[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36472-36474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16044]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0190; FRL-9996-08-Region 7]


Approval of Missouri Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Redesignation of the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis-St. Charles-
Farmington, MO-IL 2012 PM2.5 Unclassifiable Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final 
action to approve a request from the Missouri Department of Natural 
Resources (MoDNR) to redesignate the Missouri portion of the St. Louis-
St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL fine particulate matter 
(PM2.5) unclassifiable area (``St. Louis area'' or ``area'') 
to unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012 annual fine particulate 
matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
(NAAQS). The Missouri portion of the St. Louis area comprises of the 
City of St. Louis and the counties of Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, 
and St. Louis. The EPA now has sufficient data to determine that the 
St. Louis area is in attainment of the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. 
Therefore, EPA is approving the state's December 11, 2018 request to 
redesignate the area to unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012 
PM2.5 NAAQS based upon valid, quality-assured, and certified 
ambient air monitoring data showing that the PM2.5 monitors 
in the area are in compliance with the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. The 
EPA will address the Illinois portion of the St. Louis area in a 
separate rulemaking action.

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0190. All documents in the docket are listed on 
the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, 
some information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 https://www.regulations.gov or please contact the person identified in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lachala Kemp, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 7 Office, Air Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner 
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7214, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and 
``our'' refer to EPA. This section provides additional information by 
addressing the following:

Table of Contents

I. What is being addressed in this document?
II. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP submission been met?
III. The EPA's Response to Comments
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What is being addressed in this document?

    This final rulemaking takes final action on MoDNR's December 11, 
2018, request to change the designation of the Missouri portion of the 
St. Louis area from unclassifiable to unclassifiable/attainment for the 
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, based on quality-assured and certified 
monitoring data for 2015-2017, and approves that the Missouri portion 
of the St. Louis area has met the requirements for redesignation under 
section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. The background for this action is 
discussed in detail in the EPA's proposed rulemaking published in the 
Federal Register on May 16, 2019 (84 FR 22101).

II. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP submission been met?

    The State's submission has met the public notice requirements for 
SIP submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The MoDNR held a 
thirty-day comment period, and a public hearing on October 25, 2018. No 
oral or written comments were received. The submission satisfied the 
completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V.

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III. The EPA's Response to Comments

    The public comment period on EPA's proposed rule opened May 16, 
2019, the date of its publication in the Federal Register and closed on 
June 17, 2019. During this period, the EPA received no comments on the 
action.

IV. What action is the EPA taking?

    The EPA is approving the MoDNR's December 11, 2018, request to 
redesignate the Missouri portion of the St. Louis area from 
unclassifiable to unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012 primary annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS. This final rulemakng changes the legal 
designation, found at 40 CFR part 81, of the City of St. Louis and the 
counties of Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis from 
unclassifiable to unclassifiable/attainment for the 2012 primary annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS.

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, a redesignation of an area to unclassifiable/
attainment is an action that affects the status of a geographical area 
and does not impose any additional regulatory requirements on sources 
beyond those imposed by state law. A redesignation to unclassifiable/
attainment does not create any new requirements. Accordingly, this 
action merely takes final action to approve to redesignate an area to 
unclassifiable/attainment and does not impose additional requirements. 
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 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 the National Technology 
Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTA) because this rulemaking does not 
involve technical standards; 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).
    This action 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).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control.

    Dated: July 23, 2019.
James Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 
81 as set forth below:

PART 81--DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES

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1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart C--Section 107 Attainment Status Designations

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2. In Sec.  81.326, the table entitled ``Missouri--2012 Annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS'' is amended by revising the entries for ``St. 
Louis Area, MO-IL:'' to read as follows:


Sec.  81.326  Missouri.

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                                        Missouri--2012 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS
                                                    [Primary]
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                                                Designation                           Classification
       Designated area \1\       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Date \2\              Type              Date \2\              Type
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St. Louis Area, MO-IL:
    Franklin County.............  7/29/2019, [insert  Unclassifiable/
                                   Federal Register    Attainment.
                                   citation].
    Jefferson County............  7/29/2019, [insert  Unclassifiable/
                                   Federal Register    Attainmant.
                                   citation].
    St. Charles County..........  7/29/2019, [insert  Unclassifiable/
                                   Federal Register    Attainmant.
                                   citation].
    St. Louis County............  7/29/2019, [insert  Unclassifiable/
                                   Federal Register    Attainmant.
                                   citation].
    St. Louis City..............  7/29/2019, [insert  Unclassifiable/
                                   Federal Register    Attainmant.
                                   citation].
 
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\1\ Includes areas of Indian country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified.
\2\ This date is April 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

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