Rule2025-04910
Air Plan Approval; New York; Knowlton Technologies LLC
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Published
March 24, 2025
Effective
April 23, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the State of New York's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) related to a Source-specific SIP (SSSIP) revision for Knowlton Technologies LLC, located at 213 Factory Street, Watertown, New York (the Facility). The control options in this SSSIP revision address volatile organic compound (VOC) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the Facility source identified as two 10,000-gallon underground storage tanks holding virgin methanol. This action is being taken in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for implementation of the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS. The EPA proposed to approve this rule on November 26, 2024, and received no comments. This final action will not interfere with ozone NAAQS requirements and meets all applicable requirements of the CAA.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 55 (Monday, March 24, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13414-13416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04910]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R02-OAR-2024-0042; FRL 12249-02-R2]
Air Plan Approval; New York; Knowlton Technologies LLC
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a
revision to the State of New York's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for
the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) related to a
Source-specific SIP (SSSIP) revision for Knowlton Technologies LLC,
located at 213 Factory Street, Watertown, New York (the Facility). The
control options in this SSSIP revision address volatile organic
compound (VOC) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the
Facility source identified as two 10,000-gallon underground storage
tanks holding virgin methanol. This action is being taken in accordance
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for implementation of
the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS. The EPA proposed to approve this rule on
November 26, 2024, and received no comments. This final action will not
interfere with ozone NAAQS requirements and meets all applicable
requirements of the CAA.
DATES: This final rule is effective on April 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R02-OAR-2024-0042. 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., Controlled
Unclassified Information (CUI) (formerly referred to as Confidential
Business Information (CBI)) or other information whose disclosure 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 electronically through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Longo, Air Programs Branch,
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York
10007-1866, at (212) 637-3565, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ef2f1f0f9f1b0f2f7f0faffdefbeeffb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="711d1e1f161e5f1d181f1510311401105f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. What is the background for this action?
II. What comments were received in response to the EPA's proposed
action?
III. What action is the EPA taking?
IV. Incorporation by Reference
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What is the background for this action?
A SSSIP revision was submitted to the EPA by the State of New York
on February 22, 2023, for Knowlton Technologies LLC, located at 213
Factory Street, Watertown, New York (the Facility), and it replaces and
withdraws the SSSIP that was submitted
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by the State on September 16, 2008. On November 26, 2024, the EPA
published a notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to approve a
SSSIP revision to address VOC RACT emission limits for the Facility's
two underground storage tanks holding virgin methanol. See 89 FR 93239.
Specifically, the notice of proposed rulemaking addressed the
following: (1) RACT control options for two 10,000-gallon underground
storage tanks holding virgin methanol; (2) Source-specific emission
limit where the presumptive VOC limit is not technologically and
economically feasible; and (3) a case-by-case VOC emission limit for
the two 10,000-gallon underground storage tanks that will restrict the
methanol throughput at the tanks to 2,500,000 pounds/year with a 12-
month rolling total.
The EPA is determining through this final action that the VOC RACT
emission limits included in the February 22, 2023, SSSIP revision are
demonstrated to be RACT for the two underground storage tanks. The
underground storage tanks have the lowest emission limits with the
application of control technology that are reasonably available given
the technological and economic feasibility considerations. Furthermore,
the VOC RACT emission limits for the underground storage tanks comply
with the New York State regulations, 6 NYCRR part 212, ``Process
Operations,'' subpart 212-3, ``Reasonably Available Control Technology
for Major Facilities,'' last approved into New York's SIP by the EPA on
October 1, 2021, see 87 FR 54375 (October 1, 2021), and are contained
in the Facility's title V operating permit, 6-2218-00017/00009. The
permit was issued by the State on December 27, 2022, and it expires on
December 26, 2027.
The specific details of New York's SIP submittals and the rationale
for the EPA's approval action are explained in the EPA's proposed
rulemaking and are not restated in this final action. For this detailed
information, the reader is referred to the EPA's November 26, 2024,
proposed rulemaking. See 89 FR 93239.
II. What comments were received in response to the EPA's proposed
action?
The EPA provided a 45-day review and comment period for the
November 26, 2024, proposed rulemaking. The comment period ended on
January 10, 2025. We received no comments on the EPA's action.
III. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is approving the SSSIP revision because the limits included
in the SSSIP are demonstrated to implement RACT for the two 10,000-
gallon underground storage tanks holding virgin methanol. Based on
information provided by NYSDEC, a review of similar sources, and an
analysis of the February 22, 2023, SSSIP revision, the EPA is approving
the VOC emission limits for the two tanks as implementing RACT.
Specifically, the EPA is approving the following limits and
associated requirements as implementing RACT: the Facility must: (1)
Limit VOC emissions by restricting the methanol throughput to 2,500,000
pounds/year with a 12-month rolling total; (2) maintain monthly records
to verify the throughput in support of a 12-month rolling total; (3)
upon any increase in throughput beyond 2,500,000 pounds/year, submit a
VOC RACT demonstration that implements RACT at the higher methanol
throughput rate.
IV. Incorporation by Reference
In this document, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that
includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of
1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the
Knowlton Technologies VOC case-by-case RACT limit described in the
amendments to 40 CFR part 52 as discussed in section I. of this
preamble. These documents are available in the docket of this
rulemaking through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, these materials have
been approved by the EPA for inclusion in the State Implementation
Plan, 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 rulemaking of the EPA's approval,
and will be incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP
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\1\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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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 Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 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 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);
<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 subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,
April 23, 1997) because it approves a State program;
<bullet> Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); and
<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.
In addition, 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).
This action is subject to the Congressional Review Act, and the EPA
will submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and the
Comptroller General of the United States. 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 May 23, 2025. 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)).
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting, Recordkeeping
requirements, and Volatile organic compound.
Michael Martucci,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part
52 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 HH--New York
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2. Amend Sec. 52.1670, in the table in paragraph (d), by adding the
entry ``Knowlton Technologies LLC '' at the end of the table to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.1670 Identification of plan.
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EPA--Approved New York Source--Specific Provisions
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State
Name of source Identifier No. effective date EPA approval date Comments
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Knowlton Technologies LLC....... 6-2218-00017/00009 12/27/2022 3/24/2025, [INSERT RACT emission limit
FIRST PAGE OF for condition 32,
FEDERAL REGISTER emission unit 1-
CITATION]. TANKS.
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[FR Doc. 2025-04910 Filed 3-21-25; 8:45 am]
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