Proposed Rule2021-20648
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Minor Revisions to Cotton Ginning Operations Rule
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Published
September 24, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, via a letter dated April 13, 2021, and received by EPA on April 14, 2021. This revision contains minor clarifying and typographical edits to North Carolina's cotton ginning operations rule. EPA is proposing to approve these changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 183 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53024-53025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20648]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2021-0430; FRL-9060-01-R4]
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Minor Revisions to Cotton
Ginning Operations Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submitted by the State of North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, via a letter dated
April 13, 2021, and received by EPA on April 14, 2021. This revision
contains minor clarifying and typographical edits to North Carolina's
cotton ginning operations rule. EPA is proposing to approve these
changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2021-0430 at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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>. 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 <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pearlene Williams, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is
(404) 562-9144. Ms. Williams can also be reached via electronic mail at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#67100e0b0b0e060a1449170206150b0209022702170649000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86f1efeaeaefe7ebf5a8f6e3e7f4eae3e8e3c6e3f6e7a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Overview
On April 14, 2021, the State of North Carolina submitted changes to
the North Carolina SIP for EPA approval. EPA is proposing to approve
these changes to 15A North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC)
Subchapter 02D,\1\ Rule .0542--Control of Particulate Emissions from
Cotton Ginning Operations which establishes control requirements for
particulate emissions from cotton ginning operations.
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\1\ In the table of North Carolina regulations federally
approved into the SIP at 40 CFR 52.1770(c), 15A NCAC 02D is referred
to as ``Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements.''
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II. Analysis of North Carolina's SIP Revision
North Carolina's SIP revision contains minor clarifying and
typographical edits to the text of Rule .0542.\2\ For example, the
revision adjusts the citation format for cited rules; corrects several
typographical errors; adds text clarifying the meaning of certain words
and phrases; and corrects a citation error. EPA has preliminarily
determined that these changes do not interfere with attainment and
maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards or any other
applicable requirement of the Act because they are minor in nature. For
these reasons, EPA is proposing to approve the changes to this rule.
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\2\ See North Carolina's April 14, 2021 SIP revision at pp. 82-
86 (of the pdf file available in the docket for this proposed
rulemaking) to review a redline version of the rule showing all of
the proposed changes.
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III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule
regulatory
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text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with the
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is proposing to incorporate by
reference 15A NCAC Subchapter 02D, Rule .0542--Control of Particulate
Emissions from Cotton Ginning Operations, with a state-effective date
of November 1, 2020. These changes are proposed to make minor
clarifying and typographical edits to the rule. EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these materials generally available through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> and at the EPA Region 4 office (please contact the
person identified in the For Further Information Contact section of
this preamble for more information).
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve the aforementioned revisions to Rule
.0542--Control of Particulate Emissions from Cotton Ginning Operations.
EPA is proposing to approve these changes because they are consistent
with the CAA.
V. 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 they meet the criteria of the CAA. 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 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).
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.
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, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic
compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: September 20, 2021.
John Blevins,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2021-20648 Filed 9-23-21; 8:45 am]
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