[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42045-42046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20169]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 70

[OH001; FRL-5276-9]


Clean Air Act Final Full Approval of Operating Permits Program; 
Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final full approval.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is fully approving the operating permits program 
submitted by the State of Ohio for the purpose of complying with 
Federal requirements for an approvable State program to issue operating 
permits to all major stationary sources, and to certain other sources.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the State's submittal and other supporting 
information used in developing the final full approval are available 
for inspection during normal business hours at the following location: 
EPA Region 5, Air and Radiation Division (AR-18J), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pak, EPA Region 5, Air and 
Radiation Division (AR-18J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1497.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background and Purpose

    Title V of the Clean Air Act (``the Act'') and implementing 
regulations at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 70 require 
that States develop and submit operating permits programs to EPA by 
November 15, 1993, and that EPA act to approve or disapprove each 
program within one year after receiving the submittal. The EPA's 
program review occurs pursuant to section 502 of the Act and the part 
70 regulations, which together outline criteria for approval or 
disapproval. Where a program substantially, but not fully, meets the 
requirements of part 70, EPA may grant the program interim approval for 
a period of up to two years. If EPA has not fully approved a program by 
two years after the November 15, 1993 date, or by the end of an interim 
program, it must establish and implement a Federal program.
    On April 13, 1995, EPA proposed full approval of the operating 
permits program for the State of Ohio. See 60 FR 18790. EPA received 
comments from two organizations on the proposal and is responding to 
the comments below. EPA has also compiled a Technical Support Document 
responding to the comments. In this notice, EPA is taking final action 
to promulgate full approval of the operating permits program for the 
State of Ohio.

II. Final Action and Implications

A. Analysis of State Submission

    On April 13, 1995, EPA proposed full approval of the operating 
permits program for the State of Ohio. The program elements and issues 
discussed in the proposal are unchanged since the original analysis in 
the proposal and the program continues to fully meet the requirements 
of part 70.

B. Response to Public Comments

    EPA received comments from two organizations: Porter, Wright, 
Morris & Arthur, submitted on behalf of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, 
the Ohio Chemical Council, and the Printing Industry of Ohio; and 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Porter, Wright, Morris & 
Arthur supports EPA's proposed full approval. Wright-Patterson Air 
Force Base included a list of nine comments on the Ohio operating 
permits program. Responses to these nine comments follow.
    One of the comments questions the approvability of the Ohio 
operating permits program because the electronic application form 
currently being developed by the State is ``nothing like'' the 
application form that the State submitted with its program. The part 70 
requirements with respect to application forms deal with application 
content and not format. These requirements are found at section 70.5(c) 
and are fully satisfied by the State's regulations. This comment does 
not alter EPA's approval of the Ohio program because the commentor did 
not provide any information to indicate that the electronic version of 
the application form is inconsistent with section 70.5(c), and because 
the electronic application form to which the commentor refers has not 
been submitted to EPA for approval and is not an element of this 
approval.
    Five of the comments can be categorized as inquiries and concerns 
with program implementation. These comments do not deal with program 
approval requirements under part 70 and do not affect EPA's approval of 
the Ohio operating permits program. The commentor should approach the 
State directly with these program implementation questions and 
concerns.
    The remaining three comments express dissatisfaction with the scope 
of specific provisions in the State's program and could be considered 
requests for EPA to broaden the scope of the State's program; however, 
the provisions that the commentor references currently comply with the 
requirements of part 70. In addition, EPA's role in the approval 
process is to review and approve or disapprove operating permits 
programs submitted by States and not to make revisions to those 
programs. In any case, the commentor should contact the State with 
requests for program revisions. 

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C. Final Action

    EPA is promulgating full approval of the operating permits program 
submitted to EPA by the State of Ohio on July 22, 1994, and amended on 
September 12, 1994; November 21, 1994; December 9, 1994; and January 5, 
1995. Among other things, the State of Ohio has demonstrated that the 
program meets the minimum elements of a State operating permits program 
as specified in 40 CFR Part 70.
    The scope of the State's operating permits program approved in this 
notice applies to all part 70 sources (as defined in the approved 
program) within the State of Ohio.
    Requirements for approval, specified in 40 CFR 70.4(b), encompass 
section 112(l)(5) requirements for approval of a State program for 
delegation of section 112 standards as promulgated by EPA, as they 
apply to part 70 sources. Section 112(l)(5) requires that the State's 
program contain adequate authorities, adequate resources for 
implementation, and an expeditious compliance schedule, which are also 
requirements under part 70. Therefore, EPA is also promulgating full 
approval under section 112(l)(5) and 40 CFR 63.91 of the State's 
program for receiving delegation of section 112 standards that are 
unchanged from Federal standards as promulgated. This program for 
delegations only applies to sources covered by the part 70 program.
III. Administrative Requirements

A. Docket

    Copies of the State's submittal and other information relied upon 
for the final full approval, including the two public comments received 
and reviewed by EPA on the proposal, are contained in a docket 
maintained at the EPA Regional Office. The docket is an organized and 
complete file of all the information submitted to, or otherwise 
considered by, EPA in the development of this final full approval. The 
docket is available for public inspection at the location listed under 
the ADDRESSES section of this document.

B. Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this action from 
Executive Order 12866 review.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    EPA's actions under section 502 of the Act do not create any new 
requirements, but simply address operating permits programs submitted 
to satisfy the requirements of 40 CFR Part 70. Because this action does 
not impose any new requirements, it does not have a significant impact 
on a substantial number of small entities.

D. Unfunded Mandates Act

    Under Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or 
final rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated 
costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate; or to 
the private sector, of $100 million or more. Under Section 205, EPA 
must select the most cost-effective and least burdensome alternative 
that achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent with 
statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a plan 
for informing and advising any small governments that may be 
significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
    EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated today does 
not include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated costs of 
$100 million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector. This Federal action approves 
pre-existing requirements under State or local law, and imposes no new 
Federal requirements. Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local, 
or tribal governments, or to the private sector, result from this 
action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 70

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Operating permits, 
and Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 28, 1995.
William E. Muno,
Acting Regional Administrator.

    40 CFR Part 70 is amended as follows:

PART 70--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority section for part 70 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.

    2. Appendix A to part 70 is amended by adding the entry for Ohio in 
alphabetical order to read as follows:

Appendix A to Part 70--Approval Status of State and Local Operating 
Permits Programs

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Ohio.

    (a) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency submitted on July 22, 
1994; September 12, 1994; November 21, 1994; December 9, 1994; and 
January 5, 1995; full approval effective on October 1, 1995.
    (b) Reserved
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