Proposed Rule2022-06039
Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions From Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations Processes in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
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Published
March 25, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received on February 11, 2020. In the submission, Missouri requests to revise a regulation that controls emissions from reactor processes and distillation operations in the St. Louis 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area. The revisions to this rule include amending the rule applicability section for sources subject to the rule, removing unnecessary words, updating incorporations by reference, amending definitions specific to the rule, updating test and reference methods, and other minor edits. These revisions do not impact the stringency of the SIP or air quality. Approval of these revisions will ensure consistency between State and federally approved rules.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17058-17059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06039]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R07-OAR-2022-0236; FRL-9605-01-R7]
Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Volatile Organic Compound
Emissions From Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations Processes
in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing
approval of revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP)
received on February 11, 2020. In the submission, Missouri requests to
revise a regulation that controls emissions from reactor processes and
distillation operations in the St. Louis 1997 8-hour ozone
nonattainment area. The revisions to this rule include amending the
rule applicability section for sources subject to the rule, removing
unnecessary words, updating incorporations by reference, amending
definitions specific to the rule, updating test and reference methods,
and other minor edits. These revisions do not impact the stringency of
the SIP or air quality. Approval of these revisions will ensure
consistency between State and federally approved rules.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2022-0236 to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal
information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Written
Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Heitman, Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air Quality Planning Branch, 11201
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number: (913) 551-
7664; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59d909c8198949bdb9f94869a9bb5908594db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="147c717d6079757a3a7e75677b7a547164753a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Written comments
II. What is being addressed in this document?
III. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2022-
0236, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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, 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>.
II. What is being addressed in this document?
The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to 10 Code of State
Regulation (CSR) 10-5.550, Control of Volatile Organic Compound
Emissions From Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations Processes
in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry in the
Missouri SIP. The revisions amend the rule applicability section for
sources subject to this rule, remove unnecessary words, update
incorporations by reference, amend definitions specific to the rule,
update test and reference methods, and make other minor edits. The
EPA's analysis of the revisions can be found in the technical support
document (TSD) included in this docket.
Missouri received six comments from EPA and three comments from the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Air Pollution Control Program
staff during the comment period. Missouri responded to all comments as
noted in the State submission included in the docket for this action.
As described in the TSD for this action, Missouri amended the rule in
response to some of EPA's comments. In response to an EPA comment
concerning the applicability date in the draft rule, Missouri changed
the applicability date to affect process units existing as of February
29, 2000. Missouri explained that the applicability date change was
added to clarify that the rule was originally promulgated to meet ozone
reasonably available control technology requirements, which were
intended to apply to existing sources at the time of the rule's
promulgation. EPA finds that Missouri has adequately addressed the
comments.
Therefore, EPA is proposing to approve the revisions to this rule
because it will not have a negative impact on air quality or affect the
stringency of the SIP.
III. Have the requirements for approval of a SIP revision been met?
The State submission has met the public notice requirements for SIP
submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The submission also
satisfied the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V. The
State provided public notice on this SIP revision from May 1, 2019, to
August 1, 2019 and received nine comments. The State revised the rule
based on the comments received. In addition, as explained above and in
more detail in the TSD which is part of this docket, the revision meets
the substantive SIP requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA), including
section 110 and implementing regulations.
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is proposing to approve Missouri's request to revise 10 CSR
10-5.550. Because this rule was previously approved into Missouri's
SIP, we are soliciting comments solely on the proposed revisions to the
rule and not on the existing text that is approved into Missouri's SIP.
We are processing this as a proposed action because we are soliciting
comments on this proposed action. Final rulemaking will occur after
consideration of any comments.
V. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the EPA is proposing to include regulatory text
in an EPA final rule that includes incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to
incorporate by reference the Missouri Regulations described in Section
II of
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this preamble as set forth in the proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 52
below. The 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 7
Office (please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).
VI. 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. 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 CAA. 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 the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTA) because this rulemaking does not
involve technical standards; 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 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.
Dated: March 16, 2022.
Meghan A. McCollister,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the EPA proposes to amend
40 CFR part 52 as set forth below:
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 AA--Missouri
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2. In Sec. 52.1320, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by revising
the entry ``10-5.550'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1320 Identification of plan.
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EPA-Approved Missouri Regulations
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State
Missouri citation Title effective date EPA approval date Explanation
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Missouri Department of Natural Resources
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Chapter 5--Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
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10-5.550.................. Control of Volatile 1/30/2020 [Date of publication .......................
Organic Compound of the final rule
Emissions From in the Federal
Reactor Processes Register], [Federal
and Distillation Register citation
Operations Processes of the final rule].
in the Synthetic
Organic Chemical
Manufacturing
Industry.
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[FR Doc. 2022-06039 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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