[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41924-41925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15047]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0302; FRL-9948-14-Region 7]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
State of Missouri; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve portions of a November 20, 2015, State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) submittal from Missouri concerning allocations of Cross-State Air 
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emission allowances. Under CSAPR, large 
electricity generating units in Missouri are subject to Federal 
Implementation Plans (FIPs) requiring the units to participate in 
CSAPR's Federal trading program for annual emissions of nitrogen oxides 
(NOX) and one of CSAPR's two Federal trading programs for 
annual emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). This action would 
approve Missouri's adoption into its SIP of state regulations 
establishing state-determined allocations to replace EPA's default 
allocations to Missouri units of CSAPR allowances for annual 
NOX emissions and annual SO2 emissions for 2017 
and later years. EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revision because 
it meets the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's 
regulations for approval of an abbreviated SIP revision replacing EPA's 
default allocations of CSAPR emission allowances with state-determined 
allocations. Approval of this SIP revision would not alter any 
provision of CSAPR's Federal trading programs for annual NOX 
emissions and annual SO2 emissions as applied to Missouri 
units other than the allowance allocation provisions, and the FIPs 
requiring the units to participate in those trading programs (as 
modified by the SIP revision) would remain in place. EPA is not 
proposing to act at this time on the portion of Missouri's SIP 
submittal concerning allocations of CSAPR allowances for ozone-season 
NOX emissions.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2016-0302, to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA 
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA 
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, 
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Gonzalez, Air Planning and 
Development Branch, Air and Waste Management Division, EPA Region 7, 
11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa KS 66219; telephone number: (913) 551-
7041; email address: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on a 
revision to the SIP for Missouri concerning allocations of allowances 
used in the CSAPR \1\ Federal trading program for annual emissions of 
NOX and annual emission of SO2. We have published 
a direct final rule approving the State's SIP revision (s) in the Rules 
and Regulations section of this Federal Register, because we view this 
as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no relevant adverse 
comment. We have explained our reasons for this action in the preamble 
to the direct final rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not 
take further action on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse 
comment, we will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take 
effect. We would address all public comments in any subsequent final 
rule based on this proposed rule. We do not intend to institute a 
second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in 
commenting must do so at this time. For further information, please see 
the information provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
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    \1\ Federal Implementation Plans; Interstate Transport of Fine 
Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals, 76 FR 
48208 (August 8, 2011), (codified as amended at 40 CFR 52.38 and 
52.39 and subparts AAAAA through DDDDD of 40 CFR part 97).
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    Large electricity generating units in Missouri are subject to CSAPR 
FIPs that require the units to participate in the Federal CSAPR 
NOX Annual Trading Program and the Federal CSAPR 
SO2 Group 1 Trading Program.\2\ Each of CSAPR's Federal 
trading programs includes default provisions governing the allocation 
among participating units of emission allowances used for compliance 
under that program. CSAPR also provides a process for the submission 
and approval of SIP revisions to replace EPA's default allocations with 
state-determined allocations.
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    \2\ EPA has proposed to replace the terms ``Transport Rule'' and 
``TR'' in the text of the Code of Federal Regulations with the 
updated terms ``Cross-State Air Pollution Rule'' and ``CSAPR.'' 80 
FR 75706, 75759 (December 3, 2015). EPA uses the updated terms here.
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    The SIP revision approved in the direct final rule incorporates 
into Missouri's SIP state regulations establishing state-determined 
allowance allocations to replace EPA's default allocations to Missouri 
units of CSAPR NOX Annual allowances and CSAPR 
SO2 Group 1 allowances issued for the control periods in 
2017 and later years. EPA is approving the SIP revision because it 
meets the requirements of the CAA and EPA's regulations for approval of 
an abbreviated SIP revision replacing EPA's default allocations of 
CSAPR emission allowances with state-determined allocations. Approval 
of the SIP revision does not alter any provision of the CSAPR 
NOX Annual Trading Program or the CSAPR SO2 Group 
1 Trading Program as applied to Missouri units other than the allowance 
allocation provisions, and the FIPs requiring the units to participate 
in those programs (as modified by the SIP revision) remain in place. 
Large electricity generating units in Missouri are also subject to an 
additional CSAPR FIP requiring them to participate in the Federal CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season Trading Program. While Missouri's SIP 
submittal also seeks to replace the default allocations of CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season allowances to Missouri units, EPA is not 
proposing to act on that portion of the SIP submittal at this time. 
Approval of this SIP revision concerning other CSAPR trading programs 
has no effect on the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program 
as applied to Missouri units, and the FIP requiring the units to 
participate in that program remains in place.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Incorporation by reference,

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Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, 
Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: June 16, 2016.
Mark Hague,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2016-15047 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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