[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32317-32320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14359]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0733; FRL-9996-11-Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Redesignation of the Terre Haute Area
to Attainment of the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is redesignating the Terre Haute, Indiana area
from nonattainment to attainment for the 2010 sulfur dioxide
(SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The
area consists of Fayette and Harrison Townships in Vigo County,
Indiana. EPA is also approving, as a revision to the Indiana State
Implementation Plan (SIP), Indiana's maintenance plan for this area.
EPA proposed to approve Indiana's
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redesignation request and maintenance plan on May 3, 2019.
DATES: This final rule is effective on July 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0733. All documents in the docket are listed on
the www.regulations.gov website. 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
through www.regulations.gov or 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Panock, Environmental
Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8973,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:
I. Background
II. Public Comments
III. What action is EPA taking?
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
On June 22, 2010 (75 FR 35520), EPA published a revised primary
SO2 NAAQS of 75 parts per billion (ppb), which is met at a
monitoring site when the 3-year average of the annual 99th percentile
of daily maximum 1-hour concentrations does not exceed 75 ppb. This
NAAQS was codified at 40 CFR 50.4. On July 25, 2013 (78 FR 47191), EPA
published its initial air quality designations for the SO2
NAAQS based upon air quality monitoring data for calendar years 2009-
2011. In that action, the Terre Haute area, comprised of Fayette and
Harrison Townships, was designated nonattainment for the SO2
NAAQS.
Indiana was required to submit an attainment demonstration that
meets the requirements of sections 172(c) and 191-192 of the CAA and
provide for attainment of the SO2 NAAQS as expeditiously as
practicable, but no later than October 4, 2018, which represents five
years after the area was originally designated as nonattainment under
the 2010 SO2 NAAQS. Indiana submitted its attainment
demonstration on October 2, 2015. EPA approved the Terre Haute
attainment demonstration on March 22, 2019 (84 FR 10692).
Under CAA section 107(d)(3)(E), there are five criteria which must
be met before a nonattainment area may be redesignated to attainment.
The relevant NAAQS must be attained in the area; the applicable
implementation plan must be fully approved by EPA under section 110(k);
the improvement in air quality must be determined to be due to
permanent and enforceable reductions in emissions; the State must meet
all applicable requirements for the area under section 110 and part D;
and EPA must fully approve a maintenance plan and contingency plan for
the area under section 175A of the CAA. On May 3, 2019 (84 FR 19007),
EPA proposed to find that these five criteria have been met for the
Terre Haute nonattainment area, and thus, EPA proposed to redesignate
Terre Haute from nonattainment to attainment of the 2010 SO2
NAAQS.
II. Public Comments
EPA published its proposed approval of the redesignation request
and maintenance plan on May 3, 2019 (84 FR 19007). The public comment
period for this proposal closed on June 3, 2019. EPA received one
supportive comment.
III. What action is EPA taking?
EPA is redesignating the Terre Haute nonattainment area from
nonattainment to attainment of the 2010 SO2 NAAQS. Indiana
has demonstrated that the area is attaining the SO2
standard, and that the improvement in air quality is due to permanent
and enforceable SO2 emission reductions in the nonattainment
area. EPA is also approving, as a revision to the Indiana SIP,
Indiana's maintenance plan, which is designed to ensure that the area
will continue to maintain the SO2 standard through the year
2030.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(d), EPA finds there is good cause
for these actions to become effective immediately upon publication.
This is because a delayed effective date is unnecessary due to the
nature of a redesignation to attainment, which relieves the area from
certain CAA requirements that would otherwise apply to it. The
immediate effective date for this action is authorized under both 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(1), which provides that rulemaking actions may become
effective less than 30 days after publication if the rule ``grants or
recognizes an exemption or relieves a restriction,'' and section
553(d)(3), which allows an effective date less than 30 days after
publication ``as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found
and published with the rule.'' The purpose of the 30-day waiting period
prescribed in section 553(d) is to give affected parties a reasonable
time to adjust their behavior and prepare before the final rule takes
effect. Today's rule, however, does not create any new regulatory
requirements such that affected parties would need time to prepare
before the rule takes effect. Rather, today's rule relieves the state
of planning requirements for this SO2 nonattainment area.
For these reasons, EPA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) for
these actions to become effective on the date of publication of these
actions.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, redesignation of an area to attainment and the
accompanying approval of the maintenance plan under CAA section
107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the status of the geographical
area and do not impose any additional regulatory requirements on
sources beyond those required by state law. A redesignation to
attainment does not in and of itself impose any new requirements, but
rather results in the application of requirements contained in the CAA
for areas that have been redesignated to attainment. Moreover, the
Administrator is required to approve a SIP submission that complies
with the provisions of the CAA 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 CAA. 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);
Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2,
2017) regulatory action because SIP approvals are exempted under
Executive Order 12866;
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions
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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 CAA; 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, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where 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. 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 CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by September 6, 2019. 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
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Dated: June 20, 2019.
Cheryl L. Newton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are 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.
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2. In Sec. 52.770, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding an
entry for ``Terre Haute 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
maintenance plan'' after the entry ``Terre Haute Hydrocarbon Control
Strategy'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1870 Identification of plan.
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EPA-Approved Indiana Nonregulatory and Quasi-Regulatory Provisions
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Title Indiana date EPA approval Explanation
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Terre Haute 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) .............. 7/8/2019, [insert Federal
maintenance plan. Register citation].
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PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES
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3. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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4. Section 81.315 is amended by revising the entry ``Terre Haute, IN''
in the table entitled ``Indiana--2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS (Primary)''
to read as follows:
Sec. 81.315 Indiana.
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Indiana--2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS
[Primary]
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Designation
Designated area 1 3 ---------------------------------------
Date \2\ Type
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Terre Haute, IN................. 7/8/2019 Attainment.
Vigo County.................
Fayette Township,
Harrison Township.
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\1\ Includes any Indian country in each county or area, unless otherwise
specified. EPA is not determining the boundaries of any area of Indian
country in this table, including any area of Indian country located in
the larger designation area. The inclusion of any Indian country in
the designation area is not a determination that the state has
regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for such Indian country.
\2\ This date is April 9, 2018, unless otherwise noted.
\3\ Porter County will be designated by December 31, 2020.
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