[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 43 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10891-10894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4337]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[R04-OAR-2004-TN-0003-200428(a); FRL-7881-7]


Approval and Promulgation of State Plan for Designated Facilities 
and Pollutants; Nashville, TN

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION :  Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is approving 
the section 111(d) /129 plan submitted by Tennessee for the Pollution 
Control District (PCD) of the Metro Public Health Department for 
Nashville/Davidson County on May 28, 2002, for implementing and 
enforcing the Emissions Guidelines (EG) applicable to existing 
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units that 
commenced construction on or before November 30, 1999.

DATES: This direct final rule will be effective May 6, 2005 unless EPA 
receives adverse comments by April 6, 2005. 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: Submit your comments, identified by Regional Material in 
EDocket (RME) ID No. R04-OAR-2004-TN-0003, by one of the following 
methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Agency Web site: http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/ RME, EPA's 
electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred method 
for receiving comments. Once in the system, select ``quick search,'' 
then key in the appropriate RME Docket identification number. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    3. E-mail: [email protected].
    4. Fax: (404) 562-9164.
    5. Mail: ``R04-OAR-2004-TN-0003,'' Air Toxics Assessment and 
Implementation Section, Air Toxics and Monitoring Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960.
    6. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Joydeb 
Majumder, Air Toxics and Monitoring Branch 12th floor, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Such deliveries are only accepted during 
the Regional Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional Office's 
official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., excluding federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to RME ID No. R04-OAR-2004-TN-
0003. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through RME, regulations.gov, 
or e-mail. The EPA RME Web site and the federal regulations.gov Web 
site are ``anonymous access'' systems, which means EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through RME or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
RME index at http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. Although listed in the 
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet 
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either electronically in RME 
or in hard copy at the Air Toxics Assessment and Implementation 
Section, Air Toxics and Monitoring Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

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Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA 
requests that if at all possible, you contact the contact listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. 
The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through 
Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Krenzel at (404) 562-9196 or 
Joydeb Majumder at (404) 562-9121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On December 1, 2000, pursuant to sections 111 and 129 of the Clean 
Air Act (Act), EPA promulgated new source performance standards (NSPS) 
applicable to new CISWIs and EG applicable to existing CISWIs. The NSPS 
and EG are codified at 40 CFR part 60, subparts CCCC and DDDD, 
respectively. Subparts CCCC and DDDD regulate the following: 
Particulate matter, opacity, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, oxides 
of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, arsenic, beryllium, 
chromium, hydrocarbons, mercury, and dioxins and dibenzofurans.
    Section 129(b)(2) of the Act requires States to submit to EPA for 
approval State Plans that implement and enforce the EG. State Plans 
must be at least as protective as the EG, and become Federally 
enforceable upon approval by EPA. The procedures for adoption and 
submittal of State Plans are codified in 40 CFR part 60, subpart B. EPA 
originally promulgated the subpart B provisions on November 17, 1975. 
EPA amended subpart B on December 19, 1995, to allow the subparts 
developed under section 129 to include specifications that supersede 
the general provisions in subpart B regarding the schedule for 
submittal of State Plans, the stringency of the emission limitations, 
and the compliance schedules.
    This action approves the State Plan submitted by Tennessee for the 
PCD for Nashville/Davidson County to implement and enforce subpart 
DDDD, as it applies to existing CISWI units only.

II. Discussion

    Tennessee submitted to EPA on May 28, 2002, the following in their 
111(d)/129 State Plan for implementing and enforcing the EG for 
existing CISWIs under their direct jurisdiction in Nashville/Davidson 
County: Public Hearings; Inventory of Affected CISWI Units; Regulation 
No. 17, ``Regulation For Control of Commercial and Industrial Solid 
Waste Incineration Units''; Emission Inventories of Affected CISWI 
Units; Enforceable Mechanism for Implementing the EG; Submittal of 
Progress Reports to EPA; and Demonstration of Authority to Carry Out 
the Plan.
    The approval of the PCD's Nashville/Davidson County State Plan is 
based on finding that: (1) PCD provided adequate public notice of 
public hearings for the EG for CISWIs, and (2) PCD also demonstrated 
legal authority to adopt emission standards and compliance schedules to 
designated facilities; authority to enforce applicable laws, 
regulations, standards, and compliance schedules, and authority to seek 
injunctive relief; authority to obtain information necessary to 
determine whether designated facilities are in compliance with 
applicable laws, regulations, standards, and compliance schedules, 
including authority to require record keeping and to make inspections 
and conduct tests of designated facilities; and authority to require 
owners or operators of designated facilities to install, maintain, and 
use emission monitoring devices and to make periodic reports to the 
State on the nature and amount of emissions from such facilities.
    PCD cites the following references for the legal authority: the 
Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA), in 68-201-115, gives Metro Public 
Health Department the authority to adopt and enforce laws for the 
control of air pollution as long as those laws are not less stringent 
than those of the State of Tennessee. Article 10, ``Public Health and 
Hospitals,'' Chapter 1, ``Public Health,'' Sections 10.101 through 
10.104 of the Charter of the Metropolitan Government empowers the Board 
to adopt regulations having the force of law for the control of air 
pollution. The Metropolitan Code of Laws (MCL), Chapter 10.56, ``Air 
Pollution Control,'' Section 10.56.090, ``Board--Powers and Duties'' 
and Section 10.56.150, ``Nuisance Declared--Injunctive Relief'' give 
the Board the legal authority to enforce relevant laws, regulations, 
standards, and compliance schedules, and to seek injunctive relief. MCL 
Chapter 10.56, ``Air Pollution Control,'' Section 10.56.290, 
``Measurement and Reporting of Emissions'' gives the Board the legal 
authority to obtain the necessary information to determine compliance, 
require recordkeeping, make inspections, and conduct tests and to 
require the use of monitors and the submittal of emission reports. 
Tennessee Statute, TCA 10-7-503, ``Records Open to Public Inspection--
Exceptions'' and 10-7-504, ``Confidential Records'' and MCL, Section 
2.36.130, ``Records and Proceedings--Public Inspection Authorized 
When'' provide the authority to make available to the public any 
emission data submitted by CISWI facilities.
    An enforcement mechanism is a legal instrument by which the PCD can 
enforce a set of standards and conditions. PCD has adopted the model 
rule from 40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD, as Regulation No. 17, 
``Regulation for Control of Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste 
Incineration Units which Commenced Construction On or Before November 
30, 1999.'' Therefore, PCD's mechanism for enforcing the standards and 
conditions of 40 CFR 60, subpart DDDD, is Regulation No. 17. On the 
basis of these statutes and rules of the Metropolitan Board of Health, 
the State Plan is approved as being at least as protective as the 
Federal requirements for existing CISWI units.
    PCD adopted all emission standards and limitations applicable to 
existing CISWI units. These standards and limitations have been 
approved as being at least as protective as the Federal requirements 
contained in subpart DDDD for existing CISWI units.
    PCD submitted the compliance schedule for CISWIs under their 
jurisdiction in Nashville/Davidson County. This portion of the Plan has 
been reviewed and approved as being at least as protective as Federal 
requirements for existing CISWI units.
    PCD submitted an emissions inventory of all designated pollutants 
for CISWI units under their jurisdiction in Nashville/Davidson County. 
This portion of the Plan has been reviewed and approved as meeting the 
Federal requirements for existing CISWI units.
    PCD includes its legal authority to require owners and operators of 
designated facilities to maintain records and report to their Agency 
the nature and amount of emissions and any other information that may 
be necessary to enable their Agency to judge the compliance status of 
the facilities in Appendix 3 of the State Plan. In Appendix 3, PCD also 
submits its legal authority to provide for periodic inspection and 
testing and provisions for making reports of CISWI emissions data, 
correlated with emission standards that apply, available to the general 
public.
    The State Plan outlines the authority to meet the requirements of 
monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and compliance assurance. This 
portion of the Plan has been reviewed and approved as being at least as 
protective

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as Federal requirements for existing CISWI units. PCD will provide 
progress reports of plan implementation updates to the EPA on an annual 
basis. These progress reports will include the required items pursuant 
to 40 CFR part 60, subpart B. This portion of the plan has been 
reviewed and approved as meeting the Federal requirement for State Plan 
reporting. This action approves the State Plan submitted by PCD for 
Nashville/Davidson County to implement and enforce subpart DDDD, as it 
applies to existing CISWI units only.

III. Final Action

    This action approves the State Plan submitted by Tennessee for the 
PCD for Nashville/Davidson County to implement and enforce subpart 
DDDD, as it applies to existing CISWI units only. 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 May 6, 2005 without further notice 
unless the Agency receives adverse comments by April 6, 2005.
    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 May 6, 2005 and no 
further action will be taken on the proposed rule. Please note that if 
we 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.
    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 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 111(d)/129 plan 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 111(d)/129 plan submission for failure to use 
VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it 
reviews a 111(d)/129 plan submission, to use VCS in place of a 111(d)/
129 plan 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 May 6, 2005. 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 in 40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, 
Waste treatment and disposal.

    Dated: February 11, 2005.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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Chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulation is amended as 
follows:

PART 62--[AMENDED]

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

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

Subpart RR--Tennessee

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2. Subpart RR is amended by adding an undesignated center heading and 
Sec.  62.10630 to read as follows:

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Air Emissions From Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration 
(CISWI) Units--Section 111(d)/129 Plan


Sec.  62.10630  Identification of sources.

    The Plan applies to existing Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste 
Incineration Units that Commenced Construction On or Before November 
30, 1999, in Nashville/Davidson County.

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