[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16265-16270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06585]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[Docket No. EPA-R02-OAR-2014-0182; FRL-9908-44-Region-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Carbon 
Monoxide Maintenance Plan, Conformity Budgets, Emissions Inventories; 
State of New York

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the New 
York State Department of Environmental Conservation. This revision will 
establish an updated ten-year carbon monoxide (CO) maintenance plan for 
the New York portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 
(NYCMA) CO area which includes the following seven counties: Bronx, 
Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and Westchester. In addition, 
EPA proposes to approve a revision to the CO motor vehicle emissions 
budgets for New York and revisions to the 2007 Attainment/Base Year 
emissions inventory.
    The New York portion of the NYCMA CO area was redesignated to 
attainment of the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) on 
April 19, 2002 and maintenance plans were also approved at that time. 
By this action, EPA is proposing to approve the second maintenance plan 
for this area because it provides for continued attainment for an 
additional ten years of the CO NAAQS.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R02-OAR-2014-0182, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 212-637-3901.
     Mail: Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs Branch, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290

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Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866.
    Hand Delivery: Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs Branch, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th 
Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866. 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 to 
4:30 excluding Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R02-OAR-
2014-0182. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
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restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
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homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 
25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866. EPA requests, if at all 
possible, that you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You 
may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m., excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry Feingersh 
[email protected] for general questions, Raymond Forde 
[email protected] for emissions inventory questions, or Melanie 
Zeman [email protected] for mobile source related questions at the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Programs Branch, 290 
Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, telephone number (212) 
637-4249, fax number (212) 637-3901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.

Table of Contents

I. What is the nature of EPA's action?
II. What is the Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan for the New 
York portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Carbon 
Monoxide area?
III. What is included in a maintenance plan?
    A. Attainment Inventory
    B. Maintenance Demonstration
    C. Monitoring Network
    D. Verification of Continued Attainment
    E. Contingency Plan
    1. Control Measures
    2. Contingency Measures
    F. Conformity
IV. What is the New York emissions inventory?
V. What action is EPA proposing to take?
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What is the nature of EPA's action?

    EPA is proposing to approve an updated ten-year carbon monoxide 
(CO) maintenance plan for the New York portion of the New York-Northern 
New Jersey-Long Island (NYCMA) CO area. On April 19, 2002, the EPA 
approved a request from New York to redesignate the New York portion of 
the NYCMA CO area to attainment of the CO National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard (NAAQS) (67 FR 19337). In addition, the EPA also approved at 
that time a ten-year CO maintenance plan for the area. The Clean Air 
Act (the Act) requires that an area redesignated to attainment of the 
CO NAAQS must submit a second ten-year CO maintenance Plan to show how 
the area will continue to attain the CO standard for an additional ten 
years. On May 9, 2013, New York submitted a second ten-year CO 
maintenance plan for the New York portion of the NYCMA CO area and 
requested that EPA approve the plan. The following sections describe 
how the EPA made its determination proposing to approve the second ten-
year maintenance plan. EPA is also proposing to approve a revision to 
the CO motor vehicle emissions budgets for New York. This additional 
State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision is discussed in section 
II.B.6. A more detailed discussion of EPA's review and proposed action 
is found in the Technical Support Document available in the Docket for 
this action, and by contacting the individuals in the For Further 
Information Section.

II. What is the Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan for the New 
York portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Carbon 
Monoxide area?

    A maintenance plan is a SIP revision that must demonstrate 
continued attainment of the applicable NAAQS in the maintenance area 
for at least ten years. The Act requires that a second ten-year plan be 
submitted in order to assure that the area will continue to stay in 
compliance with the relevant NAAQS. For the NYCMA CO area, the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing to utilize 
EPA's limited maintenance plan approach, as detailed in the EPA 
guidance memorandum, ``Limited Maintenance Plan Option for 
Nonclassifiable CO Nonattainment Areas'' from Joseph Paisie, Group 
Leader, Integrated Policy and Strategies Group, Office of Air Quality 
and Planning Standards OAQPS, dated October 6, 1995. Pursuant to this 
approach, EPA will consider the maintenance demonstration satisfied for 
areas if the monitoring data show the design value is at or below 7.65 
parts per million (ppm), or 85 percent of the level of the 8-hour CO 
NAAQS. The design value must be based on eight consecutive quarters of 
data. For such areas, there is no requirement to project emissions of 
air quality over the maintenance period. EPA believes if the area 
begins the maintenance period at, or below, 85 percent of the CO 8 hour 
NAAQS, the applicability of Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
(PSD) requirements, the control measures already in the SIP, and 
Federal measures, should provide adequate assurance of maintenance over 
the initial 10-year maintenance period. In addition, the design value 
for the area must continue to be at or below 7.65

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ppm until the time of final EPA action on the redesignation.

III. What is included in a maintenance plan?

    Section 175A of the Act sets forth the elements of maintenance 
plans for areas seeking redesignation from nonattainment to attainment. 
The initial and subsequent ten-year plans must each demonstrate 
continued attainment of the applicable NAAQS for at least ten years 
after approval. EPA is proposing action on the second ten-year 
maintenance plan which covers the period from 2012 through 2022. The 
specific elements of a maintenance plan are:

A. Attainment Inventory

    EPA's October 6, 1995 Limited Maintenance Plan guidance states that 
for inventory purposes the state is only required to submit an 
attainment inventory to EPA that is based on monitoring data which 
shows attainment. There is no requirement to project emissions over the 
maintenance period. The calendar year inventory selected for the 
attainment inventory is 2007. This means if 2007 is a calendar year 
which has monitoring data which demonstrates attainment of the 
standard, the 2007 base year inventory can be used as the attainment 
year inventory and no projection inventories are required over the 
years of the maintenance period. Only calendar year 2007 summary 
emissions data (based on winter season day) are required. In addition, 
the inventory should be consistent with EPA's most recent guidance on 
emission inventories for nonattainment areas available at the time and 
should include emissions during the time period associated with the 
monitoring data showing attainment.
    New York submitted a limited maintenance plan which included a 2007 
base year emissions inventory. The 2007 inventory is also classified as 
the attainment year inventory for the limited maintenance plan. New 
York has elected 2007 because it is the attainment year base year that 
will be used for the limited maintenance plan and 2007 represents one 
of the years of violation free monitored data in the area. The 
inventory included peak winter season daily emissions from stationary 
point, stationary area, non-road mobile, and on-road mobile sources of 
CO. These emission estimates were prepared in accordance with EPA 
guidance.
    EPA is proposing to approve the CO inventory for the counties of 
Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and Westchester. 
Details of the inventory review are located in section VII. A. of this 
action. A more detailed discussion of how the emission inventory was 
reviewed and the results of EPA's review are presented in the technical 
support document.
    Table 1 presents a summary of the 2007 CO peak winter season daily 
emissions estimates in tons per day for the NYCMA CO area. Again, under 
the Limited Maintenance Plan guidance, there is no requirement to 
project emissions over the maintenance period.

                                 Table 1--2007 Base Year Inventory NYCMA CO Area
                                          [Tons/peak winter season day]
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                                                                    Off-highway
             County                    Point           Area           mobile      Highway mobile       Total
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Bronx...........................            1.77           77.18           29.38          156.54          264.87
Kings...........................            2.81          149.41           96.40          263.40          510.22
Nassau..........................            3.52           81.07          118.93          580.89          784.40
New York........................            4.21          141.96          230.59          202.87          579.64
Queens..........................            7.71          125.77          102.03          441.15          675.66
Richmond........................            1.48           25.57           21.12          130.41          178.58
Westchester.....................            1.11           60.18           81.66          382.66          525.62
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    Total.......................           22.61          661.14          678.31        2,257.93        3,519.99
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B. Maintenance Demonstration

    New York has met the Limited Maintenance Plan air quality criteria 
requirement by demonstrating that its highest monitored design value is 
less than 85 percent (7.65 parts per million) of the CO standard of 9.0 
parts per million. The highest monitored design value in the NYCMA CO 
area for the 2012-2013 design year was 2.5 parts per million at a 
monitoring site in New Jersey. The highest monitored design value 
measured in the New York State portion of the NYCMA CO area was 1.5 
parts per million. In addition, New York commits to continued 
implementation of all other Federal and State measures already 
implemented as part of its CO SIP. Thus, according to the Limited 
Maintenance Guidance, emission projections are not required.

C. Monitoring Network

    New York continues to operate its CO monitoring network and will 
continue to work with the EPA through the air monitoring network review 
process as required by 40 CFR Part 58 to determine the adequacy of its 
network. New York will continue annual reviews of its data in order to 
verify continued attainment of the NAAQS. As mentioned earlier, all of 
New York's 8-hour design values are well below the 9.0 ppm 8-hour NAAQS 
for CO with the highest monitor in the New York portion of the NYCMA 
reading 1.5 ppm, as shown in Table 2.

                Table 2--Design Values for CO in New York
                 [8-Hour standard--9 parts per million]
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                                                              2012-2013
                                                                Design
                    Monitoring location                         value
                                                              (parts per
                                                               million)
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200th Street, Bronx........................................          1.5
160 Convent Ave., New York.................................          1.3
Queens College, Queens.....................................          1.1
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    In its SIP revision, New York used the 2010-2011 design values. EPA 
reviewed more recent data in addition to the 2010-2011 data and found 
the maximum 2012-2013 design value for New York to be 1.5 ppm, which 
continues to show attainment of the NAAQS.

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D. Verification of Continued Attainment

    New York will verify that the New York portion of the NYCMA CO area 
continues to attain the CO NAAQS through an annual review of its 
monitoring data. If any design value exceeds 7.65 ppm, New York will 
coordinate with EPA Region 2 to verify and evaluate the data and then, 
if warranted, develop a full maintenance plan for the affected 
maintenance area.

E. Contingency Plan

    Section 175A (d) of the Act requires that a maintenance plan 
include a contingency plan which includes contingency measures, as 
necessary, to promptly correct any violation of the NAAQS that occurs 
after redesignation of the area. Contingency measures do not have to be 
fully adopted at the time of redesignation. However, the contingency 
plan is considered to be an enforceable part of the SIP and should 
ensure that the contingency measures are adopted expeditiously once 
they are triggered by a specified event. In addition, the contingency 
plan includes a requirement that the State continue to implement all 
control measures used to bring the area into attainment.
    The triggers specified in New York's previous maintenance plan are 
included in this Limited Maintenance Plan. If air quality monitoring 
data indicate that the CO NAAQS were exceeded, New York will analyze 
the data to determine the cause of the violation. If it is determined 
that the violation was caused by a non-local motor vehicle usage event, 
then the State will institute the contingency measures described below.
1. Control Measures
    New York has implemented a number of measures to control motor 
vehicle CO emissions. Emission reductions achieved through the 
implementation of these control measures are enforceable. These 
measures include the Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program, Federal 
reformulated gasoline, New York's pre-1990 modifications to its 
inspection and maintenance (I/M) program, and local control measures 
relied on in the SIP.
    The State of New York has demonstrated that actual enforceable 
emission reductions are responsible for the air quality improvement and 
that the CO emissions in the base year are not artificially low due to 
local economic downturn. EPA finds that the combination of existing 
EPA-approved SIP and Federal measures contribute to the permanence and 
enforceability of reductions in ambient CO levels that have allowed the 
New York portion of the NYCMA CO area to attain the NAAQS since 1992.
    New York commits to continuing to implement all control measures 
used to bring the area into attainment.
2. Contingency Measures
    The State plans to continue to use the contingency measure from the 
original maintenance plan. The plan included implementation of an 
enhanced I/M program. This program is fully operational and the State 
commits to meet the performance standard for an enhanced I/M program in 
an effort to maintain the CO NAAQS. Although the plan is currently in 
place, EPA guidance allows for it to act as a contingency measure. In 
addition, since we had approved this measure in the previous 
maintenance plan, we are proposing to approve it in this action.

F. Conformity

    Section 176(c) of the Act defines conformity as meeting the SIP's 
purpose of eliminating or reducing the severity and number of 
violations of the NAAQS and achieving expeditious attainment of such 
standards. The Act further defines transportation conformity to mean 
that no Federal transportation activity will: (1) Cause or contribute 
to any new violation of any standard in any area; (2) increase the 
frequency or severity of any existing violation of any standard in any 
area; or (3) delay timely attainment of any standard or any required 
interim emission reductions or other milestones in any area. The 
Federal transportation conformity rule, 40 CFR part 93 subpart A, sets 
forth the criteria and procedures for demonstrating and assuring 
conformity of transportation plans, programs and projects which are 
developed, funded or approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 
and by metropolitan planning organizations or other recipients of 
Federal funds under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Laws (49 
U.S.C. chapter 53).
    The transportation conformity rule applies within all nonattainment 
and maintenance areas. As prescribed by the transportation conformity 
rule, once an area has an applicable SIP with motor vehicle emissions 
budgets (MVEB), the expected emissions from planned transportation 
activities must be consistent with such established budgets for that 
area.
    In the case of the NYCMA CO area, however, the emissions budgets 
may be treated as essentially not constraining for the length of this 
second maintenance period as long as the area continues to meet the 
limited maintenance criteria, because there is no reason to expect that 
these areas will experience so much growth in that period that a 
violation of the CO NAAQS would result. In other words, emissions from 
on-road transportation sources need not be capped for the maintenance 
period because it is unreasonable to believe that emissions from such 
sources would increase to a level that would threaten the air quality 
in this area for the duration of this maintenance period. Therefore, 
for the limited maintenance plan CO maintenance area, all Federal 
actions that require conformity determinations under the transportation 
conformity rule are considered to satisfy the regional emissions 
analysis and ''budget test'' requirements in 40 CFR 93.118 of the rule.
    Since limited maintenance plan areas are still maintenance areas, 
however, transportation conformity determinations are still required 
for transportation plans, programs and projects. Specifically, for such 
determinations, transportation plans, transportation improvement 
programs, and projects must still demonstrate that they are fiscally 
constrained (40 CFR part 108) and must meet the criteria for 
consultation and Transportation Control Measure (TCM) implementation in 
the conformity rule (40 CFR 93.112 and 40 CFR 93.113, respectively). In 
addition, projects in limited maintenance areas will still be required 
to meet the criteria for CO hot spot analyses to satisfy ``project 
level'' conformity determinations (40 CFR 93.116 and 40 CFR 93.123) 
which must incorporate the latest planning assumptions and models that 
are available. All aspects of transportation conformity (with the 
exception of satisfying the emission budget test) will still be 
required.
    If the NYCMA CO area should monitor CO concentrations at or above 
the limited maintenance eligibility criteria or 7.65 parts per million 
then this maintenance area would no longer qualify for a limited 
maintenance plan and would revert to a full maintenance plan. In this 
event, the limited maintenance plan would remain applicable for 
conformity purposes only until the full maintenance plan is submitted 
and EPA has found its motor vehicle emissions budget adequate for 
conformity purposes or EPA approves the full maintenance plan SIP 
revision. At that time regional emissions analyses would resume as a 
transportation conformity criteria.
    EPA has also posted the Limited Maintenance plan for the NYCMA CO 
area on our Transportation Conformity Adequacy Web site for a thirty 
day public comment period beginning June 11, 2013. No public comments 
were received.

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IV. What is the New York emissions inventory?

    Section 182(a)(3) and 172(c)(3) of the Act requires the periodic 
submission of a base inventory for SIP planning processes to address 
the pollutants for the eight hour-ozone, PM2.5 and CO 
national ambient air quality standard. Identifying the base year gives 
certainty to states that requires submission of the ozone, 
PM2.5 and CO emission inventories periodically. These 
requirements allow the EPA, based on the states' progress in reducing 
emissions, to periodically reassess its policies and air quality 
standards and revise them as necessary. Most important, the ozone, 
PM2.5 and CO inventories will be used to develop and assess 
new control strategies that the states will need to submit in their 
attainment demonstration SIPs for the new national ambient air quality 
standards for ozone, PM2.5 and for CO. The base year 
inventory may also serve as part of statewide inventories for purposes 
of regional modeling in transport areas. The base year inventory plays 
an important role in modeling demonstrations for areas classified as 
nonattainment and outside transport regions. For the reasons stated 
above, ideally EPA would therefore emphasize the importance and 
benefits of developing a comprehensive, current, and accurate emission 
inventory (similar to the 1990 base year inventory effort). In this 
case, the 2007 base year has been selected as the inventory that will 
be used for planning purposes for the NYCMA CO area.
    There are specific components of an acceptable emission inventory. 
The emission inventory must meet certain minimum requirements for 
reporting each source category. Specifically, the source requirements 
are detailed below.
    The review process, which is described in supporting documentation, 
is used to determine that all components of the base year inventory are 
present. This review also evaluates the level of supporting 
documentation provided by the state, assesses whether the emissions 
were developed according to current EPA guidance, and evaluates the 
quality of the data.
    The review process is outlined here and consists of 8 points that 
the inventory must include. For a base year emission inventory to be 
acceptable, it must pass all of the following acceptance criteria:
    1. Evidence that the inventory was quality assured by the state and 
its implementation documented.
    2. The point source inventory was complete.
    3. Point source emissions were prepared or calculated according to 
the current EPA guidance.
    4. The area source inventory was complete.
    5. The area source emissions were prepared or calculated according 
to the current EPA guidance.
    6. Non-road mobile emissions were prepared according to current EPA 
guidance for all of the source categories.
    7. The method (e.g., HPMS or a network transportation planning 
model) used to develop VMT estimates followed EPA guidance.
    8. The MOBILE model was correctly used to produce emission factors 
for each of the vehicle classes.
    Based on EPA's review, New York satisfied all of EPA's requirements 
for purposes of providing a comprehensive, accurate, and current 
inventory of actual emissions for CO areas. Where applicable, CO peak 
winter season daily emissions are provided for CO nonattainment area. 
The inventory was developed in accordance with Emission Inventory 
Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS and 
Regional Haze Regulation, dated August 2005. A summary of EPA's review 
is given below:
    1. The Quality Assurance (QA) plan was implemented for all portions 
of the inventory. The QA plan included a QA/Quality control (QC) 
program for assessing data completeness and standard range checking. 
Critical data elements relative to the inventory sources were assessed 
for completeness. QA checks were performed relative to data collection 
and analysis, and double counting of emissions from point, area and 
mobile sources. QA/QC checks were conducted to ensure accuracy of 
units, unit conversions, transposition of figures, and calculations.
    2. The inventory is well documented. New York provided 
documentation detailing the methods used to develop emissions estimates 
for each category. In addition, New York identified the sources of data 
used in developing the inventory.
    3. The point source emissions are complete in accordance with EPA 
guidance.
    4. The point source emissions were prepared/calculated in 
accordance with EPA guidance.
    5. The area source emissions are complete and were prepared/
calculated in accordance with EPA guidance.
    6. Emission estimates for the non-road mobile source categories 
were correctly based on the latest non-road mobile model and prepared 
in accordance with EPA guidance.
    7. The method used to develop VMT estimates was in accordance with 
EPA guidance and was adequately described and documented in the 
inventory report.
    8. Latest Mobile model was used correctly for each of the vehicle 
classes. The 2007 base year inventory has been developed in accordance 
with EPA guidance. Therefore, EPA is proposing to approve the 2007 base 
year CO emission inventory.
    A more detailed discussion of how the emission inventory was 
reviewed and the results of the review are presented in the technical 
support document. Detailed emission inventory development procedures 
can be found in the following document: Emission Inventory Guidance for 
Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS and Regional Haze 
Regulation, dated August 2005. See Table 1 for a summary of 2007 CO 
peak winter season daily emission estimates by source sector and by 
county for the NYCMA CO area.

V. What action is EPA proposing to take?

    EPA has evaluated New York's submittals for consistency with the 
Act and Agency regulations and policy. EPA is proposing to approve New 
York's CO limited maintenance plan because it meets the requirements 
set forth in section 175A of the Act and continues to demonstrate that 
the NAAQS for CO will continue to be met for the next ten years. EPA is 
proposing to approve the revisions to the CO motor vehicle emissions 
budgets for New York. Finally, this notice also proposes to approve 
revisions to the 2007 base year emission inventories.
    EPA views the SIP revisions proposed in today's proposal as 
separable actions. This means that if EPA receives adverse comments on 
particular portions of this notice and not on other portions, EPA may 
choose not to take final action at the same time in a single notice on 
all of these SIP revisions. Instead, EPA may choose to take final 
action on these SIP revisions in separate notices.
    Interested parties may participate in the Federal rulemaking 
procedure by submitting written comments to the EPA Region 2 Office by 
one of the methods discussed in the ADDRESSES section of this action.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air 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);

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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 
Clean Air 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 Clean Air 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.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

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

    Dated: March 10, 2014.
Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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