Rule2022-02763
Air Plan Approval; AK; Incorporation by Reference Updates and Permit Program Revisions
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Published
February 10, 2022
Effective
March 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the Alaska State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on November 10, 2020. The revisions update the adoption by reference of certain Federal air regulations and add a pre-approved emission limit option that may be used to permit diesel engine facilities, among other changes. The EPA's approval makes the revisions federally enforceable as part of the Alaska SIP.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7722-7725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02763]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2021-0216; FRL-9168-02-R10]
Air Plan Approval; AK; Incorporation by Reference Updates and
Permit Program Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving
revisions to the Alaska State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on
November 10, 2020. The revisions update the adoption by reference of
certain Federal air regulations and add a pre-approved emission limit
option that may be used to permit diesel engine facilities, among other
changes. The EPA's approval makes the revisions federally enforceable
as part of the Alaska SIP.
DATES: This final rule is effective March 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R10-OAR-2021-0216. 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 or other information the disclosure
of which 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 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or please
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Hall, EPA Region 10, 1200
Sixth Avenue (Suite 155), Seattle, WA 98101, at (206) 553-6357, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#076f666b6b296c756e74736e694762776629606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e981888585c7829b809a9d8087a98c9988c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we'' or
``our'' is used, it is intended to refer to the EPA.
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Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Final Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Each state has a SIP containing the control measures and strategies
to attain and maintain the national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS). Alaska establishes state air quality regulations in Alaska
Administrative Code Title 18 Environmental Conservation, Chapter 50 Air
Quality Control (18 AAC 50) and submits these regulations for EPA
approval and incorporation by reference into the Alaska SIP in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR part 52, subpart C.
On November 10, 2020, Alaska submitted revisions to the SIP and the
EPA proposed to approve the changes on November 17, 2021 (86 FR
64105).\1\ The reasons for approval are included in the proposed action
and will not be restated here. The public comment period for the
proposed action closed on December 17, 2021 and we received no
comments. Therefore, we are finalizing the action as proposed.
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\1\ The November 10, 2020 SIP submission also requested EPA
approval of the Mendenhall Valley and Eagle River Limited
Maintenance Plans. We approved these submitted plans in separate
actions. Please see our actions published October 25, 2021 (86 FR
58807) and November 9, 2021 (86 FR 62096).
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II. Final Action
The EPA is approving, and incorporating by reference, revisions to
the Alaska SIP, submitted on November 10, 2020, as being consistent
with Clean Air Act section 110 and part C and D requirements. Upon the
effective date of this final action, the Alaska SIP will include the
following regulations, state effective November 7, 2020:
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.015 Air Quality Designations, Classifications,
and Control Regions;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.030 State Air Quality Control Plan, except (a);
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.035 Documents, Procedures and Methods Adopted by
Reference, except (a)(6), (a)(9), and (b)(4);
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.040 Federal Standards Adopted by Reference,
except (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (j) and (k);
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.077 Standards for Wood-Fired Heating Devices,
except (h);
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.205 Certification;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.230 Preapproved Emission Limits;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.250 Procedures and Criteria for Revising Air
Quality Classifications;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.311 Nonattainment Area Major Stationary Source
Permits;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.502 Minor Permits for Air Quality Protection;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.540 Minor Permit: Application;
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.542 Minor Permit: Review and Issuance; and
<bullet> 18 AAC 50.990 Definitions.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text in an EPA
final rule that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with
requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by
reference of the regulations described in section II of this preamble.
The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials generally
available through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and at the EPA Region 10
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 the EPA for inclusion
in the SIP, have been incorporated by reference by the EPA into that
plan, are fully federally enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the
CAA as of the effective date of the final rule of the EPA's approval,
and will be incorporated by reference by the Director of the Federal
Register in the next update to the SIP compilation.\2\
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\2\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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IV. 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 Clean Air 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).
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 it 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 April 11, 2022.
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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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: February 4, 2022.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 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 C--Alaska
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2. In Sec. 52.70, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by revising
the entries for ``18 AAC 50.015'', ``18 AAC 50.030'', ``18 AAC
50.035'', ``18 AAC 50.040'', ``18 AAC 50.077'', ``18 AAC 50.205'', ``18
AAC 50.230'', ``18 AAC 50.250'', ``18 AAC 50.311'', ``18 AAC 50.502'',
``18 AAC 50.540'', ``18 AAC 50.542'', and ``18 AAC 50.990'' to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.70 Identification of plan.
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EPA-Approved Alaska Regulations and Statutes
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State
State citation Title/subject effective date EPA approval date Explanations
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Alaska Administrative Code Title 18 Environmental Conservation, Chapter 50--Air Quality Control (18 AAC 50)
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18 AAC 50--Article 1. Ambient Air Quality Management
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18 AAC 50.015.................... Air Quality 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Designations, Federal Register
Classifications, CITATION].
and Control
Regions.
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18 AAC 50.030.................... State Air Quality 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT except (a).
Control Plan. Federal Register
CITATION].
18 AAC 50.035.................... Documents, 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT except (a)(6),
Procedures, and Federal Register (a)(9), and
Methods Adopted by CITATION]. (b)(4).
Reference.
18 AAC 50.040.................... Federal Standards 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT except (a), (b),
Adopted by Federal Register (c), (d), (e),
Reference. CITATION]. (g), (j) and (k).
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18 AAC 50.077.................... Standards for Wood- 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT except (h).
Fired Heating Federal Register
Devices. CITATION].
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18 AAC 50--Article 2. Program Administration
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18 AAC 50.205.................... Certification...... 11/7/2020 ................... ...................
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18 AAC 50.230.................... Preapproved 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Emission Limits. Federal Register
CITATION].
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18 AAC 50.250.................... Procedures and 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Criteria for Federal Register
Revising Air CITATION].
Quality
Classifications.
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18 AAC 50--Article 3. Major Stationary Source Permits
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18 AAC 50.311.................... Nonattainment Area 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Major Stationary Federal Register
Source Permits. CITATION].
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18 AAC 50--Article 5. Minor Permits
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18 AAC 50.502.................... Minor Permits for 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Air Quality Federal Register
Protection. CITATION].
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18 AAC 50.540.................... Minor Permit: 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Application. Federal Register
CITATION].
18 AAC 50.542.................... Minor Permit: 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Review and Federal Register
Issuance. CITATION].
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18 AAC 50--Article 9. General Provisions
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18 AAC 50.990.................... Definitions........ 11/7/2020 2/10/2022, [INSERT ...................
Federal Register
CITATION].
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[FR Doc. 2022-02763 Filed 2-9-22; 8:45 am]
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