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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to correct
final rules pertaining to the State of
Montana’s State Implementation Plan
(SIP). On February 13, 2012, EPA took
final action to partially approve and
partially disapprove SIP revisions and
new rules as submitted by the State of
Montana on June 25, 2010 and May 28,
2003. EPA subsequently discovered
errors in our February 13, 2012 final
action related to the ‘‘incorporation by
reference’’ materials and the associated
regulatory text that inadvertently
reversed portions of our July 8, 2011
final action. EPA is proposing to correct
those errors with today’s action; and we
are only seeking comments on these
corrections. This action is being taken
under section 110 of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 4,
2014.
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–
OAR–2011–0100, by one of the
following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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• https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: dobrahner.jaslyn@epa.gov.
• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing
comments).
• Mail: Director, Air Program,
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129.
• Hand Delivery: Director, Air
Program, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P–
AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202–1129. Such deliveries
are only accepted Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays. Special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket EPA–R08–OAR–2011–0100.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov or email. The
https://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 https://
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. For additional instructions on
submitting comments, go to Section I.
General Information of the
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Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Program, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129. EPA requests that if at all
possible, you contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to view the hard copy
of the docket. You may view the hard
copy of the docket Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding
federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaslyn Dobrahner, Air Program, EPA,
Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR, 1595
Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202–
1129, (303) 312–6252,
dobrahner.jaslyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Definitions
For the purpose of this document, we
are giving meaning to certain words or
initials as follows:
(i) The words or initials Act or CAA
mean or refer to the Clean Air Act,
unless the context indicates otherwise.
(ii) The words EPA, we, us or our
mean or refer to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
(iii) The initials SIP mean or refer to
State Implementation Plan.
(iv) The words State or Montana
mean the State of Montana, unless the
context indicates otherwise.
Table of Contents
I. General Information
II. Background
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders Review
I. General Information
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What should I consider as I prepare my
comments for EPA?
1. Submitting Confidential Business
Information (CBI). Do not submit CBI to
EPA through https://www.regulations.gov
or email. Clearly mark the part or all of
the information that you claim to be
CBI. For CBI information on a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the
outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI
and then identify electronically within
the disk or CD ROM the specific
information that is claimed as CBI. In
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addition to one complete version of the
comment that includes information
claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment
that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for
inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be
disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
to:
• Identify the rulemaking by docket
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date, and page number);
• Follow directions and organize your
comments;
• Explain why you agree or disagree;
• Suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes;
• Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used;
• If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced;
• Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns, and suggest
alternatives;
• Explain your views as clearly as
possible, avoiding the use of profanity
or personal threats; and
• Make sure to submit your
comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
3. Scope of comments. Although EPA
is including the entire regulatory text in
this action and the associated proposed
incorporation by reference materials
(with proposed corrections) so that the
public can see the corrections, EPA is
only seeking comment on the proposed
corrections that are described in this
document. Our prior documents
provided an opportunity for the public
to review and comment on our partial
approval and partial disapproval actions
regarding these Montana State
Implementation Plan regulations.
Therefore, we will only address
comments regarding the proposed
corrections described in this document.
II. Background
In our rule published on February 13,
2012 (77 FR 7531), EPA took final action
to partially approve and partially
disapprove SIP revisions and new rules
as submitted by the State of Montana on
June 25, 2010 and May 28, 2003. On
page 7534, third column, under the
regulatory text in 40 CFR
52.1370(c)(72)(i) Incorporation by
reference, paragraph (A), EPA
inadvertently incorporated by reference
all of Administrative Rules of Montana
(ARM), 17.8.740, Definitions. We are
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proposing to amend the regulatory text
in 40 CFR 51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A) to specify
that EPA only approved the phrase
‘‘, except when a permit is not required
under ARM 17.8.745’’ in ARM
17.8.740(8)(a) and the phrase, ‘‘, except
as provided in ARM 17.8.745’’ in ARM
17.8.740(8)(c). Therefore, we propose
that the regulatory text in 40 CFR
51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A) read as follows:
‘‘Administrative Rules of Montana,
17.8.740, Definitions, ARM
17.8.740(8)(a) and (c), respectively, the
phrases ‘, except when a permit is not
required under ARM 17.8.745’ and
‘, except as provided in ARM 17.8.745’;
17.8.743, Montana Air Quality
Permits—When Required, (except for
the phrase in 17.8.743(1)(b), ‘asphalt
concrete plants, mineral crushers, and’,
and 17.8.743(1)(c)); and 17.8.764,
Administrative Amendment to Permit,
effective 12/27/2002.’’
This proposed correction is consistent
with: (1) The preamble of our February
13, 2012 final rule (77 FR 7531, 7534);
and (2) the July 8, 2011 final rule (76 FR
40237) and associated regulatory text
found in 40 CFR 52.1370(c)(70)(i)(B)(2)
where we disapproved the phrase in
ARM 17.8.740(2) ‘‘includes a reasonable
period of time for startup and
shakedown and’’ and the definitions in
ARM 17.8.740(10) and (14), ‘‘Negligible
risk to the public health, safety, and
welfare and to the environment’’ and
‘‘Routine Maintenance, repair, or
replacement,’’ respectively. We also
confirm that our approval of the phrase
‘‘unless the increase meets the criteria
in ARM 17.8.745 for a de minimis
change not requiring a permit, or’’ in
17.8.764(1)(b) of our July 8, 2011 final
rule (76 FR 40237) is accurate, while the
same phrase in the preamble of the July
8, 2011 and February 13, 2012 final
rules is incorrect.
In this action, EPA is also proposing
to correct the associated IBR material for
our February 13, 2012 (77 FR 7531) rule
by striking out the aforementioned
phrases (ARM 17.8.740(2), ARM
17.8.743(1)(c)) and two definitions
(ARM 17.8.740(10), ARM 17.8.740(14))
that were inadvertently included in the
IBR SIP material from the State’s May
28, 2003 submittal; and the proposed
corrected IBR material appears in the
docket for this action.
For more detailed information
regarding these February 13, 2012 and
July 8, 2011 actions, see 77 FR 7531 and
76 FR 40237.
III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is proposing to amend the text in
40 CFR 51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A) to read as
follows: ‘‘Administrative Rules of
Montana, 17.8.740, Definitions, ARM
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17.8.740(8)(a) and (c), respectively, the
phrases ‘, except when a permit is not
required under ARM 17.8.745’ and ‘,
except as provided in ARM 17.8.74’;
17.8.743, Montana Air Quality
Permits—When Required, (except for
the phrase in 17.8.743(1)(b), ‘asphalt
concrete plants, mineral crushers, and’,
and 17.8.743(1)(c)); and 17.8.764,
Administrative Amendment to Permit,
effective 12/27/2002.’’
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders
Review
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 some state law
as meeting federal requirements and
disapproves other state law because it
does not meet federal requirements; this
proposed action 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
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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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Date: July 15, 2014.
Shaun L. McGrath,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Allegheny County;
Control of Outdoor Wood-Fired Boilers
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
submission by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for two State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions in
accordance with the requirements of the
Clean Air Act (CAA). These revisions
pertain to the control of particulate
matter (PM) emissions from the
operation of outdoor wood-fired boilers
(OWBs) in Allegheny County.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 4,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2014–0169 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
SUMMARY:
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B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0169,
Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director,
Office of Air Program Planning, 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–2014–
0169. 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,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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[EPA-R08-OAR-2011-0100; FRL-9914-64-Region 8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Montana; Revisions to the Administrative Rules of Montana--Air Quality,
Subchapter 7, Exclusion for De Minimis Changes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to correct
final rules pertaining to the State of Montana's State Implementation
Plan (SIP). On February 13, 2012, EPA took final action to partially
approve and partially disapprove SIP revisions and new rules as
submitted by the State of Montana on June 25, 2010 and May 28, 2003.
EPA subsequently discovered errors in our February 13, 2012 final
action related to the ``incorporation by reference'' materials and the
associated regulatory text that inadvertently reversed portions of our
July 8, 2011 final action. EPA is proposing to correct those errors
with today's action; and we are only seeking comments on these
corrections. This action is being taken under section 110 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 4,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2011-0100, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: dobrahner.jaslyn@epa.gov.
Fax: (303) 312-6064 (please alert the individual listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing comments).
Mail: Director, Air Program, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202-1129.
Hand Delivery: Director, Air Program, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. Such deliveries are only accepted
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal
holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket EPA-R08-OAR-2011-0100.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change and may be made available online at https://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 https://www.regulations.gov or
email. The https://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 https://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. For additional instructions on submitting comments, go to
Section I. General Information of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this document.
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Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Program,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. EPA requests that if at all possible, you
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy
of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding
federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaslyn Dobrahner, Air Program, EPA,
Region 8, Mail Code 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129,
(303) 312-6252, dobrahner.jaslyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Definitions
For the purpose of this document, we are giving meaning to certain
words or initials as follows:
(i) The words or initials Act or CAA mean or refer to the Clean Air
Act, unless the context indicates otherwise.
(ii) The words EPA, we, us or our mean or refer to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
(iii) The initials SIP mean or refer to State Implementation Plan.
(iv) The words State or Montana mean the State of Montana, unless
the context indicates otherwise.
Table of Contents
I. General Information
II. Background
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders Review
I. General Information
What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not
submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For
CBI information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the
outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically
within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as
CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and
page number);
Follow directions and organize your comments;
Explain why you agree or disagree;
Suggest alternatives and substitute language for your
requested changes;
Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used;
If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced;
Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives;
Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats; and
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
3. Scope of comments. Although EPA is including the entire
regulatory text in this action and the associated proposed
incorporation by reference materials (with proposed corrections) so
that the public can see the corrections, EPA is only seeking comment on
the proposed corrections that are described in this document. Our prior
documents provided an opportunity for the public to review and comment
on our partial approval and partial disapproval actions regarding these
Montana State Implementation Plan regulations. Therefore, we will only
address comments regarding the proposed corrections described in this
document.
II. Background
In our rule published on February 13, 2012 (77 FR 7531), EPA took
final action to partially approve and partially disapprove SIP
revisions and new rules as submitted by the State of Montana on June
25, 2010 and May 28, 2003. On page 7534, third column, under the
regulatory text in 40 CFR 52.1370(c)(72)(i) Incorporation by reference,
paragraph (A), EPA inadvertently incorporated by reference all of
Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM), 17.8.740, Definitions. We are
proposing to amend the regulatory text in 40 CFR 51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A)
to specify that EPA only approved the phrase ``, except when a permit
is not required under ARM 17.8.745'' in ARM 17.8.740(8)(a) and the
phrase, ``, except as provided in ARM 17.8.745'' in ARM 17.8.740(8)(c).
Therefore, we propose that the regulatory text in 40 CFR
51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A) read as follows: ``Administrative Rules of
Montana, 17.8.740, Definitions, ARM 17.8.740(8)(a) and (c),
respectively, the phrases `, except when a permit is not required under
ARM 17.8.745' and `, except as provided in ARM 17.8.745'; 17.8.743,
Montana Air Quality Permits--When Required, (except for the phrase in
17.8.743(1)(b), `asphalt concrete plants, mineral crushers, and', and
17.8.743(1)(c)); and 17.8.764, Administrative Amendment to Permit,
effective 12/27/2002.''
This proposed correction is consistent with: (1) The preamble of
our February 13, 2012 final rule (77 FR 7531, 7534); and (2) the July
8, 2011 final rule (76 FR 40237) and associated regulatory text found
in 40 CFR 52.1370(c)(70)(i)(B)(2) where we disapproved the phrase in
ARM 17.8.740(2) ``includes a reasonable period of time for startup and
shakedown and'' and the definitions in ARM 17.8.740(10) and (14),
``Negligible risk to the public health, safety, and welfare and to the
environment'' and ``Routine Maintenance, repair, or replacement,''
respectively. We also confirm that our approval of the phrase ``unless
the increase meets the criteria in ARM 17.8.745 for a de minimis change
not requiring a permit, or'' in 17.8.764(1)(b) of our July 8, 2011
final rule (76 FR 40237) is accurate, while the same phrase in the
preamble of the July 8, 2011 and February 13, 2012 final rules is
incorrect.
In this action, EPA is also proposing to correct the associated IBR
material for our February 13, 2012 (77 FR 7531) rule by striking out
the aforementioned phrases (ARM 17.8.740(2), ARM 17.8.743(1)(c)) and
two definitions (ARM 17.8.740(10), ARM 17.8.740(14)) that were
inadvertently included in the IBR SIP material from the State's May 28,
2003 submittal; and the proposed corrected IBR material appears in the
docket for this action.
For more detailed information regarding these February 13, 2012 and
July 8, 2011 actions, see 77 FR 7531 and 76 FR 40237.
III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is proposing to amend the text in 40 CFR 51.1370(c)(72)(i)(A)
to read as follows: ``Administrative Rules of Montana, 17.8.740,
Definitions, ARM
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17.8.740(8)(a) and (c), respectively, the phrases `, except when a
permit is not required under ARM 17.8.745' and `, except as provided in
ARM 17.8.74'; 17.8.743, Montana Air Quality Permits--When Required,
(except for the phrase in 17.8.743(1)(b), `asphalt concrete plants,
mineral crushers, and', and 17.8.743(1)(c)); and 17.8.764,
Administrative Amendment to Permit, effective 12/27/2002.''
IV. Statutory and Executive Orders Review
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 some state law as meeting federal
requirements and disapproves other state law because it does not meet
federal requirements; this proposed action 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Date: July 15, 2014.
Shaun L. McGrath,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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