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(ii) Other health care profession. A
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Air Plan Approval; Missouri;
Infrastructure State Implementation
Plan Requirements for the 2015 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
elements of a State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submission from the State
SUMMARY:
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of Missouri addressing the applicable
requirements of section 110 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) for the 2015 Ozone (O3)
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS). Section 110 requires that
each state adopt and submit a SIP
revision to support the implementation,
maintenance, and enforcement of each
new or revised NAAQS promulgated by
the EPA. These SIPs are commonly
referred to as ‘‘infrastructure’’ SIPs. The
infrastructure requirements are designed
to ensure that the structural components
of each state’s air quality management
program are adequate to meet the state’s
responsibilities under the CAA. The
EPA is also proposing to approve a
request from the state to exempt all
counties in the Metropolitan Kansas
City Interstate Air Quality Control
Region (AQCR) and all of Jefferson and
most of Franklin (except Boles
Township) counties in the Metropolitan
St. Louis Interstate AQCR from needing
an ozone contingency plan meeting the
requirements of our regulations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2019–0334 to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. for this
rulemaking. Comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Written Comments’’ heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Tracey Casburn Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air
Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219;
telephone number (913) 551–7016;
email address casburn.tracey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. A technical
support document (TSD) is included in
this proposed rulemaking docket.
Table of Contents
I. Written Comments
II. What is being addressed in this document?
III. Have the requirements for approval of a
sip revision been met?
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2019–
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0334, at https://www.regulations.gov.
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://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
II. What is being addressed in this
document?
The EPA is proposing to approve the
infrastructure SIP submission received
from the state on April 11, 2019, in
accordance with section 110(a)(1) of the
CAA. Specifically, the EPA is proposing
to approve the following infrastructure
elements of section 110(a)(2) of the
CAA: (A) through (C), (D)(i)(II)- prevent
significant deterioration of air quality
(prong 3) and protection of visibility
(prong 4), (D)(ii), (E) through (H), and (J)
through (M). Elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—significant
contribution to nonattainment (prong 1)
and interfering with maintenance of the
NAAQs (prong 2) were not addressed in
the submission. The state has provided
public notice of a SIP revision
addressing prongs 1 and 2, and the EPA
expects to receive that submission from
the state later. Section 110(a)(2)(I) was
also not addressed in the submission,
however, the EPA does not expect
infrastructure SIP submissions to
address element (I). Section 110(a)(2)(I)
requires states to meet the applicable
SIP requirements of part D of the CAA
relating to designated nonattainment
areas. The specific part D submissions
for designated nonattainment areas are
subject to different submission
schedules than those for section 110
infrastructure elements. The EPA will
act on part D attainment plan SIP
submissions through a separate
rulemaking governed by the
requirements for nonattainment areas,
as described in part D.
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The EPA is also proposing to approve
a request from the state to exempt all
counties in the Kansas City AQCR and
Jefferson and Franklin (except Bowles
Township) counties in the St. Louis
AQCR from needing to meet the
requirement to have an ozone
contingency plan found in at 40 CFR
part 51 subpart H.1
A technical support document (TSD)
is included as part of the docket to this
action and it includes an analysis of
how the EPA determined that the
submission meets the applicable
110(a)(1) and (2) requirements for
infrastructure SIPs and has meet the
criteria for an exemption from needing
an ozone contingency plan for all
counties in the Kansas City AQCR and
for Jefferson and Franklin (except
Bowles Township) counties in the St.
Louis AQCR.
III. Have the requirements for approval
of a SIP revision been met?
The submission has met the public
notice requirements of 40 CFR 51.102.
The submission also satisfied the
completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51,
appendix V. The state provided a public
comment period for the submission
from December 31, 2018, to February 7,
2019, and held a public hearing on
January 31, 2019. The state received
comments from the EPA during the
public comment period; the EPA was
the only commenter. The state
addressed the EPA’s comments. As
explained in more detail in the TSD, the
submission meets the substantive SIP
requirements of the CAA, including
section 110 and implementing
regulations.
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
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The EPA is proposing to approve the
April 11, 2019, submission addressing
the infrastructure elements for the 2015
O3 NAAQS. Specifically, the EPA is
proposing to approve the following
infrastructure elements of section
110(a)(2): (A) through (C), (D)(i)(II)—
prong 3 and prong 4, (D)(ii), (E) through
(H), and (J) through (M). The EPA is not
acting on the elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prong 1 and prong 2
because those elements were not
addressed in the submission. Section
1 51.152(d) (1) allows the Administrator to
exempt portions of a Priority I, IA, or II AQCR
which have been designated as attainment or
unclassifiable for national primary and secondary
standards under section 107 of the Act from the
requirement to have a contingency plan.
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110(a)(2)(I) was not addressed in the
submission and the EPA would not
expect it to be.
The EPA is also proposing to approve
a request from the state to exempt all
counties in the Kansas City AQCR and
Jefferson and Franklin (except Bowles
Township) counties in the St. Louis
AQCR from needing to meet the
requirement to have an ozone
contingency plan found in at 40 CFR
part 51 subpart H.
The EPA is processing this as a
proposed action because it is soliciting
comments. Final rulemaking will occur
after consideration of any comments.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
action because SIP approvals are
exempted under Executive Order 12866.
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Public Law 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
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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 the
National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTA) because this
rulemaking does not involve technical
standards; 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 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, Air quality control
region, Contingency plan, Incorporation
by reference, Infrastructure,
Intergovernmental relations, Exemption,
Ozone.
Dated: June 18, 2019.
James Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the EPA proposes to amend
40 CFR part 52 as set forth below:
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 AA Missouri
2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by adding the entry
‘‘(78)’’ in numerical order to read as
follows:
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§ 52.1320
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EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI NONREGULATORY SIP PROVISIONS
Name of
non-regulatory SIP
provision
Applicable
geographic
or nonattainment
area
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(78) Sections 110
(a)(1) and
110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for the
2015 Ozone
NAAQS. Ozone
Contingency Plan
Exemptions.
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State submittal
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4/11/2019
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Ocean Dumping: Modification of an
Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site
Offshore of Mobile, Alabama
Environmental Protection
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AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
modification of the existing EPA
designated ocean dredged material
disposal site (ODMDS) offshore of
Mobile, Alabama (referred to hereafter
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received on or before August 9, 2019.
DATES:
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This action proposes to approve the following CAA elements: 110(a)(1) and
110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D)(i)(II)—
prongs 3 and 4, (D)(ii), (E), (F), (G),
(H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prongs 1 and 2
were not included in the submission.
110(a)(2)(I) is not applicable.
This action proposes to approve ozone
contingency plan exemptions for all
counties in the Kansas City AQCR
and Jefferson and Franklin (except
Bowles Township) counties in the St.
Louis AQCR.
[EPA–R07–OAR–2019–0334;
FRL–
9995–33–Region 7].
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OW–2019–xxxx, by one of the following
methods:
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• Email: weiss.lena@epa.gov.
• Mail: Lena Weiss, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, Water Division, Oceans and
Estuarine Management Section, 61
Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OW–2019–
xxxx. The EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at
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personal information provided, unless
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0334; FRL-9995-33-Region 7]
Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Infrastructure State Implementation
Plan Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve elements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submission from the State of Missouri addressing the applicable
requirements of section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2015
Ozone (O3) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).
Section 110 requires that each state adopt and submit a SIP revision to
support the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of each new or
revised NAAQS promulgated by the EPA. These SIPs are commonly referred
to as ``infrastructure'' SIPs. The infrastructure requirements are
designed to ensure that the structural components of each state's air
quality management program are adequate to meet the state's
responsibilities under the CAA. The EPA is also proposing to approve a
request from the state to exempt all counties in the Metropolitan
Kansas City Interstate Air Quality Control Region (AQCR) and all of
Jefferson and most of Franklin (except Boles Township) counties in the
Metropolitan St. Louis Interstate AQCR from needing an ozone
contingency plan meeting the requirements of our regulations.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2019-0334 to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received will be posted without
change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Written
Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Tracey Casburn Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air Quality Planning Branch, 11201
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number (913) 551-
7016; email address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA. A technical support document (TSD) is
included in this proposed rulemaking docket.
Table of Contents
I. Written Comments
II. What is being addressed in this document?
III. Have the requirements for approval of a sip revision been met?
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2019-
0334, at https://www.regulations.gov. 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
II. What is being addressed in this document?
The EPA is proposing to approve the infrastructure SIP submission
received from the state on April 11, 2019, in accordance with section
110(a)(1) of the CAA. Specifically, the EPA is proposing to approve the
following infrastructure elements of section 110(a)(2) of the CAA: (A)
through (C), (D)(i)(II)- prevent significant deterioration of air
quality (prong 3) and protection of visibility (prong 4), (D)(ii), (E)
through (H), and (J) through (M). Elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--significant contribution to nonattainment (prong 1)
and interfering with maintenance of the NAAQs (prong 2) were not
addressed in the submission. The state has provided public notice of a
SIP revision addressing prongs 1 and 2, and the EPA expects to receive
that submission from the state later. Section 110(a)(2)(I) was also not
addressed in the submission, however, the EPA does not expect
infrastructure SIP submissions to address element (I). Section
110(a)(2)(I) requires states to meet the applicable SIP requirements of
part D of the CAA relating to designated nonattainment areas. The
specific part D submissions for designated nonattainment areas are
subject to different submission schedules than those for section 110
infrastructure elements. The EPA will act on part D attainment plan SIP
submissions through a separate rulemaking governed by the requirements
for nonattainment areas, as described in part D.
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The EPA is also proposing to approve a request from the state to
exempt all counties in the Kansas City AQCR and Jefferson and Franklin
(except Bowles Township) counties in the St. Louis AQCR from needing to
meet the requirement to have an ozone contingency plan found in at 40
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a Priority I, IA, or II AQCR which have been designated as
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standards under section 107 of the Act from the requirement to have
a contingency plan.
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A technical support document (TSD) is included as part of the
docket to this action and it includes an analysis of how the EPA
determined that the submission meets the applicable 110(a)(1) and (2)
requirements for infrastructure SIPs and has meet the criteria for an
exemption from needing an ozone contingency plan for all counties in
the Kansas City AQCR and for Jefferson and Franklin (except Bowles
Township) counties in the St. Louis AQCR.
III. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
The submission has met the public notice requirements of 40 CFR
51.102. The submission also satisfied the completeness criteria of 40
CFR part 51, appendix V. The state provided a public comment period for
the submission from December 31, 2018, to February 7, 2019, and held a
public hearing on January 31, 2019. The state received comments from
the EPA during the public comment period; the EPA was the only
commenter. The state addressed the EPA's comments. As explained in more
detail in the TSD, the submission meets the substantive SIP
requirements of the CAA, including section 110 and implementing
regulations.
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is proposing to approve the April 11, 2019, submission
addressing the infrastructure elements for the 2015 O3
NAAQS. Specifically, the EPA is proposing to approve the following
infrastructure elements of section 110(a)(2): (A) through (C),
(D)(i)(II)--prong 3 and prong 4, (D)(ii), (E) through (H), and (J)
through (M). The EPA is not acting on the elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--prong 1 and prong 2 because those elements were not
addressed in the submission. Section 110(a)(2)(I) was not addressed in
the submission and the EPA would not expect it to be.
The EPA is also proposing to approve a request from the state to
exempt all counties in the Kansas City AQCR and Jefferson and Franklin
(except Bowles Township) counties in the St. Louis AQCR from needing to
meet the requirement to have an ozone contingency plan found in at 40
CFR part 51 subpart H.
The EPA is processing this as a proposed action because it is
soliciting comments. Final rulemaking will occur after consideration of
any comments.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory action because SIP approvals are exempted under
Executive Order 12866.
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 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 the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTA) because this rulemaking does not
involve technical standards; 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 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, Air quality
control region, Contingency plan, Incorporation by reference,
Infrastructure, Intergovernmental relations, Exemption, Ozone.
Dated: June 18, 2019.
James Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA proposes to amend
40 CFR part 52 as set forth below:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart AA Missouri
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2. In Sec. 52.1320, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding
the entry ``(78)'' in numerical order to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1320 Identification of plan.
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(e) * * *
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EPA-Approved Missouri Nonregulatory SIP Provisions
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Applicable
Name of non-regulatory SIP geographic or State
provision nonattainment submittal date EPA Approval date Explanation
area
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(78) Sections 110 (a)(1) and Statewide........ 4/11/2019 [Date of publication This action proposes
110(a)(2) Infrastructure of the final rule in to approve the
Requirements for the 2015 the Federal following CAA
Ozone NAAQS. Ozone Register], [Federal elements: 110(a)(1)
Contingency Plan Exemptions. Register citation of and 110(a)(2)(A),
the final rule]. (B), (C),
(D)(i)(II)--prongs 3
and 4, (D)(ii), (E),
(F), (G), (H), (J),
(K), (L), and (M).
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)--
prongs 1 and 2 were
not included in the
submission.
110(a)(2)(I) is not
applicable.
This action proposes
to approve ozone
contingency plan
exemptions for all
counties in the
Kansas City AQCR and
Jefferson and
Franklin (except
Bowles Township)
counties in the St.
Louis AQCR.
[EPA-R07-OAR-2019-033
4; FRL-9995-33-
Region 7].
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[FR Doc. 2019-13374 Filed 6-24-19; 8:45 am]
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