[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76938-76941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30635]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[AL-054-200027(a); FRL-6910-6]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revision to 
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) 
Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is approving revisions to the Alabama Department of 
Environmental Management's (ADEM) Administrative Code submitted on 
August 10, 2000, by the State of Alabama. The revisions comply with the 
regulations set forth in the Clean Air Act (CAA). Included in this 
document are revisions to clarify the definition of ``New Source,'' 
delete outdated rule 335-3-4-.08(4), revise rule 335-3-14-.05(2)(i) to 
be consistent with the Federal requirements for the Review of New 
Sources and Modifications, and change the numbering system to comply 
with the Alabama Administrative Procedures Act.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective February 6, 2001, without 
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by January 8, 2001. 
If adverse comment is received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of 
the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public 
that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to: Sean Lakeman at the 
EPA, Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    Copies of documents relative to this action are available at the 
following addresses for inspection during normal business hours:

Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management, 400 Coliseum Boulevard, 
Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Lakeman, Regulatory Planning 
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management 
Division, Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal 
Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The telephone 
number is (404)562-9043. Mr. Lakeman can also be reached via electronic 
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Analysis of State's Submittal

    On August 10, 2000, the State of Alabama through ADEM submitted 
revisions to chapters 335-3-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16. In 
chapter 335-3-1 the definition of ``New Source'' is being clarified to 
indicate that it is not applicable to the definitions of new source in 
chapters 335-3-10 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources 
and chapter 11 National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 
which are not part of the federally enforceable state implementation 
plan (SIP).
    ADEM combined rule 335-3-5-.03(5) and 335-3-5-.03(6) to be 
consistent with Alabama Administrative Procedures Act, and revised rule 
335-3-14-.05(2)(i) to be consistent with 40 CFR 51, subpart I. ADEM 
deleted rule 335-3-4-.08(4) pertaining to emissions from wood waste 
boilers at pulp mills in Autauga County. International Paper (formally 
Union Camp) operates the only pulp mill in Autauga County which has 
been upgraded and no longer requires a bubble. The Union Camp boilers 
are subject to other emission limits in the federally approved SIP.
    ADEM revised the numbering system in chapters 335-3-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 
6, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16 to comply with numbering system required by 
the Legislative Reference Service under Alabama Administrative 
Procedures Act.

II. Final Action

    EPA is approving the aforementioned change to the State of 
Alabama's SIP because they are consistent with the CAA and EPA policy. 
The EPA is publishing this rule without a prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal 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 if adverse 
comments are filed. This rule will be effective February 6, 2001, 
without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by 
January 8, 2001.
    If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a document

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withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the rule will 
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. Parties interested in commenting 
should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public 
is advised that this rule will be effective on February 6, 2001 and no 
further action will be taken on the proposed rule.

IV. 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 approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does 
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by 
state law, 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 approves 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. This rule also is 
not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 
because it is not economically significant.
    In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In 
this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the 
State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 
to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be 
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP 
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise 
satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. 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, EPA has 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, 5 U.S.C. section 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. A major rule 
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
section 804(2).
    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 February 6, 2001. 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 will 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).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Lead, 
Intergovernmental relation, Reporting and record keeping requirements.

    Dated: November 8, 2000.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    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 B--Alabama

    2. Section 52.50(c) is amended:
    a. Under Chapter No. 335-3-1 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
1-.02'' and ``Section 335-3-1-.08.''
    b. Under Chapter No. 335-3-2 by revising entry ``Section 335-3-
2-.02.''
    c. Under Chapter No. 335-3-3 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
3-.01'' and ``Section 335-3-3-.03.''
    d. Under Chapter No. 335-3-4 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
4-.08'' and ``Section 335-3-4-.09.''
    e. Under Chapter No. 335-3-5 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
5-.03'' and ``Section 335-3-5-.04.''
    f. Under Chapter No. 335-3-6 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
6-.06'' and ``Section 335-3-6-.16.''
    g. Under Chapter No. 335-3-9, the second entry for ``Section 335-3-
9-.01'' is redesignated as ``Section 335-3-9-.02'' and revised; the 
existing entry for ``Section 335-3-9-.02'' is redesignated as ``Section 
335-3-9-.03'', and revised; and the entry ``Section 335-3-9-.06'' is 
revised.
    h. Chapter 335-3-3-14 is redesignated as Chapter 335-3-14.
    i. Under Chapter No. 335-3-14 by deleting entries ``Section 335-3-
14-.04(ff-gg)'' and ``Section 335-3-14-.04(8)(m).''
    j. Under Chapter No. 335-3-14 by revising entries ``Section 335-3-
14-.03,'' ``Section 335-3-14-04'' and ``Section 335-3-14-.05.''
    k. Under Chapter No. 335-3-15 by revising entry ``Section 335-3-
15-.02.''


Sec. 52.50  Identification of plan.

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                                                            EPA Approved Alabama Regulations
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          State citation                Title subject                Adoption date             approval               Federal register notice
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                                                         Chapter No. 335-3-1--General Provisions
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Section 335-3-1-1-.02.............  Definitions..........  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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Section 335-3-1-.08...............  Prohibition of Air     August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Pollution.
 
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                                                      Chapter No. 335-3-2--Air Pollution Emergency
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Section 335-3-2-.02...............  Episode Criteria.....  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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                                              Chapter No. 335-3-3--Control of Open Burning and Incineration
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Section 335-3-3-.01...............  Open Burning.........  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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Section 335-3-3-.03...............  Incineration of Wood,  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Peanut, and Cotton
                                     Ginning Waste.
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                                                  Chapter No. 335-3-4--Control of Particulare Emissions
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Section 335-3-4-.08...............  Wood Waste Boilers...  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
Section 335-3-4-.09...............  Coke Ovens...........  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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                                                Chapter No. 335-3-5--Control of Sulfur Compound Emissions
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Section 335-3-5-.03...............  Petroleum Production.  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
Section 335-3-5-.04...............  Kraft Pulp Mills.....  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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                                                    Chapter No. 335-3-6--Control of Organic Emissions
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Section 335-3-6-.06...............  Bulk Gasoline          August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Terminals.
 
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Section 335-3-6-.16...............  Test Methods and       August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Procedures.
 
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                                             *Chapter No. 335-3-9--Control of Emissions from Motor Vehicles
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Section 335-3-9-.02...............  Ignition System and    August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Engine Speed.
Section 335-3-9-.03...............  Crankcase Ventilation  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Systems.
 
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Section 335-3-9-.06...............  Other Prohibited Acts  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
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                                                            Chapter No. 335-3-14--Air Permits
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Section 335-3-14-.03..............  Standards for          August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Granting Permits.
Section 335-3-14-.04..............  Air Permits            August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Authorizing
                                     Construction in
                                     Clean Air Areas
                                     (Prevention of
                                     Significant
                                     Deterioration
                                     Permitting (PSD)).
Section 335-3-14-.05..............  Air Permits            August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
                                     Authorizing
                                     Construction in or
                                     Near Nonattainment
                                     Areas.
 
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                                                 Chapter No. 335-3-15--Synthetic Minor Operating Permits
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Section 335-3-15-.02..............  General Provisions...  August 10, 2000.................      12/8/00  65 FR 76940
 
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