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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0356; FRL–9968–82–
Region 7]
Approval of Missouri Air Quality
Implementation Plans; Infrastructure
SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving elements of
a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision from the State of Missouri for
the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS). Section 110
of the CAA requires that each state
adopt and submit a SIP for the
implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement of each new or revised
NAAQS promulgated by EPA. These
SIPs are commonly referred to as
‘‘infrastructure’’ SIPs. The infrastructure
requirements are designed to ensure that
the structural components of each
state’s air quality management program
are adequate to meet the state’s
responsibilities under the CAA.
DATES: This direct final rule will be
effective December 5, 2017, without
further notice, unless EPA receives
adverse comment by November 6, 2017.
If EPA receives adverse comment, we
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informing the public that the rule will
not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2015–0356, to 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:
Tracey Casburn, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and
Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at
(913) 551–7016, or by email at
casburn.tracey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section
provides additional information by
addressing the following:
I. What is being addressed in this document?
II. Have the requirements for approval of a
SIP revision been met?
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews.
I. What is being addressed in this
document?
EPA is approving the infrastructure
SIP submission from the State of
Missouri received on July 08, 2013, as
meeting the submittal requirements of
110(a)(1). EPA is approving the
following elements of section 110(a)(2):
(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II)—prevent
significant deterioration of air quality
(prong 3), (D)(ii), (E) through (H), and (J)
through (M). EPA is not acting on the
elements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—
significant contribution to
nonattainment (prong 1), interfering
with maintenance of the NAAQs (prong
2) because those elements were not
addressed in the SIP revision submittal.
EPA is not acting on section 110(a)(2)(I).
EPA will act on 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)—
protection of visibility (prong 4) in a
separate action.
A Technical Support Document (TSD)
is included as part of the docket to
discuss the details of this action,
including analysis of how the SIP meets
the applicable 110 requirements for
infrastructure SIPs.
II. Have the requirements for approval
of a SIP revision been met?
The state’s submission has met the
public notice requirements for the
Ozone infrastructure SIP submission in
accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The
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state held a public comment period
from The MDNR held a public hearing
and comment period from April 30,
2013 to June 06, 2013. EPA provided
comments on May 23, 2013 and were
the only commenters. A public hearing
was held on May 30, 2013. The
submission satisfied the completeness
criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V
for all elements except
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prongs 1 and 2. EPA
published a document in the Federal
Register, ‘‘Findings of Failure to Submit
a Section 110 State Implementation
Plan for Interstate Transport for the
2008 National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone’’.1 Missouri was
included in this finding because it had
not made a complete ‘‘good neighbor’’
SIP submittal to meet the section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prongs 1 and 2
elements. As explained in more detail in
the TSD, which is part of this docket,
the revision meets the substantive SIP
requirements of the CAA, including
section 110 and implementing
regulations.
III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is taking direct final action to
approve elements of the July 08, 2013,
infrastructure SIP submission from the
State of Missouri, which addresses the
requirements of CAA sections 110(a)(1)
and (2) as applicable to the 2008 Ozone
NAAQS. As stated above, EPA is
approving the revision as meeting the
submittal requirement of section
110(a)(1) and approving the following
elements of section 110(a)(2): (A), (B),
(C), (D)(i)(II)—prong 3, (D)(ii), (E)
through (H), and (J) through (M). EPA
will act on (D)(i)(II)—prong 4 in a
separate action.
EPA is taking no further action with
respect to elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prongs 1 and 2—
because the Cross State Air Pollution
Rule (CSAPR) Federal Implementation
Plans (FIPs) that require subject units in
Missouri to participate in the Federal
CSAPR NOX Annual Trading Program
and the Federal CSAPR SO2 Group 1
Trading Program continue to apply and
addresses emissions from subject units
that may be contributing to
nonattainment (prong 1) or interfering
with maintenance (prong 2) of the
NAAQS in another state.2 3
Additionally, on June 28, 2016, EPA
took direct final action to approve
Missouri’s adoption of state regulations
that established state-determined
allocations replacing EPA’s CSAPR
default annual NOX and annual SO2
1 See
80 FR 39961 (August 12, 2015).
76 FR 48208 (August 8, 2011).
3 See 81 FR 74504 (December 27, 2016).
emissions allocation allowances for
2017 and later years as an abbreviated
SIP revision.4
EPA is not taking action on section
110(a)(2)(I). Section 110(a)(2)(I) requires
that in the case of a plan or plan
revision for areas designated as
nonattainment areas, states must meet
applicable requirements of part D of the
CAA, relating to SIP requirements for
designated nonattainment areas. EPA
does not expect infrastructure SIP
submissions to address element (I). The
specific SIP submissions for designated
nonattainment areas, as required under
CAA title I, part D, are subject to
different submission schedules than
those for section 110 infrastructure
elements. EPA will take action on part
D attainment plan SIP submissions
through a separate rulemaking governed
by the requirements for nonattainment
areas, as described in part D.
We are publishing this direct final
rule without a prior proposed rule
because we view this as a
noncontroversial action and anticipate
no adverse comment. However, in the
‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of this
Federal Register, we are publishing a
separate document that will serve as the
proposed rule to approve the SIP
revision if adverse comments are
received on this direct final rule. We
will not institute a second comment
period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so at
this time. For further information about
commenting on this rule, see the
ADDRESSES section of this document. If
EPA receives adverse comment, we will
publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register informing the public
that this direct final rule will not take
effect. We will address all public
comments in any subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely 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 (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).
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 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, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: September 21, 2017.
Cathy Stepp,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR part
52 as set forth below:
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PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
§ 52.1320
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entry (63) in numerical order to read as
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1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI NONREGULATORY SIP PROVISIONS
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(63) Sections 110 (a)(1)
and 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements
for the 2008 Ozone
NAAQS.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R08–OAR–2013–0558, FRL–9969–00–
Region 8]
Promulgation of State Implementation
Plan Revisions; Infrastructure
Requirements for the 2010 SO2 and
2012 PM2.5 National Ambient Air
Quality Standards; North Dakota
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving elements of
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions from the State of North Dakota
to demonstrate the State meets
infrastructure requirements of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) for the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
promulgated for sulfur dioxide (SO2) on
June 2, 2010, and fine particulate matter
(PM2.5) on December 14, 2012.
DATES: This rule is effective on
November 6, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R08–OAR–2013–0558. 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., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
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This action approves the following CAA elements:
110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II)—
prong 3, (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L),
and (M). 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prongs 1 and 2 are
addressed by a Federal Implementation Plan.
110(a)(2)(I) is not applicable. [EPA–R07–OAR–
2015–0356; FRL–9968–82–Region 7.]
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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 either electronically through
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Program, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129. The EPA requests that if at
all possible, you contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to view the hard copy
of the docket. You may view the hard
copy of the docket Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding
federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Gregory, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, (303) 312–6175,
gregory.kate@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Infrastructure requirements for SIPs
are set forth in section 110(a)(1) and (2)
of the CAA. Section 110(a)(2) lists the
specific infrastructure elements that a
SIP must contain or satisfy. The
elements that are the subject of this
action are described in detail in our
notice of proposed rulemaking
published on June 6, 2017 (82 FR
25999).
In our proposed rule, the EPA
proposed to approve some infrastructure
elements and to take no action on others
for the 2010 SO2 and 2012 PM2.5
NAAQS from the State’s March 7, 2013
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and August 23, 2015 certifications,1
respectively. In this rulemaking, we are
taking final action to approve those
infrastructure elements from the State’s
certifications for which we proposed
approval.
II. Response to Comments
No comments were received on our
June 29, 2017 notice of proposed
rulemaking.
III. Final Action
For reasons expressed in the proposed
rule, the EPA is taking final action to
approve infrastructure elements from
the State’s certifications as shown in
Table 1. Elements we are taking no
action on are reflected in Table 2.
TABLE 1—LIST OF NORTH DAKOTA INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS AND REVISIONS THE EPA IS APPROVING
Approval
March 7, 2013 submittal—2010 SO2 NAAQS:
(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II) prongs 3 and 4,
(D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L) and
(M).
August 23, 2015 submittal—2012 PM2.5
NAAQS: (A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II) prongs 3
and 4, (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L)
and (M).
1 ‘‘Where an air agency determines that the
provisions in or referred to by its existing EPA
approved SIP are adequate with respect to a given
infrastructure SIP element (or sub element) even in
light of the promulgation of a new or revised
NAAQS, the air agency may make a SIP submission
in the form of a certification.’’ EPA’s ‘‘Guidance on
Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Elements under Clean Air Act Sections 110(a)(1)
and (2),’’ September 13, 2013, at 7.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0356; FRL-9968-82-Region 7]
Approval of Missouri Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving
elements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision from the State
of Missouri for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS). Section 110 of the CAA requires that each state adopt and
submit a SIP for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of
each new or revised NAAQS promulgated by EPA. These SIPs are commonly
referred to as ``infrastructure'' SIPs. The infrastructure requirements
are designed to ensure that the structural components of each state's
air quality management program are adequate to meet the state's
responsibilities under the CAA.
DATES: This direct final rule will be effective December 5, 2017,
without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by November
6, 2017. If EPA receives adverse comment, we 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-R07-
OAR-2015-0356, to 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: Tracey Casburn, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7016, or by email at
casburn.tracey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refer to EPA. This section provides additional information by
addressing the following:
I. What is being addressed in this document?
II. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews.
I. What is being addressed in this document?
EPA is approving the infrastructure SIP submission from the State
of Missouri received on July 08, 2013, as meeting the submittal
requirements of 110(a)(1). EPA is approving the following elements of
section 110(a)(2): (A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II)--prevent significant
deterioration of air quality (prong 3), (D)(ii), (E) through (H), and
(J) through (M). EPA is not acting on the elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--significant contribution to nonattainment (prong
1), interfering with maintenance of the NAAQs (prong 2) because those
elements were not addressed in the SIP revision submittal. EPA is not
acting on section 110(a)(2)(I). EPA will act on 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)--
protection of visibility (prong 4) in a separate action.
A Technical Support Document (TSD) is included as part of the
docket to discuss the details of this action, including analysis of how
the SIP meets the applicable 110 requirements for infrastructure SIPs.
II. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
The state's submission has met the public notice requirements for
the Ozone infrastructure SIP submission in accordance with 40 CFR
51.102. The
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state held a public comment period from The MDNR held a public hearing
and comment period from April 30, 2013 to June 06, 2013. EPA provided
comments on May 23, 2013 and were the only commenters. A public hearing
was held on May 30, 2013. The submission satisfied the completeness
criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V for all elements except
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--prongs 1 and 2. EPA published a document in the
Federal Register, ``Findings of Failure to Submit a Section 110 State
Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport for the 2008 National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone''.\1\ Missouri was included in
this finding because it had not made a complete ``good neighbor'' SIP
submittal to meet the section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--prongs 1 and 2
elements. As explained in more detail in the TSD, which is part of this
docket, the revision meets the substantive SIP requirements of the CAA,
including section 110 and implementing regulations.
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III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is taking direct final action to approve elements of the July
08, 2013, infrastructure SIP submission from the State of Missouri,
which addresses the requirements of CAA sections 110(a)(1) and (2) as
applicable to the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. As stated above, EPA is approving
the revision as meeting the submittal requirement of section 110(a)(1)
and approving the following elements of section 110(a)(2): (A), (B),
(C), (D)(i)(II)--prong 3, (D)(ii), (E) through (H), and (J) through
(M). EPA will act on (D)(i)(II)--prong 4 in a separate action.
EPA is taking no further action with respect to elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--prongs 1 and 2--because the Cross State Air
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) that require
subject units in Missouri to participate in the Federal CSAPR
NOX Annual Trading Program and the Federal CSAPR
SO2 Group 1 Trading Program continue to apply and addresses
emissions from subject units that may be contributing to nonattainment
(prong 1) or interfering with maintenance (prong 2) of the NAAQS in
another state.2 3 Additionally, on June 28, 2016, EPA took
direct final action to approve Missouri's adoption of state regulations
that established state-determined allocations replacing EPA's CSAPR
default annual NOX and annual SO2 emissions
allocation allowances for 2017 and later years as an abbreviated SIP
revision.\4\
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\3\ See 81 FR 74504 (December 27, 2016).
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EPA is not taking action on section 110(a)(2)(I). Section
110(a)(2)(I) requires that in the case of a plan or plan revision for
areas designated as nonattainment areas, states must meet applicable
requirements of part D of the CAA, relating to SIP requirements for
designated nonattainment areas. EPA does not expect infrastructure SIP
submissions to address element (I). The specific SIP submissions for
designated nonattainment areas, as required under CAA title I, part D,
are subject to different submission schedules than those for section
110 infrastructure elements. EPA will take action on part D attainment
plan SIP submissions through a separate rulemaking governed by the
requirements for nonattainment areas, as described in part D.
We are publishing this direct final rule without a prior proposed
rule because we view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate
no adverse comment. However, in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of this
Federal Register, we are publishing a separate document that will serve
as the proposed rule to approve the SIP revision if adverse comments
are received on this direct final rule. We will not institute a second
comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting
must do so at this time. For further information about commenting on
this rule, see the ADDRESSES section of this document. If EPA receives
adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register informing the public that this direct final rule will not take
effect. We will address all public comments in any subsequent final
rule based on the proposed rule.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely 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).
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 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, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: September 21, 2017.
Cathy Stepp,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR part
52 as set forth below:
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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 AA--Missouri
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2. Amend Sec. 52.1320(e) by adding entry (63) in numerical order to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.1320 Identification of plan.
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(e)* * *
EPA-Approved Missouri Nonregulatory SIP Provisions
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Name of non- regulatory SIP Applicable geographic State
revision or nonattainment area submittal date EPA approval date Explanation
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(63) Sections 110 (a)(1) and Statewide............ 7/8/13 10/6/17, [Insert Federal Register This action approves the following
110(a)(2) Infrastructure citation]. CAA elements: 110(a)(1) and
Requirements for the 2008 Ozone 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II)--
NAAQS. prong 3, (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G),
(H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--prongs 1 and 2
are addressed by a Federal
Implementation Plan.
110(a)(2)(I) is not applicable. [EPA-
R07-OAR-2015-0356; FRL-9968-82-
Region 7.]
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