Air Plan Approval; Maine; Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 2008 Ozone Standard, 27046-27049 [2019-12269]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R01–OAR–2019–0218; FRL–9994–95–
Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Maine; Reasonably
Available Control Technology for the
2008 Ozone Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
Maine for purposes of implementing the
2008 Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS). The
revisions consist of a demonstration that
Maine meets the requirements of
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) for volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), set forth by the Clean Air Act
(CAA or Act), with respect to the 2008
Ozone standards. Additionally, we are
proposing to approve a related
regulation that limits air emissions of
VOCs from certain industrial sources
that use organic solvents in cleaning
activities, and to withdraw several
previously approved source-specific
RACT requirements for sources that
have ceased operation. This action is
being taken under the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 11, 2019.
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identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01–
OAR–2019–2018 at https://
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David L. Mackintosh, Air Quality
Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office
Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 05–2),
Boston, MA 02109–3912, tel. 617–918–
1584, email Mackintosh.David@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Summary of Maine’s SIP Revisions
III. EPA’s Evaluation of the Submittal
A. CTG VOC RACT Regulations
B. Chapter 166: Industrial Cleaning
Solvents
C. Non-CTG VOC Major Sources
D. Withdrawal of Defunct Source-Specific
Requirements
IV. Proposed Action
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Maine is part of the Ozone Transport
Region (OTR) under Section 184(a) of
the CAA. Sections 182(b)(2) and 184 of
the CAA require states with Ozone
nonattainment areas that are classified
as moderate or above, as well as areas
in the OTR, to submit a SIP revision
requiring the implementation of
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) for sources covered by a control
techniques guideline (CTG) and for all
major sources. A CTG is a document
issued by EPA which establishes a
‘‘presumptive norm’’ for RACT for a
specific VOC source category. RACT is
defined as the lowest emission
limitation that a particular source is
capable of meeting by the application of
control technology that is reasonably
available considering technological and
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economic feasibility.1 The CTGs usually
identifies a particular control level
which EPA recommends as being RACT.
States are required to address RACT for
the source categories covered by CTGs
through adoption of rules as part of the
SIP.
On October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58745),
EPA issued four new CTGs, which
applicable areas were required to
address by October 5, 2007: Industrial
Cleaning Solvents; Offset Lithographic
Printing and Letterpress Printing;
Flexible Package Printing; and Flat
Wood Paneling Coatings. On October 9,
2007 (72 FR 57215), EPA issued three
more CTGs, which applicable areas
were required to address by October 9,
2008: Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings;
Large Appliance Coatings; and Metal
Furniture Coatings. On October 7, 2008
(73 FR 58841), EPA issued an additional
four CTGs, which applicable areas were
required to address by October 7, 2009:
Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts
Coatings; Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing
Materials; Miscellaneous Industrial
Adhesives; and Automobile and LightDuty Truck Assembly Coatings. Lastly,
on Oct 27, 2016 (81 FR 74798), EPA
issued a new CTG for the Oil and
Natural Gas Industry, which applicable
areas were required to address by
October 27, 2018.
On March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436),
EPA revised the health-based NAAQS
for Ozone to 0.075 parts per million
(ppm), averaged over an 8-hour
timeframe. EPA determined that the
revised 8-hour standard would be more
protective of human health, especially
with regard to children and adults who
are active outdoors and individuals with
a pre-existing respiratory disease such
as asthma.
On July 29, 2014 (79 FR 43945), EPA
published a final rule approving a
request from Maine for an exemption
from the requirements for the control of
nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions
contained in section 182(f) of the CAA
in relation to the 2008 8-hour Ozone
NAAQS, providing an exemption from
nonattainment new source review
(NNSR) and RACT for major new
sources of NOX emissions in Maine.
On March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12264), EPA
published a final rule outlining RACT
requirements and requiring states in the
OTR to certify RACT requirements by
July 20, 2014. This rule, referred to as
the ‘‘2008 Ozone implementation rule,’’
1 See Memorandum from Roger Strelow, Assistant
Administrator for Air and Waste Management, U.S.
EPA, to Regional Administrators, U.S. EPA,
‘‘Guidance for Determining Acceptability of SIP
Regulations in Non-Attainment Areas’’ (Dec. 9,
1976); see also 44 FR 53761, 53762 (September 17,
1979).
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contains a description of EPA’s
expectations for states with RACT
obligations. The 2008 Ozone
implementation rule gives states several
options for meeting RACT requirements
for the 2008 Ozone standard. States may
(1) establish new or more stringent rules
that meet RACT control levels for the
2008 standard; (2) certify, where
appropriate, that previously adopted
RACT rules approved by EPA under a
prior Ozone standard represent
adequate RACT control levels for the
2008 Ozone NAAQS; or (3) submit a
negative declaration in instances where
there are no sources in the state covered
by a specific CTG source category.
States may use these options alone or in
combination to demonstrate compliance
with RACT requirements.
On October 26, 2015 (80 FR 65291),
EPA revised the health-based NAAQS
for Ozone, setting it at 0.070 ppm
averaged over an 8-hour time frame. On
December 6, 2018 (83 FR 62998), EPA
published a final rule that outlines the
obligations for areas in nonattainment
with the 2015 Ozone standard, as well
as obligations for areas in the OTR. This
rule, referred to as the ‘‘2015 Ozone
implementation rule,’’ requires states in
the OTR to certify RACT requirements
by August 3, 2020.
On February 3, 2017 (82 FR 9158),
EPA published a final rule finding that
Maine, as well as 14 other states and the
District of Columbia, had failed to
submit SIP revisions in a timely manner
to satisfy certain requirements for the
2008 Ozone NAAQS. With respect to
Maine, EPA found that the state had
failed to submit two required SIP
elements: Non-CTG VOC RACT for
Major Sources and CTG VOC RACT. Id.
at 9162. This finding became effective
March 6, 2017, and started a SIP
sanctions clock, which required the
missing SIP elements to be submitted
and deemed complete before September
6, 2018. Id. at 9160–61.
II. Summary of Maine’s SIP Revisions
On August 31, 2018, Maine submitted
a SIP revision to address its outstanding
RACT requirements for the 2008 Ozone
NAAQS (i.e., a RACT Certification). The
approval of Maine’s section 182(f) NOX
waver for the 2008 8-hour Ozone
standard eliminated the need for Maine
to address NOX RACT in its 2018
Certification (79 FR 43945). Therefore,
the RACT Certification addresses nonCTG VOC RACT for Major Sources and
CTG VOC RACT. The submittal is based
on (1) certification that previously
adopted RACT controls, which were
approved by EPA for the 1997 8-hour
Ozone NAAQS, are based on currently
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feasible controls and continue to
represent RACT for implementation of
the 2008 Ozone NAAQS; (2) adoption of
more recent regulations that represent
RACT controls; and (3) negative
declarations that there are no sources in
the state covered by specific CTG source
categories (see section III below).
Maine’s submittal includes a request for
EPA approval of 06–096 Code of Maine
Rules (CMR) Chapter 166 ‘‘Industrial
Cleaning Solvents’’ to address EPA’s
2006 CTG for Industrial Cleaning
Solvents. Maine’s submittal also
requests that EPA remove from the SIP
several previously approved sourcespecific RACT requirements for
facilities that no longer exist or, in one
case, for a facility that no longer
operates the process controlled by the
source-specific requirements.
On September 4, 2018, EPA
determined that Maine’s SIP submittal
was administratively and technically
complete. This determination stopped
the 18-month sanctions clock for
Maine’s two outstanding RACT SIP
submittal elements. Because the
sanctions clock stopped before
September 6, 2018, sanctions did not
become applicable in the state of Maine
from the February 2017 finding of
failure to submit (82 FR 9158).
On May 13, 2019, Maine modified its
August 2018 SIP revision by letter in
which it withdrew an item in the
submitted SIP Revision. Specifically, on
Table 3, ‘‘Previously-Approved RACT
Determinations for Major Sources of
VOC in Maine Now Permanently Closed
or No Longer Subject to RACT,’’ Maine
withdrew (i.e., removed) the row
entitled ‘‘United Technologies
Corporation, Pratt and Whitney, North
Berwick.’’ As a result of this
withdrawal, the United Technology,
Pratt and Whitney, North Berwick
source-specific requirements approved
by EPA will remain in the Maine SIP.
Maine’s August 2018 SIP submittal
does not address RACT requirements for
the 2015 Ozone standard, or the 2016
CTG for the Oil and Natural Gas
Industry and, therefore, these are not
addressed in today’s notice.
III. EPA’s Evaluation of the Submittal
A. CTG VOC RACT Regulations
In Maine’s August 2018 SIP revision,
Table 1 lists each of the state’s VOC
RACT regulations, the RACT basis for
the regulation (e.g., CTG, ACT), the
citation of EPA’s approval of all but one
of the regulations (i.e., 06–096 CMR
Chapter 166 ‘‘Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,’’ which we propose to approve
in today’s action), and certifies that the
state’s current VOC RACT rules
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represent RACT under the 2008 Ozone
NAAQS. On May 22, 2012 (77 FR
30216), EPA approved Maine’s RACT
Certification with respect to the 1997
Ozone NAAQS. In this 2012 approval,
EPA also approved regulations that
address four CTGs issued since the 1997
Ozone standard (i.e., Flat Wood
Paneling Coatings; Paper, Film, and Foil
Coatings; Offset Lithographic Printing
and Letterpress Printing; and Metal
Furniture Coatings). On November 5,
2014, (79 FR 65588), EPA approved
Maine’s regulations that address two
CTGs: Miscellaneous Industrial
Adhesives and Flexible Package
Printing. On May 26, 2016 (81 FR
33394), EPA approved Maine
regulations that address two more CTGs:
Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings; and
Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing
Materials. This 2016 action also
approved negative declarations for two
CTGs: Large Appliance Coatings; and
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck
Assembly Coatings. In today’s action,
EPA is proposing to approve 06–096
CMR Chapter 166, which Maine
included in its August 2018 SIP
submission to address the Industrial
Cleaning Solvent CTG. This is the last
CTG that Maine is required to address
for RACT Certification with respect to
the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. EPA has
evaluated Maine’s CTG VOC
regulations, which the state certifies as
meeting RACT for the 2008 Ozone
standard and finds that they are
sufficiently consistent with
recommendations in the respective EPA
CTGs and are based on currently
available technologically and
economically feasible controls.
Therefore, EPA proposes that they
continue to represent RACT in Maine
for the 2008 Ozone standard.
Maine’s August 2018 submittal also
included negative declarations for the
following CTG source categories: Auto
and Light-Duty Truck Assembly
Coatings; Equipment Leaks from Natural
Gas/Gasoline Processing Plants; Fugitive
Emissions from Synthetic Organic
Chemical Polymer and Resin
Manufacturing Equipment; Large
Petroleum Dry Cleaners; Leaks from
Petroleum Refinery Equipment;
Manufacture of High-Density
Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and
Polystyrene Resins; Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires; Manufacture of
Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products;
Manufacturing of Vegetable Oil;
Petroleum Liquid Storage in External
Floating Roof Tanks; Refinery Vacuum
Producing Systems, Wastewater
Separators, and Process Unit
Turnarounds; SOCMI Air Oxidation
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Processes; SOCMI Distillation and
Reactor Processes; Surface Coating for
Insulation of Magnet Wire; Surface
Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty
Trucks; Surface Coating of Coils;
Surface Coating of Large Appliances;
and Wood Furniture Manufacturing.
These negative declarations mean that
Maine has no applicable stationary
sources of VOC that are covered by
these CTGs.
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B. Chapter 166: Industrial Cleaning
Solvents
Maine’s new regulation 06–096 CMR
Chapter 166, ‘‘Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,’’ expands the types of VOC
emissions controlled for industrial
cleaning solvents to address the 2006
Industrial Cleaning Solvents CTG. The
regulation generally applies to an owner
or operator of a source that uses
industrial cleaning solvents in cleaning
activities and, before controls, creates
actual emissions of 3 tons or more of
VOC from cleaning activities during any
calendar year. As described in the
regulation, exemptions can apply to
cleaning activities regulated by another
source category. The emission limits are
achieved by (1) using solvents with a
maximum VOC content limit of 50
grams VOC per liter (0.42 lg/gal), (2)
using cleaning solvents with a
composite vapor pressure of 8.0
millimeters or less of mercury (mm Hg)
at 20 degrees Celsius, or (3) using an
emission control system with an overall
control efficiency of at least 85 percent.
Recordkeeping and general work
practices are also required for applicable
sources. These provisions are consistent
with EPA’s recommendations for such
sources in the 2006 Industrial Cleaning
Solvents CTG. Thus, EPA proposes to
approve Chapter 166 into the Maine SIP.
Adding this regulation to the SIP
satisfies the anti-backsliding
requirements of Section 110(l) of the
CAA because the new regulation will
achieve an equal or greater amount of
VOC reductions as compared to existing
EPA-approved Maine regulations
applicable to cleaning activities.
C. Non-CTG VOC Major Sources
Section 184(b)(2) of the CAA requires
RACT be applied to any major existing
stationary source with the potential to
emit 50 tons or greater per year of VOC.
Maine’s Chapter 134, ‘‘RACT for
Facilities that Emit VOCs,’’ rule
generally applies to Maine sources with
potential VOC emissions of 40 tons per
year or greater that are not regulated by
a specific regulation. In 2012 (77 FR
30216), EPA approved Chapter 134 as
meeting RACT requirements for the
1997 Ozone NAAQS. EPA proposes that
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Chapter 134 continues to represent
RACT for applicable major stationary
sources of VOCs in Maine for the 2008
Ozone standard.
Maine’s EPA-approved Chapter 134
establishes several RACT options, two
of which set presumptive standards for
VOC emissions reductions and a third
that allows a source to submit a variety
of strategies as an alternative
compliance plan to reduce VOC
emissions. Because the third option
describes a process by which RACT can
be defined but does not define RACT as
required by the CAA, Maine must
submit source-specific requirements to
EPA for all applicable sources that do
not conform to the presumptive RACT
options outlined in the rule. EPA has
approved many such source-specific
RACT determinations into the SIP. See
40 CFR 52.1020(d). A fourth option
specifically addresses VOC RACT
requirements for pulp and paper
processes, requiring that emissions from
the digester system, multiple effect
evaporator systems, condensate stripper
systems, smelt tanks, and lime kilns be
controlled through incineration or wet
scrubber systems in accordance with
Maine’s Chapter 124 ‘‘Total Reduced
Sulfur Control from Kraft Pulp Mills.’’
Chapter 134 also includes provisions
that exempt certain sources from
additional control requirements, such as
for equipment or processes that have
met best available control technology
(BACT), have met lowest achievable
emission rate (LAER), or are subject to
a separate RACT rule adopted by Maine
and approved by EPA. Chapter 134 also
exempts indirect contact wood kilns
and wood yards (but not groundwood
operations) from requirements for
additional controls because it would not
be technologically or economically
practical to attempt to enclose these
areas and capture VOCs and route them
to a control device.
Table 2 of Maine’s SIP revision lists
the major VOC sources in Maine, along
with their licensed (potential to emit)
VOC emissions, and notes which
sources are subject to applicable RACT
requirements and which facilities have
VOC-emitting equipment or processes
that are exempt from the total VOC
emission determination in Chapter 134.
After reviewing existing stationary
sources in Maine, the state determined
that all major sources of VOC are
currently meeting RACT requirements.
EPA proposes that Chapter 134 and the
previously-approved source-specific
determinations continue to represent
RACT for these VOC sources in Maine
for the 2008 Ozone standard because no
new control technologies are known to
be reasonably available considering
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technological and economic feasibility
for these sources since our last approval.
D. Withdrawal of Defunct SourceSpecific Requirements
As explained above, Chapter 134
includes a process whereby a major
VOC source in Maine may seek a
source-specific RACT determination
rather than be held to the specific
emission limits or technology standards
that are set forth in the rule. Because of
the generic nature of this provision,
RACT determinations established
thereunder are submitted to EPA as
revisions to Maine’s SIP. Over the years,
EPA has approved a number of such
source-specific RACT determinations
into the Maine SIP. Several of the
sources that have received such RACT
determinations are now either
permanently closed or have ceased
operations of the regulated activity. In
its August 2018 submittal, Maine
requested withdrawal of these
previously SIP-approved source-specific
requirements. Six facilities have
permanently closed: (1) Prime Tanning
Company, York County, Berwick,
Maine; (2) JJ Nissen Baking Company,
Cumberland County, Portland, Maine;
(3) Georgia Pacific Corporation,
Washington County, Baileyville
(Woodland), Maine; (4) Moosehead
Manufacturing Company, Piscataquis
County, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; (5)
Moosehead Manufacturing Company,
Piscataquis County, Monson, Maine;
and (6) Dexter Shoe Company,
Penobscot County, Dexter, Maine. A
seventh facility—the McCain Foods
USA, Inc., Tatermeal Facility in Presque
Isle—surrendered its license to operate
its dryers used to dehydrate primarily
potato wastes to produce a material
used as a binder and nutritional
supplement in animal feed. EPA
proposes to remove from the Maine SIP
the source-specific RACT requirements
associated with these sources because
the sources are permanently closed or
have ceased operations of the regulated
activity and are, therefore, no longer
sources of emissions subject to non-CTG
VOC RACT. Withdrawing these
requirements from the Maine SIP
satisfies the anti-backsliding
requirements in Section 110(l) of the
CAA because the sources controlled no
longer emit VOCs.
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve 06–096
CMR Chapter 166, ‘‘Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,’’ into the Maine SIP at 40 CFR
52.1020(c), ‘‘EPA approved
regulations.’’ EPA is proposing to
approve Maine’s SIP revision on the
basis that Maine has met the RACT
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requirements for the 2008 8-hour Ozone
NAAQS as set forth by sections 182(b)
and 184(b)(2) of the CAA. In addition,
EPA is proposing to approve
‘‘Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision
Under the 2008 8-hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS),’’ as having satisfied the 2008
8-hour NAAQS RACT requirements,
and as an addition to the Maine SIP at
40 CFR 52.1020(e) ‘‘Nonregulatory’’.
EPA is proposing to withdraw the
following previously-approved sourcespecific RACT requirements for ‘‘Prime
Tanning Company, York County,
Berwick, Maine’’ (two approvals); ‘‘JJ
Nissen Baking Company, Cumberland
County, Portland Maine’’; ‘‘Georgia
Pacific Corporation, Washington
County, Woodland, Maine’’;
‘‘Moosehead Manufacturing Company,
Piscataquis County, Dover-Foxcroft,
Maine’’; ‘‘Moosehead Manufacturing
Company, Piscataquis County, Monson,
Maine’’; ‘‘Dexter Shoe Company,
Penobscot County, Dexter, Maine’’ (two
approvals); and ‘‘McCain Foods USA,
Inc., Tatermeal Facility’’, and to remove
all entries for these facilities which are
currently listed in 40 CFR 52.1020(d)
‘‘EPA-approved State Source specific
requirements.’’
EPA is not proposing action with
respect to the 2015 Ozone NAAQS or
with respect to the 2016 CTG for Oil and
Natural Gas Industry. EPA is soliciting
public comments on the issues
discussed in this notice or on other
relevant matters. These comments will
be considered before taking final action.
Interested parties may participate in the
Federal rulemaking procedure by
submitting written comments to this
proposed rule by following the
instructions listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this Federal Register.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, 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
‘‘Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision
Under the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS),’’ and 06–096 CMR Chapter
166, ‘‘Industrial Cleaning Solvents.’’
The EPA has made, and will continue
to make, these documents generally
available through https://
www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
Region 1 Office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER
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section of this
preamble for more information).
INFORMATION CONTACT
VI. 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, EPA’s role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet
the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this proposed 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);
• This action is not expected to be an
Executive Order 13771 regulatory action
because this action is not significant
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 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).
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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,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R10–OAR–2018–0809, FRL–9994–96–
Region 10]
Air Plan Approval; AK: Adoption
Updates and Permitting Rule Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposes to approve
revisions to the Alaska State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on
October 25, 2018. The revisions adopt
changes to federal emissions factors and
modeling guidelines, update preconstruction permitting of stationary
sources, and fix typographical and
grammatical errors. Upon final
approval, the Alaska SIP will include
provisions for electronic permit
applications, online notice of draft
permits, revised modeling guidelines,
and updated fine particulate matter
requirements in nonattainment areas.
The EPA also proposes to approve the
submitted revisions as meeting major
source pre-construction permitting
requirements for the Fairbanks North
Star Borough fine particulate matter
nonattainment area.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10–
OAR–2018–0809, at https://
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0218; FRL-9994-95-Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Maine; Reasonably Available Control Technology
for the 2008 Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the
State of Maine for purposes of implementing the 2008 Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The revisions consist of a
demonstration that Maine meets the requirements of reasonably available
control technology (RACT) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), set
forth by the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), with respect to the 2008 Ozone
standards. Additionally, we are proposing to approve a related
regulation that limits air emissions of VOCs from certain industrial
sources that use organic solvents in cleaning activities, and to
withdraw several previously approved source-specific RACT requirements
for sources that have ceased operation. This action is being taken
under the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2019-2018 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to
[email protected]. 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, 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. Publicly
available docket materials are available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Region 1 Regional
Office, Air and Radiation Division, Air Quality Branch, 5 Post Office
Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the contact 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 legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David L. Mackintosh, Air Quality
Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Region 1, 5 Post
Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code 05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, tel.
617-918-1584, email [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Summary of Maine's SIP Revisions
III. EPA's Evaluation of the Submittal
A. CTG VOC RACT Regulations
B. Chapter 166: Industrial Cleaning Solvents
C. Non-CTG VOC Major Sources
D. Withdrawal of Defunct Source-Specific Requirements
IV. Proposed Action
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Maine is part of the Ozone Transport Region (OTR) under Section
184(a) of the CAA. Sections 182(b)(2) and 184 of the CAA require states
with Ozone nonattainment areas that are classified as moderate or
above, as well as areas in the OTR, to submit a SIP revision requiring
the implementation of reasonably available control technology (RACT)
for sources covered by a control techniques guideline (CTG) and for all
major sources. A CTG is a document issued by EPA which establishes a
``presumptive norm'' for RACT for a specific VOC source category. RACT
is defined as the lowest emission limitation that a particular source
is capable of meeting by the application of control technology that is
reasonably available considering technological and economic
feasibility.\1\ The CTGs usually identifies a particular control level
which EPA recommends as being RACT. States are required to address RACT
for the source categories covered by CTGs through adoption of rules as
part of the SIP.
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\1\ See Memorandum from Roger Strelow, Assistant Administrator
for Air and Waste Management, U.S. EPA, to Regional Administrators,
U.S. EPA, ``Guidance for Determining Acceptability of SIP
Regulations in Non-Attainment Areas'' (Dec. 9, 1976); see also 44 FR
53761, 53762 (September 17, 1979).
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On October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58745), EPA issued four new CTGs, which
applicable areas were required to address by October 5, 2007:
Industrial Cleaning Solvents; Offset Lithographic Printing and
Letterpress Printing; Flexible Package Printing; and Flat Wood Paneling
Coatings. On October 9, 2007 (72 FR 57215), EPA issued three more CTGs,
which applicable areas were required to address by October 9, 2008:
Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings; Large Appliance Coatings; and Metal
Furniture Coatings. On October 7, 2008 (73 FR 58841), EPA issued an
additional four CTGs, which applicable areas were required to address
by October 7, 2009: Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings;
Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials; Miscellaneous Industrial
Adhesives; and Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings.
Lastly, on Oct 27, 2016 (81 FR 74798), EPA issued a new CTG for the Oil
and Natural Gas Industry, which applicable areas were required to
address by October 27, 2018.
On March 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436), EPA revised the health-based NAAQS
for Ozone to 0.075 parts per million (ppm), averaged over an 8-hour
timeframe. EPA determined that the revised 8-hour standard would be
more protective of human health, especially with regard to children and
adults who are active outdoors and individuals with a pre-existing
respiratory disease such as asthma.
On July 29, 2014 (79 FR 43945), EPA published a final rule
approving a request from Maine for an exemption from the requirements
for the control of nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions contained
in section 182(f) of the CAA in relation to the 2008 8-hour Ozone
NAAQS, providing an exemption from nonattainment new source review
(NNSR) and RACT for major new sources of NOX emissions in
Maine.
On March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12264), EPA published a final rule
outlining RACT requirements and requiring states in the OTR to certify
RACT requirements by July 20, 2014. This rule, referred to as the
``2008 Ozone implementation rule,''
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contains a description of EPA's expectations for states with RACT
obligations. The 2008 Ozone implementation rule gives states several
options for meeting RACT requirements for the 2008 Ozone standard.
States may (1) establish new or more stringent rules that meet RACT
control levels for the 2008 standard; (2) certify, where appropriate,
that previously adopted RACT rules approved by EPA under a prior Ozone
standard represent adequate RACT control levels for the 2008 Ozone
NAAQS; or (3) submit a negative declaration in instances where there
are no sources in the state covered by a specific CTG source category.
States may use these options alone or in combination to demonstrate
compliance with RACT requirements.
On October 26, 2015 (80 FR 65291), EPA revised the health-based
NAAQS for Ozone, setting it at 0.070 ppm averaged over an 8-hour time
frame. On December 6, 2018 (83 FR 62998), EPA published a final rule
that outlines the obligations for areas in nonattainment with the 2015
Ozone standard, as well as obligations for areas in the OTR. This rule,
referred to as the ``2015 Ozone implementation rule,'' requires states
in the OTR to certify RACT requirements by August 3, 2020.
On February 3, 2017 (82 FR 9158), EPA published a final rule
finding that Maine, as well as 14 other states and the District of
Columbia, had failed to submit SIP revisions in a timely manner to
satisfy certain requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. With respect to
Maine, EPA found that the state had failed to submit two required SIP
elements: Non-CTG VOC RACT for Major Sources and CTG VOC RACT. Id. at
9162. This finding became effective March 6, 2017, and started a SIP
sanctions clock, which required the missing SIP elements to be
submitted and deemed complete before September 6, 2018. Id. at 9160-61.
II. Summary of Maine's SIP Revisions
On August 31, 2018, Maine submitted a SIP revision to address its
outstanding RACT requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS (i.e., a RACT
Certification). The approval of Maine's section 182(f) NOX
waver for the 2008 8-hour Ozone standard eliminated the need for Maine
to address NOX RACT in its 2018 Certification (79 FR 43945).
Therefore, the RACT Certification addresses non-CTG VOC RACT for Major
Sources and CTG VOC RACT. The submittal is based on (1) certification
that previously adopted RACT controls, which were approved by EPA for
the 1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS, are based on currently available
technically and economically feasible controls and continue to
represent RACT for implementation of the 2008 Ozone NAAQS; (2) adoption
of more recent regulations that represent RACT controls; and (3)
negative declarations that there are no sources in the state covered by
specific CTG source categories (see section III below). Maine's
submittal includes a request for EPA approval of 06-096 Code of Maine
Rules (CMR) Chapter 166 ``Industrial Cleaning Solvents'' to address
EPA's 2006 CTG for Industrial Cleaning Solvents. Maine's submittal also
requests that EPA remove from the SIP several previously approved
source-specific RACT requirements for facilities that no longer exist
or, in one case, for a facility that no longer operates the process
controlled by the source-specific requirements.
On September 4, 2018, EPA determined that Maine's SIP submittal was
administratively and technically complete. This determination stopped
the 18-month sanctions clock for Maine's two outstanding RACT SIP
submittal elements. Because the sanctions clock stopped before
September 6, 2018, sanctions did not become applicable in the state of
Maine from the February 2017 finding of failure to submit (82 FR 9158).
On May 13, 2019, Maine modified its August 2018 SIP revision by
letter in which it withdrew an item in the submitted SIP Revision.
Specifically, on Table 3, ``Previously-Approved RACT Determinations for
Major Sources of VOC in Maine Now Permanently Closed or No Longer
Subject to RACT,'' Maine withdrew (i.e., removed) the row entitled
``United Technologies Corporation, Pratt and Whitney, North Berwick.''
As a result of this withdrawal, the United Technology, Pratt and
Whitney, North Berwick source-specific requirements approved by EPA
will remain in the Maine SIP.
Maine's August 2018 SIP submittal does not address RACT
requirements for the 2015 Ozone standard, or the 2016 CTG for the Oil
and Natural Gas Industry and, therefore, these are not addressed in
today's notice.
III. EPA's Evaluation of the Submittal
A. CTG VOC RACT Regulations
In Maine's August 2018 SIP revision, Table 1 lists each of the
state's VOC RACT regulations, the RACT basis for the regulation (e.g.,
CTG, ACT), the citation of EPA's approval of all but one of the
regulations (i.e., 06-096 CMR Chapter 166 ``Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,'' which we propose to approve in today's action), and
certifies that the state's current VOC RACT rules represent RACT under
the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. On May 22, 2012 (77 FR 30216), EPA approved
Maine's RACT Certification with respect to the 1997 Ozone NAAQS. In
this 2012 approval, EPA also approved regulations that address four
CTGs issued since the 1997 Ozone standard (i.e., Flat Wood Paneling
Coatings; Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings; Offset Lithographic Printing
and Letterpress Printing; and Metal Furniture Coatings). On November 5,
2014, (79 FR 65588), EPA approved Maine's regulations that address two
CTGs: Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives and Flexible Package Printing.
On May 26, 2016 (81 FR 33394), EPA approved Maine regulations that
address two more CTGs: Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings; and Fiberglass
Boat Manufacturing Materials. This 2016 action also approved negative
declarations for two CTGs: Large Appliance Coatings; and Automobile and
Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings. In today's action, EPA is proposing
to approve 06-096 CMR Chapter 166, which Maine included in its August
2018 SIP submission to address the Industrial Cleaning Solvent CTG.
This is the last CTG that Maine is required to address for RACT
Certification with respect to the 2008 Ozone NAAQS. EPA has evaluated
Maine's CTG VOC regulations, which the state certifies as meeting RACT
for the 2008 Ozone standard and finds that they are sufficiently
consistent with recommendations in the respective EPA CTGs and are
based on currently available technologically and economically feasible
controls. Therefore, EPA proposes that they continue to represent RACT
in Maine for the 2008 Ozone standard.
Maine's August 2018 submittal also included negative declarations
for the following CTG source categories: Auto and Light-Duty Truck
Assembly Coatings; Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing
Plants; Fugitive Emissions from Synthetic Organic Chemical Polymer and
Resin Manufacturing Equipment; Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners; Leaks from
Petroleum Refinery Equipment; Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene,
Polypropylene, and Polystyrene Resins; Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber
Tires; Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products;
Manufacturing of Vegetable Oil; Petroleum Liquid Storage in External
Floating Roof Tanks; Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater
Separators, and Process Unit Turnarounds; SOCMI Air Oxidation
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Processes; SOCMI Distillation and Reactor Processes; Surface Coating
for Insulation of Magnet Wire; Surface Coating of Automobiles and
Light-Duty Trucks; Surface Coating of Coils; Surface Coating of Large
Appliances; and Wood Furniture Manufacturing. These negative
declarations mean that Maine has no applicable stationary sources of
VOC that are covered by these CTGs.
B. Chapter 166: Industrial Cleaning Solvents
Maine's new regulation 06-096 CMR Chapter 166, ``Industrial
Cleaning Solvents,'' expands the types of VOC emissions controlled for
industrial cleaning solvents to address the 2006 Industrial Cleaning
Solvents CTG. The regulation generally applies to an owner or operator
of a source that uses industrial cleaning solvents in cleaning
activities and, before controls, creates actual emissions of 3 tons or
more of VOC from cleaning activities during any calendar year. As
described in the regulation, exemptions can apply to cleaning
activities regulated by another source category. The emission limits
are achieved by (1) using solvents with a maximum VOC content limit of
50 grams VOC per liter (0.42 lg/gal), (2) using cleaning solvents with
a composite vapor pressure of 8.0 millimeters or less of mercury (mm
Hg) at 20 degrees Celsius, or (3) using an emission control system with
an overall control efficiency of at least 85 percent. Recordkeeping and
general work practices are also required for applicable sources. These
provisions are consistent with EPA's recommendations for such sources
in the 2006 Industrial Cleaning Solvents CTG. Thus, EPA proposes to
approve Chapter 166 into the Maine SIP. Adding this regulation to the
SIP satisfies the anti-backsliding requirements of Section 110(l) of
the CAA because the new regulation will achieve an equal or greater
amount of VOC reductions as compared to existing EPA-approved Maine
regulations applicable to cleaning activities.
C. Non-CTG VOC Major Sources
Section 184(b)(2) of the CAA requires RACT be applied to any major
existing stationary source with the potential to emit 50 tons or
greater per year of VOC. Maine's Chapter 134, ``RACT for Facilities
that Emit VOCs,'' rule generally applies to Maine sources with
potential VOC emissions of 40 tons per year or greater that are not
regulated by a specific regulation. In 2012 (77 FR 30216), EPA approved
Chapter 134 as meeting RACT requirements for the 1997 Ozone NAAQS. EPA
proposes that Chapter 134 continues to represent RACT for applicable
major stationary sources of VOCs in Maine for the 2008 Ozone standard.
Maine's EPA-approved Chapter 134 establishes several RACT options,
two of which set presumptive standards for VOC emissions reductions and
a third that allows a source to submit a variety of strategies as an
alternative compliance plan to reduce VOC emissions. Because the third
option describes a process by which RACT can be defined but does not
define RACT as required by the CAA, Maine must submit source-specific
requirements to EPA for all applicable sources that do not conform to
the presumptive RACT options outlined in the rule. EPA has approved
many such source-specific RACT determinations into the SIP. See 40 CFR
52.1020(d). A fourth option specifically addresses VOC RACT
requirements for pulp and paper processes, requiring that emissions
from the digester system, multiple effect evaporator systems,
condensate stripper systems, smelt tanks, and lime kilns be controlled
through incineration or wet scrubber systems in accordance with Maine's
Chapter 124 ``Total Reduced Sulfur Control from Kraft Pulp Mills.''
Chapter 134 also includes provisions that exempt certain sources
from additional control requirements, such as for equipment or
processes that have met best available control technology (BACT), have
met lowest achievable emission rate (LAER), or are subject to a
separate RACT rule adopted by Maine and approved by EPA. Chapter 134
also exempts indirect contact wood kilns and wood yards (but not
groundwood operations) from requirements for additional controls
because it would not be technologically or economically practical to
attempt to enclose these areas and capture VOCs and route them to a
control device.
Table 2 of Maine's SIP revision lists the major VOC sources in
Maine, along with their licensed (potential to emit) VOC emissions, and
notes which sources are subject to applicable RACT requirements and
which facilities have VOC-emitting equipment or processes that are
exempt from the total VOC emission determination in Chapter 134. After
reviewing existing stationary sources in Maine, the state determined
that all major sources of VOC are currently meeting RACT requirements.
EPA proposes that Chapter 134 and the previously-approved source-
specific determinations continue to represent RACT for these VOC
sources in Maine for the 2008 Ozone standard because no new control
technologies are known to be reasonably available considering
technological and economic feasibility for these sources since our last
approval.
D. Withdrawal of Defunct Source-Specific Requirements
As explained above, Chapter 134 includes a process whereby a major
VOC source in Maine may seek a source-specific RACT determination
rather than be held to the specific emission limits or technology
standards that are set forth in the rule. Because of the generic nature
of this provision, RACT determinations established thereunder are
submitted to EPA as revisions to Maine's SIP. Over the years, EPA has
approved a number of such source-specific RACT determinations into the
Maine SIP. Several of the sources that have received such RACT
determinations are now either permanently closed or have ceased
operations of the regulated activity. In its August 2018 submittal,
Maine requested withdrawal of these previously SIP-approved source-
specific requirements. Six facilities have permanently closed: (1)
Prime Tanning Company, York County, Berwick, Maine; (2) JJ Nissen
Baking Company, Cumberland County, Portland, Maine; (3) Georgia Pacific
Corporation, Washington County, Baileyville (Woodland), Maine; (4)
Moosehead Manufacturing Company, Piscataquis County, Dover-Foxcroft,
Maine; (5) Moosehead Manufacturing Company, Piscataquis County, Monson,
Maine; and (6) Dexter Shoe Company, Penobscot County, Dexter, Maine. A
seventh facility--the McCain Foods USA, Inc., Tatermeal Facility in
Presque Isle--surrendered its license to operate its dryers used to
dehydrate primarily potato wastes to produce a material used as a
binder and nutritional supplement in animal feed. EPA proposes to
remove from the Maine SIP the source-specific RACT requirements
associated with these sources because the sources are permanently
closed or have ceased operations of the regulated activity and are,
therefore, no longer sources of emissions subject to non-CTG VOC RACT.
Withdrawing these requirements from the Maine SIP satisfies the anti-
backsliding requirements in Section 110(l) of the CAA because the
sources controlled no longer emit VOCs.
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve 06-096 CMR Chapter 166, ``Industrial
Cleaning Solvents,'' into the Maine SIP at 40 CFR 52.1020(c), ``EPA
approved regulations.'' EPA is proposing to approve Maine's SIP
revision on the basis that Maine has met the RACT
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requirements for the 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS as set forth by sections
182(b) and 184(b)(2) of the CAA. In addition, EPA is proposing to
approve ``Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision Under the 2008 8-hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS),'' as having satisfied the 2008 8-
hour NAAQS RACT requirements, and as an addition to the Maine SIP at 40
CFR 52.1020(e) ``Nonregulatory''.
EPA is proposing to withdraw the following previously-approved
source-specific RACT requirements for ``Prime Tanning Company, York
County, Berwick, Maine'' (two approvals); ``JJ Nissen Baking Company,
Cumberland County, Portland Maine''; ``Georgia Pacific Corporation,
Washington County, Woodland, Maine''; ``Moosehead Manufacturing
Company, Piscataquis County, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine''; ``Moosehead
Manufacturing Company, Piscataquis County, Monson, Maine''; ``Dexter
Shoe Company, Penobscot County, Dexter, Maine'' (two approvals); and
``McCain Foods USA, Inc., Tatermeal Facility'', and to remove all
entries for these facilities which are currently listed in 40 CFR
52.1020(d) ``EPA-approved State Source specific requirements.''
EPA is not proposing action with respect to the 2015 Ozone NAAQS or
with respect to the 2016 CTG for Oil and Natural Gas Industry. EPA is
soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this notice or on
other relevant matters. These comments will be considered before taking
final action. Interested parties may participate in the Federal
rulemaking procedure by submitting written comments to this proposed
rule by following the instructions listed in the ADDRESSES section of
this Federal Register.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, 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 ``Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision Under the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS),'' and 06-096 CMR Chapter 166,
``Industrial Cleaning Solvents.'' The EPA has made, and will continue
to make, these documents generally available through https://www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region 1 Office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble for more information).
VI. 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, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this proposed 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);
This action is not expected to be an Executive Order 13771
regulatory action because this action is not significant 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 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, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
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