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Air Plan Approval; North Carolina:
Mecklenburg Volatile Organic
Compounds
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ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision to
the Mecklenburg County portion of the
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North Carolina SIP, hereinafter referred
to as the Mecklenburg Local
Implementation Plan (LIP). The changes
were submitted by the State of North
Carolina, through the North Carolina
Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ), on
behalf of Mecklenburg County Air
Quality (MCAQ), via a letter dated April
24, 2020, and were received by EPA on
June 19, 2020. The SIP revision updates
several Mecklenburg County Air
Pollution Control Ordinance (MCAPCO)
rules incorporated into the LIP, removes
several rules, and adds several rules.
The rules addressed in this final
approval action relate to volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions and include
several VOC Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT) rules. EPA
is finalizing the approval of these
changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA or Act).
DATES:
This rule is effective March 30,
2022.
EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR–
2021–0055. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information may not be publicly
available, i.e., Confidential Business
Information or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air Regulatory Management Section,
Air Planning and Implementation
Branch, Air and Radiation Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303–8960. EPA requests that
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Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia
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I. Background and Overview
The Mecklenburg County LIP was
submitted to EPA on June 14, 1990, and
EPA approved the plan on May 2, 1991.
See 56 FR 20140. Mecklenburg County
prepared three submittals in order to
update the LIP and reflect regulatory
and administrative changes that NCDAQ
made to the North Carolina SIP 1 since
EPA’s 1991 LIP approval.2 The three
submittals were submitted as follows:
NCDAQ transmitted the October 25,
2017, submittal to EPA but later
withdrew it from review through a letter
dated February 15, 2019. On April 24,
2020, NCDAQ resubmitted the October
25, 2017, update to EPA and also
submitted the January 21, 2016, and
January 14, 2019, updates. Due to an
inconsistency with public notices at the
local level, these submittals were
withdrawn from EPA through a letter
dated February 15, 2019. Mecklenburg
County corrected this error, and NCDAQ
submitted the updates to EPA in a
submittal dated April 24, 2020.3
The April 24, 2020, submittal updates
several MCAPCO rules incorporated
into the LIP, removes two rules, and
adds three rules to better align the LIP
with the North Carolina SIP. The
January 21, 2016, changes include
updates to MCAPCO Rules 2.0926, Bulk
Gasoline Plants; 2.0927, Bulk Gasoline
Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline Service
Stations Stage 1; and 2.0958, Work
Practice for Sources of Volatile Organic
Compounds. The submittal also seeks to
remove MCAPCO Rules 2.0910,
Alternative Compliance Schedules and
2.0929, Petroleum Refinery Sources and
add MCAPCO Rules 2.0947,
Manufacture of Synthesized
Pharmaceutical Products; 2.0948, VOC
Emissions from Transfer Operations;
and 2.0949, Storage of Miscellaneous
Volatile Organic Compounds.4
The January 21, 2016, submittal also
asks EPA to reincorporate the following
rules with no changes or very few minor
grammatical edits into the LIP with a
new effective date: MCAPCO Rules
1 Hereinafter, the terms ‘‘North Carolina SIP’’ and
‘‘SIP’’ refer to the North Carolina regulatory portion
of the North Carolina SIP (i.e., the portion that
contains SIP-approved North Carolina regulations).
2 The Mecklenburg County, North Carolina SIP
revision that is dated April 24, 2020, and received
by EPA on June 19, 2020, is comprised of three
previous submittals—one dated January 21, 2016;
one dated October 25, 2017; and one dated January
14, 2019.
3 EPA received the April 24, 2020, submittal on
June 19, 2020.
4 EPA received other updates to the Mecklenburg
County portion of the North Carolina SIP
transmitted with the same April 24, 2020, cover
letter. EPA has addressed or will address these
other updates, including changes to certain Section
2.2600 and Section 2.0900 rules, in separate
rulemakings.
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2.0906, Circumvention; 2.0918, Can
Coating; 2.0919, Coil Coating; 2.0924,
Magnet Wire Coating; 2.0925, Petroleum
Liquid Storage in Fixed Roof Tanks;
2.0930, Solvent Metal Cleaning; 2.0931,
Cutback Asphalt; 2.0933, Petroleum
Liquid Storage in External Floating Roof
Tanks; 2.0937, Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires; and 2.0944,
Manufacture of Polyethylene,
Polypropylene and Polystyrene.5
On November 17, 2021, EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to
approve the April 24, 2020, SIP revision
regarding updates to Mecklenburg’s
VOC rules. See 86 FR 64101. The
November 17, 2021, NPRM provides
additional detail regarding the
background and rationale for EPA’s
action. Comments on the November 17,
2021, NPRM were due on or before
December 17, 2021, and EPA received
one comment.
II. Response to Comment
As mentioned above, EPA received
one comment on the November 17,
2021, NPRM. EPA’s comment summary
and response are provided below.
Comment: The commenter limits their
comment to the removal of Rule
2.0929—Petroleum Refinery Sources
from the LIP and reiterates the fact that
removal is based, in part, on the absence
of refineries in Mecklenburg County.
The commenter notes that the
‘‘surrounding bi-state metro area is
comprised of more than six different
counties in two different states’’ and
that the ‘‘petition to remove the Rule
2.0929 does not clarify if Rock Hill or
Gastonia have refineries that pose a leak
hazard to the nearby inhabitants.’’ The
commenter goes on to state that when
Rule 2.0929 was implemented, there
were more local areas in the United
States that did not have refineries than
local areas that did have refineries and
that each local area does not have to
petition the CAA for removal of Rule
2.0929. The commenter provides
population data for Mecklenburg
County and expresses concern that
removal might encourage an
entrepreneur to construct a refinery in
the Charlotte local area to ‘‘avoid
implementing the provisions of the
[CAA] rather than building a refinery in
an area that strictly reaches attainment
of the refinery leak Rule 2.0929.’’
Response: Rule 2.0929 was first
adopted into the MCAPCO in 1979,
establishing requirements to meet the
1978 Petroleum Refinery Leaks Control
5 Hereinafter, the MCAPCO Rules will be
identified by ‘‘Rule’’ and the accompanying
number, e.g., Rule 2.0901.
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Technique Guidelines (CTG) for
controlling VOC emissions from
petroleum refinery equipment,6 and
incorporated into the LIP on May 2,
1991. See 56 FR 20140. Mecklenburg
County was designated as a Moderate
ozone nonattainment area for the 1979
1-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) and the
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS.7 CAA
section 182(b)(2) requires each state
with an ozone nonattainment area
classified as Moderate or higher to
include requirements in its SIP
implementing RACT for certain VOC
sources within the area, including for all
VOC sources in the nonattainment area
that are covered by a CTG.
The April 24, 2020, SIP revision,
submitted by North Carolina on behalf
of MCAQ, seeks to remove Rule 2.0929
from the LIP because there are no
petroleum refineries in Mecklenburg
County 8 and because MCAQ would like
the LIP to better align with the SIP.9
EPA’s role, with respect to a SIP
revision, is focused on reviewing the
submission to determine whether it
meets the minimum criteria of the CAA.
Where it does, EPA must approve the
submission. EPA has reviewed the SIP
revision and determined that removal of
Rule 2.0929 is consistent with the CAA
because, among other things, the rule
does not apply to any facilities in
Mecklenburg County and, therefore,
removal will not impact air quality and
because Mecklenburg County is
designated as attainment or attainment/
unclassifiable for all ozone NAAQS and,
therefore, CAA section 182 no longer
requires the LIP to implement the
Petroleum Refinery CTG.
The commenter correctly notes that
the SIP revision does not discuss
whether petroleum refineries exist in
Rock Hill, South Carolina or Gastonia,
North Carolina. It was not necessary for
the SIP revision or the November 17,
2021, NPRM to discuss whether
6 The Petroleum Refinery Leaks CTG is available
at https://www3.epa.gov/airquality/ctg_act/197806_
voc_epa450_2-78-036_leaks_refineery_
equipment.pdf.
7 Mecklenburg County was part of the CharlotteGastonia NC 1979 Moderate ozone NAAQS
nonattainment area, comprised of Mecklenburg and
Gastonia Counties in North Carolina, and part of the
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC–SC 1997
Moderate ozone NAAQS nonattainment area,
comprised of Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg, Rowan and Union Counties and a
portion of Iredell County in North Carolina and a
portion of York County in South Carolina. EPA
redesignated these areas to attainment in 1995 and
2013, respectively. See 60 FR 34859 (July 5, 1995)
and 78 FR 72036 (December 2, 2013).
8 The term ‘‘petroleum refinery’’ is defined at
Rule 2.0929(a)(6).
9 EPA removed the corresponding state rule, 15A
NCAC 02D .0929—Petroleum Refinery Sources,
from the SIP on August 1, 1997. See 62 FR 41277.
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petroleum refineries are located in those
areas because Rule 2.0929 only applies
within Mecklenburg County.
Since Rule 2.0929 is limited to
Mecklenburg County, EPA does not find
the statement regarding the number of
local areas in the United States with and
without refineries to be relevant for this
rulemaking. It is also not clear what the
commenter means by stating that each
local area does not have to petition the
CAA for removal of Rule 2.0929 or how
this statement is relevant. The scope of
this action is limited to Mecklenburg
County. To the extent that other areas of
the country need to address RACT for
sources covered by the Petroleum
Refinery CTG, EPA would evaluate the
RACT requirement in the context of
other rulemakings for those other areas.
As discussed above, a SIP must include
RACT for sources covered by the
Petroleum Refinery CTG only when the
state contains an ozone nonattainment
area classified as Moderate or higher,
and implementation is only required
within the nonattainment area.
The commenter is concerned that
removal might encourage a refinery to
locate in the Charlotte local area to
‘‘avoid implementing the provisions of
the CAA rather than building a refinery
in an area that strictly reaches
attainment of the refinery leak Rule
2.0929’’ and provides population data
for Mecklenburg County. However, this
comment is unclear because Rule 2.0929
does not apply in areas outside of
Mecklenburg County and the population
of Mecklenburg County is irrelevant.
Furthermore, only those areas in the
country that are designated as a
Moderate or higher ozone
nonattainment area must have SIPs that
implement the Petroleum Refinery CTG
and there are no ozone nonattainment
areas in North Carolina or South
Carolina. If a petroleum refinery wants
to locate in the Charlotte area, it would
have to meet all relevant CAA
requirements, including new source
review permitting requirements that
apply before construction and are
designed to protect the NAAQS. Should
the Charlotte area become an ozone
nonattainment area with a Moderate or
higher classification in the future, the
area would be required to address RACT
for all sources covered by all CTGs
applicable at that time.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation
by reference of MCAPCO Rules 2.0906,
Circumvention; 2.0918, Can Coating;
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2.0919, Coil Coating; 2.0924, Magnet
Wire Coating; 2.0925, Petroleum Liquid
Storage in Fixed Roof Tanks; 2.0926,
Bulk Gasoline Plants; 2.0927, Bulk
Gasoline Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline
Service Stations Stage I; 2.0930, Solvent
Metal Cleaning; 2.0931, Cutback
Asphalt; 2.0933, Petroleum Liquid
Storage in External Floating Roof Tanks;
2.0937, Manufacture of Pneumatic
Rubber Tires; 2.0944, Manufacture of
Polyethylene, Polypropylene and
Polystyrene; 2.0947, Manufacture of
Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products;
2.0948, VOC Emissions from Transfer
Operations; 2.0949, Storage of
Miscellaneous Volatile Organic
Compounds; and 2.0958, Work Practice
for Sources of Volatile Organic
Compounds, all of which have an
effective date of December 15, 2015, into
the Mecklenburg County portion of the
North Carolina SIP to update the rules
to more closely align with their analog
North Carolina rules in the SIP. Also in
this document, EPA is finalizing the
removal of Rules 2.0910, Alternative
Compliance Schedules and 2.0929,
Petroleum Refinery Sources from the
Mecklenburg portion of the North
Carolina SIP, which were incorporated
by reference in accordance with the
requirements of 1 CFR part 51. EPA has
made, and will continue to make, these
materials generally available through
www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
Region 4 Office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
preamble for more information).
Therefore, the revised materials as
stated above, have been approved by
EPA for inclusion in the SIP, have been
incorporated by reference by EPA into
that plan, are fully federally enforceable
under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA
as of the effective date of the final
rulemaking of EPA’s approval, and will
be incorporated by reference in the next
update to the SIP compilation.10
IV. Final Action
EPA is approving the aforementioned
changes to the Mecklenburg LIP.
Specifically, EPA is approving changes
to MCAPCO Rules 2.0926, Bulk
Gasoline Plants; 2.0927, Bulk Gasoline
Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline Service
Stations Stage 1; and 2.0958, Work
Practice for Sources of Volatile Organic
Compounds. EPA is finalizing the
removal of Rules 2.0910, Alternative
Compliance Schedules and 2.0929,
Petroleum Refinery Sources and the
addition of Rules 2.0947, Manufacture
of Synthesized Pharmaceutical
Products; 2.0948, VOC Emissions from
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Transfer Operations; and 2.0949,
Storage of Miscellaneous Volatile
Organic Compounds. EPA is taking final
action to approve these changes to the
LIP because they are consistent with the
CAA.
EPA is also taking final action to
reincorporate the following rules with
no changes or very few minor
grammatical edits with a new effective
date into the LIP: MCAPCO Rules
2.0906, Circumvention; 2.0918, Can
Coating; 2.0919, Coil Coating; 2.0924,
Magnet Wire Coating; 2.0925, Petroleum
Liquid Storage in Fixed Roof Tanks;
2.0930, Solvent Metal Cleaning; 2.0931,
Cutback Asphalt; 2.0933, Petroleum
Liquid Storage in External Floating Roof
Tanks; 2.0937, Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires; and 2.0944,
Manufacture of Polyethylene,
Polypropylene and Polystyrene.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. This action merely approves
state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
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• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on
any Indian reservation land or in any
other area where EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has
jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal
implications as specified by Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000), nor will it impose substantial
direct costs on tribal governments or
preempt tribal law.
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA,
petitions for judicial review of this
action must be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by April 29, 2022. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the
Administrator of this final rule does not
affect the finality of this action for the
purposes of judicial review nor does it
extend the time within which a petition
for judicial review may be filed, and
shall not postpone the effectiveness of
such rule or action. This action may not
be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. See section
307(b)(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: February 17, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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 II—North Carolina
2. In § 52.1770(c)(3), amend the table
under ‘‘Section 2.0900 Volatile Organic
Compounds’’ by:
■ a. Removing the entries for ‘‘Section
2.0906’’, ‘‘Section 2.0918’’, ‘‘Section
2.0919’’, ‘‘Section 2.0924’’, ‘‘Section
2.0925’’, ‘‘Section 2.0926’’, ‘‘Section
2.0927’’, ‘‘Section 2.0928’’, ‘‘Section
2.0930’’, ‘‘Section 2.0931’’, ‘‘Section
2.0933’’, ‘‘Section 2.0937’’, ‘‘Section
2.0944’’, and ‘‘Section 2.0958’’, and
adding in their place entries for ‘‘Rule
2.0906’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0918’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0919’’,
‘‘Rule 2.0924’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0925’’, ‘‘Rule
2.0926’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0927’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0928’’,
‘‘Rule 2.0930’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0931’’, ‘‘Rule
2.0933’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0937’’, ‘‘Rule 2.0944’’,
and ‘‘Rule 2.0958’’;
■ b. Removing the entries for ‘‘Section
2.0910’’ and ‘‘Section 2.0929’’; and
■ c. Adding entries for ‘‘Rule 2.0947’’,
‘‘Rule 2.0948’’ and ‘‘Rule 2.0949’’ below
the entry for ‘‘Section 2.0945’’.
The additions read as follows:
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§ 52.1770
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52
as follows:
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Fluridone; Pesticide Tolerances for
Emergency Exemptions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This regulation establishes
time-limited tolerances for residues of
the herbicide fluridone including its
degradates and metabolites in or on
peanut and peanut, hay. This action is
in response to EPA’s granting of an
emergency exemption under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the
pesticide on peanut. This regulation
establishes a maximum permissible
level for residues of fluridone in or on
these commodities. The time-limited
tolerances expire on December 31, 2024.
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instructions provided in 40 CFR part
178 (see also Unit I.C. of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0337, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Office of Pesticide Programs
Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket)
in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
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20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
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(202) 566–1744.
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related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is
open to visitors by appointment only.
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A. Does this action apply to me?
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producer, food manufacturer, or
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
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Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: Mecklenburg Volatile Organic
Compounds
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision to the Mecklenburg County portion of
the North Carolina SIP, hereinafter referred to as the Mecklenburg
Local Implementation Plan (LIP). The changes were submitted by the
State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Division of Air
Quality (NCDAQ), on behalf of Mecklenburg County Air Quality (MCAQ),
via a letter dated April 24, 2020, and were received by EPA on June 19,
2020. The SIP revision updates several Mecklenburg County Air Pollution
Control Ordinance (MCAPCO) rules incorporated into the LIP, removes
several rules, and adds several rules. The rules addressed in this
final approval action relate to volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions and include several VOC Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) rules. EPA is finalizing the approval of these
changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: This rule is effective March 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2021-0055. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the
index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e.,
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia
30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of
business are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Spann, Air Regulatory Management
Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation
Division, Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth
Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404)
562-9029. Ms. Spann can also be reached via electronic mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background and Overview
The Mecklenburg County LIP was submitted to EPA on June 14, 1990,
and EPA approved the plan on May 2, 1991. See 56 FR 20140. Mecklenburg
County prepared three submittals in order to update the LIP and reflect
regulatory and administrative changes that NCDAQ made to the North
Carolina SIP \1\ since EPA's 1991 LIP approval.\2\ The three submittals
were submitted as follows: NCDAQ transmitted the October 25, 2017,
submittal to EPA but later withdrew it from review through a letter
dated February 15, 2019. On April 24, 2020, NCDAQ resubmitted the
October 25, 2017, update to EPA and also submitted the January 21,
2016, and January 14, 2019, updates. Due to an inconsistency with
public notices at the local level, these submittals were withdrawn from
EPA through a letter dated February 15, 2019. Mecklenburg County
corrected this error, and NCDAQ submitted the updates to EPA in a
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\1\ Hereinafter, the terms ``North Carolina SIP'' and ``SIP''
refer to the North Carolina regulatory portion of the North Carolina
SIP (i.e., the portion that contains SIP-approved North Carolina
regulations).
\2\ The Mecklenburg County, North Carolina SIP revision that is
dated April 24, 2020, and received by EPA on June 19, 2020, is
comprised of three previous submittals--one dated January 21, 2016;
one dated October 25, 2017; and one dated January 14, 2019.
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The April 24, 2020, submittal updates several MCAPCO rules
incorporated into the LIP, removes two rules, and adds three rules to
better align the LIP with the North Carolina SIP. The January 21, 2016,
changes include updates to MCAPCO Rules 2.0926, Bulk Gasoline Plants;
2.0927, Bulk Gasoline Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline Service Stations
Stage 1; and 2.0958, Work Practice for Sources of Volatile Organic
Compounds. The submittal also seeks to remove MCAPCO Rules 2.0910,
Alternative Compliance Schedules and 2.0929, Petroleum Refinery Sources
and add MCAPCO Rules 2.0947, Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical
Products; 2.0948, VOC Emissions from Transfer Operations; and 2.0949,
Storage of Miscellaneous Volatile Organic Compounds.\4\
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\4\ EPA received other updates to the Mecklenburg County portion
of the North Carolina SIP transmitted with the same April 24, 2020,
cover letter. EPA has addressed or will address these other updates,
including changes to certain Section 2.2600 and Section 2.0900
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The January 21, 2016, submittal also asks EPA to reincorporate the
following rules with no changes or very few minor grammatical edits
into the LIP with a new effective date: MCAPCO Rules 2.0906,
Circumvention; 2.0918, Can Coating; 2.0919, Coil Coating; 2.0924,
Magnet Wire Coating; 2.0925, Petroleum Liquid Storage in Fixed Roof
Tanks; 2.0930, Solvent Metal Cleaning; 2.0931, Cutback Asphalt; 2.0933,
Petroleum Liquid Storage in External Floating Roof Tanks; 2.0937,
Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires; and 2.0944, Manufacture of
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On November 17, 2021, EPA published a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) proposing to approve the April 24, 2020, SIP revision regarding
updates to Mecklenburg's VOC rules. See 86 FR 64101. The November 17,
2021, NPRM provides additional detail regarding the background and
rationale for EPA's action. Comments on the November 17, 2021, NPRM
were due on or before December 17, 2021, and EPA received one comment.
II. Response to Comment
As mentioned above, EPA received one comment on the November 17,
2021, NPRM. EPA's comment summary and response are provided below.
Comment: The commenter limits their comment to the removal of Rule
2.0929--Petroleum Refinery Sources from the LIP and reiterates the fact
that removal is based, in part, on the absence of refineries in
Mecklenburg County. The commenter notes that the ``surrounding bi-state
metro area is comprised of more than six different counties in two
different states'' and that the ``petition to remove the Rule 2.0929
does not clarify if Rock Hill or Gastonia have refineries that pose a
leak hazard to the nearby inhabitants.'' The commenter goes on to state
that when Rule 2.0929 was implemented, there were more local areas in
the United States that did not have refineries than local areas that
did have refineries and that each local area does not have to petition
the CAA for removal of Rule 2.0929. The commenter provides population
data for Mecklenburg County and expresses concern that removal might
encourage an entrepreneur to construct a refinery in the Charlotte
local area to ``avoid implementing the provisions of the [CAA] rather
than building a refinery in an area that strictly reaches attainment of
the refinery leak Rule 2.0929.''
Response: Rule 2.0929 was first adopted into the MCAPCO in 1979,
establishing requirements to meet the 1978 Petroleum Refinery Leaks
Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) for controlling VOC emissions from
petroleum refinery equipment,\6\ and incorporated into the LIP on May
2, 1991. See 56 FR 20140. Mecklenburg County was designated as a
Moderate ozone nonattainment area for the 1979 1-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and the 1997 8-hour ozone
NAAQS.\7\ CAA section 182(b)(2) requires each state with an ozone
nonattainment area classified as Moderate or higher to include
requirements in its SIP implementing RACT for certain VOC sources
within the area, including for all VOC sources in the nonattainment
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\7\ Mecklenburg County was part of the Charlotte-Gastonia NC
1979 Moderate ozone NAAQS nonattainment area, comprised of
Mecklenburg and Gastonia Counties in North Carolina, and part of the
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 1997 Moderate ozone NAAQS
nonattainment area, comprised of Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg, Rowan and Union Counties and a portion of Iredell
County in North Carolina and a portion of York County in South
Carolina. EPA redesignated these areas to attainment in 1995 and
2013, respectively. See 60 FR 34859 (July 5, 1995) and 78 FR 72036
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The April 24, 2020, SIP revision, submitted by North Carolina on
behalf of MCAQ, seeks to remove Rule 2.0929 from the LIP because there
are no petroleum refineries in Mecklenburg County \8\ and because MCAQ
would like the LIP to better align with the SIP.\9\ EPA's role, with
respect to a SIP revision, is focused on reviewing the submission to
determine whether it meets the minimum criteria of the CAA. Where it
does, EPA must approve the submission. EPA has reviewed the SIP
revision and determined that removal of Rule 2.0929 is consistent with
the CAA because, among other things, the rule does not apply to any
facilities in Mecklenburg County and, therefore, removal will not
impact air quality and because Mecklenburg County is designated as
attainment or attainment/unclassifiable for all ozone NAAQS and,
therefore, CAA section 182 no longer requires the LIP to implement the
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The commenter correctly notes that the SIP revision does not
discuss whether petroleum refineries exist in Rock Hill, South Carolina
or Gastonia, North Carolina. It was not necessary for the SIP revision
or the November 17, 2021, NPRM to discuss whether
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petroleum refineries are located in those areas because Rule 2.0929
only applies within Mecklenburg County.
Since Rule 2.0929 is limited to Mecklenburg County, EPA does not
find the statement regarding the number of local areas in the United
States with and without refineries to be relevant for this rulemaking.
It is also not clear what the commenter means by stating that each
local area does not have to petition the CAA for removal of Rule 2.0929
or how this statement is relevant. The scope of this action is limited
to Mecklenburg County. To the extent that other areas of the country
need to address RACT for sources covered by the Petroleum Refinery CTG,
EPA would evaluate the RACT requirement in the context of other
rulemakings for those other areas. As discussed above, a SIP must
include RACT for sources covered by the Petroleum Refinery CTG only
when the state contains an ozone nonattainment area classified as
Moderate or higher, and implementation is only required within the
nonattainment area.
The commenter is concerned that removal might encourage a refinery
to locate in the Charlotte local area to ``avoid implementing the
provisions of the CAA rather than building a refinery in an area that
strictly reaches attainment of the refinery leak Rule 2.0929'' and
provides population data for Mecklenburg County. However, this comment
is unclear because Rule 2.0929 does not apply in areas outside of
Mecklenburg County and the population of Mecklenburg County is
irrelevant. Furthermore, only those areas in the country that are
designated as a Moderate or higher ozone nonattainment area must have
SIPs that implement the Petroleum Refinery CTG and there are no ozone
nonattainment areas in North Carolina or South Carolina. If a petroleum
refinery wants to locate in the Charlotte area, it would have to meet
all relevant CAA requirements, including new source review permitting
requirements that apply before construction and are designed to protect
the NAAQS. Should the Charlotte area become an ozone nonattainment area
with a Moderate or higher classification in the future, the area would
be required to address RACT for all sources covered by all CTGs
applicable at that time.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of MCAPCO Rules
2.0906, Circumvention; 2.0918, Can Coating; 2.0919, Coil Coating;
2.0924, Magnet Wire Coating; 2.0925, Petroleum Liquid Storage in Fixed
Roof Tanks; 2.0926, Bulk Gasoline Plants; 2.0927, Bulk Gasoline
Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline Service Stations Stage I; 2.0930, Solvent
Metal Cleaning; 2.0931, Cutback Asphalt; 2.0933, Petroleum Liquid
Storage in External Floating Roof Tanks; 2.0937, Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires; 2.0944, Manufacture of Polyethylene,
Polypropylene and Polystyrene; 2.0947, Manufacture of Synthesized
Pharmaceutical Products; 2.0948, VOC Emissions from Transfer
Operations; 2.0949, Storage of Miscellaneous Volatile Organic
Compounds; and 2.0958, Work Practice for Sources of Volatile Organic
Compounds, all of which have an effective date of December 15, 2015,
into the Mecklenburg County portion of the North Carolina SIP to update
the rules to more closely align with their analog North Carolina rules
in the SIP. Also in this document, EPA is finalizing the removal of
Rules 2.0910, Alternative Compliance Schedules and 2.0929, Petroleum
Refinery Sources from the Mecklenburg portion of the North Carolina
SIP, which were incorporated by reference in accordance with the
requirements of 1 CFR part 51. EPA has made, and will continue to make,
these materials generally available through www.regulations.gov and at
the EPA Region 4 Office (please contact the person identified in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more
information). Therefore, the revised materials as stated above, have
been approved by EPA for inclusion in the SIP, have been incorporated
by reference by EPA into that plan, are fully federally enforceable
under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the effective date of the
final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be incorporated by
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IV. Final Action
EPA is approving the aforementioned changes to the Mecklenburg LIP.
Specifically, EPA is approving changes to MCAPCO Rules 2.0926, Bulk
Gasoline Plants; 2.0927, Bulk Gasoline Terminals; 2.0928, Gasoline
Service Stations Stage 1; and 2.0958, Work Practice for Sources of
Volatile Organic Compounds. EPA is finalizing the removal of Rules
2.0910, Alternative Compliance Schedules and 2.0929, Petroleum Refinery
Sources and the addition of Rules 2.0947, Manufacture of Synthesized
Pharmaceutical Products; 2.0948, VOC Emissions from Transfer
Operations; and 2.0949, Storage of Miscellaneous Volatile Organic
Compounds. EPA is taking final action to approve these changes to the
LIP because they are consistent with the CAA.
EPA is also taking final action to reincorporate the following
rules with no changes or very few minor grammatical edits with a new
effective date into the LIP: MCAPCO Rules 2.0906, Circumvention;
2.0918, Can Coating; 2.0919, Coil Coating; 2.0924, Magnet Wire Coating;
2.0925, Petroleum Liquid Storage in Fixed Roof Tanks; 2.0930, Solvent
Metal Cleaning; 2.0931, Cutback Asphalt; 2.0933, Petroleum Liquid
Storage in External Floating Roof Tanks; 2.0937, Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires; and 2.0944, Manufacture of Polyethylene,
Polypropylene and Polystyrene.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. This action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that
reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
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Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the rule does
not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by April 29, 2022. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. See section 307(b)(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: February 17, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52
as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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Authority: -42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart II--North Carolina
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Volatile Organic Compounds'' by:
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``Section 2.0919'', ``Section 2.0924'', ``Section 2.0925'', ``Section
2.0926'', ``Section 2.0927'', ``Section 2.0928'', ``Section 2.0930'',
``Section 2.0931'', ``Section 2.0933'', ``Section 2.0937'', ``Section
2.0944'', and ``Section 2.0958'', and adding in their place entries for
``Rule 2.0906'', ``Rule 2.0918'', ``Rule 2.0919'', ``Rule 2.0924'',
``Rule 2.0925'', ``Rule 2.0926'', ``Rule 2.0927'', ``Rule 2.0928'',
``Rule 2.0930'', ``Rule 2.0931'', ``Rule 2.0933'', ``Rule 2.0937'',
``Rule 2.0944'', and ``Rule 2.0958'';
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b. Removing the entries for ``Section 2.0910'' and ``Section 2.0929'';
and
0
c. Adding entries for ``Rule 2.0947'', ``Rule 2.0948'' and ``Rule
2.0949'' below the entry for ``Section 2.0945''.
The additions read as follows:
Sec. 52.1770 Identification of plan.
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(3) EPA Approved Mecklenburg County Regulations
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State EPA approval
State citation Title/subject effective date date Explanation
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Section 2.0900 Volatile Organic Compounds
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Rule 2.0906................... Circumvention.... 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
[Insert
citation of
publication].
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Rule 2.0918................... Can Coating...... 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
[Insert
citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0919................... Coil Coating..... 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
[Insert
citation of
publication].
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Rule 2.0924................... Magnet Wire 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Coating. [Insert
citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0925................... Petroleum Liquid 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Storage in Fixed [Insert
Roof Tanks. citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0926................... Bulk Gasoline 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Plants. [Insert
citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0927................... Bulk Gasoline 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Terminals. [Insert
citation of
publication].
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Rule 2.0928................... Gasoline Service 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Stations Stage 1. [Insert
citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0930................... Solvent Metal 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Cleaning. [Insert
citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0931................... Cutback Asphalt.. 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
[Insert
citation of
publication].
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Rule 2.0933................... Petroleum Liquid 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Storage in [Insert
External citation of
Floating Roof publication].
Tanks.
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Rule 2.0937................... Manufacture of 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Pneumatic Rubber [Insert
Tires. citation of
publication].
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Rule 2.0944................... Manufacture of 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Polyethylene, [Insert
Polypropylene citation of
and Polystyrene. publication].
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Rule 2.0947................... Manufacture of 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Synthesized [Insert
Pharmaceutical citation of
Products. publication].
Rule 2.0948................... VOC Emissions 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
from Transfer [Insert
Operations. citation of
publication].
Rule 2.0949................... Storage of 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Miscellaneous [Insert
Volatile Organic citation of
Compounds. publication].
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Rule 2.0958................... Work Practice for 12/15/2015 2/28/2022, ...........................
Sources of [Insert
Volatile Organic citation of
Compounds. publication].
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[FR Doc. 2022-04113 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
