Rule2021-14407
Air Plan Approval; California; El Dorado County Air Quality Management District; South Coast Air Quality Management District
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Published
July 9, 2021
Effective
August 9, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve revisions to the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (EDCAQMD) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from architectural coatings and a rule that provides definitions for certain terms that are necessary for the implementation of local rules that regulate sources of air pollution. We are approving rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36227-36229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14407]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0543; FRL-10024-68-Region 9]
Air Plan Approval; California; El Dorado County Air Quality
Management District; South Coast Air Quality Management 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 El Dorado County Air Quality
Management District (EDCAQMD) and the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD) portions of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) from architectural coatings and a rule
that provides definitions for certain terms that are necessary for the
implementation of local rules that regulate sources of air pollution.
We are approving rules to regulate these emission sources under the
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: This rule is effective August 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0543. All documents in the docket are
listed on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information. If you need assistance
in a language other than English or if you are a person with
disabilities who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you,
please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arnold Lazarus, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 972-3024 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d210c170c1f181e432c1f030201092d081d0c430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95d9f4eff4e7e0e6bbd4e7fbfaf9f1d5f0e5f4bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 March 9, 2021 (86 FR 13514), the EPA proposed to approve the
following rules into the California SIP.
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Revised/
Local agency Rule # Rule title amended Submitted
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EDCAQMD................................. 215 Architectural Coatings..... 08/25/2020 09/21/2020
SCAQMD.................................. 102 Definition of Terms........ 01/10/2020 09/16/2020
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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.
We received three comments during the comment period and each one was
supportive of the proposed action.
III. EPA Action
No comments were submitted that change our assessment of the rules
as described in our proposed action. Therefore, as authorized in
section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA is fully approving these rules
into the California SIP. The August 25, 2020 version of Rule 215 and
the January10, 2020 version of Rule 102 will replace the previously
approved versions of these rules in the SIP.
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
EDCAPCD and the SCAQMD 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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:
<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 Clean Air Act; and
<bullet> 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 September 7, 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, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: June 30, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 F--California
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2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(207)(i)(B)(6),
(c)(345)(i)(A)(3), and (c)(556) and (557) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.220 Identification of plan-in part.
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(c) * * *
(207) * * *
(i) * * *
(B) * * *
(6) Previously approved on July 18, 1996 in paragraph
(c)(207)(i)(B)(3) of this section and now deleted with replacement in
(c)(557)(i)(A)(1), Rule 215, adopted on September 27, 1994.
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(345) * * *
(i) * * *
(A) * * *
(3) Previously approved on January 8, 2007 in paragraph
(c)(345)(i)(A)(1) of this section and now deleted with
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replacement in (c)(556)(i)(A)(1), Rule 102, adopted on December 3,
2004.
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(556) The following rule was submitted on September 16, 2020, by
the Governor's designee as an attachment to a letter dated September
16, 2020.
(i) Incorporation by reference. (A) South Coast Air Quality
Management District.
(1) Rule 102, ``Definition of Terms,'' adopted on January 10, 2020.
(2) [Reserved]
(B) [Reserved]
(ii) [Reserved]
(557) The following rule was submitted on September 21, 2020, by
the Governor's designee as an attachment to a letter dated September
18, 2020.
(i) Incorporation by reference. (A) El Dorado County Air Quality
Management District.
(1) Rule 215, ``Architectural Coatings,'' adopted on August 25,
2020.
(2) [Reserved]
(B) [Reserved]
(ii) [Reserved]
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