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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0832; FRL–9925–34–
Region 9]
Revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan, Northern Sierra
Air Quality Management District
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
revision to the Northern Sierra Air
Quality Management District
(NSAQMD) portion of the California
State Implementation Plan (SIP). The
submitted SIP revision contains the
District’s demonstration regarding
Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) requirements for
the 1997 8-hour ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS). The submitted SIP revision
also contains negative declarations for
volatile organic compound (VOC)
source categories for the NSAQMD. We
are proposing to approve the submitted
SIP revision under the Clean Air Act as
amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We
are taking comments on this proposal
and plan to follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by May 13, 2015.
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Submit comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2014–0832, by one of the
following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions.
2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel
(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments 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
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information that
you consider CBI or otherwise protected
should be clearly identified as such and
should not be submitted through
www.regulations.gov or email.
www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, and EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send email
directly to EPA, your email address will
be automatically captured and included
as part of the public comment. 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: Generally, documents in the
docket for this action are available
electronically at www.regulations.gov
and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California 94105–3901. While all
documents in the docket are listed at
www.regulations.gov, some information
may be publicly available only at the
hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted
material, large maps), and some may not
be publicly available in either location
(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy
materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Shears, EPA Region IX, (213)
244–1810, shears.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
proposal addresses the revisions to the
NSAQMD portion of the California SIP.
In the rules and regulations section of
the Federal Register, we are approving
the SIP revision in a direct final action
without prior proposal because we
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believe this SIP revision is not
controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a
timely withdrawal of the direct final
rule and address the comments in
subsequent action based on this
proposal. Please note that if we receive
adverse comment on a specific
provision of this SIP revision and if that
provision may be severed from the
remainder of the SIP revision, we may
adopt as final those provisions of the
SIP revision that are not the subject of
an adverse comment.
We do not plan to open a second
comment period, so anyone interested
in commenting should do so at this
time. If we do not receive adverse
comments, no further activity is
planned. For further information, please
see the direct final action.
Dated: February 12, 2015.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0166; FRL–9926–16–
Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control
Techniques Guidelines for Offset
Lithographic Printing and Letterpress
Printing; Flexible Package Printing;
and Adhesives, Sealants, Primers, and
Solvents
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the Pennsylvania State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
These revisions pertain to control of
volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from offset lithographic
printing and letterpress printing,
flexible package printing, and
adhesives, sealants, primers, and
solvents. These revisions also meet the
requirement to adopt Reasonably
Available Control Technology (RACT)
for sources covered by EPA’s Control
Technique Guidelines (CTG)
recommendations for the following
categories: Offset lithographic printing
and letterpress printing, flexible
package printing, and adhesives,
sealants, primers, and solvents. This
SUMMARY:
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action is being taken under the Clean
Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2015–0166 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. Email: powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0166,
Marilyn Powers, Acting Associate
Director, Office of Air Program
Planning, 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–2015–
0166. 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
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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 Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Air Quality
Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market
Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Schmitt, (215) 814–5787, or by
email at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides
that SIPs for nonattainment areas must
include reasonably available control
measures (RACM), including RACT, for
sources of emissions. Section
182(b)(2)(A) provides that for certain
nonattainment areas, states must revise
their SIP to include RACT for sources of
volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions covered by a CTG document
issued after November 15, 1990 and
prior to the area’s date of attainment.
EPA defines RACT as ‘‘the lowest
emission limitation that a particular
source is capable of meeting by the
application of control technology that is
reasonably available considering
technological and economic feasibility.’’
44 FR 53761 (September 17, 1979).
CTGs are documents issued by EPA
intended to provide state and local air
pollution control authorities
information that should assist them in
determining RACT for VOC emissions
from various sources. Section
183(e)(3)(c) provides that EPA may issue
a CTG in lieu of a national regulation as
RACT for a product category where EPA
determines that the CTG will be
substantially as effective as regulations
in reducing emissions of VOC in ozone
nonattainment areas. The
recommendations in the CTG are based
upon available data and information
and may not apply to a particular
situation based upon the circumstances.
States can follow the CTG and adopt
state regulations to implement the
recommendations contained therein, or
they can adopt alternative approaches.
In either case, states must submit their
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RACT rules to EPA for review and
approval as part of the SIP process.
In 1993, EPA published a draft CTG
for offset lithographic printing. 58 FR
59261 (November 8, 1993). After
reviewing comments on the draft CTG
and soliciting additional information to
help clarify those comments, EPA
published an alternative control
techniques (ACT) document in June
1994 that provided supplemental
information for states to use in
developing rules based on RACT for
offset lithographic printing. In
December 1978, EPA published a CTG
for graphic arts (rotogravure printing
and flexographic printing) that included
flexible package printing (Publication
No. EPA–450/2–78–033; December
1978). In 1994, EPA developed an ACT
document for industrial cleaning
solvents (Publication No. EPA–453/R–
94–015; February 1994). After reviewing
the 1978/1993/1994 CTGs and ACTs for
these industries, conducting a review of
currently existing state and local VOC
emission reduction approaches for these
industries, and taking into account any
information that has become available
since then, EPA developed new CTGs
entitled Control Techniques Guidelines
for Offset Lithographic and Letterpress
Printing (Publication No. EPA 453/R–
06–002; September 2006); Control
Techniques Guidelines for Flexible
Package Printing (Publication No. EPA
453/R–06–003; September 2006);
Control Techniques Guidelines for
Industrial Cleaning Solvents
(Publication No. EPA 453/R–06–001;
September 2006). The CTG
recommendations may not apply to a
particular situation based upon the
circumstances of a specific source.
Regardless of whether a state chooses to
implement the recommendations
contained within the CTGs through state
rules, or to issue state rules that adopt
different approaches for RACT for
VOCs, states must submit their RACT
rules to EPA for review and approval as
part of the SIP process.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA
Analysis
On August 27, 2014, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
through the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP)
submitted a SIP revision to EPA in order
to add regulations to the Pennsylvania
SIP which essentially adopt EPA CTGs
for offset lithographic and letterpress
printing, flexible package printing, and
adhesives, sealants, primers, and
solvents. These regulations are
contained in Title 25 of the
Pennsylvania Code (Pa Code) Chapters
129 and 130. The pertinent regulations
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establish: (1) The applicability of the
regulations to facilities for offset
lithographic printing and letterpress
printing, flexible package printing, and
adhesives, sealants, primers, and
solvents; (2) certain exemptions; (3)
recordkeeping and work practice
requirements; and (4) emission
limitations.
EPA’s review of the new and revised
regulations submitted by PADEP
indicates that the submitted revisions of
25 Pa Code 121.1, 129.51, 129.67,
129.67a, and 129.67b meet the
requirements to adopt RACT for sources
located in Pennsylvania covered by
EPA’s CTG recommendations for control
of VOC emissions for the following
categories: Offset lithographic printing,
letterpress printing, and flexible
package printing. In addition, the
submitted revisions to 25 Pa Code
129.77 and 130.703 continue to meet the
requirements to adopt RACT for
adhesives and solvents as approved on
September 26, 2012. See 77 FR 59090.
EPA finds the Pennsylvania regulations
which adopt the equivalent of the
specific EPA CTG recommendations
meet CAA requirements for RACT in
sections 172 and 182 of the CAA. More
detailed information on these provisions
as well as a detailed summary of EPA’s
review and rationale for proposing to
approve this SIP revision can be found
in the Technical Support Document
(TSD) for this action which is available
on line at www.regulations.gov, Docket
number EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0166.
EPA is soliciting public comments on
the issues discussed in this document.
These comments will be considered
before taking final action.
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III. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve the
August 27, 2014 Pennsylvania SIP
revision adding new regulations 25 Pa
Code 129.67a and 129.67b and revising
regulations 25 Pa Code 121.1, 129.51,
129.67, 129.77, and 130.703 as the SIP
revision meets CAA requirements for
SIPs in sections 110, 172 and 182.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule the EPA is proposing to
include, in a final EPA rule, regulatory
text that includes incorporation by
reference. In accordance with
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is
proposing to incorporate by reference
the PADEP rules regarding control of
VOC emissions from offset lithographic
printing, letterpress printing, flexible
package printing, and adhesives,
sealants, primers, and solvents as
described in section II of this proposed
action. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents
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generally available electronically
through www.regulations.gov and/or in
hard copy at the appropriate EPA office
(see the ADDRESSES section of this
preamble for more information).
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
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 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 proposed rule
pertaining to Pennsylvania’s adoption of
CTG recommendations for offset
lithographic printing and letterpress
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printing, flexible package printing, and
adhesives, sealants, primers, and
solvents, 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, Incorporation by
reference, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: March 31, 2015.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Region–3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Virginia—Prevention of Significant
Deterioration; Amendment to the
Definition of ‘‘Regulated NSR
Pollutant’’ Concerning Condensable
Particulate Matter
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposes to approve a
July 25, 2013 State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted by the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality
(VADEQ) for the Commonwealth of
Virginia. The revision includes a
correction to the definition of ‘‘regulated
NSR [New Source Review] pollutant’’ as
it relates to condensable particulate
matter under Virginia’s Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD) program.
In the Final Rules section of this
Federal Register, EPA is approving the
State’s SIP submittal as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this action, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2015-0166; FRL-9926-16-Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control Techniques Guidelines for Offset
Lithographic Printing and Letterpress Printing; Flexible Package
Printing; and Adhesives, Sealants, Primers, and Solvents
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These revisions pertain
to control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from offset
lithographic printing and letterpress printing, flexible package
printing, and adhesives, sealants, primers, and solvents. These
revisions also meet the requirement to adopt Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT) for sources covered by EPA's Control
Technique Guidelines (CTG) recommendations for the following
categories: Offset lithographic printing and letterpress printing,
flexible package printing, and adhesives, sealants, primers, and
solvents. This
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action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2015-0166 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2015-0166, Marilyn Powers, Acting Associate
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2015-0166. 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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market
Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Schmitt, (215) 814-5787, or by
email at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides that SIPs for nonattainment
areas must include reasonably available control measures (RACM),
including RACT, for sources of emissions. Section 182(b)(2)(A) provides
that for certain nonattainment areas, states must revise their SIP to
include RACT for sources of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
covered by a CTG document issued after November 15, 1990 and prior to
the area's date of attainment. EPA defines RACT as ``the lowest
emission limitation that a particular source is capable of meeting by
the application of control technology that is reasonably available
considering technological and economic feasibility.'' 44 FR 53761
(September 17, 1979).
CTGs are documents issued by EPA intended to provide state and
local air pollution control authorities information that should assist
them in determining RACT for VOC emissions from various sources.
Section 183(e)(3)(c) provides that EPA may issue a CTG in lieu of a
national regulation as RACT for a product category where EPA determines
that the CTG will be substantially as effective as regulations in
reducing emissions of VOC in ozone nonattainment areas. The
recommendations in the CTG are based upon available data and
information and may not apply to a particular situation based upon the
circumstances. States can follow the CTG and adopt state regulations to
implement the recommendations contained therein, or they can adopt
alternative approaches. In either case, states must submit their RACT
rules to EPA for review and approval as part of the SIP process.
In 1993, EPA published a draft CTG for offset lithographic
printing. 58 FR 59261 (November 8, 1993). After reviewing comments on
the draft CTG and soliciting additional information to help clarify
those comments, EPA published an alternative control techniques (ACT)
document in June 1994 that provided supplemental information for states
to use in developing rules based on RACT for offset lithographic
printing. In December 1978, EPA published a CTG for graphic arts
(rotogravure printing and flexographic printing) that included flexible
package printing (Publication No. EPA-450/2-78-033; December 1978). In
1994, EPA developed an ACT document for industrial cleaning solvents
(Publication No. EPA-453/R-94-015; February 1994). After reviewing the
1978/1993/1994 CTGs and ACTs for these industries, conducting a review
of currently existing state and local VOC emission reduction approaches
for these industries, and taking into account any information that has
become available since then, EPA developed new CTGs entitled Control
Techniques Guidelines for Offset Lithographic and Letterpress Printing
(Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-002; September 2006); Control Techniques
Guidelines for Flexible Package Printing (Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-
003; September 2006); Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial
Cleaning Solvents (Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-001; September 2006).
The CTG recommendations may not apply to a particular situation based
upon the circumstances of a specific source. Regardless of whether a
state chooses to implement the recommendations contained within the
CTGs through state rules, or to issue state rules that adopt different
approaches for RACT for VOCs, states must submit their RACT rules to
EPA for review and approval as part of the SIP process.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA Analysis
On August 27, 2014, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) submitted a
SIP revision to EPA in order to add regulations to the Pennsylvania SIP
which essentially adopt EPA CTGs for offset lithographic and
letterpress printing, flexible package printing, and adhesives,
sealants, primers, and solvents. These regulations are contained in
Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code (Pa Code) Chapters 129 and 130. The
pertinent regulations
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establish: (1) The applicability of the regulations to facilities for
offset lithographic printing and letterpress printing, flexible package
printing, and adhesives, sealants, primers, and solvents; (2) certain
exemptions; (3) recordkeeping and work practice requirements; and (4)
emission limitations.
EPA's review of the new and revised regulations submitted by PADEP
indicates that the submitted revisions of 25 Pa Code 121.1, 129.51,
129.67, 129.67a, and 129.67b meet the requirements to adopt RACT for
sources located in Pennsylvania covered by EPA's CTG recommendations
for control of VOC emissions for the following categories: Offset
lithographic printing, letterpress printing, and flexible package
printing. In addition, the submitted revisions to 25 Pa Code 129.77 and
130.703 continue to meet the requirements to adopt RACT for adhesives
and solvents as approved on September 26, 2012. See 77 FR 59090. EPA
finds the Pennsylvania regulations which adopt the equivalent of the
specific EPA CTG recommendations meet CAA requirements for RACT in
sections 172 and 182 of the CAA. More detailed information on these
provisions as well as a detailed summary of EPA's review and rationale
for proposing to approve this SIP revision can be found in the
Technical Support Document (TSD) for this action which is available on
line at www.regulations.gov, Docket number EPA-R03-OAR-2015-0166. EPA
is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this document.
These comments will be considered before taking final action.
III. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve the August 27, 2014 Pennsylvania SIP
revision adding new regulations 25 Pa Code 129.67a and 129.67b and
revising regulations 25 Pa Code 121.1, 129.51, 129.67, 129.77, and
130.703 as the SIP revision meets CAA requirements for SIPs in sections
110, 172 and 182.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule the EPA is proposing to include, in a final EPA rule,
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by
reference the PADEP rules regarding control of VOC emissions from
offset lithographic printing, letterpress printing, flexible package
printing, and adhesives, sealants, primers, and solvents as described
in section II of this proposed action. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents generally available electronically
through www.regulations.gov and/or in hard copy at the appropriate EPA
office (see the ADDRESSES section of this preamble for more
information).
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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 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 proposed rule pertaining to Pennsylvania's
adoption of CTG recommendations for offset lithographic printing and
letterpress printing, flexible package printing, and adhesives,
sealants, primers, and solvents, 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, Incorporation by
reference, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: March 31, 2015.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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