[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56684-56686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22479]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0469; FRL-9912-66-Region 9]


Revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan; State 
Stationary Source Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These 
revisions include two State statutes and certain State rules that 
govern stationary sources under the jurisdiction of the Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality and that establish definitions and 
other general provisions; ambient air quality standards and area 
designations; and emissions limitations and other requirements for 
certain type of stationary sources. Generally, approval of these 
revisions updates and replaces previously approved provisions in the 
Arizona SIP, but EPA is also approving a few rules that are new to the 
Arizona SIP and a few rescissions that remove certain other rules from 
the Arizona SIP without replacement. The EPA is approving these 
revisions because they meet all applicable requirements of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by October 23, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2014-0469, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email: [email protected].
    3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105-3901.
    Instructions: All comments 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 Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you 
consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as 
such and should not be submitted through www.regulations.gov or email. 
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not 
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the 
body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
public comment. 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: Generally, documents in the docket for this action are 
available electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA 
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. 
While all documents in the docket are listed at www.regulations.gov, 
some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy 
location (e.g., copyrighted material, large maps), and some may not be 
publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard 
copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business 
hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Vineyard, EPA Region IX, 
(415) 947-4125, [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the statutes and 
rules in the following table:

Submitted Arizona Statutes and Rules Approved in This Action

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Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) Section
                  No.                                Title                State effective date       Submitted
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49-402................................  State and county control......  Amended through Laws            10/29/12
                                                                         2002, Ch. 110, Sec.   1.
49-426 (excluding paragraphs D, E.1,    Permits; duties of director;    Amended through Laws            07/28/11
 F, I, J, and M) \1\.                    exceptions; applications;       1997, Ch. 178, Sec.   5.
                                         objections; fees.


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Arizona Administrative Code (AAC) Rule
                  No.                                Title                   Effective date          Submitted
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R18-2-101 [excluding definitions (2),   Definitions...................  Various.................        10/29/12
 (20), (32), (87), (109), and (122)]
 \2\.
R18-2-102.............................  Incorporated Materials........  08/07/12................        10/29/12
R18-2-201.............................  Particulate Matter: PM10 and    08/07/12................        10/29/12
                                         PM2.5.
R18-2-202.............................  Sulfur Oxides (Sulfur Dioxide)  08/07/12................        10/29/12
R18-2-203.............................  Ozone: One-hour Standard and    08/07/12................        10/29/12
                                         Eight-hour Averaged Standard.
R18-2-204.............................  Carbon monoxide...............  09/26/90................        07/28/11
R18-2-205.............................  Nitrogen Oxides (Nitrogen       08/07/12................        10/29/12
                                         Dioxide).
R18-2-206.............................  Lead..........................  08/07/12................        10/29/12
R18-2-210.............................  Attainment, Nonattainment, and  08/07/12................        10/29/12
                                         Unclassifiable Area
                                         Designations.
R18-2-215.............................  Ambient air quality monitoring  09/26/90................        10/29/12
                                         methods and procedures.
R18-2-216.............................  Interpretation of Ambient Air   03/07/09................        10/29/12
                                         Quality Standards and
                                         Evaluation of Air Quality
                                         Data.
R9-3-218 (rescission).................  Violations....................  08/07/12 (repeal).......        07/28/11
R18-2-601.............................  General.......................  11/15/93................        07/15/98
R18-2-604.............................  Open Areas, Dry Washes, or      11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Riverbeds.
R18-2-605.............................  Roadways and Streets..........  11/15/93................        07/15/98
R18-2-606.............................  Material Handling.............  11/15/93................        07/15/98
R18-2-607.............................  Storage piles.................  11/15/93................        07/15/98
R18-2-608.............................  Mineral Tailings..............  03/07/09................        07/28/11
R18-2-614.............................  Evaluation of nonpoint source   08/07/12................        07/15/98
                                         emissions.
R18-2-701.............................  Definitions...................  08/07/12................        10/29/12
R18-2-703.............................  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Existing Fossil-fuel Fired
                                         Steam Generators and General
                                         Fuel-burning Equipment.
R18-2-704.............................  Standards of Performance for    08/04/07................        07/28/11
                                         Incinerators.
R18-2-706.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Existing Nitric Acid Plants.
R18-2-707.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Existing Sulfuric Acid Plants.
R9-3-509 (rescission).................  Standards of Performance for    Not yet repealed but no         07/15/98
                                         Existing Petroleum Refineries.  applicable sources.
R18-2-714.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Existing Sewage Treatment
                                         Plants.
R18-2-715(F), (G) and (H).............  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Existing Primary Copper
                                         Smelters: Site-Specific
                                         Requirements.
R9-3-518 (rescission).................  Standards of Performance for    08/04/07 (repeal).......        07/28/11
                                         Existing Kraft Pulp Mills.
R18-2-719.............................  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Existing Stationary Rotating
                                         Machinery.
R18-2-720.............................  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Existing Lime Manufacturing
                                         Plants.
R18-2-723.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Existing Concrete Batch
                                         Plants.
R18-2-724.............................  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Fossil-fuel Fired Industrial
                                         and Commercial Equipment.
R18-2-726.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Sandblasting Operations.
R18-2-728.............................  Standards of Performance for    11/15/93................        07/15/98
                                         Existing Ammonium Sulfide
                                         Manufacturing Plants.
R18-2-729.............................  Standards of Performance for    08/04/07................        07/28/11
                                         Cotton Gins.
R18-2-730.............................  Standards of Performance for    03/07/09................        07/28/11
                                         Unclassified Sources.
R18-2-732.............................  Standards of Performance for    08/04/07................        07/28/11
                                         Existing Hospital/Medical/
                                         Infectious Waste Incinerators.
Appendix 2............................  Test Methods and Protocols....  10/03/05................        07/28/11
Appendix 10 (rescission)..............  Evaluation of Air Quality Data  03/07/09 (repeal).......        07/28/11
Appendix 11 (rescission)..............  Allowable Particulate           03/07/09 (repeal).......        07/28/11
                                         Emissions Computations.
Not applicable........................  Arizona Testing Manual for Air  March 1992..............        07/28/11
                                         Pollutant Emissions, Revision
                                         F, March 1992, Section 1.
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\1\ The EPA will be taking action on ARS section 49-426(F) in a separate rulemaking action that will relate to
  Arizona's amended New Source Review program. ADEQ does not intend the other paragraphs that are listed (i.e.,
  D, E.1, I, J, and M) to be part of the Arizona SIP.
\2\ The EPA will be taking action on the following six definitions in R18-2-101 in a separate rulemaking action
  that will relate to Arizona's amended New Source Review program: ``actual emissions,'' ``begin actual
  construction,'' ``construction,'' ``net emissions increase,'' ``potential to emit,'' and ``regulated NSR
  pollutant.''


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    In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we 
are approving these statutes and rules in a direct final action without 
prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not 
controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish 
a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments 
in subsequent action based on this 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.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: May 30, 2014.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    Editorial Note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of Federal Register on September 17, 2014.

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