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Termination, Modification and Revocation of Permits.
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Air Plan Approval; North Carolina:
Permits Requiring Public Participation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of North
Carolina, through the North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
(NCDEQ), Division of Air Quality, on
July 10, 2019. This SIP revision seeks to
modify the State’s permitting program
public participation procedures by
adding two types of minor source
permits to the list of permits that must
undergo public participation and by
making minor edits. EPA is approving
this revision pursuant to the Clean Air
Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: This rule is effective March 31,
2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR–
2020–0344. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
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I. Background
EPA is approving changes to the
North Carolina SIP that were provided
to EPA through NCDEQ via a letter
dated July 10, 2019. EPA is approving
this SIP revision which makes changes
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some information is not 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 can
either be retrieved 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.
Brad Akers, 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.
Mr. Akers can be reached via electronic
mail at akers.brad@epa.gov or via
telephone at (404) 562–9089.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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to 15A North Carolina Administrative
Code (NCAC) Subchapter 02Q, Section
.0306, Permits Requiring Public
Participation.1 The July 10, 2019, SIP
revision changes to Section .0306 add
two types of permits subject to public
participation and makes several minor
edits, including the removal of obsolete
regulatory references.2 The permits
listed in Section .0306 must undergo
public notice for comments with the
opportunity for the public to request a
public hearing. Pursuant to Section
.0307(d), Public Participation
Procedures, the public comment period
for these permits must last for at least
30 days.
EPA is approving the two additions to
the list of permits requiring public
participation pursuant to CAA section
110 as a SIP-strengthening measure and
40 CFR 51.161. EPA is approving the
remaining changes to Section .0306
because they are minor edits that do not
interfere with attainment and
maintenance of the national ambient air
1 The State submitted the SIP revision following
the readoption of several air regulations, including
.0306, pursuant to North Carolina’s 10-year
regulatory readoption process at North Carolina
General Statute 150B–21.3A.
2 North Carolina’s April 1, 2018, rule revision also
removed paragraph (b) from the state-effective
version of the rule. This paragraph required a 30day public notice period for permits that placed a
physical or operational limitation on a facility to
avoid title V requirements under 15 NCAC 02Q
0500. Furthermore, the revised rule renumbered
paragraph (c) of the state-effective version of the
rule to paragraph (b). However, these changes are
not before EPA for action because (1) the version
of paragraph (b) that the State removed in the April
1, 2018, rule revision is not in the SIP, and (2) the
version of paragraph (b) in the SIP is identical to
the version of paragraph (b) in the April 1, 2018,
rule. See 67 FR 64990 (October 22, 2002).
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quality standards or any other
applicable requirement of the Act. See
EPA’s October 14, 2020 (85 FR 65013),
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
for further detail on these changes and
EPA’s rationale for approving them.
EPA did not receive any adverse public
comments on the October 14, 2020,
NPRM.3
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 15A NCAC Subchapter
02Q, Section .0306, Permits Requiring
Public Participation, state effective
April 1, 2018, which expands the types
of permits which require public
participation and makes minor edits to
the rule. 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
SIP, have been incorporated by
reference by EPA into that plan, are
fully federally enforceable under
sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of
the effective date of the final rulemaking
of EPA’s approval, and will be
incorporated by reference in the next
update to the SIP compilation.4
III. Final Action
EPA is approving changes to the
North Carolina SIP included in a July
10, 2019, submittal. Specifically, EPA is
approving changes to 15A NCAC 02Q
.0306, Permits Requiring Public
Participation, that add two types of
permits to the list of permits that must
undergo public participation and make
minor edits, including the removal of
obsolete regulatory references. EPA is
approving these changes for the reasons
described above.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
3 EPA received one comment in support of the
proposed action, which is available in the docket
for this action.
4 See 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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the CAA. 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);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on
any Indian reservation land or in any
other area where EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has
jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal
implications as specified by Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000), nor will it impose substantial
direct costs on tribal governments or
preempt tribal law.
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
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Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. 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 CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by April 30, 2021. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Signing Statement
This document of the Environmental
Protection Agency was signed on
December 14, 2020, by Mary Walker,
Regional Administrator, pursuant to the
Statutory Deadline of the Clean Air Act.
That document with the original
signature and date is maintained by
EPA. For administrative purposes only,
and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned EPA Official re-signs the
document for publication, as an official
document of the Environmental
Protection Agency. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect
of this document upon publication in
the Federal Register.
Dated: February 23, 2021.
John Blevins,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Air Quality Permits’’, under ‘‘Section
.0300 Construction and Operating
Permits’’ to read as follows:
Subpart II—North Carolina
2. In 52.1770, amend the table in
paragraph (c)(1) by revising the entry for
‘‘Section .0306’’ under ‘‘Subchapter 2Q
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1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 25
[IB Docket No. 18–314; FCC 20–159; FRS
17350]
Further Streamlining FCC Rules
Governing Satellite Services
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission or we) streamlines its
rules governing satellite services by
creating an optional framework for the
authorization of blanket-licensed earth
stations and space stations in a satellite
system through a unified license. The
Commission also aligns the build-out
requirements for earth stations and
space stations and eliminates
unnecessary reporting rules.
DATES: Effective March 31, 2021, except
instruction 6 adding 47 CFR 25.136(h)
which is delayed. The Commission will
publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
of 47 CFR 25.136(h).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay
DeCell, Clay.DeCell@fcc.gov, 202–418–
0803, or if concerning the information
collections in this document, Cathy
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418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Report
and Order, FCC 20–159, adopted
November 18, 2020, and released
November 19, 2020. The full text of the
Report and Order is available at https://
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC20-159A1.pdf. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with
disabilities, send an email to FCC504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–
418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY).
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Congressional Review Act
The Commission has determined, and
the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
concurs that this rule is ‘‘non-major’’
under the Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will
send a copy of this Second Report and
Order to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
Synopsis
In this Report and Order, the
Commission streamlines its rules
governing satellite services by creating
an optional framework for authorizing
both the blanket-licensed earth stations
and space stations of a satellite system
through a unified license. We also align
the build-out requirements for earth
stations and space stations and
eliminate unnecessary reporting rules.
These changes will reduce regulatory
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burdens, simplify the Commission’s
licensing of satellite systems, and
provide additional operational
flexibility.
A. Unified License for Space Station
and Blanket-Licensed Earth Station
Operations
On January 31, 2019, the Commission
proposed at 84 FR 638 a simple
framework for an optional unified
license. The unified license would
authorize operations of the satellite
network, i.e., the space station and the
earth stations operating with that space
station. The unified license would be
held by the satellite operator. To receive
a unified license, the satellite operator
would have to file an application with
the normally required space station
application information, plus certain
certifications and information regarding
earth station operations. It would not
have to provide a Form 312 Schedule B
or the detailed earth station information
that would otherwise be required, but
which is rendered duplicative or
unnecessary by what was already
submitted for the space station.
Accordingly, the unified license would
offer a more efficient means to authorize
the earth stations in a satellite network,
and one that better reflects the
flexibility satellite operators exercise
over the parameters of their satellite
networks.
Scope. After review of the information
submitted in the record, we conclude
that the streamlining benefits of a
unified authorization could apply to a
variety of satellite and earth station
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
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Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: Permits Requiring Public
Participation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of North
Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality (NCDEQ), Division of Air Quality, on July 10, 2019. This SIP
revision seeks to modify the State's permitting program public
participation procedures by adding two types of minor source permits to
the list of permits that must undergo public participation and by
making minor edits. EPA is approving this revision pursuant to the
Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: This rule is effective March 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2020-0344. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the
index, some information is not 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 can either
be retrieved 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Brad Akers, 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. Mr. Akers can be
reached via electronic mail at [email protected] or via telephone at
(404) 562-9089.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
EPA is approving changes to the North Carolina SIP that were
provided to EPA through NCDEQ via a letter dated July 10, 2019. EPA is
approving this SIP revision which makes changes to 15A North Carolina
Administrative Code (NCAC) Subchapter 02Q, Section .0306, Permits
Requiring Public Participation.\1\ The July 10, 2019, SIP revision
changes to Section .0306 add two types of permits subject to public
participation and makes several minor edits, including the removal of
obsolete regulatory references.\2\ The permits listed in Section .0306
must undergo public notice for comments with the opportunity for the
public to request a public hearing. Pursuant to Section .0307(d),
Public Participation Procedures, the public comment period for these
permits must last for at least 30 days.
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\1\ The State submitted the SIP revision following the
readoption of several air regulations, including .0306, pursuant to
North Carolina's 10-year regulatory readoption process at North
Carolina General Statute 150B-21.3A.
\2\ North Carolina's April 1, 2018, rule revision also removed
paragraph (b) from the state-effective version of the rule. This
paragraph required a 30-day public notice period for permits that
placed a physical or operational limitation on a facility to avoid
title V requirements under 15 NCAC 02Q 0500. Furthermore, the
revised rule renumbered paragraph (c) of the state-effective version
of the rule to paragraph (b). However, these changes are not before
EPA for action because (1) the version of paragraph (b) that the
State removed in the April 1, 2018, rule revision is not in the SIP,
and (2) the version of paragraph (b) in the SIP is identical to the
version of paragraph (b) in the April 1, 2018, rule. See 67 FR 64990
(October 22, 2002).
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EPA is approving the two additions to the list of permits requiring
public participation pursuant to CAA section 110 as a SIP-strengthening
measure and 40 CFR 51.161. EPA is approving the remaining changes to
Section .0306 because they are minor edits that do not interfere with
attainment and maintenance of the national ambient air
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quality standards or any other applicable requirement of the Act. See
EPA's October 14, 2020 (85 FR 65013), notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) for further detail on these changes and EPA's rationale for
approving them. EPA did not receive any adverse public comments on the
October 14, 2020, NPRM.\3\
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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 15A NCAC
Subchapter 02Q, Section .0306, Permits Requiring Public Participation,
state effective April 1, 2018, which expands the types of permits which
require public participation and makes minor edits to the rule. 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 SIP, have been
incorporated by reference by EPA into that plan, are fully federally
enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the effective
date of the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be
incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.\4\
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III. Final Action
EPA is approving changes to the North Carolina SIP included in a
July 10, 2019, submittal. Specifically, EPA is approving changes to 15A
NCAC 02Q .0306, Permits Requiring Public Participation, that add two
types of permits to the list of permits that must undergo public
participation and make minor edits, including the removal of obsolete
regulatory references. EPA is approving these changes for the reasons
described above.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. 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);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the rule does
not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
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. 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 CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by April 30, 2021. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Signing Statement
This document of the Environmental Protection Agency was signed on
December 14, 2020, by Mary Walker, Regional Administrator, pursuant to
the Statutory Deadline of the Clean Air Act. That document with the
original signature and date is maintained by EPA. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the
Federal Register, the undersigned EPA Official re-signs the document
for publication, as an official document of the Environmental
Protection Agency. This administrative process in no way alters the
legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Dated: February 23, 2021.
John Blevins,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 as follows:
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PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart II--North Carolina
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2. In 52.1770, amend the table in paragraph (c)(1) by revising the
entry for ``Section .0306'' under ``Subchapter 2Q Air Quality
Permits'', under ``Section .0300 Construction and Operating Permits''
to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1770 Identification of plan.
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(1) EPA Approved North Carolina Regulations
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State citation Title/subject effective date EPA approval date Explanation
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Subchapter 2Q Air Quality Permits
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Section .0300 Construction and Operating Permits
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Section .0306..................... Permits Requiring 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert
Public Participation. citation of
publication].
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