[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35535-35536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17115]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[OH103-2; FRL-6116-9]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to a final rule published 
on March 30, 1998, which approved sulfur dioxide emission limits for 
the Sun Oil Company located in Lucas County, Ohio.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph O. Cano, at (312) 886-6036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 30, 1998 (63 FR 15091), EPA 
approved the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's December 9, 1996 
request to incorporate site specific sulfur dioxide emission limits for 
the Sun Oil facility located in Lucas County, Ohio into the Ohio State 
Implementation Plan. Two errors were made in codifying EPA's approval. 
Specifically, EPA intended to delete the existing references to this 
Sun Oil facility at 40 CFR 52.1881(a)(4) and (8). Unfortunately the 
references to this Sun Oil facility were not removed from Secs. 52.1881 
(a)(4) and (8) when these paragraphs were published beginning at the 
bottom of the third column on page 15093 and finishing in the second 
column on page 15094. An additional error identified in paragraph 
(a)(4) is that Bergstrom Paper is erroneously listed twice as an 
exception to EPA's approval of the sulfur dioxide emission limits for 
Montgomery County. This technical correction removes the Sun Oil 
references at 40 CFR 52.1881(a)(4) and (8) and the duplicate Bergstrom 
Paper entry at paragraph(a)(4).

Need for Correction

    The failure to remove references to Sun Oil Company's Lucas County 
facility from Secs. 52.1881(a)(4) and (8) incorrectly indicates that 
this facility is not subject to the requirements contained in these 
paragraphs. The deletion of the duplicate Bergstrom Paper entry will 
clarify the Montgomery County codification. EPA is publishing this 
action to correct these errors.

Administrative Procedure Act

    This action will be effective immediately upon publication in the 
Federal Register pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(d)(1) and (3)(APA) for good cause. This action which merely 
corrects codification errors made in EPA's approval of a sulfur dioxide 
emission limit for Sun Oil's Lucas County facility and a similar 
typographical error is too minor to be of interest to the general 
public. Holding a public comment period on this action is unnecessary. 
The thirty day delay of the effective date of this action generally 
required by the APA is unwarranted in that it does not serve the public 
interest to unnecessarily delay the effective date of this action.

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A. Executive Order 12866

    Under Executive Order 12866, this action is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' and is therefore not subject to review by the 
Office of Management and Budget. In addition this action does not 
impose annual costs of $100 million or more, will not significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, and is not a significant Federal 
intergovernmental mandate. The EPA thus has no obligations under 
sections 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 
Moreover, since this action is not subject to notice-and-comment 
requirements under the APA or any other statute, it is not subject to 
sections 603 or 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

B. Children's Health Protection

    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045, entitled ``Protection of 
Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997), because it does not involve decisions on 
environmental health risks or safety risks that may disproportionately 
affect children.

C. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1966, generally 
provides that before a rule may take affect, 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. However, section 808 provides that any rule for which 
the issuing agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding 
and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rule) that notice and 
public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to 
the public interest, shall take effect at such time as the agency 
promulgating the rule determines. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the 
reasons therefor, and established an effective date of June 30, 1998. 
The 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 
this rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as 
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Sulfur dioxide.

    Dated: June 18, 1998.
Gail C. Ginsberg,
Acting Regional Administrator.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, Sec. 52.1881 of part 52, 
chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations published at 63 
FR15091 March 30, 1998, is corrected 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 KK--Ohio

    2. Section 52.1881 is amended by correcting paragraphs (a)(4) and 
(a)(8) to read as follows:


Sec. 52.1881  Control strategy: Sulfur dioxide.

    (a) * * *
    (4) Approval--EPA approves the sulfur dioxide emission limits for 
the following counties: Adams County (except Dayton Power & Light--
Stuart), Allen County (except Cairo Chemical), Ashland County, 
Ashtabula County, Athens County, Auglaize County, Belmont County, Brown 
County, Carroll County, Champaign County, Clark County, Clermont 
County, (except Cincinnati Gas & Electric--Beckjord), Clinton County, 
Columbiana County, Coshocton County (except Columbus & Southern Ohio 
Electric--Conesville), Crawford County, Darke County, Defiance County, 
Delaware County, Erie County, Fairfield County, Fayette County, Fulton 
County, Gallia County, (except Ohio Valley Electric Company--Kyger 
Creek and Ohio Power--Gavin), Geauga County, Greene County, Guernsey 
County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Harrison 
County, Henry County, Highland County, Hocking County, Holmes County, 
Huron County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Lake 
County (except Ohio Rubber, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company--
Eastlake, and Painesville Municipal Boiler #5), Lawrence County (except 
Allied Chemical--South Point), Licking County, Logan County, Lorain 
County (except Ohio Edison--Edgewater, Cleveland Electric Illuminating 
Company--Avon Lake, U.S. Steel--Lorain, and B.F. Goodrich), Lucas 
County (except Gulf Oil Company, Coulton Chemical Company, and Phillips 
Chemical Company), Madison County, Marion County, Medina County, Meigs 
County, Mercer County, Miami County, Monroe County, Morgan County, 
Montgomery County (except Bergstrom Paper and Miami Paper), Morrow 
County, Muskingum County, Noble County, Ottawa County, Paulding County, 
Perry County, Pickaway County, Pike County (except Portsmouth Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant), Portage County, Preble County, Putnam County, 
Richland County, Ross County (except Mead Corporation), Sandusky County 
(except Martin Marietta Chemicals), Scioto County, Seneca County, 
Shelby County, Trumbull County, Tuscarawas County, Union County, Van 
Wert County, Vinton County, Warren County, Washington County (except 
Shell Chemical Company), Wayne County, Williams County, Wood County 
(except Libbey--Owens--Ford Plants Nos. 4 and 8 and No. 6), and Wyandot 
County.
* * * * *
    (8) No Action--EPA is neither approving nor disapproving the 
emission limitations for the following counties or sources pending 
further review: Adams County (Dayton Power & Light-Stuart), Allen 
County (Cairo Chemical), Butler County, Clermont County (Cincinnati Gas 
& Electric--Beckjord), Coshocton County (Columbus & Southern Ohio 
Electric--Conesville), Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, Gallia County 
(Ohio Valley Electric Company--Kyger Creek and Ohio Power--Gavin), Lake 
County (Ohio Rubber, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company--Eastlake, 
and Painesville Municipal--Boiler #5), Lawrence County (Allied 
Chemical--South Point), Lorain County (Ohio Edison--Edgewater Plant, 
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company--Avon Lake, U.S. Steel--Lorain, 
and B.F. Goodrich), Lucas County (Gulf Oil Company, Coulton Chemical 
Company, and Phillips Chemical Company), Mahoning County, Montgomery 
County (Bergstrom Paper and Miami Paper), Pike County (Portsmouth 
Gaseous Diffusion Plant), Stark County, Washington County (Shell 
Chemical Company), and Wood County (Libbey--Owens--Ford Plants Nos. 4 
and 8 and No. 6).
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[FR Doc. 98-17115 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am]
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