Air Plan Approval; Florida; Removal of Odor, Fluorides, and Total Reduced Sulfur Rules and Related Definitions From the Florida SIP, 58045-58047 [2022-20423]
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the reservation of §§ 27.223 through
27.249 in the temporary rule published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.]
■ 6. Add subpart P, consisting of
§§ 27.250 through 27.268, to read as
follows:
Subpart P—Craft Beverage
Modernization Act Import Refund
Claims
[The text of proposed subpart P,
consisting of §§ 27.250 through 27.268,
is the same as the text of subpart P,
consisting of §§ 27.250 through 27.268,
in the temporary rule published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.]
■ 7. Section 27.262, as added in the
temporary rule published elsewhere in
this issue of the Federal Register, is
further amended by revising paragraph
(c)(1) to read as follows:
§ 27.262 Foreign producer’s assignment of
CBMA tax benefits.
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(1) General. A foreign producer may
not assign CBMA tax benefits on
distilled spirits, wine, or beer unless it
produced the product. The foreign
producer may assign quantities that are
limited to the number of proof gallons,
wine gallons, and beer barrels in
paragraph (b)(4) of this section, and also
cannot exceed the quantities of the
foreign producer’s distilled spirits,
wine, and beer that are expected to be
imported into the United States during
the specified calendar year by the
importer receiving the assignment.
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Signed: September 14, 2022.
Mary G. Ryan,
Administrator.
Approved: September 14, 2022.
Thomas C. West, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy).
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2022–0355; FRL–10157–
01–R4]
Air Plan Approval; Florida; Removal of
Odor, Fluorides, and Total Reduced
Sulfur Rules and Related Definitions
From the Florida SIP
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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ACTION:
Proposed rule.
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to correct the
erroneous incorporation of several rules
and related definitions into the Florida
State Implementation Plan (SIP). The
rules being proposed for removal from
the SIP, which are identified by Florida
in letters to EPA dated March 16, 2021,
and July 2, 2021, regulate odor, fluoride,
and total reduced sulfur (TRS)
emissions. EPA is proposing to remove
these rules and definitions from the
Florida SIP because they are not related
to implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) or otherwise
required to be included in the SIP.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2022–0355 at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan Adams, 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.
The telephone number is (404) 562–
9009. Mr. Adams can also be reached
via electronic mail at adams.evan@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
A SIP is a federally enforceable
collection of regulations and documents
used by a state, territory, or local air
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district to implement, maintain, and
enforce the NAAQS and to fulfill other
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA
or Act) that require SIP measures (e.g.,
measures addressing regional haze
under CAA section 169A). The NAAQS
currently address six criteria pollutants:
carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide,
ozone, lead, particulate matter, and
sulfur dioxide. Each federally approved
SIP protects air quality primarily by
addressing air pollution at its point of
origin through air pollution regulations
and control strategies.
EPA has incorporated several rules
related to odor, fluorides, and TRS into
the Florida SIP. In letters to EPA dated
March 16, 2021, and July 2, 2021,
Florida identifies some of those rules as
inappropriate for inclusion in the SIP,
provides the bases for its conclusions,
and asks EPA to remove them pursuant
to CAA section 110(k)(6).
Section 110(k)(6) provides EPA with
the authority to make corrections to
prior SIP actions that are subsequently
found to be in error in the same manner
as the prior action, and to do so without
requiring any further submission from
the state.1 While section 110(k)(6)
provides EPA with the authority to
correct its own ‘‘error,’’ nowhere does
this provision or any other provision in
the CAA define what qualifies as
‘‘error.’’ Thus, EPA believes the term
should be given its plain language,
everyday meaning, which includes all
unintentional, incorrect, or wrong
actions and mistakes. Each provision
proposed for removal from Florida’s SIP
is discussed below along with EPA’s
analysis.
II. EPA’s Analysis
A. Rule 62–210.200, F.A.C.2—
Definitions
In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP,
the State requests that EPA remove the
following terms and their definitions in
Rule 62–210.200 from the Florida SIP:
(66) Calciner, (109) Cross Recovery
Furnace, (117) Digester System, (157)
Green Liquor Sulfidity, (182) Lime Kiln,
(207) Multiple Effect Evaporator System,
(211) Neutral Sulfite Semichemical
(NSSC) Pulping Operation, (212) New
Design Direct-Fired Kraft Recovery
1 Section 110(k)(6) states that ‘‘Whenever the
Administrator determines that the Administrator’s
action approving, disapproving, or promulgating
any plan or plan revision (or part thereof), area
designation, redesignation, classification, or
reclassification was in error, the Administrator may
in the same manner as the approval, disapproval,
or promulgation revise such action as appropriate
without requiring any further submission from the
State. Such determination and the basis thereof
shall be provided to the State and public.’’
2 F.A.C. stands for Florida Administrative Code.
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Furnace, (213) New Design Direct-Fired
Suspension-Burning Kraft Recovery
Furnace, (214) New Design Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (221) Objectionable
Odor, (222) Odor, (223) Old Design Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (241) Plant Section,
(286) Smelt Dissolving Tank, (299)
Straight Kraft Recovery Furnace, and
(307) Tall Oil Plant.3
In the Florida SIP, these defined terms
are only used in Rules 62–210.310(4),
62–296.320, 62–296.403, 62–296.404(4)
through (6), and 62–297.440(2)(f), which
are all being proposed for removal in
this 110(k)(6) error correction notice. If
EPA removes these rules from the
Florida SIP, these terms will no longer
be needed in the SIP because they are
not used in any other SIP rules. EPA is
proposing to remove these terms and
their definitions from the Florida SIP for
this reason and because they are not
related to implementation, maintenance,
or enforcement of the NAAQS or
otherwise required to be included in the
SIP.
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B. Rule 62–210.310, F.A.C.—Air General
Permits
In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP,
the State requests that EPA remove
subparagraphs (4)(d)2.b, (4)(e)2.b, and
(4)(f)2.c. of Rule 62–210.310, Air
General Permits from the Florida SIP.4
These subparagraphs serve only to
require compliance with the
objectionable odor prohibition of Rule
62–296.320(2), which, as discussed
below, is also proposed for removal
from the SIP. If EPA removes Rule 62–
296.320(2) from the SIP, these
provisions of Rule 62–210.310 will no
longer have meaning. EPA is proposing
to remove these subparagraphs from the
Florida SIP for this reason and because
they are not related to implementation,
maintenance, or enforcement of the
NAAQS or otherwise required to be
included in the SIP.
Florida SIP because it is not related to
implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise
required to be included in the SIP.
D. Rule 62–296.403, F.A.C.—Phosphate
Processing
In the March 16, 2021, letter from
FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove Rule 62–296.403, Phosphate
Processing, in its entirety, from the
Florida SIP.6 This rule requires certain
phosphate processing plants and plant
sections to meet emissions limitations
on the pounds of fluoride emitted per
ton of phosphate material input and to
comply with specified test methods.
EPA is proposing to remove this rule
from the Florida SIP because it is not
related to implementation, maintenance,
or enforcement of the NAAQS or
otherwise required to be included in the
SIP.
E. Rule 62–296.404, F.A.C.—Kraft
(Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil Plants
In the March 16, 2021, letter from
FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove the portions of Rule 62–296.404,
Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil
Plants, regarding TRS from the Florida
SIP.7 Specifically, EPA is proposing to
remove Rule 62–296.404(1)(b) and Rules
62–296.404(4)(a)3, (4)(b)3, (4)(c)3, (4)(d),
and (4)(e), which outline different
testing methods and procedures for TRS
processes, as well as Rules 62–
296.404(5) and 62–296.404(6), which
outline monitoring and reporting
requirements for sources of TRS. EPA is
proposing to remove these provisions
from the Florida SIP because they are
not related to implementation,
maintenance, or enforcement of the
NAAQS or otherwise required to be
included in the SIP.
C. Rule 62–296.320, F.A.C.—General
Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards
In the March 16, 2021, letter from
FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove Rule 62–296.320(2),
Objectionable Odor Prohibited from the
Florida SIP.5 This SIP-approved rule
provides that ‘‘No person shall cause,
suffer, allow or permit the discharge of
air pollutants which cause or contribute
to objectionable odor.’’ EPA is
proposing to remove this rule from the
F. Rule 62–297.440, F.A.C.—
Supplementary Test Procedures
In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP,
the State requests that EPA remove
paragraph (2)(f) of Rule 62–297.440,
Supplementary Test Procedures from
the Florida SIP.8 Rule 62–297.440(2)(f)
provides that when determining
whether a kraft recovery furnace is a
straight kraft or cross recovery furnace
the procedure in 40 CFR 60.285(d)(3) of
Subpart BB shall be used. This
provision is used only to determine
which type of recovery furnace a
specific unit is, as defined in Rule 62–
3 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–210.200 on September 16, 2020 (85 FR
57707).
4 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–210.310 on October 6, 2017 (82 FR 46682).
5 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–296.320 on June 16, 1999 (64 FR 32346).
6 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–296.403 on June 16, 1999 (64 FR 32346).
7 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–296.404 on June 16, 1999 (64 FR 32346).
8 EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of
Rule 62–297.440, Supplementary Test Procedures,
on April 2, 2018 (83 FR 13875).
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210.200, in order to establish what TRS
emission limit applies. If EPA removes
all TRS provisions in 62–210.200, as
described elsewhere in this notice, Rule
62–297.440(2)(f) will be unnecessary.
EPA is proposing to remove this
paragraph from the Florida SIP for this
reason and because it is not related to
implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise
required to be included in the SIP.
EPA’s prior approval into the Florida
SIP of the rules and definitions
identified by the State in its March 16,
2021, and July 2, 2021, letters to EPA,
was in error because these rules and
definitions are not related to
implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise
required to be included in the SIP. EPA
is therefore proposing to remove them
from the Florida SIP.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is proposing to
include in a final EPA rule regulatory
text that includes incorporation by
reference. EPA is proposing to remove
certain provisions and defined terms
from the following rules in the Florida
SIP: 62–210.200, F.A.C.—Definitions,
62–210.310, F.A.C.—Air General
Permits, 62–296.320, F.A.C.—General
Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards,
62–296.403, F.A.C.—Phosphate
Processing, 62–296.404, F.A.C.—Kraft
(Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil Plants,
and 62–297.440, F.A.C.—
Supplementary Test Procedures. From
Rule 62–210.200, Definitions, EPA is
proposing to remove the following
defined terms and their definitions: (66)
Calciner, (109) Cross Recovery Furnace,
(117) Digester System, (157) Green
Liquor Sulfidity, (182) Lime Kiln, (207)
Multiple Effect Evaporator System, (211)
Neutral Sulfite Semichemical (NSSC)
Pulping Operation, (212) New Design
Direct-Fired Kraft Recovery Furnace,
(213) New Design Direct-Fired
Suspension-Burning Kraft Recovery
Furnace, (214) New Design Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (221) Objectionable
Odor, (222) Odor, (223) Old Design Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (241) Plant Section,
(286) Smelt Dissolving Tank, (299)
Straight Kraft Recovery Furnace, and
(307) Tall Oil Plant. From Rule 62–
210.310, Air General Permits, EPA is
proposing to remove the following
provisions: 62–210.310(4)(d)2.b,
(4)(e)2.b, and (4)(f)2.c. From Rule 62–
296.320, General Pollutant Emission
Limiting Standards, EPA is proposing to
remove provision 62–296.320(2). From
Rule 62–296.404, Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp
Mills and Tall Oil Plants, EPA is
proposing to remove the following
provisions: 62–296.404(1)(b), (4)(a)3,
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(4)(b)3, (4)(c)3, (4)(d), (4)(e), (5) and (6).
From Rule 62–297.440, Supplementary
Test Procedures, EPA is proposing to
remove provision 62–297.440(2)(f).
Finally, EPA is proposing to remove
Rule 62–296.403, Phosphate Processing,
in its entirety. The remaining portions
of these rules will remain incorporated
in the Florida SIP, as incorporated by
reference in accordance with the
requirements of 1 CFR part 51. EPA has
made, and will continue to make, the
SIP generally available at the EPA
Region 4 office (please contact the
person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
preamble for more information).
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IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to remove portions
of Rules 62–210.200, F.A.C.—
Definitions, 62–210.310, F.A.C.—Air
General Permits, 62–296.320, F.A.C.—
General Pollutant Emission Limiting
Standards, 62–296.404, F.A.C.—Kraft
(Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil Plants,
and 62–297.440, F.A.C.—
Supplementary Test Procedures and all
of Rule 62–296.403, F.A.C.—Phosphate
Processing from the Florida SIP because
EPA’s incorporation of these rules and
definitions into the SIP was in error as
they are not related to implementation,
maintenance, or enforcement of the
NAAQS or otherwise required to be
included in the SIP.
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 proposed action merely
proposes to correct errors in previous
rulemakings approving SIP submissions
and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by
state law. For that reason, this proposed
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.);
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• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on
any Indian reservation land or in any
other area where EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has
jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the proposed 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.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: September 15, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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AGENCY
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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0161; FRL–9410–05–
OCSPP]
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for
Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or
on Various Commodities (August 2022)
Environmental Protection
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Notices of filing of petitions and
request for comment.
ACTION:
This document announces the
Agency’s receipt of initial filings of
pesticide petitions requesting the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0161,
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically
any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting
the docket, along with more information
about dockets generally, is available at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Smith, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)
(7511M), main telephone number: (202)
566–1400, email address:
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Marietta
Echeverria, Registration Division (RD)
(7505P), main telephone number: (703)
305–7090, email address:
RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing
address for each contact person is Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
As part of the mailing address, include
the contact person’s name, division, and
mail code. The division to contact is
listed at the end of each application
summary.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
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You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2022-0355; FRL-10157-01-R4]
Air Plan Approval; Florida; Removal of Odor, Fluorides, and Total
Reduced Sulfur Rules and Related Definitions From the Florida SIP
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
correct the erroneous incorporation of several rules and related
definitions into the Florida State Implementation Plan (SIP). The rules
being proposed for removal from the SIP, which are identified by
Florida in letters to EPA dated March 16, 2021, and July 2, 2021,
regulate odor, fluoride, and total reduced sulfur (TRS) emissions. EPA
is proposing to remove these rules and definitions from the Florida SIP
because they are not related to implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) or
otherwise required to be included in the SIP.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2022-0355 at www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
removed from Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to
its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan Adams, 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. The telephone number is (404)
562-9009. Mr. Adams can also be reached via electronic mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A SIP is a federally enforceable collection of regulations and
documents used by a state, territory, or local air district to
implement, maintain, and enforce the NAAQS and to fulfill other
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) that require SIP
measures (e.g., measures addressing regional haze under CAA section
169A). The NAAQS currently address six criteria pollutants: carbon
monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, lead, particulate matter, and sulfur
dioxide. Each federally approved SIP protects air quality primarily by
addressing air pollution at its point of origin through air pollution
regulations and control strategies.
EPA has incorporated several rules related to odor, fluorides, and
TRS into the Florida SIP. In letters to EPA dated March 16, 2021, and
July 2, 2021, Florida identifies some of those rules as inappropriate
for inclusion in the SIP, provides the bases for its conclusions, and
asks EPA to remove them pursuant to CAA section 110(k)(6).
Section 110(k)(6) provides EPA with the authority to make
corrections to prior SIP actions that are subsequently found to be in
error in the same manner as the prior action, and to do so without
requiring any further submission from the state.\1\ While section
110(k)(6) provides EPA with the authority to correct its own ``error,''
nowhere does this provision or any other provision in the CAA define
what qualifies as ``error.'' Thus, EPA believes the term should be
given its plain language, everyday meaning, which includes all
unintentional, incorrect, or wrong actions and mistakes. Each provision
proposed for removal from Florida's SIP is discussed below along with
EPA's analysis.
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\1\ Section 110(k)(6) states that ``Whenever the Administrator
determines that the Administrator's action approving, disapproving,
or promulgating any plan or plan revision (or part thereof), area
designation, redesignation, classification, or reclassification was
in error, the Administrator may in the same manner as the approval,
disapproval, or promulgation revise such action as appropriate
without requiring any further submission from the State. Such
determination and the basis thereof shall be provided to the State
and public.''
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II. EPA's Analysis
A. Rule 62-210.200, F.A.C.2--Definitions
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In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove the following terms and their definitions in Rule 62-210.200
from the Florida SIP: (66) Calciner, (109) Cross Recovery Furnace,
(117) Digester System, (157) Green Liquor Sulfidity, (182) Lime Kiln,
(207) Multiple Effect Evaporator System, (211) Neutral Sulfite
Semichemical (NSSC) Pulping Operation, (212) New Design Direct-Fired
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Furnace, (213) New Design Direct-Fired Suspension-Burning Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (214) New Design Kraft Recovery Furnace, (221)
Objectionable Odor, (222) Odor, (223) Old Design Kraft Recovery
Furnace, (241) Plant Section, (286) Smelt Dissolving Tank, (299)
Straight Kraft Recovery Furnace, and (307) Tall Oil Plant.\3\
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In the Florida SIP, these defined terms are only used in Rules 62-
210.310(4), 62-296.320, 62-296.403, 62-296.404(4) through (6), and 62-
297.440(2)(f), which are all being proposed for removal in this
110(k)(6) error correction notice. If EPA removes these rules from the
Florida SIP, these terms will no longer be needed in the SIP because
they are not used in any other SIP rules. EPA is proposing to remove
these terms and their definitions from the Florida SIP for this reason
and because they are not related to implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise required to be included in the
SIP.
B. Rule 62-210.310, F.A.C.--Air General Permits
In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove subparagraphs (4)(d)2.b, (4)(e)2.b, and (4)(f)2.c. of Rule 62-
210.310, Air General Permits from the Florida SIP.\4\ These
subparagraphs serve only to require compliance with the objectionable
odor prohibition of Rule 62-296.320(2), which, as discussed below, is
also proposed for removal from the SIP. If EPA removes Rule 62-
296.320(2) from the SIP, these provisions of Rule 62-210.310 will no
longer have meaning. EPA is proposing to remove these subparagraphs
from the Florida SIP for this reason and because they are not related
to implementation, maintenance, or enforcement of the NAAQS or
otherwise required to be included in the SIP.
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C. Rule 62-296.320, F.A.C.--General Pollutant Emission Limiting
Standards
In the March 16, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that
EPA remove Rule 62-296.320(2), Objectionable Odor Prohibited from the
Florida SIP.\5\ This SIP-approved rule provides that ``No person shall
cause, suffer, allow or permit the discharge of air pollutants which
cause or contribute to objectionable odor.'' EPA is proposing to remove
this rule from the Florida SIP because it is not related to
implementation, maintenance, or enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise
required to be included in the SIP.
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\5\ EPA last updated the SIP-approved version of Rule 62-296.320
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D. Rule 62-296.403, F.A.C.--Phosphate Processing
In the March 16, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that
EPA remove Rule 62-296.403, Phosphate Processing, in its entirety, from
the Florida SIP.\6\ This rule requires certain phosphate processing
plants and plant sections to meet emissions limitations on the pounds
of fluoride emitted per ton of phosphate material input and to comply
with specified test methods. EPA is proposing to remove this rule from
the Florida SIP because it is not related to implementation,
maintenance, or enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise required to be
included in the SIP.
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E. Rule 62-296.404, F.A.C.--Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil
Plants
In the March 16, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that
EPA remove the portions of Rule 62-296.404, Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills
and Tall Oil Plants, regarding TRS from the Florida SIP.\7\
Specifically, EPA is proposing to remove Rule 62-296.404(1)(b) and
Rules 62-296.404(4)(a)3, (4)(b)3, (4)(c)3, (4)(d), and (4)(e), which
outline different testing methods and procedures for TRS processes, as
well as Rules 62-296.404(5) and 62-296.404(6), which outline monitoring
and reporting requirements for sources of TRS. EPA is proposing to
remove these provisions from the Florida SIP because they are not
related to implementation, maintenance, or enforcement of the NAAQS or
otherwise required to be included in the SIP.
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F. Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C.--Supplementary Test Procedures
In the July 2, 2021, letter from FDEP, the State requests that EPA
remove paragraph (2)(f) of Rule 62-297.440, Supplementary Test
Procedures from the Florida SIP.\8\ Rule 62-297.440(2)(f) provides that
when determining whether a kraft recovery furnace is a straight kraft
or cross recovery furnace the procedure in 40 CFR 60.285(d)(3) of
Subpart BB shall be used. This provision is used only to determine
which type of recovery furnace a specific unit is, as defined in Rule
62-210.200, in order to establish what TRS emission limit applies. If
EPA removes all TRS provisions in 62-210.200, as described elsewhere in
this notice, Rule 62-297.440(2)(f) will be unnecessary. EPA is
proposing to remove this paragraph from the Florida SIP for this reason
and because it is not related to implementation, maintenance, or
enforcement of the NAAQS or otherwise required to be included in the
SIP.
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EPA's prior approval into the Florida SIP of the rules and
definitions identified by the State in its March 16, 2021, and July 2,
2021, letters to EPA, was in error because these rules and definitions
are not related to implementation, maintenance, or enforcement of the
NAAQS or otherwise required to be included in the SIP. EPA is therefore
proposing to remove them from the Florida SIP.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. EPA is
proposing to remove certain provisions and defined terms from the
following rules in the Florida SIP: 62-210.200, F.A.C.--Definitions,
62-210.310, F.A.C.--Air General Permits, 62-296.320, F.A.C.--General
Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards, 62-296.403, F.A.C.--Phosphate
Processing, 62-296.404, F.A.C.--Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil
Plants, and 62-297.440, F.A.C.--Supplementary Test Procedures. From
Rule 62-210.200, Definitions, EPA is proposing to remove the following
defined terms and their definitions: (66) Calciner, (109) Cross
Recovery Furnace, (117) Digester System, (157) Green Liquor Sulfidity,
(182) Lime Kiln, (207) Multiple Effect Evaporator System, (211) Neutral
Sulfite Semichemical (NSSC) Pulping Operation, (212) New Design Direct-
Fired Kraft Recovery Furnace, (213) New Design Direct-Fired Suspension-
Burning Kraft Recovery Furnace, (214) New Design Kraft Recovery
Furnace, (221) Objectionable Odor, (222) Odor, (223) Old Design Kraft
Recovery Furnace, (241) Plant Section, (286) Smelt Dissolving Tank,
(299) Straight Kraft Recovery Furnace, and (307) Tall Oil Plant. From
Rule 62-210.310, Air General Permits, EPA is proposing to remove the
following provisions: 62-210.310(4)(d)2.b, (4)(e)2.b, and (4)(f)2.c.
From Rule 62-296.320, General Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards,
EPA is proposing to remove provision 62-296.320(2). From Rule 62-
296.404, Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil Plants, EPA is
proposing to remove the following provisions: 62-296.404(1)(b),
(4)(a)3,
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(4)(b)3, (4)(c)3, (4)(d), (4)(e), (5) and (6). From Rule 62-297.440,
Supplementary Test Procedures, EPA is proposing to remove provision 62-
297.440(2)(f). Finally, EPA is proposing to remove Rule 62-296.403,
Phosphate Processing, in its entirety. The remaining portions of these
rules will remain incorporated in the Florida SIP, as incorporated by
reference in accordance with the requirements of 1 CFR part 51. EPA has
made, and will continue to make, the SIP generally available at the EPA
Region 4 office (please contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more
information).
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to remove portions of Rules 62-210.200, F.A.C.--
Definitions, 62-210.310, F.A.C.--Air General Permits, 62-296.320,
F.A.C.--General Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards, 62-296.404,
F.A.C.--Kraft (Sulfate) Pulp Mills and Tall Oil Plants, and 62-297.440,
F.A.C.--Supplementary Test Procedures and all of Rule 62-296.403,
F.A.C.--Phosphate Processing from the Florida SIP because EPA's
incorporation of these rules and definitions into the SIP was in error
as they are not related to implementation, maintenance, or enforcement
of the NAAQS or otherwise required to be included in the SIP.
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 proposed action
merely proposes to correct errors in previous rulemakings approving SIP
submissions and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the proposed
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.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: September 15, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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