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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0011; FRL–9999–60–
OAR]
RIN 2060–AU14
Reconsideration of the Area
Designation for the 2010 1-Hour Sulfur
Dioxide (SO2) Primary National
Ambient Air Quality Standard for
Williamson County, Illinois
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has completed its
reconsideration of the nonattainment
designation under the Clean Air Act
(CAA) for the Williamson County,
Illinois area for the 2010 1-hour sulfur
dioxide (SO2) primary national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS). On June
30, 2016, the EPA Administrator signed
a final action that designated the
Williamson County, Illinois area as
nonattainment based on a review of
available information. On September 12,
2016, Southern Illinois Power
Cooperative (SIPC), the owner of the
largest source of SO2 emissions in the
area (the Marion Power Station),
submitted to the EPA an updated
modeling analysis that characterized
SO2 air quality in the area at the time
of the final designation action. The EPA
has reviewed that modeling and
concludes the available information
demonstrates that, as of the date of the
Administrator’s signature on the final
action, the Williamson County, Illinois
area was not violating the 2010 1-hour
SO2 NAAQS and was not contributing
to a NAAQS violation in a nearby area.
Therefore, the EPA is changing the
initial designation of Williamson
County, Illinois, from nonattainment to
attainment/unclassifiable.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0011. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the index at https://www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
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SUMMARY:
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Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically in the
docket or in hard copy at the EPA
Docket Center Reading Room, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The hours of operation at the EPA
Docket Center Reading Room are 8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. The
telephone number for the EPA Docket
Center is (202) 566–1744. Air dispersion
modeling input and output files are too
large to post in the docket or on the
website and must be requested from the
EPA Docket Center or the Regional
office contacts listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
In addition, the EPA has established
a website for SO2 designations
rulemakings at: https://www.epa.gov/
sulfur-dioxide-designations. The
website includes the EPA’s final SO2
designations, as well as state and tribal
recommendation letters, the EPA’s
modification letters, technical support
documents, responses to comments and
other related technical information.
For
further information concerning this
action, please contact Corey Mocka, U.S.
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Policy Division,
Mail Code C539–01, 109 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709; by telephone at (919)
541–5142 or by email at mocka.corey@
epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document wherever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Response to Comments
III. Final Action
IV. Environmental Justice Concerns
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Government
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution or Use
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J. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions
To Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
M. Judicial Review
I. Background
On June 7, 2019, the EPA proposed to
change the initial designation of
Williamson County, Illinois, from
nonattainment to attainment/
unclassifiable. See 84 FR 26627. A
detailed analysis of the EPA’s rationale,
which was provided in the notice of
proposed rulemaking, is hereby
incorporated into this notice and will
not be restated here. The public
comment period for this proposed rule
ended on July 8, 2019.
II. Response to Comments
The EPA received one anonymous
comment on the proposal, which is
addressed in this section.
Comment: In general, the commenter
questions the EPA’s authority to revisit
final agency actions in certain
circumstances by asserting that the EPA
cannot reconsider a final agency action
that has already become effective and
where statutory deadlines have already
been implicated by EPA’s action.
Because the EPA’s final rule designating
Williamson County as nonattainment
has been in effect for almost 3 years, the
commenter implies that the only way to
change the area’s designation is for the
state to request redesignation under the
CAA. Lastly, the commenter argues that
air dispersion modeling to reconsider
the prior designation must use actual
SO2 emissions from the most recent 3
years of data and should consider
potential emissions, whereas the
modeling used as the basis for the EPA’s
proposal evaluated Marion Power
Station’s 2013–2015 actual SO2
emissions.
Response: The EPA’s ability to revisit
previous final actions is well-grounded
in the law. Specifically, the EPA has
inherent authority to reconsider, repeal,
or revise past decisions to the extent
permitted by law so long as the agency
provides a reasoned explanation. See,
e.g., Encino Motorcars LLC v. Navarro,
136 S.Ct. 2117, 2125 (2016). This is true
when, as is the case here, review is
undertaken ‘‘in response to . . . a
change in administrations.’’ National
Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v.
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Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967,
981 (2005). Indeed, ‘‘[a]gencies
obviously have broad discretion to
reconsider a regulation at any time’’ and
an agency ‘‘is free to do so as long as
‘the new policy is permissible under the
statute . . ., there are good reasons for
it, and . . . the agency believes it to be
better.’ ’’ Clean Air Council v. Pruitt, 862
F.3d 1, 8–9 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (quoting
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 556
U.S. 502, 515 (2009)). Here, the EPA
changed its view regarding whether, as
an exercise of the agency’s discretion in
this particular matter, it would be
appropriate to reconsider this
designation based on information that
was submitted to the EPA after the close
of the public comment period and that
had not been demonstrated to be
impracticable to raise within such time,
but which upon review appeared to
reflect better information regarding air
quality in the area at the time of the
initial designation than the information
that formed the basis for the agency’s
prior determination. The EPA thinks
that this change in this particular
circumstance leads to a more accurate
determination, as it results in a
designation that is based on the most
complete and informative information
regarding the area’s air quality at the
time of the EPA’s initial designation.
The EPA also notes that its authority to
reconsider prior decisions exists
regardless of whether the final agency
action has already become effective,
though the initial action remains
effective until the action reconsidering
it is finalized. The 2016 nonattainment
designation becoming effective and
triggering planning requirements does
not preclude the EPA from
reconsidering that action. The EPA is
reconsidering the Williamson County
area’s initial designation for the 2010
SO2 NAAQS under its inherent
reconsideration authority. It is not
redesignating the area pursuant to its
authority under CAA section 107(d)(3)
authority, and, therefore, the
requirements of section 107(d)(3) do not
apply to this action.1 Thus, to the extent
the comment discusses what
requirements apply to and what
information is relevant to redesignation
actions under CAA section 107(d)(3),
those comments are outside the scope of
this action.2
1 The EPA is also not reconsidering this area’s
designation under CAA section 307(d). The Round
2 designations final action is not a CAA section
307(d) rule.
2 The EPA also would like to correct the
commenter’s statement regarding the error
correction petition that the EPA received regarding
the initial designation. The EPA neither granted nor
denied that error correction petition in the EPA’s
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Regarding the appropriate use of SO2
emissions data, the EPA’s SO2 NAAQS
Designations Modeling Technical
Assistance Document outlines our
longstanding rationale for using actual
emissions in modeling for designations,
and we hereby incorporate that rationale
in support of basing our reconsidered
designation on such actual emissions
modeling.3 Marion Power Station’s
2013–2015 actual SO2 emissions data
are representative of conditions in the
area at the time of the final designation
action for Williamson County on June
30, 2016, and the air quality for the area
at that time is what we were evaluating
for that designation. Because this action
is a reconsideration of the initial
designation for this area that occurred in
2016, rather than a redesignation based
on an evaluation of current air quality,
it is reasonable for our analysis of the
air quality and the resulting designation
to be based on modeling of actual
emissions from that same time, rather
than of more recent emissions.4
Therefore, as outlined in the proposed
action, the modeling appropriately
demonstrates that the Williamson
County area was not violating the 2010
1-hour SO2 NAAQS and was not
contributing to a NAAQS violation in a
nearby area at the time of our initial
designation in 2016.
III. Final Action
The EPA is changing the initial
designation of Williamson County,
Illinois for the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS. Based on the information
available to the EPA, we are finalizing
the Williamson County, Illinois area’s
initial designation as attainment/
unclassifiable for that SO2 NAAQS.5
This final action relieves Illinois of
obligations under CAA sections 172,
191, and 192 to submit a state
implementation plan that demonstrates
attainment of the SO2 NAAQS, because
those requirements do not apply to areas
designated attainment/unclassifiable.
IV. Environmental Justice Concerns
When the EPA establishes a new or
revised NAAQS, the CAA requires the
letter responding to receipt of the petition.
Moreover, with this final action revising the
designation at issue in that petition, that petition
and the previous reconsideration petition are now
moot.
3 https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/
2016-04/documents/so2modelingtad.pdf.
4 Nevertheless, the EPA notes that SO emissions
2
from the Marion Power Station have been declining,
from a 2013 to 2015 average of 7,081 tons per year
(See Docket Item No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0011–
0007) to a 2016 to 2018 average of 4,214 tons per
year (See https://ampd.epa.gov/ampd/). So, the
modeling results may be conservative.
5 Docket Item No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0011–
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EPA to designate all areas of the United
States as either nonattainment,
attainment, or unclassifiable.
This final action reconsiders the
initial nonattainment designation for the
Williamson County, Illinois area for the
2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. Area
designations address environmental
justice concerns by ensuring that the
public is properly informed about the
air quality in an area. In locations where
air quality does not meet the NAAQS,
the CAA requires relevant state
authorities to initiate appropriate air
quality management actions to ensure
that all those residing, working,
attending school, or otherwise present
in those areas are protected, regardless
of minority and economic status.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is exempt from review by
the Office of Management and Budget
because it is a reconsideration of an
initial action taken pursuant to the CAA
requirement to promulgate air quality
designations after promulgation of a
new or revised NAAQS. This final rule
is not a significant regulatory action
under Executive Order 12866.
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
This action is not an Executive Order
13771 regulatory action because actions
such as air quality designations after
promulgating a new revised NAAQS are
exempt under Executive Order 12866.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an
information collection burden under the
PRA. In this action, the EPA reconsiders
the SO2 NAAQS designation for the
Williamson County, Illinois area
promulgated previously on July 12,
2016. The action does not encompass
any information collection activities.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
This action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities under the RFA.
This action will not impose any
requirements on small entities. NAAQS
designations do not in and of
themselves create any new requirements
beyond what is mandated by the CAA.
Instead, this rulemaking only makes
factual determinations, and does not
directly regulate any entities.
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E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain any
unfunded mandate as described in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2
U.S.C. 1531–1538 and does not
significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. The action imposes no
enforceable duty on any state, local, or
tribal governments or the private sector.
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not have substantial
direct effects on the states, on the
relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. The division of
responsibility between the federal
government and the states for purposes
of implementing the NAAQS is
established under the CAA.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Government
This action does not have tribal
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13175. This action concerns the
designation of Williamson County,
Illinois for the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS. This rule does not have a
substantial direct effect on one or more
Indian tribes. This action changes the
initial designation for Williamson
County for the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS, but no areas of Indian country
are designated or have their designation
changed by this action. There are no
areas of Indian country in or near
Williamson County. Furthermore, this
rule does not affect the relationship or
distribution of power and
responsibilities between the federal
government and Indian tribes. The CAA
and the Tribal Authority Rule establish
the relationship of the federal
government and tribes in developing
plans to attain the NAAQS, and this rule
does nothing to modify that
relationship. Thus, Executive Order
13175 does not apply.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 as applying to those regulatory
actions that concern environmental
health or safety risks that the EPA has
reason to believe may
disproportionately affect children, per
the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory
action’’ in section 2–202 of the
Executive Order. This action is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
because it does not establish an
environmental standard intended to
mitigate health or safety risks.
the CAA requires relevant state
authorities to initiate appropriate air
quality management actions to ensure
that all those residing, working,
attending school, or otherwise present
in those areas are protected, regardless
of minority and economic status.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution or Use
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for review of this final action
must be filed in the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the appropriate circuit
within 60 days from the date this final
action is published in the Federal
Register.
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211 because it is not a
significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and
the EPA will submit a rule report to
each House of the Congress and to the
Comptroller General of the U.S. This
action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined
by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
M. Judicial Review
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
J. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
This rulemaking does not involve
technical standards.
Dated: September 5, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this action does
not have disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority populations, lowincome populations, and/or indigenous
peoples, as specified in Executive Order
12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
When the EPA establishes a new or
revised NAAQS, the CAA requires the
EPA to designate all areas of the U.S. as
either nonattainment, attainment, or
unclassifiable. This action reconsiders
the nonattainment designation for the
Williamson County, Illinois area for the
2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. Area
designations address environmental
justice concerns by ensuring that the
public is properly informed about the
air quality in an area. In locations where
air quality does not meet the NAAQS,
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is amended as
follows:
PART 81—DESIGNATIONS OF AREAS
FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
PURPOSES
1. The authority citation for part 81
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart C—Section 107 Attainment
Status Designations
2. Section 81.314 is amended by
revising the table titled ‘‘Illinois—2010
Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS (Primary)’’ to
read as follows:
§ 81.314
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Alton Township, IL ............................................................................................................
Madison County (part).
Within Alton Township: Area east of Corporal Belchik Memorial Expressway,
south of East Broadway, south of Route 3, and north of Route 143.
Lemont, IL .........................................................................................................................
Cook County (part).
Lemont Township.
Will County (part).
DuPage Township and Lockport Township.
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Pekin, IL ............................................................................................................................
Tazewell County (part).
Cincinnati Township and Pekin Township.
Peoria County (part).
Hollis Township.
Adams County ...........................................................................................................
Alexander County ......................................................................................................
Bond County ..............................................................................................................
Boone County ............................................................................................................
Brown County ............................................................................................................
Bureau County ...........................................................................................................
Calhoun County .........................................................................................................
Carroll County ............................................................................................................
Cass County ..............................................................................................................
Champaign County ....................................................................................................
Christian County ........................................................................................................
Clark County ..............................................................................................................
Clay County ...............................................................................................................
Clinton County ...........................................................................................................
Coles County .............................................................................................................
Cook County (part) (remainder) ................................................................................
Crawford County ........................................................................................................
Cumberland County ...................................................................................................
De Kalb County .........................................................................................................
De Witt County ..........................................................................................................
Douglas County .........................................................................................................
Du Page County ........................................................................................................
Edgar County .............................................................................................................
Edwards County ........................................................................................................
Effingham County ......................................................................................................
Fayette County ..........................................................................................................
Ford County ...............................................................................................................
Franklin County .........................................................................................................
Fulton County ............................................................................................................
Gallatin County ..........................................................................................................
Greene County ..........................................................................................................
Grundy County ..........................................................................................................
Hamilton County ........................................................................................................
Hancock County ........................................................................................................
Hardin County ............................................................................................................
Henderson County .....................................................................................................
Henry County .............................................................................................................
Iroquois County .........................................................................................................
Jackson County .........................................................................................................
Jasper County ...........................................................................................................
Jefferson County .......................................................................................................
Jersey County ............................................................................................................
Jo Daviess County ....................................................................................................
Johnson County .........................................................................................................
Kane County ..............................................................................................................
Kankakee County ......................................................................................................
Kendall County ..........................................................................................................
Knox County ..............................................................................................................
Lake County ..............................................................................................................
La Salle County .........................................................................................................
Lawrence County .......................................................................................................
Lee County ................................................................................................................
Livingston County ......................................................................................................
Logan County ............................................................................................................
McDonough County ...................................................................................................
McHenry County ........................................................................................................
McLean County .........................................................................................................
Macoupin County .......................................................................................................
Madison County (part) (remainder) 5 .........................................................................
Marion County ...........................................................................................................
Marshall County .........................................................................................................
Mason County ...........................................................................................................
Massac County ..........................................................................................................
Menard County ..........................................................................................................
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Monroe County ..........................................................................................................
Montgomery County ..................................................................................................
Morgan County ..........................................................................................................
Moultrie County .........................................................................................................
Ogle County ...............................................................................................................
Peoria County (part) (remainder) ..............................................................................
Perry County ..............................................................................................................
Piatt County ...............................................................................................................
Pike County ...............................................................................................................
Pope County ..............................................................................................................
Pulaski County ...........................................................................................................
Putnam County ..........................................................................................................
Randolph County .......................................................................................................
Richland County ........................................................................................................
Rock Island County ...................................................................................................
St. Clair County .........................................................................................................
Saline County ............................................................................................................
Sangamon County .....................................................................................................
Schuyler County ........................................................................................................
Scott County ..............................................................................................................
Shelby County ...........................................................................................................
Stark County ..............................................................................................................
Stephenson County ...................................................................................................
Tazewell County (part) (remainder) ..........................................................................
Union County .............................................................................................................
Vermilion County .......................................................................................................
Wabash County .........................................................................................................
Warren County ..........................................................................................................
Washington County ...................................................................................................
Wayne County ...........................................................................................................
White County .............................................................................................................
Whiteside County ......................................................................................................
Will County (part) (remainder) ...................................................................................
Williamson County .....................................................................................................
Winnebago County ....................................................................................................
Woodford County .......................................................................................................
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1 Includes any Indian country in each county or area, unless otherwise specified. EPA is not determining the boundaries of any area of Indian
country in this table, including any area of Indian country located in the larger designation area. The inclusion of any Indian country in the designation area is not a determination that the state has regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for such Indian country.
2 Macon County will be designated by December 31, 2020.
3 This date is April 9, 2018, unless otherwise noted.
4 Williamson County was initially designated on September 12, 2016. The initial designation was reconsidered and modified on October 15,
2019.
5 A portion of Madison County, specifically all of Wood River Township, and the area in Chouteau Township north of Cahokia Diversion Channel, was designated attainment/unclassifiable on September 12, 2016.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0011; FRL-9999-60-OAR]
RIN 2060-AU14
Reconsideration of the Area Designation for the 2010 1-Hour
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for
Williamson County, Illinois
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its
reconsideration of the nonattainment designation under the Clean Air
Act (CAA) for the Williamson County, Illinois area for the 2010 1-hour
sulfur dioxide (SO2) primary national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS). On June 30, 2016, the EPA Administrator signed a
final action that designated the Williamson County, Illinois area as
nonattainment based on a review of available information. On September
12, 2016, Southern Illinois Power Cooperative (SIPC), the owner of the
largest source of SO2 emissions in the area (the Marion
Power Station), submitted to the EPA an updated modeling analysis that
characterized SO2 air quality in the area at the time of the
final designation action. The EPA has reviewed that modeling and
concludes the available information demonstrates that, as of the date
of the Administrator's signature on the final action, the Williamson
County, Illinois area was not violating the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS and was not contributing to a NAAQS violation in a nearby area.
Therefore, the EPA is changing the initial designation of Williamson
County, Illinois, from nonattainment to attainment/unclassifiable.
DATES: This final rule is effective on October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0011. All documents in the docket are
listed in the index at https://www.regulations.gov website. Although
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in the docket or in hard
copy at the EPA Docket Center Reading Room, WJC West Building, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The hours of
operation at the EPA Docket Center Reading Room are 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m., Monday-Friday. The telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is
(202) 566-1744. Air dispersion modeling input and output files are too
large to post in the docket or on the website and must be requested
from the EPA Docket Center or the Regional office contacts listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
In addition, the EPA has established a website for SO2
designations rulemakings at: https://www.epa.gov/sulfur-dioxide-designations. The website includes the EPA's final SO2
designations, as well as state and tribal recommendation letters, the
EPA's modification letters, technical support documents, responses to
comments and other related technical information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning
this action, please contact Corey Mocka, U.S. EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, Mail Code
C539-01, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; by
telephone at (919) 541-5142 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Response to Comments
III. Final Action
IV. Environmental Justice Concerns
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Government
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution or Use
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
M. Judicial Review
I. Background
On June 7, 2019, the EPA proposed to change the initial designation
of Williamson County, Illinois, from nonattainment to attainment/
unclassifiable. See 84 FR 26627. A detailed analysis of the EPA's
rationale, which was provided in the notice of proposed rulemaking, is
hereby incorporated into this notice and will not be restated here. The
public comment period for this proposed rule ended on July 8, 2019.
II. Response to Comments
The EPA received one anonymous comment on the proposal, which is
addressed in this section.
Comment: In general, the commenter questions the EPA's authority to
revisit final agency actions in certain circumstances by asserting that
the EPA cannot reconsider a final agency action that has already become
effective and where statutory deadlines have already been implicated by
EPA's action. Because the EPA's final rule designating Williamson
County as nonattainment has been in effect for almost 3 years, the
commenter implies that the only way to change the area's designation is
for the state to request redesignation under the CAA. Lastly, the
commenter argues that air dispersion modeling to reconsider the prior
designation must use actual SO2 emissions from the most
recent 3 years of data and should consider potential emissions, whereas
the modeling used as the basis for the EPA's proposal evaluated Marion
Power Station's 2013-2015 actual SO2 emissions.
Response: The EPA's ability to revisit previous final actions is
well-grounded in the law. Specifically, the EPA has inherent authority
to reconsider, repeal, or revise past decisions to the extent permitted
by law so long as the agency provides a reasoned explanation. See,
e.g., Encino Motorcars LLC v. Navarro, 136 S.Ct. 2117, 2125 (2016).
This is true when, as is the case here, review is undertaken ``in
response to . . . a change in administrations.'' National Cable &
Telecommunications Ass'n v.
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Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967, 981 (2005). Indeed,
``[a]gencies obviously have broad discretion to reconsider a regulation
at any time'' and an agency ``is free to do so as long as `the new
policy is permissible under the statute . . ., there are good reasons
for it, and . . . the agency believes it to be better.' '' Clean Air
Council v. Pruitt, 862 F.3d 1, 8-9 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (quoting FCC v. Fox
Television Stations, Inc., 556 U.S. 502, 515 (2009)). Here, the EPA
changed its view regarding whether, as an exercise of the agency's
discretion in this particular matter, it would be appropriate to
reconsider this designation based on information that was submitted to
the EPA after the close of the public comment period and that had not
been demonstrated to be impracticable to raise within such time, but
which upon review appeared to reflect better information regarding air
quality in the area at the time of the initial designation than the
information that formed the basis for the agency's prior determination.
The EPA thinks that this change in this particular circumstance leads
to a more accurate determination, as it results in a designation that
is based on the most complete and informative information regarding the
area's air quality at the time of the EPA's initial designation. The
EPA also notes that its authority to reconsider prior decisions exists
regardless of whether the final agency action has already become
effective, though the initial action remains effective until the action
reconsidering it is finalized. The 2016 nonattainment designation
becoming effective and triggering planning requirements does not
preclude the EPA from reconsidering that action. The EPA is
reconsidering the Williamson County area's initial designation for the
2010 SO2 NAAQS under its inherent reconsideration authority.
It is not redesignating the area pursuant to its authority under CAA
section 107(d)(3) authority, and, therefore, the requirements of
section 107(d)(3) do not apply to this action.\1\ Thus, to the extent
the comment discusses what requirements apply to and what information
is relevant to redesignation actions under CAA section 107(d)(3), those
comments are outside the scope of this action.\2\
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\1\ The EPA is also not reconsidering this area's designation
under CAA section 307(d). The Round 2 designations final action is
not a CAA section 307(d) rule.
\2\ The EPA also would like to correct the commenter's statement
regarding the error correction petition that the EPA received
regarding the initial designation. The EPA neither granted nor
denied that error correction petition in the EPA's letter responding
to receipt of the petition. Moreover, with this final action
revising the designation at issue in that petition, that petition
and the previous reconsideration petition are now moot.
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Regarding the appropriate use of SO2 emissions data, the
EPA's SO2 NAAQS Designations Modeling Technical Assistance
Document outlines our longstanding rationale for using actual emissions
in modeling for designations, and we hereby incorporate that rationale
in support of basing our reconsidered designation on such actual
emissions modeling.\3\ Marion Power Station's 2013-2015 actual
SO2 emissions data are representative of conditions in the
area at the time of the final designation action for Williamson County
on June 30, 2016, and the air quality for the area at that time is what
we were evaluating for that designation. Because this action is a
reconsideration of the initial designation for this area that occurred
in 2016, rather than a redesignation based on an evaluation of current
air quality, it is reasonable for our analysis of the air quality and
the resulting designation to be based on modeling of actual emissions
from that same time, rather than of more recent emissions.\4\
Therefore, as outlined in the proposed action, the modeling
appropriately demonstrates that the Williamson County area was not
violating the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS and was not contributing
to a NAAQS violation in a nearby area at the time of our initial
designation in 2016.
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\3\ https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-04/documents/so2modelingtad.pdf.
\4\ Nevertheless, the EPA notes that SO2 emissions
from the Marion Power Station have been declining, from a 2013 to
2015 average of 7,081 tons per year (See Docket Item No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2019-0011-0007) to a 2016 to 2018 average of 4,214 tons per year
(See https://ampd.epa.gov/ampd/). So, the modeling results may be
conservative.
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III. Final Action
The EPA is changing the initial designation of Williamson County,
Illinois for the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. Based on the
information available to the EPA, we are finalizing the Williamson
County, Illinois area's initial designation as attainment/
unclassifiable for that SO2 NAAQS.\5\ This final action
relieves Illinois of obligations under CAA sections 172, 191, and 192
to submit a state implementation plan that demonstrates attainment of
the SO2 NAAQS, because those requirements do not apply to
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IV. Environmental Justice Concerns
When the EPA establishes a new or revised NAAQS, the CAA requires
the EPA to designate all areas of the United States as either
nonattainment, attainment, or unclassifiable.
This final action reconsiders the initial nonattainment designation
for the Williamson County, Illinois area for the 2010 1-hour
SO2 NAAQS. Area designations address environmental justice
concerns by ensuring that the public is properly informed about the air
quality in an area. In locations where air quality does not meet the
NAAQS, the CAA requires relevant state authorities to initiate
appropriate air quality management actions to ensure that all those
residing, working, attending school, or otherwise present in those
areas are protected, regardless of minority and economic status.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is exempt from review by the Office of Management and
Budget because it is a reconsideration of an initial action taken
pursuant to the CAA requirement to promulgate air quality designations
after promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS. This final rule is not a
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
This action is not an Executive Order 13771 regulatory action
because actions such as air quality designations after promulgating a
new revised NAAQS are exempt under Executive Order 12866.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an information collection burden under
the PRA. In this action, the EPA reconsiders the SO2 NAAQS
designation for the Williamson County, Illinois area promulgated
previously on July 12, 2016. The action does not encompass any
information collection activities.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
This action will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This action will
not impose any requirements on small entities. NAAQS designations do
not in and of themselves create any new requirements beyond what is
mandated by the CAA. Instead, this rulemaking only makes factual
determinations, and does not directly regulate any entities.
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E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 and does not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The action imposes
no enforceable duty on any state, local, or tribal governments or the
private sector.
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government. The
division of responsibility between the federal government and the
states for purposes of implementing the NAAQS is established under the
CAA.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Government
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175. This action concerns the designation of
Williamson County, Illinois for the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS.
This rule does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more
Indian tribes. This action changes the initial designation for
Williamson County for the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS, but no
areas of Indian country are designated or have their designation
changed by this action. There are no areas of Indian country in or near
Williamson County. Furthermore, this rule does not affect the
relationship or distribution of power and responsibilities between the
federal government and Indian tribes. The CAA and the Tribal Authority
Rule establish the relationship of the federal government and tribes in
developing plans to attain the NAAQS, and this rule does nothing to
modify that relationship. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying to those
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks
that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect
children, per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in
section 2-202 of the Executive Order. This action is not subject to
Executive Order 13045 because it does not establish an environmental
standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 because it is
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this action does not have disproportionately
high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority
populations, low-income populations, and/or indigenous peoples, as
specified in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
When the EPA establishes a new or revised NAAQS, the CAA requires the
EPA to designate all areas of the U.S. as either nonattainment,
attainment, or unclassifiable. This action reconsiders the
nonattainment designation for the Williamson County, Illinois area for
the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. Area designations address
environmental justice concerns by ensuring that the public is properly
informed about the air quality in an area. In locations where air
quality does not meet the NAAQS, the CAA requires relevant state
authorities to initiate appropriate air quality management actions to
ensure that all those residing, working, attending school, or otherwise
present in those areas are protected, regardless of minority and
economic status.
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and the EPA will submit a rule
report to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of
the U.S. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
M. Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for review of this
final action must be filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date this final action is
published in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: September 5, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 40 CFR part 81 is
amended as follows:
PART 81--DESIGNATIONS OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES
0
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations
2. Section 81.314 is amended by revising the table titled
``Illinois--2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS (Primary)'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.314 Illinois.
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Alton Township, IL.................... 9/12/16 Nonattainment.
Madison County (part).............
Within Alton Township: Area
east of Corporal Belchik
Memorial Expressway, south of
East Broadway, south of Route
3, and north of Route 143.
Lemont, IL............................ 10/4/13 Nonattainment.
Cook County (part)................
Lemont Township...............
Will County (part)................
DuPage Township and Lockport
Township.
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Pekin, IL............................. 10/4/13 Nonattainment.
Tazewell County (part)............
Cincinnati Township and Pekin
Township.
Peoria County (part)..............
Hollis Township...............
Adams County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Alexander County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Bond County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Boone County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Brown County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Bureau County..................... 9/12/16 Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Calhoun County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Carroll County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Cass County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Champaign County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Christian County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Clark County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Clay County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Clinton County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Coles County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Cook County (part) (remainder).... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Crawford County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Cumberland County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
De Kalb County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
De Witt County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Douglas County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Du Page County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Edgar County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Edwards County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Effingham County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Fayette County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Ford County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Franklin County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Fulton County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Gallatin County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Greene County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Grundy County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Hamilton County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Hancock County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Hardin County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Henderson County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Henry County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Iroquois County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Jackson County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Jasper County..................... 9/12/16 Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Jefferson County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Jersey County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Jo Daviess County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Johnson County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Kane County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Kankakee County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Kendall County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Knox County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Lake County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
La Salle County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Lawrence County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Lee County........................ .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Livingston County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Logan County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
McDonough County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
McHenry County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
McLean County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Macoupin County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Madison County (part) (remainder) .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
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Marion County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Marshall County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Mason County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Massac County..................... 9/12/16 Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Menard County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Mercer County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
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Monroe County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Montgomery County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Morgan County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Moultrie County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Ogle County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Peoria County (part) (remainder).. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Perry County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Piatt County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Pike County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Pope County....................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Pulaski County.................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Putnam County..................... 9/12/16 Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Randolph County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Richland County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Rock Island County................ .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
St. Clair County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Saline County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Sangamon County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Schuyler County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Scott County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Shelby County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Stark County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Stephenson County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Tazewell County (part) (remainder) .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Union County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Vermilion County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Wabash County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Warren County..................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Washington County................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Wayne County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
White County...................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Whiteside County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Will County (part) (remainder).... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Williamson County................. \4\ 10/15/19 Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Winnebago County.................. .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
Woodford County................... .............. Attainment/Unclassifiable.
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\1\ Includes any Indian country in each county or area, unless otherwise specified. EPA is not determining the
boundaries of any area of Indian country in this table, including any area of Indian country located in the
larger designation area. The inclusion of any Indian country in the designation area is not a determination
that the state has regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for such Indian country.
\2\ Macon County will be designated by December 31, 2020.
\3\ This date is April 9, 2018, unless otherwise noted.
\4\ Williamson County was initially designated on September 12, 2016. The initial designation was reconsidered
and modified on October 15, 2019.
\5\ A portion of Madison County, specifically all of Wood River Township, and the area in Chouteau Township
north of Cahokia Diversion Channel, was designated attainment/unclassifiable on September 12, 2016.
[FR Doc. 2019-19782 Filed 9-12-19; 8:45 am]
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