Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Prevention of Significant Deterioration, 70095-70099 [2014-27749]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Rules and Regulations (b) * * * (2) * * * (iii) Rollover amounts. The rule in paragraph (b)(2) of this section (dealing with return of employee contributions) does not apply to a participant’s accumulated mandatory employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4)(i) of this chapter) or the benefit derived from such mandatory employee contributions. * * * * * (c) * * * (2) Exception. Except in the case of accumulated mandatory employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4)(i) of this chapter), upon the death of a participant the PBGC may pay in a single installment (or a series of installments) that portion of the participant’s accumulated mandatory employee contributions that is payable under the plan in a single installment (or a series of installments) upon the participant’s death. * * * * * ■ 6. In § 4022.8, add paragraph (f) to read as follows: § 4022.8 Form of payment. * * * * * (f) Rollover amounts. The annuity benefit resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4) of this chapter) is combined with any other benefit under the plan and paid in the same form and at the same time as the other benefit. ■ 7. In § 4022.22, add paragraph (d) to read as follows: § 4022.22 Maximum guaranteeable benefit. wreier-aviles on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with RULES * * * * * (d) Rollover amounts. Any portion of a benefit derived from mandatory employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4)(i) of this chapter) is disregarded in applying the provisions of §§ 4022.22 and 4022.23. However, any portion of a benefit derived from employer contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4)(ii) of this chapter) is combined with any other benefit under the plan for purposes of determining the maximum guaranteeable benefit under §§ 4022.22 and 4022.23. For example, assume that a participant has an $80,000 total annual plan benefit at age 65, of which $15,000 is derived from mandatory employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts and $5,000 is derived from employer contributions resulting from rollover amounts. The $15,000 benefit derived VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:24 Nov 24, 2014 Jkt 235001 from employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts would be excluded in the determination of the participant’s maximum guaranteeable amount. The participant’s remaining $65,000 benefit (including the $5,000 benefit derived from employer contributions resulting from rollover amounts) would be subject to the maximum guaranteeable benefit limitation. Assuming the plan terminated in 2014, the participant’s maximum guaranteeable benefit of approximately $59,000 for a straight life annuity at age 65 would effectively be increased by the $15,000 benefit derived from employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts, resulting in total guaranteeable benefits of approximately $74,000. (The maximum guaranteeable benefit limitation would apply to the participant’s benefit derived from employer contributions; as a result, $6,000 of the participant’s benefit derived from employer contributions would not be guaranteeable by PBGC.) ■ 8. In § 4022.24, add paragraph (g) to read as follows: § 4022.24 Benefit increases. * * * * * (g) Rollover amounts. Any portion of a benefit derived from mandatory employee contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12 (c)(4)(i) of this chapter) is disregarded in applying the provisions of §§ 4022.24 through 4022.26. However, any portion of a benefit derived from employer contributions resulting from rollover amounts (as determined under § 4044.12(c)(4)(ii) of this chapter) is combined with any other benefit under the plan in applying the provisions of §§ 4022.24 through 4022.26. In such case, the benefit increase is deemed to be in effect on the date the rollover amounts are received by the plan. PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLANS 9. The authority citation for part 4044 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3), 1341, 1344, and 1362. 10. In 4044.12, paragraphs (b)(4) and (c)(4) are added to read as follows: ■ § 4044.12 Priority category 2 benefits. * * * * * (b) * * * (4) Rollover amounts. In the case of a benefit resulting from rollover amounts, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) of this section, the interest rates and conversion factors in PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 70095 paragraph (c)(4) of this section are used to determine the portion of the accrued benefit derived from the employee’s contributions and, if any, the portion of the accrued benefit derived from employer contributions. (c) * * * (4) Special rules for benefit resulting from rollover amounts. (i) Mandatory employee contributions. Notwithstanding paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section, in the case of a benefit resulting from rollover amounts, the accrued benefit derived from mandatory employee contributions is determined using the interest rates and conversion factors under section 411(c)(2)(B) and (C) of the Code for purposes of computing an employee’s accrued benefit derived from the employee’s contributions. The annuity benefit and the pre-retirement death benefit, as determined on this basis, is the benefit resulting from rollover amounts in priority category 2. (ii) Employer contributions. Any portion of a participant’s accrued benefit resulting from rollover amounts that is in excess of the accrued benefit derived from mandatory employee contributions determined in accordance with paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this section (i.e., the accrued benefit derived from employer contributions) is a guaranteeable benefit in priority category 3, priority category 4, or priority category 5, as applicable under this part. Issued in Washington, DC, this 18 day of November, 2014. Alice C. Maroni, Acting Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation . [FR Doc. 2014–27826 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7709–02–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0690; FRL–9919–48– Region–3] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Direct final rule. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions incorporate by SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25NOR1.SGM 25NOR1 wreier-aviles on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with RULES 70096 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Rules and Regulations reference (IBR) the current requirements of the Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program into the Maryland SIP. Additionally, the revisions will allow Maryland’s PSD program to automatically update with any revisions to the Federal regulations. EPA is approving these revisions to Maryland’s PSD program in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). DATES: This rule is effective on January 26, 2015 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by December 26, 2014. 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–2014–0690 by one of the following methods: A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. B. Email: kreider.andrew@epa.gov. C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0690, Andrew Kreider, Acting Associate Director, Office of Permits and Air Toxics, Mailcode 3AP10, 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– 0690. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:24 Nov 24, 2014 Jkt 235001 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: David Talley, (215) 814–2117, or by email at talley.david@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On August 22, 2013, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) submitted a formal revision (#13–05) to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP revision incorporates by reference the most current Federal PSD regulations which are codified at 40 CFR 52.21, and will allow future revisions to the Federal PSD program to be automatically incorporated into Maryland’s SIP. Maryland has previously adopted a PSD program through an IBR of a datespecific version of the Federal PSD program. The currently approved Maryland SIP incorporates the Federal regulations as published in the 2009 version of the Code of Federal Regulations, and ‘‘as amended by the ‘Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule’ (Tailoring Rule; 75 FR 31514), and the ‘Deferral for CO2 Emissions from Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Programs’ (Biomass Deferral; 76 FR 43490).’’ PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 EPA took final action to approve Maryland’s IBR of the 2009 version of 40 CFR 52.21 ‘‘as amended’’ by the Tailoring Rule on August 2, 2012 (77 FR 45949). Subsequently, MDE submitted a revision which incorporated the provisions of the Biomass Deferral into the Maryland SIP. On November 16, 2012, EPA took final action to approve that revision (78 FR 13497). EPA’s August 2, 2012 approval incorporated a number of important required elements into Maryland’s PSD program, including those related to the 2008 ‘‘Implementation of New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5)’’ (2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule; 73 FR 28321). For PSD sources in Maryland, this required that PSD permits address direct PM2.5 emissions as well as precursor emissions (including sulfur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX)), established significant emission rates for PM2.5 and precursor emissions, and established the requirement to account for condensable particulate matter. On January 4, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit), in Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) v. EPA,1 issued a decision that remanded the EPA’s rules implementing the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, including the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule. The court’s remand of the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule is relevant to this final rulemaking. This rule promulgated NSR requirements for implementation of PM2.5 in both nonattainment areas (nonattainment NSR) and attainment/ unclassifiable areas (PSD). The D.C. Circuit found that EPA erred in implementing the PM2.5 NAAQS pursuant to the general implementation provisions of subpart 1 of part D of title I of the CAA, rather than pursuant to the additional implementation provisions specific to particulate matter nonattainment areas in subpart 4. The court ordered the EPA to ‘‘repromulgate these rules pursuant to Subpart 4 consistent with this opinion.’’ Id. at 437. However, as the requirements of subpart 4 only pertain to nonattainment areas, it is EPA’s position that the portions of the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule that address requirements for PM2.5 in attainment and unclassifiable areas are not affected by the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in NRDC v. EPA. Moreover, EPA does not anticipate the need to revise any PSD requirements promulgated in the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule in order to comply with the court’s decision. Accordingly, EPA’s approval of Maryland’s SIP as to the PSD requirements promulgated by the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule in this action does 1 See E:\FR\FM\25NOR1.SGM 706 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2013). 25NOR1 wreier-aviles on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Rules and Regulations not conflict with the D.C. Circuit’s opinion. On October 20, 2010, EPA promulgated additional PSD regulations relating to PM2.5: ‘‘Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for Particulate Matter Less than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5)—Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs), and Significant Monitoring Concentrations (SMC)’’ (2010 PSD PM2.5 Rule; 73 FR 64864). Because Maryland’s currently approved SIP incorporates the 2009 version of the CFR, these provisions are not currently in the Maryland SIP. On January 22, 2013, the D.C. Circuit, in Sierra Club v. EPA,2 issued a judgment that, inter alia, vacated and remanded the SIL provisions at 40 CFR 52.21(k)(2). Additionally, the D.C. Circuit vacated the SMC provisions at section 52.21(i)(5)(i)(c). In response to the D.C. Circuit’s decision, EPA took final action on December 9, 2013 to remove the SIL provisions from the Federal PSD regulations and to revise the SMC for PM2.5 to zero (78 FR 73698). Therefore, the provisions with which the court took issue are not in effect in Maryland and are not being approved into the Maryland SIP as part of this action. The 2010 PSD PM2.5 Rule also established increments for PM2.5 pursuant to the legal authority contained in section 166(a) of the CAA for pollutants for which NAAQS are promulgated after 1977. An increment is the maximum allowable level of ambient pollutant concentration increase that is allowed to occur above the applicable baseline concentration in a particular area. As such, an increment defines ‘‘significant deterioration.’’ The PM2.5 increment provisions at 40 CFR 52.21(c) were not affected by the D.C. Circuit’s decision on the 2010 PSD PM2.5 Rule, and are therefore being approved into the Maryland SIP with this final approval action. Additionally, EPA notes that on June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency,3 issued a decision addressing the application of PSD permitting requirements to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Supreme Court said that the EPA may not treat GHGs as an air pollutant for purposes of determining whether a source is a major source (or modification thereof) required to obtain a PSD permit. The Court also said that the EPA could continue to require that PSD permits, otherwise required based on emissions of pollutants other than GHGs, contain limitations on GHG 2 See 3 134 705 F.3d 458, 469. S.Ct. 2427. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:24 Nov 24, 2014 Jkt 235001 emissions based on the application of Best Available Control Technology (BACT). In order to act consistently with its understanding of the Court’s decision pending further judicial action before the D.C. Circuit to effectuate the decision, the EPA is not continuing to apply EPA regulations that would require that SIPs include permitting requirements that the Supreme Court found impermissible. Specifically, EPA is not applying the requirement that a state’s SIP-approved PSD program require that sources obtain PSD permits when GHGs are the only pollutant: (i) That the source emits or has the potential to emit above the major source thresholds; or (ii) for which there is a significant emissions increase and a significant net emissions increase from a modification (e.g. 40 CFRs 51.166(b)(48)(v) and 52.21(b)(49)(v)). EPA anticipates a need to revise federal PSD rules in light of the Supreme Court opinion. In addition, EPA anticipates that many states will revise their existing SIP-approved PSD programs in light of the Supreme Court’s decision. In states that allow future revisions to the Federal PSD program to be automatically incorporated into the SIP as Maryland has done in this case, this will be accomplished as soon as EPA revises the federal PSD rules. The timing and content of subsequent EPA actions with respect to the EPA regulations is expected to be informed by additional legal processes before the D.C. Circuit. EPA is not expecting states to have revised their existing PSD program regulations at this juncture before the D.C. Circuit has addressed these issues and before EPA has revised its regulations at 40 CFRs 51.166 and 52.21. However, EPA is evaluating PSD program submissions to assure that the state’s program correctly addresses GHGs consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision. Maryland’s existing approved SIP contains the greenhouse gas permitting requirements reflected in 40 CFR 52.21 after EPA issued the Tailoring Rule. As a result, the PSD permitting program in Maryland previously approved by EPA into the SIP continues to require that PSD permits (otherwise required based on emissions of pollutants other than GHGs) contain limitations on GHG emissions based on the application of BACT when sources emit or increase greenhouse gases in the amount of 75,000 tons per year (measured as carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent CO2e). Although the approved Maryland PSD permitting program may also currently contain provisions that are no longer necessary in light of the Supreme Court PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 70097 decision, this does not prevent EPA from approving the submission addressed in this rule. Maryland’s 2013 SIP submission does not add any greenhouse gas permitting requirements that are inconsistent with the Supreme Court decision. While this submission incorporates all of 40 CFR 52.21 for completeness, the submission reincorporates PSD permitting requirements for greenhouse gases that are mostly already in the Maryland SIP. However, this revision does add to the Maryland SIP the elements of EPA’s 2012 rule implementing Step 3 of the phase in of PSD permitting requirements for greenhouse gases described in the Tailoring Rule. 77 FR 41051 (July 12, 2012). This rule became effective on August 13, 2012. Specifically, the incorporation of the Step 3 rule provisions will allow GHGemitting sources to obtain plantwide applicability limits (PALs) for their GHG emissions on a CO2e basis. The GHG PAL provisions, as currently written, include some provisions that may no longer be appropriate in light of the Supreme Court decision. Since the Supreme Court has determined that sources and modifications may not be defined as ‘‘major’’ solely on the basis of the level of greenhouse gases emitted or increased, PALs for greenhouse gases may no longer have value in some situations where a source might have triggered PSD based on greenhouse gas emissions alone. However, PALs for GHGs may still have a role to play in determining whether a modification that triggers PSD for a pollutant other than greenhouse gases should also be subject to BACT for greenhouse gases. These provisions, like the other GHG provisions discussed previously, will likely be revised pending further legal action. However, this SIP revision does not add new requirements for sources or modifications that only emit or increase greenhouse gases above the major source threshold or the 75,000 tpy greenhouse gas level in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(iv). Rather, the PAL’s provisions provide increased flexibility to sources that wish to address their GHG emissions in a PAL. Since this flexibility may still be valuable to sources in at least one context described above, EPA believes that it is appropriate to approve these provisions into the Maryland SIP at this juncture. While the automatic IBR of 40 CFR 52.21 being approved into Maryland’s SIP through this action will incorporate some regulations that will be revised in subsequent EPA actions to address the Supreme Court decision, approving the automatic IBR into Maryland’s SIP at this time will ensure that Maryland’s E:\FR\FM\25NOR1.SGM 25NOR1 70098 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Rules and Regulations PSD requirements will remain consistent with the Federal regulations at the time of any subsequent revisions EPA makes to the Federal PSD program. In a related matter, on July 12, 2013, the D.C. Circuit, in Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA 4 vacated the provisions of the Biomass Deferral, which had delayed (for three years) the applicability of PSD and title V requirements to biogenic CO2 emissions. While the ultimate disposition of the Federal regulations implementing the Biomass Deferral has not yet been determined, the deferral expired on July 21, 2014 anyway, and could not presently be used even absent the vacatur. As previously discussed, any future revisions to the Federal regulations will automatically be incorporated into Maryland’s SIP. Therefore, while this approval action includes the vacated portions of 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(ii)(a), EPA’s approval does not conflict with the D.C. Circuit’s decision. wreier-aviles on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with RULES II. Summary of SIP Revision MDE’s August 22, 2013 SIP revision request includes amendments to the following provisions of the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR): Regulation .01 under 26.11.01—General Administrative Provisions, and Regulation .14 under COMAR 26.11.06—General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions. The revisions remove the date-specific IBR of section 52.21, replacing it with an IBR of 40 CFR 52.21 ‘‘as amended.’’ As previously discussed, these revisions incorporate the current Federal PSD requirements, and will automatically incorporate any future changes to the Federal regulations into the Maryland SIP. EPA is approving the SIP revision in accordance with the CAA and the requirements for PSD permitting programs. III. Final Action EPA is approving MDE’s August 22, 2013 submittal as a revision to the Maryland SIP. 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 January 26, 2015 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comment by December 26, 2014. If EPA receives adverse comment, 4 See 722 F.3d 401. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:24 Nov 24, 2014 Jkt 235001 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 rule based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this 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 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 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 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. EPA will submit a report containing this action and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 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 January 26, 2015. 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 action. This action pertaining to Maryland’s PSD program 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, Carbon monoxide, Incorporation by reference, E:\FR\FM\25NOR1.SGM 25NOR1 70099 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Rules and Regulations Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds. Subpart V—Maryland PART 52—APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by revising the entry/ entries for COMAR 26.11.01.01 and 26.11.06.14. The revised text reads as follows: ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows: ■ Dated: November 5, 2014. W.C. Early, Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. § 52.1070 * 40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: Identification of plan. * * (c) * * * * * EPA-APPROVED REGULATIONS, TECHNICAL MEMORANDA, AND STATUTES IN THE MARYLAND SIP Title/subject 26.11.01.01 .................................. * * 26.11.06 * * 26.11.06.14 .................................. * * * * * [FR Doc. 2014–27749 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 [EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0690; FRL–9919–65– Region 3] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia’s Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan of the West Virginia Portion of the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV–MD Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard wreier-aviles on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with RULES Jkt 235001 * * 7/8/13 * * * 11/25/14 [Insert Federal Register citation]. * * the West Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP) the associated maintenance plan to show maintenance of the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS through 2025 for the Area. As part of this action, EPA is making a determination that the Martinsburg Area continues to attain the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. The maintenance plan includes the 2017 and 2025 PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NOX) mobile vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for Berkeley County, West Virginia for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS which EPA is approving for transportation conformity purposes. Furthermore, EPA is approving, as a revision to the West Virginia SIP, the 2007 base year emissions inventory for the Area for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. These actions are being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Revised .01B(37). * * * Revised .14B(1). * the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy for public inspection 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 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street SE., Charleston, West Virginia 25304. Rose Quinto, (215) 814–2182, or by email at quinto.rose@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Background EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID Number EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0690. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the electronic docket, some information is not publicly available, i.e., confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on On August 5, 2013, the State of West Virginia through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) formally submitted a request to redesignate the West Virginia portion of the Martinsburg Area from nonattainment to attainment for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Concurrently, WVDEP submitted a maintenance plan for the Area as a SIP revision to ensure continued attainment throughout the Area over the next 10 years. The maintenance plan also This final rule is effective on December 26, 2014. ADDRESSES: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the State of West Virginia’s request to redesignate to attainment the West Virginia portion of the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV–MD nonattainment area (the Martinsburg Area or Area) for the 1997 annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). EPA is also approving as a revision to 14:24 Nov 24, 2014 11/25/14 [Insert Federal Register citation]. DATES: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 7/8/13 * * Control of PSD Sources .............. SUMMARY: Additional explanation/citation at 40 CFR 52.1100 EPA approval date General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions * * General Administrative Provisions Definitions .................................... * * State effective date 26.11.01 Code of Maryland administrative regulations (COMAR) citation PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\25NOR1.SGM 25NOR1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70095-70099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27749]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0690; FRL-9919-48-Region-3]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Maryland; Prevention of Significant Deterioration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct
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reference (IBR) the current requirements of the Federal Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD) program into the Maryland SIP.
Additionally, the revisions will allow Maryland's PSD program to
automatically update with any revisions to the Federal regulations. EPA
is approving these revisions to Maryland's PSD program in accordance
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: This rule is effective on January 26, 2015 without further
notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by December 26,
2014. 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-2014-0690 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: kreider.andrew@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0690, Andrew Kreider, Acting Associate
Director, Office of Permits and Air Toxics, Mailcode 3AP10, 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-
2014-0690. 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: David Talley, (215) 814-2117, or by
email at talley.david@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On August 22, 2013, the Maryland Department of the Environment
(MDE) submitted a formal revision (#13-05) to the Maryland State
Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP revision incorporates by reference
the most current Federal PSD regulations which are codified at 40 CFR
52.21, and will allow future revisions to the Federal PSD program to be
automatically incorporated into Maryland's SIP.
Maryland has previously adopted a PSD program through an IBR of a
date-specific version of the Federal PSD program. The currently
approved Maryland SIP incorporates the Federal regulations as published
in the 2009 version of the Code of Federal Regulations, and ``as
amended by the `Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V
Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule' (Tailoring Rule; 75 FR 31514), and the
`Deferral for CO2 Emissions from Bioenergy and Other
Biogenic Sources under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and
Title V Programs' (Biomass Deferral; 76 FR 43490).''
EPA took final action to approve Maryland's IBR of the 2009 version
of 40 CFR 52.21 ``as amended'' by the Tailoring Rule on August 2, 2012
(77 FR 45949). Subsequently, MDE submitted a revision which
incorporated the provisions of the Biomass Deferral into the Maryland
SIP. On November 16, 2012, EPA took final action to approve that
revision (78 FR 13497). EPA's August 2, 2012 approval incorporated a
number of important required elements into Maryland's PSD program,
including those related to the 2008 ``Implementation of New Source
Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers
(PM2.5)'' (2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule; 73 FR 28321). For
PSD sources in Maryland, this required that PSD permits address direct
PM2.5 emissions as well as precursor emissions (including
sulfur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen
(NOX)), established significant emission rates for
PM2.5 and precursor emissions, and established the
requirement to account for condensable particulate matter. On January
4, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(D.C. Circuit), in Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) v. EPA,\1\
issued a decision that remanded the EPA's rules implementing the 1997
PM2.5 NAAQS, including the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule.
The court's remand of the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule is relevant to
this final rulemaking. This rule promulgated NSR requirements for
implementation of PM2.5 in both nonattainment areas
(nonattainment NSR) and attainment/unclassifiable areas (PSD). The D.C.
Circuit found that EPA erred in implementing the PM2.5 NAAQS
pursuant to the general implementation provisions of subpart 1 of part
D of title I of the CAA, rather than pursuant to the additional
implementation provisions specific to particulate matter nonattainment
areas in subpart 4. The court ordered the EPA to ``repromulgate these
rules pursuant to Subpart 4 consistent with this opinion.'' Id. at 437.
However, as the requirements of subpart 4 only pertain to nonattainment
areas, it is EPA's position that the portions of the 2008 NSR
PM2.5 Rule that address requirements for PM2.5 in
attainment and unclassifiable areas are not affected by the D.C.
Circuit's opinion in NRDC v. EPA. Moreover, EPA does not anticipate the
need to revise any PSD requirements promulgated in the 2008 NSR
PM2.5 Rule in order to comply with the court's decision.
Accordingly, EPA's approval of Maryland's SIP as to the PSD
requirements promulgated by the 2008 NSR PM2.5 Rule in this
action does

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not conflict with the D.C. Circuit's opinion.
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\1\ See 706 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2013).
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On October 20, 2010, EPA promulgated additional PSD regulations
relating to PM2.5: ``Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) for Particulate Matter Less than 2.5 Micrometers
(PM2.5)--Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs), and
Significant Monitoring Concentrations (SMC)'' (2010 PSD
PM2.5 Rule; 73 FR 64864). Because Maryland's currently
approved SIP incorporates the 2009 version of the CFR, these provisions
are not currently in the Maryland SIP. On January 22, 2013, the D.C.
Circuit, in Sierra Club v. EPA,\2\ issued a judgment that, inter alia,
vacated and remanded the SIL provisions at 40 CFR 52.21(k)(2).
Additionally, the D.C. Circuit vacated the SMC provisions at section
52.21(i)(5)(i)(c). In response to the D.C. Circuit's decision, EPA took
final action on December 9, 2013 to remove the SIL provisions from the
Federal PSD regulations and to revise the SMC for PM2.5 to
zero (78 FR 73698). Therefore, the provisions with which the court took
issue are not in effect in Maryland and are not being approved into the
Maryland SIP as part of this action.
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\2\ See 705 F.3d 458, 469.
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The 2010 PSD PM2.5 Rule also established increments for
PM2.5 pursuant to the legal authority contained in section
166(a) of the CAA for pollutants for which NAAQS are promulgated after
1977. An increment is the maximum allowable level of ambient pollutant
concentration increase that is allowed to occur above the applicable
baseline concentration in a particular area. As such, an increment
defines ``significant deterioration.'' The PM2.5 increment
provisions at 40 CFR 52.21(c) were not affected by the D.C. Circuit's
decision on the 2010 PSD PM2.5 Rule, and are therefore being
approved into the Maryland SIP with this final approval action.
Additionally, EPA notes that on June 23, 2014, the United States
Supreme Court, in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental
Protection Agency,\3\ issued a decision addressing the application of
PSD permitting requirements to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The
Supreme Court said that the EPA may not treat GHGs as an air pollutant
for purposes of determining whether a source is a major source (or
modification thereof) required to obtain a PSD permit. The Court also
said that the EPA could continue to require that PSD permits, otherwise
required based on emissions of pollutants other than GHGs, contain
limitations on GHG emissions based on the application of Best Available
Control Technology (BACT). In order to act consistently with its
understanding of the Court's decision pending further judicial action
before the D.C. Circuit to effectuate the decision, the EPA is not
continuing to apply EPA regulations that would require that SIPs
include permitting requirements that the Supreme Court found
impermissible. Specifically, EPA is not applying the requirement that a
state's SIP-approved PSD program require that sources obtain PSD
permits when GHGs are the only pollutant: (i) That the source emits or
has the potential to emit above the major source thresholds; or (ii)
for which there is a significant emissions increase and a significant
net emissions increase from a modification (e.g. 40 CFRs
51.166(b)(48)(v) and 52.21(b)(49)(v)).
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\3\ 134 S.Ct. 2427.
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EPA anticipates a need to revise federal PSD rules in light of the
Supreme Court opinion. In addition, EPA anticipates that many states
will revise their existing SIP-approved PSD programs in light of the
Supreme Court's decision. In states that allow future revisions to the
Federal PSD program to be automatically incorporated into the SIP as
Maryland has done in this case, this will be accomplished as soon as
EPA revises the federal PSD rules. The timing and content of subsequent
EPA actions with respect to the EPA regulations is expected to be
informed by additional legal processes before the D.C. Circuit. EPA is
not expecting states to have revised their existing PSD program
regulations at this juncture before the D.C. Circuit has addressed
these issues and before EPA has revised its regulations at 40 CFRs
51.166 and 52.21. However, EPA is evaluating PSD program submissions to
assure that the state's program correctly addresses GHGs consistent
with the Supreme Court's decision.
Maryland's existing approved SIP contains the greenhouse gas
permitting requirements reflected in 40 CFR 52.21 after EPA issued the
Tailoring Rule. As a result, the PSD permitting program in Maryland
previously approved by EPA into the SIP continues to require that PSD
permits (otherwise required based on emissions of pollutants other than
GHGs) contain limitations on GHG emissions based on the application of
BACT when sources emit or increase greenhouse gases in the amount of
75,000 tons per year (measured as carbon dioxide (CO2)
equivalent CO2e). Although the approved Maryland PSD
permitting program may also currently contain provisions that are no
longer necessary in light of the Supreme Court decision, this does not
prevent EPA from approving the submission addressed in this rule.
Maryland's 2013 SIP submission does not add any greenhouse gas
permitting requirements that are inconsistent with the Supreme Court
decision. While this submission incorporates all of 40 CFR 52.21 for
completeness, the submission reincorporates PSD permitting requirements
for greenhouse gases that are mostly already in the Maryland SIP.
However, this revision does add to the Maryland SIP the elements of
EPA's 2012 rule implementing Step 3 of the phase in of PSD permitting
requirements for greenhouse gases described in the Tailoring Rule. 77
FR 41051 (July 12, 2012). This rule became effective on August 13,
2012. Specifically, the incorporation of the Step 3 rule provisions
will allow GHG-emitting sources to obtain plantwide applicability
limits (PALs) for their GHG emissions on a CO2e basis. The
GHG PAL provisions, as currently written, include some provisions that
may no longer be appropriate in light of the Supreme Court decision.
Since the Supreme Court has determined that sources and modifications
may not be defined as ``major'' solely on the basis of the level of
greenhouse gases emitted or increased, PALs for greenhouse gases may no
longer have value in some situations where a source might have
triggered PSD based on greenhouse gas emissions alone. However, PALs
for GHGs may still have a role to play in determining whether a
modification that triggers PSD for a pollutant other than greenhouse
gases should also be subject to BACT for greenhouse gases. These
provisions, like the other GHG provisions discussed previously, will
likely be revised pending further legal action. However, this SIP
revision does not add new requirements for sources or modifications
that only emit or increase greenhouse gases above the major source
threshold or the 75,000 tpy greenhouse gas level in 40 CFR
52.21(b)(49)(iv). Rather, the PAL's provisions provide increased
flexibility to sources that wish to address their GHG emissions in a
PAL. Since this flexibility may still be valuable to sources in at
least one context described above, EPA believes that it is appropriate
to approve these provisions into the Maryland SIP at this juncture.
While the automatic IBR of 40 CFR 52.21 being approved into
Maryland's SIP through this action will incorporate some regulations
that will be revised in subsequent EPA actions to address the Supreme
Court decision, approving the automatic IBR into Maryland's SIP at this
time will ensure that Maryland's

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PSD requirements will remain consistent with the Federal regulations at
the time of any subsequent revisions EPA makes to the Federal PSD
program. In a related matter, on July 12, 2013, the D.C. Circuit, in
Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA \4\ vacated the provisions of
the Biomass Deferral, which had delayed (for three years) the
applicability of PSD and title V requirements to biogenic
CO2 emissions. While the ultimate disposition of the Federal
regulations implementing the Biomass Deferral has not yet been
determined, the deferral expired on July 21, 2014 anyway, and could not
presently be used even absent the vacatur. As previously discussed, any
future revisions to the Federal regulations will automatically be
incorporated into Maryland's SIP. Therefore, while this approval action
includes the vacated portions of 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(ii)(a), EPA's
approval does not conflict with the D.C. Circuit's decision.
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II. Summary of SIP Revision

MDE's August 22, 2013 SIP revision request includes amendments to
the following provisions of the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR):
Regulation .01 under 26.11.01--General Administrative Provisions, and
Regulation .14 under COMAR 26.11.06--General Emission Standards,
Prohibitions, and Restrictions. The revisions remove the date-specific
IBR of section 52.21, replacing it with an IBR of 40 CFR 52.21 ``as
amended.'' As previously discussed, these revisions incorporate the
current Federal PSD requirements, and will automatically incorporate
any future changes to the Federal regulations into the Maryland SIP.
EPA is approving the SIP revision in accordance with the CAA and the
requirements for PSD permitting programs.

III. Final Action

EPA is approving MDE's August 22, 2013 submittal as a revision to
the Maryland SIP. 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 January 26, 2015
without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comment by December
26, 2014. 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 rule based on the proposed rule. EPA will not
institute a second comment period on this 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 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. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).

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 January 26, 2015. 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 action.
This action pertaining to Maryland's PSD program 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,

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Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: November 5, 2014.
W.C. Early,
Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart V--Maryland

0
2. In Sec. 52.1070, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by revising
the entry/entries for COMAR 26.11.01.01 and 26.11.06.14. The revised
text reads as follows:

Sec. 52.1070 Identification of plan.

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(c) * * *

EPA-Approved Regulations, Technical Memoranda, and Statutes in the Maryland SIP
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State
Code of Maryland administrative Title/subject effective EPA approval date Additional explanation/
regulations (COMAR) citation date citation at 40 CFR 52.1100
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26.11.01 General Administrative Provisions
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26.11.01.01.................... Definitions...... 7/8/13 11/25/14 [Insert Revised .01B(37).
Federal Register
citation].

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26.11.06 General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions
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26.11.06.14.................... Control of PSD 7/8/13 11/25/14 [Insert Revised .14B(1).
Sources. Federal Register
citation].

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