[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 73 (Monday, April 19, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20289-20290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08004]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189; FRL-10022-74-Region 6]


Air Plan Approval; Arkansas; Arkansas Regional Haze and 
Visibility Transport State Implementation Plan Revisions; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a 
final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on March 22, 2021, and 
that will become effective on April 21, 2021. The EPA finalized 
approval of a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
submitted by the State of Arkansas through the Arkansas Department of 
Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ). This 
document corrects an error in the regulatory text. This correction does 
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change any final action taken by the EPA on March 22, 2021.

DATES: Effective on April 21, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket of all documents for this 
action at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2015-0189. Although listed in the index, some information is not 
publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet. 
Publicly available docket materials are available electronically 
through https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James E. Grady, EPA Region 6 Office, 
Regional Haze and SO2 Section, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, 
Dallas, TX 72570, 214-665-6745; [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. Please call or email the contact listed above if 
you need alternative access to material indexed but not provided in the 
docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 22, 2021 (86 FR 15104), EPA 
published a final rule action, ``Air Plan Approval; Arkansas; Arkansas 
Regional Haze and Visibility Transport State Implementation Plan 
Revisions.'' The final rule approved revisions to the State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Arkansas concerning 
requirements of the Clean Air Act and the Regional Haze Rule for 
visibility protection in mandatory Class I Federal areas for the first 
implementation period and pertain specifically to the Domtar Ashdown 
Mill. The final rule also approved revisions concerning Arkansas' 
interstate visibility transport obligations for the following national 
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS): The 2006 24-hour fine 
particulate matter (PM2.5) NAAQS; the 2012 annual 
PM2.5 NAAQS; the 2008 and 2015 eight-hour ozone 
(O3) NAAQS; the 2010 one-hour nitrogen dioxide 
(NO2) NAAQS; and the 2010 one-hour SO2 NAAQS. For 
more information, please see the EPA's rulemaking action at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0189.

Need for Correction

    As published, the regulatory text in the final rule contains an 
error that omits the amendatory instruction for adding two entries to 
the table entitled ``EPA-Approved Non-Regulatory Provisions and Quasi-
Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas SIP'' in 40 CFR 52.170(e). The EPA 
finds that there is good cause to make this correction without 
providing for notice and comment because neither notice nor comment is 
necessary and would not be in the public interest due to the nature of 
the correction which is minor, technical and does not change the 
obligations already existing in the rule. While the ``Identification of 
Plan'' section of the regulatory text accurately includes the three new 
entries added to the ``EPA-Approved Non-Regulatory Provisions and 
Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas SIP'' table, the amendatory 
instruction erroneously states that one entry rather than three are 
being added to the table. Therefore, the EPA finds that the corrections 
are merely correcting the amendatory instruction without changing any 
final action taken by the EPA on March 22, 2021.

Federal Register Correction

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In FR Doc. 2021-05362 at 86 FR 15104 in the issue of Monday, March 22, 
2021, the following corrections are made:


Sec.  52.170  [Corrected]

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1. On page 15131, in the third column, in amendment 2.b. the 
instruction ``In paragraph (e), the third table titled ``EPA-Approved 
Non-Regulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas 
SIP'' is amended by adding an entry for ``Arkansas Regional Haze Phase 
III SIP Revision'' at the end of the table.'' is corrected to read ``In 
paragraph (e), the third table titled ``EPA-Approved Non-Regulatory 
Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Arkansas SIP'' is 
amended by adding entries for ``Arkansas Regional Haze Phase III SIP 
Revision,'' ``Arkansas 2015 O3 NAAQS Interstate Transport 
SIP Revision,'' and ``Arkansas Regional Haze SO2 and PM SIP 
Revision'' at the end of the table.''

    Dated: April 14, 2021.
David Gray,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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