Air Plan Disapprovals; Interstate Transport of Air Pollution for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Correction, 14918 [2023-04814]
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Rules and Regulations
Dated: March 3, 2023.
A.R. Bender,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Sector Upper Mississippi River.
Correction
In FR Doc. 2023–02407, appearing on
page 9336 in the Federal Register of
Monday, February 13, 2023 (88 FR
9336), the following correction is made:
1. On page 9384, in the second
column, amendatory instruction 20 is
correctly revised to read as follows:
‘‘20. Section 52.2275 is amended by
adding paragraph (o) to read as
follows:’’.
[FR Doc. 2023–04865 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
Joseph Goffman,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Office of Air and Radiation.
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0663; EPA–R02–
OAR–2021–0673; EPA–R03–OAR–2021–
0872; EPA–R03–OAR–2021–0873; EPA–
R04–OAR–2021–0841; EPA–R05–OAR–
2022–0006; EPA–R06–OAR–2021–0801;
EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0851; EPA–R08–
OAR–2022–0315; EPA–R09–OAR–2022–
0394; EPA–R09–OAR–2022–0138; FRL–
10209–02–OAR]
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Air Plan Disapprovals; Interstate
Transport of Air Pollution for the 2015
8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards; Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
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Delay of Submittal Date for State Plans
Required Under the Affordable Clean
Energy Rule
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is correcting a final rule
that appeared in Federal Register on
Monday, February 13, 2023, which
finalized the disapproval of State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions
for 19 states and the partial approval
and partial disapproval of elements of
the SIP submission for two states
regarding interstate transport obligations
for the 2015 8-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).
This document corrects an error in an
amendatory instruction that appeared in
the regulatory text portion of the final
rule. This error and its correction are
unrelated to the final rule.
DATES: This correction is effective on
March 15, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General questions concerning this
document should be addressed to Mr.
Thomas Uher, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality
Policy Division, Mail Code C539–04,
109 TW Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541–5534; email address:
uher.thomas@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA
is removing an unrelated amendatory
instruction in its final rule, FRL–10209–
01–OAR, published February 13, 2023
(88 FR 9336). Amendatory instruction
20 is corrected by removing instruction
‘‘20a.’’ and designating instruction
‘‘20b.’’ as the full instruction 20.
SUMMARY:
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; delay of state plan
submittal dates.
AGENCY:
This action extends until
April 15, 2024, the deadline for state
plans required to be submitted under
the Clean Air Act (CAA) in accordance
with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE)
rule.
DATES: This regulation is effective
March 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov/
website. Although listed, 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: For
questions about this document contact
Mr. Nicholas Swanson, Sector Policies
and Programs Division (D243–02),
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
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Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541–4080; email address:
swanson.nicholas@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA
is taking this final action without
providing an opportunity for public
comment, based on the good cause
exception in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
The Agency has determined that seeking
public comment is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. The deadline for state plan
submission has already passed, which
necessitates an extension, and it is
important that the EPA grant that
extension as soon as possible to avoid
confusion and uncertainty among states
and regulated industry as to what their
obligations are.
I. Background and Extension of
Deadlines
On July 8, 2019, the EPA promulgated
the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule,
under CAA section 111(d) (84 FR 32520,
July 8, 2019). The ACE rule is an
emissions guideline that directs states to
develop plans that establish standards
of performance for carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from existing coal-fired
electricity generating units. The ACE
rule repealed and replaced the Clean
Power Plan, which the EPA had
promulgated in 2015 (80 FR 64662,
October 23, 2015).
Under CAA section 111(d)(1), the
standards of performance in such a state
plan are required to achieve an amount
of emission reduction that the EPA
determines can be achieved through
application by the sources of what the
EPA determines to be the ‘‘best system
of emission reduction . . . adequately
demonstrated’’ (BSER) for reducing
emissions of the pollutant in question
from the sources in question. CAA
section 111(a)(1). The ACE rule required
states to submit plans to the EPA that
establish standards of performance
within three years of the date that the
rule was published, that is, by July 8,
2022 (40 CFR 60.5745a).
Numerous state and municipal
governments, power utilities, renewable
energy trade associations, public health
and environmental advocacy groups,
and other parties filed petitions to
review the ACE rule before the United
States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit).
On January 19, 2021, following
briefing and oral argument, the D.C.
Circuit issued a decision vacating the
ACE rule. American Lung Ass’n v. EPA,
985 F.3d 914 (D.C. Cir. 2021). The court
based the vacatur on its holding that the
ACE rule’s underlying legal
interpretation, which was that CAA
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0663; EPA-R02-OAR-2021-0673; EPA-R03-OAR-2021-0872;
EPA-R03-OAR-2021-0873; EPA-R04-OAR-2021-0841; EPA-R05-OAR-2022-0006;
EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0801; EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0851; EPA-R08-OAR-2022-0315;
EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0394; EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0138; FRL-10209-02-OAR]
Air Plan Disapprovals; Interstate Transport of Air Pollution for
the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards;
Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a
final rule that appeared in Federal Register on Monday, February 13,
2023, which finalized the disapproval of State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submissions for 19 states and the partial approval and partial
disapproval of elements of the SIP submission for two states regarding
interstate transport obligations for the 2015 8-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This document corrects an error
in an amendatory instruction that appeared in the regulatory text
portion of the final rule. This error and its correction are unrelated
to the final rule.
DATES: This correction is effective on March 15, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General questions concerning this
document should be addressed to Mr. Thomas Uher, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, Mail Code C539-04,
109 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541-5534; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is removing an unrelated amendatory
instruction in its final rule, FRL-10209-01-OAR, published February 13,
2023 (88 FR 9336). Amendatory instruction 20 is corrected by removing
instruction ``20a.'' and designating instruction ``20b.'' as the full
instruction 20.
Correction
In FR Doc. 2023-02407, appearing on page 9336 in the Federal
Register of Monday, February 13, 2023 (88 FR 9336), the following
correction is made:
1. On page 9384, in the second column, amendatory instruction 20 is
correctly revised to read as follows:
``20. Section 52.2275 is amended by adding paragraph (o) to read as
follows:''.
Joseph Goffman,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2023-04814 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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