[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47636-47640]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22114]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0500; FRL-9969-39-Region 4]

Air Plan Approval; Florida; Stationary Sources Emissions
Monitoring

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct
final action to approve a portion of a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the State of Florida, through the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on February 1, 2017, for
the purpose of revising Florida's requirements and procedures for
emissions monitoring at stationary sources. Florida's February 1, 2017,
SIP submittal includes amendments to three Florida Administrative Code
(F.A.C.) rule sections, as well as the removal of one F.A.C. rule
section from the Florida SIP in order to eliminate redundant language
and make updates to the requirements for emissions monitoring at
stationary sources. Additionally, this action includes a correction to
remove an additional F.A.C. rule that was previously approved for
removal from the SIP in a separate action but was never removed. EPA is
taking action on Florida's February 1, 2017, SIP submittal as a direct
final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. This
action is being taken pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).

DATES: This direct final rule is effective December 12, 2017 without
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by November 13,
2017. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform
the public that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2017-0500 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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. 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: Andres Febres of the Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303-8960. Mr. Febres can be reached via telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>
or via electronic mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What actions is EPA taking today?

    On February 1, 2017, FDEP submitted to EPA for adoption a SIP
revision for the purpose of updating Florida's requirements and
procedures for emissions monitoring at stationary sources. Florida's
February 1, 2017, SIP submittal included amendments to three F.A.C.
rule sections and the removal of one F.A.C. rule section from the
Florida SIP.\1\ Specifically, these changes to Florida's rules included
the amendments of Rule 62-297.310, F.A.C.--``General Emissions Test
Requirement;'' \2\ Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C.--``Supplementary Test
Procedures;'' and Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C.--``EPA VOC Capture Efficiency
Test Procedures.'' In addition, Florida's February 1, 2017, SIP
submittal includes the removal of one of Florida's rule sections from
the SIP. Specifically, Florida requested to remove Rule 62-297.401,
F.A.C.--``Compliance Test Methods'' from the State's implementation
plan because it has been repealed at the state level, and, according to
the submittal, the section is unnecessary, obsolete or duplicative of
other F.A.C. Rules.
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    \1\ Florida Administrative Code, ``62-297,'' for example, is a
rule chapter, and ``62-297.310'' is a rule section, commonly written
as ``Chapter 62-297, F.A.C.,'' and ``Rule 62-297.310, F.A.C.,''
respectively. Throughout this rulemaking, we will use this
nomenclature to refer to rule chapter and rule sections.
    \2\ Although referenced in the February 1, 2017, SIP submittal
by the title of ``General Emissions Test Requirements,'' the current
SIP-approved Rule 62-297.310, F.A.C., is titled ``General Test
Requirements.'' The renaming of this Rule is included in the
February 1, 2017, SIP submittal and is being acted on in a separate
rulemaking.
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    Through this rulemaking, EPA is approving the portions of Florida's
February 1, 2017, SIP submittal regarding amendments to Rule 62-
297.440, F.A.C., and Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C., as well as the removal of
Rules 62-297.401, F.A.C., from the State's implementation plan. The
portion of the SIP regarding Rule 62-297.310 is being discussed in a
separate rulemaking that is proposing approval of portions of several
SIP submittals making administrative and recodification changes to
Florida's SIP. See 82 FR 37379 (August 10, 2017).
    In addition to the removal of Rule 62-297.401, F.A.C., EPA is
removing Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C.--``EPA Methods Adopted by Reference''
from the Florida SIP. The removal of this rule section was previously
approved by EPA, but was never reflected in Florida's SIP-approved
rules table in 40 CFR 52.520(c). For more detail on the approval to
remove Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C., see the June 16, 1999, rulemaking (64
FR 32346).

II. Analysis of State Submittal

    As mentioned in Section I above, Florida submitted to EPA a SIP
revision on February 1, 2017, which includes amendments to three of its
rules to address requirements for emissions monitoring at stationary
sources and proposed to remove one of its SIP-approved rules.
Specifically, Florida proposed amendments to Rules 62-297.310, 62-
297.440, and 62-297.450, F.A.C., and proposed to remove Rule 62-
297.401, F.A.C., from the State's implementation plan. A description of
the changes proposed to these Rules and our analyses of these changes
is included below.

A. Rule 62-297.401, F.A.C.--``Compliance Test Methods''

    In its February 1, 2017, SIP submittal, Florida requested that Rule
62-297.401, F.A.C.--``Compliance Test Methods'' be removed from the
State's implementation plan. This rule section listed the air emissions
test methods that were to be used whenever a compliance test was
required by another rule or a permit. These test methods are now
prescribed in each individual rule that requires a compliance test, and
as a result, Rule 62-297.401 is no longer needed as its own separate
list. In addition, Florida incorporates by reference all the necessary
EPA test methods in Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C--``Federal Regulations
Adopted by Reference.'' Consequently, Florida has since repealed Rule
62-297.401, F.A.C., state effective on July 10, 2014. EPA is approving
the removal of the aforementioned rule from Florida's SIP because the
requirements are still in place in other state rules, and we believe
this repealed rule is no longer necessary.

B. Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C.--``Supplementary Test Procedures''

    In Florida's February 1, 2017, SIP submittal the State proposed
several revisions to Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C.--``Supplementary Test
Procedures,'' which became state effective on July 10, 2014. This rule
section listed additional testing methods that could be used in
conjunction and as a supplement to all other required test methods. In
its February 1, 2017, SIP submittal, Florida is requesting the removal
of several subsections because they contain test methods that are
either adopted by reference in other rule sections or are now obsolete.
Florida proposed to remove the following subsections from Rule 62-
297.440, F.A.C.: (1)--``ASTM Methods,'' (3)--``American Conference of
Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Recommended Practices--Industrial
Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice--Equipment
Specifications,'' (5)--``Technical Association of Pulp and Paper
Industry (TAPPI), Test Methods,'' (6)--``Sulphur Development Institute
of Canada (SUDIC) Sampling and Testing Sulphur Forms,'' and (7)--``EPA
VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures.''
    With the exception of the language from subsection (7)--``EPA VOC
Capture Efficiency Test Procedures'' (which are now included in Rule
62-297.450, F.A.C.--``EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures''),
all other subsections mentioned in the paragraph above were repealed
because they are obsolete and unnecessary. Given that these test
methods were supplementary and that all required test methods are still
in place and prescribed in each section or permit that requires
testing, as mentioned in Section II.B. above, EPA agrees with the
amendments and is approving the removal of these five subsections from
Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C.

C. Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C.--``EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test
Procedures''

    In its February 1, 2017, SIP submittal, Florida proposed several
revisions to Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C--``EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test
Procedures,'' which became state effective on July 10, 2014. This rule
section lists procedures for determining the capture efficiency of a
VOC capture system. The February 1, 2017, SIP submittal makes
clarifying changes to this rule by reformatting the rule, but did not
change the requirements that had to be met in order to determine the
capture efficiency of a VOC capture system. Some subsections of the
rule were removed, and instead, the State references EPA's Emissions
Measurement Technical Information Center Guideline Document GD-035--
``Guideline for Determining Capture Efficiency,'' January 9, 1995.\3\
In addition, amendments to Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C., add language
removed from subsection 62-297.440(7) mentioned above.
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    \3\ EPA document GD-035, ``Guidelines for Determining Capture
Efficiency,'' dated January 9, 1995, is available at: https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/emc/guidlnd/gd-035.pdf.
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    EPA is approving the changes provided in Florida's February 1,
2017, SIP submittal to Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C., on the basis that these
changes are simply to clarify and simplify the language in the rule,
and are consistent with EPA's VOC capture efficiency test procedure
guidelines, as established in the agency's GD-035 guideline.

III. Removal of 62-297.400 From the Florida SIP

    In an April 15, 1996, SIP submittal, Florida requested, among other
things, the removal of several Rule sections from the State's SIP.
Specifically, Florida requested to remove fourteen sections from Rule
Chapter 62-297, F.A.C., including Rules 62-297.400, 62-297.411, 62-
297.412, 62-297.413, 62-297.414, 62-297.415, 62-297.416, 62-297.417,
62-297.418, 62-297.419, 62-297.421, 62-297.422, 62-297.423, and 62-
297.424, F.A.C. In a June 16, 1999 (64 FR 32346), rulemaking, EPA
approved the removal of these Florida rule sections from the State's
SIP at the same time that the agency added a table of SIP-approved
rules at 40 CFR 52.520.\4\ However, when creating this table, EPA
inadvertently included some of the rules that were being removed from
Florida's SIP. The rules that were mistakenly left in the table under
Chapter 62-297, F.A.C., are Rules 62-297.400, 62-297.411, 62-297.412,
62-297.413, 62-297.415, 62-297.416, 62-297.417, and 62-297.423, F.A.C.
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    \4\ The list of EPA-approved regulations in Florida's SIP can be
found in Table (c) of 40 CFR part 52, Subsection 520 [40 CFR
52.520(c)].
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    On November 29, 2012, Florida submitted to EPA a letter requesting
that corrections be made to the table at 40 CFR 52.520(c), including
the removal of those rules that were approved for removal but left in
the table. As a response to the November 29, 2012, letter, EPA
published a Correcting Amendments rulemaking on June 20, 2013 (78 FR
37132), to make the requested corrections to Rule Chapter 62-297 in
table 52.520(c) of the Florida SIP. In the June 20, 2013, correction,
EPA removed all remaining rules that were previously approved for
removal with the exception of Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C.
    Although not requested by Florida in their February 1, 2017, SIP
submittal, EPA is making the correction to the table at 40 CFR 52.520
regarding Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C., at this time. At the time of the
repeal of this rule, the latest SIP-approved version of Rule 62-
297.400, F.A.C., included references to Rule 62-297.401, F.A.C., and
Rules 62-297.411 through 62-297.424, F.A.C., which are either removed
from the SIP or are being approved for removal in this rulemaking. If
Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C., was left in the Florida SIP, it would continue
to make reference to SIP-approved rules that no longer exist in the
State's implementation plan and could lead to confusion. Since this
rule was previously approved for removal in the June 16, 1999,
rulemaking, EPA is now removing the aforementioned rule from the
Florida SIP.

IV. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of Rule 62-
297.440, F.A.C., entitled ``Supplementary Test Procedures'' and Rule
62-297.450, F.A.C., entitled ``EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test
Procedures,'' both state effective on July 19, 2014. EPA has made, and
will continue to make, these materials generally available through
www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA Region 4 Office (please contact
the person identified in the For Further Information Contact section of
this preamble for more information). Therefore, these materials have
been approved by EPA for inclusion in the State's implementation plan,
have been incorporated by reference by EPA into that plan, are fully
federally enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the
effective date of the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be
incorporated by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in
the next update to the SIP compilation.\5\
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    \5\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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V. Final Action

    EPA is taking direct final action to approve the aforementioned
changes to the SIP, as submitted to us in Florida's February 1, 2017,
SIP revision. Specifically, EPA is approving the amendments to Rule 62-
297.440, F.A.C., and Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C., both state effective on
July 19, 2014, as well as the removal of Rule 62-297.401, F.A.C., from
Florida's SIP. In addition, EPA is removing Rule 62-297.400, F.A.C.,
from Florida's SIP as approved in a previous rulemaking.\6\ This action
is limited to the two rule revisions and two rule removals mentioned
above and does not act on other portions of the February 1, 2017,
submittal that are covered under a separate rulemaking.
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    \6\ See Section III of this rulemaking for details on Rule 62-
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    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no
adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should
adverse comments be filed. This rule will be effective December 12,
2017 without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments
by November 13, 2017. If EPA receives such comments, then EPA will
publish a document withdrawing the final rule and informing the public
that the rule will not take effect. All adverse comments received will
then be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Parties
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If no such comments
are received, the public is advised that this rule will be effective on
December 12, 2017 and no further action will be taken on the proposed
rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

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 Act and applicable
Federal regulations.

See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they
meet the criteria of the CAA. This action merely approves state law as
meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by state law. 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);
     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 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).
    The SIP 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 as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by December 12, 2017. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action 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. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules
section of this Federal Register, rather than file an immediate
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed
rulemaking. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: September 29, 2017.
Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended 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 K--Florida

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2. Section 52.520(c) is amended under ``Chapter 62-297 Stationary
Sources--Emissions Monitoring'' by removing the entries for ``62-
297.400'' and ``62-297.401'' and revising the entries for ``62-
297.440'' and ``62-297.450'' to read as follows:

Sec.  52.520  Identification of plan.

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62-297.440..................  Supplementary Test          7/10/2014  10/13/2017, [Insert
                               Procedures.                            citation of
                                                                      publication].
62-297.450..................  EPA VOC Capture             7/10/2014  10/13/2017, [Insert
                               Efficiency Test                        citation of
                               Procedures.                            publication].

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 204 (Friday, October 21, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72757-72758]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25297]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0308; FRL-9954-17-Region 3]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Virginia; Removal of Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Requirements for
Gasoline Dispensing Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve
the state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the
Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of removing the requirement
for gasoline vapor recovery equipment on gasoline dispensing pumps
(otherwise referred to as Stage II vapor recovery, or simply as Stage
II) in Virginia area facilities formerly required to have installed and
operated Stage II vapor recovery controls under the prior, approved
Virginia SIP. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the Commonwealth's SIP submittal as a direct
final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for EPA's approval of Virginia's Stage II-related
SIP revision with amended regulations addressing vapor recovery is set
forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in
response to this action, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and
all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final
rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second
comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action
should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by November 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2016-0308 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow
the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either
manner of submission, 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 the person
identified in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section. For 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: Brian Rehn,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or by
email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title,
that is located in the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of
the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
Shawn M. Garvin,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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                RELEASE_NOTES for CMAQv4.7.1 - 13 January 2010

from Shawn Roselle Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division, ORD

The changes and new features of this release are:

1) Aqueous chemistry

      - Mass conservation improvements

        + Imposed 1 second minimum timestep for remainder of the cloud lifetime

      	  after 100 "iterations" in the solver

        + Force mass balance for the last timestep in the cloud by limiting

          oxidized amount to mass available

      - Implemented steady state assumption for OH

      - Only allow sulfur oxidation to control the aqueous chemistry solver

        timestep (previously, reactions of OH, GLY, MGLY, and Hg for

        multipollutant model also controlled the timestep)

2) Vertical Advection

      - Added additional divergence-based constraint on advection timestep

      - Vertical advection now represented with PPM to limit numerical diffusion

3) Multipollutant model updates

      - Bug fix to facilitate in-line emissions option

      - Mercury

        + Dicarboxylic acid reduction mechanism applied to aqueous phase

          oxidized mercury species

        + Cl oxidation pathway based on Donohoue et al 2005 J. Phys. Chem. A 109(34)

      - Lowered CB05 mechanism unit yields for acrolein from 1,3-Butadiene

        tracer reactions to be consistent with laboratory measurements

4) Photolysis

      - JPROC/phot_table and phot_sat options

        + Expanded lookup tables to facilitate applications across the globe and

          extended vertical extent to 20km

        + Updated temperature adjustments for absorption cross sections and

          quantum yields

        + Revised algorithm that processes TOMS datasets for OMI data format

      - In-line option

        + Asymmetry factor calculation updated using values from Mie theory

          integrated over log normal particle distribution; added special

          treatment for large particles in asymmetry factor algorithm to avoid

          numerical instabilities

5) Instrumented Models

      - DDM-3D

      - Sulfur Tracking

      - Primary Carbon Apportionment

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Known Issues:

1)  When using the inline option for biogenic emissions, only one hour output

    timesteps are supported

2)  DDM-3D is currently only operational with the "eddy" vertical diffusion module

    (DDM for the acm2 or acm2_inline modules will be available in the next release)


[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41035-41039]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17805]

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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R08-0AR-2018-0530; FRL-9982-03--Region 8]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
State of Colorado; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program and
Associated Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing
approval of two State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by
the State of Colorado. The revisions involve amendments to Colorado's
Regulation Number 11, ``Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program.''
The revisions enhance the use of Regulation Number 11's Clean Screen
Program, allow self-inspecting vehicle fleets to use the On-Board
Diagnostics (OBD) testing procedure, provide corrections to the Low
Emitter Index (LEI) component of the Clean Screen Program, clarify
existing provisions, correct administrative errors, delete obsolete
language, establish inspection procedures for when emission control
equipment tampering is detected, and make several other minor
associated revisions. These actions are being taken under section 110
of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 17,
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2018-0530, to the Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
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    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
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Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. The EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the
hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Russ, Air Program, EPA, Region 8,
Mail-code 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129,
(303) 312-6479, or [email protected].

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

I. Background

    Colorado's Regulation Number 11 (hereafter ``Reg. No. 11'')
addresses the implementation of the State's motor vehicle inspection
and maintenance (I/M) program. The I/M program consists of an
``enhanced'' component that

utilizes a dynamometer-based EPA IM240 \1\ test for 1982 and newer
light-duty gasoline vehicles and a two-speed idle test (TSI) \2\ for
1981 and older light-duty gasoline vehicles. To improve motorist
convenience and reduce program implementation costs, the State also
administers a remote sensing-based ``Clean Screen'' component of the I/
M program. Remote sensing is a method for measuring vehicle emissions,
while simultaneously photographing the license plate, when a vehicle
passes through infrared or ultraviolet beams of light. Owners of
vehicles meeting the Clean Screen criteria are notified by the County
Clerk that their vehicles have passed the motor vehicle inspection
process and are exempt from their next regularly scheduled IM240 test.
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    \1\ See 40 CFR part 51, subpart S for a complete description of
EPA's IM240 test. The IM240 test is essentially an enhanced motor
vehicle emissions test to measure mass tailpipe emissions while the
vehicle follows a computer generated driving cycle trace for 240
seconds and while the vehicle is on a dynamometer.
    \2\ See 40 CFR part 51, subpart S for a complete description of
EPA's two-speed idle test. The two-speed idle test essentially
measures the mass tailpipe emissions of a stationary vehicle; one
reading is at a normal idle of approximately 700 to 800 engine
revolutions per minute (RPM) and one reading at 2,500 RPM.
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    The Clean Screen program component of Colorado's Reg. No. 11 was
originally approved, for implementation in the Metro-Denver area, with
the Denver carbon monoxide redesignation to attainment and maintenance
plan (see: 66 FR 64751, December 14, 2001). The Clean Screen criteria
that was approved in 2001 by the EPA required two valid passing remote
sensing readings on different days or from different sensors, that met
the applicable emissions reading requirements in Part F of Reg. No. 11,
within a 12-month period to clean-screen a vehicle (see 66 FR 44097,
August 22, 2001).
    Colorado revised Reg. No. 11 to expand the definition and
requirements for a ``clean-screened vehicle'' to also include vehicles
identified as low emitting vehicles in the state-determined LEI which
have one passing remote sensing reading prior to the vehicle's
registration renewal date. As part of the LEI process, the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control
Division (APCD) develops an LEI on or before July 1 of each year. The
LEI is based on a tabulation of the previous calendar year's IM240
inspection program results for specific make, model, and model year
vehicles that passed IM240 vehicle inspections the previous year at a
minimum rate of 98%.
    Beginning in January 2015, Colorado also began implementing an OBD
test for certain model year vehicles. An OBD I/M test essentially means
the electronic retrieval, by connecting an OBD test analyzer to the
computer port data link in the vehicle, of information from a vehicle's
computer system. The electronic information retrieved includes stored
readiness status, diagnostic trouble codes (DTC), malfunction indicator
light (MIL) illumination and other data. If emission related DTCs are
present or the MIL is commanded on, that would indicate an emissions
related malfunction.\3\
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    \3\ The EPA required that OBD II testing requirements be in
place by January 1, 2002 (66 FR 18156; April 5, 2001). All 1996 and
newer model year light duty gasoline and alternate fuel passenger
cars and trucks are required to have OBD II systems. OBD-II is an
improvement over OBD-I in both capability and standardization. The
OBD-II standard specifies the type of diagnostic connector and its
pinout, the electrical protocols available, and the messaging
format. The OBD-II standard provides a list of standardized DTCs.
OBD-II standardization was prompted to simplify diagnosis of
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    In addition, Colorado also extended the Reg. No. 11 exemption from
I/M testing for new vehicles from 4 years to 7 years. This revision was
based on Colorado's gathering of emissions testing information over a
period of several years, which demonstrated that historically new and
newer vehicles typically did not fail the IM240 or OBD emissions test
within the first seven years of the vehicle's life.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    As explained below, the EPA is proposing to approve various
revisions to Colorado's Reg. No. 11 that the State submitted to the EPA
on February 20, 2015, and on May 14, 2018. Most of the revisions
involve minor updates to several sections of Reg. No. 11 and the
deletion of obsolete language. More specifically, the substantive SIP
revisions involve:
    a. Addition of a definition of ``Tampering'' to Part A.II.
    b. Revisions to Part B.IV.B to require span gases to be labelled in
accordance with Attachment VI of Appendix A.
    c. Revisions to Part A.II.16 and Part C.XII. (A.3 and C.2) to
increase clean screening efficiency by removing the requirement that
two qualifying clean screen observations must be made on different days
or at different locations.
    d. Revisions to Part C.II.B.4 to remove incomplete and obsolescent
qualifying criteria for certain vehicles that are unable to be tested
on the IM240 chassis dynamometer.
    e. Revisions to Part C.II.C to allow self-inspecting gasoline
vehicle fleets to utilize the more effective and more convenient OBD II
testing procedure on all 1996 model year and newer vehicles.
    f. Revisions to Part C.II.C.3 regarding acceptable readiness
criteria for OBD sensors and monitors.
    g. Revisions to Part C.II.C.9 and C.10 regarding I/M240 tests and
tampering associated with OBD tests.
    h. Revisions to Part C.VIII and IX to clarify and modernize
provisions for issuance of emissions repair, diagnostic and economic
hardship waivers.
    i. Revisions to Part D.I.B. 5, 6, and 7 to remove obsolete language
regarding dwell meters, timing lights, and idle adjustment.
    j. Revisions to Part F.VI.B, the roadside remote sensing clean
screen LEI, to allow for greater utilization of this component of the
I/M program.
    k. Revisions to Part F.VII with regard to OBD testing criteria.
    l. Revisions to Appendix A, Attachment IV, Section 2.2, and the
deletion of Appendix B in its entirety such as to remove obsolete
specifications and procedures for vehicle inspection analyzer
calibration gasses.
    m. Corrections of typographical, grammatical, and formatting errors
throughout Reg. No. 11.
    We note that the specific basis for our proposed action and our
analyses and findings are discussed in this proposed rulemaking.
Technical information that we relied upon in this proposal is contained
in the docket, available at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. EPA-
R08-OAR-2018-0530.

III. What was the State's process?

    Section 110(a)(2) of the CAA requires that a state provide
reasonable notice and public hearing before adopting a SIP revision and
submitting it to us.

The State's February 20, 2015 SIP Submittal

    On October 16, 2014, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission
(AQCC) conducted a public hearing to consider the adoption of revisions
and additions to the Colorado SIP. The revisions affecting the SIP
involved the Reg. No. 11 revisions noted above and as discussed below
in section IV. There were no public comments. After conducting a public
hearing, the AQCC adopted the proposed revisions to Reg. No 11 on
October 16, 2014. The SIP revisions became State effective on November
30, 2014.
    We evaluated the State's February 20, 2015 SIP submittal for Reg.
No. 11 and determined that the State met the requirements for
reasonable notice and public hearing under section 110(a)(2)

of the CAA. By operation of law under section 110(k)(1)(B) of the CAA,
the State's February 20, 2015 submittal was deemed complete on August
20, 2015.

The State's May 14, 2018 SIP Submittal

    On May 17, 2017, the AQCC conducted a public hearing to consider
the adoption of revisions and additions to the Colorado SIP. The
revisions affecting the SIP involved the Reg. No. 11 revisions noted
above and as discussed below in section V. There were no public
comments. After conducting a public hearing, the AQCC adopted the
proposed revisions to Reg. No. 11 on May 17, 2017. The SIP revisions
became State effective on September 30, 2017.
    We evaluated the State's May 14, 2018 SIP submittal for Reg. No. 11
and determined that the State met the requirements for reasonable
notice and public hearing under section 110(a)(2) of the CAA. In
addition, our evaluation of the SIP revisions submittal also concluded
that it met the minimum ``completeness'' criteria found in 40 CFR part
51, Appendix V.

IV. EPA's Evaluation of the State's 2015 Revisions to Part A, Part B,
Part C, Part F, Appendix A and Appendix B

    The sections of Reg. No. 11 that were revised with the State's
February 20, 2015 submittal were as follows:
    1. Part A, section II: Add a new definition number 50,
``Tampering.'' Renumber definitions number 51 and higher. The new
definition is consistent with the prohibitions in CAA section
203(a)(3)(A).
    2. Part B, section IV: Modify section IV.B to require span gases to
be labelled in accordance with Attachment VI of Appendix A and to
require span and calibration gas suppliers to be approved by the
Colorado Automobile Inspection and Readjustment (AIR) Program Standards
Lab.
    3. Part C, section II: Modify section II.B.4 to replace specific
criteria for eligibility for an alternative test to the IM240 test with
an eligibility list that is maintained in the Colorado APCD Emission
Technical Center Procedures Manual.
    4. Part C, section II: Modify section II.C to indicate that
effective July 1, 2015, 1996 and newer light duty vehicles that are
owned by a fleet that operates a Fleet Inspection Station shall
administer an OBD test as specified in 40 CFR 85.2222.
    5. Part C, section VIII: Modify sections VIII.B.1 to require, as
part of eligibility for an emissions test waiver, there are no visible
smoke emissions from the vehicle's exhaust, there has been no
tampering, and VIII.B.3 (renumbered to VIII.B.2) to clarify
requirements for expenditures needed to qualify for an emissions test
waiver. Remove prior sections VIII.B.2, VIII.B.4, and VIII.B.5. We note
that section VIII.B.2 involved certain aspects of the basic I/M program
that are obsolete and sections VIII.B.4 and VIII.B.5 contained
emissions reduction and operating parameter requirements that are not
required under 40 CFR 51.360 for waivers.
    6. Part C, section VIII: Modify section VIII.C to require a vehicle
to be evaluated via an IM240 test if the OBD MIL remains illuminated
even after the maximum expenditure for repairs has been met.
    7. Part C, section VIII: Modify section VIII.D.1 to add failure for
an OBD test.
    8. Part C, section VIII: Modify section VIII.F to remove
unnecessary language regarding the generation of an emissions sticker
and removal of the prior emissions sticker by an emissions inspector.
    9. Part C, section IX: Remove this section in its entirety to
delete obsolete language regarding engine and emissions equipment
adjustment procedures. These procedures are no longer performed by
inspectors; instead, if a vehicle does not pass the owner must have the
necessary repairs done before the vehicle is retested.
    10. Part C, section X: Modify section X.A and X.B to include
provisions for emissions related repairs that are necessary to
extinguish the OBD MIL light.
    11. Part C, section X: Modify section X.C to state the specific
requirements to meet the emissions maximum expenditure for repairs cost
limit, with respect to an OBD test, in order for a vehicle to be
eligible to apply for a waiver.
    12. Part F, section VI: The State modified section VI.B.3 to remove
a 98% passing criteria for Clean Screen vehicles and instead indicate
the passing criteria would be based on sound scientific evidence. The
EPA is not acting on this revision in the State's February 20, 2015 SIP
submittal, as it has been superseded by the 2018 revisions.
    13. Part F, section VI: The State added section VI.B.4 to include
that the State would establish the low emitting vehicle index, without
review by the EPA or the public, and would retain the low emitting
vehicle index in the State's Emission Technical Center Procedures
Manual. The EPA is not acting on this revision in the State's February
20, 2015 SIP submittal, as it has been superseded by the May 14, 2018
submitted revisions.
    14. Appendix A, Technical Specifications: Modify section 2.11 to
remove a reference to gas blender specifications in the obsolete
Appendix B and change to indicate as approved by the Colorado APCD.
    15. Appendix A, Technical Specifications, Attachment IV: Modify
section IV.2.2 to indicate that the Colorado97 procedure shall use two
tri-blend span gas blends that meet the California BAR97 span gas low
(blend 31) and high (blend 34) specifications.
    16. Appendix A, Technical Specifications, Attachment IV: Modify
section IV.2.3 to indicate that audit gases shall meet the California
BAR97 audit gas specification.
    17. Appendix A, Technical Specifications, Attachment VI: Modify
section VI to revise the label figure to indicate that it represents
the Colorado-approved calibration span gas.
    18. Appendix B, Standards and Specifications for Calibration/Span
Gas Suppliers: Appendix B was removed by the State in its entirety as
it contained obsolete specifications and procedures for inspection
analyzer calibration gases.

V. EPA's Evaluation of the State's 2018 Revisions to Part C, Part D,
Part F and Appendix A

    The sections of Reg. No. 11 that were revised with the State's May
14, 2018 submittal were as follows:
    1. Part C, section II: Modify section II.C.3.a to replace the
existing monitor readiness evaluation with a monitor readiness
evaluation that ensures that the oxygen sensor and/or heated oxygen
sensor monitor(s) shall be ready if supported, the catalyst monitor
shall be ready if supported, 2001 and newer vehicles shall only be
allowed to have one supported monitor in a not ready status, and 2000
and older vehicles shall only be allowed to have two supported monitors
in a not ready status. In addition, if the above criteria are not met
and the vehicle's MIL light is commanded off, then the vehicle will be
required to be evaluated via an IM240 test.
    2. Part C, section II: Modify section II.C.9 to indicate that for
the 5 percent vehicles that are selected at random from the OBD test
for a subsequent IM240 test, the IM240 test shall be the pass/fail
determination for these vehicles.
    3. Part C, section II: New section II.C.10 that states if the
vehicle's OBD responds that the catalyst readiness monitor is not
supported and that all readiness monitors are supported, or if any
other OBD tampering indicators are present, then the OBD test will be
failed.

    4. Part D, section I: Modify sections I.B to remove sections I.B.5,
I.B.6 and I.B.7 to delete obsolete terms and renumber the remaining
sections in I.B.
    5. Part D, section I: Modify renumbered section I.B.10 to indicate
that renumbered sections I.B.5 and I.B.6 are not required for licensing
as an inspection-only station or inspection-only facility.
    6. Part D, section I: Remove prior numbered section I.B.15 as it
contains obsolete language.
    7. Part F, section VI: Modify section VI.B.1 to remove the
restricting term ``IM240'' which then allows all types of test results
to be evaluated.
    8. Part F, section VI: Modify section VI.B.2 to remove the
unnecessary term ``exhaust.''
    9. Part F, section VI: Modify section VI.B.3 to remove the minimum
98% passing rate criteria for the LEI and instead require that the
passing rate criteria ensures equivalent air quality benefits as a
second remote sensing test.
    10. Part F, section VI: Modify section VI.B.4 to remove prior
language and to add that the passing rate criteria for the LEI, as
established by the APCD, will be maintained and contained in the APCD's
Emissions Technical Center Procedures Manual, and will be submitted to
the EPA on or before July 1 of each year.
    11. Part F, section VII: Modify section VII to remove the obsolete
sections VII.E and VII.F.
    12. Appendix A, Technical Specifications, Attachment V: Modify
Attachment V ``Specifications for Colorado On-Board Diagnostic (OBD)
Stand-Alone Analyzer'' to remove the obsolete language regarding
readiness criteria for a vehicle's oxygen sensor, catalyst sensor and
the allowable number of not-ready sensors for 2001 and newer vehicles
and 2000 and older vehicles. The revised language now contains overall
requirements for OBD readiness such that if the readiness evaluation
indicates that a vehicle has more than one unset (not ready) readiness
monitor, and the MIL is commanded off, then the inspection is
automatically aborted with the reason printed out on the Vehicle
Inspection Report.

VI. Conclusion

    Our review of the State's Reg. No. 11 revisions, as presented above
in sections IV and V, involved numerous revisions to Reg. No. 11 Parts
A, B, C, D, F, Appendix A, the deletion of Appendix B, and overall
formatting, correction of typographic errors and other non-substantive
changes. Based on our review and evaluation discussed above, we propose
that the Reg. No. 11 SIP revisions, submitted by the State in letters
dated February 20, 2015, and May 14, 2018, sufficiently address
applicable provisions in 40 CFR part 51, subpart S, 40 CFR part 85,
subpart W, and that our approval is warranted.

VII. Consideration of Section 110(1) of the Clean Air Act

    Section 110(1) of the CAA states that a SIP revision cannot be
approved if the revision would interfere with any applicable
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress
towards attainment of a National Ambient Air Quality Standard or any
other applicable requirement of the CAA. In view of the evaluations
presented in sections IV and V above, the EPA proposes that the
revisions to Colorado's Reg. No. 11 that are contained in the State's
SIP submittals dated February 20, 2015, and May 14, 2018 will not
interfere with attainment, reasonable further progress, or any other
applicable requirement of the CAA.

VIII. Proposed Action

    The EPA is proposing approval of the February 20, 2015, submitted
SIP revisions to Colorado's Regulation Number 11, Part A, Part B, Part
C, Part F, Appendix A and the deletion of Appendix B. The EPA notes
that revisions to Part F, sections VI.B.3 and VI.B.4 were also provided
with the State's February 20, 2015 submittal. The EPA is not proposing
action on these sections of Part F for the reasons noted above in
section IV of this action.
    In addition, the EPA is proposing approval of the May 14, 2018,
submitted SIP revisions to Regulation Number 11, Part C, Part D, Part F
and Appendix A.

IX. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by
reference the amendments described in sections IV and V, above. The EPA
has made, and will continue to make, these materials generally
available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region 8 Office
(please contact the person identified in the For Further Information
Contact section of this preamble for more information).

X. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state choices
provided that 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 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 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 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. In those areas of
Indian country, the proposed 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 52

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

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

    Dated: August 13, 2018.
Douglas Benevento,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2018-17805 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am]
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2014-0091]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the
U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR),
abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of a
revision to the following collection of information: 1625-0058,
Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and Commercial Waste.
Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens
commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before July
24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2014-0091] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and/or to OIRA. To avoid
duplicate submissions, please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: (a) To Coast Guard docket at http://www.regulations.gov. (b) To OIRA by email via<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (2) Mail: (a) DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) To
OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, attention Desk Officer
for the Coast Guard.
    (3) Hand Delivery: To DMF address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is
202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: (a) To DMF,<PHONE_NUMBER>. (b) To OIRA at<PHONE_NUMBER>. To
ensure your comments are received in a timely manner, mark the fax,
attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    The DMF maintains the public docket for this Notice. Comments and
material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in
this Notice as being available in the docket, will become part of the
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room W12-140
on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also find the docket on the Internet
at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Copies of the ICRs are available through the docket on the Internet
at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from:
COMMANDANT (CG-612), ATTN: PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, U.S. COAST
GUARD, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. SE., STOP 7710, WASHINGTON, DC
20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Smith, Office of Information
Management, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER> or fax<PHONE_NUMBER>, for questions
on these documents. Contact Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations,<PHONE_NUMBER>, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,
and

other important information describing the Collections. There is one
ICR for each Collection.
    The Coast Guard invites comments on whether these ICRs should be
granted based on the Collections being necessary for the proper
performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard
would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the
Collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the
Collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
information subject to the Collections; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the Collections on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. These comments will help OIRA determine whether to approve
the ICRs referred to in this Notice.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments
and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the
OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number
of this request, [USCG 2014-0091], and must be received by July 24,
2014. We will post all comments received, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will include any personal information you
provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use their DMF. Please see the
``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number [USCG-
2014-0091]; indicate the specific section of the document to which each
comment applies, providing a reason for each comment. You may submit
your comments and material online (via http://www.regulations.gov), by
fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If
you submit a comment online via www.regulations.gov, it will be
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is
received at the DMF. We recommend you include your name, mailing
address, an email address, or other contact information in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
    You may submit comments and material by electronic means, mail,
fax, or delivery to the DMF at the address under ADDRESSES, but please
submit them by only one means. To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2014-0091'' in the
``Search'' box. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by
mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments and material received during the comment period
and will address them accordingly.

Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this Notice as
being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, click
on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted in
blue. In the ``Search'' box insert ``USCG-2014-0091'' and click
``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.
You may also visit the DMF in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
    OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice
of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB
Control Numbers: 1625-0058.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received in
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act statement
regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The
Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (79 FR 18045, March 31, 2014)
required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments.

Information Collection Request.

    1. Title: Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and
Commercial Waste.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0058.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Abstract: This information collection provides the basis for
issuing or denying a permit for the transportation of municipal or
commercial waste in the coastal waters of the United States.
Respondents are owners and operators of vessels.
    Forms: None.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains unchanged at 13 hours
a year.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: June 16, 2014.
Marshall B. Lytle,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP16-498-000; PF16-4-000]

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on September 9, 2016, Columbia Gas Transmission,
LLC (Columbia), 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056,
filed an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA) requesting authorization to: (i) Abandon in place 17.5
miles of its Line B-105, (ii) replace 14 miles of its Line B-111, (iii)
replace 0.1 miles of its Line B-121, (iv) replace 0.5 miles of its Line
B-130, (v) install 7.6 miles of Line K-270 pipeline, and (vi) remove or
install various appurtenances, all located in Fairfield and Franklin
Counties, Ohio. Columbia states that there will be no change in
certificated capacity. Columbia estimates the cost of the proposed
project to be approximately $182,773,707, all as more fully set forth
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to
public inspection. The filing is available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web
site web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning these applications may be directed to
Tyler R. Brown, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 5151
San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, by telephone at (713)
386-3797.
    On March 10, 2016, the Commission staff granted Columbia's request
to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF16-4-000 to
staff activities involved in the above referenced project. Now, as of
the filing of the September 9, 2016 application, the Pre-Filing Process
for this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding
will be conducted in Docket No. CP16-498-000 as noted in the caption of
this Notice.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's
public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary
reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations
within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other
party. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: October 12, 2016.

    Dated: September 21, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10492-01-R6]

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permits for Lucid Energy Delaware, LLC, Frac Cat and
Big Lizard Compressor Stations, Lea County, New Mexico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petitions for objection to two Clean
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order dated November 16, 2022, granting in part and denying in part
two Petitions dated June 15, 2022, and September 26, 2022, from
WildEarth Guardians (collectively, the Petitions). The Petitions
requested that the EPA object to two Clean Air Act (CAA) title V
operating permits issued by the New Mexico Environmental Department's
Air Quality Bureau (AQB) to the Lucid Delaware Energy, LLC (Lucid) Frac
Cat Compressor Station (Frac Cat) and the Lucid Big Lizard (Big Lizard)
Compressor Station, both located in Lea County, New Mexico. EPA notes
that the AQB approved an Administrative Amendment transferring
ownership of both facilities from Lucid Delaware Energy, LLC to Targa
Northern Delaware, LLC on November 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final
Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. Out of an
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA
Region 6 office may be closed to the public to reduce the risk of
transmitting COVID-19. Please call or email the contact listed below if
you need alternative access to the final Order and Petition, which are
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Layton, EPA Region 6 Office,
Air Permits Section,<PHONE_NUMBER>, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any person to petition the EPA
Administrator to object to a title V operating permit within 60 days
after the expiration of the EPA's 45-day review period if the EPA has
not objected on its own initiative. Petitions must be based only on
objections to the permit that were raised with reasonable specificity
during the public comment period provided by the state, unless the
petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise these issues
during the comment period or unless the grounds for the issue arose
after this period.
    The EPA received two petitions from WildEarth Guardians dated June
15, 2022, and September 26, 2022 (collectively, the Petitions),
requesting that the EPA Administrator object to the issuance of final
operating permit No. P288 issued by the AQB to the Lucid Energy
Delaware, LLC Frac Cat Compressor Station as well as final operating
permit No. P289, issued by AQB to the Lucid Energy Delaware, LLC Big
Lizard Compressor Station (the Final Permits). Both facilities are
located in Lea County, New Mexico.
    The Petitions claim that the Final Permits fail to assure
compliance with applicable title V permitting regulations pertaining to
the ``timely and complete'' requirements for title V renewal
applications, the Final Permits fail to ensure the facilities operate
in compliance with the New Mexico State Implementation Plan (SIP) by
lacking a reasoned explanation, basis, or analysis demonstrating how
the Final Permits will ensure the operation of the facilities will not
cause or contribute to an exceedance in the National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. The Petitions also claim the Final
Permits fail to require sufficient periodic monitoring that is
enforceable as a practical matter to ensure compliance with applicable
emission limits.
    On November 16, 2022, the EPA Administrator issued an Order
granting in part and denying in part the Petitions. The Order explains
the basis for the EPA's decision.

    Dated: December 14, 2022.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
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40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0371; FRL-8746-02-R9]

Air Plan Approval; California; San Diego Air Pollution Control
District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve revisions to the San Diego Air Pollution Control
District (SDAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan
(SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile

organic compounds (VOCs) from cold solvent cleaning and stripping
operations, and from vapor degreasing operations. We are approving
revisions to local rules that regulate these emission sources under the
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: This rule is effective on November 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0371. 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: Robert Schwartz, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone:<PHONE_NUMBER> 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 EPA Responses
III. EPA Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Proposed Action

    On August 10, 2021 (86 FR 43615), the EPA proposed to approve the
following rules into the California SIP.

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            Local agency                Rule No.              Rule title              adopted        Submitted
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SDAPCD.............................          67.6.1  Cold Solvent Cleaning and        02/10/2021      04/20/2021
                                                      Stripping Operations.
SDAPCD.............................          67.6.2  Vapor Degreasing Operations      02/10/2021      04/20/2021
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    We proposed to approve these rules because we determined that they
comply with the relevant CAA requirements. Our proposed action contains
more information on the rules and our evaluation.

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses

    The EPA's proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period.
During this period, we received one non-germane comment.

III. EPA Action

    No comments were submitted that change our assessment of the rules
as described in our proposed action. The revisions to Rule 67.6.1 cure
the deficiency identified in our partial disapproval of SDAPCD's 2016
reasonably available control technology (RACT) SIP \1\ with respect to
the requirement to establish RACT-level controls for sources covered by
the ``Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial Cleaning Solvents''
\2\ (``CTG''), and addresses our obligation to promulgate a Federal
Implementation Plan for this CTG source category associated with our
partial disapproval of the District's 2016 RACT SIP.\3\ Additionally,
the District revised Rule 67.6.2 to increase the stringency to qualify
for an exemption to the rule. Therefore, as authorized in section
110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving these rules into the
California SIP. The February 10, 2021 versions of Rule 67.6.1 and Rule
67.6.2 will replace the previously approved versions of these rules in
the SIP.
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    \1\ 85 FR 77996 (December 3, 2020) and 85 FR 48127 (August 10,
2020).
    \2\ ``Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,'' EPA-453/R-06-001, September 2006.
    \3\ Sanctions and FIP clocks still apply as they relate to
deficiencies in other CTG source categories identified elsewhere in
our partial disapproval of the District's 2016 RACT SIP (85 FR
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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
SDAPCD 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

    Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. 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);
     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 Clean Air Act; 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 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. 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).
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
    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 December 21, 2021. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action 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, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: October 13, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Environmental
Protection Agency amends Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart F--California

0
2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(354)(i)(F)(5),
(c)(354)(i)(F)(6) and (c)(565) to read as follows:

Sec.  52.220  Identification of plan-in part.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (354) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (F) * * *
    (5) Previously approved on October 13, 2009 in paragraph
(c)(354)(i)(F)(1) of this section and now deleted with replacement in
(c)(565)(i)(A)(1), Rule 67.6.1, ``Cold Solvent Cleaning and Stripping
Operations,'' adopted May 23, 2007.
    (6) Previously approved on October 13, 2009 in paragraph
(c)(354)(i)(F)(2) of this section and now deleted with replacement in
(c)(565)(i)(A)(2), Rule 67.6.2, ``Vapor Degreasing Operations,''
adopted May 23, 2007.
* * * * *
    (565) Amended regulations for the following APCDs were submitted on
April 20, 2021 by the Governor's designee as an attachment to a letter
dated April 16, 2021.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) San Diego Air Pollution Control District.
    (1) Rule 67.6.1, ``Cold Solvent Cleaning and Stripping
Operations,'' adopted on February 10, 2021.
    (2) Rule 67.6.2, ``Vapor Degreasing Operations,'' adopted on
February 10, 2021.
    (B) [Reserved]
    (ii) [Reserved]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13280-000]

UEK Corporation and Prospect Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

November 28, 2008.
    On August 12, 2008, UEK Corporation and Prospect Energy, LLC
jointly filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Atchafalaya River
II Project, to be located on the Atchafalaya River Concordia,
Avoyelles, Point Coupee, St Landry, and West Feliciana Parishes,
Louisiana.
    The proposed Atchafalaya River II Project consists of: (1) 23
proposed UEK current generating units having a total installed capacity
of 10 megawatts, (2) a proposed transmission line, and (3) appurtenant
facilities. The UEK Corporation and Prospect Energy, LLC, project would
have an average annual generation of 87.77 gigawatt-hours and be sold
to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Philippe Vauthier, UEK Corporation, Box
3124, Annapolis, MD 21403, phone<PHONE_NUMBER>. Mr. Howard Barousee,
Prospect Energy, LLC, 5629 FM West  354, Houston, TX 77069,
Phone<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    FERC Contact: Robert Bell,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically,
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed or
printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13280) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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