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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52

[MD18-1-6682; FRL-5087-3]

 

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
State of Maryland-Emission Statement Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by the State of Maryland. This revision consists of an 
emission statement program for stationary sources which emit volatile 
organic compounds (VOCs) and/or nitrogen oxides (NOx) at or above 
specified actual emission threshold levels. The intended effect of this 
action is to approve in the State of Maryland a regulation for annual 
reporting of actual emissions by sources that emit VOC and /or NOx in 
accordance with sections 184(b)(2) and 182(f) of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments (CAAA). This action is being taken under section 110 of the 
Clean Air Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule will become effective on November 14, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the documents relevant to this action are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
Air, Radiation, and Toxics Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
19107; the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency,401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460; and Maryland Department of the Environment, 2500 Broening 
Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enid A. Gerena, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air, Radiation, and Toxics Division, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 597-8239.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 21, 1994 (59 FR 31962), EPA 
published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the State of 
Maryland. The NPR proposed approval of the Maryland's Emission 
Statement Program. The formal SIP revision was submitted by the State 
of Maryland on November 13, 1992.
    Maryland's Department of the Environment (MDE) submitted a revision 
to Maryland's SIP which requires owners of stationary sources that emit 
VOCs and/or NOx, above specified actual emission applicability 
thresholds, to submit annual statements certifying emissions.
    Other specific requirements of the SIP revision on Emission 
Statements and the rationale for EPA's proposed action are explained in 
the NPR and will not be restated here. No public comments were received 
on the NPR.

Final Action

    EPA is approving amendments to COMAR 26.11.01, General 
Administrative Procedures, to revise section .01, Definitions, and to 
add section .05-1, Emission Statements, as a revision to the State of 
Maryland SIP.
    Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting or 
allowing or establishing a precedent for any future request for 
revision to any State Implementation Plan. Each request for revision to 
the State Implementation Plan shall be considered separately in light 
of specific technical, economic, and environmental factors and in 
relation to relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
    This action has been classified as a Table 3 action for signature 
by the Regional Administrator under the procedures published in the 
Federal Register on January 19, 1989 (54 FR 2214-2225), as revised by 
an October 4, 1993 memorandum from Michael H. Shapiro, Acting Assistant 
Administrator for Air and Radiation. The OMB has exempted this 
regulatory action from Executive Order 12866 review.
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by December 12, 1994. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule 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 to approve Maryland's Emission Statements 
Program 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, Hydrocarbons, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Oxides of 
nitrogen, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic 
compounds.

    Dated: September 21, 1994.
Stanley L. Laskowski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

Subpart V--Maryland

    2. Section 52.1070 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(109) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.1070  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (109) Revisions to the State of Maryland Regulations State 
Implementation Plan submitted on November 13, 1992 by the Maryland 
Department of the Environment:
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Letter of November 13, 1992 from Maryland Department of the 
Environment transmitting a revised regulation to require major sources 
of volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen, Statewide, to 
certify their emissions annually.
    (B) Revisions to Title 26, COMAR 26.11.01, specifically to amend 
regulation .01, and to add regulation .05-1. Effective on December 7, 
1992.
    (ii) Additional material.
    (A) Remainder of December 7, 1992 State submittal.
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