South Dakota; Proposed Approval of Revisions to the State Air Pollution Control Rules and to the Permitting Rules for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration, 30686-30689 [2019-13636]
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requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is
proposing to incorporate by reference
OAC rules 3745–14–01, 3745–14–03,
3745–14–04, and 3745–14–08, with a
state effective date of January 28, 2018.
EPA has made, and will continue to
make, these documents generally
available through www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region 5 Office (please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble for more information).
Also in this document, as described in
the proposed amendments to 40 CFR
part 52 set forth below, the EPA is
proposing to remove provisions of the
EPA-Approved Illinois Regulations and
Statutes from the Illinois State
Implementation Plan, which is
incorporated by reference in accordance
with the requirements of 1 CFR part 51.
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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 (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
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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
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where EPA or an
Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have
tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Dated: June 13, 2019.
Cathy Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0064; FRL–9995–24–
Region 8]
South Dakota; Proposed Approval of
Revisions to the State Air Pollution
Control Rules and to the Permitting
Rules for the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP) and
Operating Permit Program revisions
submitted by the State of South Dakota
on October 23, 2015, related to South
Dakota’s Air Pollution Control Program.
The October 23, 2015 submittal revises
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certain definitions in the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD)
permitting rules and general definition
section related to greenhouse gases
(GHGs). In this rulemaking, we are
proposing action on portions of the
October 23, 2015 submittal, which were
not acted on in our previous final
rulemaking published on October 13,
2016. The effect of this rulemaking is to
ensure that certain definitions in South
Dakota’s PSD rules are in compliance
with the federal PSD requirements. This
action is being taken under the Clean
Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–
OAR–2019–0064 to the Federal
Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from
www.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.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Division,
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. The EPA
requests that if at all possible, you
contact the individual listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
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view the hard copy of the docket. You
may view the hard copy of the docket
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Leone, Air Quality Planning
Branch, EPA, Region 8, Mailcode
8ARD–QP, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, (303)
312–6227, leone.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document wherever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
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I. Background
On June 3, 2010 (75 FR 31514), the
EPA published a final rule, known as
the GHG Tailoring Rule, which, with
respect to the CAA PSD permitting
program, phased in permitting
requirements for GHG emissions from
stationary sources. Under its
interpretation of the CAA at the time,
the EPA determined it was necessary to
avoid an unmanageable increase in the
number of sources that would be
required to obtain PSD permits under
the CAA because the sources emitted or
had the potential to emit GHGs at or
above the applicable major source and
major modification thresholds. In Step 1
of the GHG Tailoring Rule, the EPA
limited application of PSD requirements
to sources only if they were subject to
PSD ‘‘anyway’’ due to the emissions of
other non-GHG pollutants. These
sources were referred to as ‘‘anyway’’
sources. In Step 2 of the GHG Tailoring
Rule, the EPA applied the PSD
permitting requirements under the CAA
to sources that were classified as major
based solely on their GHG emissions or
potential to emit GHGs, and to
modifications of otherwise major
sources that require a PSD permit
because they increased only GHG
emissions above the level in the EPA
regulations.
On June 23, 2014, the United States
Supreme Court addressed the
application of PSD and Title V
permitting requirements to GHG
emissions. Utility Air Regulatory Group
v. Environmental Protection Agency,
134 S.Ct. 2427 (2014). The Supreme
Court held that the EPA may not treat
GHGs as an air pollutant for purposes of
determining whether a source is a major
source (or a modification thereof) and
thus required to obtain a PSD or title V
permit. With respect to PSD, the Court
also held that the EPA could continue
to require that PSD permits, otherwise
required based on emissions of
pollutants other than GHGs (anyway
sources), contain limitations on GHG
emissions based on the application of
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Best Available Control Technology
(BACT).
In accordance with the Supreme
Court decision, on April 10, 2015, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit (the D.C. Circuit)
issued an amended judgment effectively
vacating the regulations that
implemented Step 2 of the EPA’s GHG
Tailoring Rule. Coalition for
Responsible Regulation v. EPA, 606 F.
App’x. 6, at 7–8 (D.C. Cir. April 10,
2015) (Amended Judgment). With
respect to PSD, Step 2 applied to
sources that emitted only GHGs at or
above the thresholds triggering the
requirement to obtain a PSD permit. The
Amended Judgment preserves, without
the need for additional rulemaking by
the EPA, the application of the BACT
requirement to GHG emissions from
Step 1 or ‘‘anyway sources.’’ With
respect to PSD Step 2 sources, the D.C.
Circuit’s Amended Judgment vacated
the regulations at issue in the litigation,
including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v) and
52.21(b)(49)(v), ‘‘to the extent they
require a stationary source to obtain a
PSD permit if greenhouse gases are the
only pollutant (i) that the source emits
or has the potential to emit above the
applicable major source thresholds, or
(ii) for which there is a significant
emission increase from a modification.’’
The Amended Judgment further ordered
that: ‘‘the regulations under review be
vacated to the extent they require a
stationary source to obtain a title V
permit solely because the source emits
or has the potential to emit greenhouse
gases above the applicable major source
thresholds.’’
In accordance with the D.C. Circuit’s
Amended Judgment, on August 19, 2015
(80 FR 50199), the EPA published a
final rulemaking titled: ‘‘Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V
Permitting for Greenhouse Gases:
Removal of Vacated Elements.’’ In this
rulemaking, the EPA removed GHG
Tailoring Rule Step 2 PSD permitting
requirements in 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v)
and 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v) from the
CFR.
As mentioned, the Amended
Judgment specifically ordered that
certain EPA regulations under review
(including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v) and
52.21(b)(49)(v)) be vacated. In the EPA’s
final rulemaking titled ‘‘Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V
Permitting for Greenhouse Gases:
Removal of Certain Vacated Elements,’’
which was published on August 19,
2015 (80 FR 50199), we state:
This final action removes from the CFR
several provisions of the PSD and title V
permitting regulations that were originally
promulgated as part of the Tailoring Rule and
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that the D.C. Circuit specifically identified as
vacated in the Coalition Amended Judgment.
Because the D.C. Circuit specifically
identified the Tailoring Rule Step 2 PSD
permitting requirements in 40 CFR
51.166(b)(48)(v) and 52.21(b)(49)(v) and the
regulations that require the EPA to consider
further phasing-in the GHG permitting
requirements at lower GHG emission
thresholds in 40 CFR 52.22, 70.12 and 71.13
as vacated, the EPA is taking the ministerial
action of removing these provisions from the
CFR.
EPA further states:
The EPA intends to further revise the PSD
and title V regulations to fully implement the
Coalition Amended Judgment in a separate
rulemaking. This future rulemaking will
include revisions to additional definitions in
the PSD regulations.
South Dakota’s PSD preconstruction
permitting program consists of sections
74–36–09–01 through 74–36–09–03.
The State’s submittal incorporated by
reference as of October 23, 2015, the
revisions to remove the GHG Tailoring
Rule Step 2 PSD permitting
requirements in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v)
from their state implementation plan
(SIP) in 74:36:09:02(7)–(9) (removing 40
CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v) as well as the
references to 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v)).
These revisions were approved in 81 FR
70626 and published on October 13,
2016 (see docket).
In this action we propose to approve
two additional revisions contained in
the State’s 2015 submittal: South
Dakota’s revision to the definition of
‘‘subject to regulation’’ in
74:36:01:01(73) 1 and the addition of the
new provision in 74:36:09–02(10).2 In
our October 13, 2016 action, we did not
act on South Dakota’s revisions in
74:36:01:01(73) because it revises the
definition of ‘‘regulated NSR pollutant’’
and 74:36:09(02)(10) revises language in
§ 52.21(b)(49)(iv)(b) related to
‘‘regulated NSR pollutant.’’ The EPA
determined that it was not appropriate
to act on any revisions related to
definitions as a result of the court’s
decision at that time because, as
mentioned above, the EPA’s final
rulemaking titled ‘‘Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Title V
Permitting for Greenhouse Gases:
Removal of Certain Vacated Elements’’
stated that a future rulemaking will
include revisions to additional
definitions in the PSD regulations.
On October 3, 2016, the EPA
proposed the additional definition
1 The State’s proposed rule changes appear in the
document titled ‘‘Appendix A, Proposed
Amendment to ARSD 74–36—Air Pollution Control
Program’’, which is in the Docket. Appendix A, p.
A–14, PDF p. 431.
2 Appendix A, p. A–175, PDF p. 330.
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revisions in ‘‘Revisions to the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) and Title V Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Permitting Regulations and
Establishment of a Significant Emissions
Rate (SER) for GHG Emissions Under
the PSD Program.’’ 81 FR 68110. In the
2016 action, the EPA proposed to revise
certain definitions in the PSD
permitting regulations to fully
implement the Amended Judgment.
Specifically, we proposed the following.
• The first revision would revise the
definitions of ‘‘major stationary source’’
and ‘‘major modification’’ by repealing
all parts of the definition of ‘‘subject to
regulation’’, except for the first
paragraph, which simply serves to
codify our interpretation of the term
‘‘subject to regulation.’’ Thus, this
rulemaking simply proposed retention
of the first paragraph in the definition
of ‘‘subject to regulation’’ at 40 CFR
51.166(b)(48) and 52.21(b)(49) and
proposed adding a sentence explaining
that pollutants subject to regulation
include, but are not limited to,
greenhouse gases.
• The second revision would
establish a freestanding definition of the
term ‘‘greenhouse gases’’ at 40 CFR
51.166(b)(31) and 52.21(b)(32).
Previously, the definition of this
pollutant was located within the
definition of ‘‘subject to regulation’’ and
the EPA simply proposed to move the
language that defined GHGs into an
independent definition for the term
‘‘greenhouse gases,’’ including the
method to compute tons per year CO2
equivalent emissions (CO2e). We
explained that this proposed change to
the EPA’s definition of GHG in the PSD
permitting rules does not change the
meaning of the term, as it will be the
exact same language as in the existing
regulations.3
Because South Dakota’s revisions are
consistent with the D.C. Circuit’s
amended judgement, the EPA’s October
3, 2016, proposed rulemaking does not
need to be finalized in order for us to
approve South Dakota’s revisions.
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II. The EPA’s Evaluation
A. Chapter 74:36:01:01—Definitions
We are proposing approval to the
changes in 74:36:01:01(73). Chapter
74:36:01:01 defines the terms used
throughout Article 74:36—Air Pollution
Control Program. The State updated
74:36:01:01(73) to reflect the D.C.
Circuit’s Amended Judgment. In
particular, South Dakota modified the
3 We note that EPA’s proposed rulemaking
covered additional revisions, which are not relevant
to the State’s submission. EPA has not finalized this
proposal.
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definition of ‘‘subject to regulation’’ by
striking the reference to the definition of
‘‘subject to regulation’’ in the part 70
rules (40 CFR 70.2) and replacing it
with: ‘‘Subject to regulation means, for
any air pollutant, that the pollutant is
subject to either a provision in the Clean
Air Act, or a nationally-applicable
regulation codified by the Administrator
in subchapter C of this chapter, that
requires actual control of the quantity of
emissions of that pollutant, and that
such a control requirement has taken
effect and is operative to control, limit
or restrict the quantity of emissions of
that pollutant released from the
regulated activity. Greenhouse gases are
not subject to regulation unless a PSD
preconstruction permit is issued
regulating greenhouse gases in
accordance with chapter 74:36:09.’’
The State’s definition of ‘‘subject to
regulation’’ retains the first paragraph in
§ 52.21(b)(49), which codifies the
interpretation of the term ‘‘subject to
regulation,’’ which has the effect of
revising the definitions of ‘‘major
stationary source’’ and ‘‘major
modification.’’ In adopting only the first
paragraph of § 52.21(b)(49), the State’s
definition excludes the exceptions to
the definition of ‘‘subject to regulation’’
provisions in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(i)–
(iv). Those provisions are relevant for
the PSD program and are found
elsewhere in the State’s PSD rules.4 The
State also added the following sentence
to the end of the definition of ‘‘subject
to regulation’’: ‘‘[g]reenhouse gases are
not subject to regulation unless a PSD
preconstruction permit is issued
regulating greenhouse gases accordance
with chapter 74:36:09.’’ We propose to
approve this additional sentence
because we do not believe it would
reduce the stringency of the SIP
definition of ‘‘subject to regulation,’’ as
compared to the revised definitions in
our ‘‘Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Title V Permitting for
Greenhouse Gases: Removal of Vacated
4 Our October 13, 2016 final action (81 FR 70626)
approved the following exception to the State’s
adoption by reference of the PSD rules.
74:36:09:02(7)–(9), adopts by reference the term
‘‘Subject to regulation’’ in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49),
which includes § 52.21(b)(49)(i)–(iv) and
conforming amendments, but not § 52.21(b)(49)(v).
We note that our 2016 final action did not include
a revision the EPA proposed in response to the
Amended Judgment that adds a sentence to the end
of the first paragraph of 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)
(‘‘Pollutants subject to regulation include, but are
not limited to, greenhouse gases as defined in
paragraph (b)(32) of this section’’). 81 FR 68143.
Even if EPA were to finalize its proposal, we do not
believe this additional sentence is needed in the
South Dakota regulations because the definition
applies to all sources, including non-PSD sources,
and ‘‘Subject to regulation’’ for purposes of PSD is
adopted by reference elsewhere in the State’s rules.
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Elements’’ rulemaking, and because it is
consistent with the Amended Judgment.
Additionally, the State’s revision to
74:36:01:01(73) removed and replaced
the reference in that section to the
definition of ‘‘subject to regulation’’ in
40 CFR 70.2, which we propose to
approve in light of the Amended
Judgment, which, in effect, ordered the
vacatur of the requirement in the part 70
regulations that a stationary source
obtain a title V permit solely because it
emits or has the potential to emit GHGs
above the title V major source threshold.
This modification is approvable because
it is consistent with the Amended
Judgment, which describes the CAA
permitting authority regarding GHG
emissions, and thus we do not believe
it would reduce the stringency of the
definition in the SIP compared with the
federal definitions of ‘‘subject to
regulation’’ found in § 51.166(b)(48),
§ 52.21(b)(49), and § 70.2.
B. Chapter 74:36:09—Prevention of
Significant Deterioration
We are proposing approval to the
addition of 74:36:09:02(10). Chapter
74:36:09 is South Dakota’s PSD
preconstruction program for major
sources located in areas of the State that
are designated attainment for the federal
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) identified in 74:36:02, which
adopts the EPA’s PSD rules in 40 CFR
52.21 by reference, noting certain
differences. The EPA approved the PSD
preconstruction permitting program in
South Dakota’s SIP. South Dakota’s
October 23, 2015 submittal added
74:36:09:02(10) as an additional
difference from the federal rules, which
states that for the purposes of this
section, 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(iv)(b), the
term ‘‘also will have an emissions
increase of a regulated NSR pollutant’’
means ‘‘also will have a major
modification of a regulated NSR
pollutant that is not GHGs.’’ This
provision amends one of the exceptions
to the definition of ‘‘subject to
regulation’’ in the State’s PSD rules
(‘‘Beginning January 2, 2011, the
pollutant GHGs is subject to regulation
if: . . . [t]he stationary source is an
existing major stationary source for a
regulated NSR pollutant that is not
GHGs, and also will have an emissions
increase of a regulated NSR pollutant,
and an emissions increase of 75,000 tpy
CO2e or more’’). The State’s change was
not included in either of the EPA’s
recent actions to amend the PSD
applicability rules for GHG emissions
(80 FR 50199 and 81 FR 68110,
described above). Nevertheless, we
propose to approve the change because
it is consistent with the intent of our
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federal rules since the regulatory
definition of ‘‘major modification’’
found at [insert either 40 CFR
52.21(b)(2)(i) or South Dakota’s
equivalent rule provision] is essentially
equivalent in meaning to the term
‘‘emissions increase’’ as it is defined at
40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(iii). This change
reflects the D.C. Circuit’s Amended
Judgment in that 74:36:09:02(10) merely
emphasizes that a source has to trigger
PSD for a non-GHG pollutant before
GHGs can become subject to regulation.
This modification is approvable because
it does not reduce the stringency of the
federal definition of ‘‘subject to
regulation’’ found in § 51.166(b)(48) and
§ 52.21(b)(49).
III. Proposed Action
For the reasons described in section II
of this proposed rulemaking, the EPA is
proposing to approve the revisions
submitted by South Dakota on October
23, 2015, which were not acted on in 81
FR 70626. Our action is based on an
evaluation of South Dakota’s revisions
against the requirements of CAA
sections 110(a)(2)(c) and 502(b), and
regulatory requirements under 40 CFR
51.160–164, 40 CFR 51.166, 40 CFR
52.21, 40 CFR part 70 and the D.C.
Circuit’s Amended Judgment.
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IV. Consideration of Section 110(l) of
the CAA
Under section 110(l) of the CAA, the
EPA cannot approve a SIP revision if the
revision would interfere with any
applicable requirements concerning
attainment and reasonable further
progress (RFP) toward attainment of the
NAAQS, or any other applicable
requirement of the Act. In addition,
section 110(l) requires that each revision
to an implementation plan submitted by
a state shall be adopted by the state after
reasonable notice and public hearing.
The South Dakota SIP revisions that
the EPA proposes to approve do not
interfere with any applicable
requirements of the Act. The revisions
to the Administrative Rules of South
Dakota (ARSD) 74:36:09:02(10) and
74:36:01(73) submitted by South Dakota
on October 23, 2015, ensure South
Dakota’s PSD program is in compliance
with the federal PSD requirements.
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Therefore, CAA section 110(l)
requirements are satisfied.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA proposes 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
proposes to incorporate by reference the
ARSD rules promulgated in 74:36, as
described in section II of this preamble.
The EPA has made, and will continue
to make, these materials generally
available through www.regulations.gov
and/or at the EPA Region 8 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 CAA, 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 CAA. Accordingly, this 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 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
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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 the 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 the EPA or
an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the proposed 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations,
Greenhouse gases, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 21, 2019.
Debra H. Thomas,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0064; FRL-9995-24-Region 8]
South Dakota; Proposed Approval of Revisions to the State Air
Pollution Control Rules and to the Permitting Rules for the Prevention
of Significant Deterioration
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) and Operating Permit Program
revisions submitted by the State of South Dakota on October 23, 2015,
related to South Dakota's Air Pollution Control Program. The October
23, 2015 submittal revises certain definitions in the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting rules and general definition
section related to greenhouse gases (GHGs). In this rulemaking, we are
proposing action on portions of the October 23, 2015 submittal, which
were not acted on in our previous final rulemaking published on October
13, 2016. The effect of this rulemaking is to ensure that certain
definitions in South Dakota's PSD rules are in compliance with the
federal PSD requirements. This action is being taken under the Clean
Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2019-0064 to the Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
www.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.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation
Division, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. The EPA requests that if at all
possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to
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view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy of the
docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Leone, Air Quality Planning
Branch, EPA, Region 8, Mailcode 8ARD-QP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6227, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
I. Background
On June 3, 2010 (75 FR 31514), the EPA published a final rule,
known as the GHG Tailoring Rule, which, with respect to the CAA PSD
permitting program, phased in permitting requirements for GHG emissions
from stationary sources. Under its interpretation of the CAA at the
time, the EPA determined it was necessary to avoid an unmanageable
increase in the number of sources that would be required to obtain PSD
permits under the CAA because the sources emitted or had the potential
to emit GHGs at or above the applicable major source and major
modification thresholds. In Step 1 of the GHG Tailoring Rule, the EPA
limited application of PSD requirements to sources only if they were
subject to PSD ``anyway'' due to the emissions of other non-GHG
pollutants. These sources were referred to as ``anyway'' sources. In
Step 2 of the GHG Tailoring Rule, the EPA applied the PSD permitting
requirements under the CAA to sources that were classified as major
based solely on their GHG emissions or potential to emit GHGs, and to
modifications of otherwise major sources that require a PSD permit
because they increased only GHG emissions above the level in the EPA
regulations.
On June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court addressed the
application of PSD and Title V permitting requirements to GHG
emissions. Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection
Agency, 134 S.Ct. 2427 (2014). The Supreme Court held that the EPA may
not treat GHGs as an air pollutant for purposes of determining whether
a source is a major source (or a modification thereof) and thus
required to obtain a PSD or title V permit. With respect to PSD, the
Court also held that the EPA could continue to require that PSD
permits, otherwise required based on emissions of pollutants other than
GHGs (anyway sources), contain limitations on GHG emissions based on
the application of Best Available Control Technology (BACT).
In accordance with the Supreme Court decision, on April 10, 2015,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the
D.C. Circuit) issued an amended judgment effectively vacating the
regulations that implemented Step 2 of the EPA's GHG Tailoring Rule.
Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, 606 F. App'x. 6, at 7-8
(D.C. Cir. April 10, 2015) (Amended Judgment). With respect to PSD,
Step 2 applied to sources that emitted only GHGs at or above the
thresholds triggering the requirement to obtain a PSD permit. The
Amended Judgment preserves, without the need for additional rulemaking
by the EPA, the application of the BACT requirement to GHG emissions
from Step 1 or ``anyway sources.'' With respect to PSD Step 2 sources,
the D.C. Circuit's Amended Judgment vacated the regulations at issue in
the litigation, including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v) and 52.21(b)(49)(v),
``to the extent they require a stationary source to obtain a PSD permit
if greenhouse gases are the only pollutant (i) that the source emits or
has the potential to emit above the applicable major source thresholds,
or (ii) for which there is a significant emission increase from a
modification.'' The Amended Judgment further ordered that: ``the
regulations under review be vacated to the extent they require a
stationary source to obtain a title V permit solely because the source
emits or has the potential to emit greenhouse gases above the
applicable major source thresholds.''
In accordance with the D.C. Circuit's Amended Judgment, on August
19, 2015 (80 FR 50199), the EPA published a final rulemaking titled:
``Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Permitting for
Greenhouse Gases: Removal of Vacated Elements.'' In this rulemaking,
the EPA removed GHG Tailoring Rule Step 2 PSD permitting requirements
in 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v) and 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v) from the CFR.
As mentioned, the Amended Judgment specifically ordered that
certain EPA regulations under review (including 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48)(v)
and 52.21(b)(49)(v)) be vacated. In the EPA's final rulemaking titled
``Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Permitting for
Greenhouse Gases: Removal of Certain Vacated Elements,'' which was
published on August 19, 2015 (80 FR 50199), we state:
This final action removes from the CFR several provisions of the
PSD and title V permitting regulations that were originally
promulgated as part of the Tailoring Rule and that the D.C. Circuit
specifically identified as vacated in the Coalition Amended
Judgment. Because the D.C. Circuit specifically identified the
Tailoring Rule Step 2 PSD permitting requirements in 40 CFR
51.166(b)(48)(v) and 52.21(b)(49)(v) and the regulations that
require the EPA to consider further phasing-in the GHG permitting
requirements at lower GHG emission thresholds in 40 CFR 52.22, 70.12
and 71.13 as vacated, the EPA is taking the ministerial action of
removing these provisions from the CFR.
EPA further states:
The EPA intends to further revise the PSD and title V
regulations to fully implement the Coalition Amended Judgment in a
separate rulemaking. This future rulemaking will include revisions
to additional definitions in the PSD regulations.
South Dakota's PSD preconstruction permitting program consists of
sections 74-36-09-01 through 74-36-09-03. The State's submittal
incorporated by reference as of October 23, 2015, the revisions to
remove the GHG Tailoring Rule Step 2 PSD permitting requirements in 40
CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v) from their state implementation plan (SIP) in
74:36:09:02(7)-(9) (removing 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v) as well as the
references to 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(v)). These revisions were approved in
81 FR 70626 and published on October 13, 2016 (see docket).
In this action we propose to approve two additional revisions
contained in the State's 2015 submittal: South Dakota's revision to the
definition of ``subject to regulation'' in 74:36:01:01(73) \1\ and the
addition of the new provision in 74:36:09-02(10).\2\ In our October 13,
2016 action, we did not act on South Dakota's revisions in
74:36:01:01(73) because it revises the definition of ``regulated NSR
pollutant'' and 74:36:09(02)(10) revises language in Sec.
52.21(b)(49)(iv)(b) related to ``regulated NSR pollutant.'' The EPA
determined that it was not appropriate to act on any revisions related
to definitions as a result of the court's decision at that time
because, as mentioned above, the EPA's final rulemaking titled
``Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Permitting for
Greenhouse Gases: Removal of Certain Vacated Elements'' stated that a
future rulemaking will include revisions to additional definitions in
the PSD regulations.
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\1\ The State's proposed rule changes appear in the document
titled ``Appendix A, Proposed Amendment to ARSD 74-36--Air Pollution
Control Program'', which is in the Docket. Appendix A, p. A-14, PDF
p. 431.
\2\ Appendix A, p. A-175, PDF p. 330.
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On October 3, 2016, the EPA proposed the additional definition
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revisions in ``Revisions to the Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) and Title V Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Permitting Regulations and
Establishment of a Significant Emissions Rate (SER) for GHG Emissions
Under the PSD Program.'' 81 FR 68110. In the 2016 action, the EPA
proposed to revise certain definitions in the PSD permitting
regulations to fully implement the Amended Judgment. Specifically, we
proposed the following.
The first revision would revise the definitions of ``major
stationary source'' and ``major modification'' by repealing all parts
of the definition of ``subject to regulation'', except for the first
paragraph, which simply serves to codify our interpretation of the term
``subject to regulation.'' Thus, this rulemaking simply proposed
retention of the first paragraph in the definition of ``subject to
regulation'' at 40 CFR 51.166(b)(48) and 52.21(b)(49) and proposed
adding a sentence explaining that pollutants subject to regulation
include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gases.
The second revision would establish a freestanding
definition of the term ``greenhouse gases'' at 40 CFR 51.166(b)(31) and
52.21(b)(32). Previously, the definition of this pollutant was located
within the definition of ``subject to regulation'' and the EPA simply
proposed to move the language that defined GHGs into an independent
definition for the term ``greenhouse gases,'' including the method to
compute tons per year CO2 equivalent emissions
(CO2e). We explained that this proposed change to the EPA's
definition of GHG in the PSD permitting rules does not change the
meaning of the term, as it will be the exact same language as in the
existing regulations.\3\
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\3\ We note that EPA's proposed rulemaking covered additional
revisions, which are not relevant to the State's submission. EPA has
not finalized this proposal.
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Because South Dakota's revisions are consistent with the D.C.
Circuit's amended judgement, the EPA's October 3, 2016, proposed
rulemaking does not need to be finalized in order for us to approve
South Dakota's revisions.
II. The EPA's Evaluation
A. Chapter 74:36:01:01--Definitions
We are proposing approval to the changes in 74:36:01:01(73).
Chapter 74:36:01:01 defines the terms used throughout Article 74:36--
Air Pollution Control Program. The State updated 74:36:01:01(73) to
reflect the D.C. Circuit's Amended Judgment. In particular, South
Dakota modified the definition of ``subject to regulation'' by striking
the reference to the definition of ``subject to regulation'' in the
part 70 rules (40 CFR 70.2) and replacing it with: ``Subject to
regulation means, for any air pollutant, that the pollutant is subject
to either a provision in the Clean Air Act, or a nationally-applicable
regulation codified by the Administrator in subchapter C of this
chapter, that requires actual control of the quantity of emissions of
that pollutant, and that such a control requirement has taken effect
and is operative to control, limit or restrict the quantity of
emissions of that pollutant released from the regulated activity.
Greenhouse gases are not subject to regulation unless a PSD
preconstruction permit is issued regulating greenhouse gases in
accordance with chapter 74:36:09.''
The State's definition of ``subject to regulation'' retains the
first paragraph in Sec. 52.21(b)(49), which codifies the
interpretation of the term ``subject to regulation,'' which has the
effect of revising the definitions of ``major stationary source'' and
``major modification.'' In adopting only the first paragraph of Sec.
52.21(b)(49), the State's definition excludes the exceptions to the
definition of ``subject to regulation'' provisions in 40 CFR
52.21(b)(49)(i)-(iv). Those provisions are relevant for the PSD program
and are found elsewhere in the State's PSD rules.\4\ The State also
added the following sentence to the end of the definition of ``subject
to regulation'': ``[g]reenhouse gases are not subject to regulation
unless a PSD preconstruction permit is issued regulating greenhouse
gases accordance with chapter 74:36:09.'' We propose to approve this
additional sentence because we do not believe it would reduce the
stringency of the SIP definition of ``subject to regulation,'' as
compared to the revised definitions in our ``Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Title V Permitting for Greenhouse Gases: Removal of
Vacated Elements'' rulemaking, and because it is consistent with the
Amended Judgment.
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\4\ Our October 13, 2016 final action (81 FR 70626) approved the
following exception to the State's adoption by reference of the PSD
rules. 74:36:09:02(7)-(9), adopts by reference the term ``Subject to
regulation'' in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49), which includes Sec.
52.21(b)(49)(i)-(iv) and conforming amendments, but not Sec.
52.21(b)(49)(v). We note that our 2016 final action did not include
a revision the EPA proposed in response to the Amended Judgment that
adds a sentence to the end of the first paragraph of 40 CFR
52.21(b)(49) (``Pollutants subject to regulation include, but are
not limited to, greenhouse gases as defined in paragraph (b)(32) of
this section''). 81 FR 68143. Even if EPA were to finalize its
proposal, we do not believe this additional sentence is needed in
the South Dakota regulations because the definition applies to all
sources, including non-PSD sources, and ``Subject to regulation''
for purposes of PSD is adopted by reference elsewhere in the State's
rules.
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Additionally, the State's revision to 74:36:01:01(73) removed and
replaced the reference in that section to the definition of ``subject
to regulation'' in 40 CFR 70.2, which we propose to approve in light of
the Amended Judgment, which, in effect, ordered the vacatur of the
requirement in the part 70 regulations that a stationary source obtain
a title V permit solely because it emits or has the potential to emit
GHGs above the title V major source threshold. This modification is
approvable because it is consistent with the Amended Judgment, which
describes the CAA permitting authority regarding GHG emissions, and
thus we do not believe it would reduce the stringency of the definition
in the SIP compared with the federal definitions of ``subject to
regulation'' found in Sec. 51.166(b)(48), Sec. 52.21(b)(49), and
Sec. 70.2.
B. Chapter 74:36:09--Prevention of Significant Deterioration
We are proposing approval to the addition of 74:36:09:02(10).
Chapter 74:36:09 is South Dakota's PSD preconstruction program for
major sources located in areas of the State that are designated
attainment for the federal national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) identified in 74:36:02, which adopts the EPA's PSD rules in 40
CFR 52.21 by reference, noting certain differences. The EPA approved
the PSD preconstruction permitting program in South Dakota's SIP. South
Dakota's October 23, 2015 submittal added 74:36:09:02(10) as an
additional difference from the federal rules, which states that for the
purposes of this section, 40 CFR 52.21(b)(49)(iv)(b), the term ``also
will have an emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant'' means
``also will have a major modification of a regulated NSR pollutant that
is not GHGs.'' This provision amends one of the exceptions to the
definition of ``subject to regulation'' in the State's PSD rules
(``Beginning January 2, 2011, the pollutant GHGs is subject to
regulation if: . . . [t]he stationary source is an existing major
stationary source for a regulated NSR pollutant that is not GHGs, and
also will have an emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant, and
an emissions increase of 75,000 tpy CO2e or more''). The
State's change was not included in either of the EPA's recent actions
to amend the PSD applicability rules for GHG emissions (80 FR 50199 and
81 FR 68110, described above). Nevertheless, we propose to approve the
change because it is consistent with the intent of our
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federal rules since the regulatory definition of ``major modification''
found at [insert either 40 CFR 52.21(b)(2)(i) or South Dakota's
equivalent rule provision] is essentially equivalent in meaning to the
term ``emissions increase'' as it is defined at 40 CFR
52.21(b)(49)(iii). This change reflects the D.C. Circuit's Amended
Judgment in that 74:36:09:02(10) merely emphasizes that a source has to
trigger PSD for a non-GHG pollutant before GHGs can become subject to
regulation. This modification is approvable because it does not reduce
the stringency of the federal definition of ``subject to regulation''
found in Sec. 51.166(b)(48) and Sec. 52.21(b)(49).
III. Proposed Action
For the reasons described in section II of this proposed
rulemaking, the EPA is proposing to approve the revisions submitted by
South Dakota on October 23, 2015, which were not acted on in 81 FR
70626. Our action is based on an evaluation of South Dakota's revisions
against the requirements of CAA sections 110(a)(2)(c) and 502(b), and
regulatory requirements under 40 CFR 51.160-164, 40 CFR 51.166, 40 CFR
52.21, 40 CFR part 70 and the D.C. Circuit's Amended Judgment.
IV. Consideration of Section 110(l) of the CAA
Under section 110(l) of the CAA, the EPA cannot approve a SIP
revision if the revision would interfere with any applicable
requirements concerning attainment and reasonable further progress
(RFP) toward attainment of the NAAQS, or any other applicable
requirement of the Act. In addition, section 110(l) requires that each
revision to an implementation plan submitted by a state shall be
adopted by the state after reasonable notice and public hearing.
The South Dakota SIP revisions that the EPA proposes to approve do
not interfere with any applicable requirements of the Act. The
revisions to the Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD)
74:36:09:02(10) and 74:36:01(73) submitted by South Dakota on October
23, 2015, ensure South Dakota's PSD program is in compliance with the
federal PSD requirements. Therefore, CAA section 110(l) requirements
are satisfied.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA proposes 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 proposes to incorporate by
reference the ARSD rules promulgated in 74:36, as described in section
II of this preamble. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these
materials generally available through www.regulations.gov and/or at the
EPA Region 8 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 CAA, 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 CAA. Accordingly, this
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 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 the 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 the EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the proposed 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Greenhouse
gases, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 21, 2019.
Debra H. Thomas,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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