[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31120-31121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15022]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[TN-184-1-(9812)a; TN-199-1-(9813)a; FRL-6104-1]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: 
Approval of Revisions to the Knox County Portion of the Tennessee SIP 
Regarding Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Process Particulate 
Emissions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to section 19.2 and section 
46.2.A.34 of the Knox County portion of the Tennessee State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) which were submitted to EPA through the 
Tennessee Department of Air Pollution Control (TDAPC), on December 24, 
1996 and June 18, 1997. Section 19.2 is revised to include terminology 
which more clearly defines the subject matter of this section: process 
particulate emissions. Section 46.2.A.34 is revised to incorporate by 
reference the definition for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 
contained in 40 CFR part 51, subpart F.

DATES: This final rule is effective August 7, 1998 unless adverse or 
critical comments are received by July 8, 1998. If adverse comment is 
received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to 
Allison Humphris at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Air 
Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Copies 
of documents relative to this action are available for public 
inspection during normal business hours at the following locations. The 
interested persons wanting to examine these documents should make an 
appointment with the appropriate office at least 24 hours before the 
visiting day. Reference files TN184-01-9812 and TN199-01-9813. The 
Region 4 office may have additional background documents not available 
at the other locations.
    Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, telephone (202) 260-7549. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 
30303. Allison Humphris, 404/562-9030. Tennessee Department of 
Environment and Conservation, Division of Air Pollution Control, L & C 
Annex, 9th Floor, 401 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1531. 
615/532-0554.
    Knox County Department of Air Pollution Control, City-County 
Building, Suite 339, 400 West Main Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37902. 
423/215-2488

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Humphris at 404/562-9030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is approving revisions to sections 
19.2 and 46.2.A.34 of the Knoxville regulations. Section 19.2 is 
revised to include terminology which more clearly defines the subject 
matter of this section: process particulate emissions. Section 
46.2.A.34 is revised to incorporate by reference the definition for 
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained in 40 CFR part 51, subpart 
F.

Section 19.2, ``Process Emissions''

    This section was revised by changing all references of ``process 
emissions'' to ``process particulate emissions.'' The change was made 
for clarity and to be consistent with the language in section 18.2, 
``Non-Process Particulate Emissions.''

Section 46.2.A.34, ``Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)''

    The definition of ``volatile organic compound'' was revised to 
incorporate by reference the definition contained in 40 CFR part 51, 
subpart F. EPA exempted acetone (per 60 FR 31633--June 16, 1995), 
perchloroethylene (per 61 FR 4588--February 7, 1996), and 
hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) 43-10mee, hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) 225ca 
and cb (all per 61 FR 52848--October 8, 1996) from regulation as VOCs 
due to the determination that these compounds have negligible 
photochemical reactivity and do not significantly contribute to the 
formation of ozone.

Final Action

    The Agency has reviewed this request for revision of the Federally-
approved State implementation plan for conformance with the provisions 
of the Clean Air Act amendments enacted on November 15, 1990. The 
Agency has determined that this action conforms with those 
requirements. EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal 
because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and 
anticipates no adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section 
of this Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate 
document that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision 
should relevant adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective 
August 7, 1998 without further notice unless the Agency receives 
relevant adverse comments by July 8, 1998. If the EPA receives such 
comments, then EPA will publish a notice withdrawing the final rule and 
informing the public that the rule did not take effect. All public 
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment 
period on the proposed rule. Any parties interested in commenting on 
the proposed rule should do so at this time. If no such comments are 
received, the public is advised that this rule will be effective on 
August 7, 1998 and no further action will be taken on the proposed 
rule.
    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.

Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
regulatory action from E.O. 12866 review.

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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 Regional 
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) and 7410(k)(3).

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 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 
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 Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit 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 United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the 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 August 7, 1998. 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 may not be challenged later in proceedings 
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

F. Executive Order 13045

    Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks. Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies to 
any rule that is (1) likely to be ``economically significant'' as 
defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) the Agency has reason to 
believe that the environmental health or safety risk addressed by the 
rule may have a disproportionate effect on children. If a regulatory 
action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental 
health or safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain 
why the planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective 
and reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045, ``Protection of Children 
from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' because this is not 
an ``economically significant'' regulatory action as defined by E.O. 
12866, and because it does not involve decisions on environmental 
health or safety risks that may disproportionately affect children.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 27, 1998.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    Part 52 of chapter I, title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, 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 et seq.

Subpart RR--Tennessee

    2. Section 52.2220, is amended by adding paragraph (c)(161) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.2220  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (161) Revisions to the Knox County portion of the Tennessee state 
implementation plan submitted to EPA by the State of Tennessee on 
December 24, 1996 and June 18, 1997, concerning process particulate 
emissions and volatile organic compounds (VOC) were approved.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Section 19.2 of the Knox County Air Pollution Control 
Regulation ``Process Particulate Emissions'' effective December 11, 
1996.
    (B) Section 46.2.A.34 of the Knox County Air Pollution Control 
Regulation ``Volatile Organic Compounds'' effective June 11, 1997.
    (ii) Other material. None.

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