[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57520-57521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22976]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 60

[SIP NO. SD-001-0015; FRL-7374-3]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
State of South Dakota; New Source Performance Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On June 30, 2000, the State of South Dakota submitted a 
request for delegation of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
and requested that the NSPS be removed from the State Implementation 
Plan (SIP). On April 2, 2002, EPA delegated to the State of South 
Dakota the authority to implement and enforce the NSPS program. Since 
the State has been delegated the authority to implement and enforce the 
NSPS program, the intended effect of this action is to remove the NSPS 
sections from the SIP and also update the NSPS ``Delegation Status of 
New Source Performance Standards'' table. These actions are being taken 
under sections 110 and 111 of the Clean Air Act. Other parts of the 
June 30, 2000 submittal will be acted on in a separate notice.

DATES: This final rule is effective October 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: 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 8, 999 
18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, 80202. Copies of the State 
documents relevant to this action are available for public inspection 
at the South Dakota Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, 
Air Quality Program, Joe Foss Building, 523 East Capitol, Pierre, South 
Dakota 57501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Dygowski, EPA, Region 8, (303) 
312-6144.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 10, 2002, EPA published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the State of South Dakota. In letters 
dated January 25, 2002 and April 2, 2002, EPA delegated to the State of 
South Dakota the authority to implement and enforce the NSPS program. 
Since the State had been delegated the authority to implement and 
enforce the NSPS program, the NPR proposed approval of removing the 
NSPS sections from the SIP and updating the NSPS ``Delegation Status of 
New Source Performance Standards'' table. The January 25, 2002 and 
April 2, 2002 letters of delegation were printed in their entirety in 
the July 10, 2002 (67 FR 45684) document.

I. Final Action

    Since the EPA received no comments on the July 10, 2002 notice of 
proposed rulemaking, EPA is approving the update of the table in 40 CFR 
60.4(c), entitled ``Delegation Status of New Source Performance 
Standards [(NSPS for Region VIII]'', to indicate the 40 CFR part 60 
NSPS that are now delegated to the State of South Dakota.
    In addition, EPA is approving the removal of the NSPS from the SIP. 
In its January 30, 2000 submittal, the State requested that the NSPS be 
removed from the SIP. Since the State has been delegated the authority 
for the implementation and enforcement of the NSPS in 40 CFR part 60, 
we are proposing to remove the following sections from the South Dakota 
SIP: 74:36:07:01, 74:36:07:02, 74:36:07:03, 74:36:07:04, 74:36:07:05, 
74:36:07:06, 74:36:07:07, 74:36:07:07.01, 74:36:07:09, 74:36:07:10, 
74:36:07:12, 74:36:07:13, 74:36:07:14, 74:36:07:15, 74:36:07:16, 
74:36:07:17, 74:36:07:18, 74:36:07:19, 74:36:07:20, 74:36:07:21, 
74:36:07:22, 74:36:07:23, 74:36:07:24, 74:36:07:25, 74:36:07:26, 
74:36:07:27, 74:36:07:28, 74:36:07:31, 74:36:07:32, 74:36:07:33, and 
74:36:07:43. The following sections of Chapter 74:36:07 remain in the 
SIP: 74:36:07:08, 74:36:07:11\1\ and 74:36:07:29-30.
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    \1\ This rule, however, has been repealed.
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II. 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 (Public Law 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

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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 November 12, 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, Carbon monoxide, 
Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, 
Volatile organic compounds.

40 CFR Part 60

    Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, 
Aluminum, Ammonium sulfate plants, Beverages, Carbon monoxide, Cement 
industry, Coal, Copper, Dry cleaners, Electric power plants, 
Fertilizers, Fluoride, Gasoline, Glass and glass products, Graphic arts 
industry, Household appliances, Insulation, Intergovernmental 
relations, Iron, Lead, Lime, Metallic and nonmetallic mineral 
processing plants, Metals, Motor vehicles, Natural gas, Nitric acid 
plants, Nitrogen dioxide, Paper and paper products industry, 
Particulate matter, Paving and roofing materials, Petroleum, Phosphate, 
Plastics materials and synthetics, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sewage disposal, Steel, Sulfur oxides, Tires, Urethane, 
Vinyl, Waste treatment and disposal, Zinc.

    Dated: August 27, 2002.
Jack W. McGraw,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.

    40 CFR part 52, of chapter I, title 40 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 QQ--South Dakota

    2. A new Sec.  52.2185 is added to read as follows:


Sec.  52.2185  Change to approved plan.

    South Dakota Air Pollution Control Program Chapter 74:36:07, New 
Source Performance Standards, is removed from the approved plan, except 
for sections 74:36:07:08, 74:36:07:11 and 74:36:07:29-30. On April 2, 
2002, we issued a letter delegating responsibility for all sources 
located, or to be located, in the State of South Dakota subject to the 
specified NSPS in 40 CFR part 60. See the table in 40 CFR 60.4 for the 
delegation status of NSPS to the State of South Dakota.

PART 60--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 60 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7411, 7414, 7416, and 7601 as amended 
by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub. L. 101-549, 104 Stat. 
2399 (November 15, 1990; 402, 409, 415 of the Clean Air Act as 
amended, 104 Stat. 2399, unless otherwise noted).

Subpart A--General Provisions

    2. Section 60.4 is amended by revising the column heading for 
``SD'' in the table entitled ``Delegation Status of New Source 
Performance Standards [(NSPS) for Region VIII]'' in paragraph (c) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  60.4  Address.

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    (c) * * *

                              Delegation Status of New Source Performance Standards
                                            [(NSPS) for Region VIII]
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              Subpart                    CO           MT           ND           SD         UT \1\         WY
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* Indicates approval of State regulation.
\1\ Indicates approval of State Regulation as part of the State Implementation Plan (SIP).

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