[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11688-11691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03775]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R02-OAR-2020-0324, FRL-10018-42-Region 2]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York;
Ozone Season NOX Controls for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion
Turbines
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a revision to the New York State Implementation Plan (SIP) for
ozone concerning the control of oxides of nitrogen (NOX).
The EPA is proposing to approve a SIP revision of a New York regulation
that lowers allowable NOX emissions from simple cycle and
regenerative combustion turbines during the ozone season. The lower
emissions from these sources will help to address Clean Air Act (CAA)
requirements, ozone nonattainment, and protect the health of New York
State residents.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R02-OAR-2020-0324 at 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: Fausto Taveras, Environmental
Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, at
(212) 637-3378, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Supplementary Information section is
arranged as follows:
Table of Contents
I. What action is the EPA proposing?
II. What is the background for this proposed rulemaking?
III. What did New York submit?
IV. What is the EPA's evaluation of New York's SIP submittal?
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What action is the EPA proposing?
The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the New York SIP
submitted by the State of New York on May 18, 2020. The SIP revision
includes a newly-adopted regulation, Title 6 of the New York Code of
Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), Subpart 227-3, ``Ozone Season Oxides of
Nitrogen (NOX) Emission Limits for Simple Cycle and
Regenerative Combustion Turbines'', that reduces NOX
emissions from simple cycle and regenerative combustion turbines during
the ozone season. The EPA is proposing to approve New York's May 2020
SIP submittal, which applies to major sources of NOX, as a
SIP-strengthening measure for New York's ozone SIP.
The EPA is also proposing to approve into the SIP the new version
of 6 NYCRR Subpart 227-3, ``Pre-2003 Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget
and Allowance Program'' (New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation).
New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation contained a NOX
emissions budget and allowance trading system that is no longer in
effect and that New York repealed from the New York Code of Rules and
Regulations on September 5, 2014.
II. What is the background for this proposed rulemaking?
2008 and 2015 Ozone NAAQS Revisions
In March 2008, EPA revised the health-based National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 0.075 parts per million (ppm)
averaged over an 8-hour time frame (2008 8-hour ozone standard). In
October 2015, the EPA revised this standard to 0.070 ppm averaged over
an 8-hour time frame (2015 8-hour ozone standard).
On May 21, 2012, the EPA finalized its attainment/nonattainment
designations for areas across the country with respect to the 2008 8-
hour ozone standard and, on July 20, 2012, the designations became
effective. See 77 FR 30160 (May 21, 2012). The New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island Connecticut metropolitan area (NYMA) was designated
by the EPA as a ``marginal'' nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS.\1\ In 2016, the EPA determined that the NYMA did not attain the
2008 ozone standard by the July 20, 2015 attainment date and was
reclassified from a ``marginal'' to a ``moderate'' nonattainment area.
See 81 FR 26697 (May 4, 2016). State attainment plans for ``moderate''
nonattainment areas were due by January 1, 2017. See id. On April 30,
2018, the EPA finalized its attainment/nonattainment designations for
most areas across the country as to the 2015 8-hour ozone standard, in
which the NYMA was designated by the EPA as a ``moderate''
nonattainment area. See 83 FR 25776 (June 4, 2018). On September 23,
2019, the EPA reclassified the NYMA to ``serious'' nonattainment as to
the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. See 84 FR 44238 (August 23, 2019). The
serious area attainment date and the deadline for RACT measures not
tied to attainment is July 20, 2021. See id.
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\1\ The New York portion of the NYMA, is composed of the five
boroughs of New York City and the surrounding counties of Nassau,
Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and the Shinnecock Indian Nation. See
40 CFR 81.333.
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New York's NOX Trading Programs
On April 19, 2000, the EPA approved New York's 227-3 Trading
Program Regulation into New York's SIP for ozone. See 65 FR 20905
(April 19, 2000). New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation
implemented New York's NOX budget and allowance trading
program for large electricity and industrial sources. The regulation
addressed New York's portion of the Ozone Transportation Commission
(OTC) regional nitrogen oxides budget and allowance (NOX
Budget) trading program that reduced NOX emissions generated
within the Ozone Transport Region, which included New York State. The
OTC had adopted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 27,
1994, which obligated signatory states to regionwide ozone season
reductions in NOX emissions, with one phase of reductions
occurring by 1999, and further NOX emission reductions
beginning in 2003 to help achieve attainment of the 1997 ozone NAAQS.
New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation addressed the
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emission reductions required by 1999, and included NOX
emission caps for the 1999, 2001, and 2002 ozone seasons.
New York's 6 NYCRR Subpart 204, NOX Budget Trading
Program, approved into the SIP on May 22, 2001 (see 66 FR 28059 (May
22, 2001)), superseded New York's 227-3 Trading Program, and addressed
the additional NOX emissions reductions required by the MOU
beginning in 2003. Subpart 204 also addressed New York's transport
obligations under the NOX SIP call,\2\ which was promulgated
by EPA to address NOX emissions that traveled across state
boundaries that interfered with downwind attainment and maintenance of
the 1979 ozone NAAQS.
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\2\ The NOX SIP call (63 FR 57356, October 27, 1998)
required 22 eastern states, including New York, to submit SIPs to
address the regional transport of ozone through reductions in
NOX to help achieve the 1979 ozone NAAQS.
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In October 2005, the EPA promulgated the Clean Air Interstate Rule
(CAIR) to address transported emissions that significantly contributed
to downwind states' nonattainment and interfered with maintenance of
the 1997 ozone (as well as 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS).\3\ CAIR
included additional ozone season NOX emission reductions
beginning in 2009 under a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). On January
24, 2008, the EPA approved a New York SIP revision, which established a
CAIR state trading program for New York for ozone season NOX
emissions (as well as annual sulfur dioxide (SO2) and annual
NOX emissions). See 73 FR 4109 (January 24, 2008). The EPA
determined that New York's CAIR trading program rules, which replaced
the existing CAIR FIP for New York, met the CAIR requirements. New
York's CAIR Ozone Season Trading Program was implemented under NYCRR
Subpart 243, ``CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program.'' New
York's CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program superseded
NYCRR Subpart 204.
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\3\ CAIR (70 FR 25162, May 12, 2005) required 28 states,
including New York, to reduce emissions of NOX and
SO2.
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CAIR was followed by the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) \4\
in August 2011. CSAPR addressed the same NAAQS as CAIR, as well as the
2006 PM2.5 NAAQS.\5\ CSAPR promulgated FIPs requiring
affected States, including New York, to participate in federal trading
programs to reduce ozone season NOX emissions (as well
annual SO2 and annual NOX emissions). CSAPR was
updated in 2016 to address eastern states transport obligations with
regard to the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Among other things, the CSAPR update
further lowered New York's ozone season NOX budget to
address the more stringent ozone NAAQS. CSAPR required additional
NOX emission reductions under a FIP, which EPA began
implementing on January 1, 2015.\6\ Under CSAPR, states could submit an
``abbreviated'' SIP revision that, upon approval, replaced the default
allocations and/or applicability provisions of CSAPR federal trading
programs.
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\4\ The EPA promulgated CSAPR (76 FR 48208, August 8, 2011) to
replace CAIR, which was remanded to EPA in 2008 by the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
\5\ CSAPR Update rule (81 FR 74504, October 26, 2016) required
22 eastern states to limit emissions of NOX.
\6\ CSAPR implementation was stayed during the course of
litigation in the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court until the D.C.
Circuit lifted the stay on October 23, 2014.
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On August 8, 2019, the EPA approved a New York ``abbreviated'' SIP
revision, which established New York's CSAPR state trading program for
ozone season NOX emissions (as well as annual SO2
and annual NOX emissions). See 84 FR 38878 (August 8, 2019).
The EPA determined that New York's CSAPR trading program rules, which
replaced provisions of the CSAPR FIP for New York, met the requirements
of the CSAPR federal trading program. New York's CSAPR Ozone Season
Trading Program was implemented under NYCRR Subpart 243, ``CSAPR
NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program.'' In the August 8,
2019 final rule approving New York's CSAPR trading program, EPA also
approved a request by New York to rescind from the SIP NYCRR Subpart
243, ``CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program,'' which
implemented New York's discontinued CAIR trading program for ozone
season NOX emissions. On November 12, 2015, New York adopted
amendments to 6 NYCRR Subpart 243 that repealed and replaced CAIR
trading program rules with CSAPR trading program rules. Subsequently,
on November 11, 2018, New York adopted amendments to NYCRR Subpart 243
that repealed and replaced the November 12, 2015 adopted rules with new
versions of New York's CSAPR trading program rules to conform with the
EPA's 2016 CSAPR update. In a Direct Final Rule approving New York's
CSAPR rules,\7\ the EPA determined that, consistent with CAA section
110(l), the removal of New York's CAIR trading program rules, would not
interfere with any applicable requirement concerning attainment and
reasonable further progress, or any other applicable requirement of the
NAAQS.
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\7\ On May 21, 2019 (84 FR 22995 and 84 FR 22972), EPA
simultaneously published a proposed rule and a direct final rule to
approve new York's CSAPR trading program rules. The EPA received a
public comment on the proposed rule and intended to withdraw the
direct final rule prior to the effective date of June 20, 2019.
However, the EPA inadvertently did not withdraw the direct final
rule prior to that date and the rule prematurely became effective on
June 20, 2019. In the August 8, 2019 final rule (84 FR 38878, August
8, 2019), the EPA responded to the public comment, approved the
revised versions of New York's rules, and amended the effective date
of the regulations' inclusion into the SIP.
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III. What did New York submit?
On May 18, 2020, the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC or New York) submitted to the EPA a formal
revision to its SIP. The proposed SIP revision consists of 6 NYCRR
Subpart 227-3, ``Ozone Season Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)
Emission Limits for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion
Turbines''. On December 11, 2019, New York adopted 6 NYCRR Subpart 227-
3, ``Ozone Season Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) Emission Limits
for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion Turbines''.\8\ Simple
cycle combustion turbines (SCCTs), also known as peaking units
(peakers), run to meet electric load during periods of peak electricity
demand. These peakers generally have either no or low-level
NOX emission controls and typically operate during periods
of elevated temperature when electric demand increases. Many of the
peakers impacted by New York's rule are located in the New York portion
of the NYMA. Due to peakers' low-level NOX emission
controls, peakers within the NYMA demonstrate very high NOX
emissions which contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone
within the area. During these periods of elevated temperature, ozone
levels tend to rise to unhealthy levels in ozone nonattainment areas.
Inclusion in the SIP of more stringent NOX emission limits
for SCCTs located throughout the State, and particularly in the New
York portion of the NYMA, would provide additional NOX
reductions to help attain the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS and protect the
health of New York residents. New York has elected to phase in the
NOX emission limits during the ozone season for SCCTs with a
nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts (MWs) or greater that inject power
into the transmission or distribution system. New York believes the
phase-in approach for the NOX emission limit would enable
owners or operators with
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affected sources to plan over a longer term.
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\8\ New York proposed the rule on February 27, 2019 and the
public comment period ended on May 20, 2019. New York then re-
proposed the rule on August 21, 2019 and the public comment period
ended on October 7, 2019.
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The rule requires, in pertinent part, all impacted SCCTs owners or
operators to submit, by March 2, 2020, a compliance plan that, for each
affected source, must contain identifying numbers (such as facility
number, source number, and name) and a schedule that outlines how the
owner or operator will comply with the rule's requirements. The
compliance plan must also include a list of the emission sources in
which the owner or operator will install controls, what those controls
will be, and which sources will be replaced or repowered. NYSDEC has
informed the EPA that the required compliance plans were received from
the impacted SCCTs owners or operators.
As of May 1, 2023, the first phase of the NOX emission
limits will become effective, at which time the facility-level weighted
average of each affected SCCT must comply with a daily NOX
emission limit of 100 ppmvd during the ozone season.\9\ As of May 1,
2025, the second and final phase of NOX emission limits will
become effective, at which time the facility-level weighted average of
each affected SCCTs must comply with a daily NOX emission
limit of 25 ppmvd for gaseous fuels and 42 ppmvd for distillate oil or
other liquid fuel. The owner or operator of each affected SCCT must
measure and monitor NOX emissions by conducting a stack
test, consistent with 6 NYCRR Section 227-2.6(c), at least once per
permit term. Owners or operators may also choose to monitor with a
Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS), consistent with 6 NYCRR
Section 227-2.6(b), or with an equivalent monitoring system acceptable
to New York. The owner or operator of each SCCT must also report
operational data to New York as part of their annual compliance report.
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\9\ The NOX emission limits are on a parts per
million dry volume basis (ppmvd), corrected to 15% oxygen.
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Under Section 227-3.5, New York's rule provides two additional
compliance options to offer flexibility for owners and operators to
meet the emission limits. The first option would allow owners and
operators of affected SCCTs to elect an ``ozone season stop'', by which
the operating permit would include an enforceable condition that the
affected source may not operate during the ozone season. The second
option, the utilization of ``electric and renewable energy resources'',
would allow owners and operators to employ alternative resources while
adhering to a facility-level average NOX daily emission
limit on a pounds of NOX per megawatt hour (lb/MWh) basis
for all applicable SCCTs, electric storage resources, and/or renewable
generation resources within the facility. Under the second option, as
of May 1, 2023, all affected SCCTs that utilize electric storage and
renewable resources must achieve an emission limit of 3.0 lb
NOX/MWh. Effective on May 1, 2025, affected gaseous fuels
SCCTs must achieve a limit of 1.5 lb NOX/MWh, while affected
distillated oil or other liquid fuel SCCTs must achieve a limit of 2.0
lb NOX/MWh.
In the May 18, 2020 SIP revision submittal, New York also requested
that the EPA remove from the SIP its previous version of 6 NYCRR
Subpart 227-3, ``Pre-2003 Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget and
Allowance Program'', which New York repealed from the New York Code of
Rules and Regulations on September 5, 2014.\10\ New York's 227-3
Trading Program Regulation contained a NOX emission and
allowance trading program for large electricity and industrial sources
that is no longer in effect. The EPA approved New York's 227-3 Trading
Program Regulation on April 19, 2000. See 65 FR 20905 (April 19, 2000).
The EPA approved administrative changes to the New York budget and
allowance regulation on May 22, 2001. See 66 FR 28060 (May 22, 2001).
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IV. What is the EPA's evaluation of New York's SIP submittal?
For the following reasons, the EPA is proposing to approve New
York's SIP revisions.
Addition of New York's Ozone Season Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) Emission
Limits for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion Turbines
The EPA agrees with New York's evaluation that the newly-adopted
regulation will lead to an estimated reduction of 18 tons of
NOX per high ozone day. An 18-ton NOX reduction
on a high ozone day would represent a reduction of over 10 percent of
NYMA NOX emissions from electricity sector and an overall
reduction of 3.5 percent from all sources. This reduction will result
in NOX reduction throughout the NYMA, strengthen New York's
ozone SIP, and help the State reach attainment for the 2008 and 2015
ozone NAAQS.
EPA has also reviewed New Jersey and Connecticut's NOX
emission limits for SCCTs with similar nameplate capacities and
compared those limits with the limits adopted by NYSDEC in this rule.
The EPA has observed that by the rule's second and final phase, the
peaker NOX emission limits will be as stringent as New
Jersey's for any SCCT that is a High Electric Demand Day (HEDD)
unit.\11\ Connecticut adopted a similar phase-in approach as to
NOX emission limits for peakers and the EPA observed that
New York's rule is more stringent than Connecticut's.\12\
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\11\ Table 7 of New Jersey's NOX RACT regulation,
Subchapter 19, provides Maximum Allowable NOX Emission
Rate for any Stationary Combustion Turbine that is a HEDD Unit. See
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqm/currentrules/Sub19.pdf.
\12\ Section 22a-174-22e of Connecticut's NOX
Emissions from Fuel-Burning Emission Units provides emission
limitations for SCCTs being phased-in for June 2018 and June 2023.
See https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/getDocument?guid=%7B8DB8E520-C8D2-4798-94E2-8740D90BA8B5%7D.
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As to the two additional compliance options mentioned in Section
III, EPA proposes to approve (a) the ``ozone season stop'' compliance
option because it would reduce the amount of peakers with low-level
NOX emission controls that are active during the ozone
season and (b) the utilization of ``electric storage and renewable
energy resources'' compliance option because it would enable owners and
operators to comply with a weighted average out-put based daily
emission limit while also reducing the reliance on SCCTs during high
electrical demand days by encouraging owners and operators to utilize
alternative, non-NOX emitting resources.
The EPA has reviewed New York's SIP submittal, which seeks to
incorporate 6 NYCRR Subpart 227-3, ``Ozone Season Oxides of Nitrogen
(NOX) Emission Limits for Simple Cycle and Regenerative
Combustion Turbines''. After evaluating Subpart 227-3 for consistency
with the CAA, EPA regulations, and EPA policy, the EPA proposes to find
that the submission fully addresses the ozone nonattainment
requirements found in CAA Section 172, 42 U.S.C. Section 7502, and
proposes to approve this revision.
Removal of New York's Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget and Allowance
Program (Ozone Control Periods 1999-2002)
The EPA agrees with New York's evaluation that the previous version
of 6 NYCRR Subpart 227-3, ``Pre-2003 Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget
and Allowance Program'', should be removed from the New York SIP. The
EPA has determined that, as discussed in section II, both New York's
227-3 Trading Program Regulation and Subpart 204 have been superseded
by
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other state and federal regulations that required additional
NOX ozone season emission reductions. As the EPA determined
regarding New York's CAIR trading program rule, see section II, the EPA
does not believe that the removal of New York's 227-3 Trading Program
Regulation from New York's SIP will interfere with any applicable
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or
any other applicable requirement of the NAAQS. And as discussed in
section II, New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation predates more
stringent rules and tighter NOX ozone season budgets under
the NOX SIP call, CAIR, and CSAPR trading programs, as well
as New York NOX RACT rules; it is not applicable to the
current federal or state regulatory framework. New York does not rely
on emission reductions from New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation
to attain any NAAQS and the EPA no longer operates the NOX
Budget Trading Program allowing for the allocation and trading of
allowances. Therefore, New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation
should be removed from the NY SIP.
The removal of New York's 227-3 Trading Program Regulation from New
York's SIP will have no consequences for the attainment and maintenance
of the NAAQS in any area, now or in the future. Consistent with CAA
section 110(l), the EPA has determined that the removal of New York's
227-3 Trading Program Regulation will not interfere with any applicable
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or
any other applicable requirement of the NAAQS. Accordingly, the EPA
finds that it is appropriate to approve the removal of 6 NYCRR Subpart
227-3, ``Pre-2003 Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget and Allowance
Program'', from the New York SIP.
The EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in
this proposal. These comments will be considered before the EPA takes
final action. Interested parties may participate in the federal
rulemaking procedure by submitting written comments as discussed in the
ADDRESSES section of this rulemaking.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the EPA is also proposing to incorporate by
reference NYSDEC rule discussed in section III of this preamble in
accordance with the requirements of 1 CFR 51.5. The EPA has made, and
will continue to make, these materials available through the docket for
this action, EPA-R02-OAR-2020-0324, at http://regulations.gov, and at
the EPA Region II Office (please contact the person identified in the
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more
information).
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); see also 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
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 (2 U.S.C. 1501);
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, this proposed rulemaking action, addressing New York's
adopted regulation that reduces NOX emissions from simple
cycle and regenerative combustion turbines during the ozone season, 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 any 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 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Nitrogen Dioxide, Intergovernmental Relations, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile Organic Compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Walter Mugdan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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