Proposed Rule2022-02983
Air Plan Approval; OR; Air Contaminant Discharge Permit Fee Revision
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Published
February 14, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on November 5, 2020. The revision establishes new fees to be paid by stationary sources of air contaminants submitting notices of intent to construct. The revision also adds a new basic air contaminant discharge permit category to allow certain minor sources, that would otherwise be required to obtain a general, simple, or standard permit, the option to qualify for a basic permit.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8222-8224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02983]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2020-0684, FRL-9402-01-R10]
Air Plan Approval; OR; Air Contaminant Discharge Permit Fee
Revision
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 Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submitted on November 5, 2020. The revision establishes new fees to be
paid by stationary sources of air contaminants submitting notices of
intent to construct. The revision also adds a new basic air contaminant
discharge permit category to allow certain minor sources, that would
otherwise be required to obtain a general, simple, or standard permit,
the option to qualify for a basic permit.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 16, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2020-0684, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
electronically submit any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information the disclosure of which
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, 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>.
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#7c141d101052170e150f0815123c190c1d521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec848d8080c2879e859f988582ac899c8dc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, wherever ``we'' or
``our'' is used, it is intended to refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
A. State Implementation Plan
B. Air Contaminant Discharge Permits
C. Source Notification Requirements
II. Evaluation of Submission
III. Proposed Action
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
A. State Implementation Plan
Each state has a State Implementation Plan (SIP) containing the
control measures and strategies used to attain and maintain the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) established by the EPA
for the criteria pollutants (carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide,
ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide). Section 110 of the Clean
Air Act spells out the requirements for each SIP, including but not
limited to air pollution control regulations, emissions inventories,
ambient air monitoring, enforcement mechanisms, and authority to revise
the SIP as needed.
Revisions to the SIP are adopted by the state and submitted to the
EPA for review. The EPA approves and codifies
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such SIP revisions as part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
making them federally enforceable. The Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality, as the Governor's designee, routinely revises
the SIP and submits the changes to the EPA for approval and
codification in 40 CFR part 52, subpart MM.
B. Air Contaminant Discharge Permits
The Oregon air contaminant discharge permit (ACDP) program is a set
of air pollution control regulations in the Oregon SIP. The ACDP
program serves two SIP-related functions.\1\ First, it governs
operation of minor sources that are not subject to the major stationary
source Title V operating permit program. Second, it serves as the
administrative mechanism used to implement the notice of construction
and pre-construction permit program, also known as the ``new source
review'' program.
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\1\ We note that the ACDP program serves other functions,
outside of the federally approved Oregon SIP. For example, the ACDP
program is the mechanism used to implement the risk-based toxics
permitting program known as Cleaner Air Oregon. Because the ACDP
program serves other functions, the EPA has approved the ACDP
program into the Oregon SIP only to the extent it applies to (1)
pollutants for which NAAQS have been established (criteria
pollutants) and precursors to those criteria pollutants as
determined by the EPA for the applicable geographic area; and (2)
any additional pollutants that are required to be regulated under
part C of title I of the Clean Air Act (prevention of significant
deterioration of air quality), but only for purposes of meeting or
avoiding the requirements of part C of title I of the Clean Air Act.
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There are six types of permits in the Oregon ACDP program:
Construction, General, Short-Term Activity, Basic, Simple, and
Standard. Sources seeking permits must pay associated fees based on
specific categories and activities codified in Oregon Administrative
Rules (OAR) Chapter 340, Division 216 and approved into the Oregon SIP.
Oregon has adjusted these permit fees over time to help ensure there
are adequate resources to implement the ACDP program.
C. Source Notification Requirements
Oregon requires stationary sources to submit notices of intent to
construct for certain types of activities. These notification
requirements are codified in OAR Chapter 340, Division 210 and are
approved into the Oregon SIP. Type 2 notices of intent to construct
generally cover existing sources with issued permits that are seeking
certain minor changes to those permits. Historically, Oregon has not
assessed fees to process these Type 2 notices of intent to construct.
II. Evaluation of Submission
On November 5, 2020, Oregon submitted a SIP revision addressing
stationary source permitting and associated fees. Oregon subsequently
revised the scope of the SIP revision submitted for EPA approval in a
letter dated December 22, 2021.\2\ The SIP revision makes two
substantive changes. First, the SIP revision adds new fees to process
Type 2 notices of intent to construct. See OAR 340-210-0230 and 0240.
Second, the SIP revision adds a new Basic ACDP option, available to a
qualifying minor source if that source meets certain criteria,
including taking an enforceable limit on hours of operation and/or
production. See OAR 340-216-0010 Table 1, Part A, number 8. This second
change allows a source to obtain a Basic ACDP rather than a General,
Simple, or Standard ACDP, provided the source: (1) Is not a federal
major source under Title I or Title V of the Clean Air Act, (2) is not
subject to other source-specific SIP permitting requirements, (3)
requests an enforceable limit on actual, uncontrolled emissions, and
(4) control devices are not required to maintain the enforceable
limit.\3\ The enforceable limit is established in the Basic ACDP and
includes associated monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements and any other elements needed to make the limit
practically enforceable.
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\2\ Oregon clarified that OAR 340-216-8020, which includes the
specific fee amounts to be paid by sources, is not submitted for SIP
approval. The letter has been placed in the docket for this action.
\3\ Functionally, this option allows certain minor sources
otherwise required to obtain a General, Simple, or Standard ACDP
operating permit by virtue of OAR 340-216-8010 Table 1, Part B,
number 85 to obtain a Basic ACDP. See Footnote 4 to OAR 340-216-8010
Table 1, Part B, number 85.
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We have reviewed the submitted changes to Division 210 for
continued compliance with SIP-related permit fee requirements in Clean
Air Act section 110(a)(2)(L). We propose to find that the changes are
designed to increase major stationary source fees paid to the
permitting authority and are therefore consistent with Clean Air Act
section 110(a)(2)(L). See also our most recent approval of the Oregon
SIP as meeting the requirements of Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(L)
(84 FR 26347, June 6, 2019).
We have reviewed the submitted changes to Division 216 for
continued compliance with the Clean Air Act, in particular, the SIP-
related minor new source review program requirements in Clean Air Act
section 110(a)(2)(C) and the EPA's implementing regulations at 40 CFR
51.160 through 51.164. The EPA previously approved Oregon's minor new
source review program as meeting these statutory and regulatory
requirements on October 11, 2017 (82 FR 47122). We propose to find that
the submitted changes to Division 216 continue to satisfy the statutory
and regulatory requirements. We note that qualifying minor sources are
required to apply for and obtain a Basic ACDP permit with enforceable
limits on hours of operation and/or production, a process that
includes: SIP-approved legal procedures that enable Oregon to
determine, among other things, if construction of the minor source will
violate applicable portions of the control strategy or interfere with
attainment or maintenance of the NAAQS; public availability of
information; and administrative processes. We have also reviewed the
submitted changes as they relate to the EPA's guidance on federally
enforceable state operating permit programs and propose to find that
Oregon's ACDP program continues to comply with this guidance (54 FR
27274, June 28, 1989). See the EPA's action approving the program on
January 22, 2003 (68 FR 2891).
III. Proposed Action
The EPA is proposing to approve, and incorporate by reference,
revisions to the Oregon SIP submitted for purposes of SIP-related
permitting, as discussed in section II. of this preamble. Upon final
approval, the Oregon SIP will include the following regulations, State
effective September 21, 2020:
<bullet> OAR 340-210-0230, Notice of Construction and Approval of
Plans: Notice to Construct;
<bullet> OAR 340-210-0240, Notice of Construction and Approval of
Plans: Construction Approval; and
<bullet> OAR 340-216-8010, Table 1--Activities and Sources.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the EPA is proposing to include in a final rule,
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by
reference the provisions described in section III. of this preamble.
The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents 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).
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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 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 proposed 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 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 the 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, this proposed action would not apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area in Oregon 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 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, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: February 7, 2022.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2022-02983 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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