Proposed Rule2023-00330
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; Coachella Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reclassification to Extreme
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January 11, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act"), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a request from the State of California to reclassify the Coachella Valley ozone nonattainment area from "Severe-15" to "Extreme" for the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This action does not reclassify any areas of Indian country within the boundaries of the Coachella Valley 2008 ozone nonattainment area. Upon final reclassification of the Coachella Valley ozone nonattainment area as an Extreme nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the applicable attainment dates would be as expeditiously as practicable but no later than July 20, 2032. The EPA is proposing to establish a deadline of no later than 18 months from the effective date of reclassification for submittal of revisions to the Coachella Valley portion of the California SIP to meet additional requirements for Extreme ozone nonattainment areas. Lastly, the EPA is proposing to extend our previous limited approval of the motor vehicle emissions budgets to new budgets to be developed as part of a SIP submission meeting the Extreme area requirements for the Coachella Valley.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1543-1547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00330]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 81
[EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0953; FRL-10502-01-R9]
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes;
California; Coachella Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reclassification
to Extreme
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``Act''), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a request from the
State of California to reclassify the Coachella Valley ozone
nonattainment area from ``Severe-15'' to ``Extreme'' for the 2008 ozone
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This action does not
reclassify any areas of Indian country within the boundaries of the
Coachella Valley 2008 ozone nonattainment area. Upon final
reclassification of the Coachella Valley ozone nonattainment area as an
Extreme nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the applicable
attainment dates would be as expeditiously as practicable but no later
than July 20, 2032. The EPA is proposing to establish a deadline of no
later than 18 months from the effective date of reclassification for
submittal of revisions to the Coachella Valley portion of the
California SIP to meet additional requirements for Extreme ozone
nonattainment areas. Lastly, the EPA is proposing to extend our
previous limited approval of the motor vehicle emissions budgets to new
budgets to be developed as part of a SIP submission meeting the Extreme
area requirements for the Coachella Valley.
DATES: Written comments must arrive on or before February 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2022-0953 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: Khoi Nguyen, Air Planning Office (AIR-
2), EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415)
947-4120, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79990828e9299d99c9f989eb7928796d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e00091b170b0040050601072e0b1e0f40090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,''
and ``our'' refer to the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Reclassification as Extreme Nonattainment and Extreme Area SIP
Requirements
A. Reclassification as Extreme and Applicable Attainment Date
B. Clean Air Act Requirements for Extreme Ozone Nonattainment
Area Plans
II. Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
III. Summary of Proposed Action and Request for Public Comment
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Reclassification as Extreme Nonattainment and Extreme Area SIP
Requirements
A. Reclassification as Extreme and Applicable Attainment Date
Effective July 20, 2012, the EPA designated and classified the
Riverside County (Coachella Valley), California, nonattainment area
(``Coachella Valley'') as ``Severe-15'' nonattainment for the 2008
ozone NAAQS.\1\ Air quality in the Coachella Valley is jointly overseen
by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (``District'') and
the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The Coachella Valley is
located within a portion of Riverside County, and its geographic
borders also include Indian country under the jurisdiction of six
federally recognized tribes.\2\ Our classification of the Coachella
Valley as a Severe-15 ozone nonattainment area established a
requirement that the area attain the 2008 ozone NAAQS as expeditiously
as practicable, but no later than 15 years from the date of designation
as nonattainment, i.e., July 20, 2027.\3\
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\1\ 77 FR 30088 (May 21, 2012). The 2008 ozone NAAQS is 0.075
parts per million (ppm), daily maximum 8-hour average. The 2008
ozone NAAQS is met at an ambient air quality monitoring site when
the 3-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour
average ozone concentration is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm. See
40 CFR 50.15.
\2\ For a precise definition of the boundaries of the Coachella
Valley 2008 ozone nonattainment area, see 40 CFR 81.305.
\3\ Throughout this document, we use ``Severe'' to refer to
Severe areas that have 15 years to attain the ozone standards.''
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On November 15, 2022, CARB submitted a request to the EPA seeking a
voluntary reclassification of the Coachella Valley from Severe-15 to
Extreme for the 2008 ozone NAAQS.\4\ We are proposing to approve CARB's
reclassification request under the ``voluntary reclassification''
provisions of section 181(b)(3) of the Act, which mandates that the EPA
approve such a request. Upon final reclassification, the applicable
attainment dates will be as expeditiously as practicable, but no later
than 20 years from the area's date of designation as nonattainment,
i.e., July 20, 2032.
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\4\ Letter dated November 15, 2022, from Steven S. Cliff,
Executive Officer, CARB, to Martha Guzman, Regional Administrator,
EPA Region IX (submitted electronically November 15, 2022).
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Because the State of California does not have jurisdiction over
Indian country geographically located within the borders of the state,
CARB's request to reclassify the Coachella Valley does not apply to
Indian country under the jurisdiction of the tribes identified in 40
CFR 81.305. In these areas of Indian country, the EPA implements
federal CAA programs, including reclassifications, consistent with our
discretionary authority under sections 301(a) and 301(d)(4) of the CAA.
When the EPA designated the Coachella Valley as nonattainment for the
2008 ozone NAAQS, we included the jurisdictional lands of the six
federally recognized tribes located within the boundaries of the
nonattainment area: the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; the
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians; the Cabazon Band of
Cahuilla Indians; \5\ the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians; the
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians; and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band
of Mission Indians.
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\5\ The designation table at 40 CFR 81.305 lists the Cabazon
Band of Cahuilla Indians as the ``Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,''
which was the federally recognized name of the tribe at the time of
the designation.
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This action does not reclassify any areas of Indian country within
the Coachella Valley. Under the EPA's Consultation Policy, the EPA
consults on a government-to-government basis with federally recognized
tribal governments when the EPA's actions and decisions may affect
tribal interests.\6\ The EPA is currently undergoing this consultation
process and any proposed reclassification of tribal lands will be
addressed in a future rulemaking action.
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\6\ The EPA's Consultation Policy is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/tribal/epa-policy-consultation-and-coordination-indian-tribes">https://www.epa.gov/tribal/epa-policy-consultation-and-coordination-indian-tribes</a>.
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B. Clean Air Act Requirements for Extreme Ozone Nonattainment Area
Plans
1. Extreme Area Plan Requirements
Under CAA section 182(e), an attainment plan for an Extreme
nonattainment area must include the elements required for a Severe area
as well as additional plan elements for an Extreme area.\7\ Where
applicable, the plan elements should reflect the reduction of the major
source threshold under 182(e) from 25 tons per year (tpy) for a Severe
area to 10 tpy for an Extreme area. The requirements for an Extreme
area plan include, but are not limited to: (1) base year emissions
inventory (CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1)); (2) emissions
statement rule (CAA section 182(a)(3)(B)); (3) New Source Review (NSR)
program (CAA sections 172(c)(5), 173, 182(a)(2)(C), 182(d) and
182(d)(2)); (4) additional reasonably available control technology
(RACT) rules to address sources subject to the lower Extreme area major
source threshold (CAA section 182(b)(2)); (5) reasonably available
control measures (RACM) demonstration (CAA section 172(c)(1)); (6)
attainment demonstration (CAA sections 172(c)(1) and 182(c)(2)(A)); (7)
reasonable further progress (RFP) demonstration (CAA sections
172(c)(2), 182(b)(1), 182(c)(2)(B)); \8\ (8) contingency measures (CAA
sections 172(c)(9) and 182(c)(9)); (9) enhanced vehicle inspection and
maintenance program (CAA section 182(c)(3)); (10) clean fuels fleet
program (CAA sections 182(c)(4)(A) and 246); (11) enhanced ambient air
monitoring (CAA section 182(c)(1)); (12) transportation control
strategies and measures to offset emissions increases from vehicle
miles traveled (CAA section 182(d)(1)(A)); (13) CAA section 185 fee
program (CAA sections 182(d)(3) and 185); and (14) use of clean fuels
or advanced control technology for boilers (CAA section 182(e)(3)).
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\7\ CAA section 182(e) specifically excludes certain Severe area
requirements from the Extreme area requirements, e.g., CAA section
182(c)(6), (7), and (8).
\8\ CAA section 182(e) does not allow the state to use the
provision at CAA section 182(c)(2)(B)(ii) that allows RFP reductions
of less than three percent per year based on additional
demonstrations.
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For the Coachella Valley, the District and State will need to
submit a plan that includes all elements required under CAA section
182(e), and that demonstrates attainment of the 2008 ozone NAAQS as
expeditiously as practicable but no later than July 20, 2032. The plan
should identify adopted measures sufficient to make the required RFP
and attainment demonstrations for the area.\9\
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\9\ CAA section 182(e)(5) allows the EPA to approve an Extreme
area attainment demonstration based on anticipated development of
new control techniques or improvement of existing control
technologies. This option requires a state to demonstrate that
provisions based on these new techniques or improvements are not
necessary to meet emission reductions required within the first 10
years after an area's designation as Extreme, and to submit, at
least three years before implementation of the proposed provisions
relying on new technology, contingency measures to be implemented in
case the anticipated technologies do not achieve the planned
reductions. Based on the shorter timeline to attainment (roughly
nine years from reclassification), use of CAA section 182(e)(5) is
not appropriate in this instance.
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For areas initially designated Extreme, the CAA and the EPA's ozone
SIP Requirements Rules (SRR) for the 2008 ozone NAAQS \10\ generally
provides, depending on the element, up to four years from the date of
designation to submit the required SIP elements to the EPA. For the
2008 ozone NAAQS, the statutory deadline for SIP submissions for areas
initially designated as Extreme was July 20, 2016. Under our general
CAA section 301(a) authority, the EPA proposes to establish a deadline
of 18 months from the effective date of the final reclassification for
the State to submit SIP revisions addressing the Extreme area
requirements for the Coachella Valley. This timeframe is consistent
with how the EPA has handled establishing SIP submission deadlines
under CAA section 182(i) for ozone areas reclassified by operation of
law under CAA section 181(b)(2),\11\ and generally aligns with the
timeframe established in our prior reclassification of the Coachella
Valley to Extreme for the 1997 ozone NAAQS.\12\ We recognize that the
District and CARB will require adequate time to develop and implement
new measures and strategies, revise local rules, complete necessary
analysis and demonstrations, and to provide adequate opportunities for
public involvement.\13\ The State must ensure that all required
planning elements for an Extreme nonattainment area are satisfied, that
public processes are completed, and that the resulting plan is
sufficient to demonstrate attainment of the 2008 ozone NAAQS in the
Coachella Valley as expeditiously as practicable but no later than July
20, 2032.
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\10\ The EPA promulgated the SRR for the 2008 ozone NAAQS at 40
CFR part 52, subpart AA.
\11\ See 87 FR 60926 (October 7, 2022) (providing 18 months from
effective date of final reclassification of areas to Severe). See
also discussion in proposal at 87 FR 21825, 21838.
\12\ 85 FR 2311 (January 15, 2020) (establishing deadline
roughly 19 months after reclassification effective upon
publication).
\13\ See id. at 2312.
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RACT controls for an area reclassified to a higher nonattainment
classification should be implemented no later than the ozone season of
the attainment year for the new classification, i.e., the ozone season
immediately preceding the maximum attainment date.\14\ For the
Coachella Valley, which has a year-round ozone season and which would
have a July 20, 2032 attainment date for an Extreme classification,
RACT controls would need to be implemented by January 1, 2031.
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2. NSR and Title V Program Revisions
Reclassification to Extreme ozone nonattainment triggers several
changes under the CAA's NSR and title V permitting programs. Under CAA
sections 182(e) and 182(f), sources in Extreme nonattainment areas are
defined as ``major sources'' of volatile organic compounds (VOC) or
nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) under the NSR and title V permitting
programs if they emit at least 10 tpy of these pollutants, compared to
25 tpy in a Severe nonattainment area. Additionally, under CAA section
182(e)(1), emissions from new major sources of VOC or NO<INF>X</INF>
and major modifications in an Extreme nonattainment area must be offset
at a rate of at least 1.5 to 1 (or at least 1.2 to 1 if the plan
requires all existing major sources in the nonattainment area to use
best available control technology). Further, under CAA section
182(e)(2), any change at a major stationary source that results in an
increase in emissions from any discrete operation, unit, or other
pollutant emitting activity at the source is generally considered a
modification, subject to additional provisions for emissions increases
that are offset through internal reductions and for equipment that is
installed to comply with CAA requirements.
Accordingly, in addition to the required plan revisions discussed
in section I.B.1 of this action, we are proposing to require the State
to submit revised rules for the Coachella Valley that reflect the
Extreme area definitions for new major sources and major modifications,
and that increase the offset ratios for these sources and modifications
consistent with CAA section 182(e)(1) and (2), by no later than 18
months from the effective date of the EPA's final reclassification of
the area to Extreme. We are also proposing to require the State to
submit any changes to the title V operating permits program for the
Coachella Valley necessary to reflect the change in the major source
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Severe areas to 10 tpy for Extreme areas by no later than 18 months
from the effective date of final reclassification. The rationale for
the EPA's deadline of 18 months from the effective date of the final
action for this reclassification is discussed in Section I.B.1.
State lands in the Coachella Valley are already classified as
Extreme for the 1997 ozone NAAQS,\15\ and we recognize that certain
Extreme area requirements may already be met through existing rules. In
lieu of submitting new revised regulations to address these
requirements, the State may provide a written statement certifying that
it has determined that existing regulations are adequate to meet the
applicable nonattainment area planning requirements of CAA section 182.
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\15\ 84 FR 32841 (July 10, 2019).
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II. Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
Under our transportation conformity rule, as a general matter, once
motor vehicle emission budgets (``budgets'') are approved, they can
only be superseded by revised budgets that the EPA approves as a SIP
revision. In other words, approved budgets generally cannot be
superseded through an EPA adequacy finding of revised budgets, but
rather only through EPA approval of the revised budgets, unless the
initial approval of the budgets specifies that the EPA is limiting the
duration of the approval to last only until subsequently submitted
budgets are found adequate.\16\
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\16\ 40 CFR 93.118(e)(1).
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In our previous action on the Severe area plan, we limited the
duration of the approval of the budgets to last only until the
effective date of the EPA's adequacy finding for any subsequently
submitted budgets.\17\ We limited our approval in response to a request
by CARB, in light of the EPA's then-recent approval of EMFAC2017 as an
updated version of the model (EMFAC2014) used for the budgets in the
2016 Coachella Valley Ozone SIP.\18\ CARB stated that without the
ability to replace the budgets using the budget adequacy process, the
benefits of using the updated data might not be realized for a year or
more after the updated SIP revision (with the EMFAC2017-derived
budgets) was submitted, due to the length of the SIP approval process.
We found CARB's explanation appropriate and accordingly limited the
duration of the budgets.
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\17\ 85 FR 57714 (September 16, 2020).
\18\ EMFAC is short for EMission FACtor. On December 15, 2015,
the EPA approved EMFAC2014 for use by State and local governments to
meet CAA requirements. 80 FR 77337. On August 15, 2019, the EPA
approved and announced the availability of EMFAC2017 for use by
State and local governments to meet CAA requirements. See 84 FR
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As part of the recent reclassification request, the State also
requested that the EPA revise our previous limited approval of the
budgets for the Coachella Valley to allow the existing SIP-approved
budgets for the Severe area plan to be replaced with new budgets for
the Extreme area plan. Similar to the previous request, CARB indicated
that the new budgets being developed for the SIP will be based on
EMFAC2017, whereas the budgets for the SIP-approved Severe area plan
were developed using EMFAC2014. We find that CARB's explanation for
limiting the duration of the approval of the budgets is still
appropriate and provides us with a reasonable basis on which to
continue to limit the duration of the approval of the budgets to the
new Extreme area plan. We also note that on November 15, 2022, the EPA
approved and announced the availability of EMFAC2021 for use by State
and local governments to meet CAA requirements.\19\ Therefore, we
propose to continue to limit the duration of our approval of the
budgets in the 2016 Coachella Valley Ozone SIP until we find revised
budgets developed for the Extreme area plan to be adequate.
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\19\ 87 FR 68483 (November 15, 2022). As indicated in this
action, the CAA requires that SIP inventories and control measures
be based on the most current information and applicable models that
are available when a SIP revision is developed and thus there is no
grace period for use of EMFAC2021 in SIP revisions. However, the EPA
also recognizes the time and level of effort that air quality
planning agencies may have already undertaken in SIP development
using EMFAC2017. Agencies should consult with EPA Region IX if they
have questions about how the EPA's approval of EMFAC2021 affects SIP
revisions under development in specific nonattainment or maintenance
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III. Summary of Proposed Action and Request for Public Comment
Pursuant to CAA section 181(b)(3), we are proposing to grant CARB's
request to reclassify the Coachella Valley ozone nonattainment area
from Severe-15 to Extreme for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Upon
reclassification, the new attainment dates for the Coachella Valley
ozone nonattainment area would be as expeditiously as practicable, but
no later than July 20, 2032, for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. This action
would not reclassify any areas of Indian country within the Coachella
Valley. The EPA is proposing to establish a deadline of no later than
18 months from the effective date of the final reclassification action
for the State to submit revisions to the Coachella Valley portion of
the California SIP to meet the additional requirements applicable to
Extreme ozone nonattainment areas.
Lastly, the EPA is proposing to continue to limit the duration of
our approval of the budgets in the 2016 Coachella Valley Ozone SIP
until we find revised budgets developed for the Extreme area plan to be
adequate.
We will accept comments from the public on these proposals for the
next 30 days. The deadline and instructions for submission of comments
are provided in the DATES and ADDRESSES sections at the beginning of
this preamble.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and
13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011), this proposed action is not a
``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not subject to
Executive Order 12866. With respect to lands under state jurisdiction,
voluntary reclassifications under CAA section 181(b)(3) of the CAA are
based solely upon requests by the state, and the EPA is required under
the CAA to grant them. These actions do not, in and of themselves,
impose any new requirements on any sectors of the economy. In addition,
because the statutory requirements are clearly defined with respect to
the differently classified areas, and because those requirements are
automatically triggered by reclassification, reclassification does not
impose a materially adverse impact under Executive Order 12866. With
respect to Indian country, reclassifications do not establish deadlines
for air quality plans or plan revisions. For these reasons, this
proposed action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001).
In addition, I certify that this proposed action will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), and that
this proposed action 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), because the EPA
is required to grant requests by states for voluntary reclassifications
and such reclassifications in and of themselves do not impose any
federal intergovernmental mandate, and because tribes are not subject
to implementation plan submittal deadlines that apply to states as a
result of reclassifications.
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This proposed action also does not have tribal implications because
it will not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian
tribes, on the relationship between the federal government and Indian
tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between
the federal government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States. The State did not evaluate
environmental justice considerations as part of its reclassification
request. There is no information in the record inconsistent with the
stated goals of Executive Order 12898 of achieving environmental
justice for people of color, low-income populations, and indigenous
peoples.
This proposed action also does not have federalism implications
because it does not have substantial direct effects on the states, on
the relationship between the national government and the states, nor on
the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels
of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,
August 10, 1999). This proposed action does not alter the relationship
or the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the
CAA.
This proposed action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045,
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because the EPA interprets
Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that
concern health or safety risks, such that the analysis required under
section 5-501 of the Executive Order has the potential to influence the
regulation.
Reclassification actions do not involve technical standards and
thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply.
This proposed action does not impose an information collection burden
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Ozone.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: January 5, 2023.
Martha Guzman Aceves,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2023-00330 Filed 1-10-23; 8:45 am]
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