[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8841-8845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[VA085/086/089/102/103-5046a; FRL-7455-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Virginia; Reorganization of and Revisions to Administrative and General 
Conformity Provisions; Documents Incorporated by Reference; 
Recodification of Existing SIP Provisions; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Direct final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in the amendatory instructions 
of a final rule pertaining to the chart listing Virginia regulations 
which EPA has incorporated by reference into the Virginia SIP.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold A. Frankford, (215) 814-2108 or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' or 
``our'' are used we mean EPA. On January 7, 2003 (68 FR 663), we 
published a final rulemaking action announcing corrections to the chart 
in 40 CFR 52.2020(c) summarizing the approved SIP rules. As stated 68 
FR 663 at page 666, the intent of these amendatory instructions was to 
correct typographical errors by renumbering these entries with the 
correct regulatory citations. After reviewing the chart published on 
page 666, we have determined that this action provided an incomplete 
list of entries which EPA had intended to correct. In addition to those 
entries listed in 68 FR 663 at 666, EPA had intended to correct the 
following entries originally published on April 21, 2000 (65 FR 21315), 
as described below:

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      Federal Register page (65 FR)           Entry             Column title          Description of correction
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21322....................................     5-20-305  State Effective Date.......  Replace ``2/1/97'' with ``7/
                                                                                      1/97''
21323....................................     5-40-311  Title/Subject..............  Replace ``Dioxide'' with
                                                                                      ``Oxides''
21342....................................      5-91-20  State Effective Date.......  Replace ``1/1/98'' with ``1/
                                                                                      24/97''
                                               5-91-20  Explanation [Former SIP      Revise the existing note
                                                         Citation].                   regarding the term
                                                                                      ``Northern Virginia
                                                                                      program area''
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    In this document on page 667, an amendatory instruction (2.d.) 
inadvertently removed entries 5-9-150, 4-91-450 and 4-91-460 from this 
chart. Another amendatory instruction (2.f.) contained a typographical 
error to the citation identifying entry 4-40-450. As stated in 68 FR 
663 at page 666, the intent of these amendatory instructions was not to 
remove these entries from the chart, but merely to correct 
typographical errors by renumbering these entries with the correct 
regulatory citations, as described below:
    1. Replace entry ``4-40-450'' with ``5-40-450.''
    2. Replace entry ``5-9-150'' with ``5-91-150.''
    3. Replace entry ``4-91-450'' with ``5-91-450.''
    4. Replace entry ``4-91-460'' with ``5-91-460.''
    However, the rule chart published in the January 7, 2003 action 
omitted these new entries which were meant to replace these incorrect 
entries. This action corrects the chart in 40 CFR 52.2420(c) by 
removing the incorrect chart entries and adding the correct chart 
entries in their place.
    Also, on page 667 amendatory instructions 2.e. and 2.g. were 
incorrect. As a result, the corrections as described on page 666 to 
entry 5-80-10 and the title for ``Chapter 160 General Conformity 
Rules'' were not made to the rule chart at page 668. This action 
provides the correct amendatory instructions.
    Finally, this action corrects typographical errors published in the 
rule chart for 68 FR 663 at page 668 to the headings ``Chapter 10'' and 
``Chapter 20'' and to the notes found in the respective ``Explanation 
[Former SIP Citation]'' columns for entries 5-10-10 and 5-10-20.
    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 procedure 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 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. We find that this constitutes good cause 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), 
this action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore 
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)). Because 
the agency has made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not 
subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative 
Procedures Act or any other statute as indicated in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section above, it is not subject to the regulatory 
flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.), or to sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In addition, this action does not 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments or impose a 
significant intergovernmental mandate, as described in sections 203 and 
204 of UMRA. This rule also does 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), nor 
will it 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 
governments, as specified by Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999). 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. The rule also does not involve special consideration of 
environmental justice related issues as required by Executive Order 
12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 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, as required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 
FR 4729, February 7, 1996). EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 
(53 FR 8859, March 15, 1998) 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 
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information collection burden under 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. 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. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). 
As stated previously, EPA had made such a good cause finding, including 
the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of March 10, 
2003. 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. This correction to 40 CFR 52.2420(c) 
for Virginia is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: February 14, 2003.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.

    40 CFR part 52 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 VV--Virginia

    2. In Sec.  52.2420, the table in paragraph (c) is amended:
    a. Under Chapter 10 by revising the ``Chapter 10'' heading and 
entries 5-10-10 and 5-10-20.
    b. Under Chapter 20 by revising the ``Chapter 20'' heading and 
entry 5-20-205.
    c. Under Chapter 40 by removing entry 4-40-450, adding entry 5-40-
450, and revising entry 5-40-311.
    d. Under Chapter 80 by removing entry 5-80-10/Article 6 and adding 
entry 5-80-10.
    e. Under Chapter 91 by removing entries 5-9-150, 4-91-450, and 4-
91-460; adding entries 5-91-150, 5-91-450, and 5-91-460; and revising 
entry 5-91-20.
    f. Under chapter 160 by revising the ``Chapter 160'' heading.
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  52.2420  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

                                        EPA-Approved Virginia Regulations
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                                              State
State citation  (9 VAC    Title/Subject     effective      EPA approval date         Explanation [former SIP
          5)                                   date                                         citation]
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                                    Chapter 10--General Definitions--[Part I]
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5-10-10...............  General..........       1/1/98  1/7/03, 68 FR           120-01-01 Sections 5-10-10A, B
                                                                                 and C are revised.
5-10-20...............  Terms Defined--..       1/1/98  2/26/03 and FR page     Terms Added--Public hearing;
                                                         citation                Regulations for the Control and
                                                                                 Abatement of Air Pollution,
                                                                                 Regulation of the Board, These
                                                                                 regulations: Terms Revised--
                                                                                 Good Engineering Practice,
                                                                                 Person, Volatile organic
                                                                                 compound: Terms Deleted (moved
                                                                                 to 9 VAC 5-170-20)--
                                                                                 Administrative Process Act, Air
                                                                                 quality maintenance area,
                                                                                 Confidential information,
                                                                                 Consent agreement, Consent
                                                                                 order, Emergency special order,
                                                                                 Order, Special order, Variance.
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                                    Chapter 20--General Provisions--[Part II]
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5-20-205..............  Prevention of           7/1/97  3/23/98,                Former Appendix L--Effective 2/1/
                         Significant                    63 FR 13795              92.
                         Deterioration
                         Areas.
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                               Chapter 40--Existing Stationary Sources--[Part IV]
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                                           Part II--Emission Standards
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                                Article 4--General Process Operations--[Rule 4-4]
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5-40-311..............  Reasonably              7/1/97  4/28/99,                52.2420(c)(132)
                         available                      64 FR 22792             Exceptions: 311C.3.a, C.3.c,D.
                         control
                         technology
                         guidelines for
                         stationary
                         sources of
                         nitrogen oxides.
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               Article 5--Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing Operations--[Rule 4-5]
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5-40-450..............  Standard for           4/17/95  4/21/00,                120-04-0503
                         Volatile Organic               65 FR 21320
                         Compounds.
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                                   Chapter 80--Permits for Stationary Sources
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5-80-10...............  New and Modified       4/17/95  4/21/00,                120-08-01
                         Stationary                     65 FR 21320
                         Sources.
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        Chapter 91--Regulations for the Control of Motor Vehicle Emissions in the Northern Virginia Area
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                                               Part I--Definitions
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5-91-20...............  Terms Defined....      1/24/97  9/1/99,                 Note: The term ``Northern
                                                        64 FR 47670              Virginia program area'' is
                                                                                 revised, effective 1/1/98, to
                                                                                 exclude Fauquier County.
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                                           Part II--General Provisions
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5-91-150..............  Availability of        1/24/97  9/1/99,                 ................................
                         Information.                   64 FR 47670
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                                         Part VI--Inspection Procedures
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5-91-450..............  Fuel test              1/24/97  9/1/99,                 ................................
                         evaporative                    64 FR 47670
                         pressure test
                         and gas cap
                         pressure and
                         test procedure.
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5-91-460..............  Fuel system            1/24/97  9/1/99,                 ................................
                         evaporative                    64 FR 47670
                         purge test
                         procedure.
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                                      Chapter 160--General Conformity Rules
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