Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge Nonattainment Area; Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard, 43490-43492 [2016-15748]

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[FR Doc. 2016–15741 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 sradovich on DSK3GDR082PROD with RULES [EPA–R06–OAR–2016–0278 FRL–9948–60Region 6] Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge Nonattainment Area; Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Jul 01, 2016 Jkt 238001 ACTION: Direct final rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to address the emissions inventory (EI) requirement for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area (BRNA) for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires an EI for all ozone nonattainment areas. The inventory includes emission data for Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). EPA is approving the revisions pursuant to section 110 and part D of the CAA and EPA’s regulations. SUMMARY: This rule is effective on September 6, 2016 without further notice, unless the EPA receives relevant adverse comment by August 4, 2016. If the EPA receives such comment, the EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA–R06– OAR–2016–0278, at https:// www.regulations.gov or via email to salem.nevine@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 Ms. Nevine Salem, 214–665– 7222, salem.nevine@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/ commenting-epa-dockets. Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nevine Salem, 214–665–7222, salem.nevine@epa.gov. To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment with Ms. Salem or Mr. Bill Deese at 214–665–7253. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean the EPA. I. Background A. The 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Emissions Inventory Requirements On March 12, 2008 EPA revised the eight-hour ozone NAAQS from 0.08 part per million (ppm) to 0.075 ppm. (73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008). In 2012, EPA designated nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS (2008 ozone nonattainment areas) (77 FR 30088, May 21, 2012).1 The Baton Rouge area was designated as nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The BRNA consists of five parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, and West Baton Rouge. CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1), require states to develop and submit, as a SIP revision, an EI for all areas designated as nonattainment for the ozone NAAQS. An EI is an estimation of actual emissions of air pollutants in an area. Ground-level ozone, O3, is a gas that is formed by the reaction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight. (VOCs and NOX are referred to as ozone precursors). Therefore, an EI for ozone covers the emissions of VOC and NOX. These precursor emissions are emitted by many types of pollution sources, including power plants and industrial emissions sources, on-road and off-road motor vehicles and engines, smaller stationary sources, collectively referred to as nonpoint sources, and biogenic sources.2 The EI provides emissions data for a variety of air quality planning tasks including establishing baseline 1 On October 1, 2015, the EPA strengthened the ozone standard to 0.070 ppm (80 FR 65292, October 26, 2015). The EPA has not made area designations under this new standard and the emissions inventory under evaluation in this rulemaking does not address that standard. 2 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 emissions in a modeled area. E:\FR\FM\05JYR1.SGM 05JYR1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 5, 2016 / Rules and Regulations emission levels, calculating federally required emission reduction targets needed to attain the NAAQS, determining emission inputs for ozone air quality simulation models, 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 EIs for areas designated as nonattainment for ozone. For the 2008 ozone NAAQS, EPA has recommended that states use 2011 as a base year for the emission estimates (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; nonpoint sources; on-road mobile sources; and off-road mobile sources in their EIs. concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other applicable requirement of the CAA. CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a) requires a SIP revision that is a comprehensive, accurate, current inventory of actual emissions from all sources. sradovich on DSK3GDR082PROD with RULES II. EPA’s Evaluation EPA has reviewed the revision for the consistency with the requirements of EPA regulations. A summary of EPA’s analysis is provided below. For a full discussion of our evaluation, please see our TSD. CAA sections 172 (c)(3) and 182(a)(1) require an inventory of actual emissions from all sources of relevant pollutants in the nonattainment areas. EPA specified in the 2008 ozone standard SIP requirements rule that the states should use 2011 as a base year for EI SIPs to address the EI requirements. LDEQ has developed a 2011 base year emissions inventory for the Baton Rouge nonattainment areas. The 2011 base year B. Louisiana’s Submittal emissions includes all point, nonpoint, In a letter dated May 2, 2016, the non-road mobile, and on-road mobile LDEQ submitted the 2011 base year source emissions in BRNA. LDEQ inventory to the EPA as part of the utilized data from the US EPA 2011 BRNA designation and maintenance National Emissions Inventory (NEI), plan. The EPA reviewed the 2011 base Version 2 as the baseline emissions year inventory and determined that it inventory to identify the level of was developed in accordance with EPA emissions in the area during the period guidelines. Table 1 summarizes the of monitored attainment and satisfy the 2011 VOC and NOX base year emission requirement of section 182(a)(1). EPA reviewed the emission inventory for the BRNA area for a typical summer and determined that it is approvable day (reflective of the summer period, because it was developed in accordance when the highest ozone concentrations with EPA guidance on emission are expected in these ozone inventory preparation. The inventory is nonattainment areas). a comprehensive, accurate, and current TABLE 1—BATON ROUGE NONATTAIN- inventory of actual emissions for all MENT AREA 2011 VOC AND NOX relevant sources in accordance with CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1). BASELINE EMISSIONS INVENTORY Additionally we found that (1) LDEQ [Tons/Day] adopted after reasonable notice and public hearing and (2) approval would Source type NOX VOC not interfere with any applicable Point .......................... 74.2 33.6 requirement concerning attainment and Nonpoint ................... 17.1 82.6 reasonable further progress or any other Onroad Mobile .......... 38.4 19.2 applicable requirement of the CAA. A Nonroad Mobile ........ 27.3 8.7 technical support document (TSD) was Total ................... 157.0 144.0 prepared which details our evaluation. Our TSD may be accessed online at www.regulations.gov, Docket No. EPA– C. CAA Requirements for the SIP R06–OAR–2016–0278. Revision The primary CAA requirements pertaining to the SIP revision submitted by LDEQ are found in CAA sections 110(l), 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1). CAA section 110(l) requires that a SIP revision submitted to EPA be adopted by the State after reasonable notice and public hearing. Section 110(l) also prevents us from approving a SIP revision if the revision would interfere with any applicable requirement VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Jul 01, 2016 Jkt 238001 III. Final Action We are approving a Louisiana SIP revision submitted to address the emissions inventory requirement for the Baton Rouge 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment area. The inventory we are proposing to approve is listed in table 1 above. We are publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view this as a non-controversial amendment and PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 43491 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 SIP revision if relevant adverse comments are received. This rule will be effective on September 6, 2016 without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse comment by August 4, 2016. If we receive relevant adverse comments, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. We will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so now. Please note that if we receive relevant adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. 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, EPA’s role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this action: • Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive 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 (Public Law 104–4); • Does not have Federalism implications as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999); E:\FR\FM\05JYR1.SGM 05JYR1 43492 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 5, 2016 / Rules and Regulations • 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, 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 proposed rule does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law. 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 rule 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 September 6, 2016. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this rule 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, Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: June 22, 2016. Ron Curry, Regional Administrator, Region 6. 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: ■ Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Subpart T—Louisiana 2. In § 52.970, the second table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding the entry ‘‘2011 Emissions Inventory for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS’’ at the end of the table to read as follows: ■ § 52.970 * Identification of plan. * * (e) * * * * * EPA APPROVED LOUISIANA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES Name of SIP provision Applicable geographic or nonattainment area State submittal date/effective date * * 2011 Emissions Inventory for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. * * Baton Rouge Ozone Nonattainment Area. 5/2/16 [FR Doc. 2016–15748 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Chapter I [EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0668; FRL–9948–62– OW] sradovich on DSK3GDR082PROD with RULES Decision Not To Regulate Forest Road Discharges Under the Clean Water Act; Notice of Decision Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Decision. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the Agency’s decision that no additional SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Jul 01, 2016 Jkt 238001 * regulations are needed to address stormwater discharges from forest roads under Section 402(p)(6) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at this time. This document responds to the remand in Environmental Defense Center, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, 344 F.2d 832 (9th Cir. 2003) that requires EPA to consider whether the CWA requires the Agency to regulate stormwater discharges from forest roads. DATES: This decision shall be considered issued for purposes of judicial review at 1 p.m. Eastern time on July 11, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Prasad Chumble, EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, Office of Wastewater Management via email at chumble.prasad@epa.gov or telephone at 202–564–0021. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 EPA Approval date Explanation * 7/5/16 [INSERT Federal Register CITATION]. * SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Applicability This document does not impose requirements on any entity. B. Obtaining Copies of This Document and Related Information 1. Docket EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. [EPA–HQ– OW–2015–0668; FRL–9948–62–OW]. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E:\FR\FM\05JYR1.SGM 05JYR1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43490-43492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15748]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0278 FRL-9948-60-Region 6]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana;
Baton Rouge Nonattainment Area; Base Year Emissions Inventory 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 proposing to
approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to address the
emissions inventory (EI) requirement for the Baton Rouge ozone
nonattainment area (BRNA) for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires an EI
for all ozone nonattainment areas. The inventory includes emission data
for Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) and Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs). EPA is approving the revisions pursuant to section 110 and part
D of the CAA and EPA's regulations.

DATES: This rule is effective on September 6, 2016 without further
notice, unless the EPA receives relevant adverse comment by August 4,
2016. If the EPA receives such comment, the EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule
will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2016-0278, at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to
salem.nevine@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 Ms. Nevine Salem, 214-
665-7222, salem.nevine@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/commenting-epa-dockets.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nevine Salem, 214-665-7222,
salem.nevine@epa.gov. To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment with Ms. Salem or Mr. Bill Deese at 214-665-
7253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.

I. Background

A. The 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and
Emissions Inventory Requirements

On March 12, 2008 EPA revised the eight-hour ozone NAAQS from 0.08
part per million (ppm) to 0.075 ppm. (73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008). In
2012, EPA designated nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS (2008
ozone nonattainment areas) (77 FR 30088, May 21, 2012).\1\ The Baton
Rouge area was designated as nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS. The BRNA consists of five parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge,
Iberville, Livingston, and West Baton Rouge.
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\1\ On October 1, 2015, the EPA strengthened the ozone standard
to 0.070 ppm (80 FR 65292, October 26, 2015). The EPA has not made
area designations under this new standard and the emissions
inventory under evaluation in this rulemaking does not address that
standard.
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CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1), require states to develop and
submit, as a SIP revision, an EI for all areas designated as
nonattainment for the ozone NAAQS. An EI is an estimation of actual
emissions of air pollutants in an area. Ground-level ozone,
O3, is a gas that is formed by the reaction of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in the
atmosphere in the presence of sunlight. (VOCs and NOX are
referred to as ozone precursors). Therefore, an EI for ozone covers the
emissions of VOC and NOX. These precursor emissions are
emitted by many types of pollution sources, including power plants and
industrial emissions sources, on-road and off-road motor vehicles and
engines, smaller stationary sources, collectively referred to as
nonpoint sources, and biogenic sources.\2\ The EI provides emissions
data for a variety of air quality planning tasks including establishing
baseline

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emission levels, calculating federally required emission reduction
targets needed to attain the NAAQS, determining emission inputs for
ozone air quality simulation models, and tracking emissions over time
to determine progress toward achieving air quality and emission
reduction goals.
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\2\ 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
emissions in a modeled area.
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As stated above, the CAA requires the states to submit EIs for
areas designated as nonattainment for ozone. For the 2008 ozone NAAQS,
EPA has recommended that states use 2011 as a base year for the
emission estimates (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; nonpoint sources;
on-road mobile sources; and off-road mobile sources in their EIs.

B. Louisiana's Submittal

In a letter dated May 2, 2016, the LDEQ submitted the 2011 base
year inventory to the EPA as part of the BRNA designation and
maintenance plan. The EPA reviewed the 2011 base year inventory and
determined that it was developed in accordance with EPA guidelines.
Table 1 summarizes the 2011 VOC and NOX base year emission
for the BRNA area for a typical summer day (reflective of the summer
period, when the highest ozone concentrations are expected in these
ozone nonattainment areas).

Table 1--Baton Rouge Nonattainment Area 2011 VOC and NOX Baseline
Emissions Inventory
[Tons/Day]
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Source type NOX VOC
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Point............................................. 74.2 33.6
Nonpoint.......................................... 17.1 82.6
Onroad Mobile..................................... 38.4 19.2
Nonroad Mobile.................................... 27.3 8.7
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Total......................................... 157.0 144.0
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C. CAA Requirements for the SIP Revision

The primary CAA requirements pertaining to the SIP revision
submitted by LDEQ are found in CAA sections 110(l), 172(c)(3) and
182(a)(1). CAA section 110(l) requires that a SIP revision submitted to
EPA be adopted by the State after reasonable notice and public hearing.
Section 110(l) also prevents us from approving a SIP revision if the
revision would interfere with any applicable requirement concerning
attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other applicable
requirement of the CAA. CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a) requires a
SIP revision that is a comprehensive, accurate, current inventory of
actual emissions from all sources.

II. EPA's Evaluation

EPA has reviewed the revision for the consistency with the
requirements of EPA regulations. A summary of EPA's analysis is
provided below. For a full discussion of our evaluation, please see our
TSD.
CAA sections 172 (c)(3) and 182(a)(1) require an inventory of
actual emissions from all sources of relevant pollutants in the
nonattainment areas. EPA specified in the 2008 ozone standard SIP
requirements rule that the states should use 2011 as a base year for EI
SIPs to address the EI requirements. LDEQ has developed a 2011 base
year emissions inventory for the Baton Rouge nonattainment areas. The
2011 base year emissions includes all point, nonpoint, non-road mobile,
and on-road mobile source emissions in BRNA. LDEQ utilized data from
the US EPA 2011 National Emissions Inventory (NEI), Version 2 as the
baseline emissions inventory to identify the level of emissions in the
area during the period of monitored attainment and satisfy the
requirement of section 182(a)(1).
EPA reviewed the emission inventory and determined that it is
approvable because it was developed in accordance with EPA guidance on
emission inventory preparation. The inventory is a comprehensive,
accurate, and current inventory of actual emissions for all relevant
sources in accordance with CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1).
Additionally we found that (1) LDEQ adopted after reasonable notice and
public hearing and (2) approval would not interfere with any applicable
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress or
any other applicable requirement of the CAA. A technical support
document (TSD) was prepared which details our evaluation. Our TSD may
be accessed online at www.regulations.gov, Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2016-
0278.

III. Final Action

We are approving a Louisiana SIP revision submitted to address the
emissions inventory requirement for the Baton Rouge 2008 ozone NAAQS
nonattainment area. The inventory we are proposing to approve is listed
in table 1 above.
We are publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view
this as a non-controversial 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 SIP revision if relevant adverse
comments are received. This rule will be effective on September 6, 2016
without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse comment by
August 4, 2016. If we receive relevant adverse comments, we will
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the
public that the rule will not take effect. We will address all public
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will
not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so now. Please note that if we receive
relevant adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the
rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not
the subject of an adverse comment.

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, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive 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 (Public Law 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);

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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, 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
proposed rule does not have tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal
law.

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 rule 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 September 6, 2016. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this rule 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, Incorporation by
reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: June 22, 2016.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.

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.

Subpart T--Louisiana

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2. In Sec. 52.970, the second table in paragraph (e) is amended by
adding the entry ``2011 Emissions Inventory for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS''
at the end of the table to read as follows:

Sec. 52.970 Identification of plan.

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(e) * * *

EPA Approved Louisiana Non-Regulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures
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Applicable State
Name of SIP provision geographic or submittal date/ EPA Approval date Explanation
nonattainment area effective date
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2011 Emissions Inventory for the Baton Rouge Ozone 5/2/16 7/5/16 [Insert
2008 Ozone NAAQS. Nonattainment Area. Federal Register
citation].
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