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consistent with the NAAQS
promulgated by EPA in 2006.4
iii. O3
On July 18, 1997, EPA revoked the 1hour primary NAAQS for O3. See 62 FR
38856. On March 27, 2008, EPA
promulgated a new 8-hour primary and
secondary NAAQS for O3 at a level of
0.075 parts per million (ppm), based on
an annual fourth-highest daily
maximum 8-hr concentration averaged
over three years. See 73 FR 16483.
Accordingly, in the May 3, 2012, SIP
submission, Jefferson County revised
Regulation 3.01 to update its air quality
standards for O3 to be consistent with
the NAAQS promulgated by EPA in
2008.
iv. NO2
On February 9, 2010, EPA
promulgated a new 1-hour primary
NAAQS for NO2 at a level of 100 parts
per billion (ppb), based on a 3-year
average of the 98th percentile of the
yearly distribution of 1-hour daily
maximum concentrations. See 75 FR
6474. Accordingly, in the May 3, 2012,
SIP submission, Jefferson County
revised Regulation 3.01 to update its
primary air quality standard for NO2 to
be consistent with the NAAQS
promulgated by EPA in 2010.
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v. SO2
On June 22, 2010, EPA promulgated a
revised primary SO2 NAAQS to an
hourly standard of 75 ppb, based on a
3-year average of the annual 99th
percentile of 1-hour daily maximum
concentrations, and revoked the 24-hour
SO2 NAAQS. See 75 FR 35520.
Accordingly, in the May 3, 2012, SIP
submission, Jefferson County revised
Regulation 3.01 to update its primary air
quality standards for SO2 to be
consistent with the NAAQS
promulgated by EPA in 2010.
EPA has reviewed the revisions to
Regulation 3.01 in the May 3, 2012, SIP
submission, including the NAAQS
updates for Pb, particulate matter, O3,
NO2, and SO2, and has made the
preliminary determination that these
changes are consistent with the CAA.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, EPA is proposing to
include in a final EPA rule regulatory
text that includes incorporation by
reference. In accordance with
4 On January 15, 2013, EPA revised the primary
annual PM2.5 NAAQS to 12 mg/m3, based on annual
mean PM2.5 concentrations averaged over three
years. See 78 FR 3086. Since Jefferson County’s May
3, 2012, submission preceded EPA’s promulgation
of the new annual standard, an update reflecting the
new NAAQS was not included as part of SIP
revision.
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requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is
proposing to incorporate by reference
Jefferson County Regulation 1.02—
Definitions (except for the definitions of
‘‘Acute noncancer effect,’’ ‘‘Cancer,’’
‘‘Carcinogen,’’ and ‘‘Chronic noncancer
effect’’) and Regulation 3.01—Ambient
Air Quality Standards. EPA has made,
and will continue to make, these
documents generally available
electronically through
www.regulations.gov and/or in hard
copy at the Region 4 office (see the
ADDRESSES section of this preamble for
more information).
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve the
portions of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky’s March 22, 2011, and May 3,
2012, SIP revisions identified in section
II, above, because they are consistent
with the CAA.
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
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
See 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 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 (Public Law 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);
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• 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).
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 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.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Sulfur dioxide,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: July 20, 2016.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R08–OAR–2016–0107; FRL–9949–98–
Region 8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Interstate Transport for Utah
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to take
action on portions of six submissions
from the State of Utah that are intended
to demonstrate that the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) meets certain
interstate transport requirements of the
Clean Air Act (Act or CAA). These
submissions address the 2006 and 2012
fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS), 2008 ozone NAAQS, 2008
SUMMARY:
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lead (Pb) NAAQS, 2010 sulfur dioxide
(SO2) NAAQS and 2010 nitrogen
dioxide (NO2) NAAQS. Specifically, the
EPA is proposing to approve interstate
transport prong 4 for the 2008 Pb and
2010 SO2 NAAQS, and proposing to
disapprove prong 4 for the 2006 PM2.5,
2008 ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–
OAR–2016–0107 at https://
www.regulations.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, 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:
Adam Clark, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129. (303) 312–7104,
clark.adam@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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II. Background
On September 21, 2006, the EPA
revised the primary 24-hour NAAQS for
PM2.5 to 35 micrograms per cubic meter
(mg/m3) (71 FR 61144, Oct. 17, 2006). On
March 12, 2008, the EPA revised the
levels of the primary and secondary 8hour ozone standards to 0.075 parts per
million (ppm) (73 FR 16436, Mar. 27,
2008). On October 15, 2008, the EPA
revised the level of the primary and
secondary Pb NAAQS to 0.15 mg/m3 (73
FR 66964, Nov. 12, 2008). On January
22, 2010, the EPA promulgated a new 1hour primary NAAQS for NO2 at a level
of 100 parts per billion (ppb) while
retaining the annual standard of 53 ppb
(75 FR 6474, Feb. 9, 2010). The
secondary NO2 NAAQS remains
unchanged at 53 ppb. On June 2, 2010,
the EPA promulgated a revised primary
1-hour SO2 standard at 75 ppb (75 FR
35520, June 22, 2010). Finally, on
December 14, 2012, the EPA
promulgated a revised annual PM2.5
standard by lowering the level to 12.0
mg/m3 and retaining the 24-hour PM2.5
standard at a level of 35 mg/m3 (78 FR
3086, Jan. 15, 2013).
Pursuant to section 110(a)(1) of the
CAA, states are required to submit SIPs
meeting the applicable requirements of
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section 110(a)(2) within three years after
promulgation of a new or revised
NAAQS or within such shorter period
as the EPA may prescribe. Section
110(a)(2) requires states to address
structural SIP elements such as
monitoring, basic program
requirements, and legal authority that
are designed to provide for
implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement of the NAAQS. The SIP
submission required by these provisions
is referred to as the ‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP.
Section 110(a) imposes the obligation
upon states to make a SIP submission to
the EPA for a new or revised NAAQS,
but the contents of individual state
submissions may vary depending upon
the facts and circumstances.
CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) requires
SIPs to include provisions prohibiting
any source or other type of emissions
activity in one state from emitting any
air pollutant in amounts that will
contribute significantly to
nonattainment, or interfere with
maintenance, of the NAAQS in another
state (known as the ‘‘good neighbor’’
provision). The two provisions of this
section are referred to as prong 1
(significant contribution to
nonattainment) and prong 2 (interfere
with maintenance). Section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) requires SIPs to
contain adequate provisions to prohibit
emissions that will interfere with
measures required to be included in the
applicable implementation plan for any
other state under part C to prevent
significant deterioration of air quality
(prong 3) or to protect visibility (prong
4).
In this action, the EPA is addressing
prong 4 with regard to the 2006 and
2012 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2008 Pb, 2010
SO2 and 2010 NO2 NAAQS. The EPA
addressed prongs 1 and 2 for the 2008
ozone and 2008 Pb NAAQS in a
proposed action published May 10,
2016 (81 FR 28807), and intends to
finalize that action in conjunction with
the actions in this proposed rule in one
joint, final rulemaking. The EPA is
addressing prong 3 for the applicable
NAAQS in a separate action proposed
April 26, 2016 (81 FR 24525), which can
be found in regulations.gov under the
docket EPA–R08–OAR–2013–0561.
III. State Submissions
The Utah Department of
Environmental Quality (Department or
UDEQ) submitted the following: A
certification of Utah’s infrastructure SIP
for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS on
September 21, 2010; a certification of
Utah’s infrastructure SIP for the 2008 Pb
SIP on January 19, 2012; a certification
of Utah’s infrastructure SIP for the 2008
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on January 31, 2013; a certification of
Utah’s infrastructure SIP for the 2010
SO2 NAAQS on June 2, 2013; and a
certification of Utah’s infrastructure SIP
for the 2012 PM2.5 on December 22,
2015.
Each of these infrastructure
certifications addressed all of the
required infrastructure elements under
section 110(a)(2).1 As noted above, the
EPA is only addressing the
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), prong 4 (visibility)
element of each of these submissions
here; all other infrastructure elements
from these certifications are being
addressed in separate actions.
In Utah’s 2006 PM2.5 infrastructure
certification, UDEQ pointed to SIP
language verifying that no Utah sources
of emissions interfere with
implementation of reasonably
attributable visibility impairment
(RAVI) SIPs in other states, in
accordance with EPA guidance.2
In Utah’s 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone,
2010 SO2, 2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS infrastructure certifications, the
Department pointed to its Regional Haze
SIP (Utah SIP Section XX) to certify that
the State meets the visibility
requirements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II). Utah specifically
noted in each of these submittals (aside
from the 2006 PM2.5 submittal) that the
State had consulted with other states in
the Western Regional Air Partnership
(WRAP), and that reductions in
emissions from Utah were included in
the WRAP regional visibility modeling.
As explained below, this information is
relevant in determining whether Utah’s
SIP will achieve the emission
reductions that the WRAP states
mutually agreed are necessary to avoid
interstate visibility impacts in Class I
areas.3
UDEQ addressed visibility for the
2008 Pb NAAQS by pointing to the
short distance travelled by Pb
emissions, and by noting that there was
not a significant source of Pb in Utah
within 100 miles of a Class I area.
IV. Utah’s Regional Haze SIP
As stated in the EPA’s September 13,
2013 Infrastructure SIP Guidance Memo
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1 For
discussion of other infrastructure elements,
see EPA’s ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2),’’ September 13,
2013.
2 See EPA’s ‘‘Guidance on SIP Elements Required
Under Sections 110(a)(1) and (2) for the 2006 24Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS),’’ September 25, 2009,
at 6.
3 See ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2),’’ September 13,
2013, at 34.
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(‘‘2013 Guidance’’), ‘‘[o]ne way in which
prong 4 may be satisfied for any relevant
NAAQS is through an air agency’s
confirmation in its infrastructure SIP
submission that it has an approved
regional haze SIP that fully meets the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.308 or
51.309. 40 CFR 51.308 and 51.309
specifically require that a state
participating in a regional planning
process include all measures needed to
achieve its apportionment of emission
reduction obligations agreed upon
through that process.’’ 4
On May 26, 2011, Utah submitted to
the EPA a SIP revision to address the
requirements of the regional haze
program. The EPA partially approved
and partially disapproved Utah’s SIP
revision on December 14, 2012 (77 FR
74355). In that action, the EPA
disapproved Utah’s NOX and PM10 Best
Available Retrofit Technology (BART)
determinations (77 FR 74357), and
approved Utah’s BART alternative for
SO2, which relied on the State’s
participation in the backstop SO2
trading program.5
In response to the EPA’s December 14,
2012 partial disapproval, UDEQ
submitted further SIP revisions on June
4, 2015, and October 20, 2015, to meet
the regional haze requirements for NOX
and PM10 BART. Instead of establishing
BART controls for NOX, Utah’s SIP
revisions contained an alternative to
BART. The revisions also included
BART controls for PM10.
On July 5, 2016, the EPA finalized
action on Utah’s June 4, 2015 Regional
Haze SIP, approving the PM10 BART
determinations for both the affected
sources, the Hunter and Huntington
power plants, and disapproving the
State’s NOX BART alternative for these
two facilities. The EPA also
promulgated a final federal
implementation plan (FIP) to address
the deficiencies in Utah’s NOX BART
determinations and the associated
monitoring, recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for both the
Hunter and Huntington power plants
(81 FR 43894, July 5, 2016).
V. EPA’s Assessment
The 2013 Guidance states that section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)’s prong 4 requirements
can be satisfied by approved SIP
provisions that the EPA has found to
adequately address a state’s contribution
to visibility impairment in other states.
4 See ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2),’’ September 13,
2013, at 33.
5 EPA’s final approval of the ‘‘Western Backstop
Sulfur Dioxide Trading Program’’ into the Utah SIP
is codified at 40 CFR 52.2320(c)(71)(C) and (D).
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The EPA interprets prong 4 to be
pollutant-specific, such that the
infrastructure SIP submission need only
address the potential for interference
with protection of visibility caused by
the pollutant (including precursors) to
which the new or revised NAAQS
applies.6
The 2013 Guidance lays out two ways
in which a state’s infrastructure SIP
submittal may satisfy prong 4. As
explained above, one way is through a
state’s confirmation in its infrastructure
SIP submittal that it has an EPA
approved regional haze SIP in place. In
the absence of a fully approved regional
haze SIP, a state can make a
demonstration in its infrastructure SIP
submittal that emissions within its
jurisdiction do not interfere with other
states’ plans to protect visibility. Such a
submittal should point to measures in
the state’s SIP that limit visibilityimpairing pollutants and ensure that the
resulting reductions conform with any
mutually agreed emission reductions
under the relevant regional haze
regional planning organization (RPO)
process.7
UDEQ worked through its RPO, the
WRAP, to develop strategies to address
regional haze. To help states in
establishing reasonable progress goals
for improving visibility in Class I areas,
the WRAP modeled future visibility
conditions based on the mutually agreed
emissions reductions from each state.
The WRAP states then relied on this
modeling in setting their respective
reasonable progress goals. As a result,
we consider emissions reductions from
measures in Utah’s SIP that conform
with the level of emission reductions
the State agreed to include in the WRAP
modeling to meet the visibility
requirement of CAA section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II).
With regard to the 2010 SO2 NAAQS,
the EPA proposes to find that the State’s
implementation of the Western
Backstop Sulfur Dioxide Trading
Program and the agreed upon SO2
reductions achieved through that
program sufficient to meet the
requirements of prong 4.8 Under 40 CFR
6 See ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2)’’ at 33.
7 See ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2)’’ at 34, and also
76 FR 22036 (April 20, 2011) containing EPA’s
approval of the visibility requirement of
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) based on a demonstration by
Colorado that did not rely on the Colorado Regional
Haze SIP.
8 Specifically, the State is required to reach its
‘‘emissions milestone’’ for this program by keeping
its SO2 emissions below 141,849 tons/SO2 in 2018
and each year thereafter.
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51.309, certain states, including Utah,
can satisfy their SO2 BART
requirements by adopting an alternative
program consisting of SO2 emission
milestones and a backstop trading
program.9 Utah Administrative Rules
(UAR) R307–250 and R307–150
implement the backstop trading
program provisions and the EPA has
approved the State’s rules, including the
SO2 reduction milestones, as satisfying
its regional haze SO2 obligations.10
Utah’s SIP thus contains measures
requiring reductions of SO2 consistent
with what the State agreed to achieve
under the WRAP process in order to
protect visibility. As a result, EPA is
proposing to approve 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)
prong 4 for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS.
The EPA is also proposing to approve
Utah’s prong 4 SIP submittal for the
2008 Pb NAAQS. The EPA agrees with
UDEQ’s submission, which states that
significant impacts from Pb emissions
from stationary sources are expected to
be limited to short distances from the
source. The State also noted that it does
not have any major sources of Pb
located within 100 miles of a
neighboring state’s Class I area. Further,
when evaluating the extent to which Pb
could impact visibility, the EPA has
found Pb-related visibility impacts
insignificant (e.g., less than 0.10
percent).11 The EPA proposes to
approve prong 4 for the 2008 Pb
NAAQS based on Utah’s conclusion that
it does not have any significant sources
of lead emissions near another state’s
Class I area and that it, therefore, does
not have emissions of Pb that would
interfere with the requirements of
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) with respect to
visibility.
The EPA is proposing to disapprove
Utah’s prong 4 infrastructure SIP
submittals for the 2006 PM2.5, 2008
ozone, 2010 NO2, and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS. The EPA’s disapproval of
Utah’s NOX BART determination in our
July 5, 2016 final rulemaking included
the specific disapproval of the NOX
control measures the State submitted for
the Hunter and Huntington facilities (81
FR 43894, 43902).
As noted, Utah relied on its Regional
Haze SIP (Utah SIP Section XX), and
specifically its participation in the
WRAP, as justification for the
approvability of prong 4 for 2006 PM2.5,
2008 ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS. Because the Department did
not provide an alternative
demonstration that its SIP contains
9 40
CFR 51.309.
FR 74355 (Dec. 14, 2012).
11 EPA’s September 13, 2013 Infrastructure SIP
Guidance, at 33.
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measures to limit NOX emissions in
accordance with the emission
reductions it agreed to under the
WRAP,12 the EPA’s disapproval of
Utah’s NOX BART alternative makes
Utah’s justification insufficient for the
NAAQS pollutants impacted by the
control of NOX. Specifically, NOX is a
precursor of PM2.5 and ozone, and is
also a term which refers to both NO
(nitrogen oxide) and NO2. The EPA is
therefore proposing to disapprove prong
4 of Utah’s infrastructure certifications
with regard to the 2006 PM2.5, 2008
ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS.
If the EPA disapproves an
infrastructure SIP submission for prong
4, as we are proposing for the 2006
PM2.5, 2008 Ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS, a FIP obligation will be
created. However, since the EPA
recently promulgated a FIP for Utah that
corrects all regional haze SIP
deficiencies (81 FR 43894), there will be
no additional practical consequences
from the disapproval for UDEQ, the
sources within its jurisdiction, or the
EPA.13 The EPA will not be required to
take further action with respect to these
prong 4 disapprovals, if finalized,
because the FIP already in place would
satisfy the requirements with respect to
prong 4.14 Additionally, since the
infrastructure SIP submission is not
required in response to a SIP call under
CAA section 110(k)(5), mandatory
sanctions under CAA section 179 would
not apply because the deficiencies are
not with respect to a submission that is
required under CAA title I part D.15
VI. Proposed Action
The EPA is proposing to approve
portions of Utah’s infrastructure
certifications which address the
interstate transport requirements of
CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), and to
disapprove portions of other
certifications addressing this CAA
requirement. The EPA is proposing to
approve 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) prong 4 for
the 2008 Pb and 2010 SO2 NAAQS. The
EPA is also proposing to disapprove
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) prong 4 for the 2006
PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS. The EPA is soliciting
public comments on this proposed
action and will consider public
comments received during the comment
period.
12 With the exception of the 2006 PM
2.5 NAAQS,
which referenced the State’s lack of interference
with RAVI.
13 EPA’s September 13, 2013 Infrastructure SIP
Guidance, at 34.
14 Id. at 35.
15 Id.
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VII. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the
EPA’s role is to approve state actions,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this
proposed action merely proposes
approval of some state law as meeting
federal requirements and proposes
disapproval of other state law because it
does not meet federal requirements; this
proposed action does not propose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this proposed action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive 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 (Public Law 104–4);
• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide the EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP does not apply on
any Indian reservation land or in any
other area where the EPA or an Indian
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jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the proposed 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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: July 19, 2016.
Shaun L. McGrath,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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40 CFR Part 122
[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0376; FRL–9950–07–
OW]
Public Notification for Combined
Sewer Overflows in the Great Lakes;
Public Listening Session; Request for
Stakeholder Input
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for stakeholder input.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing plans to
hold a public ‘‘listening session’’ on
September 14, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois
to obtain information from the public to
help inform development of a new
regulation establishing public
notification requirements for combined
sewer overflow discharges in the Great
Lakes. This rulemaking is in response to
new requirements included with the
2016 appropriations. EPA is requesting
input from the public regarding
potential approaches for these new
public notification requirements for
combined sewer overflow discharges in
the Great Lakes through participation in
the public listening session and by
submitting information in writing at the
listening sessions or to the agency
directly through email, fax, or mail. The
agency is undertaking this outreach to
help it shape a future regulatory
proposal intended to provide the
affected public with information that
will help better protect public health.
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The session will be held on
September 14, 2016. Comments must be
received on or before September 23,
2016.
DATES:
The public listening session
will be held at the Environmental
Protection Agency Region 5 Office (Lake
Erie Room, Floor 12), 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604–3507.
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2016–
0378, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or
withdrawn. EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. EPA will generally not consider
comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e.,
on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. For details on the public
listening session see SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Biddle, Water Permits Division, Office
of Water (4203M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–566–0350; fax
number: 202–564–6392; email address:
biddle.lisa@epa.gov. Also see the
following Web site for additional
information regarding the rulemaking:
https://www.epa.gov/npdes/combinedsewer-overflows-great-lakes-basin.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. General Information
A. Public Listening Session
EPA will hold an informal public
listening session to afford an
opportunity for the public to provide
input on a regulatory action that EPA is
considering to establish public
notification requirements for combined
sewer overflow discharges in the Great
Lakes. Brief oral comments (three
minutes or less) and written statements
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will be accepted at the session. The
listening session will be held on
September 14, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5 Office (Lake Erie Room, Floor
12), 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, IL 60604–3507. The listening
session will continue until all speakers
in attendance have had a chance to
provide comments or 3 p.m., whichever
comes first. If time allows after all
comments have been heard, a broader
discussion may take place regarding
topics identified under Section III, Input
on Public Notice Considerations.
B. Additional Information and Public
Meeting Registration
Prior to the public meeting date, EPA
will post any relevant materials to the
following Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/npdes/combined-seweroverflows-great-lakes-basin. Information
posted to the Web site will include any
handouts that may be provided at the
meeting as well as a web link that
participants may use to register for the
public meeting in advance. Advanced
registration is not required but is
requested so that EPA can ensure there
is sufficient space and time allotted for
those who wish to participate.
II. Background
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) will be proposing a rule to
establish public notification
requirements for combined sewer
overflows (CSOs) to the Great Lakes, as
required by Section 425 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2016 (Pub. L. 114–113) (hereafter,
referred to as ‘‘Section 425’’). Section
425 requires EPA to work with the Great
Lakes states to create these public notice
requirements, and EPA is also seeking
public input in the development of
these requirements.
Combined Sewer Overflows From
Municipal Wastewater Collection
Systems
Municipal wastewater collection
systems collect domestic sewage and
other wastewater from homes and other
buildings and convey it to wastewater
treatment plants for proper treatment
and disposal. The collection and
treatment of municipal sewage and
wastewater is vital to the public health
in our cities and towns. In the United
States, municipalities historically have
used two major types of sewer systems.
Many municipalities collect domestic
sewage in a sanitary sewer system and
convey the sewage to a publicly owned
treatment works (POTW) for treatment.
These municipalities also have separate
sewer systems to collect surface
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R08-OAR-2016-0107; FRL-9949-98-Region 8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Interstate Transport for Utah
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to take
action on portions of six submissions from the State of Utah that are
intended to demonstrate that the State Implementation Plan (SIP) meets
certain interstate transport requirements of the Clean Air Act (Act or
CAA). These submissions address the 2006 and 2012 fine particulate
matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS), 2008 ozone NAAQS, 2008
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lead (Pb) NAAQS, 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO2) NAAQS and 2010
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) NAAQS. Specifically, the EPA is
proposing to approve interstate transport prong 4 for the 2008 Pb and
2010 SO2 NAAQS, and proposing to disapprove prong 4 for the
2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2010 NO2 and 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2016-0107 at https://www.regulations.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, 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: Adam Clark, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P-AR, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. (303) 312-7104,
clark.adam@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not
submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For
CBI information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the
outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically
within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as
CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register volume,
date, and page number);
Follow directions and organize your comments;
Explain why you agree or disagree;
Suggest alternatives and substitute language for your
requested changes;
Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used;
If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced;
Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives;
Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats; and,
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background
On September 21, 2006, the EPA revised the primary 24-hour NAAQS
for PM2.5 to 35 micrograms per cubic meter ([mu]g/m\3\) (71
FR 61144, Oct. 17, 2006). On March 12, 2008, the EPA revised the levels
of the primary and secondary 8-hour ozone standards to 0.075 parts per
million (ppm) (73 FR 16436, Mar. 27, 2008). On October 15, 2008, the
EPA revised the level of the primary and secondary Pb NAAQS to 0.15
[mu]g/m\3\ (73 FR 66964, Nov. 12, 2008). On January 22, 2010, the EPA
promulgated a new 1-hour primary NAAQS for NO2 at a level of
100 parts per billion (ppb) while retaining the annual standard of 53
ppb (75 FR 6474, Feb. 9, 2010). The secondary NO2 NAAQS
remains unchanged at 53 ppb. On June 2, 2010, the EPA promulgated a
revised primary 1-hour SO2 standard at 75 ppb (75 FR 35520,
June 22, 2010). Finally, on December 14, 2012, the EPA promulgated a
revised annual PM2.5 standard by lowering the level to 12.0
[mu]g/m\3\ and retaining the 24-hour PM2.5 standard at a
level of 35 [mu]g/m\3\ (78 FR 3086, Jan. 15, 2013).
Pursuant to section 110(a)(1) of the CAA, states are required to
submit SIPs meeting the applicable requirements of section 110(a)(2)
within three years after promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS or
within such shorter period as the EPA may prescribe. Section 110(a)(2)
requires states to address structural SIP elements such as monitoring,
basic program requirements, and legal authority that are designed to
provide for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the NAAQS.
The SIP submission required by these provisions is referred to as the
``infrastructure'' SIP. Section 110(a) imposes the obligation upon
states to make a SIP submission to the EPA for a new or revised NAAQS,
but the contents of individual state submissions may vary depending
upon the facts and circumstances.
CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) requires SIPs to include provisions
prohibiting any source or other type of emissions activity in one state
from emitting any air pollutant in amounts that will contribute
significantly to nonattainment, or interfere with maintenance, of the
NAAQS in another state (known as the ``good neighbor'' provision). The
two provisions of this section are referred to as prong 1 (significant
contribution to nonattainment) and prong 2 (interfere with
maintenance). Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) requires SIPs to contain
adequate provisions to prohibit emissions that will interfere with
measures required to be included in the applicable implementation plan
for any other state under part C to prevent significant deterioration
of air quality (prong 3) or to protect visibility (prong 4).
In this action, the EPA is addressing prong 4 with regard to the
2006 and 2012 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2008 Pb, 2010
SO2 and 2010 NO2 NAAQS. The EPA addressed prongs
1 and 2 for the 2008 ozone and 2008 Pb NAAQS in a proposed action
published May 10, 2016 (81 FR 28807), and intends to finalize that
action in conjunction with the actions in this proposed rule in one
joint, final rulemaking. The EPA is addressing prong 3 for the
applicable NAAQS in a separate action proposed April 26, 2016 (81 FR
24525), which can be found in regulations.gov under the docket EPA-R08-
OAR-2013-0561.
III. State Submissions
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (Department or UDEQ)
submitted the following: A certification of Utah's infrastructure SIP
for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS on September 21, 2010; a
certification of Utah's infrastructure SIP for the 2008 Pb SIP on
January 19, 2012; a certification of Utah's infrastructure SIP for the
2008
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ozone NAAQS and 2010 NO2 NAAQS on January 31, 2013; a
certification of Utah's infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2
NAAQS on June 2, 2013; and a certification of Utah's infrastructure SIP
for the 2012 PM2.5 on December 22, 2015.
Each of these infrastructure certifications addressed all of the
required infrastructure elements under section 110(a)(2).\1\ As noted
above, the EPA is only addressing the 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), prong 4
(visibility) element of each of these submissions here; all other
infrastructure elements from these certifications are being addressed
in separate actions.
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\1\ For discussion of other infrastructure elements, see EPA's
``Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Elements under Clean Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2),'' September
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In Utah's 2006 PM2.5 infrastructure certification, UDEQ
pointed to SIP language verifying that no Utah sources of emissions
interfere with implementation of reasonably attributable visibility
impairment (RAVI) SIPs in other states, in accordance with EPA
guidance.\2\
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\2\ See EPA's ``Guidance on SIP Elements Required Under Sections
110(a)(1) and (2) for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS),''
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In Utah's 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2010 SO2,
2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS infrastructure
certifications, the Department pointed to its Regional Haze SIP (Utah
SIP Section XX) to certify that the State meets the visibility
requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II). Utah specifically noted in
each of these submittals (aside from the 2006 PM2.5
submittal) that the State had consulted with other states in the
Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), and that reductions in
emissions from Utah were included in the WRAP regional visibility
modeling. As explained below, this information is relevant in
determining whether Utah's SIP will achieve the emission reductions
that the WRAP states mutually agreed are necessary to avoid interstate
visibility impacts in Class I areas.\3\
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\3\ See ``Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan
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UDEQ addressed visibility for the 2008 Pb NAAQS by pointing to the
short distance travelled by Pb emissions, and by noting that there was
not a significant source of Pb in Utah within 100 miles of a Class I
area.
IV. Utah's Regional Haze SIP
As stated in the EPA's September 13, 2013 Infrastructure SIP
Guidance Memo (``2013 Guidance''), ``[o]ne way in which prong 4 may be
satisfied for any relevant NAAQS is through an air agency's
confirmation in its infrastructure SIP submission that it has an
approved regional haze SIP that fully meets the requirements of 40 CFR
51.308 or 51.309. 40 CFR 51.308 and 51.309 specifically require that a
state participating in a regional planning process include all measures
needed to achieve its apportionment of emission reduction obligations
agreed upon through that process.'' \4\
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\4\ See ``Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan
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On May 26, 2011, Utah submitted to the EPA a SIP revision to
address the requirements of the regional haze program. The EPA
partially approved and partially disapproved Utah's SIP revision on
December 14, 2012 (77 FR 74355). In that action, the EPA disapproved
Utah's NOX and PM10 Best Available Retrofit
Technology (BART) determinations (77 FR 74357), and approved Utah's
BART alternative for SO2, which relied on the State's
participation in the backstop SO2 trading program.\5\
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\5\ EPA's final approval of the ``Western Backstop Sulfur
Dioxide Trading Program'' into the Utah SIP is codified at 40 CFR
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In response to the EPA's December 14, 2012 partial disapproval,
UDEQ submitted further SIP revisions on June 4, 2015, and October 20,
2015, to meet the regional haze requirements for NOX and
PM10 BART. Instead of establishing BART controls for
NOX, Utah's SIP revisions contained an alternative to BART.
The revisions also included BART controls for PM10.
On July 5, 2016, the EPA finalized action on Utah's June 4, 2015
Regional Haze SIP, approving the PM10 BART determinations
for both the affected sources, the Hunter and Huntington power plants,
and disapproving the State's NOX BART alternative for these
two facilities. The EPA also promulgated a final federal implementation
plan (FIP) to address the deficiencies in Utah's NOX BART
determinations and the associated monitoring, recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for both the Hunter and Huntington power plants
(81 FR 43894, July 5, 2016).
V. EPA's Assessment
The 2013 Guidance states that section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)'s prong 4
requirements can be satisfied by approved SIP provisions that the EPA
has found to adequately address a state's contribution to visibility
impairment in other states. The EPA interprets prong 4 to be pollutant-
specific, such that the infrastructure SIP submission need only address
the potential for interference with protection of visibility caused by
the pollutant (including precursors) to which the new or revised NAAQS
applies.\6\
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The 2013 Guidance lays out two ways in which a state's
infrastructure SIP submittal may satisfy prong 4. As explained above,
one way is through a state's confirmation in its infrastructure SIP
submittal that it has an EPA approved regional haze SIP in place. In
the absence of a fully approved regional haze SIP, a state can make a
demonstration in its infrastructure SIP submittal that emissions within
its jurisdiction do not interfere with other states' plans to protect
visibility. Such a submittal should point to measures in the state's
SIP that limit visibility-impairing pollutants and ensure that the
resulting reductions conform with any mutually agreed emission
reductions under the relevant regional haze regional planning
organization (RPO) process.\7\
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\7\ See ``Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan
(SIP) Elements under Clean Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and (2)'' at
34, and also 76 FR 22036 (April 20, 2011) containing EPA's approval
of the visibility requirement of 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) based on a
demonstration by Colorado that did not rely on the Colorado Regional
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UDEQ worked through its RPO, the WRAP, to develop strategies to
address regional haze. To help states in establishing reasonable
progress goals for improving visibility in Class I areas, the WRAP
modeled future visibility conditions based on the mutually agreed
emissions reductions from each state. The WRAP states then relied on
this modeling in setting their respective reasonable progress goals. As
a result, we consider emissions reductions from measures in Utah's SIP
that conform with the level of emission reductions the State agreed to
include in the WRAP modeling to meet the visibility requirement of CAA
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II).
With regard to the 2010 SO2 NAAQS, the EPA proposes to
find that the State's implementation of the Western Backstop Sulfur
Dioxide Trading Program and the agreed upon SO2 reductions
achieved through that program sufficient to meet the requirements of
prong 4.\8\ Under 40 CFR
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51.309, certain states, including Utah, can satisfy their
SO2 BART requirements by adopting an alternative program
consisting of SO2 emission milestones and a backstop trading
program.\9\ Utah Administrative Rules (UAR) R307-250 and R307-150
implement the backstop trading program provisions and the EPA has
approved the State's rules, including the SO2 reduction
milestones, as satisfying its regional haze SO2
obligations.\10\ Utah's SIP thus contains measures requiring reductions
of SO2 consistent with what the State agreed to achieve
under the WRAP process in order to protect visibility. As a result, EPA
is proposing to approve 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) prong 4 for the 2010
SO2 NAAQS.
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\8\ Specifically, the State is required to reach its ``emissions
milestone'' for this program by keeping its SO2 emissions
below 141,849 tons/SO2 in 2018 and each year thereafter.
\9\ 40 CFR 51.309.
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The EPA is also proposing to approve Utah's prong 4 SIP submittal
for the 2008 Pb NAAQS. The EPA agrees with UDEQ's submission, which
states that significant impacts from Pb emissions from stationary
sources are expected to be limited to short distances from the source.
The State also noted that it does not have any major sources of Pb
located within 100 miles of a neighboring state's Class I area.
Further, when evaluating the extent to which Pb could impact
visibility, the EPA has found Pb-related visibility impacts
insignificant (e.g., less than 0.10 percent).\11\ The EPA proposes to
approve prong 4 for the 2008 Pb NAAQS based on Utah's conclusion that
it does not have any significant sources of lead emissions near another
state's Class I area and that it, therefore, does not have emissions of
Pb that would interfere with the requirements of section
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The EPA is proposing to disapprove Utah's prong 4 infrastructure
SIP submittals for the 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2010
NO2, and 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. The EPA's disapproval
of Utah's NOX BART determination in our July 5, 2016 final
rulemaking included the specific disapproval of the NOX
control measures the State submitted for the Hunter and Huntington
facilities (81 FR 43894, 43902).
As noted, Utah relied on its Regional Haze SIP (Utah SIP Section
XX), and specifically its participation in the WRAP, as justification
for the approvability of prong 4 for 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone,
2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. Because the
Department did not provide an alternative demonstration that its SIP
contains measures to limit NOX emissions in accordance with
the emission reductions it agreed to under the WRAP,\12\ the EPA's
disapproval of Utah's NOX BART alternative makes Utah's
justification insufficient for the NAAQS pollutants impacted by the
control of NOX. Specifically, NOX is a precursor
of PM2.5 and ozone, and is also a term which refers to both
NO (nitrogen oxide) and NO2. The EPA is therefore proposing
to disapprove prong 4 of Utah's infrastructure certifications with
regard to the 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone, 2010 NO2
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If the EPA disapproves an infrastructure SIP submission for prong
4, as we are proposing for the 2006 PM2.5, 2008 Ozone, 2010
NO2 and 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, a FIP obligation will
be created. However, since the EPA recently promulgated a FIP for Utah
that corrects all regional haze SIP deficiencies (81 FR 43894), there
will be no additional practical consequences from the disapproval for
UDEQ, the sources within its jurisdiction, or the EPA.\13\ The EPA will
not be required to take further action with respect to these prong 4
disapprovals, if finalized, because the FIP already in place would
satisfy the requirements with respect to prong 4.\14\ Additionally,
since the infrastructure SIP submission is not required in response to
a SIP call under CAA section 110(k)(5), mandatory sanctions under CAA
section 179 would not apply because the deficiencies are not with
respect to a submission that is required under CAA title I part D.\15\
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\14\ Id. at 35.
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VI. Proposed Action
The EPA is proposing to approve portions of Utah's infrastructure
certifications which address the interstate transport requirements of
CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), and to disapprove portions of other
certifications addressing this CAA requirement. The EPA is proposing to
approve 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) prong 4 for the 2008 Pb and 2010
SO2 NAAQS. The EPA is also proposing to disapprove
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) prong 4 for the 2006 PM2.5, 2008 ozone,
2010 NO2 and 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. The EPA is
soliciting public comments on this proposed action and will consider
public comments received during the comment period.
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state actions,
provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. Accordingly,
this proposed action merely proposes approval of some state law as
meeting federal requirements and proposes disapproval of other state
law because it does not meet federal requirements; this proposed action
does not propose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this proposed action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive 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 (Public Law 104-4);
Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or
environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP does not apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian
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tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the proposed 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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: July 19, 2016.
Shaun L. McGrath,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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