Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Volatile Organic Compound Reasonably Available Control Technology for 1997 Ozone Standard, 31464-31468 [2017-14204]
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reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: June 22, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
‘‘Non-interference Demonstration for
Federal Low-Reid Vapor Pressure
Requirement in Shelby County’’ at the
end of the table to read as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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§ 52.2220
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart RR—Tennessee
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
Identification of plan.
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2. In § 52.2220, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by adding the entry
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EPA-APPROVED TENNESSEE NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS
Applicable geographic
or
nonattainment area
Name of non-regulatory SIP provision
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Non-interference Demonstration for Federal
Low-Reid Vapor Pressure Requirement in
Shelby County.
[FR Doc. 2017–14202 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2016–0561; FRL–9964–58–
Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Volatile Organic
Compound Reasonably Available
Control Technology for 1997 Ozone
Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking direct final
action to approve revisions to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania state
implementation plan (SIP). This SIP
revision pertains to the requirements for
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) controls for certain sources of
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
under the 1997 ozone national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS). This SIP
revision includes Pennsylvania’s
certification that previously adopted
RACT controls in Pennsylvania’s SIP
that were approved by EPA under the 1hour ozone NAAQS are based on the
currently available technically and
economically feasible controls, and that
they continue to represent RACT for the
1997 ozone NAAQS and a negative
declaration that certain categories of
sources do not exist in Pennsylvania.
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State effective
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Shelby County ...........
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4/12/2016
EPA approval date
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7/7/2017 [Insert Federal
Register citation].
This SIP revision does not address
Pennsylvania’s May 2016 VOC and
nitrogen oxides (NOX) RACT rule,
‘‘Additional RACT Requirements for
Major Sources of NOX and VOCs,’’ also
known as RACT II. EPA will take
separate action on RACT II. EPA is
approving these revisions addressing
VOC RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS
in accordance with the requirements of
the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This rule is effective on October
5, 2017 without further notice, unless
EPA receives adverse written comment
by August 7, 2017. If EPA receives such
comments, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the
Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03–
OAR–2016–0561 at https://
www.regulations.gov, or via email to
stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. For comments
submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. For either manner of
submission, EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
confidential business information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. EPA will generally not consider
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commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maria A Pino, (215) 814–2181, or by
email at pino.maria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 25, 2006, the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania through the
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP)
submitted a revision to its SIP that
addresses certain requirements of RACT
under the 1997 ozone NAAQS. The SIP
revision was entitled, ‘‘Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision
Under the 8-Hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS),’’ September 2006, and will be
referred to in this rulemaking action as
‘‘the 2006 RACT SIP.’’ On June 27, 2016,
PADEP withdrew from EPA review
portions of the 2006 RACT SIP revision
related to RACT for major stationary
sources of VOC and NOX. EPA has
included in the docket a redacted
version of the 2006 RACT SIP to
identify which portions of this
document remain before EPA and are
the subject of this notice of proposed
rulemaking. Pennsylvania addressed the
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Ozone is formed in the atmosphere by
photochemical reactions between VOCs,
NOX, and carbon monoxide (CO) in the
presence of sunlight. In order to reduce
ozone concentrations in the ambient air,
the CAA requires all nonattainment
areas to apply control on VOC and NOX
emission sources to achieve emission
reductions. Among effective control
measures, RACT controls significantly
reduce VOC and NOX emissions from
major stationary sources.
RACT is defined as the lowest
emission limitation that a particular
source is capable of meeting by the
application of control technology that is
reasonably available considering
technological and economic feasibility
(44 FR 53761 at 53762, September 17,
1979). Section 182 of the CAA sets forth
two separate RACT requirements for
ozone nonattainment areas. The first
requirement, contained in section
182(a)(2)(A) of the CAA, and referred to
as RACT fix-up requires the correction
of RACT rules for which EPA identified
deficiencies before the CAA was
amended in 1990. Pennsylvania
previously corrected its deficiencies
under the 1-hour ozone standard and
has no further deficiencies to correct
under this section of the CAA. The
second requirement, set forth in section
182(b)(2) of the CAA, applies to
moderate (or worse) ozone
nonattainment area as well as to
marginal and attainment areas in ozone
transport regions (OTRs) established
pursuant to section 184 of the CAA, and
requires these areas to implement RACT
controls on all major VOC and NOX
emission sources and on all sources and
source categories covered by a control
technique guideline (CTG) issued by
EPA.1 See CAA section 182(b)(2) and
184(b). Alternatively, if a state has no
sources in a particular source category
covered by an EPA CTG, the state may
submit a negative declaration in a SIP
submittal asserting no subject sources
are within the state.
In 1997, EPA revised the health-based
NAAQS for ozone, setting it at 0.08
parts per million (ppm) averaged over
an 8-hour time frame. EPA set the 8hour ozone standard based on scientific
evidence demonstrating that ozone
causes adverse health effects at lower
ozone concentrations and over longer
periods of time, than was understood
when the pre-existing 1-hour ozone
standard was set. EPA determined that
the 8-hour standard would be more
protective of human health, especially
children and adults who are active
outdoors, and individuals with a
preexisting respiratory disease, such as
asthma. EPA subsequently revised the
ozone NAAQS in 2008 and again in
2015. This rulemaking only addresses
SIP requirements under the 1997 ozone
NAAQS.
The entire Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania is in the OTR. Therefore,
under CAA section 184, the entire
Commonwealth was subject to RACT
requirements under the 1-hour ozone
standard. Pennsylvania has
implemented numerous RACT controls
to meet the CAA RACT requirements
under the 1-hour and 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS. These RACT controls were
promulgated in title 25 of the
Pennsylvania Code, chapter 129,
Standards for Sources.
EPA requires under the 1997 ozone
NAAQS that states meet the CAA RACT
requirements, either through a
certification that previously adopted
RACT controls in their SIP revisions
approved by EPA under the 1-hour
ozone NAAQS represent adequate
RACT control levels for 1997 ozone
NAAQS attainment purposes, or
through the adoption of new or more
stringent regulations that represent
RACT control levels. A certification
must be accompanied by appropriate
supporting information such as
consideration of information received
during the public comment period and
consideration of new data. This
information may supplement existing
RACT guidance documents that were
developed for the 1-hour standard, such
that the State’s SIP accurately reflects
RACT for the 8-hour ozone standard
based on the current availability of
technically and economically feasible
controls. Adoption of new RACT
regulations will occur when states have
new stationary sources not covered by
existing RACT regulations, or when new
data or technical information indicates
that a previously adopted RACT
measure does not represent a newly
available RACT control level. Pursuant
to section 184(b)(1)(B) of the CAA,
Pennsylvania had the obligation for the
1997 ozone NAAQS to implement
RACT with respect to sources of VOCs
in the Commonwealth covered by a CTG
issued before or after November 15,
1990 (but before September 15, 2006
when SIP requirements were due for the
1997 ozone NAAQS). Another 1997
ozone NAAQS requirement for RACT is
to submit a negative declaration that
there are no CTG or non-CTG major
sources of VOC and NOX emissions
within the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The RACT requirements
for the 1997 ozone NAAQS were due to
EPA as SIP revisions by September 15,
2006. As stated above, PADEP
submitted its 2006 RACT SIP on
September 25, 2006 to address RACT
requirements for certain VOC sources
and for CTG sources.
1 CTGs are documents issued by EPA intended to
provide state and local air pollution control
authorities information to assist them in
determining RACT for VOC from various sources.
The recommendations in the CTG are based upon
available data and information and may not apply
to a particular situation based upon the
circumstances. States can follow the CTG and adopt
state regulations to implement the
recommendations contained therein, or they can
adopt alternative approaches. In either case, states
must submit their RACT rules to EPA for review
and approval as part of the SIP process. Pursuant
to section 184(b)(1)(B) of the CAA, all areas in the
OTR must implement RACT with respect to sources
of VOCs in the state covered by a CTG issued before
or after November 15, 1990.
remaining RACT requirements for the
1997 ozone NAAQS (which
Pennsylvania withdrew from the 2006
RACT SIP) in a subsequent SIP revision
submittal, which will be the subject of
a separate rulemaking action.
I. Background
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II. Summary of SIP Revision
Pennsylvania’s 2006 RACT SIP
revision satisfies certain RACT
requirements for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS through certification that
previously adopted RACT controls in
Pennsylvania’s SIP that were approved
by EPA under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS
are based on the currently available
technically and economically feasible
controls, and continues to represent
RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS and
negative declarations that certain CTG
source categories do not exist in
Pennsylvania.
CTG Source Categories
Table 1 lists the CTG source
categories due which were required to
have RACT rules under the 1997 ozone
NAAQS as these CTGs were issued by
EPA prior to the due date for SIP
requirements for this NAAQS (i.e.,
September 15, 2006). Table 1 also shows
the regulations which PADEP has
adopted for those source categories,
their state effective dates, and the date
and Federal Register (FR) citation of
EPA’s approval of each regulation. In
addition, Table 1 shows the source
categories for which Pennsylvania has
submitted negative declarations as none
of these sources existed in the
Commonwealth for those specific
categories. In its 2006 RACT SIP,
PADEP has certified that these rules
constitute RACT for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS.
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TABLE 1— PENNSYLVANIA RACT RULES FOR CTG VOC SOURCE CATEGORIES
CTG VOC source category
Pennsylvania rule
(25 Pa. Code)
Aerospace .............................................................
Section 129.73 Aerospace manufacturing and rework.
Section 129.60 Bulk gasoline plants ....................
Bulk Gasoline Plants .............................................
State effective
date
EPA Approval date &
FR citation
4/10/99
6/25/01, 66 FR 33645.
8/3/91
5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
Section 129.71 Synthetic organic chemical and
polymer manufacturing—fugitive sources.
5/23/92
12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
Section 129.67 Graphic arts systems ..................
8/3/91
9/5/1998
5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
7/26/2000, 65 FR
45918.
6/25/2015, 80 FR
36481.
Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline
Processing Plants.
Factory Surface Coating of Flat Wood Paneling ..
Fugitive Emissions from Synthetic Organic
Chemical Polymer and Resin Manufacturing
Equipment.
Graphic Arts—Rotogravure and Flexography .......
Negative Declaration.
Negative Declaration.
6/28/2014
Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners .............................
Leaks from Gasoline Tank Trucks and Vapor
Collection Systems.
Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Equipment ..........
Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene Resins.
Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires ..............
Manufacture
Products.
of
Synthesized
Pharmaceutical
Petroleum Liquid Storage in External Floating
Roof Tanks.
Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater Separators, and Process Unit Turnarounds.
Negative declaration.
Section 129.62 General standards for bulk gasoline terminals, bulk gasoline plants, and small
gasoline storage tanks.
Section 129.58 Petroleum refineries—fugitive
sources.
Section 129.71 Synthetic organic chemical and
polymer manufacturing—fugitive sources.
Section 129.69 Manufacture of pneumatic rubber
tires.
Section 129.68 Manufacture of synthesized pharmaceutical products.
5/23/94
12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
8/13/83
7/27/84, 49 FR 30183.
5/23/92
12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
5/23/92
12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
8/3/91
5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
Section 129.56 Storage tanks greater than
40,000 gallons capacity containing VOCs.
Section 129.55 Petroleum refineries—specific
sources.
9/5/98
8/11/92, 57 FR 3577.
7/26/00, 65 FR 45920.
6/20/81
1/19/83, 48 FR 2319.
12/22/01
8/3/91
1/16/03, 68 FR 2208.
5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
9/5/98
7/26/00, 65 FR 45920.
6/10/2000
11/20/10
7/20/01, 66 FR 37908.
8/24/2011, 76 FR
52870.
8/3/91
8/13/83
6/10/00
5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
7/27/84, 49 FR 30183.
7/20/01, 66 FR 37908.
SOCMI Air Oxidation Processes ...........................
SOCMI Distillation and Reactor Processes ..........
Shipbuilding/repair .................................................
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Solvent Metal Cleaning .........................................
Stage I Vapor Control Systems—Gasoline Service Stations.
Storage of Petroleum Liquids in Fixed Roof
Tanks.
• Surface Coating for Insulation of Magnet Wire
• Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty
Trucks.
• Surface Coating of Cans.
• Surface Coating of Coils.
• Surface Coating of Fabrics.
• Surface Coating of Large Appliances.
• Surface Coating of Metal Furniture.
• Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts
and Products.
• Surface Coating of Paper.
Tank Truck Gasoline Loading Terminals ..............
Use of Cutback Asphalt ........................................
Wood Furniture .....................................................
Non-CTG VOC Source Categories
In its 2006 RACT SIP, PADEP has also
certified that three regulations
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Negative declaration.
Negative declaration.
Negative declaration.
Section 129.63 Degreasing operations ................
Section 129.61 Small gasoline storage tank control (Stage I control).
Section 129.56 Storage tanks greater than
40,000 gallons capacity containing VOCs.
Section 129.52 Surface coating processes .........
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Section 129.59 Bulk gasoline terminals ...............
Section 129.64 Cutback asphalt paving ..............
Sections 129.101–107 Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations.
constitute RACT for certain VOC
sources for the 1997 ozone NAAQS
based on the currently available
technically and economically feasible
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controls. Table 2 lists these source
categories, their state effective dates,
and the date and FR citation of EPA’s
approval of each regulation.
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TABLE 2—PENNSYLVANIA RACT RULES FOR NON-CTG VOC SOURCES
Pennsylvania non-CTG VOC rule
(25 Pa. Code)
State effective
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Section 129.65 Ethylene production plants ............................................................................................
Section 129.72 Manufacture of surface active agents ...........................................................................
Section 129.75 Mobile equipment repair and refinishing .......................................................................
Section 129.51 Sources of VOC, General ..............................................................................................
(This section lists general requirements for all sources of VOCs, and does not include RACT controls.).
III. Final Action
EPA’s review of this material
indicates that Pennsylvania’s 2006
RACT SIP meets certain RACT
requirements for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS for applicable CTG source
categories and for three non-CTG VOC
categories: manufacture of surface active
agents, mobile equipment repair and
refinishing, and ethylene production
plants to address sections 182(b) and
184(b) of the CAA.
EPA is approving Pennsylvania’s 2006
RACT SIP, which was submitted on
September 25, 2006. This SIP revision
consists of (1) Pennsylvania’s
certification that previously adopted
and SIP approved RACT controls for
CTG source categories and three nonCTG source categories are based on the
currently available technically and
economically feasible controls, and that
they continue to represent RACT for the
8-hour implementation purposes and (2)
negative declaration that there are no
sources in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for five CTG source
categories. EPA finds this 2006 RACT
SIP meets requirements for RACT in
CAA section 182(b) and 184(b) with
respect to these CTG categories, to the
negative declarations, and to these
specific VOC source categories.
Pennsylvania has addressed its
remaining obligations to address major
stationary source RACT for VOC and
NOX sources in a subsequent SIP
submittal for which EPA will take later,
separate rulemaking action.
EPA is publishing this rule without
prior proposal because EPA views this
as a noncontroversial amendment and
anticipates no adverse comment.
However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’
section of today’s Federal Register, EPA
is publishing a separate document that
will serve as the proposal to approve the
SIP revision if adverse comments are
filed. This rule will be effective on
October 5, 2017 without further notice
unless EPA receives adverse comment
by August 7, 2017. If EPA receives
adverse comment, EPA will publish a
timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register informing the public that the
rule will not take effect. EPA will
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address all public comments in a
subsequent final rule based on the
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a
second comment period on this action.
Any parties interested in commenting
must do so at this time.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (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);
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EPA approval date & FR
citation
8/1/79
5/23/92
11/27/99
4/10/1999
6/28/2014
5/20/80, 45 FR 33607.
12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
8/14/00, 65 FR 49501.
6/25/2001, 66 FR 33645.
6/25/2015, 80 FR 36482.
• 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, this rule does not have
tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is
not approved to apply in Indian country
located in the state, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law.
B. Submission to Congress and the
Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 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
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extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. Parties with
objections to this direct final rule are
encouraged to file a comment in
response to the parallel notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action
published in the proposed rules section
of today’s Federal Register, rather than
file an immediate petition for judicial
review of this direct final rule, so that
EPA can withdraw this direct final rule
and address the comment in the
proposed rulemaking action.
This action approving Pennsylvania’s
2006 RACT SIP may not be challenged
later in proceedings to enforce its
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: June 22, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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Reasonably Available Control Technology
(RACT) for the 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).
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Statewide ...................
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Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerances
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This regulation establishes
tolerances for residues of flonicamid in
or on multiple commodities which are
identified and discussed later in this
document. Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR–4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective July
7, 2017. Objections and requests for
hearings must be received on or before
September 5, 2017, and must be filed in
accordance with the instructions
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Identification of plan.
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1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
State submittal
date
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2. In § 52.2020, the table in paragraph
(e)(1) is amended by adding an entry for
‘‘Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) for the 1997 ozone
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS)’’ at the end of the table to read
as follows:
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Subpart NN—Pennsylvania
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Name of non-regulatory SIP revision
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
9/25/2006
EPA approval date
Additional explanation
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7/7/2017, [Insert Federal
Register citation].
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Pertaining only to control
technique guideline
(CTG) source categories and three nonCTG volatile organic
compound (VOC)
source categories: Manufacture of surface active agents, mobile
equipment repair and
refinishing, and ethylene
production plants. Remainder of submittal
withdrawn 6/27/2016.
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also
Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0013, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Office of Pesticide Programs
Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)
in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael L. Goodis, Director,
Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001;
PO 00000
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main telephone number: (703) 305–
7090; email address: RDFRNotices@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31464-31468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14204]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0561; FRL-9964-58-Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Volatile Organic Compound Reasonably Available Control
Technology for 1997 Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct
final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
state implementation plan (SIP). This SIP revision pertains to the
requirements for reasonably available control technology (RACT)
controls for certain sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) under
the 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This SIP
revision includes Pennsylvania's certification that previously adopted
RACT controls in Pennsylvania's SIP that were approved by EPA under the
1-hour ozone NAAQS are based on the currently available technically and
economically feasible controls, and that they continue to represent
RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS and a negative declaration that certain
categories of sources do not exist in Pennsylvania. This SIP revision
does not address Pennsylvania's May 2016 VOC and nitrogen oxides
(NOX) RACT rule, ``Additional RACT Requirements for Major
Sources of NOX and VOCs,'' also known as RACT II. EPA will
take separate action on RACT II. EPA is approving these revisions
addressing VOC RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS in accordance with the
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This rule is effective on October 5, 2017 without further
notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by August 7, 2017.
If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of
the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2016-0561 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to
stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either
manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be confidential business information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person
identified in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section. For the
full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria A Pino, (215) 814-2181, or by
email at pino.maria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 25, 2006, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PADEP) submitted a revision to its SIP that addresses
certain requirements of RACT under the 1997 ozone NAAQS. The SIP
revision was entitled, ``Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision Under the 8-Hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS),'' September 2006, and will be
referred to in this rulemaking action as ``the 2006 RACT SIP.'' On June
27, 2016, PADEP withdrew from EPA review portions of the 2006 RACT SIP
revision related to RACT for major stationary sources of VOC and
NOX. EPA has included in the docket a redacted version of
the 2006 RACT SIP to identify which portions of this document remain
before EPA and are the subject of this notice of proposed rulemaking.
Pennsylvania addressed the
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remaining RACT requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS (which
Pennsylvania withdrew from the 2006 RACT SIP) in a subsequent SIP
revision submittal, which will be the subject of a separate rulemaking
action.
I. Background
Ozone is formed in the atmosphere by photochemical reactions
between VOCs, NOX, and carbon monoxide (CO) in the presence
of sunlight. In order to reduce ozone concentrations in the ambient
air, the CAA requires all nonattainment areas to apply control on VOC
and NOX emission sources to achieve emission reductions.
Among effective control measures, RACT controls significantly reduce
VOC and NOX emissions from major stationary sources.
RACT is defined as the lowest emission limitation that a particular
source is capable of meeting by the application of control technology
that is reasonably available considering technological and economic
feasibility (44 FR 53761 at 53762, September 17, 1979). Section 182 of
the CAA sets forth two separate RACT requirements for ozone
nonattainment areas. The first requirement, contained in section
182(a)(2)(A) of the CAA, and referred to as RACT fix-up requires the
correction of RACT rules for which EPA identified deficiencies before
the CAA was amended in 1990. Pennsylvania previously corrected its
deficiencies under the 1-hour ozone standard and has no further
deficiencies to correct under this section of the CAA. The second
requirement, set forth in section 182(b)(2) of the CAA, applies to
moderate (or worse) ozone nonattainment area as well as to marginal and
attainment areas in ozone transport regions (OTRs) established pursuant
to section 184 of the CAA, and requires these areas to implement RACT
controls on all major VOC and NOX emission sources and on
all sources and source categories covered by a control technique
guideline (CTG) issued by EPA.\1\ See CAA section 182(b)(2) and 184(b).
Alternatively, if a state has no sources in a particular source
category covered by an EPA CTG, the state may submit a negative
declaration in a SIP submittal asserting no subject sources are within
the state.
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\1\ CTGs are documents issued by EPA intended to provide state
and local air pollution control authorities information to assist
them in determining RACT for VOC from various sources. The
recommendations in the CTG are based upon available data and
information and may not apply to a particular situation based upon
the circumstances. States can follow the CTG and adopt state
regulations to implement the recommendations contained therein, or
they can adopt alternative approaches. In either case, states must
submit their RACT rules to EPA for review and approval as part of
the SIP process. Pursuant to section 184(b)(1)(B) of the CAA, all
areas in the OTR must implement RACT with respect to sources of VOCs
in the state covered by a CTG issued before or after November 15,
1990.
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In 1997, EPA revised the health-based NAAQS for ozone, setting it
at 0.08 parts per million (ppm) averaged over an 8-hour time frame. EPA
set the 8-hour ozone standard based on scientific evidence
demonstrating that ozone causes adverse health effects at lower ozone
concentrations and over longer periods of time, than was understood
when the pre-existing 1-hour ozone standard was set. EPA determined
that the 8-hour standard would be more protective of human health,
especially children and adults who are active outdoors, and individuals
with a preexisting respiratory disease, such as asthma. EPA
subsequently revised the ozone NAAQS in 2008 and again in 2015. This
rulemaking only addresses SIP requirements under the 1997 ozone NAAQS.
The entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in the OTR. Therefore,
under CAA section 184, the entire Commonwealth was subject to RACT
requirements under the 1-hour ozone standard. Pennsylvania has
implemented numerous RACT controls to meet the CAA RACT requirements
under the 1-hour and 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These RACT controls were
promulgated in title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, chapter 129,
Standards for Sources.
EPA requires under the 1997 ozone NAAQS that states meet the CAA
RACT requirements, either through a certification that previously
adopted RACT controls in their SIP revisions approved by EPA under the
1-hour ozone NAAQS represent adequate RACT control levels for 1997
ozone NAAQS attainment purposes, or through the adoption of new or more
stringent regulations that represent RACT control levels. A
certification must be accompanied by appropriate supporting information
such as consideration of information received during the public comment
period and consideration of new data. This information may supplement
existing RACT guidance documents that were developed for the 1-hour
standard, such that the State's SIP accurately reflects RACT for the 8-
hour ozone standard based on the current availability of technically
and economically feasible controls. Adoption of new RACT regulations
will occur when states have new stationary sources not covered by
existing RACT regulations, or when new data or technical information
indicates that a previously adopted RACT measure does not represent a
newly available RACT control level. Pursuant to section 184(b)(1)(B) of
the CAA, Pennsylvania had the obligation for the 1997 ozone NAAQS to
implement RACT with respect to sources of VOCs in the Commonwealth
covered by a CTG issued before or after November 15, 1990 (but before
September 15, 2006 when SIP requirements were due for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS). Another 1997 ozone NAAQS requirement for RACT is to submit a
negative declaration that there are no CTG or non-CTG major sources of
VOC and NOX emissions within the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The RACT requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS were due
to EPA as SIP revisions by September 15, 2006. As stated above, PADEP
submitted its 2006 RACT SIP on September 25, 2006 to address RACT
requirements for certain VOC sources and for CTG sources.
II. Summary of SIP Revision
Pennsylvania's 2006 RACT SIP revision satisfies certain RACT
requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS through certification that
previously adopted RACT controls in Pennsylvania's SIP that were
approved by EPA under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS are based on the currently
available technically and economically feasible controls, and continues
to represent RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS and negative declarations
that certain CTG source categories do not exist in Pennsylvania.
CTG Source Categories
Table 1 lists the CTG source categories due which were required to
have RACT rules under the 1997 ozone NAAQS as these CTGs were issued by
EPA prior to the due date for SIP requirements for this NAAQS (i.e.,
September 15, 2006). Table 1 also shows the regulations which PADEP has
adopted for those source categories, their state effective dates, and
the date and Federal Register (FR) citation of EPA's approval of each
regulation. In addition, Table 1 shows the source categories for which
Pennsylvania has submitted negative declarations as none of these
sources existed in the Commonwealth for those specific categories. In
its 2006 RACT SIP, PADEP has certified that these rules constitute RACT
for the 1997 ozone NAAQS.
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Table 1-- Pennsylvania RACT Rules for CTG VOC Source Categories
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Pennsylvania rule (25 Pa. State EPA Approval date & FR
CTG VOC source category Code) effective date citation
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Aerospace............................. Section 129.73 Aerospace 4/10/99 6/25/01, 66 FR 33645.
manufacturing and rework.
Bulk Gasoline Plants.................. Section 129.60 Bulk gasoline 8/3/91 5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
plants.
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Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/ Negative Declaration.
Gasoline Processing Plants.
Factory Surface Coating of Flat Wood Negative Declaration.
Paneling.
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Fugitive Emissions from Synthetic Section 129.71 Synthetic 5/23/92 12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
Organic Chemical Polymer and Resin organic chemical and polymer
Manufacturing Equipment. manufacturing--fugitive
sources.
Graphic Arts--Rotogravure and Section 129.67 Graphic arts 8/3/91 5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
Flexography. systems.
9/5/1998 7/26/2000, 65 FR 45918.
6/28/2014 6/25/2015, 80 FR 36481.
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Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners.......... Negative declaration.
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Leaks from Gasoline Tank Trucks and Section 129.62 General 5/23/94 12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
Vapor Collection Systems. standards for bulk gasoline
terminals, bulk gasoline
plants, and small gasoline
storage tanks.
Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Section 129.58 Petroleum 8/13/83 7/27/84, 49 FR 30183.
Equipment. refineries--fugitive sources.
Manufacture of High-Density Section 129.71 Synthetic 5/23/92 12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and organic chemical and polymer
Polystyrene Resins. manufacturing--fugitive
sources.
Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires. Section 129.69 Manufacture of 5/23/92 12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
pneumatic rubber tires.
Manufacture of Synthesized Section 129.68 Manufacture of 8/3/91 5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
Pharmaceutical Products. synthesized pharmaceutical
products.
8/11/92, 57 FR 3577.
Petroleum Liquid Storage in External Section 129.56 Storage tanks 9/5/98 7/26/00, 65 FR 45920.
Floating Roof Tanks. greater than 40,000 gallons
capacity containing VOCs.
Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Section 129.55 Petroleum 6/20/81 1/19/83, 48 FR 2319.
Wastewater Separators, and Process refineries--specific sources.
Unit Turnarounds.
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SOCMI Air Oxidation Processes......... Negative declaration.
SOCMI Distillation and Reactor Negative declaration.
Processes.
Shipbuilding/repair................... Negative declaration.
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Solvent Metal Cleaning................ Section 129.63 Degreasing 12/22/01 1/16/03, 68 FR 2208.
operations.
Stage I Vapor Control Systems-- Section 129.61 Small gasoline 8/3/91 5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
Gasoline Service Stations. storage tank control (Stage I
control).
Storage of Petroleum Liquids in Fixed Section 129.56 Storage tanks 9/5/98 7/26/00, 65 FR 45920.
Roof Tanks. greater than 40,000 gallons
capacity containing VOCs.
Surface Coating for Section 129.52 Surface coating 6/10/2000 7/20/01, 66 FR 37908.
Insulation of Magnet Wire. processes.
Surface Coating of .............................. 11/20/10 8/24/2011, 76 FR 52870.
Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks.
Surface Coating of Cans......
Surface Coating of Coils.....
Surface Coating of Fabrics...
Surface Coating of Large
Appliances.
Surface Coating of Metal
Furniture.
Surface Coating of
Miscellaneous Metal Parts and
Products.
Surface Coating of Paper.....
Tank Truck Gasoline Loading Terminals. Section 129.59 Bulk gasoline 8/3/91 5/13/93, 58 FR 28362.
terminals.
Use of Cutback Asphalt................ Section 129.64 Cutback asphalt 8/13/83 7/27/84, 49 FR 30183.
paving.
Wood Furniture........................ Sections 129.101-107 Wood 6/10/00 7/20/01, 66 FR 37908.
Furniture Manufacturing
Operations.
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Non-CTG VOC Source Categories
In its 2006 RACT SIP, PADEP has also certified that three
regulations constitute RACT for certain VOC sources for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS based on the currently available technically and economically
feasible controls. Table 2 lists these source categories, their state
effective dates, and the date and FR citation of EPA's approval of each
regulation.
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Table 2--Pennsylvania RACT Rules for Non-CTG VOC Sources
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State
Pennsylvania non-CTG VOC rule (25 Pa. Code) effective date EPA approval date & FR citation
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Section 129.65 Ethylene production plants..... 8/1/79 5/20/80, 45 FR 33607.
Section 129.72 Manufacture of surface active 5/23/92 12/22/94, 59 FR 65971.
agents.
Section 129.75 Mobile equipment repair and 11/27/99 8/14/00, 65 FR 49501.
refinishing.
Section 129.51 Sources of VOC, General........ 4/10/1999 6/25/2001, 66 FR 33645.
(This section lists general requirements for 6/28/2014 6/25/2015, 80 FR 36482.
all sources of VOCs, and does not include
RACT controls.).
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III. Final Action
EPA's review of this material indicates that Pennsylvania's 2006
RACT SIP meets certain RACT requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS for
applicable CTG source categories and for three non-CTG VOC categories:
manufacture of surface active agents, mobile equipment repair and
refinishing, and ethylene production plants to address sections 182(b)
and 184(b) of the CAA.
EPA is approving Pennsylvania's 2006 RACT SIP, which was submitted
on September 25, 2006. This SIP revision consists of (1) Pennsylvania's
certification that previously adopted and SIP approved RACT controls
for CTG source categories and three non-CTG source categories are based
on the currently available technically and economically feasible
controls, and that they continue to represent RACT for the 8-hour
implementation purposes and (2) negative declaration that there are no
sources in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for five CTG source
categories. EPA finds this 2006 RACT SIP meets requirements for RACT in
CAA section 182(b) and 184(b) with respect to these CTG categories, to
the negative declarations, and to these specific VOC source categories.
Pennsylvania has addressed its remaining obligations to address major
stationary source RACT for VOC and NOX sources in a
subsequent SIP submittal for which EPA will take later, separate
rulemaking action.
EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because EPA
views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse
comment. However, in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal
Register, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as the
proposal to approve the SIP revision if adverse comments are filed.
This rule will be effective on October 5, 2017 without further notice
unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 7, 2017. If EPA receives
adverse comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. EPA
will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on
the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on
this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this
time.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (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 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, this rule does not have tribal implications as specified
by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the
SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state,
and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on
tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 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
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extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be
filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action.
Parties with objections to this direct final rule are encouraged to
file a comment in response to the parallel notice of proposed
rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules section of
today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate petition for
judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can withdraw
this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed
rulemaking action.
This action approving Pennsylvania's 2006 RACT SIP 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, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: June 22, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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 NN--Pennsylvania
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2. In Sec. 52.2020, the table in paragraph (e)(1) is amended by adding
an entry for ``Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the
1997 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)'' at the end
of the table to read as follows:
52.2020 Identification of plan.
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(e) * * *
(1) * * *
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Name of non-regulatory SIP Applicable geographic State
revision area submittal date EPA approval date Additional explanation
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Reasonably Available Control Statewide............ 9/25/2006 7/7/2017, [Insert Federal Register Pertaining only to control technique
Technology (RACT) for the 1997 citation]. guideline (CTG) source categories
ozone national ambient air and three non-CTG volatile organic
quality standard (NAAQS). compound (VOC) source categories:
Manufacture of surface active
agents, mobile equipment repair and
refinishing, and ethylene production
plants. Remainder of submittal
withdrawn 6/27/2016.
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