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of 27 CFR part 16 shall be subject to a
civil penalty of not more than the
amount listed at https://www.ttb.gov/
regulation_guidance/ablapenalty.html.
Each day shall constitute a separate
offense.
To adjust the penalty, § 16.33(b)
indicates that TTB will provide notice
in the Federal Register and at the
website mentioned above of cost-ofliving adjustments to the civil penalty
for violations of 27 CFR part 16.
Penalty Adjustment
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Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; Florida; 2008 8-Hour
Ozone Interstate Transport
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve Florida’s October 3, 2017, State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submission
pertaining to the ‘‘good neighbor’’
provision of the Clean Air Act (CAA or
Act) for the 2008 8-hour ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS). The good neighbor provision
requires each state’s implementation
plan to address the interstate transport
of air pollution in amounts that
contribute significantly to
nonattainment or interfere with
maintenance of a NAAQS in any other
state. In this action, EPA is making a
determination that Florida’s SIP
contains adequate provisions to prohibit
emissions within the state from
contributing significantly to
nonattainment or interfering with
maintenance of the 2008 8-hour ozone
NAAQS in any other state.
DATES: This rule will be effective May
13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR–
2018–0542. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information may not be publicly
available, i.e., 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
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Regulatory Management Section,
Air Planning and Implementation
Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303–8960. EPA requests that
if at all possible, you contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to schedule your
inspection. The Regional Office’s
official hours of business are Monday
SUMMARY:
In this document, TTB is publishing
its yearly adjustment to the maximum
ABLA penalty, as required by the
amended Inflation Adjustment Act.
As mentioned earlier, the ABLA
contains a maximum civil monetary
penalty. For such penalties, section 5 of
the Inflation Adjustment Act indicates
that the inflation adjustment shall be
determined by increasing the maximum
penalty by the cost-of-living adjustment.
The cost-of-living adjustment means the
percentage (if any) by which the
Consumer Price Index for all-urban
consumers (CPI–U) for the month of
October preceding the date of the
adjustment exceeds the CPI–U for the
month of October 1 year before the
month of October preceding the date of
the adjustment.
The CPI–U in October 2017 was
246.663, and the CPI–U in October 2018
was 252.885. The rate of inflation
between October 2017 and October 2018
is therefore 2.522 percent. When
applied to the current ABLA penalty of
$20,521, this rate of inflation yields a
raw (unrounded) inflation adjustment of
$517.53962. Rounded to the nearest
dollar, the inflation adjustment is $518,
meaning that the new maximum civil
penalty for violations of the ABLA will
be $21,039.
The new maximum civil penalty will
apply to all penalties that are assessed
after April 11, 2019. TTB will also
update its web page at https://
www.ttb.gov/regulation_guidance/
ablapenalty.html to reflect the adjusted
penalty.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Adams, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Adams can
also be reached via telephone at (404)
562–9009 and via electronic mail at
adams.evan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436),
EPA promulgated an ozone NAAQS that
revised the levels of the primary and
secondary 8-hour ozone standards from
0.08 parts per million (ppm) to 0.075
ppm. Pursuant to CAA section 110(a)(1),
within three years after promulgation of
a new or revised NAAQS (or shorter, if
EPA prescribes), states must submit SIPs
that meet the applicable requirements of
section 110(a)(2). EPA has historically
referred to these SIP submissions made
for the purpose of satisfying the
requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and
110(a)(2) as ‘‘infrastructure SIP’’
submissions. One of the structural
requirements of section 110(a)(2) is
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i), which generally
requires SIPs to contain adequate
provisions to prohibit in-state emissions
activities from having certain adverse
air quality effects on neighboring states
due to interstate transport of air
pollution. There are four sub-elements,
or ‘‘prongs,’’ within section
110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the CAA. CAA section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), also known as the
‘‘good neighbor’’ provision, requires
SIPs to include provisions prohibiting
any source or other type of emissions
activity in one state from emitting any
air pollutant in amounts that will
contribute significantly to
nonattainment, or interfere with
maintenance, of the NAAQS in another
state. The two provisions of this section
are referred to as prong 1 (significant
contribution to nonattainment) and
prong 2 (interference with
maintenance). Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II)
requires SIPs to contain adequate
provisions to prohibit emissions that
will interfere with measures required to
be included in the applicable
implementation plan for any other state
under part C to prevent significant
deterioration of air quality (prong 3) or
to protect visibility (prong 4).
On October 3, 2017, Florida submitted
a SIP submittal containing a
certification that the State’s SIP meets
the requirements of CAA section
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110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. Florida’s certification is
based on available emissions data, air
quality monitoring and modeling data,
and SIP-approved and state provisions
regulating emissions of ozone
precursors within the State. In a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
published on February 15, 2019 (84 FR
4403), EPA proposed to approve
Florida’s SIP as meeting the
requirements of prongs 1 and 2 for the
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.1 In that
notice, EPA discussed the final
determination made in the update to the
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ozone
season program that addresses good
neighbor obligations for the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS (known at the ‘‘CSAPR
Update’’) 2 that emissions activities
within Florida will not significantly
contribute to nonattainment or interfere
with maintenance of that NAAQS in any
other state. The NPRM provides
additional detail regarding the
background and rationale for EPA’s
action. Comments on the NPRM were
due on or before March 18, 2019. EPA
received no comments on the proposed
action.
II. Final Action
EPA is taking final action to approve
Florida’s October 3, 2017, SIP
submission addressing the good
neighbor infrastructure SIP
requirements, section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
(prongs 1 and 2), for the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. EPA is taking final
action to approve the SIP submission
because it is consistent with section 110
of the CAA.
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
1 This action addresses only prongs 1 and 2 of
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i). All other infrastructure SIP
elements for Florida for the 2008 8-hour ozone
NAAQS were addressed in separate rulemakings.
See 78 FR 65559 (November 1, 2013); 79 FR 50554
(August 25, 2014).
2 See 81 FR 74504 (October 26, 2016). The CSAPR
Update establishes statewide nitrogen oxide (NOx)
budgets for certain affected electricity generating
units in 22 eastern states for the May–September
ozone season to reduce the interstate transport of
ozone pollution in the eastern United States, and
thereby help downwind states and communities
meet and maintain the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
The rule also determined that emissions from 14
states (including Florida) will not significantly
contribute to nonattainment or interfere with
maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS in
downwind states. Accordingly, EPA determined
that it need not require further emission reductions
from sources in those states to address the good
neighbor provision as to the 2008 ozone NAAQS.
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See 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. 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
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).
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 as specified by Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000), nor will it impose substantial
direct costs on tribal governments or
preempt tribal law.
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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 CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by June 10, 2019. 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, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: March 29, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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 K—Florida
2. Section 52.520(e), is amended by
adding the entry ‘‘110(a)(1) and (2)
Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008
8-Hour Ozone NAAQS’’ at the end of
the table to read as follows:
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§ 52.520
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0673; FRL–9990–02]
Fenazaquin; Pesticide Tolerances
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This regulation establishes
tolerances for residues of fenazaquin in
or on multiple commodities which are
identified and discussed later in this
document. Gowan Company, LLC,
requested these tolerances under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective April
11, 2019. Objections and requests for
hearings must be received on or before
June 10, 2019, and must be filed in
accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also
Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0673, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Office of Pesticide Programs
Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)
in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Goodis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
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Addressing prongs 1 and 2 of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) only.
B. How can I get electronic access to
other related information?
You may access a frequently updated
electronic version of EPA’s tolerance
regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through
the Government Printing Office’s e-CFR
site at https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/
40tab_02.tpl.
hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR
178.25(b).
In addition to filing an objection or
hearing request with the Hearing Clerk
as described in 40 CFR part 178, please
submit a copy of the filing (excluding
any Confidential Business Information
(CBI)) for inclusion in the public docket.
Information not marked confidential
pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be
disclosed publicly by EPA without prior
notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your
objection or hearing request, identified
by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–
2017–0673, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be CBI or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
C. How can I file an objection or hearing
request?
Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21
U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an
objection to any aspect of this regulation
and may also request a hearing on those
objections. You must file your objection
or request a hearing on this regulation
in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, you must
identify docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2017–0673 in the subject line on
the first page of your submission. All
objections and requests for a hearing
must be in writing, and must be
received by the Hearing Clerk on or
before June 10, 2019. Addresses for mail
and hand delivery of objections and
II. Summary of Petitioned-For
Tolerance
In the Federal Register of March 6,
2018 (83 FR 9471) (FRL–9973–27), EPA
issued a document pursuant to FFDCA
section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3),
announcing the filing of a pesticide
petition (PP 7F8618) by Gowan
Company, LLC, P.O. Box 556, Yuma, AZ
85364. The petition requested that 40
CFR 180.632 be amended by
establishing tolerances for residues of
the miticide/insecticide fenazaquin, 4[2-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]
quinazoline, in or on alfalfa, forage at
4.0 parts per million (ppm); alfalfa, hay
at 15 ppm; avocado at 0.15 ppm;
bushberry, subgroup 13–07B at 0.8 ppm;
caneberry, subgroup 13–07A at 0.7 ppm;
I. General Information
40 CFR Part 180
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A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2018-0542; FRL-9991-96-Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; Florida; 2008 8-Hour Ozone Interstate
Transport
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve Florida's October 3, 2017, State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submission pertaining to the ``good neighbor'' provision of the
Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The good neighbor provision requires
each state's implementation plan to address the interstate transport of
air pollution in amounts that contribute significantly to nonattainment
or interfere with maintenance of a NAAQS in any other state. In this
action, EPA is making a determination that Florida's SIP contains
adequate provisions to prohibit emissions within the state from
contributing significantly to nonattainment or interfering with
maintenance of the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS in any other state.
DATES: This rule will be effective May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2018-0542. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the
index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e.,
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official
hours of business are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan Adams, Air Regulatory Management
Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Adams
can also be reached via telephone at (404) 562-9009 and via electronic
mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436), EPA promulgated an ozone NAAQS
that revised the levels of the primary and secondary 8-hour ozone
standards from 0.08 parts per million (ppm) to 0.075 ppm. Pursuant to
CAA section 110(a)(1), within three years after promulgation of a new
or revised NAAQS (or shorter, if EPA prescribes), states must submit
SIPs that meet the applicable requirements of section 110(a)(2). EPA
has historically referred to these SIP submissions made for the purpose
of satisfying the requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) as
``infrastructure SIP'' submissions. One of the structural requirements
of section 110(a)(2) is section 110(a)(2)(D)(i), which generally
requires SIPs to contain adequate provisions to prohibit in-state
emissions activities from having certain adverse air quality effects on
neighboring states due to interstate transport of air pollution. There
are four sub-elements, or ``prongs,'' within section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of
the CAA. CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), also known as the ``good
neighbor'' provision, requires SIPs to include provisions prohibiting
any source or other type of emissions activity in one state from
emitting any air pollutant in amounts that will contribute
significantly to nonattainment, or interfere with maintenance, of the
NAAQS in another state. The two provisions of this section are referred
to as prong 1 (significant contribution to nonattainment) and prong 2
(interference with maintenance). Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) requires
SIPs to contain adequate provisions to prohibit emissions that will
interfere with measures required to be included in the applicable
implementation plan for any other state under part C to prevent
significant deterioration of air quality (prong 3) or to protect
visibility (prong 4).
On October 3, 2017, Florida submitted a SIP submittal containing a
certification that the State's SIP meets the requirements of CAA
section
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110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Florida's
certification is based on available emissions data, air quality
monitoring and modeling data, and SIP-approved and state provisions
regulating emissions of ozone precursors within the State. In a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on February 15, 2019 (84 FR
4403), EPA proposed to approve Florida's SIP as meeting the
requirements of prongs 1 and 2 for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.\1\ In
that notice, EPA discussed the final determination made in the update
to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ozone season program that
addresses good neighbor obligations for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS
(known at the ``CSAPR Update'') \2\ that emissions activities within
Florida will not significantly contribute to nonattainment or interfere
with maintenance of that NAAQS in any other state. The NPRM provides
additional detail regarding the background and rationale for EPA's
action. Comments on the NPRM were due on or before March 18, 2019. EPA
received no comments on the proposed action.
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\1\ This action addresses only prongs 1 and 2 of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i). All other infrastructure SIP elements for Florida
for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS were addressed in separate
rulemakings. See 78 FR 65559 (November 1, 2013); 79 FR 50554 (August
25, 2014).
\2\ See 81 FR 74504 (October 26, 2016). The CSAPR Update
establishes statewide nitrogen oxide (NOx) budgets for certain
affected electricity generating units in 22 eastern states for the
May-September ozone season to reduce the interstate transport of
ozone pollution in the eastern United States, and thereby help
downwind states and communities meet and maintain the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. The rule also determined that emissions from 14 states
(including Florida) will not significantly contribute to
nonattainment or interfere with maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS
in downwind states. Accordingly, EPA determined that it need not
require further emission reductions from sources in those states to
address the good neighbor provision as to the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Id.
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II. Final Action
EPA is taking final action to approve Florida's October 3, 2017,
SIP submission addressing the good neighbor infrastructure SIP
requirements, section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) (prongs 1 and 2), for the 2008
8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is taking final action to approve the SIP
submission because it is consistent with section 110 of the CAA.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. See 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. 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 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).
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 as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
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 CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by June 10, 2019. 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, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: March 29, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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 K--Florida
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2. Section 52.520(e), is amended by adding the entry ``110(a)(1) and
(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS'' at
the end of the table to read as follows:
Sec. 52.520 Identification of plan.
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110(a)(1) and (2) 10/3/2017 4/11/2019 [Insert Federal Addressing prongs 1
Infrastructure Requirements Register citation]. and 2 of section
for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
NAAQS. only.
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