Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area, 60546-60550 [2017-27453]
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adverse comments were submitted by
December 7, 2017, the rule would be
withdrawn and not take effect. EPA
received an adverse comment prior to
the close of the comment period and,
therefore, is withdrawing the direct final
rule. EPA will address the comment in
a subsequent final action based upon
the proposed action also published on
November 7, 2017 (82 FR 51594). EPA
will not institute a second comment
period on this action.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: December 8, 2017.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Accordingly, the amendment to 40
CFR 52.2570 published in the Federal
Register on November 7, 2017 (82 FR
51575) is withdrawn effective December
21, 2017.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2015–0832; FRL–9972–00–
Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Texas;
Reasonably Available Control
Technology for Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions in the DallasFort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal Clean
Air Act (CAA or the Act), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is approving revisions to the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the State of Texas. The Texas SIP
submission revises rules for control of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) to
assist the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
moderate nonattainment area (NAA) in
attaining the 2008 8-hour ozone (O3)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) and demonstrates that
Reasonably Available Control
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Technology (RACT) requirements are
met for the DFW NAA. The submission
includes Wise County, a county added
as part of the DFW moderate NAA. We
are approving the submitted rules and
RACT demonstration as part of the DFW
moderate NAA SIP and as meeting
RACT requirements.
DATES: This rule is effective on January
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R06–OAR–2015–0832. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., Confidential Business Information
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically through https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Todd, 214–665–2156,
todd.robert@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.
I. Background
On July 10, 2015 the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) submitted rule revisions to their
30 TAC, Chapter 115 ‘‘Control of Air
Pollution from Volatile Organic
Compounds’’ and a demonstration that
RACT requirements are met in the DFW
NAA for inclusion into the Texas SIP.
The background for this action is
discussed in detail in our October 5,
2017 proposal, 82 FR 46450. In that
document we proposed to approve the
submitted TAC Chapter 115 SIP
revisions into the SIP because these
revisions will assist the DFW area reach
attainment under the 2008 8-Hour O3
NAAQS by reducing VOC emissions for
affected sources in the DFW area. We
also proposed approval of all revisions
for the amended, repealed, and new
sections of Chapter 115 that were
submitted for inclusion into the SIP.
Additionally, the EPA proposed
determining the TCEQ rules included in
these revisions would meet the CAA
§ 182(b) RACT requirements for the
2008 O3 NAAQS in the DFW NAA. We
also proposed approval of the RACT
demonstration, including the negative
declarations for certain RACT categories
of emission sources provided by the
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TCEQ. We did not receive any
comments regarding our proposal.
II. Final Action
We are approving the revisions to 30
TAC Chapter 115 submitted to the EPA
on July 10, 2015, for inclusion into the
Texas SIP. We are also approving the
DFW RACT demonstration submitted by
the TCEQ. For complete details of the
SIP revisions we are approving please
see the proposal to this action and the
accompanying Technical Support
Document included in the public docket
for this rule. This action is being taken
under section 110 of the Act.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the
incorporation by reference of the
revisions to the Texas regulations as
described in the Final Action section
above. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these materials
generally available through
www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA
Region 6 Office (please contact Robert
Todd for more information). Therefore,
these materials have been approved by
EPA for inclusion in the SIP, have been
incorporated by reference by EPA into
that plan, are fully federally enforceable
under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA
as of the effective date of the final
rulemaking of EPA’s approval, and will
be incorporated by reference by the
Director of the Federal Register in the
next update to the SIP compilation (62
FR 27968, May 22, 1997).
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, the EPA’s role is to
approve state choices, provided that
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
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governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by February 20,
2018. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this action for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
action because SIP approvals are
exempted under Executive Order 12866;
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the 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, 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
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
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Dated: December 15, 2017.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
40 CFR part 52 is amended 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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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart SS—Texas
2. In § 52.2270:
a. In paragraph (c), the table titled
‘‘EPA Approved Regulations In The
Texas SIP’’ is amended:
■ i. By revising the entries for sections
115.10, 115.110–115.115, 115.117–
115.119, 115.121 and 115.122, 115.125–
115.127, 115.129, 115.139, 115.215,
115.219, 115.229, 115.239, and 115.359;
■ ii. By adding entries for 115.410 and
115.411;
■ iii. By revising the entries for 115.415
and 115.416;
■ iv. By removing the entry for 115.417;
■ v. By revising the entries for 115.419–
115.423, 115.425–115.427, 115.429,
115.440–115.442, 115.446, 115.449–
115.451, 115.453, 115.459–115.461,
115.469, 115.471, 115.473, 115.479, and
115.519;
■ b. In paragraph (e), the second table
titled ‘‘EPA Approved Nonregulatory
Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory
Measures in the Texas SIP’’ is amended
by adding an entry for ‘‘DFW VOC
RACT Demonstration’’ at the end.
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
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Chapter 115 (Reg 5)—Control of Air Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds
Subchapter A—Definitions
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Subchapter B—General Volatile Organic Compounds
Division 1: Storage of Volatile Organic Compounds
115.110 ...........................
Applicability and Definitions .........................
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State
approval/
submittal date
State citation
Title/subject
EPA approval date
Explanation
115.112 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
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Recordkeeping Requirements ......................
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115.119 ...........................
Compliance Schedules ................................
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Division 2: Vent Gas Control
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115.121 ...........................
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115.122 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
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115.126 ...........................
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115.127 ...........................
Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements.
Exemptions ...................................................
115.129 ...........................
Counties and Compliance Schedules ..........
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Subchapter C—Volatile Organic Compound Transfer Operations
Division 1: Loading and Unloading of Volatile Organic Compounds
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115.215 ...........................
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Division 2: Filling of Gasoline Storage Vessels (Stage I) for Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities
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Division 3: Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Transport Vessels
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Subchapter D—Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas Processing, And Petrochemical Processes
Division 3: Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing, and Petrochemical Processes in O3 Nonattainment Areas
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State citation
State
approval/
submittal date
Title/subject
EPA approval date
Explanation
Subchapter E—Solvent-Using Processes
Division 1: Degreasing Processes
§ 115.410 ........................
Applicability ..................................................
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§ 115.411 ........................
Exemptions ...................................................
6/15/2015
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115.415 ...........................
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Testing ..........................................................
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115.416 ...........................
Recordkeeping Requirements ......................
6/15/2015
115.417 ...........................
Exemptions ...................................................
6/15/2015
115.419 ...........................
Counties and Compliance Schedules ..........
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Division 2: Surface Coating Processes
115.420 ...........................
Applicability and Definitions .........................
6/15/2015
115.421 ...........................
Emissions Specifications ..............................
6/15/2015
115.422 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
6/15/2015
115.423 ...........................
Alternate Control Requirements ...................
6/15/2015
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Testing Requirements ..................................
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6/15/2015
115.426 ...........................
6/15/2015
115.427 ...........................
Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements.
Exemptions ...................................................
115.429 ...........................
Counties and Compliance Schedules ..........
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Division 4: Offset Lithographic Printing
115.440 ...........................
Applicability and Definitions .........................
6/15/2015
115.441 ...........................
Exemptions ...................................................
6/15/2015
115.442 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
6/15/2015
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Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements.
Compliance Schedules ................................
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115.449 ...........................
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Division 5: Control Requirements for Surface Coating Processes
Applicability and Definitions .........................
6/15/2015
115.451 ...........................
Exemptions ...................................................
6/15/2015
115.453 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
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115.450 ...........................
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Division 6: Industrial Cleaning Solvents
115.460 ...........................
Applicability and Definitions .........................
6/15/2015
115.461 ...........................
Exemptions ...................................................
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EPA APPROVED REGULATIONS IN THE TEXAS SIP—Continued
State
approval/
submittal date
State citation
Title/subject
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Explanation
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Division 7: Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives
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115.471 ...........................
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Exemptions ...................................................
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115.473 ...........................
Control Requirements ..................................
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Subchapter F—Miscellaneous Industrial Sources
Division 1: Cutback Asphalt
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EPA APPROVED NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES IN THE TEXAS SIP
Applicable geographic or
non-attainment area
Name of SIP provision
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DFW VOC RACT Demonstration.
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DFW 2008 Ozone NAAQS non-attainment
area.
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Recovery Act (RCRA). On October 5,
2017, EPA proposed to authorize the
State’s changes. During the 30-day
comment period no adverse comments
were received.
DATES: The final authorization is
effective January 22, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Amaro, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 9, Land
Division, 75 Hawthorne Street (LND–1–
1), San Francisco, CA 94105, phone
number: 415–972–3364, email:
amaro.laurie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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40 CFR Part 271
[EPA–R09–RCRA–2017–0523; FRL–9972–
09-Region 9]
Arizona: Authorization of State
Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
A. What decisions has EPA made in this
rule?
Arizona applied to the EPA
for final authorization of changes
corresponding to certain federal
hazardous waste rules promulgated
between May 26, 1998, and July 28,
2006 (also known as RCRA Cluster VIII
(checklist 167D) and Clusters IX through
XVII) to its hazardous waste program
under the Resource Conservation and
On July 14, 2017, Arizona applied to
EPA for final authorization of changes to
the State hazardous waste program. EPA
concludes that Arizona’s application to
revise its authorized program meets all
statutory and regulatory requirements
established by RCRA, as set forth in
RCRA sec. 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b),
and 40 CFR part 271. Therefore, EPA
AGENCY:
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grants Arizona final authorization to
operate as part of its hazardous waste
program the changes listed below in
Section E of this document, as further
described in the authorization
application.
Arizona has responsibility for
permitting treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities within its borders
(except in Indian country) and for
carrying out the aspects of the RCRA
program described in its revised
program application, subject to the
limitations of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA).
B. What is the effect of today’s
authorization decision?
The effect of this decision is that the
changes described in Arizona’s
authorization application will become
part of the authorized State hazardous
waste program, and therefore will be
federally enforceable. Arizona will
continue to have primary enforcement
authority and responsibility for its State
hazardous waste program. EPA retains
its authorities under RCRA secs. 3007,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0832; FRL-9972-00-Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas;
Reasonably Available Control Technology for Volatile Organic Compound
Emissions in the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the
State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Texas. The
Texas SIP submission revises rules for control of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) to assist the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) moderate
nonattainment area (NAA) in attaining the 2008 8-hour ozone
(O3) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and
demonstrates that Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)
requirements are met for the DFW NAA. The submission includes Wise
County, a county added as part of the DFW moderate NAA. We are
approving the submitted rules and RACT demonstration as part of the DFW
moderate NAA SIP and as meeting RACT requirements.
DATES: This rule is effective on January 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0832. All documents in the docket are
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through https://www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas,
Texas 75202-2733.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Todd, 214-665-2156,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' means the EPA.
I. Background
On July 10, 2015 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) submitted rule revisions to their 30 TAC, Chapter 115 ``Control
of Air Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds'' and a demonstration
that RACT requirements are met in the DFW NAA for inclusion into the
Texas SIP. The background for this action is discussed in detail in our
October 5, 2017 proposal, 82 FR 46450. In that document we proposed to
approve the submitted TAC Chapter 115 SIP revisions into the SIP
because these revisions will assist the DFW area reach attainment under
the 2008 8-Hour O3 NAAQS by reducing VOC emissions for
affected sources in the DFW area. We also proposed approval of all
revisions for the amended, repealed, and new sections of Chapter 115
that were submitted for inclusion into the SIP. Additionally, the EPA
proposed determining the TCEQ rules included in these revisions would
meet the CAA Sec. 182(b) RACT requirements for the 2008 O3
NAAQS in the DFW NAA. We also proposed approval of the RACT
demonstration, including the negative declarations for certain RACT
categories of emission sources provided by the TCEQ. We did not receive
any comments regarding our proposal.
II. Final Action
We are approving the revisions to 30 TAC Chapter 115 submitted to
the EPA on July 10, 2015, for inclusion into the Texas SIP. We are also
approving the DFW RACT demonstration submitted by the TCEQ. For
complete details of the SIP revisions we are approving please see the
proposal to this action and the accompanying Technical Support Document
included in the public docket for this rule. This action is being taken
under section 110 of the Act.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the
revisions to the Texas regulations as described in the Final Action
section above. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these
materials generally available through www.regulations.gov and/or at the
EPA Region 6 Office (please contact Robert Todd for more information).
Therefore, these materials have been approved by EPA for inclusion in
the SIP, have been incorporated by reference by EPA into that plan, are
fully federally enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of
the effective date of the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will
be incorporated by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in
the next update to the SIP compilation (62 FR 27968, May 22, 1997).
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory
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action because SIP approvals are exempted under Executive Order 12866;
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the 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, 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).
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).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by February 20, 2018. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: December 15, 2017.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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 SS--Texas
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2. In Sec. 52.2270:
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a. In paragraph (c), the table titled ``EPA Approved Regulations In The
Texas SIP'' is amended:
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i. By revising the entries for sections 115.10, 115.110-115.115,
115.117-115.119, 115.121 and 115.122, 115.125-115.127, 115.129,
115.139, 115.215, 115.219, 115.229, 115.239, and 115.359;
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ii. By adding entries for 115.410 and 115.411;
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iii. By revising the entries for 115.415 and 115.416;
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iv. By removing the entry for 115.417;
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v. By revising the entries for 115.419-115.423, 115.425-115.427,
115.429, 115.440-115.442, 115.446, 115.449-115.451, 115.453, 115.459-
115.461, 115.469, 115.471, 115.473, 115.479, and 115.519;
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b. In paragraph (e), the second table titled ``EPA Approved
Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas
SIP'' is amended by adding an entry for ``DFW VOC RACT Demonstration''
at the end.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 52.2270 Identification of plan.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
EPA Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP
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State approval/
State citation Title/subject submittal EPA approval date Explanation
date
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Chapter 115 (Reg 5)--Control of Air Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds
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Subchapter A--Definitions
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115.10............................. Covered Attainment Counties.. 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
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Subchapter B--General Volatile Organic Compounds
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Division 1: Storage of Volatile Organic Compounds
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115.110............................ Applicability and Definitions 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.111............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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115.112............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.114............................ Inspection Requirements...... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.115............................ Monitoring Requirements...... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.117............................ Approved Test Methods........ 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.118............................ Recordkeeping Requirements... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.119............................ Compliance Schedules......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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Division 2: Vent Gas Control
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* * * * * * *
115.121............................ Emissions Specifications..... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.122............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.125............................ Testing Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.126............................ Monitoring and Recordkeeping 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Requirements. Register citation].
115.127............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.129............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Division 3: Water Separation
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* * * * * * *
115.139............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Subchapter C--Volatile Organic Compound Transfer Operations
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Division 1: Loading and Unloading of Volatile Organic Compounds
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* * * * * * *
115.215............................ Approved Test Methods........ 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.219............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
* * * * * * *
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Division 2: Filling of Gasoline Storage Vessels (Stage I) for Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities
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* * * * * * *
115.229............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Division 3: Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Transport Vessels
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* * * * * * *
115.239............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Subchapter D--Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas Processing, And Petrochemical Processes
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Division 3: Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing, and Petrochemical Processes in O Nonattainment Areas
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* * * * * * *
115.359............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Subchapter E--Solvent-Using Processes
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Division 1: Degreasing Processes
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Sec. 115.410..................... Applicability................ 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
Sec. 115.411..................... Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.415............................ Testing...................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.416............................ Recordkeeping Requirements... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.417............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.419............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Division 2: Surface Coating Processes
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115.420............................ Applicability and Definitions 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.421............................ Emissions Specifications..... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.422............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.423............................ Alternate Control 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Requirements. Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.425............................ Testing Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.426............................ Monitoring and Recordkeeping 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Requirements. Register citation].
115.427............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.429............................ Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
* * * * * * *
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Division 4: Offset Lithographic Printing
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115.440............................ Applicability and Definitions 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.441............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.442............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.446............................ Monitoring and Recordkeeping 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Requirements. Register citation].
115.449............................ Compliance Schedules......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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Division 5: Control Requirements for Surface Coating Processes
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115.450............................ Applicability and Definitions 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.451............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.453............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
15.459............................. Counties and Compliance 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Schedules. Register citation].
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Division 6: Industrial Cleaning Solvents
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115.460............................ Applicability and Definitions 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.461............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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115.469............................ Compliance Schedules......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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Division 7: Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives
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* * * * * * *
115.471............................ Exemptions................... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
115.473............................ Control Requirements......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
115.479............................ Compliance Schedules......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
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Subchapter F--Miscellaneous Industrial Sources
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Division 1: Cutback Asphalt
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* * * * * * *
115.519............................ Compliance Schedules......... 6/15/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
Register citation].
* * * * * * *
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* * * * *
(e) * * *
EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP
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State
Name of SIP provision Applicable geographic or non- submittal/ EPA approval date Comments
attainment area effective date
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* * * * * * *
DFW VOC RACT Demonstration......... DFW 2008 Ozone NAAQS non- 7/10/2015 12/21/2017 [Insert Federal .....................................
attainment area. Register citation].
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