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This final rule is effective on
March 14, 2022.
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For the resons set out in the preamble,
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; United
States Virgin Islands; Regional Haze
Federal Implementation Plan;
Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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Table of Contents:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
AGENCY:
On October 22, 2012, the EPA
published a final rule in the Federal
Register promulgating a Federal
Implementation Plan (FIP) to address
regional haze obligations for the
Territory of the United States Virgin
Islands. However, at that time, EPA
erroneously failed to incorporate into
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
certain emission limits that had been
determined to be necessary to satisfy
those obligations and that had been
proposed and included in the docket for
the action. EPA is correcting this error
by incorporating the previously noticed
limits into the CFR. EPA has not
reopened any of the previous,
underlying determinations in this
action.
I. What is the background for the action?
II. What comments were received in response
to the EPA’s proposed correction?
III. What action is the EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What is the background for this
action?
On February 19, 2021 (86 FR 10227),
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) in which the EPA
proposed to make a technical correction
adding into the CFR the inadvertently
omitted Best Available Retrofit
Technology (BART) table containing the
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potential to emit (PTE) limits necessary
to satisfy the Virgin Islands’ BART
obligation.
On October 22, 2012, EPA published
a final rule promulgating a Federal
Implementation Plan (FIP) to address
regional haze obligations for the
Territory of the United States Virgin
Islands. (77 FR 64414). EPA determined
that certain emission limits for sources
of visibility impairing pollutants in the
Virgin Islands were necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Clean Air Act
and EPA’s rules concerning progress
towards the national goal of preventing
any future and remedying any existing
man-made impairment of visibility in
mandatory Class I areas (also referred to
as the ‘‘regional haze program’’). In that
action, however, EPA erroneously failed
to incorporate into the CFR certain
emission limits that had been noticed in
the proposed rule (77 FR 37842, June
25, 2012) and which were included in
docket EPA–R02–OAR–2012–0457
accompanying that proposed rule.1
Specifically, EPA had determined that
no additional controls were needed to
satisfy the Best Available Retrofit
Technology (BART) requirement of the
Regional Haze Rule, and therefore that
the subject-to-BART units’ existing PTE
limits would be incorporated into the
Virgin Islands’ FIP. See 77 FR 37856.
EPA is now making a technical
correction to incorporate the table
containing the PTE limits necessary to
satisfy the Virgin Islands’ BART
obligation into the CFR.
This rule does not reopen the
previous determination that the PTE
limits contained in the docket for the
2012 final rule represent BART for the
units determined to be subject-to-BART;
this action merely corrects an
inadvertent omission in a previous
rulemaking. This correction is not
intended to address current or changed
circumstances at the subject-to-BART
units, but merely clarifies what was
intended to be included in the CFR
pursuant to the 2012 FIP.
II. What comments were received in
response to the EPA’s proposed
correction?
In response to the EPA’s February 19,
2021 proposed correction of the Virgin
Islands’ FIP, the EPA received
comments from one commenter,
Limetree Bay Refining, LLC and
Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC (together
‘‘Limetree’’ or ‘‘the commenter’’) and is
providing responses to the comments
that were received. The specific
1 Document ID EPA–R02–OAR–2012–0457–0007
and EPA–R02–OAR–2012–0457–0008 in docket
EPA–R02–OAR–2012–0457.
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comments may be viewed under Docket
ID Number EPA–R02–OAR–2019–0674
on the https://www.regulations.gov
website.
Comment 1: The commenter argues
that correcting the erroneously omitted
BART Measures by adding the
provisions to the CFR is not a technical
correction and that it imposes new
limits. The commenter asserts that, even
if EPA had some intention of
promulgating such limits in 2012 when
it promulgated the Federal
Implementation Plan (FIP) to address
regional haze in the Virgin Islands, it
did not do so. The commenter contends
that the proposed rule would therefore,
for the first time, impose BART
emission limitations on the Limetree
facility.
To be effective and enforceable,
commenter states, the promulgation of
the proposed limits must comply with
public notice and comment
requirements. The commenter maintains
that the 2012 Proposed Rule described
various proposed BART determinations
for sources in the Virgin Islands that
may be subject to BART, but did not
propose measures to translate those
determinations into enforceable
limitations.
The commenter asserts that the
enforceable language now proposed by
the EPA is nowhere to be found in the
2012 rulemaking record, neither in the
Proposed Rule or Final Rule, nor in any
docketed supporting document.
Response: This rule does not reopen
the previous determination that the PTE
limits contained in the docket for the
2012 final rule represent BART for the
units determined to be subject-to-BART.
This action merely corrects an
inadvertent omission in a previous
rulemaking in which EPA intended to,
but did not, include those PTE limits in
the Virgin Islands’ FIP. Included in the
2012 FIP docket, EPA–R02–OAR–2012,
are two documents that include the PTE
limits for HOVENSA, EPA–R02–OAR–
2012–007 and EPA–R02–OAR–2012–
008. These limits represented current
operations at the time and were
determined to constitute BART in the
2012 FIP.
The commenter is correct that
inserting the inadvertently omitted
BART Measures, specifically the
emission limitations for SO2, NOX, and
PM, into the CFR are the first
codification of these requirements.
However, the commenter is incorrect
that those limits were absent from the
2012 rulemaking record and that EPA
did not intend to put these limits in the
FIP in 2012. See 77 FR 37842, 37856. To
the contrary, the administrative record
documents EPA’s intention for emission
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limitations and specifically references
the applicability to the commenter’s
facility. At page 37856 of the final rule,
EPA asserts, ‘‘[a]s such, EPA’s Federal
plan includes the establishment of
emission limits for SO2, NOX, and PM
equivalent to the potential to emit (PTE)
for each unit subject to BART, as
derived from HOVENSA’s permit limit
conditions.’’ BART is defined in EPA’s
regulations as an emission limit, 40 CFR
51.301. It is not possible to satisfy the
BART requirements without including
an emission limit reflecting the BART
determination(s) in the applicable
implementation plan (in this case, in the
Virgin Islands’ FIP). See also 40 CFR
51.308(e)(2) (‘‘The State must submit an
implementation plan containing
emission limitations representing
BART. . . .’’). The commenter’s
contention that EPA did not intend to
promulgate emission limits in the FIP
reflecting the BART determinations
implies that EPA did not intend to
satisfy the BART requirement for the
source and is therefore clearly incorrect.
Additionally, the BART emission limits
merely reflect preexisting (as of 2012)
PTE limits to which the units were
already subject. Therefore, while this
action will put the limits in the FIP for
the first time, it does not represent the
first time the source has had to comply
with the relevant limits.
This technical correction remedies the
inadvertent omission of the BART limits
in the CFR. EPA provided opportunity
for public comment on its determination
that the subject-to-BART units’ existing
PTE limits represented BART in the
2012 FIP rule making. See 77 FR 37842,
37856 (June 25, 2012). The agency
further provided an opportunity for
public comment on whether the PTE
limits contained in the notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action
were the limits EPA determined to be
BART in 2012. 86 FR 10227, 10227 (Feb.
19, 2021). EPA has thus provided public
notice of and an opportunity to
comment on the limits it is
incorporating into the Virgin Islands’
FIP.
Comment 2: The commenter states
that EPA Region 2 did not work with
Limetree to coordinate these limits. The
commenter asserts that EPA also does
not explain how ‘‘maximum
transparency’’ was served by its failure
to provide Limetree, the sole affected
party, any notice of this proposal prior
to its publication in the Federal
Register.
Response: EPA is not proposing to
change or reopen the BART
determinations made in the 2012 FIP
that were based on emission limits that
were already in place for HOVENSA at
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the time. EPA provided opportunity for
public comment on the already
established BART in the 2012 FIP
rulemaking. See 77 FR 37842, 37856
(June 25, 2012). EPA is merely making
a technical correction that takes those
same PTE limits, which were
determined to be then-current
operations, and codifies those limits in
the CFR. This rulemaking does not
revisit or change the 2012
determinations, which were made
pursuant to a notice and comment
rulemaking process. See 77 FR 37842,
37856. HOVENSA, and others,
commented during that rulemaking. See
77 FR 64414, 64415–20.
With respect to commenter’s
statement that it did not receive any
notice of this proposal prior to its
publication in the Federal Register,
consistent with CAA Section 307(d) and
general rulemaking processes, the
proposal being finalized by this action,
on which the commenter commented,
was the advance notice. The proposal
included the establishment of a
rulemaking docket and provided for the
acceptance of written comments, data,
or other documents from ‘‘any person.’’
Comment 3: The commenter argues
that it is clear from the record that the
omission of any enforceable limits was
not inadvertent, but rather EPA’s intent
was to promulgate the restart notice
requirement at 40 CFR 52.2781(d)(4) in
lieu of any specific BART limitations.
The commenter asserts that the restart
notice procedure is the appropriate
mechanism for EPA to determine
whether the FIP should be revised, and
any revision is required to be
promulgated through full notice and
comment procedures. The commenter
states that the proposed ‘‘correction’’
fails to meet the process required by 40
CFR. 52.2718(d)(4).
Response: The restart notice
requirement pertains to the reasonable
progress requirements, not to BART.
The commentor is erroneously
conflating BART with reasonable
progress. The commenter is incorrect
that the restart notice requirement was
intended to be in lieu of BART. See 77
FR 37842.
The commenter conflates two distinct
sets of regional haze requirements:
Reasonable progress and BART. States’
regional haze implementation plans are
required to include BART emission
limits pursuant to 40 CFR 51.308(e).
EPA made BART determinations and
intended to promulgate BART limits,
which were to be equivalent to existing
PTE limits for the subject-to-BART
sources, in the FIP. 77 FR 37856. The
passages from EPA’s rulemaking cited
by commenter refer to EPA’s
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determinations and requirements
pursuant to a different set of regulatory
requirements, i.e., the requirements for
determining the measures in addition to
BART that are necessary to make
reasonable progress. Reasonable
progress is governed by the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.308(d). The
restart notice requirement pertains to
the reasonable progress. See 40 CFR
52.2781(d)(4) (upon receiving startup
notification and information from the
source, ‘‘EPA will revise the FIP as
necessary, after public notice and
comment, in accordance with the
regional haze requirements including
the ‘reasonable progress’ provisions in
40 CFR 51.308(d)(1).’’) (emphasis
added).
Unrelated to the technical correction
in this action, in a letter dated June 10,
2019, EPA responded to Limetree’s
restart notice, dated June 2, 2019,
explaining that, upon restart, the 2012
FIP requires the EPA to assess whether
additional control measures are
warranted to meet regional haze
requirements, including the ‘‘reasonable
progress’’ provisions in 40 CFR
51.308(d)(l). 40 CFR 52.2782(d)(3)–(4).
Limetree will be consulted and included
in the process of assessing whether new
control measures are warranted upon
restart.
As explained in the response to the
first comment, above, in the 2012 FIP,
EPA determined that current operations,
PTE limits at the time, represented
BART. EPA determined BART for each
BART-eligible source using the
methodology in the Guidelines for Best
Available Control Retrofit Technology
(BART) Determinations under the
Regional Haze Rules, 40 CFR part 51,
Appendix Y. This action proposes to
correct the EPA’s failure to codify in the
CFR the PTE limits that constituted
current operations at the time and were
determined to represent BART in the
2012 FIP.
Comment 4: The commenter objects to
the ‘‘arbitrary and extremely limited
scope’’ of comments that EPA will
allow, allowing comment on the narrow
issue of whether the limits in the
correction are the limits that EPA
determined to be BART in the 2012
action. Limetree questions how this
serves EPA’s stated goal of ‘‘maximum
transparency.’’ The commenter states
that EPA must then provide reasonable
opportunity to comment on the full
scope of the proposed rule, including
whether any proposed limits represent
BART for units determined to be
subject-to-BART.
Response: As explained in the
response to the first comment, above,
EPA is not reopening any
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determinations previously made in its
2012 FIP. The scope of this action is not
to revisit the BART determination itself,
but to merely make the technical
correction of adding the emission limit
reflecting the existing BART
determination to the CFR. EPA
determined in 2012 that current
operations, PTE limits at the time,
represented BART. EPA determined
BART for each BART-eligible source
using the methodology in the Guidelines
for Best Available Control Retrofit
Technology (BART) Determinations
under the Regional Haze Rules, 40 CFR
part 51, Appendix Y. EPA sought public
comment on the BART determinations
and thus satisfied the notice-andcomment requirement in the 2012
proposed rule. 77 FR 37857. Today’s
action is simply to put the emission
limits reflecting the already-finalized
BART determinations in the FIP. It is
reasonable for EPA to limit the scope of
comment consistent with the scope of
the action being taken.
Comment 5: Limetree states that it
objects to EPA not considering current
conditions and changed circumstances.
Limetree asserts that previous BART
determinations are no longer reliable,
and alternatives are conceivable.
Response: This action is merely to
correct an error made in 2012, when
EPA intended to put the source’s
preexisting emission limits in the FIP.
The BART limits are intended to reflect
the determination that was made based
on the circumstances that existed in
2012. As expressed in EPA’s 2012
rulemaking, current conditions and
changed circumstances will be
considered in the context of
determining whether any additional
measures, on top of the BART emission
limits, are necessary pursuant to the
reasonable progress requirements. See
40 CFR 52.2781(d)(3) and (4); 77 FR
37850. Limetree will be consulted in
any future planning for regional haze
that impacts the source, which is a
matter beyond the scope of this
technical correction.
If Limetree has made any significant
modifications or changes to any units,
that is not within the scope of this
technical correction. This technical
correction merely takes the HOVENSA
BART determinations established in the
2012 FIP and codifies the same
determinations in the CFR. Any restarts,
changes, modifications, or
reconfigurations in operation will be
addressed through the restart notice
steps and the separate reasonable
progress requirements. The
reconfiguration of the facility is not the
subject of this action which merely
corrects an omission in the 2012 FIP.
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Comment 6: The commenter states
that BART limits would affect
operations of the refinery, which was
recently reconfigured at considerable
expense in reliance upon the existing
regulatory requirements and the utility
of its permits.
The commenter maintains that EPA
must specifically allow comment on the
reliance interests that arise with
changed circumstances, as well as the
policy considerations addressing this
issue that EPA is required to identify in
a proposed rule. The commenter asserts
that the FIP has been in place since
2012, yet not only does the proposed
rule fail to assess the relevant reliance
interests, it also fails to consider any
alternative courses of action. According
to the commenter, alternatives are thus
plainly conceivable and, under the
Supreme Court’s DACA decision, EPA is
required to assess them.
Response: Although the commenter is
correct that the Virgin Islands’ FIP
promulgated in 2012 did not contain
emission limits reflecting BART, the
refinery was nonetheless subject to
those same emission limits by virtue of
their existence in the source’s
preexisting permits. See 77 FR 37856
(Federal plan was to include emission
limits ‘‘equivalent to the potential to
emit (PTE) for each unit subject to
BART, as derived from HOVENSA’s
permit limit conditions’’). It therefore is
not clear how simply codifying the same
limits in an additional instrument
would necessitate a change in the
source’s operations. That is, it is not
clear how this action implicates
Limetree’s reliance interests. The
commenter has offered no factual
support for the assertion that it relied on
the absence of BART limits in the Virgin
Islands’ FIP and that incorporating those
limits now would significantly affect the
utility of the sources’ permits.
Moreover, the commenter fails to
explain how it has a reliance interest in
a clerical error made by the agency,
particularly where it was clear from the
record for the 2012 rule that EPA
intended to impose BART limits on this
source.
The commenter alleges that U.S.
Department of Homeland Security et al.
v. Regents of the University of California
et al., 140 S.Ct. 1891 (2020) has
application to the instant rulemaking
because the inadvertent omission of a
regulatory provision has allegedly
resulted in the commenter relying on a
false perception that no BART emission
limitations were in place for the
HOVENSA facility. The potential
existence of BART alternatives is not
under consideration because any
rational analysis of the 2012 rulemaking
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would indicate that the previously
applied limitations were to be
continued but were (as reiterated
throughout) erroneously omitted.
As explained above, to the extent the
source’s operations have changed since
2012, it was and continues to be EPA’s
intent to address any changes in
circumstances via the process laid out
in 40 CFR 52.2781(d)(4) as appropriate.
It is clear, however, that EPA intended
to include BART emission limitations
for the source in the FIP in 2012 and
that such limits should have applied
starting at that time.
determination included in the FIP. We
have therefore concluded that this
action will have no net regulatory
burden for all directly regulated small
entities.
III. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is finalizing a technical
correction to incorporate the
erroneously omitted table containing the
PTE limits necessary to satisfy the
Virgin Islands’ BART obligation into the
CFR.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant
regulatory action under the terms of
Executive Order 12866 and was,
therefore, not submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. This final rule is a technical
correction.
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B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an
information collection burden under the
provisions of the PRA. Under the PRA,
a ‘‘collection of information’’ is defined
as a requirement for ‘‘answers to * * *
identical reporting or recordkeeping
requirements imposed on ten or more
persons * * *.’’ 44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A).
The action does not impose any new
obligations or new enforcement duties
on any state, local or tribal government
or the private sector. This final rule is
a technical correction.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the RFA. In making this
determination, EPA concludes that the
impact of concern for this rule is any
significant adverse economic impact on
small entities and that the agency is
certifying that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities if
the rule has no net burden on the small
entities subject to the rule. This action
merely adds the erroneously omitted
table to the CFR, it does not change any
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D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain any
unfunded mandates, as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does
not significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. The action imposes no
enforceable duty on any state, local or
tribal government or the private sector.
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not have substantial
direct effects on the states, on the
relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action does not have tribal
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13175. It will not have substantial
direct effects on tribal governments.
Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to this rule.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13045 because it is not
economically significant as defined in
Executive Order 12866, and because the
EPA does not believe the environmental
health or safety risks addressed by this
action present a disproportionate risk to
children.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211, because it is not a
significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
effects on minority populations, lowincome populations and/or indigenous
peoples, as specified in Executive Order
12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
Through this action, the EPA is adding
the erroneously omitted table to the
CFR; it does not change any
determination included in the FIP. This
action does not remove any of the prior
rule’s environmental or procedural
protections.
K. Congress Review Act (CRA)
This rule is exempt from the CRA
because it is a rule of particular
applicability.
L. 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 April 11, 2022. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the
Administrator of this final rule does not
affect the finality of this action for
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 CAA
section 307(b)(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
40 CFR part 52 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.
Subpart CCC—Virgin Islands
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
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This rulemaking does not involve
technical standards.
§ 52.2781
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this action does
not have disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental
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2. In § 52.2781 paragraph (d)(5) is
added to read as follows:
Visibility protection.
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(d) * * *
(5) Best Available Retrofit Technology
(BART) measures. Emissions
limitations, the owners/operators
subject to this section shall not emit or
cause to be emitted SO2, NOX, and PM
in excess of the following limitations:
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BART controls/limits
Facility
BART unit
SO2
(tons/year)
Control
HOVENSA ........
NOX
(tons/year)
PM
(tons/year)
Boilers:
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(B–1151)
(B–1153)
(B–1154)
(B–1155)
(B–3301)
(B–3302)
(B–3303)
(B–3304)
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
330.1
330.1
322.5
484.9
330.8
330.8
640.1
640.1
450.6
450.6
443.5
676.9
435.3
435.3
559.8
559.8
40.6.
40.6.
39.7.
60.7.
40.6.
40.6.
78.6.
78.6.
(G–1101E) ...........
(G–1101F) ...........
(G–1101G) ..........
(G–3404) .............
(G–3405) .............
(G–3406) .............
(G–3407) .............
(G–3408) .............
(G–3409) .............
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
Steam Injection for NOX Control .................
135.5
135.5
135.5
161.0
161.0
161.0
161.0
167.6
52.2
805.7
805.7
805.7
809.5
766.5
766.5
766.5
1002.1
150.2
12.2.
12.2.
12.2.
12.9.
12.9.
12.9.
12.9.
15.1.
14.0.
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
155.5
115.5
8.1
8.2
26.6
197.6
197.6
197.6
163.1
155.4
13.0
13.7
29.6
11.5
7.8
62.6
17.2
8.1
3.4
11.8
9.4
9.4
22.0
116.4
112.7
13.4
13.4
26.1
7.2
24.1
44.5
32.5
30.8
27.6
23.9
356.7
356.7
356.7
356.7
29.4
28.0
83.4
54.3
54.3
16.9
232.5
172.8
16.0
16.1
146.5
279.1
279.1
279.1
388.7
370.2
25.5
26.8
163.0
22.5
15.2
344.4
33.7
15.9
6.6
23.1
18.4
18.4
121.1
283.2
274.1
26.3
26.3
143.7
14.2
132.5
244.5
178.9
169.6
151.9
131.3
507.1
507.1
507.1
507.1
161.5
153.8
458.7
298.6
298.6
33.1
19.3.
17.2.
1.2.
1.2.
4.0.
24.4.
24.4.
24.4.
21.1.
20.1.
2.0.
2.0.
4.4.
1.7.
1.2.
9.4.
2.6.
1.2.
0.5.
1.8.
1.4.
1.4.
3.3.
15.1.
14.6.
2.0.
2.0.
3.9.
1.1.
3.6.
6.7.
4.9.
4.6.
4.1.
3.6.
48.1.
48.1.
48.1.
48.1.
4.4.
4.2.
12.5.
8.1.
8.1.
2.5.
Turbines:
GT1
GT2
GT3
GT4
GT5
GT6
GT7
GT8
GT9
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H–101 ..........................
H–104 ..........................
H–200 ..........................
H–201 ..........................
H–202 ..........................
H–401A .......................
H–401B .......................
H–401C .......................
H–1401A .....................
H–1401B .....................
H–1500 ........................
H–1501 ........................
H–160 ..........................
H–600 ..........................
H–601 ..........................
H–602 ..........................
H–603 ..........................
H–604 ..........................
H–605 ..........................
H–606 ..........................
H–800A .......................
H–800B .......................
H–801 ..........................
H–2101 ........................
H–2102 ........................
H–2201A .....................
H–2201B .....................
H–2202 ........................
H–2400 ........................
H–2401 ........................
H–2501 ........................
H–4502 ........................
H–4503 ........................
H–4504 ........................
H–4505 ........................
H–3101A .....................
H–3101B .....................
H–4101A .....................
H–4101B .....................
H–4401 ........................
H–4402 ........................
H–4451 ........................
H–4452 ........................
H–4453 ........................
H–4454 ........................
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BART controls/limits
Facility
BART unit
SO2
(tons/year)
Control
H–4455 ........................
H–4201 ........................
H–4202 ........................
H–5401 ........................
H–5402 ........................
H–5451 ........................
H–5452 ........................
H–5453 ........................
H–5454 ........................
H–5455 ........................
H–4601A .....................
H–4601B .....................
H–4602 ........................
H–4301A .....................
H–4301B .....................
H–4302 ........................
H–5301A .....................
H–5301B .....................
H–5302 ........................
NOX
(tons/year)
PM
(tons/year)
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
30.3
367.7
355.7
29.4
28
83.4
54.3
54.3
16.9
30.3
13.4
13.4
26.1
14.6
14.6
26.7
14.6
14.6
26.7
166.6
448.1
433.6
161.5
153.8
458.7
298.6
298.6
33.1
166.6
26.3
26.3
143.7
28.7
28.7
147.1
28.7
28.7
147.1
4.5.
44.9.
43.4.
4.4.
4.2.
12.5.
8.1.
8.1.
2.5.
4.5.
2.
2.
3.9.
2.2.
2.2.
4.
2.2.
2.2.
4.
......................................................................
2.0
4.0
1.0.
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
1.6
3.3
900.0
3.1
6.5
28.0
0.2.
0.5.
3.0.
Catalytic Converters for NOX and CO control.
Catalytic Converters for NOX and CO control.
Catalytic Converters for NOX and CO control.
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
Catalytic Converters for NOx and CO control.
Catalytic Converters for NOX and CO control.
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
0.0
33.1
0.2.
0.0
33.1
0.2.
0.0
33.1
0.2.
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
19.4
0.1.
0.1.
0.1.
0.3.
0.0
19.4
0.3.
0.0
0.0
0.0
380.6
380.6
380.6
0.9.
0.9.
0.9.
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
150.0
150.0
150.0
150.0
150.0
237.0
237.0
237.0
237.0
237.0
negligible.
negligible.
negligible.
negligible.
negligible.
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.3
40.6
40.6
40.6
40.6
27.0
TGT unit No. 2 Beavo:
H–4761 & T–4761 .......
TGI units:
H–1032 ........................
H–1042 ........................
H–4745 ........................
Compressors:
C–200A .......................
C–200B .......................
C–200C .......................
C–1500A
C–1500B
C–1500C
C–2400A
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
C–2400B .....................
C–4601A .....................
C–4601B .....................
C–4601C .....................
Flares:
#2
#3
#5
#6
#7
Flare
Flare
Flare
Flare
Flare
(H–1105)
(H–1104)
(H–3351)
(H–3352)
(H–3301)
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Water Pumps:
PD–1602
PD–1603
PD–1604
PD–1605
PD–1620
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7728-7733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02657]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R02-OAR-2020-0438; FRL-9315-02-R2]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
United States Virgin Islands; Regional Haze Federal Implementation
Plan; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On October 22, 2012, the EPA published a final rule in the
Federal Register promulgating a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to
address regional haze obligations for the Territory of the United
States Virgin Islands. However, at that time, EPA erroneously failed to
incorporate into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) certain emission
limits that had been determined to be necessary to satisfy those
obligations and that had been proposed and included in the docket for
the action. EPA is correcting this error by incorporating the
previously noticed limits into the CFR. EPA has not reopened any of the
previous, underlying determinations in this action.
DATES: This final rule is effective on March 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R02-OAR-2020-0438. 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 electronically through https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Omar Hammad, Air Planning Section,
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York,
New York 10007-1866, (212) 637-3347, email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section is arranged as follows:
Table of Contents:
I. What is the background for the action?
II. What comments were received in response to the EPA's proposed
correction?
III. What action is the EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What is the background for this action?
On February 19, 2021 (86 FR 10227), the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which
the EPA proposed to make a technical correction adding into the CFR the
inadvertently omitted Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) table
containing the potential to emit (PTE) limits necessary to satisfy the
Virgin Islands' BART obligation.
On October 22, 2012, EPA published a final rule promulgating a
Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to address regional haze obligations
for the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands. (77 FR 64414).
EPA determined that certain emission limits for sources of visibility
impairing pollutants in the Virgin Islands were necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Clean Air Act and EPA's rules concerning
progress towards the national goal of preventing any future and
remedying any existing man-made impairment of visibility in mandatory
Class I areas (also referred to as the ``regional haze program''). In
that action, however, EPA erroneously failed to incorporate into the
CFR certain emission limits that had been noticed in the proposed rule
(77 FR 37842, June 25, 2012) and which were included in docket EPA-R02-
OAR-2012-0457 accompanying that proposed rule.\1\ Specifically, EPA had
determined that no additional controls were needed to satisfy the Best
Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirement of the Regional Haze
Rule, and therefore that the subject-to-BART units' existing PTE limits
would be incorporated into the Virgin Islands' FIP. See 77 FR 37856.
EPA is now making a technical correction to incorporate the table
containing the PTE limits necessary to satisfy the Virgin Islands' BART
obligation into the CFR.
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0457-0008 in docket EPA-R02-OAR-2012-0457.
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This rule does not reopen the previous determination that the PTE
limits contained in the docket for the 2012 final rule represent BART
for the units determined to be subject-to-BART; this action merely
corrects an inadvertent omission in a previous rulemaking. This
correction is not intended to address current or changed circumstances
at the subject-to-BART units, but merely clarifies what was intended to
be included in the CFR pursuant to the 2012 FIP.
II. What comments were received in response to the EPA's proposed
correction?
In response to the EPA's February 19, 2021 proposed correction of
the Virgin Islands' FIP, the EPA received comments from one commenter,
Limetree Bay Refining, LLC and Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC (together
``Limetree'' or ``the commenter'') and is providing responses to the
comments that were received. The specific
[[Page 7729]]
comments may be viewed under Docket ID Number EPA-R02-OAR-2019-0674 on
the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Comment 1: The commenter argues that correcting the erroneously
omitted BART Measures by adding the provisions to the CFR is not a
technical correction and that it imposes new limits. The commenter
asserts that, even if EPA had some intention of promulgating such
limits in 2012 when it promulgated the Federal Implementation Plan
(FIP) to address regional haze in the Virgin Islands, it did not do so.
The commenter contends that the proposed rule would therefore, for the
first time, impose BART emission limitations on the Limetree facility.
To be effective and enforceable, commenter states, the promulgation
of the proposed limits must comply with public notice and comment
requirements. The commenter maintains that the 2012 Proposed Rule
described various proposed BART determinations for sources in the
Virgin Islands that may be subject to BART, but did not propose
measures to translate those determinations into enforceable
limitations.
The commenter asserts that the enforceable language now proposed by
the EPA is nowhere to be found in the 2012 rulemaking record, neither
in the Proposed Rule or Final Rule, nor in any docketed supporting
document.
Response: This rule does not reopen the previous determination that
the PTE limits contained in the docket for the 2012 final rule
represent BART for the units determined to be subject-to-BART. This
action merely corrects an inadvertent omission in a previous rulemaking
in which EPA intended to, but did not, include those PTE limits in the
Virgin Islands' FIP. Included in the 2012 FIP docket, EPA-R02-OAR-2012,
are two documents that include the PTE limits for HOVENSA, EPA-R02-OAR-
2012-007 and EPA-R02-OAR-2012-008. These limits represented current
operations at the time and were determined to constitute BART in the
2012 FIP.
The commenter is correct that inserting the inadvertently omitted
BART Measures, specifically the emission limitations for
SO2, NOX, and PM, into the CFR are the first
codification of these requirements. However, the commenter is incorrect
that those limits were absent from the 2012 rulemaking record and that
EPA did not intend to put these limits in the FIP in 2012. See 77 FR
37842, 37856. To the contrary, the administrative record documents
EPA's intention for emission limitations and specifically references
the applicability to the commenter's facility. At page 37856 of the
final rule, EPA asserts, ``[a]s such, EPA's Federal plan includes the
establishment of emission limits for SO2, NOX,
and PM equivalent to the potential to emit (PTE) for each unit subject
to BART, as derived from HOVENSA's permit limit conditions.'' BART is
defined in EPA's regulations as an emission limit, 40 CFR 51.301. It is
not possible to satisfy the BART requirements without including an
emission limit reflecting the BART determination(s) in the applicable
implementation plan (in this case, in the Virgin Islands' FIP). See
also 40 CFR 51.308(e)(2) (``The State must submit an implementation
plan containing emission limitations representing BART. . . .''). The
commenter's contention that EPA did not intend to promulgate emission
limits in the FIP reflecting the BART determinations implies that EPA
did not intend to satisfy the BART requirement for the source and is
therefore clearly incorrect. Additionally, the BART emission limits
merely reflect preexisting (as of 2012) PTE limits to which the units
were already subject. Therefore, while this action will put the limits
in the FIP for the first time, it does not represent the first time the
source has had to comply with the relevant limits.
This technical correction remedies the inadvertent omission of the
BART limits in the CFR. EPA provided opportunity for public comment on
its determination that the subject-to-BART units' existing PTE limits
represented BART in the 2012 FIP rule making. See 77 FR 37842, 37856
(June 25, 2012). The agency further provided an opportunity for public
comment on whether the PTE limits contained in the notice of proposed
rulemaking for this action were the limits EPA determined to be BART in
2012. 86 FR 10227, 10227 (Feb. 19, 2021). EPA has thus provided public
notice of and an opportunity to comment on the limits it is
incorporating into the Virgin Islands' FIP.
Comment 2: The commenter states that EPA Region 2 did not work with
Limetree to coordinate these limits. The commenter asserts that EPA
also does not explain how ``maximum transparency'' was served by its
failure to provide Limetree, the sole affected party, any notice of
this proposal prior to its publication in the Federal Register.
Response: EPA is not proposing to change or reopen the BART
determinations made in the 2012 FIP that were based on emission limits
that were already in place for HOVENSA at the time. EPA provided
opportunity for public comment on the already established BART in the
2012 FIP rulemaking. See 77 FR 37842, 37856 (June 25, 2012). EPA is
merely making a technical correction that takes those same PTE limits,
which were determined to be then-current operations, and codifies those
limits in the CFR. This rulemaking does not revisit or change the 2012
determinations, which were made pursuant to a notice and comment
rulemaking process. See 77 FR 37842, 37856. HOVENSA, and others,
commented during that rulemaking. See 77 FR 64414, 64415-20.
With respect to commenter's statement that it did not receive any
notice of this proposal prior to its publication in the Federal
Register, consistent with CAA Section 307(d) and general rulemaking
processes, the proposal being finalized by this action, on which the
commenter commented, was the advance notice. The proposal included the
establishment of a rulemaking docket and provided for the acceptance of
written comments, data, or other documents from ``any person.''
Comment 3: The commenter argues that it is clear from the record
that the omission of any enforceable limits was not inadvertent, but
rather EPA's intent was to promulgate the restart notice requirement at
40 CFR 52.2781(d)(4) in lieu of any specific BART limitations. The
commenter asserts that the restart notice procedure is the appropriate
mechanism for EPA to determine whether the FIP should be revised, and
any revision is required to be promulgated through full notice and
comment procedures. The commenter states that the proposed
``correction'' fails to meet the process required by 40 CFR.
52.2718(d)(4).
Response: The restart notice requirement pertains to the reasonable
progress requirements, not to BART. The commentor is erroneously
conflating BART with reasonable progress. The commenter is incorrect
that the restart notice requirement was intended to be in lieu of BART.
See 77 FR 37842.
The commenter conflates two distinct sets of regional haze
requirements: Reasonable progress and BART. States' regional haze
implementation plans are required to include BART emission limits
pursuant to 40 CFR 51.308(e). EPA made BART determinations and intended
to promulgate BART limits, which were to be equivalent to existing PTE
limits for the subject-to-BART sources, in the FIP. 77 FR 37856. The
passages from EPA's rulemaking cited by commenter refer to EPA's
[[Page 7730]]
determinations and requirements pursuant to a different set of
regulatory requirements, i.e., the requirements for determining the
measures in addition to BART that are necessary to make reasonable
progress. Reasonable progress is governed by the requirements of 40 CFR
51.308(d). The restart notice requirement pertains to the reasonable
progress. See 40 CFR 52.2781(d)(4) (upon receiving startup notification
and information from the source, ``EPA will revise the FIP as
necessary, after public notice and comment, in accordance with the
regional haze requirements including the `reasonable progress'
provisions in 40 CFR 51.308(d)(1).'') (emphasis added).
Unrelated to the technical correction in this action, in a letter
dated June 10, 2019, EPA responded to Limetree's restart notice, dated
June 2, 2019, explaining that, upon restart, the 2012 FIP requires the
EPA to assess whether additional control measures are warranted to meet
regional haze requirements, including the ``reasonable progress''
provisions in 40 CFR 51.308(d)(l). 40 CFR 52.2782(d)(3)-(4). Limetree
will be consulted and included in the process of assessing whether new
control measures are warranted upon restart.
As explained in the response to the first comment, above, in the
2012 FIP, EPA determined that current operations, PTE limits at the
time, represented BART. EPA determined BART for each BART-eligible
source using the methodology in the Guidelines for Best Available
Control Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations under the Regional
Haze Rules, 40 CFR part 51, Appendix Y. This action proposes to correct
the EPA's failure to codify in the CFR the PTE limits that constituted
current operations at the time and were determined to represent BART in
the 2012 FIP.
Comment 4: The commenter objects to the ``arbitrary and extremely
limited scope'' of comments that EPA will allow, allowing comment on
the narrow issue of whether the limits in the correction are the limits
that EPA determined to be BART in the 2012 action. Limetree questions
how this serves EPA's stated goal of ``maximum transparency.'' The
commenter states that EPA must then provide reasonable opportunity to
comment on the full scope of the proposed rule, including whether any
proposed limits represent BART for units determined to be subject-to-
BART.
Response: As explained in the response to the first comment, above,
EPA is not reopening any determinations previously made in its 2012
FIP. The scope of this action is not to revisit the BART determination
itself, but to merely make the technical correction of adding the
emission limit reflecting the existing BART determination to the CFR.
EPA determined in 2012 that current operations, PTE limits at the time,
represented BART. EPA determined BART for each BART-eligible source
using the methodology in the Guidelines for Best Available Control
Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations under the Regional Haze
Rules, 40 CFR part 51, Appendix Y. EPA sought public comment on the
BART determinations and thus satisfied the notice-and-comment
requirement in the 2012 proposed rule. 77 FR 37857. Today's action is
simply to put the emission limits reflecting the already-finalized BART
determinations in the FIP. It is reasonable for EPA to limit the scope
of comment consistent with the scope of the action being taken.
Comment 5: Limetree states that it objects to EPA not considering
current conditions and changed circumstances. Limetree asserts that
previous BART determinations are no longer reliable, and alternatives
are conceivable.
Response: This action is merely to correct an error made in 2012,
when EPA intended to put the source's preexisting emission limits in
the FIP. The BART limits are intended to reflect the determination that
was made based on the circumstances that existed in 2012. As expressed
in EPA's 2012 rulemaking, current conditions and changed circumstances
will be considered in the context of determining whether any additional
measures, on top of the BART emission limits, are necessary pursuant to
the reasonable progress requirements. See 40 CFR 52.2781(d)(3) and (4);
77 FR 37850. Limetree will be consulted in any future planning for
regional haze that impacts the source, which is a matter beyond the
scope of this technical correction.
If Limetree has made any significant modifications or changes to
any units, that is not within the scope of this technical correction.
This technical correction merely takes the HOVENSA BART determinations
established in the 2012 FIP and codifies the same determinations in the
CFR. Any restarts, changes, modifications, or reconfigurations in
operation will be addressed through the restart notice steps and the
separate reasonable progress requirements. The reconfiguration of the
facility is not the subject of this action which merely corrects an
omission in the 2012 FIP.
Comment 6: The commenter states that BART limits would affect
operations of the refinery, which was recently reconfigured at
considerable expense in reliance upon the existing regulatory
requirements and the utility of its permits.
The commenter maintains that EPA must specifically allow comment on
the reliance interests that arise with changed circumstances, as well
as the policy considerations addressing this issue that EPA is required
to identify in a proposed rule. The commenter asserts that the FIP has
been in place since 2012, yet not only does the proposed rule fail to
assess the relevant reliance interests, it also fails to consider any
alternative courses of action. According to the commenter, alternatives
are thus plainly conceivable and, under the Supreme Court's DACA
decision, EPA is required to assess them.
Response: Although the commenter is correct that the Virgin
Islands' FIP promulgated in 2012 did not contain emission limits
reflecting BART, the refinery was nonetheless subject to those same
emission limits by virtue of their existence in the source's
preexisting permits. See 77 FR 37856 (Federal plan was to include
emission limits ``equivalent to the potential to emit (PTE) for each
unit subject to BART, as derived from HOVENSA's permit limit
conditions''). It therefore is not clear how simply codifying the same
limits in an additional instrument would necessitate a change in the
source's operations. That is, it is not clear how this action
implicates Limetree's reliance interests. The commenter has offered no
factual support for the assertion that it relied on the absence of BART
limits in the Virgin Islands' FIP and that incorporating those limits
now would significantly affect the utility of the sources' permits.
Moreover, the commenter fails to explain how it has a reliance interest
in a clerical error made by the agency, particularly where it was clear
from the record for the 2012 rule that EPA intended to impose BART
limits on this source.
The commenter alleges that U.S. Department of Homeland Security et
al. v. Regents of the University of California et al., 140 S.Ct. 1891
(2020) has application to the instant rulemaking because the
inadvertent omission of a regulatory provision has allegedly resulted
in the commenter relying on a false perception that no BART emission
limitations were in place for the HOVENSA facility. The potential
existence of BART alternatives is not under consideration because any
rational analysis of the 2012 rulemaking
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would indicate that the previously applied limitations were to be
continued but were (as reiterated throughout) erroneously omitted.
As explained above, to the extent the source's operations have
changed since 2012, it was and continues to be EPA's intent to address
any changes in circumstances via the process laid out in 40 CFR
52.2781(d)(4) as appropriate. It is clear, however, that EPA intended
to include BART emission limitations for the source in the FIP in 2012
and that such limits should have applied starting at that time.
III. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is finalizing a technical correction to incorporate the
erroneously omitted table containing the PTE limits necessary to
satisfy the Virgin Islands' BART obligation into the CFR.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant regulatory action under the terms
of Executive Order 12866 and was, therefore, not submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. This final rule is a
technical correction.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose an information collection burden under
the provisions of the PRA. Under the PRA, a ``collection of
information'' is defined as a requirement for ``answers to * * *
identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on ten or
more persons * * *.'' 44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A). The action does not impose
any new obligations or new enforcement duties on any state, local or
tribal government or the private sector. This final rule is a technical
correction.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. In
making this determination, EPA concludes that the impact of concern for
this rule is any significant adverse economic impact on small entities
and that the agency is certifying that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
if the rule has no net burden on the small entities subject to the
rule. This action merely adds the erroneously omitted table to the CFR,
it does not change any determination included in the FIP. We have
therefore concluded that this action will have no net regulatory burden
for all directly regulated small entities.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain any unfunded mandates, as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect
small governments. The action imposes no enforceable duty on any state,
local or tribal government or the private sector.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications as specified in
Executive Order 13175. It will not have substantial direct effects on
tribal governments. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this
rule.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it is
not economically significant as defined in Executive Order 12866, and
because the EPA does not believe the environmental health or safety
risks addressed by this action present a disproportionate risk to
children.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, because it is
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this action does not have disproportionately
high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority
populations, low-income populations and/or indigenous peoples, as
specified in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
Through this action, the EPA is adding the erroneously omitted table to
the CFR; it does not change any determination included in the FIP. This
action does not remove any of the prior rule's environmental or
procedural protections.
K. Congress Review Act (CRA)
This rule is exempt from the CRA because it is a rule of particular
applicability.
L. 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 April 11, 2022. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for 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 CAA section 307(b)(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
40 CFR part 52 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:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart CCC--Virgin Islands
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2. In Sec. 52.2781 paragraph (d)(5) is added to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2781 Visibility protection.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(5) Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) measures. Emissions
limitations, the owners/operators subject to this section shall not
emit or cause to be emitted SO2, NOX, and PM in
excess of the following limitations:
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Table 1 to Paragraph (d)(5)
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BART controls/limits
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Facility BART unit SO2 (tons/ NOX (tons/
Control year) year) PM (tons/year)
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HOVENSA.................... Boilers:
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1 (B-1151)........................... ...................... 330.1 450.6 40.6.
3 (B-1153)........................... ...................... 330.1 450.6 40.6.
4 (B-1154)........................... ...................... 322.5 443.5 39.7.
5 (B-1155)........................... ...................... 484.9 676.9 60.7.
6 (B-3301)........................... ...................... 330.8 435.3 40.6.
7 (B-3302)........................... ...................... 330.8 435.3 40.6.
8 (B-3303)........................... ...................... 640.1 559.8 78.6.
9 (B-3304)........................... ...................... 640.1 559.8 78.6.
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Turbines:
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GT1 (G-1101E)........................ ...................... 135.5 805.7 12.2.
GT2 (G-1101F)........................ ...................... 135.5 805.7 12.2.
GT3 (G-1101G)........................ ...................... 135.5 805.7 12.2.
GT4 (G-3404)......................... ...................... 161.0 809.5 12.9.
GT5 (G-3405)......................... ...................... 161.0 766.5 12.9.
GT6 (G-3406)......................... ...................... 161.0 766.5 12.9.
GT7 (G-3407)......................... ...................... 161.0 766.5 12.9.
GT8 (G-3408)......................... ...................... 167.6 1002.1 15.1.
GT9 (G-3409)......................... Steam Injection for 52.2 150.2 14.0.
NOX Control.
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Process Heaters:
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H-101................................ ...................... 155.5 232.5 19.3.
H-104................................ ...................... 115.5 172.8 17.2.
H-200................................ ...................... 8.1 16.0 1.2.
H-201................................ ...................... 8.2 16.1 1.2.
H-202................................ ...................... 26.6 146.5 4.0.
H-401A............................... ...................... 197.6 279.1 24.4.
H-401B............................... ...................... 197.6 279.1 24.4.
H-401C............................... ...................... 197.6 279.1 24.4.
H-1401A.............................. ...................... 163.1 388.7 21.1.
H-1401B.............................. ...................... 155.4 370.2 20.1.
H-1500............................... ...................... 13.0 25.5 2.0.
H-1501............................... ...................... 13.7 26.8 2.0.
H-160................................ ...................... 29.6 163.0 4.4.
H-600................................ ...................... 11.5 22.5 1.7.
H-601................................ ...................... 7.8 15.2 1.2.
H-602................................ ...................... 62.6 344.4 9.4.
H-603................................ ...................... 17.2 33.7 2.6.
H-604................................ ...................... 8.1 15.9 1.2.
H-605................................ ...................... 3.4 6.6 0.5.
H-606................................ ...................... 11.8 23.1 1.8.
H-800A............................... ...................... 9.4 18.4 1.4.
H-800B............................... ...................... 9.4 18.4 1.4.
H-801................................ ...................... 22.0 121.1 3.3.
H-2101............................... ...................... 116.4 283.2 15.1.
H-2102............................... ...................... 112.7 274.1 14.6.
H-2201A.............................. ...................... 13.4 26.3 2.0.
H-2201B.............................. ...................... 13.4 26.3 2.0.
H-2202............................... ...................... 26.1 143.7 3.9.
H-2400............................... ...................... 7.2 14.2 1.1.
H-2401............................... ...................... 24.1 132.5 3.6.
H-2501............................... ...................... 44.5 244.5 6.7.
H-4502............................... ...................... 32.5 178.9 4.9.
H-4503............................... ...................... 30.8 169.6 4.6.
H-4504............................... ...................... 27.6 151.9 4.1.
H-4505............................... ...................... 23.9 131.3 3.6.
H-3101A.............................. ...................... 356.7 507.1 48.1.
H-3101B.............................. ...................... 356.7 507.1 48.1.
H-4101A.............................. ...................... 356.7 507.1 48.1.
H-4101B.............................. ...................... 356.7 507.1 48.1.
H-4401............................... ...................... 29.4 161.5 4.4.
H-4402............................... ...................... 28.0 153.8 4.2.
H-4451............................... ...................... 83.4 458.7 12.5.
H-4452............................... ...................... 54.3 298.6 8.1.
H-4453............................... ...................... 54.3 298.6 8.1.
H-4454............................... ...................... 16.9 33.1 2.5.
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H-4455............................... ...................... 30.3 166.6 4.5.
H-4201............................... ...................... 367.7 448.1 44.9.
H-4202............................... ...................... 355.7 433.6 43.4.
H-5401............................... ...................... 29.4 161.5 4.4.
H-5402............................... ...................... 28 153.8 4.2.
H-5451............................... ...................... 83.4 458.7 12.5.
H-5452............................... ...................... 54.3 298.6 8.1.
H-5453............................... ...................... 54.3 298.6 8.1.
H-5454............................... ...................... 16.9 33.1 2.5.
H-5455............................... ...................... 30.3 166.6 4.5.
H-4601A.............................. ...................... 13.4 26.3 2.
H-4601B.............................. ...................... 13.4 26.3 2.
H-4602............................... ...................... 26.1 143.7 3.9.
H-4301A.............................. ...................... 14.6 28.7 2.2.
H-4301B.............................. ...................... 14.6 28.7 2.2.
H-4302............................... ...................... 26.7 147.1 4.
H-5301A.............................. ...................... 14.6 28.7 2.2.
H-5301B.............................. ...................... 14.6 28.7 2.2.
H-5302............................... ...................... 26.7 147.1 4.
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TGT unit No. 2 Beavo:
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H-4761 & T-4761...................... ...................... 2.0 4.0 1.0.
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TGI units:
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H-1032............................... ...................... 1.6 3.1 0.2.
H-1042............................... ...................... 3.3 6.5 0.5.
H-4745............................... ...................... 900.0 28.0 3.0.
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Compressors:
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C-200A............................... Catalytic Converters 0.0 33.1 0.2.
for NOX and CO
control.
C-200B............................... Catalytic Converters 0.0 33.1 0.2.
for NOX and CO
control.
C-200C............................... Catalytic Converters 0.0 33.1 0.2.
for NOX and CO
control.
C-1500A.............................. ...................... 0.0 40.0 0.1.
C-1500B.............................. ...................... 0.0 40.0 0.1.
C-1500C.............................. ...................... 0.0 40.0 0.1.
C-2400A.............................. Catalytic Converters 0.0 19.4 0.3.
for NOx and CO
control.
C-2400B.............................. Catalytic Converters 0.0 19.4 0.3.
for NOX and CO
control.
C-4601A.............................. ...................... 0.0 380.6 0.9.
C-4601B.............................. ...................... 0.0 380.6 0.9.
C-4601C.............................. ...................... 0.0 380.6 0.9.
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Flares:
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#2 Flare (H-1105).................... ...................... 150.0 237.0 negligible.
#3 Flare (H-1104).................... ...................... 150.0 237.0 negligible.
#5 Flare (H-3351).................... ...................... 150.0 237.0 negligible.
#6 Flare (H-3352).................... ...................... 150.0 237.0 negligible.
#7 Flare (H-3301).................... ...................... 150.0 237.0 negligible.
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Water Pumps:
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PD-1602.............................. ...................... 1.9 40.6 2.9.
PD-1603.............................. ...................... 1.9 40.6 2.9.
PD-1604.............................. ...................... 1.9 40.6 2.9.
PD-1605.............................. ...................... 1.9 40.6 2.9.
PD-1620.............................. ...................... 1.3 27.0 1.9.
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