Approval of Arizona Air Plan Revisions; Phoenix, Arizona; Second 10-Year Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan, 11120-11121 [2016-04614]
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DATES:
This rule is effective on April 4,
2016.
The EPA has established
docket number EPA–R09–OAR–2015–
0645 for this action. Generally,
documents in the docket for this action
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EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
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(e.g., copyrighted material, large maps,
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(CBI)). To inspect the hard copy
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hours with the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Kelly, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4151,
kelly.johnj@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
ADDRESSES:
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Region 9]
Approval of Arizona Air Plan
Revisions; Phoenix, Arizona; Second
10-Year Carbon Monoxide Maintenance
Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve a revision to the Arizona State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This
revision is the second ten-year
maintenance plan for carbon monoxide
(CO) for the Phoenix metropolitan area
in Maricopa County, Arizona. We are
also finding adequate and approving
transportation conformity motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEB) for the year
2025 and beyond. We are taking these
actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA
or the Act).
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
On October 19, 2015 (80 FR 63185),
the EPA proposed to approve the
Maricopa Association of Governments’
(MAG) plan titled ‘‘MAG 2013 Carbon
Monoxide Maintenance Plan for the
Maricopa County Area’’ (hereinafter,
‘‘2013 Maintenance Plan’’) into the
Arizona SIP.
We also proposed to find adequate
and to approve into the SIP the CO
MVEB for the year 2025 and beyond.
We proposed to approve this plan and
the CO MVEB because we determined
that they complied with the relevant
CAA requirements. Our proposed action
contains more information on the plan
and MVEB and our evaluation.
II. Public Comments and EPA
Responses
The EPA’s proposed action provided
a 30-day public comment period. During
this period, we received no comments.
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted.
Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully
approving this plan into the Arizona
SIP. The EPA is also finding adequate
and approving the motor vehicle
emissions budgets in the plan (see Table
1) because we find they meet the
applicable transportation conformity
requirements under 40 CFR 93.118(e).
Table 1 shows the approved and
previously approved MVEBs for the
Phoenix CO Maintenance Area.
TABLE 1—APPROVED AND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS
FOR THE PHOENIX CO MAINTENANCE AREA, IN METRIC TONS PER DAY (MTPD)
Previously
approved
Approved
Year .............................................................................................................................................
2006
2015
2025
CO MVEB ....................................................................................................................................
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Previously
approved
699.7
662.9
559.4
IV. 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 Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
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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
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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 Clean Air Act;
and
• does not provide the EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
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health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where the EPA or
an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the 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).
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this action
and other required information to the
U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by May 2, 2016.
Filing a petition for reconsideration by
the Administrator of this final rule does
not affect the finality of this action for
the purposes of judicial review nor does
it extend the time within which a
petition for judicial review may be filed,
and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may
not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements (see section
307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
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Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 25, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
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PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also
Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart D—Arizona
2. Section 52.120 is amended by
adding paragraph (c)(173) to read as
follows:
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§ 52.120
Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(173) The following plan was
submitted on April 2, 2013 by the
Governor’s designee.
(i) [RESERVED].
(ii) Additional materials.
(A) Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality.
(1) MAG 2013 Carbon Monoxide
Maintenance Plan for the Maricopa
County Area, adopted by the Maricopa
Association of Governments on March
27, 2013.
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The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0475, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Office of Pesticide Programs
Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)
in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan T. Lewis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; main telephone
number: (703) 305–7090; email address:
RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0475; FRL–9942–10]
Fluensulfone; Pesticide Tolerance for
Emergency Exemption
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This regulation establishes a
time-limited tolerance for residues of
fluensulfone, measured as 3,4,4trifluoro-but-3-ene-1-sulfonic acid,
resulting from use of fluensulfone in or
on carrots in accordance with the terms
of an emergency exemption issued
under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). This action is in response
to the issuance of a crisis emergency
exemption under FIFRA section 18
authorizing use of the pesticide on
carrots. This regulation establishes a
maximum permissible level for residues
of fluensulfone in or on carrots. The
time-limited tolerance expires on
December 31, 2017.
DATES: This regulation is effective
March 3, 2016. Objections and requests
for hearings must be received on or
before May 2, 2016, and must be filed
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A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
B. How can I get electronic access to
other related information?
You may access a frequently updated
electronic version of 40 CFR part 180
through the Government Printing
Office’s e-CFR site at https://
www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0645; FRL-9942-17-Region 9]
Approval of Arizona Air Plan Revisions; Phoenix, Arizona; Second
10-Year Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve a revision to the Arizona State Implementation Plan
(SIP). This revision is the second ten-year maintenance plan for carbon
monoxide (CO) for the Phoenix metropolitan area in Maricopa County,
Arizona. We are also finding adequate and approving transportation
conformity motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) for the year 2025 and
beyond. We are taking these actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the
Act).
DATES: This rule is effective on April 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0645
for this action. Generally, documents in the docket for this action are
available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-
3901. While all documents in the docket are listed at https://www.regulations.gov, some information may be publicly available only at
the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material, large maps, multi-
volume reports), and some may not be available in either location
(e.g., confidential business information (CBI)). To inspect the hard
copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Kelly, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-
4151, kelly.johnj@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
On October 19, 2015 (80 FR 63185), the EPA proposed to approve the
Maricopa Association of Governments' (MAG) plan titled ``MAG 2013
Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for the Maricopa County Area''
(hereinafter, ``2013 Maintenance Plan'') into the Arizona SIP.
We also proposed to find adequate and to approve into the SIP the
CO MVEB for the year 2025 and beyond.
We proposed to approve this plan and the CO MVEB because we
determined that they complied with the relevant CAA requirements. Our
proposed action contains more information on the plan and MVEB and our
evaluation.
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period.
During this period, we received no comments.
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted. Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving this plan into the
Arizona SIP. The EPA is also finding adequate and approving the motor
vehicle emissions budgets in the plan (see Table 1) because we find
they meet the applicable transportation conformity requirements under
40 CFR 93.118(e). Table 1 shows the approved and previously approved
MVEBs for the Phoenix CO Maintenance Area.
Table 1--Approved and Previously Approved Transportation Conformity Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the
Phoenix CO Maintenance Area, in Metric Tons per Day (mtpd)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Previously
approved approved Approved
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year......................................................... 2006 2015 2025
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CO MVEB...................................................... 699.7 662.9 559.4
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IV. 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 Act. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive 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 Clean Air Act; and
does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human
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health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally
permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February
16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the 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).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by May 2, 2016. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements (see section 307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 25, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart D--Arizona
0
2. Section 52.120 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(173) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.120 Identification of plan.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(173) The following plan was submitted on April 2, 2013 by the
Governor's designee.
(i) [RESERVED].
(ii) Additional materials.
(A) Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
(1) MAG 2013 Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for the Maricopa
County Area, adopted by the Maricopa Association of Governments on
March 27, 2013.
* * * * *
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