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approval to enter the RNA, the COTP
Savannah will provide an approved
timeframe a vessel may enter the RNA.
(2) Only one-way traffic is authorized
within the RNA at all times.
(3) All vessels greater than 500 gross
tons must obtain one assist tug while
transiting within the RNA.
(4) All vessels greater than 500 gross
tons must check in with the designated
representative via VHF–FM Channel 13
prior to transiting within the RNA and
maintain communications with the
designated representative while
transiting through the RNA.
(5) While transiting within the RNA
all vessels greater than 500 gross tons
may not exceed a speed of 8 knots,
unless greater speeds are required to
maintain bare steerage.
(6) Any vessel unable to meet these
operating limitations may, upon
showing good cause, seek authorization
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lawful directions given by the COTP or
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Air Plan Approval; California;
Calaveras County Air Pollution Control
District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve a revision to the Calaveras
County Air Pollution Control District
(CCAPCD) portion of the California
State Implementation Plan (SIP). This
revision concerns reporting of emissions
of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in ozone
nonattainment areas. We are approving
a local rule that applies to certain
emission sources under the Clean Air
Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: This rule will be effective on
November 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R09–OAR–2019–0147. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the 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.
SUMMARY:
Rule No.
CCAPCD ........
513
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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 through https://
www.regulations.gov, or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105. By phone: (415) 972–3848 or by
email at levin.nancy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
The CCAPCD is a ‘‘Marginal’’
nonattainment area for the 2008 and
2015 ozone national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS). CAA section
182(a)(3)(B)(i) requires states with ozone
nonattainment areas to require certified
emission statements from stationary
sources of VOC and NOX. Pursuant to
this requirement, the EPA proposed to
approve the following rule submitted by
the CCAPCD into the California SIP on
May 8, 2019 (84 FR 20071).
Rule title
Adopted
Source Recordkeeping and Emission Statement ...........................................
Rule 513 requires the owner or
operator of any stationary source that
emits or may emit VOC or NOX to
provide the District Air Pollution
Control Officer with a certified, written
emissions statement showing actual
emissions or operational data allowing
the District to estimate actual emissions
from that source. We proposed to
approve this rule because we
determined that it complies with the
relevant CAA requirements. We
approved an earlier version of Rule 513,
then numbered Rule 408 ‘‘Source
Recordkeeping and Reporting,’’ into the
SIP on May 11, 1977 (42 FR 23804). Our
proposed action contains more
information on the rule and our
evaluation.
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II. Public Comments and EPA
Responses
The EPA’s proposed action provided
a 30-day public comment period that
closed on June 7, 2019. During this
period, we received two comments. One
comment supported the proposed
action, and the EPA does not provide a
response to this comment. The
remaining comment is summarized
below, with the EPA response:
Comment: The commenter states that
the EPA should not approve the rule
because it does not require
recordkeeping retention. The
commenter states that New Source
Performance Standard (NSPS) and
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
rules require a 5-year record retention
period, and that guidance documents
we reference say that records should be
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kept for five years. Commenter cites a
prior version of the proposed rule that
required a 2-year record retention
period.
Response: Generally, the EPA requires
records retention periods for certain
types of rules (such as NSPS and
NESHAP) so that an inspector can
review records at a later date if any
compliance issues arise with required
emission limits, control measures, or
test methods. For example, if a landfill
facility claimed to have been complying
with the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW)
in the last 5 years by routing all of its
collected gas to a control system
designed and operated to reduce
nonmethane organic compounds
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(NMOC) by 98%,1 an inspector would
need records to verify the percentage
reduction of NMOC achieved by the
control device during that time,2 and
records of the average combustion
temperature measured at least every 15
minutes to compare to the temperature
during the performance test.3
However, unlike a rule that is
prohibitory in nature, i.e., that limits or
controls the activity of a source of air
pollution and requires recordkeeping to
verify compliance with CAA
requirements, Calaveras County Rule
513 is an annual emissions reporting
rule that is administrative in nature and
does not require recordkeeping to verify
compliance. While the EPA generally
recommends recordkeeping as a best
practice, the measure of compliance for
the source per Rule 513 is whether the
source reports its emissions annually to
the District (or State); therefore, a
records retention period is not required
to determine compliance with the rule.
Further, the text of CAA section
182(a)(3)(B)(i) does not mention records
retention requirements and the EPA is
aware of no regulations or guidance,
including the guidance cited in our
proposed rulemaking, mandating that
states must impose records retention
requirements on sources in their SIP
submission addressing emissions
statements under CAA section
182(a)(3)(B)(i).
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted that
change our assessment of the rule as
described in our proposed action.
Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully
approving this rule into the California
SIP.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the
incorporation by reference of the
Calaveras County rule described in the
amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth
below. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents
available through www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region IX Office (please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this preamble for more information).
1 40
CFR part 60, subpart WWW—Standards of
Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills at
§ 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(B).
2 40 CFR 60.758(b)(2)(ii).
3 40 CFR 60.758(b)(2)(i).
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V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, the EPA’s role is to
approve state choices, provided that
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this 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
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide the EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, 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
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or in any other area where the EPA or
an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have
tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this action
and other required information to the
U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by December 30,
2019. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this action for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference Intergovernmental relations,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: October 4, 2019.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA
or Act) and Federal regulations.
Subpart F—California
This rule will be effective
November 29, 2019.
DATES:
2. Section 52.220 is amended by
adding paragraphs (c)(28)(iv)(E) and
(c)(527) to read as follows:
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§ 52.220
EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR–
2018–0819. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information may not be publicly
available, i.e., Confidential Business
Information 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 through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Regulatory Management Section,
Air Planning and Implementation
Branch, Air and Radiation Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303–8960. EPA requests that
if at all possible, you contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to schedule your
inspection. The Regional Office’s
official hours of business are Monday
through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays.
ADDRESSES:
Identification of plan-in part.
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(c) * * *
(28) * * *
(iv) * * *
(E) Previously approved on May 11,
1977 in paragraph (c)(28)(iv)(A) of this
section and now deleted with
replacement in paragraph
(c)(527)(i)(A)(1) of this section, Rule
408, ‘‘Source Recordkeeping and
Reporting,’’ effective December 16,
1974.
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(527) New regulations for the
following APCDs were submitted on
November 21, 2018 by the Governor’s
designee.
(i) Incorporation by reference. (A)
Calaveras County Air Pollution Control
District.
(1) Rule 513, ‘‘Source Recordkeeping
and Emission Statement,’’ adopted on
June 26, 2018.
(2) [Reserved]
(B) [Reserved]
(ii) [Reserved]
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Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Revisions
to Sulfur Dioxide Ambient Air Quality
Standards
Tiereny Bell, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, Region 4, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia
30303–8960. The telephone number is
(404) 562–9088. Ms. Bell can also be
reached via electronic mail at
bell.tiereny@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
I. Background
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Georgia
through the Georgia Environmental
Protection Division (EPD) through a
letter dated July 31, 2018. EPA is
approving into the SIP a modification to
Georgia’s Ambient Air Quality
Standards regulation. The SIP revision
updates Georgia’s air quality standards
for sulfur dioxide (SO2) to be consistent
with the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS). EPA is approving
the SIP revision because the change is
On June 22, 2010, EPA promulgated a
revised primary SO2 NAAQS. The
revised SO2 NAAQS is an hourly
standard of 75 parts per billion (ppb),
based on a 3-year average of the annual
99th percentile of 1-hour daily
maximum concentrations. The June 22,
2010 action that promulgated the
revised primary SO2 NAAQS also
addressed revocation of the 1971 24hour and annual primary SO2 NAAQS.
See 75 FR 35520. Pursuant to the June
22, 2010 action and 40 CFR 50.4, the
1971 primary SO2 annual and 24-hour
NAAQS will continue to apply in an
area until one year after the effective
date of the designation of that area for
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY:
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the 2010 SO2 NAAQS. See 42 U.S.C.
7407; 40 CFR 50.17.1
Accordingly, in the July 31, 2018,2
SIP submittal, Georgia revised Rule
391–3–1–.02(4)(b) to provide clarity that
the 1971 standard continues to apply in
Georgia.3 Specifically, the changes
reflect the historical and current
NAAQS for SO2 and update the former
primary SO2 NAAQS for the 1971
annual and 24-hour ambient air quality
standards to be consistent with the
Federal regulations. The SIP submission
can be found in the docket for this
rulemaking at www.regulations.gov.
In a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) published on July 2, 2019 (84
FR 31540), EPA proposed to approve the
revision to the Georgia air quality rules
addressing Rule 391–3–1–.02(4),
Ambient Air Standards, into the Georgia
SIP.4 Comments on the NPRM were due
on or before August 1, 2019. EPA
received no comments on the proposed
action. Consistent with the NPRM,
which contains additional detail on the
submittal, EPA’s analysis, and EPA’s
rationale for approval, EPA is now
taking final action to approve the abovereferenced revision.
II. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation
by reference of Georgia Rule 391–3–1–
.02(4), Ambient Air Standards,
paragraph (b) Sulfur Dioxide, Stateeffective July 23, 2018, which updates
the former primary SO2 NAAQS for the
1971 annual and 24-hour ambient air
quality standards to be consistent with
the Federal regulations. EPA has made,
and will continue to make, these
materials generally available through
www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
Region 4 Office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
preamble for more information).
Therefore, these materials have been
approved by EPA for inclusion in the
1 See 75 FR at 35581. No areas in Georgia were
designated as nonattainment for the 1971 standards
at the time of promulgation of the 2010 1-hour SO2
annual and 24-hour SO2 standards. See id.
2 EPA received the SIP revision on August 2,
2018.
3 See 40 CFR 81.311 for designated areas in the
State of Georgia for the 2010 SO2 standard. EPA
notes that Floyd County is the only county in
Georgia that has not yet been designated for the
2010 SO2 standard, and thus is still subject to the
1971 annual and 24-hour SO2 standards. See 81 FR
45039 (July 12, 2016); 83 FR 1098 (January 9, 2018).
4 As discussed in the NPRM, EPA received
several SIP revisions from Georgia through the July
31, 2018, letter and is considering action on the
additional SIP revisions in separate actions.
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Air Plan Approval; California; Calaveras County Air Pollution
Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve a revision to the Calaveras County Air Pollution
Control District (CCAPCD) portion of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns reporting of
emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) in ozone nonattainment areas. We are approving a local
rule that applies to certain emission sources under the Clean Air Act
(CAA or the Act).
DATES: This rule will be effective on November 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0147. All documents in the docket are
listed on the 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 through https://www.regulations.gov, or please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3848 or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,''
and ``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Proposed Action
The CCAPCD is a ``Marginal'' nonattainment area for the 2008 and
2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). CAA section
182(a)(3)(B)(i) requires states with ozone nonattainment areas to
require certified emission statements from stationary sources of VOC
and NOX. Pursuant to this requirement, the EPA proposed to
approve the following rule submitted by the CCAPCD into the California
SIP on May 8, 2019 (84 FR 20071).
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Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted Submitted
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CCAPCD........................ 513 Source Recordkeeping and 06/26/2018 11/21/2018
Emission Statement.
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Rule 513 requires the owner or operator of any stationary source
that emits or may emit VOC or NOX to provide the District
Air Pollution Control Officer with a certified, written emissions
statement showing actual emissions or operational data allowing the
District to estimate actual emissions from that source. We proposed to
approve this rule because we determined that it complies with the
relevant CAA requirements. We approved an earlier version of Rule 513,
then numbered Rule 408 ``Source Recordkeeping and Reporting,'' into the
SIP on May 11, 1977 (42 FR 23804). Our proposed action contains more
information on the rule and our evaluation.
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period
that closed on June 7, 2019. During this period, we received two
comments. One comment supported the proposed action, and the EPA does
not provide a response to this comment. The remaining comment is
summarized below, with the EPA response:
Comment: The commenter states that the EPA should not approve the
rule because it does not require recordkeeping retention. The commenter
states that New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) and National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rules require
a 5-year record retention period, and that guidance documents we
reference say that records should be kept for five years. Commenter
cites a prior version of the proposed rule that required a 2-year
record retention period.
Response: Generally, the EPA requires records retention periods for
certain types of rules (such as NSPS and NESHAP) so that an inspector
can review records at a later date if any compliance issues arise with
required emission limits, control measures, or test methods. For
example, if a landfill facility claimed to have been complying with the
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW) in
the last 5 years by routing all of its collected gas to a control
system designed and operated to reduce nonmethane organic compounds
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(NMOC) by 98%,\1\ an inspector would need records to verify the
percentage reduction of NMOC achieved by the control device during that
time,\2\ and records of the average combustion temperature measured at
least every 15 minutes to compare to the temperature during the
performance test.\3\
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\1\ 40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW--Standards of Performance for
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills at Sec. 60.752(b)(2)(iii)(B).
\2\ 40 CFR 60.758(b)(2)(ii).
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However, unlike a rule that is prohibitory in nature, i.e., that
limits or controls the activity of a source of air pollution and
requires recordkeeping to verify compliance with CAA requirements,
Calaveras County Rule 513 is an annual emissions reporting rule that is
administrative in nature and does not require recordkeeping to verify
compliance. While the EPA generally recommends recordkeeping as a best
practice, the measure of compliance for the source per Rule 513 is
whether the source reports its emissions annually to the District (or
State); therefore, a records retention period is not required to
determine compliance with the rule. Further, the text of CAA section
182(a)(3)(B)(i) does not mention records retention requirements and the
EPA is aware of no regulations or guidance, including the guidance
cited in our proposed rulemaking, mandating that states must impose
records retention requirements on sources in their SIP submission
addressing emissions statements under CAA section 182(a)(3)(B)(i).
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted that change our assessment of the rule
as described in our proposed action. Therefore, as authorized in
section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving this rule into
the California SIP.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the
Calaveras County rule described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set
forth below. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these
documents available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region
IX Office (please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this 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 safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address, 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 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).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by December 30, 2019. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: October 4, 2019.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F--California
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2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(28)(iv)(E) and
(c)(527) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.220 Identification of plan-in part.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(28) * * *
(iv) * * *
(E) Previously approved on May 11, 1977 in paragraph (c)(28)(iv)(A)
of this section and now deleted with replacement in paragraph
(c)(527)(i)(A)(1) of this section, Rule 408, ``Source Recordkeeping and
Reporting,'' effective December 16, 1974.
* * * * *
(527) New regulations for the following APCDs were submitted on
November 21, 2018 by the Governor's designee.
(i) Incorporation by reference. (A) Calaveras County Air Pollution
Control District.
(1) Rule 513, ``Source Recordkeeping and Emission Statement,''
adopted on June 26, 2018.
(2) [Reserved]
(B) [Reserved]
(ii) [Reserved]
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