
Detroit, MI Nonattainment Area
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U.S. Steel Corporation—Great Lakes Works ..........................
All documents in the docket are listed
in the index at https://
www.regulations.gov. Although listed in
the index, some information is not
publicly available, e.g., confidential
business information or other
information where disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically through https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
EPA’s Docket Center, Public Reading
Room, William Jefferson Clinton West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004.
This Docket Center 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 Air Docket
is (202) 566–1742.
In addition, the EPA has established
a Web site for the SO2 designations
rulemaking at https://www.epa.gov/
so2designations. This Federal Register
notice, the petition for reconsideration,
and the response letter to the petitioner
are also available on this Web site along
with other information relevant to the
designations process.
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II. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
indicates which Federal Courts of
Appeal have venue for petitions for
review of final actions by the EPA. This
section provides, in part, that petitions
for review must be filed in the Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (i) when the agency action
consists of ‘‘nationally applicable
regulations promulgated, or final actions
taken, by the Administrator,’’ or (ii)
when such action is locally or regionally
applicable, if ‘‘such action is based on
a determination of nationwide scope or
effect and if in taking such action the
Administrator finds and publishes that
such action is based on such a
determination.’’ In the rule establishing
air quality designations for the 2010 SO2
Primary NAAQS, the EPA determined
that the actions are of nationwide scope
and effect for the purposes of section
307(b)(1). (See 78 FR 47191, 47197
(August 5, 2013).)
The EPA has determined that its
action denying the petition for
reconsideration also is of nationwide
scope and effect because this action
directly relates to the SO2 designations
rulemaking that the EPA previously
determined is of nationwide scope and
effect. Thus, any petition for review of
the final letter denying the petition for
reconsideration must be filed in the
Court of Appeals for the District of
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2014.
Dated: March 19, 2014.
Janet McCabe,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air
and Radiation.
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ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
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(VHF) transmitters by persons on shore;
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0233; FRL-9908-80-OAR]
Air Quality Designations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2) Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS):
Notice of Action Denying Petition for Reconsideration and Stay Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of action denying petition for reconsideration and stay
request.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice
that it has responded to a petition for reconsideration of a rule
published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2013, that promulgated
the initial air quality designations for the 2010 Primary Sulfur
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Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
for certain areas in the United States. The rule is titled, ``Air
Quality Designations for the 2010 SO2 Primary NAAQS.''
Subsequent to publishing the rule, the EPA received three petitions
requesting that the EPA reconsider its designation decisions for
certain areas. This document announces the EPA's response to one of
those petitions: a petition from U.S. Steel requesting the EPA to
reconsider its designation decision for Detroit, Michigan. A subsequent
document will announce the EPA's response to the other two petitions.
The EPA carefully considered the U.S. Steel's petition and supporting
information, along with information contained in the rulemaking docket,
in reaching its decision on the petition. The EPA denied the U.S.
Steel's petition for reconsideration in a letter to the petitioner
dated March 11, 2014. The letter explains the EPA's reasons for the
denial. The petitioner also requested that the EPA stay the
effectiveness of the designations rule, pending reconsideration.
Because the EPA denied the reconsideration request, the EPA also denied
the stay request.
DATES: The petition for reconsideration discussed in this document is
denied as of April 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Wright, Air Quality Planning
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C539-04, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-1087; email:
wright.rhonda@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Where can I get copies of this document and other related
information?
This Federal Register document, the petition for reconsideration
and the response letter to the petitioner are available in the EPA's
docket established for the rulemaking to promulgate the air quality
designations for the 2010 SO2 Primary NAAQS, under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0233. The table below identifies the petitioner,
the date of petition to the EPA, the document identification number of
the petition in the docket, the date of the EPA's acknowledgement
letter and the document identification number in the docket for the
EPA's response.
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The EPA
Petition: response:
Petitioner Date of petition to the EPA document No. in Date of the EPA response document number
docket in docket
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Detroit, MI Nonattainment Area
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U.S. Steel Corporation--Great Lakes Works October 2, 2013...................... 0357 March 11, 2014...................... -0363
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All documents in the docket are listed in the index at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., confidential business information or
other information where disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
through https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at EPA's Docket
Center, Public Reading Room, William Jefferson Clinton West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. This
Docket Center 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 Air
Docket is (202) 566-1742.
In addition, the EPA has established a Web site for the
SO2 designations rulemaking at https://www.epa.gov/so2designations. This Federal Register notice, the petition for
reconsideration, and the response letter to the petitioner are also
available on this Web site along with other information relevant to the
designations process.
II. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act indicates which Federal
Courts of Appeal have venue for petitions for review of final actions
by the EPA. This section provides, in part, that petitions for review
must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit (i) when the agency action consists of ``nationally applicable
regulations promulgated, or final actions taken, by the
Administrator,'' or (ii) when such action is locally or regionally
applicable, if ``such action is based on a determination of nationwide
scope or effect and if in taking such action the Administrator finds
and publishes that such action is based on such a determination.'' In
the rule establishing air quality designations for the 2010
SO2 Primary NAAQS, the EPA determined that the actions are
of nationwide scope and effect for the purposes of section 307(b)(1).
(See 78 FR 47191, 47197 (August 5, 2013).)
The EPA has determined that its action denying the petition for
reconsideration also is of nationwide scope and effect because this
action directly relates to the SO2 designations rulemaking
that the EPA previously determined is of nationwide scope and effect.
Thus, any petition for review of the final letter denying the petition
for reconsideration must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit on or before June 2, 2014.
Dated: March 19, 2014.
Janet McCabe,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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