[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33005-33008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13705]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 267-0394a; FRL-7495-4]


Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San 
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and South Coast 
Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the 
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) 
and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portions of 
the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern 
volatile organic compound (VOC) and particulate matter (PM-10) 
emissions from commercial charbroiling and VOC emissions from solvent 
cleaning. We are approving local rules that regulate these emission 
sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

DATES: This rule is effective on August 4, 2003 without further notice, 
unless EPA receives adverse comments by July 3, 2003. If we receive 
such comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal 
Register to notify the public that this rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR-
4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; [email protected].
    You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions and EPA's 
technical support documents (TSDs) at our Region IX office during 
normal business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP 
revisions at the following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket (6102), Ariel Rios 
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20460.
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule 
Evaluation Section, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, 1990 East 
Gettysburg Street, Fresno, CA 93726.
South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 East Copley Drive, 
Diamond Bar, CA 91765.

    A copy of the rules may also be available via the Internet at 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/drdb/drdbltxt.htm.

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Please be advised that this is not an EPA website and may not contain 
the same version of the rule that was submitted to EPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Petersen, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 947-4118.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to EPA.

Table of Contents

I. The State's Submittal
    A. What rules did the State submit?
    B. Are there other versions of these rules?
    C. What is the purpose of the submitted rules or rule revisions?
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
    A. How is EPA evaluating the rules?
    B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?
    C. Public comment and final action
III. Background information
    Why were these rules submitted?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. The State's Submittal

A. What Rules Did the State Submit?

    Table 1 lists the rules we are approving with the dates that they 
were adopted by the local air agencies and submitted by the California 
Air Resources Board (CARB).

                                                                Table 1.--Submitted Rules
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          Local agency             Rule number                       Rule title                           Adopted or amended             Submitted
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SJVUAPCD........................  4692           Commercial Charbroiling..........................  Adopted 3/21/2...............  5/21/2.
SCAQMD..........................  1171           Solvent Cleaning Operations......................  Amended 8/2/2................  12/23/2.
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    On August 6, 2002 and December 30, 2002, respectively, these rule 
submittals were found to meet the completeness criteria in 40 CFR part 
51 appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.

B. Are There Other Versions of These Rules?

    There are no previous versions of SJVUAPCD Rule 4692 in the SIP. We 
approved a version of SCAQMD Rule 1171 into the SIP on August 13, 1999 
(64 FR 44134). The SCAQMD adopted revisions to the SIP-approved version 
on October 8, 1999 and CARB submitted them to us on January 21, 2000. 
While we can act on only the most recently submitted version, we have 
reviewed materials provided with previous submittals.

C. What Is the Purpose of the Submitted Rules or Rule Revisions?

    The purposes of new Rule 4692 are as follows:
    [sbull] To reduce emissions of VOCs and PM-10 from chain-driven 
commercial charbroilers. The charbroiler must be equipped with a 
catalytic oxidizer control device on the exhaust gases, or a unit 
certified by the SCAQMD must be used, or another control device may be 
used if it is as effective as a catalytic oxidizer. The purposes of the 
changes to SCAQMD 1171 are as follows:
    [sbull] Paragraph (c)(1)(D)(vi) on UV ink application is changed to 
include the similar EB ink application.
    [sbull] Paragraph (c)(1) advances the requirement for lower VOC 
content from July 1, 2005 forward to January 1, 2003. The cleaning 
operations affected include (A) product cleaning and surface 
preparation--general, (B) repair and maintenance cleaning--general, (C) 
cleaning of ink application equipment--general, flexographic printing, 
packaging, and removable press components, and (D) cleaning of 
polyester resin application equipment.
    [sbull] Paragraph (e)(4) prohibits the use in automotive 
maintenance and repair of (A) perchloroethylene, (B) methylene 
chloride, or (C) trichloroethylene solvents.
    [sbull] Paragraphs (h)(3) and (h)(5) have deleted obsolete 
exemptions for cleaning of plastics and handwipe cleaning of equipment.
    [sbull] Paragraph (h)(7) clarifies that the 25 grams/liter limit 
for general cleaning of ink application equipment shall not take place 
until July 1, 2005.
    [sbull] The allowance for a person to apply for a Clean Air Solvent 
Certificate is deleted.
    [sbull] Obsolete paragraphs describing future limitations on 
solvent concentration are deleted.
    The TSD has more information about these rules.

II. EPA's Evaluation and Action

A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Rules?

    Generally, SIP rules must be enforceable (see section 110(a) of the 
CAA), must require Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for 
major sources in nonattainment areas (see section 182(a)(2)(A)), and 
must not relax existing requirements (see sections 110(l) and 193). The 
SJVUAPCD is a severe ozone nonattainment area and a serious PM-10 
nonattainment area (see 40 CFR part 81). There are no major sources of 
VOC in the chain-driven commercial charbroiling source category in 
SJVUAPCD, and therefore the rule does not need to fulfill RACT for VOC. 
Section 189(b) of the CAA requires serious PM-10 nonattainment areas 
with major sources or significant source categories of PM-10 to adopt 
best available control measures (BACM), including best available 
control technology (BACT). BACM is not required for source categories 
that are not significant (de minimis) and there are no major sources. 
See Addendum to the General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I 
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 59 FR 41998 (August 16, 1994). 
The chain-driven commercial charbroiling source category is de minimis 
with about 0.02% of the total PM-10 emissions and does not have any 
major sources. Therefore Rule 4292 does not need to fulfill BACM/BACT 
for PM-10.
    Guidance and policy documents that we used to help evaluate 
specific enforceability and RACT requirements consistently include the 
following:
    [sbull] Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of 
Implementation Plans, U.S. EPA, 40 CFR part 51.
    [sbull] Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, 
and Deviations, EPA (May 25, 1988) (the Bluebook).
    [sbull] Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule 
Deficiencies, EPA Region 9 (August 21, 2001) (the Little Bluebook).
    [sbull] Determination of RACT and BARCT for Organic Solvent 
Cleaning Degreasing Operations, California Air Resources Board (July 7, 
1991).
    [sbull] Control of VOE from Solvent Metal Cleaning, EPA-450-2-77-
022 (November 1977).
    [sbull] General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the 
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 57 FR 13498, 13540 (April 16, 1992).
    [sbull] Addendum to the General Preamble for the Implementation of 
Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 59 FR 41998 (August 
16, 1994).
    [sbull] PM-10 Guideline Document (EPA-452/R-93-008).

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B. Do the Rules Meet the Evaluation Criteria?

    We believe these rules are consistent with the relevant policy and 
guidance regarding enforceability, RACT, and SIP relaxations. The TSD 
has more information on our evaluation.

C. Public Comment and Final Action

    As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the CAA, EPA is fully 
approving the submitted rules because we believe they fulfill all 
relevant requirements. We do not think anyone will object to this 
approval, so we are finalizing it without proposing it in advance. 
However, in the Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register, we are 
simultaneously proposing approval of the same submitted rules. If we 
receive adverse comments by July 3, 2003, we will publish a timely 
withdrawal in the Federal Register to notify the public that the direct 
final approval will not take effect and we will address the comments in 
a subsequent final action based on the proposal. If we do not receive 
timely adverse comments, the direct final approval will be effective 
without further notice on August 4, 2003. This will incorporate these 
rules into the federally enforceable SIP.
    Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, 
paragraph, or section of this direct final 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.

III. Background Information

Why Were These Rules Submitted?

    VOCs help produce ground-level ozone, smog, and particulate matter 
which harm human health and the environment. EPA has established 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. Section 
110(a) of the CAA requires states to submit regulations in order to 
achieve and maintain the NAAQS. Table 2 lists some of the national 
milestones leading to the submittal of local agency VOC rules.

                Table 2.--Ozone Nonattainment Milestones
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             Date                                Event
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March 3, 1978................  EPA promulgated a list of ozone
                                nonattainment areas under the Clean Air
                                Act as amended in 1977. 43 FR 8964; 40
                                CFR 81.305.
May 26, 1988.................  EPA notified Governors that parts of
                                their SIPs were inadequate to attain and
                                maintain the ozone standard and
                                requested that they correct the
                                deficiencies (EPA's SIP-Call). See
                                section 110(a)(2)(H) of the pre-amended
                                Act.
November 15, 1990............  Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 were
                                enacted. Public Law 101-549, 104 Stat.
                                2399, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
May 15, 1991.................  Section 182(a)(2)(A) requires that ozone
                                nonattainment areas correct deficient
                                RACT rules by this date.
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IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    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 CAA. 
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 CAA. 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 CAA. 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. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by August 4, 2003. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not

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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 in 40 CFR Part 52

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

    Dated: April 28, 2003.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart F--California

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2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(310) and (c)(311) 
to read as follows:


Sec.  52.220  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *
    (310) New and amended rules for the following districts were 
submitted on May 21, 2002, by the Governor's designee.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.
    (1) Rule 4692, adopted on March 21, 2002.
    (311) New and amended rules for the following districts were 
submitted on December 23, 2002, by the Governor's designee.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) South Coast Air Quality Management District.
    (1) Rule 1171, adopted on August 2, 1991 and amended on August 2, 
2002.
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