Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 15870-15871 [2024-04542]
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
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Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
ACTION:
In accordance with the Clean
Air Act, as amended (‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the
Act’’), notice is given of a proposed
consent decree to address lawsuits filed
by Our Children’s Earth Foundation
(‘‘Plaintiff’’) in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of
California: Our Children’s Earth
Foundation v. Michael S. Regan, No.
3:23–cv–04955–WHA (N.D. Cal.).
Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that
the Administrator failed to perform
certain non-discretionary duties in
accordance with the Act to take final
action on state implementation plan
(‘‘SIP’’) revisions submitted by the
States of Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, and Utah. Certain claims
included in the Complaint were acted
upon by Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) or were withdrawn by the
State during the pendency of the suit,
and the proposed consent decree would
establish deadlines for EPA to sign a
notice of final rulemaking on the
remaining claims.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by April 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OGC–2024–0098, online at https://
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method). Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID number for
this action. Comments received may be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Additional Information about
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree’’ heading under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle
Durch, Air and Radiation Law Office,
Office of General Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency;
telephone (202) 564–1809; email
address Durch.Kyle@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed
Consent Decree
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0098) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
The official public docket is available
for public viewing at the Office of
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Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
The electronic version of the public
docket for this action contains a copy of
the proposed consent decree and is
available through https://
www.regulations.gov. You may use
https://www.regulations.gov to submit
or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search.’’
II. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would
establish deadlines for EPA to take final
action pursuant to CAA section 110(k)
on certain SIP submissions by the States
of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. First,
the proposed consent decree would
require EPA to take final action on six
SIP revisions submitted by the State of
Arizona by December 15, 2024: (1)
Arizona’s Redesignation Request/
Maintenance Plan addressing the 1971
sulfur dioxide NAAQS in the Hayden
planning area, submitted on or around
June 27, 2002; (2) Maricopa County Air
Quality District’s Rule 350 Storage and
Transfer of Organic Liquids (NonGasoline) at an Organic Liquid
Distribution Facility, submitted on or
around December 3, 2020; (3) Maricopa
County Air Quality District’s Rule 351
Storage and Loading of Gasoline at Bulk
Gasoline Plants and at Bulk Gasoline
Terminals, submitted on or around
December 3, 2020; (4) Maricopa County
Air Quality District’s Rule 352 Gasoline
Cargo Tank Testing and Use, submitted
on or around December 3, 2020; (5)
Maricopa County Air Quality District’s
Rule 353 Storage and Loading of
Gasoline at a Gasoline Dispensing
Facility, submitted on or around
December 3, 2020; and (6) Arizona’s
Infrastructure SIP addressing the 2015
ozone NAAQS, submitted on or about
September 24, 2018.
Second, the proposed consent decree
would require EPA to take final action
on eight SIP revisions submitted by the
State of Arizona by December 15, 2025:
(1) Hayden PM10 Plan, Arizona’s
attainment plan, submitted on or about
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October 16, 1989; (2) Arizona’s AAC
Title 18, Permits, submitted on or about
October 29, 2012; (3) Arizona’s
Infrastructure SIP addressing the 2012
PM2.5 NAAQS, submitted on or about
December 11, 2015; (4) Maricopa
County Rulebook Recodification Project,
submitted on or about September 13,
2017; (5) Arizona’s SIP revision for
updates to the Cleaner Burning Gasoline
Program, submitted on or about June 17,
2021; (6) Arizona’s Reasonably
Available Control Technology
certification of Maricopa County Air
Quality District’s Rule 348 pertaining to
the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS,
submitted on or about June 30, 2021; (7)
Maricopa County Air Quality District’s
Rule 336 Surface Coating Operations,
submitted on or about September 17,
2021; and (8) Maricopa County Air
Quality District’s Rule 600 Emergency
Episodes, submitted on or about
December 17, 2021.
Third, on or around July 27, 2020, the
State of Colorado made a SIP
submission addressing the 2015 Ozone
Marginal Area Certification (Base year
inventory and Emission Statement). The
proposed consent decree would require
EPA to sign a notice of final rulemaking
by December 15, 2025.
Fourth, the State of Utah made 11 SIP
submissions regarding nonattainment
planning requirements such as BACT,
BACM, control measures, as well as
redesignation requests and maintenance
plans, for the Salt Lake City and Provo
PM2.5 Moderate and Serious
nonattainment areas.1 The proposed
consent decree would require EPA to
sign final notices of rulemaking on these
SIP submissions, as well as on the
following SIP submission, by December
15, 2025: Utah’s SIP revision addressing
Interstate Transport for 2008 Ozone—
Prong 2 SIP, submitted on or around
January 29, 2020.
In accordance with section 113(g) of
the CAA, for a period of 30 days
following the date of publication of this
document, the Agency will accept
written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed
1 Utah’s Salt Lake City and Provo PM
2.5 Moderate
SIP submissions under the 2006 24-hour PM2.5
NAAQS, submitted on December 23, 2014 and
January 19, 2017; Utah’s Salt Lake City and Provo
PM2.5 Serious SIP submissions under the 2006 24hour PM2.5 NAAQS, submitted on April 19, 2018,
January 14, 2019, and February 15, 2019; Utah’s
Salt Lake City and Provo PM2.5 redesignation
requests under the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS,
submitted on January 13, 2020; Utah’s SIP revision
addressing R307–208 Outdoor Wood Boilers and
R307–230 Water Heaters, submitted on July 21,
2020; and Utah’s Part H Removal of SSM for
Kennecott Power Plant Parallel Processing,
submitted on December 17, 2020.
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consent decree if the comments disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act.
III. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–
0098, via https://www.regulations.gov.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from this docket.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA’s docket at https://
www.regulations.gov 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 https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. For additional information
about submitting information identified
as CBI, please contact the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document. Note
that written comments containing CBI
and submitted by mail may be delayed
and deliveries or couriers will be
received by scheduled appointment
only.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an email
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment. This ensures
that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
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Use of the https://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments to EPA electronically is
EPA’s preferred method for receiving
comments. The electronic public docket
system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity, email address, or
other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or
``the Act''), notice is given of a proposed consent decree to address
lawsuits filed by Our Children's Earth Foundation (``Plaintiff'') in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of
California: Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Michael S. Regan, No.
3:23-cv-04955-WHA (N.D. Cal.). Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging
that the Administrator failed to perform certain non-discretionary
duties in accordance with the Act to take final action on state
implementation plan (``SIP'') revisions submitted by the States of
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Certain claims included in the
Complaint were acted upon by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or
were withdrawn by the State during the pendency of the suit, and the
proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to sign a
notice of final rulemaking on the remaining claims.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by April 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OGC-2024-0098, online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
number for this action. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Additional Information
about Commenting on the Proposed Consent Decree'' heading under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Durch, Air and Radiation Law
Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; telephone (202) 564-1809; email address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed Consent Decree
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-0098) contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at
the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744 and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
The electronic version of the public docket for this action
contains a copy of the proposed consent decree and is available through
https://www.regulations.gov. You may use https://www.regulations.gov to
submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the
contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select
``search.''
II. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to
take final action pursuant to CAA section 110(k) on certain SIP
submissions by the States of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. First, the
proposed consent decree would require EPA to take final action on six
SIP revisions submitted by the State of Arizona by December 15, 2024:
(1) Arizona's Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan addressing the
1971 sulfur dioxide NAAQS in the Hayden planning area, submitted on or
around June 27, 2002; (2) Maricopa County Air Quality District's Rule
350 Storage and Transfer of Organic Liquids (Non-Gasoline) at an
Organic Liquid Distribution Facility, submitted on or around December
3, 2020; (3) Maricopa County Air Quality District's Rule 351 Storage
and Loading of Gasoline at Bulk Gasoline Plants and at Bulk Gasoline
Terminals, submitted on or around December 3, 2020; (4) Maricopa County
Air Quality District's Rule 352 Gasoline Cargo Tank Testing and Use,
submitted on or around December 3, 2020; (5) Maricopa County Air
Quality District's Rule 353 Storage and Loading of Gasoline at a
Gasoline Dispensing Facility, submitted on or around December 3, 2020;
and (6) Arizona's Infrastructure SIP addressing the 2015 ozone NAAQS,
submitted on or about September 24, 2018.
Second, the proposed consent decree would require EPA to take final
action on eight SIP revisions submitted by the State of Arizona by
December 15, 2025: (1) Hayden PM10 Plan, Arizona's
attainment plan, submitted on or about
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October 16, 1989; (2) Arizona's AAC Title 18, Permits, submitted on or
about October 29, 2012; (3) Arizona's Infrastructure SIP addressing the
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, submitted on or about December 11, 2015;
(4) Maricopa County Rulebook Recodification Project, submitted on or
about September 13, 2017; (5) Arizona's SIP revision for updates to the
Cleaner Burning Gasoline Program, submitted on or about June 17, 2021;
(6) Arizona's Reasonably Available Control Technology certification of
Maricopa County Air Quality District's Rule 348 pertaining to the 2008
8-hour ozone NAAQS, submitted on or about June 30, 2021; (7) Maricopa
County Air Quality District's Rule 336 Surface Coating Operations,
submitted on or about September 17, 2021; and (8) Maricopa County Air
Quality District's Rule 600 Emergency Episodes, submitted on or about
December 17, 2021.
Third, on or around July 27, 2020, the State of Colorado made a SIP
submission addressing the 2015 Ozone Marginal Area Certification (Base
year inventory and Emission Statement). The proposed consent decree
would require EPA to sign a notice of final rulemaking by December 15,
2025.
Fourth, the State of Utah made 11 SIP submissions regarding
nonattainment planning requirements such as BACT, BACM, control
measures, as well as redesignation requests and maintenance plans, for
the Salt Lake City and Provo PM2.5 Moderate and Serious
nonattainment areas.\1\ The proposed consent decree would require EPA
to sign final notices of rulemaking on these SIP submissions, as well
as on the following SIP submission, by December 15, 2025: Utah's SIP
revision addressing Interstate Transport for 2008 Ozone--Prong 2 SIP,
submitted on or around January 29, 2020.
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\1\ Utah's Salt Lake City and Provo PM2.5 Moderate
SIP submissions under the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS,
submitted on December 23, 2014 and January 19, 2017; Utah's Salt
Lake City and Provo PM2.5 Serious SIP submissions under
the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, submitted on April 19,
2018, January 14, 2019, and February 15, 2019; Utah's Salt Lake City
and Provo PM2.5 redesignation requests under the 2006 24-
hour PM2.5 NAAQS, submitted on January 13, 2020; Utah's
SIP revision addressing R307-208 Outdoor Wood Boilers and R307-230
Water Heaters, submitted on July 21, 2020; and Utah's Part H Removal
of SSM for Kennecott Power Plant Parallel Processing, submitted on
December 17, 2020.
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In accordance with section 113(g) of the CAA, for a period of 30
days following the date of publication of this document, the Agency
will accept written comments relating to the proposed consent decree.
EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to
the proposed consent decree if the comments disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act.
III. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-
0098, via https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from this docket. EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. For additional information about submitting information
identified as CBI, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Note that written
comments containing CBI and submitted by mail may be delayed and
deliveries or couriers will be received by scheduled appointment only.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment. This ensures that you
can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to
contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your
comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of
a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the
official public docket and made available in EPA's electronic public
docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment.
Use of the https://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments
to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments.
The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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