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on associated records requests. VA
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Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997
8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard Second Maintenance
Plan for the State College Area
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving a state
implementation plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The revision pertains to
the Commonwealth’s plan, submitted by
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP), for
maintaining the 1997 8-hour ozone
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS) (referred to as the ‘‘1997
ozone NAAQS’’) in the Centre County,
Pennsylvania area (State College Area).
EPA is approving these revisions to the
Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with
the requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
SUMMARY:
This final rule is effective on
April 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R03–OAR–2020–0317. 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.
DATES:
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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:
Serena Nichols, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air &
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103. The telephone number is (215)
814–2053. Ms. Nichols can also be
reached via electronic mail at
Nichols.Serena@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 14, 2020 (85 FR 65008),
EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the
NPRM, EPA proposed approval of
Pennsylvania’s plan for maintaining the
1997 ozone NAAQS in the State College
Area through December 14, 2027, in
accordance with CAA section 175A. The
formal SIP revision was submitted by
PADEP on March 10, 2020.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA
Analysis
On April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23857,
effective June 15, 2004), EPA approved
a redesignation request (and
maintenance plan) from PADEP for the
State College Area. In accordance with
CAA section 175A(b), at the end of the
eighth year after the effective date of the
redesignation, the state must also
submit a second maintenance plan to
ensure ongoing maintenance of the
standard for an additional 10 years, and
in South Coast Air Quality Management
District v. EPA,1 the D.C. Circuit held
that this requirement cannot be waived
for areas, like the State College Area,
that had been redesignated to
attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS prior to revocation and that
were designated attainment for the 2008
ozone NAAQS. CAA section 175A sets
forth the criteria for adequate
maintenance plans. In addition, EPA
has published longstanding guidance
that provides further insight on the
content of an approvable maintenance
plan, explaining that a maintenance
plan should address five elements: (1)
An attainment emissions inventory; (2)
a maintenance demonstration; (3) a
commitment for continued air quality
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monitoring; (4) a process for verification
of continued attainment; and (5) a
contingency plan.2 PADEP’s March 10,
2020 submittal fulfills Pennsylvania’s
obligation to submit a second
maintenance plan and addresses each of
the five necessary elements.
As discussed in the October 14, 2020
NPRM, EPA allows the submittal of a
limited maintenance plan (LMP) to meet
the statutory requirement that the area
will maintain for the statutory period.
Qualifying areas may meet the
maintenance demonstration by showing
that the area’s design value 3 is well
below the NAAQS and that the
historical stability of the area’s air
quality levels indicates that the area is
unlikely to violate the NAAQS in the
future. EPA evaluated PADEP’s March
10, 2020 submittal for consistency with
all applicable EPA guidance and CAA
requirements. EPA found that the
submittal met CAA section 175A and all
CAA requirements, and proposed
approval of the LMP for the State
College Area as a revision to the
Pennsylvania SIP.
Other specific requirements of
PADEP’s March 10, 2020 submittal and
the rationale for EPA’s proposed action
are explained in the NPRM and will not
be restated here.
III. EPA’s Response to Comments
Received
EPA received comments on the
October 14, 2020 NPRM from three
commenters. All comments received are
in the docket for this rulemaking action.
A summary of the comments and EPA’s
responses are provided herein. The first
commenter alleges that the plan should
not be approved because ‘‘PADEP’s
schedule is insufficient and the only
two regulatory measures the state
proposed are measures that have already
been implemented,’’ and provides
specific comments in support of this
assertion:
Comment 1: The commenter asserts
that PADEP’s schedule for promulgating
and implementing the contingency
measures is not fast enough to prevent
a violation of the NAAQS. The
commenter notes that the Pennsylvania
LMP includes a requirement that
Pennsylvania evaluate whether
additional local emission control
2 ‘‘Procedures for Processing Requests to
Redesignate Areas to Attainment,’’ Memorandum
from John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality
Management Division, September 4, 1992 (Calcagni
Memo).
3 The ozone design value for a monitoring site is
the 3-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily
maximum
8-hour average ozone concentrations. The design
value for an ozone nonattainment area is the highest
design value of any monitoring site in the area.
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measures are necessary when a monitor
in the area exceeds the level of the
NAAQS for two consecutive years.
Because an area’s design value uses
three years of data, the commenter
argues that this requirement will not
provide sufficient time for the State’s
measures to affect air quality in the
third year, which, if above the level of
the NAAQS, would lead to a violation.
The commenter urges EPA to
disapprove the LMP because the
‘‘schedule does not ensure a violation of
the NAAQS does not occur by the end
of the third year.’’
Response 1: EPA does not agree that
the plan should be disapproved. CAA
section 175A(d) mandates that a
maintenance plan must contain ‘‘such
contingency provisions as the
Administrator deems necessary to
assure that the State will promptly
correct any violation of the standard
which occurs after the redesignation of
the area as an attainment area.’’
(emphasis added). The statute therefore
does not include any requirement that a
maintenance plan’s contingency
measures prevent a violation of the
NAAQS, but rather only that those
selected measures be available to
address a violation of the NAAQS after
it already occurs. As referred to in the
comment, Pennsylvania also elected to
adopt a ‘‘warning level response,’’
which states that PADEP will consider
adopting contingency measures if, for
two consecutive years, the fourth
highest eight-hour ozone concentrations
at any monitor in the area are above 84
parts per billion (ppb). But this warning
level response is not required under the
CAA, and therefore we do not agree
with the commenter that the plan
should be disapproved based on the
commenter’s allegation that the warning
level response’s implementation
schedule is insufficient.
Moreover, as a general matter, we do
not agree that the schedules for
implementation of contingency
provisions in the LMP are insufficient.
As noted, the CAA provides some
degree of flexibility in assessing a
maintenance plan’s contingency
measures—requiring that the plan
contain such contingency provisions ‘‘as
the Administrator deems necessary’’ to
assure that any violations of the NAAQS
will be ‘‘promptly’’ corrected. EPA’s
longstanding guidance for
redesignations, the Calcagni Memo, also
does not provide precise parameters for
what strictly constitutes ‘‘prompt’’
implementation of contingency
measures, noting that, for purposes of
CAA section 175A, ‘‘a state is not
required to have fully adopted
contingency measures that will take
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effect without further action by the state
in order for the maintenance plan to be
approved.’’ Calcagni memo at 12.
However, the guidance does state that
the plan should ensure that the
measures are adopted ‘‘expediently’’
once they are triggered, and should
provide ‘‘a schedule and procedure for
adoption and implementation, and a
specific time limit for action by the
state.’’ Id. We think the State’s plan,
which provides specific lists of
regulatory and non-regulatory measures
that the state would consider after
evaluating and assessing what it
believed to be the cause of increased
ozone concentrations, and the specific
timeframes it would use to expediently
implement the various measures, meets
the requirements of CAA section 175A.
Comment 2: The commenter
questions the validity of the two
regulatory contingency measures. The
commenter claims that previously
implemented measures cannot be used
as contingency measures, calling into
question one of the contingency
measures that was previously approved
into Pennsylvania’s SIP. The comment
also states that another contingency
measure regarding portable fuel
containers is already in effect
nationwide and that PA’s SIP
submission does not reference the
national regulation at 40 CFR part 59,
but notes that the Pennsylvania portable
fuel container rule was repealed in
2012, and that the State’s submission
doesn’t explain what is intended by this
contingency measure. The commenter
also states that EPA may not rely on the
proposed non-regulatory control
measures because those are only ‘‘SIPstrengthening.’’
Response 2: The commenter asserts
that Pennsylvania cannot implement
existing controls as contingency
measures. However, as expressly noted
in the LMP, Pennsylvania states that
both of the contingency measures the
commenter objects to, will be in
addition to existing controls.
PADEP identifies the consumer
products contingency measure as being
‘‘additional controls’’ on consumer
products. While Pennsylvania already
has in place volatile organic compounds
(VOC) limits for certain consumer
products in its regulations at 25 Pa.
Code Chapter 130, EPA understands
that PADEP would need to use its
rulemaking process to enact additional
controls on VOC emissions from
consumer products that go beyond those
already implemented under 25 Pa. Code
Chapter 130. As the commenter points
out, PADEP has not identified what
those specific additional measures
would be. EPA’s interpretation of the
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CAA as stated in the Calcagni memo is
that contingency measures are not
required to be fully adopted in order to
be approved. Therefore, it is reasonable
to interpret the use of ‘‘additional’’ here
as indicating that the State would be
adopting new controls the go beyond
those already on the books, by, e.g.,
establishing limits for categories or
types of consumer products not already
regulated or possibly by regulating more
stringently those products already
regulated under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 30.
The commenter also objects to PADEP
identifying controls on portable fuel
containers as a contingency measure. As
with the consumer products rule,
PADEP clearly contemplates enacting, if
the occasion arises, ‘‘additional
controls’’ beyond any national or state
rule already on the books and being
implemented. Those ‘‘additional
controls’’ would, like the consumer
product rule, need to establish limits on
VOC emissions on portable fuel
containers that go beyond any
regulations currently in effect in PA.
Under the national rule codified 40 CFR
59.697, states are not precluded from
adopting and enforcing any emission
standard or limitation. EPA promulgates
national regulations that provide a floor
nationwide, but States have the legal
authority under CAA section 116 to
regulate more stringently.
We note that no maintenance plan can
be expected to cover every possible
contingency. Greenbaum v. EPA, 370
F.3d 527 (6th Cir. 2004). It is possible
that PADEP may not complete
promulgation of the regulatory measures
in its estimated time frame. EPA
believes that PADEP has prudently
supported its proposed regulatory
contingency measures with six nonregulatory contingency measures. It is
EPA’s belief that the presence of the
non-regulatory measures enhances the
Commonwealth’s ability to respond to
remedy any future violation of the
NAAQS.
Comment 3: The commenter
speculates that for PADEP to implement
the non-regulatory measures it must
need to identify timely sources of
funding for those measures.
Response 3: This comment is purely
speculative. The comment does not
provide any specific facts or analysis
that would call into question
Pennsylvania’s ability to identify timely
sources of funding for the nonregulatory contingency measures if they
ever needed to be implemented. As we
noted previously, CAA section 175A(d)
requires only that the plan contain
contingency provisions that the
Administrator deems necessary to
assure that a violation will be promptly
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corrected. EPA’s analysis is that by
including a suite of eight regulatory and
non-regulatory contingency measures in
the LMP, the Commonwealth increases
its opportunities to implement such
measures as might ever prove necessary
to promptly correct a violation of the
NAAQS.
Comment 4: The second commenter
claims that EPA must disapprove
PADEP’s SIP for several reasons. First,
the commenter claims that PADEP
‘‘cannot afford to maintain an (sic) SIP
that has experienced a significant
deterioration in safety under this
management plan for more than six
months.’’ Then, the commenter states
additional concerns that ‘‘the agency
may be obliged to undertake a higher
maintenance program if the plan shows
a serious deterioration in safety, due to
a significant change in design standards,
a significant increase in labor
expenditures, or a substantial expansion
of the number of workers employed in
the SIP. See supra infra at 4–5.
However, for the reasons set forth above,
there is nothing in the applicable statute
to prevent the agency from requiring the
maintenance of an (sic) SIP with a plan
less severe than what the State requires
of a temporary SIP. See supra infra at 4–
7.’’
Response 4: EPA believes that this
comment, although referring to both,
maintenance plans and SIPs, appears to
be using those terms to refer to
something other than the particular
maintenance plan and revision to the
Pennsylvania SIP that is the subject of
this rulemaking. The comment also
appears to reference either another
document or section of a document
(‘‘See supra infra at 4–5,’’ etc.) that has
not been provided and does not provide
context for these comments. EPA
believes that this comment is most
likely intended to address something
other than the subject of this
rulemaking, and therefore is not
relevant, and does not require a
substantive response.
Comment 5: The third commenter
claims that ‘‘EPA should disapprove
this SIP maintenance plan if the EPA
confirms that the plan cannot meet the
recommendations contained in Section
7 and 8.’’ The commenter references
regulations under Section 7, 8, 9, 10,
and Part 2 throughout. They also state
that the public must be assured that
Section 8 and 9 requirements can be
fulfilled and the ‘‘CAA requirements are
blessed by the OIG.’’
Response 5: It is unclear what
document the commenter is referencing.
Additionally, the reference to the OIG,
EPA understands to refer to the Office
of Inspector General. The Office of
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Inspector General has no role in EPA’s
SIP approval process. EPA believes that
this comment is most likely intended to
address something other than the
subject of this rulemaking, and therefore
is not relevant, and does not require a
substantive response.
IV. Final Action
EPA is approving PADEP’s second
maintenance plan for the State College
Area for the 1997 ozone NAAQS as a
revision to the Pennsylvania SIP.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
CAA and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
Federal requirements and does not
impose additional requirements beyond
those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
action because it is not a significant
regulatory action 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);
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• 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).
In addition, this rule does not have
tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is
not approved to apply in Indian country
located in the State, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law.
B. Submission to Congress and the
Comptroller General
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).
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C. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 May 24, 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,
approving PADEP’s second maintenance
plan for the State College Area for the
1997 ozone NAAQS, 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: March 15, 2021.
Diana Esher,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 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.
Subpart NN—Pennsylvania
2. In § 52.2020, the table in paragraph
(e)(1) is amended by adding the entry
‘‘Second Maintenance Plan for the State
College 1997 8-Hour Ozone
Nonattainment Area’’ at the end of the
table to read as follows:
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Additional explanation
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3/23/2021, [insert Federal
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The State College area
consists solely of Centre
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Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Partial
Approval and Partial Disapproval of
the Rhinelander SO2 Nonattainment
Area Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is partially approving and
partially disapproving a revision to the
Wisconsin State Implementation Plan
(SIP) intended to provide for attaining
the 2010 primary, health-based 1-hour
sulfur dioxide (SO2) national ambient
air quality standard (NAAQS or
‘‘standard’’) for the Rhinelander SO2
nonattainment area. This SIP revision
(hereinafter referred to as Wisconsin’s
Rhinelander SO2 plan or plan) includes
Wisconsin’s attainment demonstration
and other attainment planning elements
required under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
EPA is approving the base year
emissions inventory and affirming that
the nonattainment new source review
requirements for the area have been met.
EPA is also approving the AhlstromMunksjo¨ facility SO2 emission limit as
SIP strengthening. EPA is disapproving
the attainment demonstration, since the
plan relies on credit for more stack
height than is creditable under the
regulations for good engineering
practice (GEP) stack height.
Additionally, EPA is disapproving the
plan for failing to meet the requirements
for meeting reasonable further progress
(RFP) toward attainment of the NAAQS,
reasonably available control measures/
reasonably available control technology
(RACM/RACT), emission limitations
and control measures as necessary to
attain the NAAQS, and contingency
measures.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
April 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R05–OAR–2016–0074. 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
(CBI) or other information whose
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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 through
www.regulations.gov or at the
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604. This facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays and
facility closures due to COVID–19. We
recommend that you telephone Abigail
Teener, Environmental Engineer, at
(312) 353–7314 before visiting the
Region 5 office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abigail Teener, Environmental
Engineer, Attainment Planning and
Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604, (312) 353–7314, teener.abigail@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What actions did EPA propose on this
SIP submission?
On November 25, 2020,1 EPA
proposed to partially approve and
partially disapprove Wisconsin’s
Rhinelander SO2 plan submitted on
January 22, 2016 and supplemented on
July 18, 2016 and November 29, 2016.
EPA proposed to approve the base year
emissions inventory and to affirm that
the new source review requirements for
the area had previously been met.2 EPA
also proposed to approve the AhlstromMunksjo¨ (formerly Expera Specialty
Solutions LLC (Expera)) SO2 emission
limit as SIP strengthening. Specifically,
EPA proposed to approve Wisconsin’s
Administrative Order AM–15–01,
including emission limits and
associated compliance monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements.
At that time, EPA also proposed to
disapprove the attainment
demonstration. EPA’s notice of
proposed rulemaking provided an
explanation of the provisions in the
CAA and in the implementing stack
height regulations that limit the stack
height that is creditable for attainment
planning purposes. In particular, the
proposed rulemaking underscored the
provisions that allow credit for stack
heights above ‘‘formula GEP stack
height’’ only if suitable control
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requirements are established, and only
to the extent that such credit is
necessary to resolve any remaining
violations of the air quality standard. In
addition, EPA proposed to disapprove
the plan for failing to meet the
requirements for meeting RFP toward
attainment of the NAAQS, RACM/
RACT, emission limitations and control
measures as necessary to attain the
NAAQS, and contingency measures.
EPA stated that final action to
disapprove portions of the plan would
start sanctions and Federal
implementation plan (FIP) clocks for
this area under CAA sections 179(a)–(b)
and 110(c), respectively. EPA noted that
the sanctions and FIP clocks would be
terminated by an EPA rulemaking
approving a revised plan.
II. What is EPA’s response to comments
received on the proposed rulemaking?
The proposed action described above
provided a public comment period that
closed on December 28, 2020. EPA
received one adverse comment letter
from the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources (Wisconsin) and one
anonymous, somewhat supportive
comment on the proposed action. These
comments are summarized below along
with EPA’s responses.
Wisconsin Comment: Wisconsin
recommends that EPA not finalize the
proposed action. Wisconsin stated that
they worked cooperatively with EPA on
the content of Wisconsin’s Rhinelander
SO2 plan, and that EPA Region 5 staff
and Wisconsin were in agreement when
Wisconsin submitted their plan in
January 2016. Wisconsin also asserted
that after the facility raised the stack to
the GEP height specified in Wisconsin’s
attainment plan submittal, the
monitored SO2 concentrations greatly
decreased and have not recorded
NAAQS violations since 2018.
Additionally, Wisconsin stated that
although they and the facility
(Ahlstrom-Munksjo¨) do not agree with
EPA’s interpretation of the stack height
regulations, they have been working
closely with EPA on a submittal that
would comply with the regulations.
Finally, Wisconsin stated that they
understand that EPA is taking this
action due to a court-ordered deadline,
but objected that they believe this action
will create unnecessary burdens for EPA
and Wisconsin and not accelerate the
timeline for submitting a future plan for
attaining the NAAQS, as Wisconsin
plans to issue an order with a limit that
complies with the EPA stack height
regulations on April 1, 2021.
Response: At the time of Wisconsin’s
submittal in January 2016, EPA Region
5 staff informally shared their
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2020-0317; FRL-10021-28-Region 3]
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the State
College Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state
implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The revision pertains to the Commonwealth's plan,
submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP), for maintaining the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) (referred to as the ``1997 ozone NAAQS'') in
the Centre County, Pennsylvania area (State College Area). EPA is
approving these revisions to the Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with
the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This final rule is effective on April 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA-R03-OAR-2020-0317. 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.
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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: Serena Nichols, Planning &
Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air & Radiation Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is (215) 814-
2053. Ms. Nichols can also be reached via electronic mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 14, 2020 (85 FR 65008), EPA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the
NPRM, EPA proposed approval of Pennsylvania's plan for maintaining the
1997 ozone NAAQS in the State College Area through December 14, 2027,
in accordance with CAA section 175A. The formal SIP revision was
submitted by PADEP on March 10, 2020.
II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA Analysis
On April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23857, effective June 15, 2004), EPA
approved a redesignation request (and maintenance plan) from PADEP for
the State College Area. In accordance with CAA section 175A(b), at the
end of the eighth year after the effective date of the redesignation,
the state must also submit a second maintenance plan to ensure ongoing
maintenance of the standard for an additional 10 years, and in South
Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA,\1\ the D.C. Circuit held
that this requirement cannot be waived for areas, like the State
College Area, that had been redesignated to attainment for the 1997 8-
hour ozone NAAQS prior to revocation and that were designated
attainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. CAA section 175A sets forth the
criteria for adequate maintenance plans. In addition, EPA has published
longstanding guidance that provides further insight on the content of
an approvable maintenance plan, explaining that a maintenance plan
should address five elements: (1) An attainment emissions inventory;
(2) a maintenance demonstration; (3) a commitment for continued air
quality monitoring; (4) a process for verification of continued
attainment; and (5) a contingency plan.\2\ PADEP's March 10, 2020
submittal fulfills Pennsylvania's obligation to submit a second
maintenance plan and addresses each of the five necessary elements.
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\1\ 882 F.3d 1138 (D.C. Cir. 2018).
\2\ ``Procedures for Processing Requests to Redesignate Areas to
Attainment,'' Memorandum from John Calcagni, Director, Air Quality
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As discussed in the October 14, 2020 NPRM, EPA allows the submittal
of a limited maintenance plan (LMP) to meet the statutory requirement
that the area will maintain for the statutory period. Qualifying areas
may meet the maintenance demonstration by showing that the area's
design value \3\ is well below the NAAQS and that the historical
stability of the area's air quality levels indicates that the area is
unlikely to violate the NAAQS in the future. EPA evaluated PADEP's
March 10, 2020 submittal for consistency with all applicable EPA
guidance and CAA requirements. EPA found that the submittal met CAA
section 175A and all CAA requirements, and proposed approval of the LMP
for the State College Area as a revision to the Pennsylvania SIP.
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\3\ The ozone design value for a monitoring site is the 3-year
average of the annual fourth-highest daily maximum
8-hour average ozone concentrations. The design value for an
ozone nonattainment area is the highest design value of any
monitoring site in the area.
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Other specific requirements of PADEP's March 10, 2020 submittal and
the rationale for EPA's proposed action are explained in the NPRM and
will not be restated here.
III. EPA's Response to Comments Received
EPA received comments on the October 14, 2020 NPRM from three
commenters. All comments received are in the docket for this rulemaking
action. A summary of the comments and EPA's responses are provided
herein. The first commenter alleges that the plan should not be
approved because ``PADEP's schedule is insufficient and the only two
regulatory measures the state proposed are measures that have already
been implemented,'' and provides specific comments in support of this
assertion:
Comment 1: The commenter asserts that PADEP's schedule for
promulgating and implementing the contingency measures is not fast
enough to prevent a violation of the NAAQS. The commenter notes that
the Pennsylvania LMP includes a requirement that Pennsylvania evaluate
whether additional local emission control measures are necessary when a
monitor in the area exceeds the level of the NAAQS for two consecutive
years. Because an area's design value uses three years of data, the
commenter argues that this requirement will not provide sufficient time
for the State's measures to affect air quality in the third year,
which, if above the level of the NAAQS, would lead to a violation. The
commenter urges EPA to disapprove the LMP because the ``schedule does
not ensure a violation of the NAAQS does not occur by the end of the
third year.''
Response 1: EPA does not agree that the plan should be disapproved.
CAA section 175A(d) mandates that a maintenance plan must contain
``such contingency provisions as the Administrator deems necessary to
assure that the State will promptly correct any violation of the
standard which occurs after the redesignation of the area as an
attainment area.'' (emphasis added). The statute therefore does not
include any requirement that a maintenance plan's contingency measures
prevent a violation of the NAAQS, but rather only that those selected
measures be available to address a violation of the NAAQS after it
already occurs. As referred to in the comment, Pennsylvania also
elected to adopt a ``warning level response,'' which states that PADEP
will consider adopting contingency measures if, for two consecutive
years, the fourth highest eight-hour ozone concentrations at any
monitor in the area are above 84 parts per billion (ppb). But this
warning level response is not required under the CAA, and therefore we
do not agree with the commenter that the plan should be disapproved
based on the commenter's allegation that the warning level response's
implementation schedule is insufficient.
Moreover, as a general matter, we do not agree that the schedules
for implementation of contingency provisions in the LMP are
insufficient. As noted, the CAA provides some degree of flexibility in
assessing a maintenance plan's contingency measures--requiring that the
plan contain such contingency provisions ``as the Administrator deems
necessary'' to assure that any violations of the NAAQS will be
``promptly'' corrected. EPA's longstanding guidance for redesignations,
the Calcagni Memo, also does not provide precise parameters for what
strictly constitutes ``prompt'' implementation of contingency measures,
noting that, for purposes of CAA section 175A, ``a state is not
required to have fully adopted contingency measures that will take
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effect without further action by the state in order for the maintenance
plan to be approved.'' Calcagni memo at 12. However, the guidance does
state that the plan should ensure that the measures are adopted
``expediently'' once they are triggered, and should provide ``a
schedule and procedure for adoption and implementation, and a specific
time limit for action by the state.'' Id. We think the State's plan,
which provides specific lists of regulatory and non-regulatory measures
that the state would consider after evaluating and assessing what it
believed to be the cause of increased ozone concentrations, and the
specific timeframes it would use to expediently implement the various
measures, meets the requirements of CAA section 175A.
Comment 2: The commenter questions the validity of the two
regulatory contingency measures. The commenter claims that previously
implemented measures cannot be used as contingency measures, calling
into question one of the contingency measures that was previously
approved into Pennsylvania's SIP. The comment also states that another
contingency measure regarding portable fuel containers is already in
effect nationwide and that PA's SIP submission does not reference the
national regulation at 40 CFR part 59, but notes that the Pennsylvania
portable fuel container rule was repealed in 2012, and that the State's
submission doesn't explain what is intended by this contingency
measure. The commenter also states that EPA may not rely on the
proposed non-regulatory control measures because those are only ``SIP-
strengthening.''
Response 2: The commenter asserts that Pennsylvania cannot
implement existing controls as contingency measures. However, as
expressly noted in the LMP, Pennsylvania states that both of the
contingency measures the commenter objects to, will be in addition to
existing controls.
PADEP identifies the consumer products contingency measure as being
``additional controls'' on consumer products. While Pennsylvania
already has in place volatile organic compounds (VOC) limits for
certain consumer products in its regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapter
130, EPA understands that PADEP would need to use its rulemaking
process to enact additional controls on VOC emissions from consumer
products that go beyond those already implemented under 25 Pa. Code
Chapter 130. As the commenter points out, PADEP has not identified what
those specific additional measures would be. EPA's interpretation of
the CAA as stated in the Calcagni memo is that contingency measures are
not required to be fully adopted in order to be approved. Therefore, it
is reasonable to interpret the use of ``additional'' here as indicating
that the State would be adopting new controls the go beyond those
already on the books, by, e.g., establishing limits for categories or
types of consumer products not already regulated or possibly by
regulating more stringently those products already regulated under 25
Pa. Code Chapter 30.
The commenter also objects to PADEP identifying controls on
portable fuel containers as a contingency measure. As with the consumer
products rule, PADEP clearly contemplates enacting, if the occasion
arises, ``additional controls'' beyond any national or state rule
already on the books and being implemented. Those ``additional
controls'' would, like the consumer product rule, need to establish
limits on VOC emissions on portable fuel containers that go beyond any
regulations currently in effect in PA. Under the national rule codified
40 CFR 59.697, states are not precluded from adopting and enforcing any
emission standard or limitation. EPA promulgates national regulations
that provide a floor nationwide, but States have the legal authority
under CAA section 116 to regulate more stringently.
We note that no maintenance plan can be expected to cover every
possible contingency. Greenbaum v. EPA, 370 F.3d 527 (6th Cir. 2004).
It is possible that PADEP may not complete promulgation of the
regulatory measures in its estimated time frame. EPA believes that
PADEP has prudently supported its proposed regulatory contingency
measures with six non-regulatory contingency measures. It is EPA's
belief that the presence of the non-regulatory measures enhances the
Commonwealth's ability to respond to remedy any future violation of the
NAAQS.
Comment 3: The commenter speculates that for PADEP to implement the
non-regulatory measures it must need to identify timely sources of
funding for those measures.
Response 3: This comment is purely speculative. The comment does
not provide any specific facts or analysis that would call into
question Pennsylvania's ability to identify timely sources of funding
for the non-regulatory contingency measures if they ever needed to be
implemented. As we noted previously, CAA section 175A(d) requires only
that the plan contain contingency provisions that the Administrator
deems necessary to assure that a violation will be promptly corrected.
EPA's analysis is that by including a suite of eight regulatory and
non-regulatory contingency measures in the LMP, the Commonwealth
increases its opportunities to implement such measures as might ever
prove necessary to promptly correct a violation of the NAAQS.
Comment 4: The second commenter claims that EPA must disapprove
PADEP's SIP for several reasons. First, the commenter claims that PADEP
``cannot afford to maintain an (sic) SIP that has experienced a
significant deterioration in safety under this management plan for more
than six months.'' Then, the commenter states additional concerns that
``the agency may be obliged to undertake a higher maintenance program
if the plan shows a serious deterioration in safety, due to a
significant change in design standards, a significant increase in labor
expenditures, or a substantial expansion of the number of workers
employed in the SIP. See supra infra at 4-5. However, for the reasons
set forth above, there is nothing in the applicable statute to prevent
the agency from requiring the maintenance of an (sic) SIP with a plan
less severe than what the State requires of a temporary SIP. See supra
infra at 4-7.''
Response 4: EPA believes that this comment, although referring to
both, maintenance plans and SIPs, appears to be using those terms to
refer to something other than the particular maintenance plan and
revision to the Pennsylvania SIP that is the subject of this
rulemaking. The comment also appears to reference either another
document or section of a document (``See supra infra at 4-5,'' etc.)
that has not been provided and does not provide context for these
comments. EPA believes that this comment is most likely intended to
address something other than the subject of this rulemaking, and
therefore is not relevant, and does not require a substantive response.
Comment 5: The third commenter claims that ``EPA should disapprove
this SIP maintenance plan if the EPA confirms that the plan cannot meet
the recommendations contained in Section 7 and 8.'' The commenter
references regulations under Section 7, 8, 9, 10, and Part 2
throughout. They also state that the public must be assured that
Section 8 and 9 requirements can be fulfilled and the ``CAA
requirements are blessed by the OIG.''
Response 5: It is unclear what document the commenter is
referencing. Additionally, the reference to the OIG, EPA understands to
refer to the Office of Inspector General. The Office of
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Inspector General has no role in EPA's SIP approval process. EPA
believes that this comment is most likely intended to address something
other than the subject of this rulemaking, and therefore is not
relevant, and does not require a substantive response.
IV. Final Action
EPA is approving PADEP's second maintenance plan for the State
College Area for the 1997 ozone NAAQS as a revision to the Pennsylvania
SIP.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory action because it is not a significant regulatory
action under Executive Order 12866;
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
Does not provide 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, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the State, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
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).
C. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 May 24, 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, approving PADEP's second maintenance plan for the
State College Area for the 1997 ozone NAAQS, 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: March 15, 2021.
Diana Esher,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 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:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart NN--Pennsylvania
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2. In Sec. 52.2020, the table in paragraph (e)(1) is amended by adding
the entry ``Second Maintenance Plan for the State College 1997 8-Hour
Ozone Nonattainment Area'' at the end of the table to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2020 Identification of plan.
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State
Name of non-regulatory SIP Applicable submittal EPA approval date Additional
revision geographic area date explanation
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Second Maintenance Plan for the State College Area.. 3/10/20 3/23/2021, [insert The State College
State College 1997 8-Hour Ozone Federal Register area consists
Nonattainment Area. citation]. solely of Centre
County.
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