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Based on this information, the Board,
at their public meeting held on April 17,
2014, elected to recommend a
simplification of the process by
determining which areas or
communities are nonrural in Alaska; all
other communities or areas would,
therefore, be rural. The Board would
make nonrural determinations using a
comprehensive approach that considers
population size and density, economic
indicators, military presence, industrial
facilities, use of fish and wildlife, degree
of remoteness and isolation, and any
other relevant material, including
information provided by the public. The
Board would rely heavily on the
recommendations of the Councils. The
Board developed a proposal that
simplifies the process of rural
determinations and submitted its
recommendation to the Secretaries on
August 15, 2014.
On November 24, 2014, the
Secretaries requested that the Board
initiate rulemaking to pursue the
regulatory changes recommended by the
Board.
The Departments published a
proposed rule on January 28, 2015 (80
FR 4521), to revise the regulations
governing the rural determination
process in subpart B of 36 CFR part 242
and 50 CFR part 100. Following a
process that involved substantial
Council and public input, the
Departments published the final rule on
November 4, 2015 (80 FR 68249).
Direct Final Rule
During the rulemaking process, the
Board went on to address a starting
point for nonrural communities and
areas.
Since the 2007 final rule (72 FR
25688; May 7, 2007) was contentious,
and so many comments were received
objecting to the changes imposed by that
rule, the Board decided to return to the
rural determinations prior to the 2007
final rule. The Board further decided
that the most expedient method to enact
their decisions was to publish a direct
final rule adopting the pre-2007
nonrural determinations. As a result, the
Board determined the following areas to
be nonrural: Fairbanks North Star
Borough; Homer area—including
Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak City,
and Fritz Creek; Juneau area—including
Juneau, West Juneau, and Douglas;
Kenai area—including Kenai, Soldotna,
Sterling, Nikiski, Salamatof,
Kalifornsky, Kasilof, and Clam Gulch;
Ketchikan area—including Ketchikan
City, Clover Pass, North Tongass
Highway, Ketchikan East, Mountain
Point, Herring Cove, Saxman East,
Pennock Island, and parts of Gravina
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Island; Municipality of Anchorage;
Seward area—including Seward and
Moose Pass, Valdez; and Wasilla area—
including Palmer, Wasilla, Sutton, Big
Lake, Houston, and Bodenberg Butte.
While the Board received one
comment on the direct final rule during
the public comment period provided,
the comment was not specific to the
issues raised in this rulemaking action.
Therefore, because the comment had no
bearing on whether the new rule should
become effective or the 2007 rule should
remain in place, the direct final rule
became effective December 21, 2015, as
specified in that rule.
Authority
This rule is issued under the authority
of Title VIII of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act
(ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126).
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Administrative practice and
procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
50 CFR Part 100
Administrative practice and
procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
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MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR
PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA
Accordingly, the Board is affirming as
a final rule, without change, the direct
final rule amending 36 CFR part 242
and 50 CFR part 100 that was published
at 80 FR 68245 on November 4, 2015.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd,
3101–3126; 18 U.S.C. 3551–3586; 43 U.S.C.
1733.
Dated: February 16, 2016.
Eugene R. Peltola, Jr.,
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Wildlife Service, Acting Chair, Federal
Subsistence Board.
Dated: February 18, 2016.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0658; FRL–9943–46–
Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Base Year
Emission Inventories for the 2008 8Hour Ozone Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving, under the
Clean Air Act (CAA), a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency (OEPA) on July 18,
2014, to address emission inventory
requirements for the Cleveland-AkronLorain, Ohio (OH) and Columbus, OH
ozone nonattainment areas and for the
Ohio portion of the Cincinnati, OhioKentucky-Indiana ozone nonattainment
area under the 2008 ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS
or standard). The CAA requires
emission inventories for all ozone
nonattainment areas. The emission
inventories contained in Ohio’s July 18,
2014, submission meet this CAA
requirement. EPA is also confirming
that the state of Ohio has acceptable
stationary source annual emission
statement regulations, which have been
previously approved by EPA.
DATES: This direct final rule will be
effective May 9, 2016, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by April 11,
2016. If adverse comments are received
by EPA, EPA 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–R05–
OAR–2014–0658 at https://
www.regulations.gov or via email to
Aburano.Douglas@epa.gov. For
comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from Regulations.gov. For either manner
of submission, EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
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or other information whose disclosure is
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The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
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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, please contact the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the
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submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward Doty, Attainment Planning and
Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR–18J), Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604, (312) 886–6057, Doty.Edward@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. The 2008 Ozone NAAQS and Emission
Inventory Requirements
II. Ohio’s Emission Inventories
A. Base Year
B. How did the State develop the emission
inventories?
C. Source Emission Statements
III. EPA’s Evaluation
A. Did the state adequately document the
derivation of the emission estimates?
B. Did the State quality assure the emission
estimates?
C. Did the State provide for public review
of the requested SIP revision?
IV. Final Action
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The 2008 Ozone NAAQS and
Emission Inventory Requirements
On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated
a revised 8-hour ozone NAAQS of 0.075
parts per million (ppm). See 73 FR
16436 (March 27, 2008). The ClevelandAkron-Lorain, Columbus, and
Cincinnati areas were designated as
marginal nonattainment areas for the
2008 ozone NAAQS. See 77 FR 30088
(May 21, 2012). The Cleveland-AkronLorain nonattainment area includes
Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,
Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit
Counties. The Columbus nonattainment
area includes Delaware, Fairfield,
Franklin, Knox, Licking, and Madison
Counties. The Ohio portion of the
Cincinnati nonattainment area includes
Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton,
and Warren Counties.
CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1),
42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(3) and 7511a(a)(1),
require states to develop and submit, as
SIP revisions, emission inventories for
all areas designated as nonattainment
for any NAAQS, including the ozone
NAAQS. An emission inventory for
ozone is an estimation of actual
emissions of air pollutants that
contribute to the formation of ozone in
an area. Ozone is a gas that is formed
by the reaction of Volatile Organic
Compounds (VOC) and Oxides of
Nitrogen (NOX) in the atmosphere in the
presence of sunlight (VOC and NOX are
referred to as ozone precursors).
Therefore, an emission inventory for
ozone focuses on the emissions of VOC
and NOX. VOC is emitted by many types
of pollution sources, including power
plants, industrial sources, on-road and
off-road mobile sources, smaller
stationary sources, collectively referred
to as area sources, and biogenic
sources.1 NOX is primarily emitted by
combustion sources, both stationary and
mobile.
Emission inventories provide
emissions data for a variety of air
quality planning tasks, including
establishing baseline emission levels
(anthropogenic [manmade] emissions
associated with ozone standard
violations), calculating emission
reduction targets needed to attain the
NAAQS and to achieve reasonable
further progress toward attainment of
the ozone standard (not required in the
areas considered here), determining
emission inputs for ozone air quality
modeling analyses, and tracking
emissions over time to determine
progress toward achieving air quality
and emission reduction goals. As stated
above, the CAA requires the states to
submit emission inventories for areas
designated as nonattainment for ozone.
For the 2008 ozone NAAQS, EPA has
recommended that states submit typical
summer day emission estimates for 2011
(78 FR 34178, 34190, June 6, 2013).
However, EPA also allows states to
submit base year emissions for other
years during a recent ozone standard
violation period. States are required to
submit estimates of VOC and NOX
emissions for four general classes of
anthropogenic sources: stationary point
sources; area sources; on-road mobile
sources; and off-road mobile sources.
II. Ohio’s Emission Inventories
On July 18, 2014, Ohio submitted a
SIP revision addressing the VOC and
NOX emission inventory requirement for
the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and
Columbus ozone nonattainment areas
and for the Ohio portion of the
Cincinnati ozone nonattainment area.
Tables 1, 2, and 3 summarize the 2008
VOC and NOX emissions for these three
areas for a typical summer day
(reflective of the summer period, when
the highest ozone concentrations are
expected in these nonattainment areas).
The following acronyms are used in the
emissions tables: Electric Generating
Units (EGU); and Commercial Marine–
Airplanes–Railroads (MAR).2
TABLE 1—CLEVELAND AREA 2008 EMISSION INVENTORY
[tons per day]
Source type
VOC
NOX
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Non-EGU Point ........................................................................................................................................................
EGU Point ................................................................................................................................................................
Area .........................................................................................................................................................................
On-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
Off-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
MAR .........................................................................................................................................................................
19.97
0.20
96.81
106.55
142.40
1.24
16.31
65.47
12.71
209.68
70.86
25.65
Totals ................................................................................................................................................................
367.17
400.69
1 Biogenic emissions are produced by living
organisms and are typically not included in the
base year emission inventories, but are considered
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in ozone modeling analyses, which must consider
all emissions in a modeled area.
2 MAR sources are not covered by the off-road
mobile source emissions model used by the state.
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Ohio has relied on MAR emissions calculated and
supplied through contractors, as discussed
elsewhere in this rulemaking.
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TABLE 2—COLUMBUS AREA 2008 EMISSION INVENTORY
[tons per day]
Source type
VOC
NOX
Non-EGU Point ........................................................................................................................................................
EGU Point ................................................................................................................................................................
Area .........................................................................................................................................................................
On-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
Off-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
MAR .........................................................................................................................................................................
2.73
0.00
57.78
123.41
38.06
0.37
7.56
0.00
6.02
231.72
40.72
6.79
Totals ................................................................................................................................................................
222.35
292.81
TABLE 3—CINCINNATI AREA 3 2008 EMISSION INVENTORY
(tons per day)
Source Type
VOC
NOX
Non-EGU Point ........................................................................................................................................................
EGU Point ................................................................................................................................................................
Area .........................................................................................................................................................................
On-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
Off-Road Mobile .......................................................................................................................................................
MAR .........................................................................................................................................................................
5.76
0.81
54.25
57.79
34.59
0.42
24.33
99.35
7.17
105.98
34.34
9.29
Totals ................................................................................................................................................................
153.62
280.46
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A. Base Year
OEPA chose 2008 as the base year for
these emission inventories. Although
EPA recommends the use of 2011 as the
base year, as noted above, EPA also
allows the consideration of other base
years. OEPA chose 2008 because this is
one of the three years, 2008 through
2010, of ozone data indicating violation
of the ozone standard that were used to
designate the three areas as
nonattainment for the 2008 ozone
standard.
B. How did the State develop the
emission inventories?
OEPA estimated VOC and NOX
emissions for each county in the
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus
ozone nonattainment areas and for the
Ohio portion of the Cincinnati ozone
nonattainment area. Emissions for the
counties were totaled by source category
for each ozone nonattainment area. To
develop the VOC and NOX emission
inventories, OEPA used the procedures
summarized below.
The primary source of emissions data
for non-EGU point sources was sourcereported 2008 Emission Inventory
Statements (EISs). Under the authority
of Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)
3756–15–03, OEPA requires regulated
stationary sources in the ozone
nonattainment areas to submit EISs
annually. An EIS contains detailed
source type-specific or source unitspecific annual and seasonal actual
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emissions for all source units in a
facility. The EIS data for all applicable
facilities were used to calculate annual
and summer day county-specific point
source emissions. Because they are
determinative, only the summer day
emissions are summarized here.
EGU point source emissions were
obtained from EPA’s Clean Air Markets
Division (CAMD). CAMD collects and
processes EGU emissions nationally.
For all point sources, OEPA has
provided a detailed list of major point
source facilities and their associated
annual and summer day VOC and NOX
emissions within appendices C and D of
their July 18, 2014, submittal.
For the area source emissions, OEPA
relied on source type-specific emissions
and emission factors provided by the
Eastern Regional Technical Advisory
Committee (ERTAC). Ohio and other
states formed ERTAC to provide
technical assistance in the analysis of
air pollution. ERTAC defined the
emission inventory source categories
and derived the emission factors for
each source category. ERTAC also
derived the county-specific source
activity levels for 2008 and provided
these data to participating states.4 For
some source categories, OEPA
developed alternate methodologies,
and/or subtracted point source
emissions to avoid double-counting of
emissions. In addition, some national
4 The county-specific area source emissions by
source category were determined by multiplying the
source category emission factor by the countyspecific activity level.
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emissions data obtained from EPA were
allocated to county-specific emission
levels based on local-to-national ratios
of source activity levels.
In appendix F of the July 18, 2014,
submittal, OEPA has documented area
source emissions by Source Category
Code (SCC) and county. In the July 18,
2014, submittal, OEPA has provided a
detailed discussion of how the
emissions were derived for each source
category.
On-road mobile source emissions
were estimated using EPA’s Motor
Vehicle Emission Simulator 2010b
(MOVES2010b) model and Vehicle
Miles Travelled (VMT) data supplied by
the Cleveland, Columbus, and
Cincinnati metropolitan planning
organizations (MPOs). The
MOVES2010b model was run using
area-specific input data, where
available, and national average default
data where area-specific data were not
available. The MPOs’ VMT data were
derived for a typical summer day.
Appendix G of the July 18, 2014,
submittal thoroughly documents the
calculation and spatial allocation of the
on-road mobile source emissions.
Off-road mobile source emissions
were estimated using EPA’s National
Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM). The
emission estimates were processed
through the Consolidated Community
Emissions Processing Tool (CONCEPT)
to spatially allocate the emissions to the
county levels.
Because NMIM does not address MAR
emissions, MAR emissions were
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separately estimated through contractor
studies. These emission estimates were
derived using county-specific activity
levels and EPA-supplied emission
factors. The calculated emissions were
spatially allocated using CONCEPT.
OEPA applied standardized, EPArecommended procedures and data
completeness checks to quality assure
(QA) (to assure data accuracy) and
quality check (QC) (to assure data
completeness) the emission
calculations.
C. Source Emission Statements
Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA
requires states to include regulations in
the SIP to require sources (source
facilities) to submit annual statements
characterizing sources of VOC and NOX
emission within the source facilities and
to report actual VOC and NOX emissions
for these sources. As noted above, OEPA
has authority under OAC 3745–15–03 to
require NOX and VOC EIS submittals for
regulated source facilities in the ozone
nonattainment areas that emit greater
than or equal to 25 tons/year of VOC or
NOX during the reporting year. The EPA
approved this rule into the Ohio SIP on
September 27, 2007 (72 FR 54844).
OEPA confirmed in the July 18, 2014,
submittal that this approved SIP
regulation remains in place and remains
enforceable for the 2008 ozone standard.
III. EPA’s Evaluation
EPA has reviewed Ohio’s July 18,
2014, requested SIP revision for
consistency with CAA and EPA
emission inventory requirements. In
particular, EPA has reviewed the
techniques used by OEPA to derive and
quality assure the emission estimates.
EPA has also determined whether Ohio
has provided the public with the
opportunity to review and comment on
the development of the emission
estimates and the confirmation that
source facility emission statements are
required for the 2008 ozone standard
and whether the state has addressed all
public comments.
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A. Did the State adequately document
the derivation of the emission
estimates?
OEPA documented the procedures
used to estimate the emissions for each
of the major source types. The
documentation of the emission
estimation procedures is very thorough
and is adequate for us to determine that
Ohio followed acceptable procedures to
estimate the emissions.
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B. Did the State quality assure the
emission estimates?
OEPA developed a quality assurance
plan and followed this plan during
various phases of the emissions
estimation and documentation process
to QA and QC the emissions for
completeness and accuracy. These
quality assurance procedures were
summarized in the documentation
describing how the emissions totals
were developed. The quality assurance
procedures have been determined to be
adequate and acceptable. We conclude
that Ohio has developed inventories of
VOC and NOX emissions that are
comprehensive and complete.
C. Did the State provide for public
review of the requested SIP revision?
OEPA notified the public of the
opportunity for comment both in
newspapers and on OEPA’s Web site. A
public hearing was held on June 24,
2014. No comments on the emission
inventories were received.
IV. Final Action
We are approving an Ohio SIP
revision submitted to address the ozonerelated emission inventory requirements
for the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain,
Columbus, and Ohio portion of the
Cincinnati ozone nonattainment areas
for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The
emission inventories we are approving
into the SIP are specified in Tables 1, 2,
and 3 above. We are approving the
emission inventories because they
contain comprehensive, accurate, and
current inventories of actual emissions
for all relevant sources in accordance
with CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a),
and because Ohio adopted the emission
inventories after providing for
reasonable public notice and a public
hearing. Finally, we are also confirming
that Ohio has acceptable and
enforceable stationary annual emission
statement regulations for the 2008 ozone
standard.
We are publishing this action without
prior proposal because we view this as
a noncontroversial amendment and
anticipate no adverse comments.
However, in the proposed rules section
of this Federal Register publication, we
are publishing a separate document that
will serve as the proposal to approve the
state plan if relevant adverse written
comments are filed. This rule will be
effective May 9, 2016 without further
notice unless we receive relevant
adverse written comments by April 11,
2016. If we receive such comments, we
will withdraw this action before the
effective date by publishing a
subsequent document that will
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withdraw the final action. All public
comments received will then be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed action. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
Please note that, if EPA receives adverse
comment on an amendment, paragraph,
or section of this rule and if that
provision may be severed from the
remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt
as final those provisions of the rule that
are not the subject of an adverse
comment. If we do not receive any
comments, this action will be effective
May 9, 2016.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this 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
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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, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where 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. 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 CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by May 9, 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. Parties with objections to this
direct final rule are encouraged to file a
comment in response to the parallel
notice of proposed rulemaking for this
action published in the proposed rules
section of today’s Federal Register,
rather than file an immediate petition
for judicial review of this direct final
rule, so that EPA can withdraw this
direct final rule and address the
comment in the proposed rulemaking.
This action may not be challenged later
in proceedings to enforce its
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County. These
revisions establish Small Business
Stationary Source Technical and
Environmental Compliance Assistance
Programs. The EPA is approving these
revisions pursuant to section 110 and
section 507(a) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
Dated: February 22, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
This rule is effective on May 9,
2016 without further notice unless EPA
receives relevant adverse comments by
April 11, 2016. If EPA receives such
comments, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register
informing the public that the rule will
not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
OAR–2014–0642, at https://
www.regulations.gov or via email to
walser.john@epa.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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, please
contact John Walser, 214–665–7128,
walser.john@epa.gov. For 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index 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: Mr.
John Walser (6PD–L), (214) 665–7128,
walser.john@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ means EPA.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
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.
2. Section 52.1885 is amended by
adding paragraph (mm) to read as
follows:
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§ 52.1885
Control Strategy: Ozone.
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(mm) On July 18, 2014, Ohio
submitted 2008 volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen
emission inventories for the ClevelandAkron-Lorain and Columbus ozone
nonattainment areas and for the Ohio
portion of the Cincinnati, OhioKentucky-Indiana ozone nonattainment
areas as revisions to the Ohio state
implementation plan. The documented
emission inventories are approved as a
revision of the state’s implementation
plan, meeting emission inventory
requirements for the 2008 ozone
national ambient air quality standard.
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Business Stationary Source Technical
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0658; FRL-9943-46-Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Base Year Emission Inventories for the
2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving, under
the Clean Air Act (CAA), a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) on July
18, 2014, to address emission inventory requirements for the Cleveland-
Akron-Lorain, Ohio (OH) and Columbus, OH ozone nonattainment areas and
for the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana ozone
nonattainment area under the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS or standard). The CAA requires emission inventories for
all ozone nonattainment areas. The emission inventories contained in
Ohio's July 18, 2014, submission meet this CAA requirement. EPA is also
confirming that the state of Ohio has acceptable stationary source
annual emission statement regulations, which have been previously
approved by EPA.
DATES: This direct final rule will be effective May 9, 2016, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by April 11, 2016. If adverse comments are
received by EPA, EPA 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-R05-
OAR-2014-0658 at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to
Aburano.Douglas@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either
manner of submission, 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
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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, please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. For 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Doty, Attainment Planning and
Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6057, Doty.Edward@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. The 2008 Ozone NAAQS and Emission Inventory Requirements
II. Ohio's Emission Inventories
A. Base Year
B. How did the State develop the emission inventories?
C. Source Emission Statements
III. EPA's Evaluation
A. Did the state adequately document the derivation of the
emission estimates?
B. Did the State quality assure the emission estimates?
C. Did the State provide for public review of the requested SIP
revision?
IV. Final Action
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The 2008 Ozone NAAQS and Emission Inventory Requirements
On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated a revised 8-hour ozone NAAQS of
0.075 parts per million (ppm). See 73 FR 16436 (March 27, 2008). The
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Columbus, and Cincinnati areas were designated
as marginal nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. See 77 FR
30088 (May 21, 2012). The Cleveland-Akron-Lorain nonattainment area
includes Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage,
and Summit Counties. The Columbus nonattainment area includes Delaware,
Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Licking, and Madison Counties. The Ohio
portion of the Cincinnati nonattainment area includes Butler, Clermont,
Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties.
CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1), 42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(3) and
7511a(a)(1), require states to develop and submit, as SIP revisions,
emission inventories for all areas designated as nonattainment for any
NAAQS, including the ozone NAAQS. An emission inventory for ozone is an
estimation of actual emissions of air pollutants that contribute to the
formation of ozone in an area. Ozone is a gas that is formed by the
reaction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Oxides of Nitrogen
(NOX) in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight (VOC and
NOX are referred to as ozone precursors). Therefore, an
emission inventory for ozone focuses on the emissions of VOC and
NOX. VOC is emitted by many types of pollution sources,
including power plants, industrial sources, on-road and off-road mobile
sources, smaller stationary sources, collectively referred to as area
sources, and biogenic sources.\1\ NOX is primarily emitted
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\1\ Biogenic emissions are produced by living organisms and are
typically not included in the base year emission inventories, but
are considered in ozone modeling analyses, which must consider all
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Emission inventories provide emissions data for a variety of air
quality planning tasks, including establishing baseline emission levels
(anthropogenic [manmade] emissions associated with ozone standard
violations), calculating emission reduction targets needed to attain
the NAAQS and to achieve reasonable further progress toward attainment
of the ozone standard (not required in the areas considered here),
determining emission inputs for ozone air quality modeling analyses,
and tracking emissions over time to determine progress toward achieving
air quality and emission reduction goals. As stated above, the CAA
requires the states to submit emission inventories for areas designated
as nonattainment for ozone. For the 2008 ozone NAAQS, EPA has
recommended that states submit typical summer day emission estimates
for 2011 (78 FR 34178, 34190, June 6, 2013). However, EPA also allows
states to submit base year emissions for other years during a recent
ozone standard violation period. States are required to submit
estimates of VOC and NOX emissions for four general classes
of anthropogenic sources: stationary point sources; area sources; on-
road mobile sources; and off-road mobile sources.
II. Ohio's Emission Inventories
On July 18, 2014, Ohio submitted a SIP revision addressing the VOC
and NOX emission inventory requirement for the Cleveland-
Akron-Lorain and Columbus ozone nonattainment areas and for the Ohio
portion of the Cincinnati ozone nonattainment area. Tables 1, 2, and 3
summarize the 2008 VOC and NOX emissions for these three
areas for a typical summer day (reflective of the summer period, when
the highest ozone concentrations are expected in these nonattainment
areas). The following acronyms are used in the emissions tables:
Electric Generating Units (EGU); and Commercial Marine-Airplanes-
Railroads (MAR).\2\
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\2\ MAR sources are not covered by the off-road mobile source
emissions model used by the state. Ohio has relied on MAR emissions
calculated and supplied through contractors, as discussed elsewhere
in this rulemaking.
Table 1--Cleveland Area 2008 Emission Inventory
[tons per day]
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Source type VOC NOX
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Non-EGU Point........................... 19.97 16.31
EGU Point............................... 0.20 65.47
Area.................................... 96.81 12.71
On-Road Mobile.......................... 106.55 209.68
Off-Road Mobile......................... 142.40 70.86
MAR..................................... 1.24 25.65
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Totals.............................. 367.17 400.69
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Table 2--Columbus Area 2008 Emission Inventory
[tons per day]
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Source type VOC NOX
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Non-EGU Point........................... 2.73 7.56
EGU Point............................... 0.00 0.00
Area.................................... 57.78 6.02
On-Road Mobile.......................... 123.41 231.72
Off-Road Mobile......................... 38.06 40.72
MAR..................................... 0.37 6.79
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Totals.............................. 222.35 292.81
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Table 3--Cincinnati Area \3\ 2008 Emission Inventory
(tons per day)
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Source Type VOC NOX
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Non-EGU Point........................... 5.76 24.33
EGU Point............................... 0.81 99.35
Area.................................... 54.25 7.17
On-Road Mobile.......................... 57.79 105.98
Off-Road Mobile......................... 34.59 34.34
MAR..................................... 0.42 9.29
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Totals.............................. 153.62 280.46
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A. Base Year
OEPA chose 2008 as the base year for these emission inventories.
Although EPA recommends the use of 2011 as the base year, as noted
above, EPA also allows the consideration of other base years. OEPA
chose 2008 because this is one of the three years, 2008 through 2010,
of ozone data indicating violation of the ozone standard that were used
to designate the three areas as nonattainment for the 2008 ozone
standard.
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B. How did the State develop the emission inventories?
OEPA estimated VOC and NOX emissions for each county in
the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus ozone nonattainment areas and
for the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati ozone nonattainment area.
Emissions for the counties were totaled by source category for each
ozone nonattainment area. To develop the VOC and NOX
emission inventories, OEPA used the procedures summarized below.
The primary source of emissions data for non-EGU point sources was
source-reported 2008 Emission Inventory Statements (EISs). Under the
authority of Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 3756-15-03, OEPA requires
regulated stationary sources in the ozone nonattainment areas to submit
EISs annually. An EIS contains detailed source type-specific or source
unit-specific annual and seasonal actual emissions for all source units
in a facility. The EIS data for all applicable facilities were used to
calculate annual and summer day county-specific point source emissions.
Because they are determinative, only the summer day emissions are
summarized here.
EGU point source emissions were obtained from EPA's Clean Air
Markets Division (CAMD). CAMD collects and processes EGU emissions
nationally.
For all point sources, OEPA has provided a detailed list of major
point source facilities and their associated annual and summer day VOC
and NOX emissions within appendices C and D of their July
18, 2014, submittal.
For the area source emissions, OEPA relied on source type-specific
emissions and emission factors provided by the Eastern Regional
Technical Advisory Committee (ERTAC). Ohio and other states formed
ERTAC to provide technical assistance in the analysis of air pollution.
ERTAC defined the emission inventory source categories and derived the
emission factors for each source category. ERTAC also derived the
county-specific source activity levels for 2008 and provided these data
to participating states.\4\ For some source categories, OEPA developed
alternate methodologies, and/or subtracted point source emissions to
avoid double-counting of emissions. In addition, some national
emissions data obtained from EPA were allocated to county-specific
emission levels based on local-to-national ratios of source activity
levels.
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were determined by multiplying the source category emission factor
by the county-specific activity level.
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In appendix F of the July 18, 2014, submittal, OEPA has documented
area source emissions by Source Category Code (SCC) and county. In the
July 18, 2014, submittal, OEPA has provided a detailed discussion of
how the emissions were derived for each source category.
On-road mobile source emissions were estimated using EPA's Motor
Vehicle Emission Simulator 2010b (MOVES2010b) model and Vehicle Miles
Travelled (VMT) data supplied by the Cleveland, Columbus, and
Cincinnati metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). The MOVES2010b
model was run using area-specific input data, where available, and
national average default data where area-specific data were not
available. The MPOs' VMT data were derived for a typical summer day.
Appendix G of the July 18, 2014, submittal thoroughly documents the
calculation and spatial allocation of the on-road mobile source
emissions.
Off-road mobile source emissions were estimated using EPA's
National Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM). The emission estimates were
processed through the Consolidated Community Emissions Processing Tool
(CONCEPT) to spatially allocate the emissions to the county levels.
Because NMIM does not address MAR emissions, MAR emissions were
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separately estimated through contractor studies. These emission
estimates were derived using county-specific activity levels and EPA-
supplied emission factors. The calculated emissions were spatially
allocated using CONCEPT.
OEPA applied standardized, EPA-recommended procedures and data
completeness checks to quality assure (QA) (to assure data accuracy)
and quality check (QC) (to assure data completeness) the emission
calculations.
C. Source Emission Statements
Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA requires states to include
regulations in the SIP to require sources (source facilities) to submit
annual statements characterizing sources of VOC and NOX
emission within the source facilities and to report actual VOC and
NOX emissions for these sources. As noted above, OEPA has
authority under OAC 3745-15-03 to require NOX and VOC EIS
submittals for regulated source facilities in the ozone nonattainment
areas that emit greater than or equal to 25 tons/year of VOC or
NOX during the reporting year. The EPA approved this rule
into the Ohio SIP on September 27, 2007 (72 FR 54844). OEPA confirmed
in the July 18, 2014, submittal that this approved SIP regulation
remains in place and remains enforceable for the 2008 ozone standard.
III. EPA's Evaluation
EPA has reviewed Ohio's July 18, 2014, requested SIP revision for
consistency with CAA and EPA emission inventory requirements. In
particular, EPA has reviewed the techniques used by OEPA to derive and
quality assure the emission estimates. EPA has also determined whether
Ohio has provided the public with the opportunity to review and comment
on the development of the emission estimates and the confirmation that
source facility emission statements are required for the 2008 ozone
standard and whether the state has addressed all public comments.
A. Did the State adequately document the derivation of the emission
estimates?
OEPA documented the procedures used to estimate the emissions for
each of the major source types. The documentation of the emission
estimation procedures is very thorough and is adequate for us to
determine that Ohio followed acceptable procedures to estimate the
emissions.
B. Did the State quality assure the emission estimates?
OEPA developed a quality assurance plan and followed this plan
during various phases of the emissions estimation and documentation
process to QA and QC the emissions for completeness and accuracy. These
quality assurance procedures were summarized in the documentation
describing how the emissions totals were developed. The quality
assurance procedures have been determined to be adequate and
acceptable. We conclude that Ohio has developed inventories of VOC and
NOX emissions that are comprehensive and complete.
C. Did the State provide for public review of the requested SIP
revision?
OEPA notified the public of the opportunity for comment both in
newspapers and on OEPA's Web site. A public hearing was held on June
24, 2014. No comments on the emission inventories were received.
IV. Final Action
We are approving an Ohio SIP revision submitted to address the
ozone-related emission inventory requirements for the Cleveland-Akron-
Lorain, Columbus, and Ohio portion of the Cincinnati ozone
nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The emission inventories
we are approving into the SIP are specified in Tables 1, 2, and 3
above. We are approving the emission inventories because they contain
comprehensive, accurate, and current inventories of actual emissions
for all relevant sources in accordance with CAA sections 172(c)(3) and
182(a), and because Ohio adopted the emission inventories after
providing for reasonable public notice and a public hearing. Finally,
we are also confirming that Ohio has acceptable and enforceable
stationary annual emission statement regulations for the 2008 ozone
standard.
We are publishing this action without prior proposal because we
view this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will
serve as the proposal to approve the state plan if relevant adverse
written comments are filed. This rule will be effective May 9, 2016
without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse written
comments by April 11, 2016. If we receive such comments, we will
withdraw this action before the effective date by publishing a
subsequent document that will withdraw the final action. All public
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed action. EPA will not institute a second comment
period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do
so at this time. Please note that, if EPA receives adverse comment on
an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision
may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final
those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse
comment. If we do not receive any comments, this action will be
effective May 9, 2016.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this 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
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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, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where 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. 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 CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by May 9, 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. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules
section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed
rulemaking. 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, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: February 22, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
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.
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2. Section 52.1885 is amended by adding paragraph (mm) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.1885 Control Strategy: Ozone.
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(mm) On July 18, 2014, Ohio submitted 2008 volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen emission inventories for the
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus ozone nonattainment areas and for
the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana ozone
nonattainment areas as revisions to the Ohio state implementation plan.
The documented emission inventories are approved as a revision of the
state's implementation plan, meeting emission inventory requirements
for the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standard.
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