[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19049-19051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9954]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA-4056a; FRL-5809-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Pennsylvania; Approval of Source-Specific VOC and NOX RACT 
Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision 
establishes and requires volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen 
oxides (NOX) reasonably available control technology (RACT) on 
four major sources. The intended effect of this action is to approve 
source-specific operating permits, a plan approval and a compliance 
permit. This action is being taken under section 110 of the Clean Air 
Act.

DATES: This final rule is effective June 2, 1997 unless by May 19, 
1997, adverse or critical comments are received. If the effective date 
is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to David J. Campbell, Pennsylvania 
RACT Team Leader, Mailcode 3AT22, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region III, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. 
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 the Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality, P.O. Box 
8468, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice M. Lewis, (215) 566-2185, or by 
e-mail at [email protected]. While information may be 
requested via e-mail, comments must be submitted in writing to the 
above Region III address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 21, 1997, January 28, 1997, and 
May 31, 1995, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania submitted a formal 
revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP revision 
consists of three operating permits, one plan approval, and one 
compliance permit for four individual sources of volatile organic 
compounds (VOCs) and/or nitrogen oxides (NOX) located in 
Pennsylvania. Any plan approvals and operating permits submitted 
coincidentally with those being approved in this notice, and not 
identified below, will be addressed in a separate rulemaking action. 
This rulemaking addresses operating permits, a plan approval, and a 
compliance permit pertaining to the following sources: (1) Texas 
Eastern Transmission Corporation (Bernville, Berks County)--natural gas 
compressor station; (2) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 
(Bechtelsville, Berks County)--natural gas compressor station; (3) 
Carpenter Technology Corporation (Reading/Muhlenberg Township, Berks 
County)--steel manufacturer; and (4) North American Fluoropolymers 
Company (Ontelanunee, Berks County)--manufacturer of teflon crumbs.
    Pursuant to sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), Pennsylvania is required to implement RACT for all major VOC and 
NOX sources by no later than May 31, 1995. The major source size 
is determined by its location, the classification of that area and 
whether it is located in the ozone transport region (OTR), which is 
established by the CAA. The Pennsylvania portion of the Philadelphia 
ozone nonattainment area consists of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, 
Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties and is classified as severe. The 
remaining counties in Pennsylvania are classified as either moderate or 
marginal nonattainment areas or are designated attainment for ozone. 
However, under section 184 of the CAA, at a minimum, moderate ozone 
nonattainment area requirements [including RACT as specified in 
sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f)] apply throughout the OTR. Therefore, 
RACT is applicable statewide in Pennsylvania.
    The January 21, 1997, January 28, 1997 and May 31, 1995 
Pennsylvania submittals that are the subject of this notice are meant 
to satisfy the RACT requirements for four sources in Pennsylvania.

Summary of SIP Revision

    The details of the RACT requirements for the source-specific 
operating permits, plan approval, and compliance permit can be found in 
the docket and accompanying technical support document and will not be 
reiterated in this notice. One of the operating permits contains 
conditions irrelevant to the determination of VOC and NOX RACT. 
Consequently, these provisions are not being included in this approval. 
Briefly, EPA is approving three operating permits, one plan approval, 
and one compliance permit as RACT.

RACT

    EPA is approving the operating permits of the following facilities 
located in Pennsylvania: (1) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 
(Bernville, Berks County)--natural gas compressor station--major source 
of

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VOC emissions; (2) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 
(Bechtelsville, Berks County)--natural gas compressor station--major 
source of VOC emissions; (3) Carpenter Technology Corporation (Reading/
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County)--steel manufacturer--major source of 
VOC and NOX emissions.
    EPA is approving a plan approval and a compliance permit for the 
following facility: North American Fluoropolymers Company (Ontelanunee, 
Berks County)--manufacturer of teflon crumbs--major source of VOC 
emissions.
    The specific emission limitations and other RACT requirements for 
these sources are summarized in the accompanying technical support 
document, which is available from the EPA Region III office.
    EPA is approving this SIP revision without prior proposal because 
the Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates 
no adverse comments. However, in a separate document in this Federal 
Register publication, EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revision 
should adverse or critical comments be filed. This action will be 
effective June 2, 1997 unless, by May 19, 1997, adverse or critical 
comments are received.
    If EPA receives such comments, this action will be withdrawn before 
the effective date by publishing a subsequent document that will 
withdraw the final action. All public comments received will then be 
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this action serving as a 
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do 
so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public is 
advised that this action will be effective on June 2, 1997.

Final Action

    EPA is approving three operating permits, one plan approval and one 
compliance permit as RACT for four individual sources located in 
Pennsylvania.

Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    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 a 
July 10, 1995 memorandum from Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator for 
Air and Radiation. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
exempted this regulatory action from E.O. 12866 review.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et seq., EPA 
must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of 
any proposed or final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604. 
Alternatively, EPA may certify that the rule will not have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small 
entities include small businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, 
and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than 
50,000.
    SIP approvals under section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the 
Clean Air Act do not create any new requirements but simply approve 
requirements that the State is already imposing.
    Therefore, because the Federal SIP approval does not impose any new 
requirements, the Administrator certifies that it does not have a 
significant impact on any small entities affected. Moreover, due to the 
nature of the Federal-State relationship under the CAA, preparation of 
a flexibility analysis would constitute Federal inquiry into the 
economic reasonableness of state action. The Clean Air Act forbids EPA 
to base its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. Union Electric Co. 
v. U.S. EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).

C. Unfunded Mandates

    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 
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 proposed/promulgated 
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.

D. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

    Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the 
General Accounting Office prior to publication of the rule in today's 
Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

E. Petitions for Judicial 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 June 2, 1997. 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, pertaining to the VOC and NOX RACT 
determinations for four sources in Pennsylvania, 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, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 31, 1997.
W. Michael McCabe,
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 NN--Pennsylvania

    2. Section 52.2020 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(120) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.2020  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

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    (120) Revisions to the Pennsylvania Regulations, Chapter 129.91 
pertaining to VOC and NOX RACT, submitted on January 21, 1997, 
January 28, 1997, and May 31, 1995 by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Resources (now known as the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection):
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Four letters, dated January 21, 1997, January 28, 1997, May 31, 
1995 and September 13, 1996, from the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection transmitting source-specific VOC and/or 
NOX RACT determinations in the form of operating permits, a plan 
approval and a compliance permit for the following sources:
    (1) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Bernville, Berks 
County)--natural gas compressor station;
    (2) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Bechtelsville, Berks 
County)--natural gas compressor;
    (3) Carpenter Technology Corporation (Reading/Muhlenberg Township, 
Berks County)--steel manufacturer; and
    (4) North American Fluoropolymers Company (Ontelanunee, Berks 
County)--manufacturer of teflon crumbs.
    (B) Operating Permits (OP), Plan Approval (PA) and Compliance 
Permit (CP):
    (1) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Bernville)--(OP-06-
1033) effective January 31, 1997, except for the expiration date of the 
operating permit.
    (2) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Bechtelsville)--(OP-06-
1034) effective January 31, 1997, except for the expiration date of the 
operating permit.
    (3) Carpenter Technology Corporation--(OP-06-1007), effective 
September 27, 1996, except for those portions of conditions Nos. 28 
through 41 and Nos. 43 through 54 pertaining to non-VOC and non-
NOX pollutants and the expiration date of the operating permit.
    (4) North American Fluoropolymers Company--(PA-06-1026) and (CP-06-
1026), effective April 19, 1995, except for the expiration dates of the 
plan approval and the compliance permit.
    (ii) Additional material.
    (A) Remainder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's January 21, 
1997, January 27, 1997, and May 31, 1995 submittals.
    (B) Additional material submitted by Pennsylvania: Letter dated 
March 25, 1997 from Mr. James Salvaggio, Director, Bureau of Air 
Quality Control, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources to 
Mr. Thomas Maslany, Director, Air, Radiation and Toxics Division, EPA 
Region III providing clarifying information related to the Carpenter 
Technology Corporation operating permit and the North American 
Fluoropolymers Company plan approval.

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