Proposed Rule2021-17239
Air Plan Approval; California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
August 25, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District (EKAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning the EKAPCD's demonstration regarding reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements and negative declarations for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "standards") in the portion of the Kern County nonattainment area under the jurisdiction of EKAPCD. We are proposing action on a SIP revision under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47435-47441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17239]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0524; FRL-8808-01-R9]
Air Plan Approval; California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control
District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a revision to the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District
(EKAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP)
concerning the EKAPCD's demonstration regarding reasonably available
control technology (RACT) requirements and negative declarations for
the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or
``standards'') in the portion of the Kern County nonattainment area
under the jurisdiction of EKAPCD. We are proposing action on a SIP
revision under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking
comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2021-0524 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. For comments submitted at
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>. 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: Nicole Law, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 947-4126 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347855431a7a5d575b5851745144551a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce82afb9e080a7ada1a2ab8eabbeafe0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. What document did the State submit?
B. Are there other versions of this document?
[[Page 47436]]
C. What is the purpose of the submitted document?
D. What portion of the RACT SIP submittal is addressed in this
notice?
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the submitted document?
B. Does the document meet the evaluation criteria?
C. The EPA's Recommendations to Further Improve the RACT SIP
D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State's Submittal
A. What document did the State submit?
Table 1 lists the document addressed by this proposal with the date
that it was adopted by the local air agency and submitted by the
California Air Resource Board (CARB).
Table 1--Submitted Document
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local agency Document Adopted Submitted
------------------------------------------------------------------------
EKAPCD................ Eastern Kern Air 05/11/2017 08/09/2017
Pollution
Control
District
Reasonably
Available
Control
Technology
(RACT) State
Implementation
Plan (SIP) For
The 2008 Ozone
National
Ambient Air
Quality
Standards
(NAAQS) (``2017
RACT SIP'').
------------------------------------------------------------------------
On February 9, 2018 the submittal for the EKAPCD 2017 RACT SIP was
deemed by operation of law to meet the completeness criteria in 40 CFR
part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.
B. Are there other versions of this document?
There are no previous versions of the RACT SIP and negative
declarations in the EKAPCD portion of the California SIP for the 2008
ozone NAAQS.
C. What is the purpose of the submitted document?
Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of
nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) contribute to the production of ground-level
ozone, smog and particulate matter (PM), which harm human health and
the environment. Section 110(a) of the CAA requires states to submit
regulations that control VOC and NOx emissions. Sections 182(b)(2) and
(f) require that SIPs for ozone nonattainment areas classified as
Moderate or above implement RACT for any source covered by a Control
Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document and for any major source of VOCs
or NO<INF>X</INF>. The EKAPCD is subject to this requirement as it
regulates the Eastern Kern ozone nonattainment area that was designated
and classified as a Moderate nonattainment area for the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS at the time of submittal.\1\ Therefore, the EKAPCD must, at
a minimum, adopt RACT-level controls for all sources covered by a CTG
document and for all major non-CTG sources of VOCs or NO<INF>X</INF>
within the ozone nonattainment area that it regulates. Any stationary
source that emits or has the potential to emit at least 100 tons per
year (tpy) of VOCs or NO<INF>X</INF> is a major stationary source in a
Moderate ozone nonattainment area (CAA section 182(b)(2), (f) and
302(j)).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The EPA has since reclassified the Eastern Kern ozone
nonattainment area to ``Serious'' on July 5, 2018 (83 FR 31334) and
``Severe'' on June 7, 2021 (86 FR 30204).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section III.D of the preamble to the EPA's final rule to implement
the 2008 ozone NAAQS discusses RACT requirements.\2\ It states, in
part, that RACT SIPs must contain adopted RACT regulations,
certifications (where appropriate) that existing provisions are RACT,
and/or negative declarations that no sources in the nonattainment area
are covered by a specific CTG.\3\ It also provides that states must
submit appropriate supporting information for their RACT submissions as
described in the EPA's implementation rule for the 1997 ozone NAAQS.\4\
The EKAPCD's RACT SIP submittal (``2017 RACT SIP'') and negative
declarations provide EKAPCD's analyses of its compliance with the CAA
section 182 RACT requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\2\ 80 FR 12264 (March 6, 2015).
\3\ Id. at 12278.
\4\ Id.; 70 FR 71612, 71652 (November 29, 2005).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EPA's technical support document (TSD) has more information
about EKAPCD's RACT SIP, negative declarations, and the EPA's
evaluations thereof.
D. What portion of the RACT SIP submittal is addressed in this notice?
This proposal is one of three EPA actions on the EKAPCD 2017 RACT
SIP submittal. The other two actions are as follows:
(1) On January 14, 2021, the EPA approved EKAPCD's negative
declaration for the CTG category associated with the Oil and Natural
Gas Industry (EPA-453/B-16-001). We assessed internet sites for
California's Department of Conservation Geologic Energy Management
Devisions (CalGEM) Well Finder, CARB's pollution mapping tool, and the
California Energy Commission's California Natural Gas Pipelines and
determined there were no oil and gas operations within EKAPCD's
jurisdiction convered by the Oil and Natural Gas CTG.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\5\ Technical Support Document for EPA's Clean Air Act
Rulemaking for the California State Implementation Plan Eastern Kern
County Air Pollution Control District Negative Declaration for
Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
date August 2020 and prepared by Sina Schwenk-Mueller.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The amended rules for major source NO<INF>X</INF> were
submitted separately on May 23, 2018 and August 22, 2018. These rules
and the RACT certification for major source NO<INF>X</INF> will be
addressed in a separate action.
This proposed action addresses the remainder of the 2017 RACT SIP
submission. Additional details about the submission and the EPA's
separate actions thereon are available in the TSD.
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is the EPA evaluating the submitted document?
Generally, SIP rules must require RACT for each category of sources
covered by a CTG document as well as each major source of VOCs or
NO<INF>X</INF> in ozone nonattainment areas classified as Moderate or
above (see CAA section 182(b)(2)). At the time of submittal, the EKAPCD
regulated an ozone nonattainment area classified as Moderate for the
2008 ozone standard (40 CFR 81). Therefore, the EKAPCD rules must
implement RACT.
States should also submit for SIP approval negative declarations
for those source categories for which they have not adopted RACT-level
regulations (because they have no sources above the CTG-recommended
applicability threshold), regardless of whether such negative
declarations were made for an earlier SIP.\6\ To do so, the submittal
should provide reasonable assurance that no sources subject to the CTG
[[Page 47437]]
requirements currently exist in the portion of the ozone nonattainment
area that is regulated by the EKAPCD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\6\ 57 FR 13498, 13512 (April 16, 1992).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The District's analysis must demonstrate that each major source of
VOCs or NO<INF>X</INF> in the ozone nonattainment area is covered by a
RACT-level rule. In addition, for each CTG source category, the County
must either demonstrate that a RACT-level rule is in place or submit a
negative declaration. Guidance and policy documents that we use to
evaluate CAA section 182 RACT requirements include the following:
1. ``State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the
Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,''
57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992); 57 FR 18070 (April 28, 1992).
2. ``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies,
and Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook, revised January
11, 1990).
3. ``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).
4. ``State Implementation Plans; Nitrogen Oxides Supplement to
the General Preamble; Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Implementation of Title I; Proposed Rule,'' (the NO<INF>X</INF>
Supplement), 57 FR 55620, November 25, 1992.
5. Memorandum dated May 18, 2006, from William T. Harnett,
Director, Air Quality Policy Division, to Regional Air Division
Directors, Subject: ``RACT Qs & As--Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT): Questions and Answers.''
6. ``Final Rule to Implement the 8-hour Ozone National Ambient
Air Quality Standard--Phase 2,'' 70 FR 71612 (November 29, 2005).
7. ``Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone: State Implementation Plan Requirements,'' 80 FR
12264 (March 6, 2015).
B. Does the document meet the evaluation criteria?
EKAPCD's 2017 RACT SIP provides the District's demonstration that
the applicable SIP for the EKAPCD satisfies CAA section 182 RACT
requirements for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. This conclusion is based
on EKAPCD's analysis of SIP-approved requirements that apply to the
following: (1) Source categories for which a CTG has been issued, and
(2) major non-CTG stationary sources of VOC or NO<INF>X</INF>
emissions.
With respect to CTG source categories, EKAPCD analyzed in Section
VI., ``RACT ANALYSIS,'' of the 2017 RACT SIP those rules and source
categories that had sources within the District subject to the CTGs.
Based on our analysis, the EPA concludes that EKAPCD's analysis has
demonstrated that the required rules are in place. In this rulemaking,
we propose to find that EKAPCD Rules 410.3, 410.4, 410.8, 410.9, and
412 establish RACT-level controls for the sources within the following
CTG categories: ``Design Criterial for Stage I Vapor Control Systems--
Gasoline Service Stations'' (EPA-450/R-75-102), ``Control of Volatile
Organic Emissions from Solvent Metal Cleaning'' (EPA-450/2-77-022),
``Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary
Sources--Volume VI: Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and
Products'' (EPA-450/2-78-015), ``Control of Volatile Organic Compound
Leaks from Gasoline Tank Trucks and Vapor Collection Systems'' (EPA-
450/2-78-051), ``Control Technique Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal
and Plastic Parts Coatings'' (EPA-453/R-08-003), ``Control of Volatile
Organic Compound Emissions from Wood Furniture Manufacturing
Operations'' (EPA-453/R-96-007), and ``Control of Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions from Coating Operations at Aerospace Manufacturing
and Rework Operations'' (EPA-453/R-97-004). Our TSD has additional
information about our evaluation of these rules.
Where there are no existing sources covered by a particular CTG
document, or no major non-CTG sources of NO<INF>X</INF> or VOC, states
may, in lieu of adopting RACT requirements for those sources, adopt
negative declarations certifying that there are no such sources in the
relevant nonattainment area. Table 6 of the 2017 RACT SIP lists
EKAPCD's negative declarations where it has no sources subject to the
applicable CTGs for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These negative
declarations are listed in Table 2 below. EKAPCD concludes that it has
no sources subject to the CTGs based on a review of its permit files,
emission inventory, and consultation with permitting and enforcement
staff.
Additionally, EKAPCD determined it had sources exceeding the 100
tpy major source threshold for NO<INF>X</INF> and VOC. However, Table 5
of the 2017 RACT SIP indicates EKAPCD's negative declaration that there
are no non-CTG major VOC sources for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. As
described in more detail in our TSD, we conclude that EKAPCD properly
identified all major non-CTG sources requiring RACT.
We reviewed EKAPCD's list of negative declarations in Table 6 of
the 2017 RACT SIP and California Emissions Inventory data to verify the
District's conclusion that it has no stationary sources subject to the
CTG source categories for which it has adopted a negative declaration.
We agree with the District's negative declarations in the 2017 RACT SIP
and propose to approve them into the SIP.
Table 2--EKAPCD Negative Declarations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CTG document number and date CTG document title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(EPA-450-2-77-008, 1977/05)....... Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Existing Stationary
Sources--Volume II: Surface Coating
of Cans, Coils, Paper, Fabrics,
Automobiles, and Light-Duty Trucks.
(EPA-450/2-77-025, 1977/10)....... Control of Refinery Vacuum Producing
Systems, Wastewater Separators, and
Process Unit Turnarounds.
(EPA-450/2-77-026, 1977/10)....... Control of Hydrocarbons from Tank
Truck Gasoline Loading Terminals.
(EPA-450/2-77-032, 1977/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Existing Stationary Sources--Volume
III: Surface Coating of Metal
Furniture.
(EPA-450/2-77-033, 1977/12)....... Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Existing Stationary
Sources--Volume IV: Surface Coating
of Insulation of Magnet Wire.
(EPA-450/2-77-034, 1977/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Existing Stationary Sources--Volume
V: Surface Coating of Large
Appliances.
(EPA-450/2-77-035, 1977/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from Bulk
Gasoline Plants.
(EPA-450/2-77-036, 1977/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Storage of Petroleum Liquids in
Fixed-Roof Tanks.
(EPA-450/2-77-037, 1977/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from Use of
Cutback Asphalt.
(EPA-450/2-78-032, 1978/06)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Existing Stationary Sources--Volume
VII: Factory Surface Coating of
Flat Wood Paneling.
(EPA-450/2-78-036, 1978/06)....... Control of VOC Leaks from Petroleum
Refinery Equipment.
(EPA-450/2-78-029, 1978/12)....... Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Manufacture of
Synthesized Pharmaceutical
Products.
(EPA-450/2-78-030, 1978/12)....... Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Manufacture of
Pneumatic Rubber Tires.
[[Page 47438]]
(EPA-450/2-78-033, 1978/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Existing Stationary Sources--Volume
VIII: Graphic Arts-Rotogravure and
Flexography.
(EPA-450/2-78-047, 1978/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Petroleum Liquid Storage in
External Floating Roof Tanks.
(EPA-450/3-82-009, 1982/09)....... Control of VOC Emissions from Large
Petroleum Dry Cleaners.
(EPA-450/3-83-008, 1983/11)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Manufacture of High-Density
Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and
Polystyrene Resins.
(EPA-450/3-83-007, 1983/12)....... Control of VOC Equipment Leaks from
Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing
Plants.
(EPA-450/3-83-006, 1984/03)....... Control of VOC Leaks from Synthetic
Organic Chemical Polymer and Resin
Manufacturing Equipment.
(EPA-450/2-78-029, 1978/12)....... Control of Volatile Organic
Emissions from Manufacture of
Synthesized Pharmaceutical
Products.
(EPA-450/3-84-015, 1984/12)....... Control of VOC Emissions from Air
Oxidation Processes in Synthetic
Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry.
(EPA-450/4-91-031, 1993/08)....... Control of VOC Emissions from
Reactor Processes and Distillation
Operations in Synthetic Organic
Chemical Manufacturing Industry.
(61 FR 44050 8/27/1996, 1996/08).. Control Techniques Guidelines for
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
Operations (Surface Coating).
(EPA-453/R-06-001, 2006/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Industrial Cleaning Solvents.
(EPA-453/R-06-002, 2006/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Offset Lithographic Printing and
Letterpress Printing.
(EPA-453/R-06-003, 2006/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Flexible Package Printing.
(EPA-453/R-06-004, 2006/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Flat Wood Paneling Coatings.
(EPA-453/R-07-003, 2007/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings.
(EPA-453/R-07-005, 2007/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Large Appliance Coatings.
(EPA-453/R-07-005, 2007/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Metal Furniture Coatings.
(EPA-453/R-08-004, 2008/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing
Materials.
(EPA-453/R-08-005, 2008/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives.
(EPA-453/R-08-006, 2008/09)....... Control Techniques Guidelines for
Automobile and Light-Duty Truck
Assembly Coatings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C. The EPA's Recommendations to Further Improve the RACT SIP
The TSD includes recommendations for future rule improvements.
These recommendations address rule stringency and clarity and update
rule language.
D. Public Comment and Proposed Action
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA proposes to
approve CARB's submittal of the EKAPCD 2017 RACT SIP, as reflected in
Tables 3 and 4. As discussed above, the RACT SIP must document current
RACT for sources covered by CTGs and for major non-CTG sources for VOC
and NO<INF>X</INF> emissions. We have determined that the 2017 RACT SIP
documents RACT for all CTG sources and non-CTG major VOC sources. For
these reasons and the reasons discussed above, we are proposing to
approve the District's certification that it has met RACT requirements
for items reflected in Tables 3 and 4 for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS
as demonstrated in its 2017 RACT SIP.
[[Page 47439]]
Table 3--List of CTG Categories--2008 Ozone NAAQS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Negative
EPA document No. CTG source category EKAPCD rule number declaration EPA proposed action
claimed as RACT submitted
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPA-450/R-75-102................ Design Criteria for Rule 412........... ............... Approval.
Stage I Vapor
Control Systems--
Gasoline Service
Stations.
EPA-450/2-77-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
II: Surface
Coating of Cans.
EPA-450/2-77-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
II: Surface
Coating of Coils.
EPA-450/2-77-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
II: Surface
Coating of Paper.
EPA-450/2-77-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
II: Surface
Coating of Fabrics.
EPA-450/2-77-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
II: Surface
Coating of
Automobiles, and
Light-Duty Trucks.
EPA-450/2-77-022................ Control of Volatile Rule 410.3......... ............... Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Solvent Metal
Cleaning.
EPA-450/2-77-025................ Control of Refinery ................... X Approval.
Vacuum Producing
Systems,
Wastewater
Separators, and
Process Unit
Turnarounds.
EPA-450/2-77-026................ Control of ................... X Approval.\7\
Hydrocarbons from
Tank Truck
Gasoline Loading
Terminals.
EPA-450/2-77-032................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\8\
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
III: Surface
Coating of Metal
Furniture.
EPA-450/2-77-033................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\9\
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
IV: Surface
Coating of
Insulation of
Magnet Wire.
EPA-450/2-77-034................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\10\
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume V:
Surface Coating of
Large Appliances.
EPA-450/2-77-035................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\11\
Organic Emissions
from Bulk Gasoline
Plants.
EPA-450/2-77-036................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\12\
Organic Emissions
from Storage of
Petroleum Liquids
in Fixed-Roof
Tanks.
EPA-450/2-77-037................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Use of
Cutback Asphalt.
EPA-450/2-78-015................ Control of Volatile Rule 410.4......... ............... Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
VI: Surface
Coating of
Miscellaneous
Metal Parts and
Products.
EPA-450/2-78-029................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Manufacture
of Synthesized
Pharmaceutical
Products.
EPA-450/2-78-030................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Emissions
from Manufacture
of Pneumatic
Rubber Tires.
EPA-450/2-78-032................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\13\
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
VII: Factory
Surface Coating of
Flat Wood Paneling.
EPA-450/2-78-033................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\14\
Organic Emissions
from Existing
Stationary
Sources--Volume
VIII: Graphic Arts-
Rotogravure and
Flexography.
EPA-450/2-78-036................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\15\
Organic Compound
Leaks from
Petroleum Refinery
Equipment.
EPA-450/2-78-047................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\16\
Organic Emissions
from Petroleum
Liquid Storage in
External Floating
Roof Tanks.
EPA-450/2-78-051................ Control of Volatile Rule 412........... ............... Approval.
Organic Compound
Leaks from
Gasoline Tank
Trucks and Vapor
Collection Systems.
EPA-450/3-82-009................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\17\
Organic Compound
Emissions from
Large Petroleum
Dry Cleaners.
EPA-450/3-83-006................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\18\
Organic Compound
Leaks from
Synthetic Organic
Chemical Polymer
and Resin
Manufacturing
Equipment.
EPA-450/3-83-007................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.\19\
Organic Compound
Equipment Leaks
from Natural Gas/
Gasoline
Processing Plants.
EPA-450/3-83-008................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Compound
Emissions from
Manufacture of
High-Density
Polyethylene,
Polypropylene, and
Polystyrene Resins.
EPA-450/3-84-015................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Compound
Emissions from Air
Oxidation
Processes in
Synthetic Organic
Chemical
Manufacturing
Industry.
[[Page 47440]]
EPA-450/4-91-031................ Control of Volatile ................... X Approval.
Organic Compound
Emissions from
Reactor Processes
and Distillation
Operations in
Synthetic Organic
Chemical
Manufacturing
Industry.
EPA-453/R-06-001................ Control Techniques ................... X \20\ Approval.
Guidelines for
Industrial
Cleaning Solvents.
EPA-453/R-06-002................ Control Technology ................... X \21\ Approval.\22\
Guidelines for
Offset
Lithographic
Printing and
Letterpress
Printing.
EPA-453/R-06-003................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.\23\
Guidelines for
Flexible Package
Printing.
EPA-453/R-06-004................ Control Technique ................... X Approval.\24\
Guidelines for
Flat Wood Paneling
Coatings.
EPA-453/R-07-003................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.
Guidelines for
Paper Coatings.
EPA-453/R-07-003................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.
Guidelines for
Film Coatings.
EPA-453/R-07-003................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.
Guidelines for
Foil Coatings.
EPA-453/R-07-004................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.\25\
Guidelines for
Large Appliance
Coatings.
EPA-453/R-07-005................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.\26\
Guidelines for
Metal Furniture
Coatings.
EPA-453/R-08-003................ Control Technique Rule 410.4......... ............... Approval.
Guidelines for
Miscellaneous
Metal and Plastic
Parts Coatings.
EPA-453/R-08-004................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.
Guidelines for
Fiberglass Boat
Manufacturing
Materials.
EPA-453/R-08-005................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.
Guidelines for
Miscellaneous
Industrial
Adhesives.
EPA-453/R-08-006................ Control Techniques ................... X Approval.\27\
Guidelines for
Automobile and
Light-duty Truck
Assembly Coatings.
EPA-453/R-96-007................ Control of Volatile Rule 410.9......... ............... Approval.
Organic Compound
Emissions from
Wood Furniture
Manufacturing
Operations.
EPA-453/R-94-032................ Alternative Control ................... X Approval.
Technology
Document--Surface
Coating Operations
at Shipbuilding
and Ship Repair
Facilities CTG,
see 61 FR-44050, 8/
27/96.
61 FR-44050-8/27/96............. Control Techniques ................... X Approval.\28\
Guidelines for
Shipbuilding and
Ship Repair
Operations
(Surface Coating).
EPA-453/R-97-004................ Control of VOC Rule 410.8......... ............... Approval.
Emissions from
Coating Operations
at Aerospace
Manufacturing and
Rework Operations.
EPA-453/B-16-001................ Control Techniques ................... X EPA approved this
Guidelines for the negative
Oil and Natural declaration on
Gas Industry. January 14, 2021
(86 FR 3816).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\7\ The District identified Rule 412 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\8\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\9\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\10\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\11\ The District identified Rule 412 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\12\ The District identified Rule 411 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\13\ The District identified Rule 410.9 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\14\ The District identified Rule 410.7 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\15\ The District identified Rules 414.1 and 414.5 for this CTG
category and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we
are proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\16\ The District identified Rule 411 for this CTG category and
submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are proposing
to approve the negative declaration.
\17\ The District identified Rule 410.6A for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\18\ The District identified Rule 414.1 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\19\ The District identified Rules 414.1 and 414.5 for this CTG
category and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we
are proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\20\ For this CTG category, the district found there to be no
sources greater than the CTG applicability.
\21\ For this CTG category, the district found there to be no
sources greater than the CTG applicability.
\22\ The District identified Rule 410.7 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\23\ The District identified Rule 410.7 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\24\ The District identified Rule 410.9 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\25\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\26\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\27\ The District identified Rule 410.4A for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
\28\ The District identified Rule 410.4 for this CTG category
and submitted a negative declaration. In this action, we are
proposing to approve the negative declaration.
[[Page 47441]]
Table 4--RACT for Major Non-CTG VOC/NOX Sources in EKAPCD--2008 Ozone NAAQS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major non-CTG sources Covered by SIP-Approved
Category in District? RACT-Level EKAPCD Rules EPA proposed action
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major (100+ tpy) non-CTG VOC sources. None listed............ N/A.................... Approval.
Major (100+ tpy) non-CTG NOX sources. Yes.................... No..................... EPA is not acting on
this element in this
action
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We will accept comments from the public on this proposal until
September 24, 2021. If finalized, this action would incorporate the
approved portions of the 2017 RACT SIP and negative declarations into
the SIP.
III. 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 proposed 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
proposed 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 disproportionate human health or environmental effects with
practical, appropriate, 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).
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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 6, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2021-17239 Filed 8-24-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on August 25, 2021.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.