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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0436; FRL–9966–35–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; AL; VOC Definitions
and Particulate Emissions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
On May 19, 2017, the State of
Alabama, through the Alabama
Department of Environmental
Management, submitted changes to the
Alabama State Implementation Plan
(SIP). The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
the submission that modifies the State’s
air quality regulations as incorporated
into the SIP. Specifically, the revision
pertains to definitional changes,
including the modification of the
definition of ‘‘volatile organic
compounds,’’ correcting a typographical
error, and removing control of
particulate emissions and opacity limits.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 15,
2017.
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SUMMARY:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0436 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
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In the
Final Rules section of this issue of the
Federal Register, EPA is approving the
State’s SIP revision as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 7, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0388; FRL–9966–21–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; SC: Standards for
Volatile Organic Compounds and
Oxides of Nitrogen
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
changes to the South Carolina State
Implementation Plan (SIP) that revise
several miscellaneous rules for control
standards for process industries.
Specifically, changes are made to
standards for volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen. EPA
is proposing to approve portions of SIP
revisions submitted by the State of
South Carolina, through the South
Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control, on the following
dates: October 1, 2007, June 17, 2013,
and January 20, 2016. These actions are
being proposed pursuant to the Clean
Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 15,
2017.
SUMMARY:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0388 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.
Brad Akers, Air Regulatory Management
ADDRESSES:
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / Proposed Rules
Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Akers
can be reached via telephone at (404)
562–9089 or via electronic mail at
akers.brad@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP revision as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
Dated: August 3, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0452; FRL–9966–43–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; Georgia; CrossState Air Pollution Rule
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
portions of a revision to the Georgia
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
concerning the Cross-State Air Pollution
Rule (CSAPR) and the Clean Air
Interstate Rule (CAIR) that was
submitted by Georgia on July 26, 2017.
Under CSAPR, large electricity
generating units (EGUs) in Georgia are
subject to Federal Implementation Plans
(FIPs) requiring the units to participate
in CSAPR’s federal trading program for
annual emissions of nitrogen oxides
(NOX), one of CSAPR’s two federal
trading programs for annual emissions
of sulfur dioxide (SO2), and one of
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CSAPR’s two federal trading programs
for ozone season emissions of NOX. This
action would approve the State’s
regulations requiring large Georgia
EGUs to participate in new CSAPR state
trading programs for annual NOX,
annual SO2, and ozone season NOX
emissions integrated with the CSAPR
federal trading programs, replacing the
corresponding FIP requirements. EPA is
proposing to approve the portions of the
SIP revision concerning these CSAPR
state trading programs because these
portions of the SIP revision meet the
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA
or Act) and EPA’s regulations for
approval of a CSAPR full SIP revision
replacing the requirements of a CSAPR
FIP. Under the CSAPR regulations,
approval of these portions of the SIP
revision would automatically eliminate
Georgia’s units’ obligations under the
corresponding CSAPR FIPs addressing
interstate transport requirements for the
1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS), the 2006 24-hour
PM2.5 NAAQS, and the 1997 8-hour
Ozone NAAQS. Approval of these
portions of the SIP revision would
satisfy Georgia’s good neighbor
obligation for the 1997 Annual PM2.5
NAAQS, the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS, and the 1997 8-hour Ozone
NAAQS. In addition, approval of this
revision would remove from Georgia’s
SIP those state trading program rules
adopted to comply with CAIR.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0452 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashten Bailey, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Ms. Bailey
can be reached by telephone at (404)
562–9164 or via electronic mail at
bailey.ashten@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary
EPA is proposing to approve the
portions of the July 26, 2017, revision to
the Georgia SIP concerning CSAPR 1
trading programs for annual emissions
of NOX and SO2 and ozone season
emissions of NOX. Large EGUs in
Georgia are subject to CSAPR FIPs that
require the units to participate in the
federal CSAPR NOX Annual Trading
Program, the federal CSAPR SO2 Group
2 Trading Program, and the federal
CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 1
Trading Program. CSAPR also provides
a process for the submission and
approval of SIP revisions to replace the
requirements of CSAPR FIPs with SIP
requirements under which a state’s
units participate in CSAPR state trading
programs that are integrated with and,
with certain permissible exceptions,
substantively identical to the CSAPR
federal trading programs.
The portions of the SIP revision
proposed for approval would
incorporate into Georgia’s SIP state
trading program regulations for annual
NOX and SO2 and ozone season NOX
emissions that would replace EPA’s
federal trading program regulations for
those emissions from Georgia units.2
EPA is proposing to approve these
portions of the SIP revision because
they meet the requirements of the CAA
and EPA’s regulations for approval of a
CSAPR full SIP revision replacing a
federal trading program with a state
trading program that is integrated with
and substantively identical to the
federal trading program. Under the
CSAPR regulations, approval of these
portions of the SIP revision would
automatically eliminate the obligations
of large EGUs in Georgia to participate
1 Federal Implementation Plans; Interstate
Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and
Correction of SIP Approvals, 76 FR 48208 (August
8, 2011) (codified as amended at 40 CFR 52.38 and
52.39 and subparts AAAAA through EEEEE of 40
CFR part 97).
2 Under Georgia’s regulations, the State will retain
EPA’s default allowance allocation methodology
and EPA will remain the implementing authority
for administration of the trading program. See
sections IV and V.B.2, below.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0388; FRL-9966-21-Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; SC: Standards for Volatile Organic Compounds
and Oxides of Nitrogen
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve changes to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP)
that revise several miscellaneous rules for control standards for
process industries. Specifically, changes are made to standards for
volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen. EPA is proposing to
approve portions of SIP revisions submitted by the State of South
Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control, on the following dates: October 1, 2007, June
17, 2013, and January 20, 2016. These actions are being proposed
pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 15,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2017-0388 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Brad Akers, Air Regulatory
Management
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Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr.
Akers can be reached via telephone at (404) 562-9089 or via electronic
mail at akers.brad@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP revision as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this document.
Any parties interested in commenting on this document should do so at
this time.
Dated: August 3, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-17245 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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