Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Butte County Air Quality Management District, Feather River Air Quality Management District, and San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District; Correcting Amendment, 59610-59611 [2015-24953]
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manufacturers, importers, and
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(2) Limitations or revocation of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2015–0246; FRL–9931–19–
Region 9]
Revisions to the California State
Implementation Plan, Butte County Air
Quality Management District, Feather
River Air Quality Management District,
and San Luis Obispo County Air
Pollution Control District; Correcting
Amendment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correcting
amendment.
AGENCY:
On June 11, 2015, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published a final rule in the Federal
Register approving a revision to the
Butte County Air Quality Management
District (BCAQMD) portion of the
California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). In that rulemaking, the EPA
indicated that final approval of the
revision would supersede certain older
rules in the California SIP but failed to
include regulatory text to that effect.
This document adds appropriate
regulatory text to correct that omission,
clarifying the specific regulations that
were superseded and that are no longer
part of the applicable California SIP,
and adds a line of text identifying the
affected air quality district that was
missing in the original action.
DATES: This action is effective on
October 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Gong, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–
3073, gong.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action corrects inadvertent errors in a
rulemaking related to BCAQMD’s SIPapproved definitions. On June 11, 2015
(80 FR 33195), the EPA published a
direct final rulemaking action approving
revisions to various sections of the
California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). This action contained regulatory
text amendments to 40 CFR part 52,
subpart F. The amendments, which
incorporated material by reference into
section 52.220, Identification of plan,
paragraph (c)(457), omitted regulatory
language that addressed the replacement
of Butte County Air Pollution Control
District (BCAPCD) Rule 101—‘‘Title’’
and parts of BCAPCD Rule 102—
‘‘Definitions’’ with BCAQMD Rule
101—‘‘Definitions’’ as described in
Footnote 1 of 80 FR 33195. This action
adds regulatory text to clarify the rules
or portions of rules that were
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superseded in the Butte County AQMD
portion of the California SIP by our June
11, 2015 direct final action.
The EPA has determined that this
action falls under the ‘‘good cause’’
exemption in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
which, upon finding ‘‘good cause,’’
authorizes agencies to dispense with
public participation where public notice
and comment procedures are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest. Public notice and
comment for this action is unnecessary
because this action correcting
inadvertent regulatory text errors
included in the EPA’s June 11, 2015
final rule is consistent with the
substantive revision to the California
SIP as described in the preamble of said
action concerning definitions for the
BCAQMD portion of the California SIP.
In addition, the EPA can identify no
particular reason why the public would
be interested in having the opportunity
to comment on the correction prior to
this action being finalized, since this
correction action does not change the
EPA’s analysis or overall action related
to the approval of BCAQMD’s revisions
to their definitions into the California
SIP.
The EPA also finds that there is good
cause under APA section 553(d)(3) for
this correction to become effective on
the date of publication of this action.
Section 553(d)(3) of the APA allows an
effective date of less than 30 days after
publication ‘‘as otherwise provided by
the agency for good cause found and
published with the rule.’’ 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). The purpose of the 30-day
waiting period prescribed in APA
section 553(d)(3) is to give affected
parties a reasonable time to adjust their
behaviour and prepare before the final
rule takes effect. This rule, however,
does not create any new regulatory
requirements such that affected parties
would need time to prepare before the
rule takes effect. Rather, this action
merely corrects inadvertent errors for
the regulatory text of the EPA’s prior
rulemaking for the California SIP. For
these reasons, the EPA finds good cause
under APA section 553(d)(3) for this
correction to become effective on the
date of publication of this action.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations
omitted amendatory language that
addressed the replacement of BCAQMD
Rule 101.
Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), this action is
not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and
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is therefore not subject to review by the
Office of Management and Budget. In
addition, this action does not impose
any enforceable duty or contain any
unfunded mandate as described in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–4), or require prior
consultation with State officials as
specified by Executive Order 12875 (58
FR 58093, October 28, 1993), or involve
special consideration of environmental
justice related issues as required by
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994).
Because this action is not subject to
notice-and-comment requirements
under the Administrative Procedure Act
or any other statute, it is not subject to
the provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added
by the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, the
EPA will submit a report containing this
rule and other required information to
the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives and the Comptroller
General of the General Accounting
Office prior to publication of this rule in
the Federal Register. This rule is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: September 14, 2015.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for Part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F—California
2. Section 52.220 is amended by:
a. Revising paragraph (c)(168)(i)(A)(7);
and
■ b. Revising paragraph (c)(457)(i)(C).
The revised text reads as follows:
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Identification of plan.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0513; FRL–9934–98–
Region 7]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of
Missouri, Limited Maintenance Plan for
the St. Louis Nonclassifiable
Maintenance Area for the 8-Hour
Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air
Quality Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking direct final
action to approve revisions to the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the State of Missouri relating to the
Limited Maintenance Plan for the St.
Louis area for the 8-Hour Carbon
Monoxide (CO) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS). On April 8,
2014, the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources (MDNR) submitted to
EPA a second 10-year maintenance plan
for the St. Louis area for the CO
NAAQS. This maintenance plan
addresses maintenance of the CO
NAAQS for a second 10-year period
beyond the original redesignation. In
accordance with the requirements of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA is approving
the revision because the State
adequately demonstrates that the St.
Louis Maintenance area will maintain
air quality standards for CO through the
year 2022.
SUMMARY:
Accordingly, 40 CFR part 52 is
corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
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(7) Previously approved on February
3, 1987 in paragraph (c)(168)(i)(A)(1) of
this section and now deleted with
replacement in paragraph
(c)(457)(i)(C)(1): Rule 101 ‘‘Title’’ and
Rule 102 ‘‘Definitions’’, except for the
following definitions from existing SIP
BCAPCD Rule 102: ‘‘approved ignition
devices,’’ ‘‘open out-door fire’’,
‘‘permissive burn day,’’ ‘‘range
improvement burning,’’ ‘‘submerged fill
pipe,’’ and ‘‘vapor recovery system.’’.
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(C) Butte County Air Quality
Management District.
(1) Rule 101, ‘‘Definitions,’’ amended
on April 24, 2014.
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This direct final rule will be
effective December 1, 2015, without
further notice, unless EPA receives
adverse comment by November 2, 2015.
If EPA receives adverse comment, we
will publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule in the Federal Register
informing the public that the rule will
not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2015–0513, by one of the
following methods:
1. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. Email: brown.steven@epa.gov.
3. Mail or Hand Delivery: Steven
Brown, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air Planning and Development
Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard,
Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2015–
0513. EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. EPA will generally not consider
comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e.,
on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0246; FRL-9931-19-Region 9]
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Butte
County Air Quality Management District, Feather River Air Quality
Management District, and San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control
District; Correcting Amendment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: On June 11, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published a final rule in the Federal Register approving a revision to
the Butte County Air Quality Management District (BCAQMD) portion of
the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). In that rulemaking, the
EPA indicated that final approval of the revision would supersede
certain older rules in the California SIP but failed to include
regulatory text to that effect. This document adds appropriate
regulatory text to correct that omission, clarifying the specific
regulations that were superseded and that are no longer part of the
applicable California SIP, and adds a line of text identifying the
affected air quality district that was missing in the original action.
DATES: This action is effective on October 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Gong, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3073, gong.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action corrects inadvertent errors in a
rulemaking related to BCAQMD's SIP-approved definitions. On June 11,
2015 (80 FR 33195), the EPA published a direct final rulemaking action
approving revisions to various sections of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This action contained regulatory text
amendments to 40 CFR part 52, subpart F. The amendments, which
incorporated material by reference into section 52.220, Identification
of plan, paragraph (c)(457), omitted regulatory language that addressed
the replacement of Butte County Air Pollution Control District (BCAPCD)
Rule 101--``Title'' and parts of BCAPCD Rule 102--``Definitions'' with
BCAQMD Rule 101--``Definitions'' as described in Footnote 1 of 80 FR
33195. This action adds regulatory text to clarify the rules or
portions of rules that were superseded in the Butte County AQMD portion
of the California SIP by our June 11, 2015 direct final action.
The EPA has determined that this action falls under the ``good
cause'' exemption in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative
Procedures Act (APA) which, upon finding ``good cause,'' authorizes
agencies to dispense with public participation where public notice and
comment procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the
public interest. Public notice and comment for this action is
unnecessary because this action correcting inadvertent regulatory text
errors included in the EPA's June 11, 2015 final rule is consistent
with the substantive revision to the California SIP as described in the
preamble of said action concerning definitions for the BCAQMD portion
of the California SIP. In addition, the EPA can identify no particular
reason why the public would be interested in having the opportunity to
comment on the correction prior to this action being finalized, since
this correction action does not change the EPA's analysis or overall
action related to the approval of BCAQMD's revisions to their
definitions into the California SIP.
The EPA also finds that there is good cause under APA section
553(d)(3) for this correction to become effective on the date of
publication of this action. Section 553(d)(3) of the APA allows an
effective date of less than 30 days after publication ``as otherwise
provided by the agency for good cause found and published with the
rule.'' 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). The purpose of the 30-day waiting period
prescribed in APA section 553(d)(3) is to give affected parties a
reasonable time to adjust their behaviour and prepare before the final
rule takes effect. This rule, however, does not create any new
regulatory requirements such that affected parties would need time to
prepare before the rule takes effect. Rather, this action merely
corrects inadvertent errors for the regulatory text of the EPA's prior
rulemaking for the California SIP. For these reasons, the EPA finds
good cause under APA section 553(d)(3) for this correction to become
effective on the date of publication of this action.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations omitted amendatory language
that addressed the replacement of BCAQMD Rule 101.
Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and
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is therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and
Budget. In addition, this action does not impose any enforceable duty
or contain any unfunded mandate as described in the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4), or require prior consultation with
State officials as specified by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093,
October 28, 1993), or involve special consideration of environmental
justice related issues as required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR
7629, February 16, 1994).
Because this action is not subject to notice-and-comment
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other
statute, it is not subject to the provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, the EPA will submit a
report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S.
Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Comptroller General
of the General Accounting Office prior to publication of this rule in
the Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: September 14, 2015.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Accordingly, 40 CFR part 52 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F--California
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2. Section 52.220 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraph (c)(168)(i)(A)(7); and
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b. Revising paragraph (c)(457)(i)(C).
The revised text reads as follows:
Sec. 52.220 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(168) * * *
(i) * * *
(A) * * *
(7) Previously approved on February 3, 1987 in paragraph
(c)(168)(i)(A)(1) of this section and now deleted with replacement in
paragraph (c)(457)(i)(C)(1): Rule 101 ``Title'' and Rule 102
``Definitions'', except for the following definitions from existing SIP
BCAPCD Rule 102: ``approved ignition devices,'' ``open out-door fire'',
``permissive burn day,'' ``range improvement burning,'' ``submerged
fill pipe,'' and ``vapor recovery system.''.
* * * * *
(457) * * *
(i) * * *
(C) Butte County Air Quality Management District.
(1) Rule 101, ``Definitions,'' amended on April 24, 2014.
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