[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60101-60104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25599]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[NC-087-9939; FRL-6881-1]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plans--North Carolina: 
Approval of Revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan; 
Technical Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule; technical correction.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published in the Federal Register on November 10, 1999, a document 
approving revisions to clarify rules for the control of particulate 
emissions, add requirements for expedited permit processing, revise the 
Division name and address, and amend case-by-case MACT language. The 
State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of 
Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) submitted these 
miscellaneous revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan 
(SIP). The revisions are being clarified and corrected to add and 
revise entries that were inadvertently excluded in the Federal Register 
document.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective on October 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Crawford at (404) 562-9046, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The November 10, 1999 (64 FR 61213-61217) 
document included amendatory language in the third full paragraph of 
the third column on page 61215 that reads ``Section 52.1770 (c) is 
amended by revising the entries for Sections 2D Air Pollution Control 
Requirements and 2Q Air Quality Permit Requirements.'' Entries .0105, 
.0540, .0312, .0313 and .0607 cannot be revised, but must be added to 
the table under Subchapters 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements and 
2Q Air Quality Permit Requirements. Entries .0104, .0515, .0938, .0108, 
.0313, and .0607 were not

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displayed in the table and are being added under the headings 
Subchapters 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements and 2Q Air Quality 
Permit Requirements. This document corrects these deficiencies.
    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or 
contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without 
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. We have 
determined that there is such good cause for making today's rule final 
without prior proposal and opportunity for comment because we are 
merely correcting an incorrect citation in a previous action. Thus, 
notice and public procedure are unnecessary.

Administrative Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. This action 
merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes 
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. 
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because 
this rule merely corrects an incorrect citation in a previous action, 
it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-4). For the same reason, this rule also 
does not significantly or uniquely affect the communities of tribal 
governments, as specified by Executive Order 13084 (63 FR 27655, May 
10, 1998). This rule will not have substantial direct effects on the 
states, on the relationship between the national government and the 
states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 
FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it merely corrects a citation in a 
state rule implementing a Federal standard, and does not alter the 
relationship or the distribution of power and responsibilities 
established in the Clean Air Act (CAA). This rule also is not subject 
to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is 
not economically significant.
    This technical correction action does not involve technical 
standards; thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the National 
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do 
not apply. As required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 
4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, we have taken the 
necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize 
potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected 
conduct. EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 
15, 1988) by examining the takings implications of the rule in 
accordance with the ``Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for 
the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued 
under the Executive Order. This rule does not impose an information 
collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    The Congressional Review Act (CRA), 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. As stated 
previously, we made such a good cause finding, including the reasons 
therefore and established an effective date of October 10, 2000. We 
will submit a report containing this rule and other required 
information to the United States Senate, the United States House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This correction to 
the North Carolina SIP table is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

    Dated: August 17, 2000.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
    Chapter I, title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as 
follows:

PART 52--[CORRECTED]

    1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart II--North Carolina [Corrected]

    2. Section 52.1770, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by:
    A. Adding entries .0105, .0540 under the heading Subchapter 2D Air 
Pollution Control Requirements and entries .0312, .0313, .0607 under 
the heading Subchapter 2Q Air Quality Permit Requirements.
    B. Revising entries .0101, .0104, .0202, .0302, .0506, .0507, 
.0508, .0509, .0510, .0511, .0513, .0514, .0515, .0521, .0531, .0914, 
.0927, .0938, .0953 (two entries), .1902, .1903 under the heading 
Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements and .0101, .0103, 
.0108, .0207, .0306, .0307, .0805, .0806, .0807 under the heading 
Subchapter 2Q Air Quality Permit Requirements.
     The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec. 52.1770  Identification of plan.

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    (c) EPA approved regulations.

                                     EPA Approved North Carolina Regulations
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                                                                    State         EPA
           State citation                   Title/subject         effective     approval          Comments
                                                                     date         date
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                                Subchapter 2D--Air Pollution Control Requirements
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                                                        *
Section .0101......................  Definitions...............          1/5     11/10/99
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0104......................  Incorporation by Reference      1/15/98     11/10/99
Section .0105......................  Mailing List..............      1/15/98     11/10/99
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0202......................  Registration of Air             1/15/98     11/10/99
                                      Pollution Sources.

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*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0302......................  Episode Criteria..........      1/15/98     11/10/99
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                                                        *
Section .0506......................  Particulates from Hot Mix       3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Asphalt Plants.
Section .0507......................  Particulates from Chemical      3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Fertilizer.
Section .0508......................  Particulates from Pulp and      3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Paper Mills.
Section .0509......................  Particulates from Mica or       3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Feldspar Processing.
Section .0511......................  Particulates from               3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Lightweight Aggregate.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0513......................  Particulates from Portland      3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Cement Plants.
Section .0514......................  Particulates from Ferrous       3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Jobbing Foundries.
Section .0515......................  Particulates from               3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Miscellaneous Industrial
                                      Processes.
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                                                        *
Section .0521......................  Control of visible              3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Emissions.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0531......................  Sources in Nonattainment        1/15/98     11/10/99
                                      Areas.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0540......................  Particulates from Fugitive      3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Non-Process Dust Emission
                                      Sources.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0914......................  Determination of VOC            3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Emission Control System
                                      Efficiency.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0927......................  Bulk Gasoline Terminals...      3/20/98     11/10/99
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                                                        *
Section .0938......................  Perchloroethylene Dry           3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Cleaning System.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0953......................  Vapor Return Piping for         1/15/98     11/10/99
                                      Stage II Vapor Recovery.
Section .0953......................  Vapor Return Piping for         3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Stage II Vapor Recovery.
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                                                        *
Section .1902......................  Definitions...............      1/15/98     11/10/99
Section .1903......................  Permissible Open Burning         Annual      1/15/98  11/10/99
                                      Without a Permit.            Emissions
                                                                   Reporting
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                                 Subchapter 2Q-- AirQuality Permits Requirements
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Section .0101......................  Required Air Quality            3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Permits.
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                                                        *
Section .0103......................  Definitions...............      1/15/98     11/10/99
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0108......................  Delegation of Authority...      3/15/98     11/10/99
Section .0207......................  Annual Emissions Reporting      1/15/98     11/10/99
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Secton .0306.......................  Permits Requiring Public        3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Participation.
Section .0307......................  Public Participation            1/15/98     11/10/99
                                      Procedures.
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                                 Subchapter 2Q--Air Quality Permits Requirements
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                                                        *
Section .0312......................  Application Processing          3/20/98     11/10/99
                                      Schedule.
Section .0313......................  Expedited Application           4/17/97     11/10/99
                                      Processing Schedule.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0607......................  Application Processing          4/17/97     11/10/99
                                      Schedule.
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
Section .0805......................  Grain Elevators...........      1/15/98     11/10/99
Section .0806......................  Cotton Gins...............      1/15/98     11/10/99
Section .0807......................  Emergency Generators......      1/15/98     11/10/99
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