[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67316-67317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28079]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[MS-200301(a); FRL-7404-2]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plan for Designated Facilities 
and Pollutants; State of Mississippi

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving the small Municipal Waste Combustion (MWC) 
units section 111(d) negative declaration submitted by the State of 
Mississippi. This negative declaration certifies that small MWC units 
subject to the requirements of section 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) do not exist in Mississippi.

DATE: This direct final rule will be effective January 6, 2003 unless 
EPA receives adverse comments by December 5, 2002. If adverse comments 
are received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final 
rule in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will 
not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Joydeb Majumder, EPA Region 4, Air 
Toxics and Monitoring Branch, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
    Copies of documents relative to this action are available for 
public inspectioin during normal business hours at the above-listed 
Region 4 location. The interested person wanting to examine this 
document should make an appointment with the office at least 24 hours 
in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joydeb Majumder at (404) 562-9121 or 
Michele Notarianni at (404) 562-9031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 111(d) of the CAA requires states to 
submit plans to control certain pollutants (designated pollutants) at 
existing facilities (designated facilities) whenever standards of 
performance have been established under section 111(d) for new sources 
of the same type, and EPA has established emissions guidelines for such 
existing sources. A designated pollutant is any pollutant for which no 
air quality criteria have been issued, and which is not included on a 
list published under section 108(a) or section 112(b)(1)(A) of the CAA, 
but emissions of which are subject to a standard of performance for new 
stationary sources.
    The emissions guidelines for small MWC units were originally 
promulgated in December 1995 but were vacated by the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 1997. In response 
to the 1997 vacature, on August 30, 1999, EPA proposed to reestablish 
emission guidelines for small MWC units. On December 6, 2000 (65 FR 
76378), EPA finalized the section 111(d) emission guidelines for 
existing small MWC units. The emission guidelines contained in this 
final rule are equivalent to the 1995 emission guidelines for small MWC 
units. The emission guidelines are codified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
BBBB.
    Subpart B of 40 CFR part 60 establishes procedures to be followed 
and requirements to be met in the development and submission of state 
plans for controlling designated pollutants. Part 62 of the CFR 
provides the procedural framework for the submission of these plans. 
When designated facilities are located in a state, a state must develop 
and submit a plan for the control of designated pollutant. However, 40 
CFR 62.06 provides that if there are no existing sources of the 
designated pollutants in the state, the state may submit a letter of 
certification to that effect, or negative declaration, in lieu of a 
plan. The negative declaration exempts the state from the requirements 
of subpart B for that designated pollutant. Please note that if EPA 
receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this 
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the 
rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not 
the subject of an adverse comment.

Final Action

    The State of Mississippi has determined there is no existing source 
in the state of Mississippi subject to the small MWC units emission 
guidelines. Consequently, the state of Mississippi has submitted a 
letter of negative declaration certifying this fact. We are taking 
final action to approve this negative declaration.
    The EPA is publishing this rule without 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 should 
adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective January 6, 2003 
without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by 
December 5, 2002.
    If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a document 
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 January 6, 2003 and no 
further action will be taken on the proposed rule.

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

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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. 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 January 6, 2003. 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 62

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Municipal waste 
combustion units, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter, Sulfur oxides.

    Dated: October 24, 2002.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
    Chapter I, title 40 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. 7401-7671q.

Subpart Z--Mississippi

    2. Subpart Z is amended by adding an undesignated center heading 
and Sec.  62.6126 to read as follows:
    AIR EMISSIONS FROM SMALL EXISTING MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION UNITS


Sec.  62.6126  Identification of plan--negative declaration.

    Letter from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality 
submitted March 27, 2002, certifying that there are no small municipal 
waste combustion units subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB.

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