[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16940-16942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6938]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2010-0671; FRL-9633-4]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Illinois; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for 
Chicago and Metro-East St. Louis Ozone Nonattainment Areas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving, under the Clean Air Act (the Act), revisions 
to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on July 29, 
2010, September 16, 2011 and September 29, 2011. The purpose of these 
rules is to satisfy the Act's requirement that States revise their SIPs 
to include reasonably available control technology (RACT) for sources 
of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in moderate ozone 
nonattainment areas. Illinois' VOC rules provide RACT requirements for 
the Chicago and Metro-East St. Louis 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. 
These rules are approvable because they are consistent with the Control 
Technique Guideline (CTG) documents issued by EPA in 2006, 2007 and 
2008 and satisfy the RACT requirements of the Act. EPA proposed this 
rule for approval on November 30, 2011 and received comments from 
Illinois EPA.

DATES: This final rule is effective on April 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
EPA-R05-OAR-2010-0671. All documents in the docket are listed on the 
www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business 
Information (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 through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays. We recommend that you telephone Steven Rosenthal, 
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-6052 before visiting the Region 5 
office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rosenthal, Environmental 
Engineer, Air Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch 
(AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information 
section is arranged as follows:

I. What public comments were received on the proposed approval?
II. What action is EPA taking today and what is the basis of this 
action?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What public comments were received on the proposed approval?

    EPA proposed this rule for approval on November 30, 2011 and 
received comments from Illinois EPA. Illinois EPA submitted comments in 
support of this rule on December 16, 2011. In its comments Illinois 
identified the following errors (with the appropriate corrections) that 
were made in the November 30, 2011 proposed approval. These corrections 
are:
    (1) Page 74015, Section IV, Subsection (1): The title should 
reference Part 211 instead of Section 211.
    (2) Page 74015, Section IV, Subsection (3): The end of the first 
paragraph implies that Illinois' surface coating regulations at 35 Ill. 
Adm. Code 218.208 and 219.208 allow an equivalent applicability 
threshold of 2.7 tons of VOM per 12 month rolling period. Illinois' 
rules contain no such equivalent threshold.
    (3) Pages 74015-74016, Section IV, Subsections (3) and (5): In the 
titles, the second set of section references should be to Part 219, not 
218.
    (4) Page 74016, Section IV, Subsection (6): In the title, Illinois' 
regulations specific to fiberglass boat manufacturing

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materials are contained in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.890 to 894 and 219.890 
to 894. Sections 895 to 899 are (unofficially) reserved, and Sections 
900 to 904 regard miscellaneous industrial adhesives.

EPA agrees with Illinois' corrected description of its rules.

II. What action is EPA taking today and what is the basis of this 
action?

    EPA is taking final action to approve into Illinois' SIP volatile 
organic material (VOM), which is the same as volatile organic compound, 
RACT rules for the Chicago and Metro-East St. Louis 8-hour ozone 
nonattainment areas that were submitted on July 29, 2010, September 16, 
2011 and September 29, 2011. The purpose of these rules is to satisfy 
the Act's requirement that States revise their SIPs to include RACT for 
sources of VOC emissions in moderate ozone nonattainment areas. 
Illinois' VOM rules provide RACT requirements for the Chicago and 
Metro-East St. Louis 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. With respect to 
Illinois EPA's second comment, it should be noted that Illinois' VOM 
coating rules have a 15 pounds VOM/day applicability cutoff which is 
consistent with EPA VOC RACT guidance. Although EPA's coating CTGs 
allow an alternative applicability cutoff of 2.7 tons VOC/year, this 
alternative is not required. These rules are approvable because they 
are consistent with the CTG documents issued by EPA in 2006, 2007 and 
2008 and satisfy the RACT requirements of the Act.

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Act, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable 
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the Act. Accordingly, this 
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and 
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state 
law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     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);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the Act; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental 
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in 
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct 
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
    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 action 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 Act, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by May 22, 2012. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this action 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, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: January 31, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    40 CFR part 52 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 O--Illinois

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2. Section 52.720 is amended by adding paragraph (c) (189) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  52.720  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *
    (189) On July 29, 2010, September 16, 2011 and September 29, 2011 
Illinois submitted VOM RACT rules for the Chicago and Metro-East St. 
Louis 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. These rules are consistent with 
the Control Technique Guideline documents issued by EPA in 2006, 2007 
and 2008 and satisfy the RACT requirements of the Act. On February 28, 
2011, Illinois EPA submitted a confirmation that the sewage treatment 
plant exemption in Subpart TT of Parts 218 and 219 does not apply to 
industrial wastewater. This clarification clearly establishes that VOM 
emissions from major non-CTG industrial wastewater operations are 
regulated by Subpart TT.
    (i) Incorporation by reference. The following sections of Illinois 
Administrative Code, Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle B: 
Air Pollution, Chapter 1: Pollution Control Board, Subchapter c: 
Emission Standards and Limitations for Stationary Sources, are 
incorporated by reference:
    (A) Part 211: Definitions and General Provisions, Sections 
211.1000, 211.1745, 211.1878, 211.1885, 211.2359, 211.2368, 211.2615, 
211.2830, 211.2840, 211.2965, 211.3215, 211.3305, 211.3555, 211.3705, 
211.3707, 211.4065, 211.5335, 211.5535, 211.5585, 211.5860, 211.5875,

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211.5885, 211.6405, 211.6425, 211.6535, 211.7290; effective June 25, 
2010.
    (B) Part 211: Definitions and General Provisions, Sections 211.101, 
211.102, 211.200, 211.233, 211.235, 211.260, 211.481, 211.492, 211.540, 
211.715, 211.735, 211.820, 211.825, 211.880, 211.954, 211.965, 
211.1128, 211.1455, 211.1560, 211.1565, 211.1655, 211.1700, 211.1872, 
211.1876, 211.1877, 211.1880, 211.1882, 211.1883, 211.2040, 211.2055, 
211.2210, 211.2310, 211.2320, 211.2360, 211.2369, 211.2415, 211.2525, 
211.2622, 211.2825, 211.2955, 211.2956, 211.2958, 211.2960, 211.2980, 
211.3095, 211.3120, 211.3240, 211.3505, 211.3665, 211.3760, 211.3775, 
211.3785, 211.3820, 211.3925, 211.3961, 211.3966, 211.3967, 211.3968, 
211.3969, 211.3975, 211.4052, 211.4080, 211.4220, 211.4285, 211.4455, 
211.4540, 211.4735, 211.4760, 211.4765, 211.4768, 211.4769, 211.4895, 
211.4900, 211.5012, 211.5061, 211.5062, 211.5075, 211.5090, 211.5400, 
211.5520, 211.5550, 211.5800, 211.5890, 211.5985, 211.5987, 211.6012, 
211.6015, 211.6017, 211.6020, 211.6063, 211.6065, 211.6400, 211.6427, 
211.6460, 211.6585, 211.6640, 211.6670, 211.6690, 211.6720, 211.6740, 
211.6780, 211.6825, 211.6885, 211.7220, 211.7240; effective September 
14, 2010.
    (C) Part 211: Definitions and General Provisions, Sections 211.493, 
211.2200, 211.2358, 211.2800, 211.3985, 211.4460, 211.5140, 211.6587, 
211.6635; effective July 27, 2011.
    (D) Part 218: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Chicago Area, Subpart F: Coating Operations, Section 218.218; 
effective March 23, 2010.
    (E) Part 218: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Chicago Area, Subpart E: Solvent Cleaning, Section 218.181, 
Subpart H: Printing and Publishing, Sections 218.403, 218.405, 218.406, 
218.407, 218.408, 218.410, 218.412, 218.413, 218.416; effective June 
25, 2010.
    (F) Part 218: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Chicago Area, Subpart A: General Provisions, Sections 218.106, 
218.112, Subpart F: Coating Operations, Sections 218.205, 218.208, 
218.210, 218.212, 218.219, Subpart II: Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing 
Materials, Section 218.890, Subpart JJ: Miscellaneous Industrial 
Adhesives, Section 218.900; effective September 14, 2010.
    (G) Part 218: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Chicago Area, Subpart A: General Provisions, Section 218.105, 
Subpart E: Solvent Cleaning, Section 218.187, Subpart F: Coating 
Operations, Sections 218.204, 218.207, 218.211, 218.217, Subpart H: 
Printing and Publishing, Sections 218.401, 218.402, 218.404, 218.409, 
218.411, 218.415, 218.417, Subpart II: Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing 
Materials, Sections 218.891, 218.892, 218.894, Subpart JJ: 
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives, Sections 218.901, 218.902, 218.903, 
218.904; effective July 27, 2011.
    (H) Part 219: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Metro East Area, Subpart F: Coating Operations, Section 
219.218; effective March 23, 2010.
    (I) Part 219: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Metro East Area, Subpart E: Solvent Cleaning, Section 219.181, 
Subpart H: Printing and Publishing, Sections 219.402, 219.403, 219.405, 
219.406, 219.407, 219.408, 219.410, 219.412, 219.413, 219.416; 
effective June 25, 2010.
    (J) Part 219: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Metro East Area, Subpart A: General Provisions, Sections 
219.106, 219.112, Subpart F: Coating Operations, Sections 219.205, 
219.208, 219.210, 219.212, 219.219, Subpart II: Fiberglass Boat 
Manufacturing Materials, Section 219.890, Subpart JJ: Miscellaneous 
Industrial Adhesives, Section 219.900; effective September 14, 2010.
    (K) Part 219: Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations 
for the Metro East Area, Subpart A: General Provisions, Section 
219.105, Subpart E: Solvent Cleaning, Section 219.187, Subpart F: 
Coating Operations, Sections 219.204, 219.207, 219.211, 219.217, 
Subpart H: Printing and Publishing, Sections 219.401, 219.404, 219.409, 
219.411, 219.415, 219.417, Subpart II: Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing 
Materials, Sections 219.891, 219.892, 219.894, Subpart JJ: 
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives, Sections 219.901, 219.902, 219.903, 
219.904; effective July 27, 2011.
    (ii) Additional material. On February 28, 2011, Illinois EPA 
submitted an email confirmation that the sewage treatment plant 
exemption in Subpart TT of Parts 218 and 219 does not apply to 
industrial wastewater.

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