[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 82 (Monday, May 1, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20267-20270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08645]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0702; FRL-9961-36-Region 9]


Approval of Arizona Air Plan Revisions, Arizona Department of 
Environmental Quality and Pinal County Air Quality Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final 
action to approve revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan 
(SIP). These revisions include a state statute and certain state rules 
that govern air pollution sources under the Arizona Department of 
Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Pinal County Air Quality Control 
District (PCAQCD). These revisions concern emissions of particulate 
matter (PM) from construction sites, agricultural activity and other 
fugitive dust sources. We are approving local rules that regulate these 
emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: These rules will be effective on May 31, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0702. All documents in the docket are 
listed on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in 
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 
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 through http://www.regulations.gov, or please 
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section for additional availability information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3848, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. Final Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Final Action

    On January 9, 2017, 82 FR 2305, the EPA proposed to approve the 
following rules into the Arizona SIP:

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            Local agency                    Rule #                 Rule title             Adopted      Submitted
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PCAQCD.............................  Chapter 4--Article 1  Fugitive Dust............        10/28/15    12/21/15
PCAQCD.............................  Chapter 4--Article 3  Construction Sites--             10/28/15    12/21/15
                                                            Fugitive Dust.
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   Arizona revised statutes (ARS)          Statute #             Statute title        Effective date   Submitted
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ARS................................  Sec.   49-424.......  Duties of Department.....         4/18/14    12/21/15
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 Arizona administrative code (AAC)           AAC #                 AAC title             Amended/      Submitted
            rule number                                                               effective date
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AAC................................  R18-2-210...........  Attainment,                      07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            Nonattainment, and
                                                            Unclassifiable Area
                                                            Designations.
AAC................................  R18-2-610...........  Definitions for R18-2-           07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            610.01, R18-2-610.02,
                                                            and R18-2-610.03.
AAC................................  R18-2-610.03........  Agricultural PM General          07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            Permit for Crop
                                                            Operations; Pinal County
                                                            PM Nonattainment Area.
AAC................................  R18-2-612...........  Definitions for R18-2-           07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            612.01.
AAC................................  R18-2-612.01........  Agricultural PM General          07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            Permit for Irrigation
                                                            Districts; PM
                                                            Nonattainment Areas
                                                            Designated After June 1,
                                                            2009.
AAC................................  Appendix 2..........  Test Methods and                 07/02/15    12/21/15
                                                            Protocols.
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    We proposed to approve these rules because we determined that they 
complied with the relevant CAA requirements. Our proposed action 
contains more information on the rules and our evaluation.

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses

    The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period. 
We received no comments during this period.

III. EPA Action

    No comments were submitted. Therefore, as authorized in section 
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving these rules into the 
Arizona SIP.
    EPA notes that R18-2-610.03, Section F, and R18-2-612.01, Section 
E, allow commercial farmers and irrigation districts to develop BMPs 
different than those in the July 2, 2015 version of the rules and to 
submit alternatives ``that are proven effective through on-farm 
demonstration trials'' to the AgBMP Committee. These provisions also 
state that alternative BMPs ``shall not become effective unless 
submitted as described in A.R.S. Sec.  49-457(L),'' and ARS Sec.  49-
457(L) in turn provides that approved alternative BMPs must be 
submitted to EPA as a SIP revision.\1\ EPA understands these provisions 
to establish the point at which alternative BMPs may take effect as a 
matter of state law. For alternative BMPs to take effect as a matter of 
federal law, the State of Arizona must submit them to EPA as a revision 
to the SIP, and EPA must complete a notice and comment

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rulemaking process approving them as part of the SIP.\2\
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    \1\ ARS 49-457(L) provides: ``The [Ag BMP] committee may 
periodically reexamine, evaluate and modify best management 
practices. Any approved modifications shall be submitted to the 
United States environmental protection agency (sic) as a revision to 
the applicable implementation plan.''
    \2\ See 42 U.S.C. 7410(i); see also, Safe Air for Everyone v. 
United States EPA, 488 F.3d 1088, 1097 (9th Cir. 2007) (``[A] SIP, 
once approved by EPA, has `the force and effect of federal law.' In 
accord with this general proposition, a state may not unilaterally 
alter the legal commitments of its SIP once EPA approves the plan.'' 
(Internal citations omitted)).
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IV. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes 
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the 
Arizona statute and rules, and PCAPCD rules, described in the 
amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth below. Therefore, these 
materials have been approved by EPA for inclusion in the SIP, have been 
incorporated by reference by EPA into that plan, are fully federally 
enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the effective 
date of the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be 
incorporated by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in 
the next update to the SIP compilation.\3\ The EPA has made, and will 
continue to make, these documents available through www.regulations.gov 
and at the EPA Region IX Office (please contact the person identified 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for 
more information).
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    \3\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997)
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V. 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); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 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 Orders 12866 (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
     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 (Public Law 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 the 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, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian 
reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe 
has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 
Indian country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not 
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal 
law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 
2000).
    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. The 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 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 June 30, 2017. 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, Particulate matter, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 29, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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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 D--Arizona

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2. In Sec.  52.120:
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a. In table 2 of paragraph (c):
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i. Revise the entry for ``R18-2-210''.
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ii. Add a second entry for ``R18-2-610'' and add entries for ``R18-2-
610.03'', ``R18-2-612'', and ``R18-2-612.01'' in numerical order.
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iii. Revise the first entry for ``Appendix 2''.
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b. In table 9 of paragraph (c):
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i. Add entries for ``4-1-010'', ``4-1-015'', ``4-1-020'', ``4-1-030'', 
``4-1-040'', ``4-1-045'', ``4-1-050'', ``4-1-060'', ``4-3-160'', ``4-3-
170'', ``4-3-180'', and ``4-3-190'' in numerical order.
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c. In table 3 of paragraph (e), revise the entry ``49-424''.
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  52.120   Identification of plan.

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                                                        Table 2--EPA-Approved Arizona Regulations
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                                                              State effective
         State citation                 Title/subject              date                  EPA approval date                  Additional explanation
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                                      Article 2 (Ambient Air Quality Standards; Area Designations; Classifications)
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R18-2-210.......................  Attainment,               July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   Nonattainment, and                            Register citation].
                                   Unclassifiable Area
                                   Designations.
 
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                                              Article 6 (Emissions from Existing and New Nonpoint Sources)
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R18-2-610.......................  Definitions for R18-2-    July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   610.01, R18-2-610.02,                         Register citation].
                                   and R18-2-610.03.
R18-2-610.03....................  Agricultural PM General   July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   Permit for Crop                               Register citation].
                                   Operations; Pinal
                                   County PM Nonattainment
                                   Area.
 
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R18-2-612.......................  Definitions for R18-2-    July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   612.01.                                       Register citation].
R18-2-612.01....................  Agricultural PM General   July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   Permit for Irrigation                         Register citation].
                                   Districts; PM
                                   Nonattainment Areas
                                   Designated After June
                                   1, 2009.
 
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                  Appendices to Title 18 (Environmental Quality), Chapter 2 (Department of Environmental Quality Air Pollution Control)
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Appendix 2......................  Test Methods and          July 2, 2015......  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                   Protocols.                                    Register citation].
 
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                                          Table 9--EPA-Approved Pinal County Air Pollution Control Regulations
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                                                              State effective
         County citation                Title/subject              date                  EPA approval date                  Additional explanation
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                                              Chapter 4. Emissions from Existing and New Non-Point Sources
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4-1-010.........................  General Applicability...  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-015.........................  Exemptions..............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-020.........................  Definitions.............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-030.........................  Standards...............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-040.........................  Recordkeeping...........  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-045.........................  Reporting Requirements..  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-050.........................  Records Retention.......  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
4-1-060.........................  Violations..............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 1''.
 

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4-3-160.........................  General Provisions--West  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                   Pinal PM10                                    Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 3''.
                                   Nonattainment Area.
4-3-170.........................  Definitions.............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 3''.
4-3-180.........................  Dust Generating           January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                   Operations Standards,                         Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 3''.
                                   Application, Permit and
                                   Recordkeeping
                                   Requirements.
4-3-190.........................  Violations..............  January 1, 2016...  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015 as
                                                                                 Register citation].                  ``Chapter 4, Article 3''.
 
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                                                 Table 3--EPA-Approved Arizona Statutes--Non-Regulatory
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                                                              State submittal
         State citation                 Title/subject              date                  EPA approval date                       Explanation
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                                                         Article 2 (State Air Pollution Control)
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49-424..........................  Duties of Department....  April 18, 2014....  May 1, 2017, [Insert Federal         Submitted on December 21, 2015.
                                                                                 Register citation].
 
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