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D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and
(M).
Based on EPA guidance issued on
September 13, 2013 (2013 Infrastructure
Guidance),1 Maryland’s infrastructure
SIP submittal did not address the
following two elements of CAA section
110(a)(2): The portion of section
110(a)(2)(C) pertaining to permit
programs, known as nonattainment new
source review (NNSR), under part D,
title I of the CAA, and section
110(a)(2)(I), referred to as ‘‘element (I),’’
also pertaining to the nonattainment
requirements of part D, title I of the
CAA. In accordance with EPA’s 2013
Infrastructure Guidance, the NNSR
permitting program requirement of
section 110(a)(2)(C) is to be addressed in
a separate SIP. Section 110(a)(2)(I) is not
required to be submitted by the 3-year
submission deadline of CAA section
110(a)(1) and will be addressed in a
separate process.
EPA is proposing to approve
Maryland’s August 17, 2016
infrastructure SIP submittal for the 2010
SO2 NAAQS for elements under CAA
section 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II),
D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and
(M). EPA is not proposing any action in
this rulemaking related to the interstate
transport requirement of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I). EPA will consider
Maryland’s 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS
infrastructure submission related to the
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) requirements in
a separate rulemaking. A detailed
summary of EPA’s review and rationale
for approving Maryland’s submittal,
with the exception of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)), may be found in the
Technical Support Document (TSD) for
this rulemaking action, which is
available online at www.regulations.gov,
Docket ID Number EPA–R03–OAR–
2018–0042.
III. Proposed Action
EPA’s review of this material
indicates that MDE’s August 17, 2016
infrastructure SIP submittal for CAA
section 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II),
D(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and
(M) for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS satisfies
the infrastructure requirements of CAA
section 110(a). EPA is proposing to
approve Maryland’s infrastructure SIP
submittal for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS for
these elements. EPA is not taking action
on the portion of the MDE submittal
related to transport i.e., section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I). EPA is soliciting
public comments on EPA’s
1 ‘‘Guidance on Infrastructure State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Elements under Clean
Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2),’’
Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, September 13,
2013.
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determination that Maryland’s
infrastructure SIP submittal meets the
specific requirements of CAA section
110(a)(2) as set forth above and
discussed in detail in the TSD for this
action. These comments will be
considered before taking final action.
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 proposed 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
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practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this proposed approval of
Maryland’s infrastructure SIP submittal
for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS, with the
exception of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I),
does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because
the SIP is not approved to apply in
Indian country located in the State, and
EPA notes that it will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 25, 2019.
Cosmo Servidio,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Air Plan Approval; California;
Calaveras County Air Pollution Control
District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the Calaveras County Air
Pollution Control District (CCAPCD)
portion of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This
revision concerns reporting of emissions
of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in
nonattainment areas. We are proposing
to approve a local rule to require
submittal of emissions statements under
the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We
are taking comments on this proposal
and plan to follow with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by
June 7, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
OAR–2019–0147 at https://
www.regulations.gov. For comments
submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
online instructions for submitting
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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. The 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
section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105. By phone: (415) 972–3848 or by
email at levin.nancy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Table of Contents
I. The State’s Submittal
A. What rule did the State submit?
B. Are there other versions of this rule?
C. What is the purpose of the submitted
rule?
II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
B. Does the rule meet the evaluation
criteria?
C. The EPA’s Recommendations To Further
Improve the Rule
D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State’s Submittal
A. What rule did the State submit?
Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this
proposal with the dates that it was
adopted by the local air agency and
submitted by the California Air
Resources Board (CARB).
TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULE
Local agency
Rule No.
Rule title
CCAPCD ...........
513 ...................
Source Recordkeeping and Emission Statement .....................................
On April 19, 2019, the submittal for
CCAPCD Rule 513 was deemed by
operation of law to meet the
completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51
Appendix V, which must be met before
formal EPA review.
B. Are there other versions of this rule?
We approved an earlier version of
Rule 513, then numbered Rule 408
‘‘Source Recordkeeping and Reporting,’’
into the SIP on May 11, 1977 (42 FR
23804). The CCAPCD renumbered and
adopted revisions to Rule 408 on June
26, 2018, and CARB submitted Rule 513
‘‘Source Recordkeeping and Emission
Statement’’ on November 21, 2018.
Submitted Rule 513 reorganizes the
information contained in SIP-approved
Rule 408. It also removes a requirement
for sources to retain emissions reports
submitted to the District.
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C. What is the purpose of the submitted
rule?
Emissions of VOCs and NOX help
produce ground-level ozone, smog, and
particulate matter, which harm human
health and the environment. Section
110(a) of the CAA requires states to
submit regulations that control VOC and
NOX emissions. Rule 513 establishes
requirements for the owner or operator
of any stationary source to provide the
CCAPCD a written statement showing
actual emissions of VOC and NOX or
operational data to estimate actual
emissions from that source. The rule
was revised to comply with CAA
section 182(a)(3)(B). The EPA’s
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Adopted
technical support document (TSD) has
more information about this rule.
II. The EPA’s Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
Rules in the SIP must be enforceable
(see CAA section 110(a)(2)), must not
interfere with applicable requirements
concerning attainment and reasonable
further progress or other CAA
requirements (see CAA section 110(l)),
and must not modify certain SIP control
requirements in nonattainment areas
without ensuring equivalent or greater
emissions reductions (see CAA section
193). Areas classified as Marginal
nonattainment or higher, such as the
Calaveras County nonattainment area,
are subject to the requirements of CAA
section 182(a)(3)(B).
Guidance and policy documents that
we used to evaluate enforceability,
revision/relaxation, and CAA
requirements for the applicable criteria
pollutants include the following:
• ‘‘Issues Relating to VOC Regulation
Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and
Deviations,’’ EPA, May 25, 1988 (the
Bluebook, revised January 11, 1990).
• ‘‘Guidance Document for Correcting
Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,’’ EPA Region 9, August 21,
2001 (the Little Bluebook).
• ‘‘(Draft) Guidance on the
Implementation of an Emission
Statement Program,’’ EPA, July 1992.
B. Does the rule meet the evaluation
criteria?
This rule is consistent with CAA
requirements and relevant guidance
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regarding enforceability and SIP
revisions. The TSD has more
information on our evaluation.
C. The EPA’s Recommendations To
Further Improve the Rule
The TSD includes recommendations
for the next time the local agency
modifies the rule.
D. Public Comment and Proposed
Action
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of
the Act, the EPA proposes to fully
approve the submitted rule because it
fulfills all relevant requirements. We
will accept comments from the public
on this proposal until June 7, 2019. If
we take final action to approve the
submitted rule, our final action will
incorporate this rule into the federally
enforceable SIP.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the 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, the EPA is proposing to
incorporate by reference the CCAPCD
rule described in Table 1 of this
preamble. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these materials
available through www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region IX Office (please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble for more information).
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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 proposed action
merely proposes to approve state law as
meeting federal requirements and does
not impose additional requirements
beyond those imposed by state law. For
that reason, this proposed 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 Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide the EPA with the
discretionary authority to address
disproportionate human health or
environmental effects with practical,
appropriate, 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
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or in any other area where the 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 26, 2019.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
of the Tennessee Products Superfund
Site
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency Region 4 is issuing a Notice of
Intent to Delete the Tennessee Products
Superfund Site (Site) located in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and
requests public comments on this
proposed action. The NPL, promulgated
pursuant to section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is
an appendix of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and
the State of Tennessee (State), through
the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation (TDEC),
have determined that all appropriate
response actions under CERCLA, other
than Five-Year Reviews, have been
completed. However, this deletion does
not preclude future actions under
Superfund.
DATES: Comments must be received by
June 7, 2019.
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Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–1995–0005, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
on-line 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. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
• Email: Zeller.Craig@epa.gov.
• Mail: Craig Zeller, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth
Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303,
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[EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0147; FRL-9993-33-Region 9]
Air Plan Approval; California; Calaveras County Air Pollution
Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the Calaveras County Air Pollution Control
District (CCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). This revision concerns reporting of emissions of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in
nonattainment areas. We are proposing to approve a local rule to
require submittal of emissions statements under the Clean Air Act (CAA
or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow
with a final action.
DATES: Any comments must arrive by June 7, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2019-0147 at https://www.regulations.gov. For comments submitted at
Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting
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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. The 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3848 or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. What rule did the State submit?
B. Are there other versions of this rule?
C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule?
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
B. Does the rule meet the evaluation criteria?
C. The EPA's Recommendations To Further Improve the Rule
D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State's Submittal
A. What rule did the State submit?
Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this proposal with the dates
that it was adopted by the local air agency and submitted by the
California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Table 1--Submitted Rule
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Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted Submitted
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CCAPCD.................... 513...................... Source Recordkeeping and 06/26/2018 11/21/2018
Emission Statement.
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On April 19, 2019, the submittal for CCAPCD Rule 513 was deemed by
operation of law to meet the completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 51
Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.
B. Are there other versions of this rule?
We approved an earlier version of Rule 513, then numbered Rule 408
``Source Recordkeeping and Reporting,'' into the SIP on May 11, 1977
(42 FR 23804). The CCAPCD renumbered and adopted revisions to Rule 408
on June 26, 2018, and CARB submitted Rule 513 ``Source Recordkeeping
and Emission Statement'' on November 21, 2018. Submitted Rule 513
reorganizes the information contained in SIP-approved Rule 408. It also
removes a requirement for sources to retain emissions reports submitted
to the District.
C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule?
Emissions of VOCs and NOX help produce ground-level
ozone, smog, and particulate matter, which harm human health and the
environment. Section 110(a) of the CAA requires states to submit
regulations that control VOC and NOX emissions. Rule 513
establishes requirements for the owner or operator of any stationary
source to provide the CCAPCD a written statement showing actual
emissions of VOC and NOX or operational data to estimate
actual emissions from that source. The rule was revised to comply with
CAA section 182(a)(3)(B). The EPA's technical support document (TSD)
has more information about this rule.
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the rule?
Rules in the SIP must be enforceable (see CAA section 110(a)(2)),
must not interfere with applicable requirements concerning attainment
and reasonable further progress or other CAA requirements (see CAA
section 110(l)), and must not modify certain SIP control requirements
in nonattainment areas without ensuring equivalent or greater emissions
reductions (see CAA section 193). Areas classified as Marginal
nonattainment or higher, such as the Calaveras County nonattainment
area, are subject to the requirements of CAA section 182(a)(3)(B).
Guidance and policy documents that we used to evaluate
enforceability, revision/relaxation, and CAA requirements for the
applicable criteria pollutants include the following:
``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints,
Deficiencies, and Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook,
revised January 11, 1990).
``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).
``(Draft) Guidance on the Implementation of an Emission
Statement Program,'' EPA, July 1992.
B. Does the rule meet the evaluation criteria?
This rule is consistent with CAA requirements and relevant guidance
regarding enforceability and SIP revisions. The TSD has more
information on our evaluation.
C. The EPA's Recommendations To Further Improve the Rule
The TSD includes recommendations for the next time the local agency
modifies the rule.
D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA proposes to
fully approve the submitted rule because it fulfills all relevant
requirements. We will accept comments from the public on this proposal
until June 7, 2019. If we take final action to approve the submitted
rule, our final action will incorporate this rule into the federally
enforceable SIP.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the 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, the EPA is proposing to
incorporate by reference the CCAPCD rule described in Table 1 of this
preamble. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials
available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region IX Office
(please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).
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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 proposed action merely proposes to approve state law
as meeting federal requirements and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this
proposed 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 Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address disproportionate human health or environmental effects with
practical, appropriate, 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 the 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 26, 2019.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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