Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Plantwide Applicability Limit Permitting Revisions, 23245-23248 [2015-09729]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2014–0378; FRL–9926–93–
Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Arkansas;
Prevention of Significant Deterioration;
Greenhouse Gas Plantwide
Applicability Limit Permitting
Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
one revision to the Arkansas State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the Arkansas Governor to the EPA on
January 7, 2014. This submittal revises
the Arkansas Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) Permitting Program
to incorporate by reference federal
plantwide applicability limit (PAL)
permitting provisions to enable the State
of Arkansas to issue PSD PALs to
sources with greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The EPA is proposing to find
that the January 7, 2014 revision to the
Arkansas SIP is consistent with federal
requirements for PSD permitting. The
EPA is also proposing ministerial
changes to the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) to reflect recent EPA
SIP approvals to the Arkansas PSD
program and to show that SIP
deficiencies identified in prior partial
disapprovals have been addressed. We
are proposing this action under section
110 and part C of title I of the Clean Air
Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
OAR–2014–0378, by one of the
following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions.
• Email: Ms. Adina Wiley at
wiley.adina@epa.gov.
• Mail or delivery: Ms. Adina Wiley,
Air Permits Section (6PD–R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas
75202–2733.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R06–OAR–2014–
0378. The EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
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Table of Contents
I. Background
A. Summary of the EPA’s Tailoring Rule
and GHG PALs Rule
B. Summary of the January 7, 2014
Arkansas SIP Submittal
C. Ministerial Changes to the CFR
II. The EPA’s Evaluation
III. Proposed Action
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IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
The Act at section 110(a)(2)(C)
requires states to develop and submit to
the EPA for approval into the state SIP,
preconstruction review and permitting
programs applicable to certain new and
modified stationary sources of air
pollutants for attainment and
nonattainment areas that cover both
major and minor new sources and
modifications, collectively referred to as
the New Source Review (NSR) SIP. The
CAA NSR SIP program is composed of
three separate programs: Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD),
Nonattainment New Source Review
(NNSR), and Minor NSR. PSD is
established in part C of title I of the
CAA and applies in areas that meet the
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS)—‘‘attainment areas’’—as well
as areas where there is insufficient
information to determine if the area
meets the NAAQS—‘‘unclassifiable
areas.’’ The NNSR SIP program is
established in part D of title I of the
CAA and applies in areas that are not in
attainment of the NAAQS—
‘‘nonattainment areas.’’ The Minor NSR
SIP program addresses construction or
modification activities that do not emit,
or have the potential to emit, beyond
certain major source thresholds, and
thus do not qualify as ‘‘major,’’ and
applies regardless of the designation of
the area in which a source is located.
The EPA regulations governing the
criteria that states must satisfy for EPA
approval of the NSR programs as part of
the SIP are contained in 40 CFR 51.160–
51.166.
A. Summary of the EPA’s Tailoring Rule
and GHG PALs Rule
On June 3, 2010, the EPA issued a
final rule, known as the Tailoring Rule,
which phased in permitting
requirements for GHG emissions from
stationary sources under the CAA PSD
and title V permitting programs (75 FR
31514). For Step 1 of the Tailoring Rule,
which began on January 2, 2011, PSD or
title V requirements applied to sources
of GHG emissions only if the sources
were subject to PSD or title V ‘‘anyway’’
due to their emissions of non-GHG
pollutants. These sources are referred to
as ‘‘anyway sources.’’ Step 2 of the
Tailoring Rule, which began on July 1,
2011, applied the PSD and title V
permitting requirements under the CAA
to sources that were classified as major,
and, thus, required to obtain a permit,
based solely on their potential GHG
emissions and to modifications of
otherwise major sources that required a
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PSD permit because they increased only
GHG above applicable levels in the EPA
regulations.
On July 12, 2012, the EPA
promulgated the final ‘‘Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V
Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Step 3
and GHG Plantwide Applicability
Limits’’ (GHG Tailoring Rule Step 3 and
GHG PALs).1 77 FR 41051. In the
Tailoring Rule Step 3 portion of this
rule, the EPA decided against further
phase in of the PSD and Title V
requirements to apply to sources
emitting lower levels of greenhouse gas
emissions. Thus, the thresholds for
determining PSD applicability based on
emission of greenhouse gases remained
the same as established in Step 2 of the
Tailoring Rule. The Step 3 portions of
the EPA’s July 12, 2012 final rule are not
relevant to today’s proposed action on
the Arkansas SIP revision.
The GHG PALs portion of the July 12,
2012 final rule promulgated revisions to
the EPA regulations under 40 CFR part
52 for establishing PALs for GHG
emissions. For a full discussion of the
EPA’s rationale for the GHG PALs
provisions, see the notice of final
rulemaking at 77 FR 41051. A PAL
establishes a site-specific plantwide
emission level for a pollutant that
allows the source to make changes at the
facility without triggering the
requirements of the PSD program,
provided that emissions do not exceed
the PAL level. Under the EPA’s
interpretation of the federal PAL
provisions, such PALs are already
available under PSD for non-GHG
pollutants and for GHGs on a mass
basis, and the EPA revised the PAL
regulations to allow for GHG PALs to be
established on a carbon dioxide
equivalent (CO2e) basis as well. See 77
FR 41052. The EPA finalized these
revisions in an effort to streamline
federal and SIP PSD permitting
programs by allowing sources and
permitting authorities to address GHGs
using a PAL in a manner similar to the
use of PALs for non-GHG pollutants.
See 77 FR 41051, 41052.
1 For a complete history of EPA’s rulemakings
related to GHG emissions please review the
following final actions: ‘‘Endangerment and Cause
or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under
Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.’’ 74 FR 66496
(December 15, 2009).
‘‘Interpretation of Regulations that Determine
Pollutants Covered by Clean Air Act Permitting
Programs.’’ 75 FR 17004 (April 2, 2010).
Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission
Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Standards; Final Rule.’’ 75 FR 25324 (May 7, 2010).
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title
V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule; Final Rule.’’ 75
FR 31514 (June 3, 2010).
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B. Summary of the January 7, 2014
Arkansas SIP Submittal
On April 2, 2013, the EPA approved
a revision to the Arkansas SIP providing
the State of Arkansas the authority to
regulate and permit emissions of GHGs
under the Arkansas PSD Program and
simultaneously rescinded the GHG PSD
FIP for Arkansas. See 78 FR 19596.
Arkansas submitted on January 7, 2014,
regulations specific to the Arkansas
GHG PSD permitting program for
approval by the EPA into the Arkansas
SIP. The January 7, 2014, SIP revision
submittal includes the PSD permitting
provisions that were adopted on June
28, 2013, at the Arkansas Pollution
Control and Ecology Commission’s
(‘‘Commission’’) Regulation Number 19,
Regulations of the Arkansas Plan of
Implementation for Air Pollution
Control (hereinafter Regulation 19 at
19.904(A)(1) and (G)(1) that provide the
Arkansas Department of Environmental
Quality (ADEQ) the ability to issue GHG
PSD PALs consistent with the
‘‘Prevention of Significant Deterioration
and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring
Rule Step 3 and GHG Plantwide
Applicability Limits Final Rule’’ (77 FR
41051). The January 7, 2014 submittal
also included a non-substantive revision
to the Regulation 19.904(E)(3) to correct
a reference to federal air quality models
for PSD permitting. Today’s proposal
and the accompanying Technical
Support Document (TSD) present our
rationale for approving these regulations
as meeting the minimum federal
requirements for the adoption and
implementation of the PSD SIP
permitting programs.
C. Ministerial Changes to the CFR
We are proposing ministerial changes
to 40 CFR 52.170(e) and 40 CFR
52.172(b) which reflect that deficiencies
identified in in our partial disapproval
of ADEQ’s December 17, 2007 and
March 28, 2008 SIP submittals for the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS have been
adequately addressed by the State. We
are proposing the changes because we
fully approved the revisions to the
Arkansas PSD program providing the
authority to regulate and permit
emissions of GHGs on April 2, 2013 (78
FR 19596). As a result of our full
approval of the Arkansas PSD program
for GHGs, the partial disapproval is no
longer applicable.
We are also proposing a ministerial
change to 40 CFR 52.181(a) to show that
the EPA approved a revision to the
Arkansas PSD program on April 2, 2013,
to provide the state the authority to
regulate and permit GHGs. See 78 FR
19596.
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II. The EPA’s Evaluation
The EPA’s most recent approval to the
Arkansas PSD program was on March 4,
2015, where we updated our approval of
the Arkansas PSD program to include
the December 1, 2014 submitted
revisions to provide the ADEQ the
authority to regulate and permit
emissions of fine particulate matter and
its precursors consistent with federal
requirements. Our March 4, 2015 final
action did not address the pending
submittal regarding the GHG PSD PALs
submitted on January 7, 2014. See 80 FR
11573.
The State of Arkansas has adopted
and submitted one revision to the PSD
program on January 7, 2014, affecting
Regulation 19.904—Adoption of
Regulations, Sections 19.904(A)(1),
(E)(3), and (G)(1). The revisions to
Regulation 19.904(A)(1) and (G)(1) have
been submitted to provide for the
issuance of GHG PSD PAL permits
through the incorporation by reference
of the federal regulations at 40 CFR
52.21(aa) and the adoption of revisions
to the definition of ‘‘Greenhouse gases’’
that are consistent with the
requirements promulgated by EPA in
our final rule on July 12, 2012, titled
‘‘Prevention of Significant Deterioration
and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring
Rule Step 3 and GHG Plantwide
Applicability Limits.’’ See 77 FR 41501.
In addition, the revision to Regulation
19.904(E)(3) updates a reference to the
federal air quality models used for PSD
permitting.
The ADEQ has adopted and submitted
regulations that are consistent with the
federal regulations for the permitting of
GHG-emitting sources through a GHG
PSD PAL effective as of August 13,
2012. The detailed analysis in our TSD
demonstrates that the revisions to
Regulation 19.904(A)(1) incorporate by
reference the GHG PSD PAL provisions
at 40 CFR 52.21(aa), effective on August
13, 2012. The revisions to Regulation
19.904(G)(1) revise the Arkansas PSD
SIP provisions for GHG PSD permitting
to amend the definition of ‘‘GHGs’’ to
mirror the provisions promulgated by
the EPA on July 12, 2012, effective on
August 13, 2012, for the issuance of
GHG PSD PALs.
On June 23, 2014, the United States
Supreme Court, in Utility Air Regulatory
Group v. Environmental Protection
Agency,2 issued a decision addressing
the application of PSD permitting
requirements to GHG emissions. The
Supreme Court said that the EPA may
not treat GHGs as an air pollutant for
purposes of determining whether a
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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).The Supreme Court decision
effectively upheld PSD permitting
requirements for GHG emissions under
Step 1 of the Tailoring Rule for ‘‘anyway
sources’’ and invalidated PSD
permitting requirements for Step 2
sources.
In accordance with the Supreme
Court decision, on April 10, 2015, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit (the D.C. Circuit)
issued an amended judgment vacating
the regulations that implemented Step 2
of the Tailoring Rule, but not the
regulations that implement Step 1 of the
Tailoring Rule. A copy of the judgment
is included in the docket to this
rulemaking.3 The amended judgment
preserves, without the need for
additional rulemaking by the EPA, the
application of the Best Available
Control Technology (BACT)
requirement to GHG emissions from
sources that are required to obtain a PSD
permit based on emissions of pollutants
other than GHGs (‘‘anyway’’ sources).
The D.C. Circuit’s judgment vacated the
regulations at issue in the litigation,
including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v), ‘‘to
the extent they require a stationary
source to obtain a PSD permit if
greenhouse gases are the only pollutant
(i) that the source emits or has the
potential to emit above the applicable
major source thresholds, or (ii) for
which there is a significant emissions
increase from a modification.’’
The EPA may need to take additional
steps to revise federal PSD rules in light
of the Supreme Court decision and
recent D.C. Circuit judgment. In
addition, the EPA anticipates that many
states will revise their existing SIPapproved PSD programs. The EPA is not
expecting states to have revised their
existing PSD program regulations at this
juncture. However, the EPA is
evaluating PSD program submissions to
assure that the state’s program correctly
addresses GHGs consistent with both
decisions.
Arkansas’s existing approved SIP
contains the greenhouse gas permitting
requirements required under 40 CFR
51.166, as amended in the Tailoring
3 Original case is Coalition for Responsible
Regulation v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 09–1322, 06/26/
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Rule. As a result, the State’s SIPapproved PSD permitting program
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 (tpy),
measured as carbon dioxide equivalent.
Although the SIP-approved Arkansas
PSD permitting program may also
currently contain provisions that are no
longer necessary in light of the D.C.
Circuit’s judgment or the Supreme Court
decision, this does not prevent the EPA
from approving the submission
addressed in this rule. Arkansas’s
January 7, 2014 SIP submission does not
add any greenhouse gas permitting
requirements that are inconsistent with
either decision.
Likewise, this revision does add to the
Arkansas SIP elements of the EPA’s July
12, 2012 rule implementing Step 3 of
the phase in of PSD permitting
requirements for greenhouse gases
described in the Tailoring Rule, which
became effective on August 13, 2012.
Specifically, the incorporation of the
Step 3 rule provisions will allow GHGemitting sources to obtain 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
both the D.C. Circuit judgment and 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, may be
revised at some future time. However,
these provisions do 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 section
52.21(b)(49)(iv). Rather, the PALs
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, we believe that it is appropriate
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to approve these provisions into the
Arkansas SIP at this juncture.
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 opportunity to seek rehearing
of this D.C. Circuit decision remains
open and thus the ultimate disposition
of the Federal regulations implementing
the Biomass Deferral has not yet been
determined, the three-year deferral
expired on July 21, 2014. Consistent
with 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(ii)(a), the
provision in the approved Arkansas PSD
SIP at Regulation 19.904(G)(2)(b)
implementing the Biomass Deferral does
not apply after the July 21, 2014 date
contained therein. Thus, this prior
approval does not conflict with the D.C.
Circuit’s decision.
ADEQ has also adopted and
submitted a revision to the SIPapproved provisions at Regulation
19.904(E)(3) to update the reference to
the federal air quality models to be used
for PSD permitting. The reference now
reads 40 CFR 52.21(l)(2) as opposed to
the prior incorrect reference to 40 CFR
52.21(2). The EPA proposes to find that
the ADEQ has correctly revised the
Arkansas PSD program to reference
federal requirements.
III. Proposed Action
The EPA is proposing to approve the
January 7, 2014 submitted revisions to
the Arkansas PSD Permitting Program at
Regulation 19.904(A)(1), (E)(3), and
(G)(1) into the Arkansas SIP. The EPA
is proposing to determine that the
January 7, 2014 revision is approvable
because the submitted rules are adopted
and submitted in accordance with the
CAA and are consistent with the EPA’s
regulations regarding PSD permitting for
emissions of GHGs. Therefore, the EPA
proposes to approve the following as a
revision to the Arkansas PSD SIP:
• Substantive revisions to Regulation
19.904(A)(1) incorporating by reference
the federal GHG PSD PAL permitting
provisions,
• Revisions to Regulation 19.904(E)(3)
to update the reference to federal PSD
air quality models at 40 CFR 52.21(l)(2),
and
• Substantive revisions to Regulation
19.904(G)(1) establishing the
requirements for GHG PSD PAL permits
consistent with federal requirements.
The EPA is also proposing ministerial
changes to 40 CFR 52.170(e) and 40 CFR
52.172(b) which reflect that deficiencies
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identified in our partial disapproval of
the December 17, 2007 and March 28,
2008 Arkansas SIP submittals for the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS were
addressed by our approval of Arkansas
PSD program revisions which provide
the authority to regulate and permit
emissions of GHGs on April 2, 2013 (78
FR 19596). We are also proposing a
ministerial change to 40 CFR 52.181(a)
to reflect that the EPA approved a
revision to the PSD program for the
authority to regulate and permit
emissions of GHGs on April 2, 2013 (78
FR 19596).
The EPA is proposing these actions
under section 110 and part C of the Act,
and for the reasons stated above.
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 the
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is
proposing to incorporate by reference
the revisions to the Arkansas PSD
Program at Regulation 19.904 discussed
in section II of this preamble. 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).
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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
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely proposes to approve 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 Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• 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
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• 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 is not proposed to
apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where the EPA or an
Indian tribe has demonstrated that tribe
has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the proposed rule does not
have tribal implications and will not
impose substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds, and Incorporation
by reference.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 17, 2015.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0378; FRL-9926-93-Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arkansas;
Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Plantwide
Applicability Limit Permitting Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve one revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submitted by the Arkansas Governor to the EPA on January 7, 2014. This
submittal revises the Arkansas Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) Permitting Program to incorporate by reference federal plantwide
applicability limit (PAL) permitting provisions to enable the State of
Arkansas to issue PSD PALs to sources with greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The EPA is proposing to find that the January 7, 2014
revision to the Arkansas SIP is consistent with federal requirements
for PSD permitting. The EPA is also proposing ministerial changes to
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to reflect recent EPA SIP
approvals to the Arkansas PSD program and to show that SIP deficiencies
identified in prior partial disapprovals have been addressed. We are
proposing this action under section 110 and part C of title I of the
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2014-0378, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions.
Email: Ms. Adina Wiley at wiley.adina@epa.gov.
Mail or delivery: Ms. Adina Wiley, Air Permits Section
(6PD-R), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2014-0378. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information the
disclosure of which is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
through https://www.regulations.gov or email, if you believe that it is
CBI or otherwise protected from disclosure. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means that the 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 the EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your comment along with any disk or
CD-ROM submitted. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not
be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use
of special characters and any form of encryption and should be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about the EPA's
public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Adina Wiley, (214) 665-2115,
wiley.adina@epa.gov. To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment with Ms. Adina Wiley or Mr. Bill Deese at (214)
665-7253.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
A. Summary of the EPA's Tailoring Rule and GHG PALs Rule
B. Summary of the January 7, 2014 Arkansas SIP Submittal
C. Ministerial Changes to the CFR
II. The EPA's Evaluation
III. Proposed Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
The Act at section 110(a)(2)(C) requires states to develop and
submit to the EPA for approval into the state SIP, preconstruction
review and permitting programs applicable to certain new and modified
stationary sources of air pollutants for attainment and nonattainment
areas that cover both major and minor new sources and modifications,
collectively referred to as the New Source Review (NSR) SIP. The CAA
NSR SIP program is composed of three separate programs: Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD), Nonattainment New Source Review
(NNSR), and Minor NSR. PSD is established in part C of title I of the
CAA and applies in areas that meet the National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS)--``attainment areas''--as well as areas where there is
insufficient information to determine if the area meets the NAAQS--
``unclassifiable areas.'' The NNSR SIP program is established in part D
of title I of the CAA and applies in areas that are not in attainment
of the NAAQS--``nonattainment areas.'' The Minor NSR SIP program
addresses construction or modification activities that do not emit, or
have the potential to emit, beyond certain major source thresholds, and
thus do not qualify as ``major,'' and applies regardless of the
designation of the area in which a source is located. The EPA
regulations governing the criteria that states must satisfy for EPA
approval of the NSR programs as part of the SIP are contained in 40 CFR
51.160-51.166.
A. Summary of the EPA's Tailoring Rule and GHG PALs Rule
On June 3, 2010, the EPA issued a final rule, known as the
Tailoring Rule, which phased in permitting requirements for GHG
emissions from stationary sources under the CAA PSD and title V
permitting programs (75 FR 31514). For Step 1 of the Tailoring Rule,
which began on January 2, 2011, PSD or title V requirements applied to
sources of GHG emissions only if the sources were subject to PSD or
title V ``anyway'' due to their emissions of non-GHG pollutants. These
sources are referred to as ``anyway sources.'' Step 2 of the Tailoring
Rule, which began on July 1, 2011, applied the PSD and title V
permitting requirements under the CAA to sources that were classified
as major, and, thus, required to obtain a permit, based solely on their
potential GHG emissions and to modifications of otherwise major sources
that required a
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PSD permit because they increased only GHG above applicable levels in
the EPA regulations.
On July 12, 2012, the EPA promulgated the final ``Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule
Step 3 and GHG Plantwide Applicability Limits'' (GHG Tailoring Rule
Step 3 and GHG PALs).\1\ 77 FR 41051. In the Tailoring Rule Step 3
portion of this rule, the EPA decided against further phase in of the
PSD and Title V requirements to apply to sources emitting lower levels
of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, the thresholds for determining PSD
applicability based on emission of greenhouse gases remained the same
as established in Step 2 of the Tailoring Rule. The Step 3 portions of
the EPA's July 12, 2012 final rule are not relevant to today's proposed
action on the Arkansas SIP revision.
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\1\ For a complete history of EPA's rulemakings related to GHG
emissions please review the following final actions: ``Endangerment
and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section
202(a) of the Clean Air Act.'' 74 FR 66496 (December 15, 2009).
``Interpretation of Regulations that Determine Pollutants
Covered by Clean Air Act Permitting Programs.'' 75 FR 17004 (April
2, 2010).
Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Final Rule.'' 75 FR 25324
(May 7, 2010).
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse
Gas Tailoring Rule; Final Rule.'' 75 FR 31514 (June 3, 2010).
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The GHG PALs portion of the July 12, 2012 final rule promulgated
revisions to the EPA regulations under 40 CFR part 52 for establishing
PALs for GHG emissions. For a full discussion of the EPA's rationale
for the GHG PALs provisions, see the notice of final rulemaking at 77
FR 41051. A PAL establishes a site-specific plantwide emission level
for a pollutant that allows the source to make changes at the facility
without triggering the requirements of the PSD program, provided that
emissions do not exceed the PAL level. Under the EPA's interpretation
of the federal PAL provisions, such PALs are already available under
PSD for non-GHG pollutants and for GHGs on a mass basis, and the EPA
revised the PAL regulations to allow for GHG PALs to be established on
a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) basis as well. See 77 FR 41052. The
EPA finalized these revisions in an effort to streamline federal and
SIP PSD permitting programs by allowing sources and permitting
authorities to address GHGs using a PAL in a manner similar to the use
of PALs for non-GHG pollutants. See 77 FR 41051, 41052.
B. Summary of the January 7, 2014 Arkansas SIP Submittal
On April 2, 2013, the EPA approved a revision to the Arkansas SIP
providing the State of Arkansas the authority to regulate and permit
emissions of GHGs under the Arkansas PSD Program and simultaneously
rescinded the GHG PSD FIP for Arkansas. See 78 FR 19596. Arkansas
submitted on January 7, 2014, regulations specific to the Arkansas GHG
PSD permitting program for approval by the EPA into the Arkansas SIP.
The January 7, 2014, SIP revision submittal includes the PSD permitting
provisions that were adopted on June 28, 2013, at the Arkansas
Pollution Control and Ecology Commission's (``Commission'') Regulation
Number 19, Regulations of the Arkansas Plan of Implementation for Air
Pollution Control (hereinafter Regulation 19 at 19.904(A)(1) and (G)(1)
that provide the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)
the ability to issue GHG PSD PALs consistent with the ``Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule
Step 3 and GHG Plantwide Applicability Limits Final Rule'' (77 FR
41051). The January 7, 2014 submittal also included a non-substantive
revision to the Regulation 19.904(E)(3) to correct a reference to
federal air quality models for PSD permitting. Today's proposal and the
accompanying Technical Support Document (TSD) present our rationale for
approving these regulations as meeting the minimum federal requirements
for the adoption and implementation of the PSD SIP permitting programs.
C. Ministerial Changes to the CFR
We are proposing ministerial changes to 40 CFR 52.170(e) and 40 CFR
52.172(b) which reflect that deficiencies identified in in our partial
disapproval of ADEQ's December 17, 2007 and March 28, 2008 SIP
submittals for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS have been adequately
addressed by the State. We are proposing the changes because we fully
approved the revisions to the Arkansas PSD program providing the
authority to regulate and permit emissions of GHGs on April 2, 2013 (78
FR 19596). As a result of our full approval of the Arkansas PSD program
for GHGs, the partial disapproval is no longer applicable.
We are also proposing a ministerial change to 40 CFR 52.181(a) to
show that the EPA approved a revision to the Arkansas PSD program on
April 2, 2013, to provide the state the authority to regulate and
permit GHGs. See 78 FR 19596.
II. The EPA's Evaluation
The EPA's most recent approval to the Arkansas PSD program was on
March 4, 2015, where we updated our approval of the Arkansas PSD
program to include the December 1, 2014 submitted revisions to provide
the ADEQ the authority to regulate and permit emissions of fine
particulate matter and its precursors consistent with federal
requirements. Our March 4, 2015 final action did not address the
pending submittal regarding the GHG PSD PALs submitted on January 7,
2014. See 80 FR 11573.
The State of Arkansas has adopted and submitted one revision to the
PSD program on January 7, 2014, affecting Regulation 19.904--Adoption
of Regulations, Sections 19.904(A)(1), (E)(3), and (G)(1). The
revisions to Regulation 19.904(A)(1) and (G)(1) have been submitted to
provide for the issuance of GHG PSD PAL permits through the
incorporation by reference of the federal regulations at 40 CFR
52.21(aa) and the adoption of revisions to the definition of
``Greenhouse gases'' that are consistent with the requirements
promulgated by EPA in our final rule on July 12, 2012, titled
``Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas
Tailoring Rule Step 3 and GHG Plantwide Applicability Limits.'' See 77
FR 41501. In addition, the revision to Regulation 19.904(E)(3) updates
a reference to the federal air quality models used for PSD permitting.
The ADEQ has adopted and submitted regulations that are consistent
with the federal regulations for the permitting of GHG-emitting sources
through a GHG PSD PAL effective as of August 13, 2012. The detailed
analysis in our TSD demonstrates that the revisions to Regulation
19.904(A)(1) incorporate by reference the GHG PSD PAL provisions at 40
CFR 52.21(aa), effective on August 13, 2012. The revisions to
Regulation 19.904(G)(1) revise the Arkansas PSD SIP provisions for GHG
PSD permitting to amend the definition of ``GHGs'' to mirror the
provisions promulgated by the EPA on July 12, 2012, effective on August
13, 2012, for the issuance of GHG PSD PALs.
On June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in Utility Air
Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency,\2\ issued a
decision addressing the application of PSD permitting requirements to
GHG emissions. The Supreme Court said that the EPA may not treat GHGs
as an air pollutant for purposes of determining whether a
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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).The Supreme
Court decision effectively upheld PSD permitting requirements for GHG
emissions under Step 1 of the Tailoring Rule for ``anyway sources'' and
invalidated PSD permitting requirements for Step 2 sources.
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In accordance with the Supreme Court decision, on April 10, 2015,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the
D.C. Circuit) issued an amended judgment vacating the regulations that
implemented Step 2 of the Tailoring Rule, but not the regulations that
implement Step 1 of the Tailoring Rule. A copy of the judgment is
included in the docket to this rulemaking.\3\ The amended judgment
preserves, without the need for additional rulemaking by the EPA, the
application of the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirement
to GHG emissions from sources that are required to obtain a PSD permit
based on emissions of pollutants other than GHGs (``anyway'' sources).
The D.C. Circuit's judgment vacated the regulations at issue in the
litigation, including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v), ``to the extent they
require a stationary source to obtain a PSD permit if greenhouse gases
are the only pollutant (i) that the source emits or has the potential
to emit above the applicable major source thresholds, or (ii) for which
there is a significant emissions increase from a modification.''
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EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 09-1322, 06/26/20, judgment entered for No. 09-
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The EPA may need to take additional steps to revise federal PSD
rules in light of the Supreme Court decision and recent D.C. Circuit
judgment. In addition, the EPA anticipates that many states will revise
their existing SIP-approved PSD programs. The EPA is not expecting
states to have revised their existing PSD program regulations at this
juncture. However, the EPA is evaluating PSD program submissions to
assure that the state's program correctly addresses GHGs consistent
with both decisions.
Arkansas's existing approved SIP contains the greenhouse gas
permitting requirements required under 40 CFR 51.166, as amended in the
Tailoring Rule. As a result, the State's SIP-approved PSD permitting
program 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 (tpy),
measured as carbon dioxide equivalent. Although the SIP-approved
Arkansas PSD permitting program may also currently contain provisions
that are no longer necessary in light of the D.C. Circuit's judgment or
the Supreme Court decision, this does not prevent the EPA from
approving the submission addressed in this rule. Arkansas's January 7,
2014 SIP submission does not add any greenhouse gas permitting
requirements that are inconsistent with either decision.
Likewise, this revision does add to the Arkansas SIP elements of
the EPA's July 12, 2012 rule implementing Step 3 of the phase in of PSD
permitting requirements for greenhouse gases described in the Tailoring
Rule, which became effective on August 13, 2012. Specifically, the
incorporation of the Step 3 rule provisions will allow GHG-emitting
sources to obtain 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 both the D.C.
Circuit judgment and 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, may be revised at some future time.
However, these provisions do 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
section 52.21(b)(49)(iv). Rather, the PALs 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, we believe that it is appropriate to
approve these provisions into the Arkansas SIP at this juncture.
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 opportunity to seek rehearing of this D.C. Circuit decision
remains open and thus the ultimate disposition of the Federal
regulations implementing the Biomass Deferral has not yet been
determined, the three-year deferral expired on July 21, 2014.
Consistent with 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(ii)(a), the provision in the
approved Arkansas PSD SIP at Regulation 19.904(G)(2)(b) implementing
the Biomass Deferral does not apply after the July 21, 2014 date
contained therein. Thus, this prior approval does not conflict with the
D.C. Circuit's decision.
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ADEQ has also adopted and submitted a revision to the SIP-approved
provisions at Regulation 19.904(E)(3) to update the reference to the
federal air quality models to be used for PSD permitting. The reference
now reads 40 CFR 52.21(l)(2) as opposed to the prior incorrect
reference to 40 CFR 52.21(2). The EPA proposes to find that the ADEQ
has correctly revised the Arkansas PSD program to reference federal
requirements.
III. Proposed Action
The EPA is proposing to approve the January 7, 2014 submitted
revisions to the Arkansas PSD Permitting Program at Regulation
19.904(A)(1), (E)(3), and (G)(1) into the Arkansas SIP. The EPA is
proposing to determine that the January 7, 2014 revision is approvable
because the submitted rules are adopted and submitted in accordance
with the CAA and are consistent with the EPA's regulations regarding
PSD permitting for emissions of GHGs. Therefore, the EPA proposes to
approve the following as a revision to the Arkansas PSD SIP:
Substantive revisions to Regulation 19.904(A)(1)
incorporating by reference the federal GHG PSD PAL permitting
provisions,
Revisions to Regulation 19.904(E)(3) to update the
reference to federal PSD air quality models at 40 CFR 52.21(l)(2), and
Substantive revisions to Regulation 19.904(G)(1)
establishing the requirements for GHG PSD PAL permits consistent with
federal requirements.
The EPA is also proposing ministerial changes to 40 CFR 52.170(e)
and 40 CFR 52.172(b) which reflect that deficiencies
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identified in our partial disapproval of the December 17, 2007 and
March 28, 2008 Arkansas SIP submittals for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS
were addressed by our approval of Arkansas PSD program revisions which
provide the authority to regulate and permit emissions of GHGs on April
2, 2013 (78 FR 19596). We are also proposing a ministerial change to 40
CFR 52.181(a) to reflect that the EPA approved a revision to the PSD
program for the authority to regulate and permit emissions of GHGs on
April 2, 2013 (78 FR 19596).
The EPA is proposing these actions under section 110 and part C of
the Act, and for the reasons stated above.
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 the requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to
incorporate by reference the revisions to the Arkansas PSD Program at
Regulation 19.904 discussed in section II of this preamble. 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 Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely proposes to approve 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 Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
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 is not proposed to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the proposed rule does not have tribal implications and will
not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November
9, 2000).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds, and Incorporation by reference.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 17, 2015.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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