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Rule 2200 provides a mechanism for
obtaining documentation of emission
reductions resulting from trip reduction
programs. According to the District, the
rule is expected to help reduce VOC and
NOX emissions by encouraging
individuals to select rideshare
alternatives rather than drive alone, and
by educating employees and the public
about the health impacts of motor
vehicle pollution. We proposed to
approve this rule because we
determined that it complied with the
relevant CAA requirements. Our
proposed action contains more
information on the rule and our
evaluation.1
II. Public Comments and EPA
Responses
The EPA’s proposed action provided
a 30-day public comment period. During
this period, we received no comments.
1 Our proposed rule mistakenly identified the
adoption date of Antelope Valley Rule 2200 as July
20, 1999. The correct adoption date for the rule is
January 19, 1999.
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[EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0415; FRL–9962–53–
Region 9]
Approval of California Air Plan
Revisions, Antelope Valley Air Quality
Management District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve a revision to the Antelope
Valley Air Quality Management District
(AVAQMD or ‘‘District’’) portion of the
California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). This revision concerns emissions
of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from
passenger vehicles. We are approving a
local rule that encourages the use of
rideshare alternatives as a means of
travelling to worksites in the District.
DATES: This rule will be effective on
August 7, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0415. All
documents in the docket are listed on
SUMMARY:
Rule No.
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the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available through https://
www.regulations.gov, or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Buss, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–
4152, buss.jeffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
On March 10, 2017 at 82 FR 13280,
the EPA proposed to approve the
following rule into the California SIP.
Adopted/
amended/
revised
Rule title
Transportation Outreach Program .........................................
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted.
Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully
approving this rule into the California
SIP. As we discussed in our proposed
action, the rule establishes a framework
for documenting emissions reductions
from trip reduction programs, but does
not require any specific trip reduction
programs nor does it contain a good
faith estimate of emission reductions.
Consequently, it is not appropriate to
credit this rule with emission
reductions in the SIP.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the
incorporation by reference of the
AVAQMD rule described in the
amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth
below. The EPA has made, and will
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continue to make, these documents
available through www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region IX Office (please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble for more information).
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, the EPA’s role is to
approve state choices, provided that
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
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Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
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 is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where the EPA or
an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have
tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this action
and other required information to the
U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
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Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by September 5,
2017. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this action for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements (see section
307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F—California
2. Section 52.220 is amended by
adding paragraph (c)(270)(i)(E)(2) to
read as follows:
■
§ 52.220
Identification of plan-in part.
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*
*
*
*
(c) * * *
(270) * * *
(i) * * *
(E) * * *
(2) Rule 2220, ‘‘Transportation
Outreach Program,’’ adopted on January
19, 1999.
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Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; SiteSpecific Sulfur Dioxide Requirements
for USG Interiors, LLC
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving, under the
Clean Air Act (CAA), a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by Wisconsin on January 31,
2017, and supplemented on March 20,
2017. This SIP submittal consists of
Wisconsin Administrative Order AM–
16–01, which imposes a requirement for
a taller cupola exhaust stack, a sulfur
dioxide (SO2) emission limit in
conjunction with a minimum cupola
stack flue gas flow rate, and associated
requirements on the mineral wool
production process at the USG Interiors
LLC facility located in Walworth,
Wisconsin (USG-Walworth). Wisconsin
submitted this SIP revision to enable the
area near USG-Walworth to qualify for
being designated ‘‘attainment’’ of the
2010 primary SO2 National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS), a matter
that will be addressed in a separate
future rulemaking. EPA is approving
AM–16–01 into the Wisconsin SIP,
which makes the AM–16–01
requirements federally enforceable.
DATES: This direct final rule will be
effective September 5, 2017, unless EPA
receives adverse comments by August 7,
2017. If adverse comments are received,
EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of
the direct final rule in the Federal
Register informing the public that the
rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05–
OAR–2017–0081 at https://
www.regulations.gov, or via email to
Aburano.Douglas@epa.gov. For
comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from Regulations.gov. For either manner
of submission, EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0415; FRL-9962-53-Region 9]
Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Antelope Valley Air
Quality Management District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve a revision to the Antelope Valley Air Quality
Management District (AVAQMD or ``District'') portion of the California
State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) from passenger vehicles. We are approving a local rule
that encourages the use of rideshare alternatives as a means of
travelling to worksites in the District.
DATES: This rule will be effective on August 7, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0415. All documents in the docket are
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available through https://www.regulations.gov, or please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Buss, EPA Region IX, (415)
947-4152, buss.jeffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
On March 10, 2017 at 82 FR 13280, the EPA proposed to approve the
following rule into the California SIP.
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Adopted/
Local agency Rule No. Rule title amended/ Submitted
revised
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AVAQMD............................. 2200 Transportation Outreach 01/19/99 10/29/99
Program.
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Rule 2200 provides a mechanism for obtaining documentation of
emission reductions resulting from trip reduction programs. According
to the District, the rule is expected to help reduce VOC and
NOX emissions by encouraging individuals to select rideshare
alternatives rather than drive alone, and by educating employees and
the public about the health impacts of motor vehicle pollution. We
proposed to approve this rule because we determined that it complied
with the relevant CAA requirements. Our proposed action contains more
information on the rule and our evaluation.\1\
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\1\ Our proposed rule mistakenly identified the adoption date of
Antelope Valley Rule 2200 as July 20, 1999. The correct adoption
date for the rule is January 19, 1999.
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II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period.
During this period, we received no comments.
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted. Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving this rule into the
California SIP. As we discussed in our proposed action, the rule
establishes a framework for documenting emissions reductions from trip
reduction programs, but does not require any specific trip reduction
programs nor does it contain a good faith estimate of emission
reductions. Consequently, it is not appropriate to credit this rule
with emission reductions in the SIP.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the
AVAQMD rule described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth
below. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents
available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region IX Office
(please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under
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Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR
3821, January 21, 2011);
does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive 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 is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal
law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by September 5, 2017. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements (see section 307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F--California
0
2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(270)(i)(E)(2) to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.220 Identification of plan-in part.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(270) * * *
(i) * * *
(E) * * *
(2) Rule 2220, ``Transportation Outreach Program,'' adopted on
January 19, 1999.
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