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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0475; FRL–9936–87–
Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Allegheny County’s
Adoption of Control Techniques
Guidelines for Four Industry
Categories for Control of Volatile
Organic Compound Emissions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to convert
the conditional approval of revisions to
the Pennsylvania State Implementation
Plan (SIP) submitted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on
behalf of the Allegheny County Health
Department (ACHD) to a full approval.
The SIP revision included amendments
to the ACHD Rules and Regulations,
Article XXI, Air Pollution Control, and
meets the requirement to adopt
Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) for sources covered
by EPA’s Control Techniques
Guidelines (CTG) standards for the
following categories: Miscellaneous
metal and/or plastic parts surface
coating processes, automobile and lightduty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
Upon review of the submittal, EPA
found that the average monomer volatile
organic compound (VOC) content limits
were referenced but not included in the
regulation for fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials. ACHD has
revised the regulation and submitted the
table of VOC content limits for fiberglass
boat manufacturing materials to EPA in
order to address specific RACT
requirements for Allegheny County.
EPA is, therefore, proposing to convert
the conditional approval to a full
approval of the revisions to the
Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with
the requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before December 10,
2015.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2014–0475 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
ADDRESSES:
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B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0475,
Cristina Fernandez, 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–2014–
0475. 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 in
www.regulations.gov or may be viewed
during normal business hours at the Air
Protection Division, U.S. Environmental
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Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103. Copies of the State submittal are
available at the Allegheny County
Health Department, Bureau of
Environmental Quality, Division of Air
Quality, 301 39th Street, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15201 and 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:
Irene Shandruk, (215) 814–2166, or by
email at shandruk.irene@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
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 to assist them in
determining RACT for VOC 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 1977 and 1978, EPA published
CTGs for miscellaneous metal and
plastic parts surface coatings,
automobile and light-duty truck
assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials. After
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reviewing the 1977/1978 CTGs 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 Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic
Parts Coatings (Publication No. EPA
453/R–08–003; September 2008);
Control Techniques Guidelines for
Automobile and Light-duty Assembly
Coatings (Publication No. EPA 453/R–
08–006; September 2008); Control
Techniques Guidelines for
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives
(Publication No. EPA 453/R–08–005;
September 2008); Control Techniques
Guidelines for Fiberglass Boat
Manufacturing Materials (Publication
No. EPA 453/R–08–004; September
2008).
II. Summary of SIP Revision
On November 15, 2013, Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) submitted to EPA on behalf of
ACHD a SIP revision concerning the
adoption of the EPA CTGs for
miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts
surface coating processes, automobile
and light-duty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials
in Allegheny County. Allegheny County
is adopting EPA’s CTG standards for
miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts
surface coating processes, automobile
and light-duty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
These regulations, with a state effective
date of June 8, 2013, are contained in
the ACHD Rules and Regulations,
Article XXI, Air Pollution Control
sections 2105.83 (Control of VOC
Emissions from Miscellaneous Metal
and/or Plastic Parts Surface Coating
Processes), 2105.84 (Control of VOC
Emissions from Automobile and LightDuty Truck Assembly Coatings),
2105.85 (Control of VOC Emissions from
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives),
and 2105.86 (Control of VOC Emissions
from Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing
Materials) in order to establish: (1)
Applicability for miscellaneous metal
and/or plastic parts surface coating
processes, automobile and light-duty
truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials; (2)
exemptions; (3) record-keeping and
work practice requirements; and (4)
emission limitations. Upon review of
the November 15, 2013 submittal, EPA
found that a table of average monomer
VOC content limit for fiberglass boat
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manufacturing materials was referenced;
however, the table was erroneously not
included in the regulation. Pursuant to
section 110(k)(4) of the CAA, PADEP
submitted on behalf of ACHD a letter
dated July 16, 2014 committing to
submit a SIP revision to EPA addressing
this error in order to satisfy the RACT
requirements under the 8-hour ozone
standard for Allegheny County.
On November 26, 2014 (79 FR 70470),
EPA conditionally approved the SIP
revisions concerning the adoption of
these CTGs. On September 9, 2015,
PADEP submitted to EPA on behalf of
ACHD a supplemental SIP revision
containing the missing table of VOC
content limits, and thereby addressing
the erroneous deficiency in the
regulation for fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials.
III. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to convert from
conditional approval to full approval
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SIP
revision submitted on November 15,
2013, as supplemented with the
September 9, 2015 SIP submittal, which
consists of amendments to the ACHD
Rules and Regulations, Article XXI, Air
Pollution Control for adopting RACT for
sources covered by EPA’s CTG
standards for the following categories:
Miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts
surface coating processes, automobile
and light-duty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
Pursuant to section 110(k)(4) of the
CAA, the conditional approval was
based upon a letter from PADEP on
behalf of ACHD dated July 16, 2014
committing to submit to EPA, no later
than twelve months from EPA’s final
conditional approval of ACHD’s
adoption of CTGs for miscellaneous
metal and/or plastic parts surface
coating processes, automobile and lightduty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials,
an additional SIP revision to address the
missing table of average monomer VOC
content in the current regulation for
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
On September 9, 2015, PADEP on behalf
of ACHD submitted a supplemental SIP
revision containing the table of
monomer VOC content limits for
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
EPA has determined that ACHD has
satisfied this condition, and therefore,
EPA is proposing to remove the
conditional nature of its approval and
replace it with a full approval of
Allegheny County’s adoption of CTGs
for miscellaneous metal and/or plastic
parts surface coating processes,
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automobile and light-duty truck
assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials will. 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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IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rulemaking, 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
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rules
regarding controls of VOC emissions
discussed in Section III of this
preamble. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents
generally available electronically
through www.regulations.gov and/or
may be viewed at the EPA Region III
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 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 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
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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 ACHD’s adoption of CTG
standards for miscellaneous metal and/
or plastic parts surface coating
processes, automobile and light-duty
truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials, 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, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: October 28, 2015.
Shawn M. Garvin,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Underground Injection Control (UIC)
Program; Primacy Approval
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period and opportunity to request a
public hearing.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) hereby gives
public notice that the EPA has received
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a complete application from the
Commonwealth of Kentucky requesting
approval of its Underground Injection
Control (UIC) Program for Class II
injection wells. The EPA has
determined the application contains all
the required elements; see the
ADDRESSES section for information on
how to access the application
documents. Public comments are
requested and any member of the public
may request a public hearing. This
application would allow the Kentucky
Division of Oil and Gas to regulate all
Class II injection wells in Kentucky.
Comments will be accepted on or
before December 23, 2015. Requests for
a public hearing must be received by
December 9, 2015. Requests for a
hearing should be mailed to Nancy
Marsh (see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section). The EPA will
determine by December 11, 2015,
whether there is sufficient interest to
warrant a public hearing. If determined
to be warranted, the public hearing will
be held on December 16, 2015 at 1:00
p.m. in Conference Room #D16 at the
Department for Natural Resources, #2
Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY 40601.
For additional information regarding the
public hearing, please contact Nancy
Marsh.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2015–0372 to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or withdrawn. The 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. The 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/
commenting-epa-dockets. Comments
should also be sent to Nancy Marsh (see
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0475; FRL-9936-87-Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Allegheny County's Adoption of Control Techniques
Guidelines for Four Industry Categories for Control of Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
convert the conditional approval of revisions to the Pennsylvania State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
on behalf of the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to a full
approval. The SIP revision included amendments to the ACHD Rules and
Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control, and meets the
requirement to adopt Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for
sources covered by EPA's Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) standards
for the following categories: Miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts
surface coating processes, automobile and light-duty truck assembly
coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials. Upon review of the submittal, EPA found that
the average monomer volatile organic compound (VOC) content limits were
referenced but not included in the regulation for fiberglass boat
manufacturing materials. ACHD has revised the regulation and submitted
the table of VOC content limits for fiberglass boat manufacturing
materials to EPA in order to address specific RACT requirements for
Allegheny County. EPA is, therefore, proposing to convert the
conditional approval to a full approval of the revisions to the
Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 10,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2014-0475 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0475, Cristina Fernandez, 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-
2014-0475. 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 in www.regulations.gov or may be viewed during
normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental
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Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal are available at the
Allegheny County Health Department, Bureau of Environmental Quality,
Division of Air Quality, 301 39th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15201 and 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: Irene Shandruk, (215) 814-2166, or by
email at shandruk.irene@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 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 to assist them in
determining RACT for VOC 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 1977 and 1978, EPA published CTGs for miscellaneous metal and
plastic parts surface coatings, automobile and light-duty truck
assembly coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and fiberglass
boat manufacturing materials. After reviewing the 1977/1978 CTGs 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
Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings (Publication No. EPA
453/R-08-003; September 2008); Control Techniques Guidelines for
Automobile and Light-duty Assembly Coatings (Publication No. EPA 453/R-
08-006; September 2008); Control Techniques Guidelines for
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives (Publication No. EPA 453/R-08-005;
September 2008); Control Techniques Guidelines for Fiberglass Boat
Manufacturing Materials (Publication No. EPA 453/R-08-004; September
2008).
II. Summary of SIP Revision
On November 15, 2013, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PADEP) submitted to EPA on behalf of ACHD a SIP revision
concerning the adoption of the EPA CTGs for miscellaneous metal and/or
plastic parts surface coating processes, automobile and light-duty
truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials in Allegheny County. Allegheny
County is adopting EPA's CTG standards for miscellaneous metal and/or
plastic parts surface coating processes, automobile and light-duty
truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials. These regulations, with a
state effective date of June 8, 2013, are contained in the ACHD Rules
and Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control sections 2105.83
(Control of VOC Emissions from Miscellaneous Metal and/or Plastic Parts
Surface Coating Processes), 2105.84 (Control of VOC Emissions from
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings), 2105.85 (Control of
VOC Emissions from Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives), and 2105.86
(Control of VOC Emissions from Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials)
in order to establish: (1) Applicability for miscellaneous metal and/or
plastic parts surface coating processes, automobile and light-duty
truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials; (2) exemptions; (3) record-
keeping and work practice requirements; and (4) emission limitations.
Upon review of the November 15, 2013 submittal, EPA found that a table
of average monomer VOC content limit for fiberglass boat manufacturing
materials was referenced; however, the table was erroneously not
included in the regulation. Pursuant to section 110(k)(4) of the CAA,
PADEP submitted on behalf of ACHD a letter dated July 16, 2014
committing to submit a SIP revision to EPA addressing this error in
order to satisfy the RACT requirements under the 8-hour ozone standard
for Allegheny County.
On November 26, 2014 (79 FR 70470), EPA conditionally approved the
SIP revisions concerning the adoption of these CTGs. On September 9,
2015, PADEP submitted to EPA on behalf of ACHD a supplemental SIP
revision containing the missing table of VOC content limits, and
thereby addressing the erroneous deficiency in the regulation for
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
III. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to convert from conditional approval to full
approval the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SIP revision submitted on
November 15, 2013, as supplemented with the September 9, 2015 SIP
submittal, which consists of amendments to the ACHD Rules and
Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control for adopting RACT for
sources covered by EPA's CTG standards for the following categories:
Miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts surface coating processes,
automobile and light-duty truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat manufacturing materials.
Pursuant to section 110(k)(4) of the CAA, the conditional approval was
based upon a letter from PADEP on behalf of ACHD dated July 16, 2014
committing to submit to EPA, no later than twelve months from EPA's
final conditional approval of ACHD's adoption of CTGs for miscellaneous
metal and/or plastic parts surface coating processes, automobile and
light-duty truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous industrial adhesives,
and fiberglass boat manufacturing materials, an additional SIP revision
to address the missing table of average monomer VOC content in the
current regulation for fiberglass boat manufacturing materials. On
September 9, 2015, PADEP on behalf of ACHD submitted a supplemental SIP
revision containing the table of monomer VOC content limits for
fiberglass boat manufacturing materials. EPA has determined that ACHD
has satisfied this condition, and therefore, EPA is proposing to remove
the conditional nature of its approval and replace it with a full
approval of Allegheny County's adoption of CTGs for miscellaneous metal
and/or plastic parts surface coating processes,
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automobile and light-duty truck assembly coatings, miscellaneous
industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat manufacturing materials will.
EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this
document. These comments will be considered before taking final action.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rulemaking, 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rules
regarding controls of VOC emissions discussed in Section III of this
preamble. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents
generally available electronically through www.regulations.gov and/or
may be viewed at the EPA Region III 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 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 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 ACHD's adoption of
CTG standards for miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts surface
coating processes, automobile and light-duty truck assembly coatings,
miscellaneous industrial adhesives, and fiberglass boat manufacturing
materials, 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, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Volatile organic
compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: October 28, 2015.
Shawn M. Garvin,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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