[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31423-31427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10834]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0580; FRL-10009-48-Region 6]


New Source Performance Standards; Delegation of Authority to 
Oklahoma

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of delegation.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
update the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to reflect Oklahoma's 
current New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) delegation status and 
mailing address for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 
(ODEQ). The ODEQ has submitted updated

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regulations for delegation of the EPA authority for implementation and 
enforcement of certain NSPS. The updated State regulations incorporate 
by reference certain NSPS promulgated by the EPA, as they existed 
through June 30, 2018.

DATES: Written comments on this proposed rule must be received on or 
before June 25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R06-
OAR-2010-0580, at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to 
[email protected]. 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, please contact Randy Pitre, (214) 665-
7229; email: [email protected]. For the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov. While all documents in the 
docket are listed in the index, some information may not be publicly 
available due to docket file size restrictions or content (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Randy Pitre, EPA Region 6 Office, 
Infrastructure and Ozone Section, 214-665-7229, [email protected]. 
Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, 
the EPA Region 6 office will be closed to the public to reduce the risk 
of transmitting COVID-19. We encourage the public to submit comments 
via https://www.regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in processing 
mail and no courier or hand deliveries will be accepted. Please call or 
email the contact listed above if you need alternative access to 
material indexed but not provided in the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.

I. Background

    Section 111(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7411(c)(1), 
authorizes the EPA to delegate to a state the authority to implement 
and enforce NSPS promulgated by the EPA under CAA section 111(b) and 
codified at part 60 of title 40 of the CFR. CAA section 111(c)(2) 
states that the EPA retains the authority to enforce any applicable 
NSPS delegated to a state. On March 25, 1982, the EPA approved the 
delegation of authority to implement and enforce NSPS to Oklahoma (1982 
NSPS Delegation). See 47 FR 1785 (April 22, 1982). On October 8, 1999, 
the EPA updated Oklahoma's NSPS delegation, including specific 
provisions setting forth the terms and conditions of the delegation of 
authority for NSPS responsibility to the ODEQ (1999 NSPS Delegation). 
See 64 FR 57392 (October 25, 1999). Copies of the initial 1982 NSPS 
Delegation and the 1999 NSPS Delegation updates are included in the 
docket for this action, both of which contain provisions specifying 
conditions and limitations applicable to the EPA's delegation of 
authority to implement and enforce the NSPS in Oklahoma.
    Under the terms and conditions of the 1999 NSPS Delegation, 
``[f]uture provisions of 40 CFR part 60 shall be delegated to ODEQ 
pursuant to this agreement provided that (1) ODEQ requests delegation 
and provides copies of the proposed or adopted rules, (2) ODEQ adopts 
the federal standard without change (e.g., incorporation by reference) 
and (3) EPA does not object to the delegation within thirty (30) days 
of ODEQ's request.'' See Specific Provision 1 of the 1999 NSPS 
Delegation.

II. ODEQ's December 23, 2019 NSPS Delegation Update

    By letter dated December 23, 2019, the ODEQ requested an update to 
its NSPS delegation. ODEQ reaffirmed that it retains all required 
authorities set forth in 40 CFR 60.4 for delegation of a CAA section 
111(c) program and all authority identified in the 1982 and 1999 NSPS 
Delegations. ODEQ provided copies of the duly adopted state regulations 
which incorporate specifically identified NSPS found at 40 CFR part 60 
into the Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 252:100-2 and OAC 252:100 
Appendix A, as published in the Oklahoma Register on September 3, 2019 
(36 Okla. Reg. 1573) with an effective date of September 15, 2019.\1\ 
These ODEQ regulations are, therefore, at least as stringent as the 
EPA's rules. See 40 CFR 60.10(a). ODEQ's December 23, 2019, request 
included the following NSPS in 40 CFR part 60, as they existed through 
June 30, 2018: 40 CFR part 60, subparts A (except sections 60.4, 60.9, 
60.10, and 60.16), D, Da, Db, Dc, E, Ea, Eb, Ec, F, G, Ga, H, I, J, Ja, 
K, Ka, Kb, L, M, N, Na, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, AA, AAa, 
BB, BBa, CC, DD, EE, GG, HH, KK, LL, MM, NN, PP, QQ, RR, SS, TT, UU, 
VV, VVa, WW, XX, BBB, DDD, FFF, GGG, GGGa, HHH, III, JJJ, KKK, LLL, 
NNN, OOO, PPP, QQQ, RRR, SSS, TTT, UUU, VVV, WWW, XXX, AAAA, CCCC, 
EEEE, IIII, JJJJ, KKKK, LLLL, OOOO, OOOOa, TTTT, and Appendices A and B 
to 40 CFR part 60.\2\ In accordance with the authority provided by CAA 
section 111(c)(1) and consistent with the provisions of the 1982 NSPS 
Delegation and the 1999 NSPS Delegation, the EPA has determined that 
the ODEQ has met the conditions required for approval of the ODEQ's 
requested update to its NSPS delegation, as described above. All 
authorities not affirmatively and expressly requested by the ODEQ are 
not delegated. In addition, the provisions and conditions contained in 
the 1982 and 1999 NSPS Delegations remain in effect, including Specific 
Provision 7 of the 1999 NSPS Delegation which states that the 
delegation excludes the State's authority for sources located on Indian 
lands.\3\ Furthermore, no authorities are delegated that require 
rulemaking in the Federal Register to implement, or where Federal 
overview is the only way to ensure national consistency in the 
application of the standards. All inquiries and requests concerning 
implementation and enforcement of the excluded standards in the State 
of Oklahoma should be directed to the EPA Region 6 Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Furthermore, the EPA retains any 
authority in an individual NSPS that may not be delegated according to 
provisions of the standard. Finally, the EPA retains the

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authorities stated in the 1982 and 1999 NSPS Delegations.
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    \1\ The ODEQ previously submitted requests to the EPA for 
updates to the Oklahoma NSPS delegation, by letters dated June 29, 
2018, November 2, 2016, March 17, 2015, August 23, 2012, and May 5, 
2000. EPA has determined that such requests meet the requirements of 
the CAA and the 1982 and 1999 NSPS Delegations concerning the 
approval of the EPA's delegation of authority for the enforcement 
and implementation of the NSPS in Oklahoma.
    \2\ See EPA Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0580 in 
www.regulations.gov.
    \3\ For purposes of the ODEQ's NSPS delegation, the term 
``Indian lands'' is synonymous with the term ``Indian county,'' as 
defined at 18 U.S.C. 1151.
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III. Proposed Action

    Apart from the notification of the updated NSPS delegation to the 
ODEQ as discussed above, the EPA is proposing to amend 40 CFR part 60 
to include a table of the specific NSPS delegated to the ODEQ and 
update the mailing address for the ODEQ. If finalized as proposed, 40 
CFR 60.4(b)(38) will be amended to read: State of Oklahoma: State of 
Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, 
P.O. Box 1677, Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677, and the following language 
and table will be added to 40 CFR 60.4(e):

                           Delegation Status for Part 60 Standards--State of Oklahoma
                                           [Excluding Indian Country]
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           Subpart                               Source category                                ODEQ
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A...........................  General Provisions (except Sections 60.4, 60.9,       Yes.
                               60.10 and 60.16).
D...........................  Fossil Fueled Steam Generators (250 MM BTU/hr)......  Yes.
Da..........................  Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (250 MM BTU/  Yes.
                               hr).
Db..........................  Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating  Yes.
                               Units (100 to 250 MM BTU/hr).
Dc..........................  Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Small Steam       Yes.
                               Generating Units (10 to 100 MM BTU/hr.
E...........................  Incinerators (>50 tons per day).....................  Yes.
Ea..........................  Municipal Waste Combustors..........................  Yes.
Eb..........................  Large Municipal Waste Combustors....................  Yes.
Ec..........................  Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators......  Yes.
F...........................  Portland Cement Plants..............................  Yes.
G...........................  Nitric Acid Plants..................................  Yes.
Ga..........................  Nitric Acid Plants (after October 14, 2011).........  Yes.
H...........................  Sulfuric Acid Plants................................  Yes.
I...........................  Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities..........................  Yes.
J...........................  Petroleum Refineries................................  Yes.
Ja..........................  Petroleum Refineries (After May 14, 2007)...........  Yes.
K...........................  Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids (After 6/11/73  Yes.
                               & Before 5/19/78).
Ka..........................  Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids (After 6/11/73  Yes.
                               & Before 5/19/78).
Kb..........................  Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including    Yes.
                               Petroleum Liquid Stg/Vessels) After 7/23/84.
L...........................  Secondary Lead Smelters.............................  Yes.
M...........................  Secondary Brass and Bronze Production Plants........  Yes.
N...........................  Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces  Yes.
                               (Construction Commenced After June 11, 1973).
Na..........................  Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process         Yes.
                               Steelmaking Facilities Construction is Commenced
                               After January 20, 1983.
O...........................  Sewage Treatment Plants.............................  Yes.
P...........................  Primary Copper Smelters.............................  Yes.
Q...........................  Primary Zinc Smelters...............................  Yes.
R...........................  Primary Lead Smelters...............................  Yes.
S...........................  Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants...................  Yes.
T...........................  Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Wet Process            Yes.
                               Phosphoric Plants.
U...........................  Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Superphosphoric Acid   Yes.
                               Plants.
V...........................  Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Diammonium Phosphate   Yes.
                               Plants.
W...........................  Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Triple Superphosphate  Yes.
                               Plants.
X...........................  Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: Granular Triple        Yes.
                               Superphosphate Storage Facilities.
Y...........................  Coal Preparation Plants.............................  Yes.
Z...........................  Ferroalloy Production Facilities....................  Yes.
AA..........................  Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces After 10/21/74 &  Yes.
                               On or Before 8/17/83.
AAa.........................  Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces & Argon-Oxygen    Yes.
                               Decarburization Vessels After 8/07/83.
BB..........................  Kraft Pulp Mills....................................  Yes.
BBa.........................  Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which            Yes.
                               Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification
                               Commenced After May 23, 2013.
CC..........................  Glass Manufacturing Plants..........................  Yes.
DD..........................  Grain Elevators.....................................  Yes.
EE..........................  Surface Coating of Metal Furniture..................  Yes.
GG..........................  Stationary Gas Turbines.............................  Yes.
HH..........................  Lime Manufacturing Plants...........................  Yes.
KK..........................  Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants..............  Yes.
LL..........................  Metallic Mineral Processing Plants..................  Yes.
MM..........................  Automobile & Light Duty Truck Surface Coating         Yes.
                               Operations.
NN..........................  Phosphate Manufacturing Plants......................  Yes.
PP..........................  Ammonium Sulfate Manufacture........................  Yes.
QQ..........................  Graphic Arts Industry: Publication Rotogravure        Yes.
                               Printing.
RR..........................  Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating     Yes.
                               Operations.
SS..........................  Industrial Surface Coating: Large Appliances........  Yes.
TT..........................  Metal Coil Surface Coating..........................  Yes.
UU..........................  Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture..  Yes.
VV..........................  VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI Industry...........  Yes.
VVa.........................  VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI Industry (After      Yes.
                               November 7, 2006).
WW..........................  Beverage Can Surface Coating Industry...............  Yes.
XX..........................  Bulk Gasoline Terminals.............................  Yes.
AAA.........................  New Residential Wood Heaters........................  No.
BBB.........................  Rubber Tire Manufacturing Industry..................  Yes.

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DDD.........................  Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the    Yes.
                               Polymer Manufacturing Industry.
FFF.........................  Flexible Vinyl and Urethane Coating and Printing....  Yes.
GGG.........................  VOC Equipment Leaks in Petroleum Refineries.........  Yes.
GGGa........................  Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC   Yes.
                               in Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction,
                               Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After
                               November 7, 2006.
HHH.........................  Synthetic Fiber Production..........................  Yes.
III.........................  VOC Emissions from the SOCMI Air Oxidation Unit       Yes.
                               Processes.
JJJ.........................  Petroleum Dry Cleaners..............................  Yes.
KKK.........................  VOC Equipment Leaks From Onshore Natural Gas          Yes.
                               Processing Plants.
LLL.........................  Onshore Natural Gas Processing: SO2 Emissions.......  Yes.
NNN.........................  VOC Emissions from SOCMI Distillation Operations....  Yes.
OOO.........................  Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants...............  Yes.
PPP.........................  Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing Plants.....  Yes.
QQQ.........................  VOC Emissions From Petroleum Refinery Wastewater      Yes.
                               Systems.
RRR.........................  VOC Emissions from SOCMI Reactor Processes..........  Yes.
SSS.........................  Magnetic Tape Coating Operations....................  Yes.
TTT.........................  Industrial Surface Coating: Plastic Parts for         Yes.
                               Business Machines.
UUU.........................  Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries..........  Yes.
VVV.........................  Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates            Yes.
                               Facilities.
WWW.........................  Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.....................  Yes.
XXX.........................  Municipal Solid Waste Landfills that Commenced        Yes.
                               Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification after
                               July 17, 2014.
AAAA........................  Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units (Construction  Yes.
                               is Commenced After 8/30/99 or Modification/
                               Reconstruction is Commenced After 6/06/2001.
CCCC........................  Commercial & Industrial Solid Waste Incineration      Yes.
                               Units (Construction is Commenced After 11/30/1999
                               or Modification/Reconstruction is Commenced on or
                               After 6/01/2001.
EEEE........................  Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (Constructed     Yes.
                               after 12/09/2004 or Modification/Reconstruction is
                               commenced on or after 06/16/2004).
IIII........................  Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion   Yes.
                               Engines.
JJJJ........................  Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion         Yes.
                               Engines.
KKKK........................  Stationary Combustion Turbines (Construction          Yes.
                               Commenced After 02/18/2005).
LLLL........................  New Sewage Sludge Incineration Units................  Yes.
OOOO........................  Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission    Yes.
                               and Distribution for which Construction,
                               Modification or Reconstruction Commenced After
                               August 23, 2011, and on or before September 18,
                               2015.
OOOOa.......................  Crude Oil and Natural Gas Facilities for which        Yes.
                               Construction, Modification or Reconstruction
                               Commenced After September 18, 2015.
TTTT........................  Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Electric...............  Yes.
                              Generating Units....................................
N/A.........................  Appendices A (Test Methods) and B (Performance        Yes.
                               Specifications).
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IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the EPA previously delegated to the ODEQ the 
authority to implement and enforce certain NSPS for sources located in 
Oklahoma, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7411(c)(1); see also 40 CFR 
60.4(b). Pursuant the terms and conditions of that delegation, this 
action informs the public that the EPA has found the ODEQ's December 
23, 2019, request to update the delegation status for NSPS meets 
Federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond 
those imposed by state law. Through this action, the EPA is proposing 
to add a table to 40 CFR part 60 listing the specific NSPS currently 
delegated to the ODEQ and update the ODEQ's address for submittal of 
documents required under the delegated NSPS provisions. For these 
reasons, 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 NSPS delegation updates 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 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 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 Oklahoma NSPS delegation does not extend to Indian 
country. If finalized as proposed, the EPA's action will not have 
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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 60

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

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

    Dated: May 14, 2020.
David Garcia,
Director, Air & Radiation Division, Region 6.
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