Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Redesignation of the Lake County Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area, 8492-8496 [2019-04160]
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and (B) secondary seal and the wall of
the vessel.’’ The definition is acceptable.
deletion of 326 IAC 8–9–6(i)(2), this
phrase no longer has any meaning.
326 IAC 8–9–4
II. What action is EPA proposing?
Standards
This section has been revised to
clarify that equivalent control systems
must be approved by IDEM and EPA.
Indiana also clarified that automatic
bleeder vents and rim vents must be
equipped with a gasket.
326 IAC 8–9–5
Testing and Procedures
This section sets forth an inspection
process for each affected tank.
Previously, the rule required tanks to be
emptied, degassed, inspected and then
refilled at specific time intervals. IDEM
revised the rule to allow alternative
inspection methods so that tanks can be
inspected while still in use, rather than
emptying for the purpose of inspection.
If the tank has not been emptied and
degassed within the required inspection
period, sources are required to inspect
the vessel while in service in
accordance with EPA’s subpart WW
requirements at 40 CFR 63.1063(d)(1)(i)
through 40 CFR 63.1063(d)(1)(v). In
addition, sources are required to
perform an internal out-of-service
inspection in accordance with EPA’s
Standards of Performance for Volatile
Organic Liquid Storage Vessels
(including Petroleum Liquid Storage
Vessels) for Which Construction,
Reconstruction, or Modification
Commenced After July 23, 1984,
codified at 40 CFR 60.113b(a)(4), each
time the vessel is emptied and degassed.
This revision is approvable because
requiring sources to empty and degas
storage tanks for the sole purpose of
inspection results in greater VOC
emissions than inspecting the tanks
while in service.
326 IAC 8–9–6 Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements
Paragraphs (i) and (j) of this section
set forth specific methods for
determining the maximum true vapor
pressure of VOLs. IDEM revised these
sections to include updated references
to the appropriate test methods and to
clarify that any equivalent method for
determining maximum true vapor
pressure must be approved by both
IDEM and EPA.
In revising these paragraphs, Indiana
inadvertently retained the phrase ‘‘For
other liquids,’’ at the beginning of 326
IAC 8–9–6(i)(3), which refers to former
section 326 IAC 8–9–6(i)(2) which IDEM
has deleted from its rule. In a September
28, 2018 email, IDEM clarified that it
will disregard this phrase when
interpreting and/or implementing 326
IAC 8–9–6(i). In fact, given the state’s
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EPA is proposing to approve revisions
to Indiana’s SIP pursuant to section 110
and part D of the CAA because Indiana’s
August 20, 2018 submission of rule 326
IAC 8–9, as supplemented on September
28, 2018, is consistent with the
requirements of the CAA.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, EPA is proposing to
include in a final EPA rule regulatory
text that includes incorporation by
reference. In accordance with
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is
proposing to incorporate by reference
Indiana rule 326 IAC 8–9 Volatile
Organic Liquid Storage Vessels,
effective July 16, 2018. EPA has made,
and will continue to make, these
documents generally available through
www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
Region 5 Office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
preamble for more information).
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
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);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
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
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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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
Cheryl L Newton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA–R05–OAR–2018–0224; FRL–9990–47–
Region 5]
Designation of Areas for Air Quality
Planning Purposes; Ohio;
Redesignation of the Lake County
Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the Clean
Air Act (CAA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
redesignate the Lake County sulfur
dioxide (SO2) nonattainment area from
nonattainment to attainment. EPA is
also proposing to approve Ohio’s
maintenance plan, which Ohio
submitted on April 9, 2018. EPA has
approved Ohio’s State Implementation
Plan (SIP) for Lake County, and the air
quality in the area is meeting the SO2
standard.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before April 8, 2019.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05–
OAR–2018–0224 at https://
www.regulations.gov or via email to
Blakley.pamela@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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Portanova, Environmental
Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR18J),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–5954,
portanova.mary@epa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. Background and Redesignation
Requirements
II. Determination of Attainment
III. Ohio’s SIP
IV. Permanent and Enforceable Emission
Reductions
V. Requirements for the Area Under Section
110 and Part D
VI. Maintenance Plan
VII. What action is EPA taking?
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and redesignation
requirements
In 2010, EPA established a revised
primary SO2 national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) of 75 parts
per billion (ppb) (75 FR 35520, June 22,
2010). EPA designated the Lake County
area as nonattainment for the 2010 SO2
NAAQS on August 5, 2013 (78 FR
47191) based upon air quality
monitoring data for calendar years
2009–2011. The Lake County
nonattainment area is comprised of the
entirety of Lake County, Ohio.
Ohio was required to prepare a
nonattainment plan that would provide
for attainment of the NAAQS by the SO2
attainment date of October 4, 2018. The
plan must also meet the additional
requirements of sections 172(c) and
191–192 of the CAA. Ohio submitted its
plan on April 3, 2015, and
supplemented it on October 13, 2015,
and on March 13, 2017. EPA approved
the Lake County nonattainment plan on
February 14, 2019 (84 FR 3986).
Under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E), there
are five criteria which must be met
before a nonattainment area may be
redesignated to attainment.
1. EPA has determined that the
relevant NAAQS has been attained in
the area.
2. The applicable implementation
plan has been fully approved by EPA
under section 110(k).
3. EPA has determined that
improvement in air quality is due to
permanent and enforceable reductions
in emissions resulting from the SIP,
Federal regulations, and other
permanent and enforceable reductions.
4. The State has met all applicable
requirements for the area under section
110 and part D.
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5. EPA has fully approved a
maintenance plan, including a
contingency plan, for the area under
section 175A of the CAA.
II. Determination of Attainment
The first requirement for
redesignation is to demonstrate that the
standard has been attained in the area.
As stated in EPA’s April 2014
‘‘Guidance for 1-Hour SO2
Nonattainment Area SIP Submissions,’’
for SO2, there are two components
needed to support an attainment
determination: a review of
representative air quality monitoring
data, and a further analysis, generally
requiring air quality modeling, to
demonstrate that the entire area is
attaining the applicable standard, based
on current actual emissions or the fully
implemented control strategy. Ohio has
addressed both components.
Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR
50.17, the SO2 standard is met at an
ambient air quality monitoring site
when the three-year average of the
annual 99th percentile of one-hour daily
maximum concentrations is less than or
equal to 75 ppb, as determined in
accordance with appendix T of 40 CFR
part 50 at all relevant monitoring sites
in the subject area. EPA has reviewed
the ambient air monitoring data for the
Lake County nonattainment area. The
Lake County nonattainment area has
two SO2 monitoring sites, located in
Painesville and Eastlake in northern
Lake County. This review addresses air
quality data collected from 2015
through 2017, which includes the most
recent three years of complete, qualityassured data. All data considered are
certified and recorded in EPA’s Air
Quality System database. Ohio has
committed to continue monitoring for
SO2 at these locations.
Table 1 shows the 99th percentile
results and three-year average design
value for the Lake County
nonattainment area monitors for 2015–
2017. The overall 2015–2017 design
value for Lake County is 66 ppb, which
is below the SO2 standard. Therefore,
Ohio has demonstrated that Lake
County’s SO2 monitors show
attainment. Preliminary data for 2018
indicate that the area is continuing to
attain the SO2 standard.
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TABLE 1—MONITORING DATA FOR THE LAKE COUNTY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR 2015–2017
Site ID
Year and 99th percentile value
(ppb)
Location
2015
39–085–0003 ....................................
39–085–0007 ....................................
Eastlake, Lake County .....................
Painesville, Lake County ..................
Regarding the requirement for Ohio to
demonstrate that the entire area is
attaining the SO2 standard, Ohio
referred to the dispersion modeling
analysis which was submitted on April
3, 2015, as part of its nonattainment
plan. This analysis demonstrated that
revised SO2 emission limits in
Painesville and concurrent permanent
SO2 emission reductions in Eastlake
would provide for attainment. Ohio has
confirmed that the modeled facilities are
currently in full compliance with their
emission limits, so that current actual
emissions are at or below the levels
Ohio used in its modeling analysis. The
modeling analysis was discussed in
detail in the August 21, 2018 (83 FR
42235) notice of proposed rulemaking
for the Lake County SO2 nonattainment
SIP. EPA approved the Lake County
nonattainment plan on February 14,
2019 (84 FR 3986). EPA proposes to find
that this modeling analysis addresses
the CAA requirements for redesignation.
III. Ohio’s SIP
On October 11, 2018 (83 FR 51361),
EPA approved revisions to Ohio’s SO2
SIP, including emission limits which
were demonstrated to provide for
attainment in Lake County. On February
14, 2019 (84 FR 3986), EPA approved
Ohio’s nonattainment SIP for Lake
County, including a finding that Ohio
had satisfied requirements for providing
for attainment of the SO2 standard in
Lake County. Ohio has adopted its SO2
SIP regulations, including those which
cover Lake County, at Ohio
Administrative Code (OAC) 3745–18,
and Ohio has shown that it maintains an
active enforcement program to ensure
ongoing compliance. Ohio’s new source
review/prevention of significant
deterioration program will address
emissions from new sources.
IV. Permanent and Enforceable
Emission Reductions
For an area to be redesignated, the
state must be able to reasonably
attribute the improvement in air quality
to emission reductions which are
permanent and enforceable. The
FirstEnergy Generation, LLC, Eastlake
Plant (Eastlake plant), located in
Eastlake, Ohio, permanently shut down
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its coal-fired boilers as of April 2015.
The boiler retirement provided a
decrease of 48,300 tons per year (tpy)
from 2011 actual emissions. Ohio has
removed the authority to operate the
retired units from the Eastlake plant’s
federally enforceable State operating
permit. The Eastlake plant cannot begin
to use its large boilers again without
applying for a new operating permit.
Therefore, EPA proposes to accept this
boiler retirement as a permanent and
enforceable emission reduction.
Ohio has implemented new emission
limits at OAC 3745–18–49(F) for the
Painesville Municipal Electric Plant
(Painesville plant) in Painesville, Ohio.
The new limits for the Painesville plant
provide for at least a 2,080 tpy decrease
from 2011 actual emissions and an
approximate 90 percent decrease from
the plant’s previously allowable
emissions. EPA approved these new
limits into Ohio’s SIP on October 11,
2018 (83 FR 51361), which renders the
limits federally enforceable, and Ohio
has confirmed that the Painesville plant
is currently complying with the limits.
The design value for Lake County at
the time of its nonattainment
designation was 157 ppb, with the
highest monitored values found at the
Painesville monitor (39–085–0007).
More recent monitoring data in Lake
County indicates that ambient SO2
levels improved after the Eastlake plant
closed its large boilers in April 2015,
and after the Painesville plant’s
emissions dropped in 2016 to
approximately a tenth of their 2011
level, as the Painesville plant prepared
for the January 2017 compliance date of
its new emission limits. The current
design value for Lake County (2015–
2017) is 66 ppb, with the highest
measured values found at the
Painesville monitor. This design value
demonstrates attainment of the SO2
NAAQS. EPA proposes to find that the
improvement in air quality in Lake
County can be attributed to permanent
and enforceable emission reductions at
the Eastlake and Painesville plants.
V. Requirements for the Area Under
Section 110 and Part D
Ohio has submitted information
demonstrating that it meets the
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2015–2017
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requirements of the CAA for the Lake
County nonattainment area. EPA
approved Ohio’s infrastructure SIP for
SO2 on August 14, 2015 (80 FR 48733).
This infrastructure SIP approval
confirms that Ohio’s SIP meets the
requirements of CAA section 110(a)(1)
and 110(a)(2) to contain the basic
program elements, such as an active
enforcement program and permitting
program.
Section 191 of the CAA requires Ohio
to submit a part D SIP for the Lake
County nonattainment area by April 4,
2015. Ohio submitted its part D SIP on
April 3, 2015 and supplemented it on
October 13, 2015 and on March 13,
2017. The SIP included a demonstration
of attainment and revised emission
limits for the Painesville plant. EPA
approved the Lake County
nonattainment plan on February 14,
2019 (84 FR 3986).
This rulemaking concluded that Ohio
satisfied the various requirements under
CAA section 110 and part D for the Lake
County SO2 nonattainment area. For
example, EPA concluded that Ohio
satisfied requirements for an attainment
inventory of the SO2 emissions from
sources in the nonattainment area
(required under section 173(c)(3)),
reasonably available control measures
(RACM) (required under section
173(c)(1)), and reasonable further
progress (required under section
173(c)(2)).
Section 176(c) of the CAA requires
States to establish criteria and
procedures to ensure that federally
supported or funded projects conform to
the air quality planning goals in the
applicable SIP. The requirement to
determine conformity applies to
transportation plans, programs, and
projects that are developed, funded, or
approved under title 23 of the United
States Code (U.S.C.) and the Federal
Transit Act (transportation conformity)
as well as to all other federally
supported or funded projects (general
conformity). State transportation
conformity SIP revisions must be
consistent with Federal conformity
regulations relating to consultation,
enforcement, and enforceability that
EPA promulgated pursuant to its
authority under the CAA. On August 20,
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2014, Ohio submitted documentation
establishing transportation conformity
procedures in its SIP. EPA approved
these procedures on March 2, 2015 (80
FR 11133). EPA is proposing to find that
Ohio has satisfied the applicable
requirements for the redesignation of
the Lake County nonattainment area
under section 110 and part D of title I
of the CAA.
VI. Maintenance Plan
CAA section 175A sets forth the
elements of a maintenance plan for
areas seeking redesignation from
nonattainment to attainment. Under
section 175A, the plan must
demonstrate continued attainment of
the applicable NAAQS for at least ten
years after the nonattainment area is
redesignated to attainment. Eight years
after the redesignation, the State must
submit a revised maintenance plan
demonstrating that attainment will
continue to be maintained for the ten
years following the initial ten-year
period. To address the possibility of
future NAAQS violations, the
maintenance plan must contain
contingency measures as EPA deems
necessary to assure prompt correction of
any future one-hour violations.
Specifically, the maintenance plan
should address five requirements: The
attainment emissions inventory,
maintenance demonstration,
monitoring, verification of continued
attainment, and a contingency plan.
Ohio’s April 9, 2018 redesignation
request contains its maintenance plan,
which Ohio has committed to review
eight years after redesignation.
Ohio submitted an attainment
emission inventory which addresses the
2011 base year emissions of over 52,000
tpy and projections of future emissions,
for point, area, and mobile sources.
While the attainment date for Lake
County was October 4, 2018, Ohio’s
April 9, 2018 redesignation request
chose 2016 as the attainment year for its
maintenance plan emission inventory,
because in 2016, significant SO2
emission reductions occurred at the
Eastlake and Painesville plants, and
2016 was one of the years contributing
to the 2015–2017 design value which
demonstrated Lake County’s
achievement of attainment of the SO2
NAAQS. The attainment year inventory
included actual reductions due to the
boiler retirements at the Eastlake plant
and actual reductions at the Painesville
plant (as it was approaching full
required compliance with the plant’s
expected revised limits). Total SO2
emissions in Lake County for the
attainment year were 483 tpy. Ohio
projected emissions for an interim
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future year, 2023, and the maintenance
year, 2030.
Ohio projected that total SO2
emissions in Lake County in the
applicable years would be 433 tpy. This
large reduction in emissions since the
base year is expected to be sufficient to
maintain the SO2 standard in Lake
County.
Ohio’s maintenance demonstration
consists of the nonattainment SIP air
quality analysis which demonstrated
that the emission reductions now in
effect in Lake County will provide for
attainment of the NAAQS. The
permanent and enforceable SO2
emission reductions described above
ensure that Lake County emissions will
be equal to or less than the emission
levels which were evaluated in the air
quality analysis, and Ohio’s
enforcement program will ensure that
the Lake County SO2 emission limits are
met continuously.
For continuing verification, Ohio has
committed to track the emissions and
compliance status of the major facilities
in Lake County so that future emissions
will not exceed the attainment
inventory. All major sources in Ohio are
required to submit annual emissions
data, which the state uses to update its
emission inventories as required by the
CAA. Ohio has also committed to
continue ambient SO2 monitoring in
Lake County to verify attainment of the
NAAQS.
The requirement to submit
contingency measures in accordance
with section 172(c)(9) can be adequately
addressed for SO2 by the operation of a
comprehensive enforcement program
which can quickly identify and address
sources that might be causing
exceedances of the NAAQS level. Ohio’s
enforcement program is active and
capable of prompt action to remedy
compliance issues or NAAQS
exceedances. In particular, Ohio’s April
9, 2018 redesignation request submittal
discusses its two-tiered plan to respond
to increasing SO2 concentrations or new
exceedances of the SO2 NAAQS in the
maintenance area. Ohio commits to
study SO2 emission trends and identify
areas of concern and potential
additional measures, particularly where
an annual average 99th percentile
maximum daily one-hour SO2
concentration of 79 ppb or greater
occurs. In the case of a two-year average
of 76 ppb or greater occurring in the
maintenance area, Ohio will assess the
situation and consider additional
control measures which can be
implemented quickly. Ohio has the
authority to expeditiously adopt,
implement and enforce any subsequent
emissions control measures deemed
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necessary to correct any future SO2
violations. Ohio commits to adopt and
implement such corrective actions as
necessary to address trends of
increasing emissions or ambient
impacts. The public will have the
opportunity to participate in the
contingency measure implementation
process. EPA proposes to find that Ohio
has addressed the contingency measure
requirement. Further, EPA proposes to
find that Ohio’s maintenance plan
adequately addresses the five basic
components necessary to maintain the
SO2 standard in the Lake County
nonattainment area.
VII. What action is EPA taking?
In accordance with Ohio’s April 9,
2018 request, EPA is proposing to
redesignate the Lake County
nonattainment area from nonattainment
to attainment of the SO2 NAAQS. Ohio
has demonstrated that the area is
attaining the SO2 standard, and that the
improvement in air quality is due to
permanent and enforceable SO2
emission reductions in the
nonattainment area. EPA is also
proposing to approve Ohio’s
maintenance plan, which is designed to
ensure that the area will continue to
maintain the SO2 standard.
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
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);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
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.);
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• 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).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection,
Environmental protection, Air pollution
control, National parks, Wilderness
areas.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
Cheryl L Newton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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AGENCY
Revisions to the Criteria for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills To Address
Advances in Liquids Management;
Extension of Comment Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) issued an advance notice
of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in the
Federal Register on December 26, 2018,
to solicit comment on potential
revisions to the criteria for municipal
solid waste landfills and associated
issues related to advances in liquids
management. This ANPRM, entitled
‘‘Revisions to the Criteria for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills to Address
Advances in Liquids Management,’’
provided for a 90-day public comment
period ending on March 26, 2019. The
EPA received a number of requests from
public interest groups for additional
time to review the ANPRM and to
develop and submit comments. This
ANPRM extends the comment period
for 45 days, from March 26, 2019, to
May 10, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2015–0354; Title: Revisions to
the Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills to Address Advances in
Liquids Management at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
The 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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Dufficy, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery,
Mail Code 5304P, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 308–9037;
email address: dufficy.craig@epa.gov.
The EPA
is considering whether to propose
revisions to the criteria for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLFs) to
support advances in effective liquids
management. To this end, EPA is
seeking information relating to:
removing the prohibition on the
addition of bulk liquids to MSWLFs;
defining a particular class of MSWLF
units (i.e., bioreactor landfill units) to
operate with increased moisture
content; and establishing revised
MSWLF criteria to address additional
technical considerations associated with
liquids management, including waste
stability, subsurface reactions, and other
important safety and operational issues.
This ANPRM also discusses the results
of related research conducted to date,
describes EPA’s preliminary analysis of
that research, and seeks additional
scientific studies, data, and public input
on issues that may inform a future
proposed rule. The EPA is not
reopening any existing regulations
through this ANPRM.
The ANPRM was published on
December 26, 2018, and the comment
period was scheduled to end on March
26, 2019. See 83 FR 66210. Since
publication of the ANPRM, several
stakeholders have requested additional
time to review the ANPRM and to
develop and submit comments.
Therefore, after considering these
requests for additional time, the EPA
has decided to extend the comment
period until May 10, 2019.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 258
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Waste
treatment and disposal, Water pollution
and control.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
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Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio;
Redesignation of the Lake County Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to redesignate the Lake County
sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment area from nonattainment
to attainment. EPA is also proposing to approve Ohio's maintenance
plan, which Ohio submitted on April 9, 2018. EPA has approved Ohio's
State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Lake County, and the air quality in
the area is meeting the SO2 standard.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2018-0224 at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to
Blakley.pamela@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: Mary Portanova, Environmental
Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-5954, portanova.mary@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. Background and Redesignation Requirements
II. Determination of Attainment
III. Ohio's SIP
IV. Permanent and Enforceable Emission Reductions
V. Requirements for the Area Under Section 110 and Part D
VI. Maintenance Plan
VII. What action is EPA taking?
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and redesignation requirements
In 2010, EPA established a revised primary SO2 national
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) of 75 parts per billion (ppb) (75
FR 35520, June 22, 2010). EPA designated the Lake County area as
nonattainment for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS on August 5, 2013 (78
FR 47191) based upon air quality monitoring data for calendar years
2009-2011. The Lake County nonattainment area is comprised of the
entirety of Lake County, Ohio.
Ohio was required to prepare a nonattainment plan that would
provide for attainment of the NAAQS by the SO2 attainment
date of October 4, 2018. The plan must also meet the additional
requirements of sections 172(c) and 191-192 of the CAA. Ohio submitted
its plan on April 3, 2015, and supplemented it on October 13, 2015, and
on March 13, 2017. EPA approved the Lake County nonattainment plan on
February 14, 2019 (84 FR 3986).
Under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E), there are five criteria which must
be met before a nonattainment area may be redesignated to attainment.
1. EPA has determined that the relevant NAAQS has been attained in
the area.
2. The applicable implementation plan has been fully approved by
EPA under section 110(k).
3. EPA has determined that improvement in air quality is due to
permanent and enforceable reductions in emissions resulting from the
SIP, Federal regulations, and other permanent and enforceable
reductions.
4. The State has met all applicable requirements for the area under
section 110 and part D.
5. EPA has fully approved a maintenance plan, including a
contingency plan, for the area under section 175A of the CAA.
II. Determination of Attainment
The first requirement for redesignation is to demonstrate that the
standard has been attained in the area. As stated in EPA's April 2014
``Guidance for 1-Hour SO2 Nonattainment Area SIP
Submissions,'' for SO2, there are two components needed to
support an attainment determination: a review of representative air
quality monitoring data, and a further analysis, generally requiring
air quality modeling, to demonstrate that the entire area is attaining
the applicable standard, based on current actual emissions or the fully
implemented control strategy. Ohio has addressed both components.
Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR 50.17, the SO2 standard
is met at an ambient air quality monitoring site when the three-year
average of the annual 99th percentile of one-hour daily maximum
concentrations is less than or equal to 75 ppb, as determined in
accordance with appendix T of 40 CFR part 50 at all relevant monitoring
sites in the subject area. EPA has reviewed the ambient air monitoring
data for the Lake County nonattainment area. The Lake County
nonattainment area has two SO2 monitoring sites, located in
Painesville and Eastlake in northern Lake County. This review addresses
air quality data collected from 2015 through 2017, which includes the
most recent three years of complete, quality-assured data. All data
considered are certified and recorded in EPA's Air Quality System
database. Ohio has committed to continue monitoring for SO2
at these locations.
Table 1 shows the 99th percentile results and three-year average
design value for the Lake County nonattainment area monitors for 2015-
2017. The overall 2015-2017 design value for Lake County is 66 ppb,
which is below the SO2 standard. Therefore, Ohio has
demonstrated that Lake County's SO2 monitors show
attainment. Preliminary data for 2018 indicate that the area is
continuing to attain the SO2 standard.
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Table 1--Monitoring Data for the Lake County Nonattainment Area for 2015-2017
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Year and 99th percentile value (ppb) Average 2015-
Site ID Location ------------------------------------------------ 2017 (ppb)
2015 2016 2017
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39-085-0003................... Eastlake, Lake 36 10 5 17
County.
39-085-0007................... Painesville, 89 80 29 66
Lake County.
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Regarding the requirement for Ohio to demonstrate that the entire
area is attaining the SO2 standard, Ohio referred to the
dispersion modeling analysis which was submitted on April 3, 2015, as
part of its nonattainment plan. This analysis demonstrated that revised
SO2 emission limits in Painesville and concurrent permanent
SO2 emission reductions in Eastlake would provide for
attainment. Ohio has confirmed that the modeled facilities are
currently in full compliance with their emission limits, so that
current actual emissions are at or below the levels Ohio used in its
modeling analysis. The modeling analysis was discussed in detail in the
August 21, 2018 (83 FR 42235) notice of proposed rulemaking for the
Lake County SO2 nonattainment SIP. EPA approved the Lake
County nonattainment plan on February 14, 2019 (84 FR 3986). EPA
proposes to find that this modeling analysis addresses the CAA
requirements for redesignation.
III. Ohio's SIP
On October 11, 2018 (83 FR 51361), EPA approved revisions to Ohio's
SO2 SIP, including emission limits which were demonstrated
to provide for attainment in Lake County. On February 14, 2019 (84 FR
3986), EPA approved Ohio's nonattainment SIP for Lake County, including
a finding that Ohio had satisfied requirements for providing for
attainment of the SO2 standard in Lake County. Ohio has
adopted its SO2 SIP regulations, including those which cover
Lake County, at Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 3745-18, and Ohio has
shown that it maintains an active enforcement program to ensure ongoing
compliance. Ohio's new source review/prevention of significant
deterioration program will address emissions from new sources.
IV. Permanent and Enforceable Emission Reductions
For an area to be redesignated, the state must be able to
reasonably attribute the improvement in air quality to emission
reductions which are permanent and enforceable. The FirstEnergy
Generation, LLC, Eastlake Plant (Eastlake plant), located in Eastlake,
Ohio, permanently shut down its coal-fired boilers as of April 2015.
The boiler retirement provided a decrease of 48,300 tons per year (tpy)
from 2011 actual emissions. Ohio has removed the authority to operate
the retired units from the Eastlake plant's federally enforceable State
operating permit. The Eastlake plant cannot begin to use its large
boilers again without applying for a new operating permit. Therefore,
EPA proposes to accept this boiler retirement as a permanent and
enforceable emission reduction.
Ohio has implemented new emission limits at OAC 3745-18-49(F) for
the Painesville Municipal Electric Plant (Painesville plant) in
Painesville, Ohio. The new limits for the Painesville plant provide for
at least a 2,080 tpy decrease from 2011 actual emissions and an
approximate 90 percent decrease from the plant's previously allowable
emissions. EPA approved these new limits into Ohio's SIP on October 11,
2018 (83 FR 51361), which renders the limits federally enforceable, and
Ohio has confirmed that the Painesville plant is currently complying
with the limits.
The design value for Lake County at the time of its nonattainment
designation was 157 ppb, with the highest monitored values found at the
Painesville monitor (39-085-0007). More recent monitoring data in Lake
County indicates that ambient SO2 levels improved after the
Eastlake plant closed its large boilers in April 2015, and after the
Painesville plant's emissions dropped in 2016 to approximately a tenth
of their 2011 level, as the Painesville plant prepared for the January
2017 compliance date of its new emission limits. The current design
value for Lake County (2015-2017) is 66 ppb, with the highest measured
values found at the Painesville monitor. This design value demonstrates
attainment of the SO2 NAAQS. EPA proposes to find that the
improvement in air quality in Lake County can be attributed to
permanent and enforceable emission reductions at the Eastlake and
Painesville plants.
V. Requirements for the Area Under Section 110 and Part D
Ohio has submitted information demonstrating that it meets the
requirements of the CAA for the Lake County nonattainment area. EPA
approved Ohio's infrastructure SIP for SO2 on August 14,
2015 (80 FR 48733). This infrastructure SIP approval confirms that
Ohio's SIP meets the requirements of CAA section 110(a)(1) and
110(a)(2) to contain the basic program elements, such as an active
enforcement program and permitting program.
Section 191 of the CAA requires Ohio to submit a part D SIP for the
Lake County nonattainment area by April 4, 2015. Ohio submitted its
part D SIP on April 3, 2015 and supplemented it on October 13, 2015 and
on March 13, 2017. The SIP included a demonstration of attainment and
revised emission limits for the Painesville plant. EPA approved the
Lake County nonattainment plan on February 14, 2019 (84 FR 3986).
This rulemaking concluded that Ohio satisfied the various
requirements under CAA section 110 and part D for the Lake County
SO2 nonattainment area. For example, EPA concluded that Ohio
satisfied requirements for an attainment inventory of the
SO2 emissions from sources in the nonattainment area
(required under section 173(c)(3)), reasonably available control
measures (RACM) (required under section 173(c)(1)), and reasonable
further progress (required under section 173(c)(2)).
Section 176(c) of the CAA requires States to establish criteria and
procedures to ensure that federally supported or funded projects
conform to the air quality planning goals in the applicable SIP. The
requirement to determine conformity applies to transportation plans,
programs, and projects that are developed, funded, or approved under
title 23 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) and the Federal Transit Act
(transportation conformity) as well as to all other federally supported
or funded projects (general conformity). State transportation
conformity SIP revisions must be consistent with Federal conformity
regulations relating to consultation, enforcement, and enforceability
that EPA promulgated pursuant to its authority under the CAA. On August
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2014, Ohio submitted documentation establishing transportation
conformity procedures in its SIP. EPA approved these procedures on
March 2, 2015 (80 FR 11133). EPA is proposing to find that Ohio has
satisfied the applicable requirements for the redesignation of the Lake
County nonattainment area under section 110 and part D of title I of
the CAA.
VI. Maintenance Plan
CAA section 175A sets forth the elements of a maintenance plan for
areas seeking redesignation from nonattainment to attainment. Under
section 175A, the plan must demonstrate continued attainment of the
applicable NAAQS for at least ten years after the nonattainment area is
redesignated to attainment. Eight years after the redesignation, the
State must submit a revised maintenance plan demonstrating that
attainment will continue to be maintained for the ten years following
the initial ten-year period. To address the possibility of future NAAQS
violations, the maintenance plan must contain contingency measures as
EPA deems necessary to assure prompt correction of any future one-hour
violations. Specifically, the maintenance plan should address five
requirements: The attainment emissions inventory, maintenance
demonstration, monitoring, verification of continued attainment, and a
contingency plan. Ohio's April 9, 2018 redesignation request contains
its maintenance plan, which Ohio has committed to review eight years
after redesignation.
Ohio submitted an attainment emission inventory which addresses the
2011 base year emissions of over 52,000 tpy and projections of future
emissions, for point, area, and mobile sources. While the attainment
date for Lake County was October 4, 2018, Ohio's April 9, 2018
redesignation request chose 2016 as the attainment year for its
maintenance plan emission inventory, because in 2016, significant
SO2 emission reductions occurred at the Eastlake and
Painesville plants, and 2016 was one of the years contributing to the
2015-2017 design value which demonstrated Lake County's achievement of
attainment of the SO2 NAAQS. The attainment year inventory
included actual reductions due to the boiler retirements at the
Eastlake plant and actual reductions at the Painesville plant (as it
was approaching full required compliance with the plant's expected
revised limits). Total SO2 emissions in Lake County for the
attainment year were 483 tpy. Ohio projected emissions for an interim
future year, 2023, and the maintenance year, 2030.
Ohio projected that total SO2 emissions in Lake County
in the applicable years would be 433 tpy. This large reduction in
emissions since the base year is expected to be sufficient to maintain
the SO2 standard in Lake County.
Ohio's maintenance demonstration consists of the nonattainment SIP
air quality analysis which demonstrated that the emission reductions
now in effect in Lake County will provide for attainment of the NAAQS.
The permanent and enforceable SO2 emission reductions
described above ensure that Lake County emissions will be equal to or
less than the emission levels which were evaluated in the air quality
analysis, and Ohio's enforcement program will ensure that the Lake
County SO2 emission limits are met continuously.
For continuing verification, Ohio has committed to track the
emissions and compliance status of the major facilities in Lake County
so that future emissions will not exceed the attainment inventory. All
major sources in Ohio are required to submit annual emissions data,
which the state uses to update its emission inventories as required by
the CAA. Ohio has also committed to continue ambient SO2
monitoring in Lake County to verify attainment of the NAAQS.
The requirement to submit contingency measures in accordance with
section 172(c)(9) can be adequately addressed for SO2 by the
operation of a comprehensive enforcement program which can quickly
identify and address sources that might be causing exceedances of the
NAAQS level. Ohio's enforcement program is active and capable of prompt
action to remedy compliance issues or NAAQS exceedances. In particular,
Ohio's April 9, 2018 redesignation request submittal discusses its two-
tiered plan to respond to increasing SO2 concentrations or
new exceedances of the SO2 NAAQS in the maintenance area.
Ohio commits to study SO2 emission trends and identify areas
of concern and potential additional measures, particularly where an
annual average 99th percentile maximum daily one-hour SO2
concentration of 79 ppb or greater occurs. In the case of a two-year
average of 76 ppb or greater occurring in the maintenance area, Ohio
will assess the situation and consider additional control measures
which can be implemented quickly. Ohio has the authority to
expeditiously adopt, implement and enforce any subsequent emissions
control measures deemed necessary to correct any future SO2
violations. Ohio commits to adopt and implement such corrective actions
as necessary to address trends of increasing emissions or ambient
impacts. The public will have the opportunity to participate in the
contingency measure implementation process. EPA proposes to find that
Ohio has addressed the contingency measure requirement. Further, EPA
proposes to find that Ohio's maintenance plan adequately addresses the
five basic components necessary to maintain the SO2 standard
in the Lake County nonattainment area.
VII. What action is EPA taking?
In accordance with Ohio's April 9, 2018 request, EPA is proposing
to redesignate the Lake County nonattainment area from nonattainment to
attainment of the SO2 NAAQS. Ohio has demonstrated that the
area is attaining the SO2 standard, and that the improvement
in air quality is due to permanent and enforceable SO2
emission reductions in the nonattainment area. EPA is also proposing to
approve Ohio's maintenance plan, which is designed to ensure that the
area will continue to maintain the SO2 standard.
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory 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.);
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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).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Environmental protection, Air pollution
control, National parks, Wilderness areas.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
Cheryl L Newton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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