[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40959-40961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16110]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0601; FRL-8689-02-R9]


Air Plan Revision; Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; 
California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the 
limited approval and limited disapproval of a revision to the Yolo-
Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD) portion of the 
California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns 
emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from solvent cleaning 
and degreasing operations. Under the authority of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA or the Act), this action simultaneously approves a local rule that 
regulates these emission sources and directs California to correct rule 
deficiencies.

DATES: This rule will be effective on August 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0601. 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, e.g., 
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 through https://www.regulations.gov, or please 
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section for additional availability information. If you need assistance 
in a language other than English or if you are a person with 
disabilities who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you, 
please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arnold Lazarus, EPA Region IX, 75 
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3024 or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and the EPA's Response
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Proposed Action

    On February 25, 2021 (86 FR 11480), the EPA proposed a limited 
approval and limited disapproval of the following rule that was 
submitted for incorporation into the California SIP.

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             Local agency                   Rule #             Rule title             Revised        Submitted
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YSAQMD................................            2.31  Solvent Cleaning and          04/12/2017      08/09/2017
                                                         Degreasing.
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    We proposed a limited approval because we determined that this rule 
improves the SIP and is largely consistent with the relevant CAA 
requirements. We simultaneously proposed a limited disapproval because 
the following rule provision conflicts with section 110 and part D of 
the Act. The provision at section 110.6 of the rule exempts solvent 
degreasing operations that are subject to National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) requirements at 40 CFR part 63 
Subpart T regulating halogenated solvent cleaning.
    CAA Section 182(b)(2) (``Reasonably available control technology'') 
states: ``The State shall submit a revision to the applicable 
implementation plan to include provisions to require the implementation 
of reasonably available control technology . . . .'' While the YSAQMD 
has been delegated the authority to enforce the requirements in 40 CFR 
63 Subpart T, this type of delegation of authority to a district or 
state does not place those requirements or its emission limitations 
into the SIP. Thus, this rule fails to implement RACT for halogenated 
solvent cleaning in an enforceable SIP regulation. Our proposed action 
contains more information on the basis for this rulemaking and on our 
evaluation of the submittal.

II. Public Comments and the EPA's Response

    The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period. 
During this period, we received one comment that was supportive of the 
proposed action.

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III. EPA Action

    No comments were submitted that change our assessment of the rule 
as described in our proposed action. Therefore, as authorized in 
sections 110(k)(3) and 301(a) of the Act, the EPA is finalizing a 
limited approval of the submitted rule. This action incorporates the 
submitted rule into the California SIP, including those provisions 
identified as deficient. As authorized under section 110(k)(3) and 
301(a), the EPA is simultaneously finalizing a limited disapproval of 
the rule. As a result, the EPA must promulgate a federal implementation 
plan under section 110(c) unless we approve subsequent SIP revisions 
that correct the rule deficiencies within 24 months. In addition, the 
offset sanction in CAA section 179(b)(2) will be imposed 18 months 
after the effective date of this action, and the highway funding 
sanction in CAA section 179(b)(1) six months after the offset sanction 
is imposed. A sanction will not be imposed if the EPA determines that a 
subsequent SIP submission corrects the identified deficiencies before 
the applicable deadline.

IV. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes 
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the 
YSAQMD rules described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 
below. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents 
available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region IX Office 
(please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Additional information about these statutes and Executive orders 
can be found at http://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders.

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive 
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

    This action is not a significant regulatory action and was 
therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)

    This action does not impose an information collection burden under 
the PRA because this action does not impose additional requirements 
beyond those imposed by state law.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

    I certify that this action will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This 
action will not impose any requirements on small entities beyond those 
imposed by state law.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)

    This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in 
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect 
small governments. This action does not impose additional requirements 
beyond those imposed by state law. Accordingly, no additional costs to 
State, local, or tribal governments, or to the private sector, will 
result from this action.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have 
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between 
the National Government and the states, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.

F. Executive Order 13175: Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments

    This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in 
Executive Order 13175, because the SIP is not approved to apply on any 
Indian reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian 
tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction, and will not 
impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal 
law. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks

    The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those 
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks 
that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect 
children, per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in 
section 2-202 of the Executive order. This action is not subject to 
Executive Order 13045 because it does not impose additional 
requirements beyond those imposed by state law.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, because it is 
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)

    Section 12(d) of the NTTAA directs the EPA to use voluntary 
consensus standards in its regulatory activities unless to do so would 
be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. The EPA 
believes that this action is not subject to the requirements of section 
12(d) of the NTTAA because application of those requirements would be 
inconsistent with the CAA.

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations

    The EPA lacks the discretionary authority to address environmental 
justice in this rulemaking.

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)

    This action is subject to the CRA, and the EPA will submit a rule 
report to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of 
the United States. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

L. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by September 28, 2021. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule 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 in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 
organic compounds.


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    Dated: July 22, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    For reasons set forth in the preamble, EPA amends Part 52, Chapter 
I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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.

Subpart F--California

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2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(442)(i)(F)(4) and 
(c)(503)(i)(D) to read as follows:


Sec.  52.220  Identification of plan-in part.

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    (c) * * *
    (442) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (F) * * *
    (4) Previously approved on April 28, 2015 in paragraph 
(c)(442)(i)(F)(2) of this section and now deleted with replacement in 
(c)(503)(i)(D)(1), Rule 2.31, ``Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing,'' 
revised on May 8, 2013.
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    (503) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (D) Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District.
    (1) Rule 2.31, ``Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing,'' revised on 
April 12, 2017.
    (2) [Reserved]
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