[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46364-46365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19112]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[NC-AT-2000-01; FRL-6728-8]


New Stationary Sources; Supplemental Delegation of Authority to 
the State of North Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Delegation of Authority.

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SUMMARY: The State of North Carolina has requested that EPA delegate 
authority for implementation and enforcement of existing New Source 
Performance Standards (NSPS) which have been previously adopted by the 
State agency but has remained undelegated by EPA, and to approve the 
mechanism for delegation (automatic) of future NSPS. The purpose of the 
agency requests for approval of their delegation mechanism is to 
streamline the existing administrative procedures by eliminating 
unnecessary steps involved in taking delegation of federal NSPS 
regulations. With the new NSPS delegation mechanism in place, once a 
new or revised NSPS is promulgated by EPA, delegation of authority from 
EPA to the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and 
Natural Resources (DEHNR) will become effective on the date the NSPS is 
promulgated. No further State requests for delegation will be 
necessary. Likewise, no further Federal Register notices will be 
published. The EPA's review of each of the agencies' pertinent laws, 
rules, and regulations indicate that adequate and effective procedures 
are in place for the implementation and enforcement of these Federal 
standards. This notice was written to inform the public of delegations 
that were made to the above mentioned agencies for which a Federal 
Register notice was not previously written and to inform the public of 
the agencies' new mechanism for delegation of future NSPS.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date is July 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the request for delegation of authority and EPA's 
letter of delegation are available for public inspection during normal 
business hours at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air & Radiation Technology 
Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, & Natural Resources, 
P.O. Box 29580, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0580

    Effective immediately, all requests, applications, reports and 
other correspondence required pursuant to the delegated standards 
should not be submitted to the Region 4 office, but should instead be 
submitted to the following address: North Carolina Department of 
Environment, Health, & Natural Resources, P.O. Box 29580, Raleigh, 
North Carolina 27626-0580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katy Forney, Air & Radiation 
Technology Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth St. SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 404-562-9130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 301, in conjunction with Sections 
110 and 111(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act as amended November 15, 1990, 
authorizes EPA to delegate authority to implement and enforce the 
standards set out in 40 CFR Part 60, New Source Performance Standards 
(NSPS).
    On November 24, 1976, the EPA initially delegated the authority for 
implementation and enforcement of the NSPS program to the State of 
North Carolina. Currently, no existing NSPS regulations are awaiting 
delegation for

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the State of North Carolina. This agency has subsequently requested a 
delegation of authority for implementation and enforcement of future 
NSPS categories codified in 40 CFR part 60.
    All current NSPS categories are delegated with the exception of the 
following sections within those subparts that may not be delegated. 
Future NSPS regulations will contain a list of sections that will not 
be delegated for that subpart.

1. Subpart A--Sec. 60.8(b) (2) and (3), Sec. 60.11(e) (7) and (8), 
Sec. 60.13 (g), (i) and (j)(2)
2. Subpart B--Sec. 60.22, Sec. 60.27, and Sec. 60.29
3. Subpart Da--Sec. 60.45a
4. Subpart Db--Sec. 60.44b(f), Sec. 60.44b(g), Sec. 60.49b(a)(4)
5. Subpart Dc--Sec. 60.48c(a)(4)
6. Subpart Ec--Sec. 60.56(c)(i)
7. Subpart J--Sec. 60.105(a)(13)(iii), Sec. 60.106(i)(12)
8. Subpart Ka--Sec. 60.114a
9. Subpart Kb--Sec. 60.111b(f)(4), Sec. 60.114b, Sec. 60.116b(e)(3) 
(iii) and (iv), Sec. 60.116b(f)(2)(iii)
10. Subpart O--Sec. 60.153(e)
11. Subpart EE--Sec. 60.316(d)
12. Subpart GG--Sec. 60.334(b)(2), Sec. 60.335(f)(1)
13. Subpart RR--Sec. 60.446(c)
14. Subpart SS--Sec. 60.456(d)
15. Subpart TT--Sec. 60.466(d)
16. Subpart UU--Sec. 60.474(g)
17. Subpart VV--Sec. 60.482-1(c)(2) and Sec. 60.484
18. Subpart WW--Sec. 60.496(c)
19. Subpart XX--Sec. 60.502(e)(6)
20. Subpart AAA--Sec. 60.531, Sec. 60.533, Sec. 60.534, Sec. 60.535, 
Sec. 60.536(i)(2), Sec. 60.537, Sec. 60.538(e), Sec. 60.539
21. Subpart BBB--Sec. 60.543(c)(2)(ii)(B)
22. Subpart DDD--Sec. 60.562-2(c)
23. Subpart III--Sec. 60.613(e)
24. Subpart NNN--Sec. 60.663(e)
25. Subpart RRR--Sec. 60.703(e)
26. Subpart SSS--Sec. 60.711(a)(16), Sec. 60.713(b)(1)(i), 
Sec. 60.713(b)(1)(ii), Sec. 60.713(b)(5)(i), Sec. 60.713(d), 
Sec. 60.715(a), Sec. 60.716
27. Subpart TTT--Sec. 60.723(b)(1), Sec. 60.723(b)(2)(i)(C), 
Sec. 60.723(b)(2)(iv), Sec. 60.724(e), Sec. 60.725(b)
28. Subpart VVV--Sec. 60.743(a)(3)(v)(A) and (B), Sec. 60.743(e), 
Sec. 60.745(a), Sec. 60.746
29. Subpart WWW-- Sec. 60.754(a)(5)

    After a thorough review of the request, the Regional Administrator 
determined that such a delegation was appropriate for all source 
categories. All sources subject to the requirements of 40 CFR part 60 
will now be under the jurisdiction of the appropriate above mentioned 
agency.
    Since review of the pertinent laws, rules, and regulations for the 
State agency has shown them to be adequate for implementation and 
enforcement of existing, previously adopted, undelegated NSPS and 
future NSPS, EPA hereby notifies the public that it has delegated the 
authority for existing, previously adopted and undelegated NSPS as well 
as the mechanism for delegation (automatic) of future NSPS source 
categories upon publication of this Federal Register notice.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
regulatory action from Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory 
Planning and Review.''
    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. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to 
make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the 
agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is 
impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This 
determination must be supported by a brief statement. 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 July 28, 
2000. 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 action is not a ``major rule'' 
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

    Authority: This notice is issued under the authority of sections 
101, 110, 111, 112 and 301 of the Clean Air Act, as Amended (42 
U.S.C. 7401, 7410, 7411, 7412 and 7601).

    Dated: June 19, 2000.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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