Rule2021-13771
Air Plan Approval; Texas; Clean Air Act Requirements for Emissions Inventories for Nonattainment Areas for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
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Published
June 29, 2021
Effective
July 29, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the portions of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Texas to meet the Emissions Inventory (EI) requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB), and Bexar County ozone nonattainment areas for the 2015 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). EPA is approving this action pursuant to section 110 and part D of the CAA and EPA's regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34139-34141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13771]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0177; FRL-10024-83-Region 6]
Air Plan Approval; Texas; Clean Air Act Requirements for
Emissions Inventories for Nonattainment Areas for the 2015 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the
portions of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State
of Texas to meet the Emissions Inventory (EI) requirements of the
Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), for the Dallas-Fort Worth
(DFW), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB), and Bexar County ozone
nonattainment areas for the 2015 8-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS). EPA is approving this action pursuant to
section 110 and part D of the CAA and EPA's regulations.
DATES: This final rule is effective on July 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action Docket No.
EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0177. All documents in the docket are listed on the
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not
placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nevine Salem, EPA Region 6 Office,
Infrastructure and Ozone Section, 214-665-7222, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe8d9f929b93d0909b8897909bbe9b8e9fd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86f5e7eae3eba8e8e3f0efe8e3c6e3f6e7a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff,
the EPA Region 6 office will be closed to the public to reduce the risk
of transmitting COVID-19. Please call or email the contact listed above
if you need alternative access to material indexed but not provided in
the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
I. Background
On March 26, 2021 (86 FR 16171), the EPA published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the State of Texas, for approval of the
State's 2017 base year emissions inventories for the DFW, HGB, and the
Bexar County marginal ozone nonattainment areas for the 2015 ozone
NAAQS. The background for this action and rational for EPA's proposed
action are explained in the NPRM and will not be restated here.
II. Response to Comments
We received one anonymous comment that did not raise any
substantive issues with the proposed rule. The comment did not explain
(or provide any legal basis for) how the proposed action should differ
in any way. We determined that the comment is not germane to the final
rulemaking and therefore requires no further response. We also noted a
typographical error in the NPRM--the numbers in Tables 1, 2 and 3 that
summarize the 2017 NO<INF>X</INF> and VOC emissions inventory
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in DFW, HGB and Bexar County marginal nonattainment areas, were
transposed for the On-road Mobile and Non-road Mobile sources. This
correction does not change or affect the total NO<INF>X</INF> or VOC
emissions in the 2017 emission inventory for these marginal
nonattainment areas for typical ozone season day emissions. In the
interest of good government, we are including the corrected Tables 1, 2
and 3 below. We also note that the original and correct tables were
included in the State's SIP revision submittal and are included in the
docket for this rule making.\1\
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\1\ A copy of the SIP revision is available online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket number EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0177.
Table 1--DFW 2017 Emissions Inventory
[Tons per day]
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Source type NOX VOC
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Point......................................... 29.90 21.04
Nonpoint (Area)............................... 41.82 293.62
Non-road Mobile............................... 74.79 31.74
On-road Mobile................................ 125.13 60.56
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Total..................................... 271.64 406.96
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Table 2--HGB 2017 Emissions Inventory
[Tons per day]
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Source type NOX VOC
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Point......................................... 97.31 73.34
Nonpoint (Area)............................... 32.12 287.74
Non-road Mobile............................... 86.34 32.29
On-road Mobile................................ 101.49 58.65
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Total..................................... 317.26 452.02
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Table 3--Bexar County 2017 Emissions Inventory
[Tons per day]
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Source type NOX VOC
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Point......................................... 29.88 3.56
Nonpoint (Area)............................... 6.62 74.61
Non-road Mobile............................... 11.42 7.09
On-road Mobile................................ 35.70 20.84
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Total..................................... 83.62 106.10
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III. Final Action
EPA is approving the portion of the Texas SIP revisions submitted
on June 24, 2020 to address the emissions inventory requirements for
the DFW, HGB, and Bexar County nonattainment areas for the 2015 ozone
NAAQS.
IV. 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:
<bullet> 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);
<bullet> Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
<bullet> 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.);
<bullet> 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);
<bullet> Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
<bullet> Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
<bullet> Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
<bullet> 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
<bullet> Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, 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 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, Incorporation by
reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and record keeping
requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 22, 2021.
David Gray,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 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 SS--Texas
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2. In Sec. 52.2270, the second table in paragraph (e), titled ``EPA
Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the
Texas SIP,'' is amended by adding an entry for ``2017 Emissions
Inventory for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS'' at the end of the table to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.2270 Identification of plan.
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EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP
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State
Applicable submittal/
Name of SIP provision geographic or effective EPA approval date Comments
nonattainment area date
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2017 Emissions Inventory for the Dallas-Fort Worth, June 24, June 29, 2021
2015 Ozone NAAQS. Houston Galveston- 2020 [Insert Federal
Brazoria, and Register citation].
Bexar County Ozone
Nonattainment
Areas.
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[FR Doc. 2021-13771 Filed 6-28-21; 8:45 am]
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