[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35442-35445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12413]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 62

[UT-001-0034a, UT-001-0035a; FRL-7201-3]


Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation 
Plan; Utah; Revisions to Air Pollution Regulations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action approving two separate State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Governor of Utah 
on June 17, 1998. The submittals repeal Utah's Air Conservation 
Regulations (UACR) R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides 
From Existing Plants and R307-2-28 Section XX, Committal SIP. In 
addition, the submittals revise R307-7 Exemption from Notice of Intent 
Requirements for Used Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery. The intended 
effect of this action is to make federally enforceable those provisions 
of Utah's June 17, 1998 submittals that EPA is approving and to remove 
from the SIP those provisions that Utah has repealed. This action is 
being taken under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: This rule is effective on July 19, 2002 without further notice, 
unless we receive adverse comment by June 19, 2002. If we receive 
adverse comments, we 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: You should mail your written comments to Richard R. Long, 
Director, Air and Radiation Program, Mailcode 8P-AR, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202. Copies of the documents relevant to this action are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Air 
and Radiation Program, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, 
999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, 80202-2466. Copies of the 
Incorporation by Reference material are available at the Air and 
Radiation Docket (6102), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460. Copies of the State documents relevant to 
this action are available for public inspection at the Utah Department 
of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, 150 North 1950 West, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Dygowski, EPA Region VIII, 
(303) 312-6144.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, wherever ``we,'' 
``our,'' or ``us'' is used, we mean EPA.

Table of Contents

I. Summary of EPA's Actions
II. What is the State's process to submit these materials to EPA?
    A. R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides From 
Existing Plants
    B. R307-2-28 Section XX, Committal SIP
    C. R307-7 Exemption from Notice of Intent Requirements for Used 
Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery, (Re-numbered to R307-413-7 Used 
Oil Burned for Energy Recovery)
III. Evaluation of the State's Submittal
    A. R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides From 
Existing Plants
    B. R307-2-28 Section XX, Committal SIP

    C. R307-7 Exemption from Notice of Intent Requirements for Used 
Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery
IV. Final Action
V. Administrative Requirements

I. Summary of EPA's Actions

    We are approving revisions to the SIP submitted by the Governor of 
Utah on June 17, 1998. Specifically, we are approving the repeal of 
UACR R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides From Existing 
Plants. This rule is obsolete and is no longer needed. We are also 
approving revisions to UACR R307-7 Exemption from Notice of Intent 
Requirements for Used Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery. These 
revisions represent minor changes and corrections to cross references. 
In addition, we are taking no action on the submittal repealing R307-2-
28 Section XX, Committal SIP since this rule was never approved by the 
EPA and thus was never part of the SIP.

II. What Is the State's Process To Submit These Materials To EPA?

    Section 110(k) of the Act addresses our actions on submissions of 
SIP revisions. The Act also requires States to observe certain 
procedures in developing SIP revisions. Section 110(a)(2) of the Act 
requires that each SIP revision be adopted after reasonable notice and 
public hearing. We have evaluated the State's submission and determined 
that the necessary procedures were followed. We also must determine 
whether a submittal is complete and therefore warrants further review 
and action (see section 110(k)(1) of the Act). Our completeness 
criteria for SIP submittals can be found in 40 CFR part 51, appendix V. 
We attempt to determine completeness within 60 days of receiving a 
submission. However, the law considers a submittal complete if we do 
not determine completeness within six months after we receive it. These 
submissions became complete by operation of law on December 17, 1998 in 
accordance with section 110(k)(1)(B) of the Act.

A. R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides From Existing 
Plants

    The Utah Air Quality Board held a public hearing on October 22, 
1997, to repeal UACR R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of 
Fluorides from Existing Plants from the SIP. The removal of UACR R307-
1-4.11 became State effective on November 6, 1997 and was submitted by 
the Governor of Utah to us on June 17, 1998.

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B. R307-2-28 Section XX, Committal SIP

    The Utah Air Quality Board held a public hearing on October 22, 
1997, to repeal UACR R307-2-28 which incorporates by reference Section 
XX, Committal SIP, from the SIP. The removal of UACR R307-2-28 Section 
XX from the SIP became State effective on November 6, 1997 and was 
submitted by the Governor of Utah to us on June 17, 1998.

C. R307-7 Exemption From Notice of Intent Requirements for Used Oil 
Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery

    The Utah Air Quality Board held a public hearing on September 19, 
1996, to amend UACR R307-7 Exemption from Notice of Intent Requirements 
for Used Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery. The revision to UACR 
R307-7 became State effective on November 15, 1996 and was submitted by 
the Governor of Utah to us on June 17, 1998.

III. Evaluation of the State's Submittal

A. R307-1-4.11 Regulation for the Control of Fluorides From Existing 
Plants

    UACR R307-1-4.11 is entitled ``Regulation for the Control of 
Fluorides from Existing Plants.'' This rule was repealed by the State 
on November 6, 1997. Previously, we had incorporated this provision 
into the Federally approved SIP. Since fluoride emissions are not 
generally related to attainment or maintenance of the NAAQS, we are 
approving the deletion of UACR R307-1-4.11 from the SIP. In addition, 
UACR R307-1-4.11 only applied to the Chevron Chemical Company Phosphate 
Fertilizer Plant which was located in Salt Lake County. In a letter 
dated June 30, 1998, the State indicated that the plant has been 
dismantled, and the rule is no longer needed. We are approving the 
repeal of UACR R307-1-4.11 from Utah's SIP.
    Additionally, since this rule was approved as meeting the 111(d) 
requirements for Fluorides from Existing Phosphate Fertilizer Plants, 
on January 30, 2002 the State submitted a letter indicating there were 
no phosphate fertilizer plants in Utah. Specifically, the letter 
indicated that there are no phosphate fertilizer plants in Utah that 
meet the definition of affected facility under 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
T, U, V, W or X, Standards of Performance for the Phosphate Fertilizer 
Industry. Additionally, there are no phosphate fertilizer plants in 
Utah that meet the definition of affected facility under 40 CFR part 
62, subpart T, U, V, W or X, constructed before October 22, 1974, and 
that have not reconstructed or modified since 1974.\1\ We are revising 
40 CFR part 62, subpart TT to indicate that Utah has certified that it 
has no such sources.
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    \1\ The State letter references part 62. We believe they 
intended to reference part 60. Part 60 contains the performance 
standards and part 62 contains the approval status of state plans.
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B. R307-2-28 Section XX, Committal SIP

    UACR R307-2-28 incorporates by reference Section XX, Committal SIP. 
Section XX committed the State to adopt certain measures to control 
ozone. This rule was never approved by the EPA based on the results of 
a lawsuit that disallowed the EPA's right to request committal SIPs. In 
addition, the committal SIP is now irrelevant since the EPA has 
approved Utah's Ozone Maintenance Plan. Since this rule was never 
approved into the SIP, we are taking no action on the June 17, 1998 
submittal request to repeal R307-2-28.

C. R307-7 Exemption From Notice of Intent Requirements for Used Oil 
Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery

    UACR R307-7 is entitled ``Exemption from Notice of Intent 
Requirements for Used Oil Fuel Burned for Energy Recovery.'' This rule 
exempts certain sources from the notice of intent requirement (permit 
application) of 
R-307-1-3. This rule has been re-numbered to UACR R307-413-7 and 
re-titled ``Used Oil Burned for Energy Recovery,'' since the SIP 
revision was submitted. Under Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, 63-
46a-9, the State must review rules every five years. Following a review 
of this rule, SIP revisions were made to UACR R307-7 which clarify and 
update the rule. The SIP revision to UACR R307-7 includes the following 
minor clarifications and corrections:
    1. Expands the definition of a boiler in R307-7-1 by including 
additional language that defines specific types of boilers,
    2. Changes the record keeping requirements in R307-7-3 from two 
years to three years to be consistent with the Solid and Hazardous 
Waste Rule R315-15-4.7(d),
    3. Clarifies the reference in 
R307-7-2 to R307-1-3,
    4. Updates the statutory authorization at the end of the rule to 
reflect the separation of the Department of Environmental Quality from 
the Department of Health in 1991.
    The revisions to UACR R307-7 are acceptable and we are approving 
them into the SIP. We caution that if sources are subject to more 
stringent requirements under the provisions of the Clean Air Act or 
other environmental statutes, our approval of the SIP revision does not 
excuse sources from meeting those other, more stringent, requirements. 
Note that EPA is not approving the renumbering and renaming of the rule 
at this time.

IV. Final Action

    In this action, we are granting approval to repeal UACR R307-1-4.11 
from Utah's SIP. We are also approving revisions to UACR R307-7 of 
Utah's SIP submitted by the Governor of Utah on June 17, 1998. We are 
taking no action on the request to repeal R307-2-28.
    Section 110(l) of the Clean Air Act states that a SIP revision 
cannot be approved if the revision would interfere with any applicable 
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress 
towards attainment of the NAAQS or any other applicable requirements of 
the Act. The Utah SIP revisions that are the subject of this document 
do not interfere with the maintenance of the NAAQS or any other 
applicable requirement of the Act because of the following: (1) 
Fluoride emissions are not related to attainment of the NAAQS and also 
there are no fluoride plants in Utah that meet the definition of 
affected facility under 40 CFR part 60; (2) revisions to R307-7 make 
the rule more stringent than the current rule and will enhance the 
State's efforts in implementing the Clean Air Act. Therefore, section 
110(l) requirements are satisfied.
    We are 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 today's 
Federal Register publication, we are publishing a separate document 
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revisions if adverse 
comments are filed. This rule will be effective July 19, 2002 without 
further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by June 19, 
2002. If we receive adverse comments, then we will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule, in the Federal Register, 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. We will not institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 
If no such comments are received, the public is advised that this rule 
will be effective on July 19, 2002, and no further action will be taken 
on the proposed rule. Please note that if we

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receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this 
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the 
rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not 
the subject of an adverse comment.

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. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). 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 (Pub. L. 104-4).
    This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will 
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on 
the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or 
on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 
FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not have Federalism 
implications because it does 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). This action 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 
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks'' (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. 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. 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. 
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 July 19, 2002. 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).)

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Fluoride, Intergovernmental relations, 
Phosphate, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 15, 2002.
Jack W. McGraw,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.


    Part 52, Chapter I, title 40 of the 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 TT--Utah

    2. Section 52.2320 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(47) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.2320  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (47) The Governor of Utah submitted a request to repeal sections 
R307-1-4.11 and R307-2-28, and revise R307-7of the Utah Air 
Conservation Regulations (UACR) on June 17, 1998. R307-1-4.11 is 
removed from the SIP. No action was taken on the repeal of R307-2-28 
because it was never approved into the SIP.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) UACR R307-7 effective November 15, 1996.

    Part 62 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 62--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 62 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671.

Subpart TT--Utah

    2. Section 62.11100 is revised to read as follows:
Fluoride Emissions from Existing Phosphate Fertilizer Plants


Sec. 62.11100  Identification of plan--negative declaration.

    The Utah Department of Environmental Quality certified in a letter 
dated January 30, 2002 that there are no phosphate fertilizer plants in 
Utah that meet the definition of affected facility under 40 CFR part 
60, subpart T, U, V, W or X, Standards of Performance for the Phosphate 
Fertilizer Industry.

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Additionally, there are no phosphate fertilizer plants in Utah that 
meet the definition of affected facility under 40 CFR part 62, subpart 
T, U, V, W or X, constructed before October 22, 1974, and that have not 
reconstructed or modified since 1974.

(Note: the State referenced part 62 in the second sentence. We believe 
they meant part 60).

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