[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24148-24151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9705]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0213; FRL-9661-6]
Revision to the Hawaii State Implementation Plan, Minor New
Source Review Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct
final action to approve revisions to the Hawaii State Implementation
Plan (SIP). These revisions would update and replace the minor new
source review rules that EPA approved into the Hawaii SIP in 1983.
DATES: This rule is effective on June 22, 2012 without further notice,
unless EPA receives adverse comments by May 23, 2012. If we receive
such comments, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register to notify the public that this direct final rule will not take
effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2012-0213, by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
2. Email: [email protected].
3. Mail or deliver: Gerardo Rios (Air-3), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you
consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as
such and should not be submitted through www.regulations.gov or email.
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While EPA generally
lists the documents in the docket in the index, some information may
not be specifically listed as a line item in the index or may be
publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., voluminous
records, copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available
in either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials,
please schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the
contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The hard
copy materials constitute the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Glass, EPA Region IX, (415)
972-3534, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,''
and ``our'' refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. What rules did the State submit?
B. What rules are being removed from the SIP?
C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule revisions?
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is EPA evaluating the rules?
B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?
C. Public Comment and Final Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. The State's Submittal
A. What rules did the State submit?
Table 1 lists the rules we are approving with the dates that they
were adopted by the local air agency and submitted by the Hawaii
Department of Health (HDOH).
Table 1--Submitted Rules
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Local agency Rule No. Rule title Revised Submitted
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HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-3 General conditions for 11/14/03 12/14/11
considering applications.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-5 Permit conditions............. 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-7 Transfer of permit............ 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-12 Air quality models............ 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-19 Penalties and remedies........ 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-81 Definitions................... 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-82 Applicability................. 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-83 Initial covered source permit 11/14/03 12/14/11
application.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-84 Duty to supplement or correct 11/14/03 12/14/11
permit applications.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-91 Temporary covered source 11/14/03 12/14/11
permits.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-92 Covered source general permits 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-93 Federally-enforceable permit 11/14/03 12/14/11
terms and conditions.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-99 Public participation.......... 11/14/03 12/14/11
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-103 Applications for minor 11/14/03 12/14/11
modifications.
HDOH.................................. 11-60.1-104 Applications for significant 11/14/03 12/14/11
modifications.
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On January 27, 2012, EPA determined that the submittal for Hawaii
Department of Health Chapter 60.1 met the completeness criteria in 40
CFR Part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.
B. What rules are being removed from the SIP?
Table 2 lists rules that we had previously approved into the SIP
with the date of adoption by HDOH and the date of publication in the
Federal Register. These rules are superseded by the rules listed in
Table 1.
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Table 2--Deleted Rules
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Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted Published
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HDOH.................................. 11-60-02 Permit system, applicability.. 11/29/82 8/18/83
HDOH.................................. 11-60-03 Permit system, applications... 11/29/82 8/18/83
HDOH.................................. 11-60-04 Permit system, conditions for 11/29/82 8/18/83
considering applications.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-05 Permit system, action on 11/29/82 8/18/83
applications.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-07 Permit system, cancellation of 11/29/82 8/18/83
authority to construct.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-08 Permit system, suspension or 11/29/82 8/18/83
revocation of permit to
operate.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-09 Permit system, transfer of 11/29/82 8/18/83
permit to operate.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-11 Permit system, posting of 11/29/82 8/18/83
permit to operate.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-12 Permit system, fees........... 11/29/82 8/18/83
HDOH.................................. 11-60-13 Permit system, fee schedule 11/29/82 8/18/83
for a permit to operate.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-14 Permit system, period of 11/29/82 8/18/83
permit.
HDOH.................................. 11-60-37 Penalties & remedies.......... 11/29/82 8/18/83
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C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule revisions?
Section 110(a)(2)(C) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA
or the Act) requires States to include in their SIPs programs that
regulate the construction and modification of stationary sources
adequate to ensure that the national ambient air quality standards are
achieved. The purpose of these revisions is to fulfill this requirement
of the CAA as it applies to minor stationary sources and minor
modifications made to major stationary sources.
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is EPA evaluating the rules?
Generally, SIP rules must be enforceable (see section 110(a) of the
Act), and must not relax existing requirements (see sections 110(l)).
Specifically, EPA evaluates minor new source review programs
included as a SIP submittal based on the criteria in subpart I of 40
CFR 51, excluding 40 CFR 51.165 and 50.166, which relate to review of
new major sources and major modifications under part C or D of title I
of the CAA.
B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?
We believe these rules are consistent with the relevant policy and
guidance regarding enforceability and SIP relaxations and meet the
criteria in subpart I of 40 CFR part 51 sections 160-164. The technical
support document has more information on our evaluation.
C. Public Comment and Final Action
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, EPA is fully
approving the submitted rules because we believe they fulfill all
relevant requirements. We do not think anyone will object to this
approval, so we are finalizing it without proposing it in advance.
However, in the Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register, we are
simultaneously proposing approval of the same submitted rules. If we
receive adverse comments by May 23, 2012, we will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register to notify the public that the direct
final approval will not take effect and we will address the comments in
a subsequent final action based on the proposal. If we do not receive
timely adverse comments, the direct final approval will be effective
without further notice on June 22, 2012. This will incorporate these
rules into the federally enforceable SIP for Hawaii.
Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
III. 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:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
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.);
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);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
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
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address disproportionate human health or environmental effects with
practical, appropriate, and legally permissible methods under Executive
Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the State, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
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
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copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. 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 June 22, 2012. 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. Parties with objections to this direct final
rule are encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel
notice of proposed rulemaking for this action published in the Proposed
Rules section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an
immediate petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so
that EPA can withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in
the proposed rulemaking. 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, New source review,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 20, 2012.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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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 M--Hawaii
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2. In Sec. 52.620, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by:
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a. Removing the following twelve entries under the category for Title
11, Chapter 60: 11-60-2, 11-60-3, 11-60-4, 11-60-5, 11-60-7, 11-60-8,
11-60-9, 11-60-11, 11-60-12, 11-60-13, 11-60-14, and 11-60-37.
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b. Adding the following fifteen entries in numerical order under the
category for Chapter 60.1: Sections 11-60.1-3, 11-60.1-5, 11-60.1-7,
11-60.1-12, 11-60.1-19, 11-60.1-81, 11-60.1-82, 11-60.1-83, 11-60.1-84,
11-60.1-91, 11-60.1-92, 11-60.1-93, 11-60.1-99, 11-60.1-103, and 11-
60.1-104.
The additions read as follows:
Sec. 52.620 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
EPA-Approved State of Hawaii Regulations
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State citation Title/subject Effective date EPA Approval date Explanation
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Department of Health, Title 11, Hawaii
Chapter 60.1, Air Pollution Administrative
Control. Rules.
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11-60.1-3....................... General conditions ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert Supersedes 11-60-
for considering page number where 04, 11-60-11, 11-
applications. the document 60-13, 11-60-14.
begins].
* * * * * * *
11-60.1-5....................... Permit conditions.. ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
page number where
the document
begins].
11-60.1-7....................... Transfer of permit. ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert Supersedes 11-60-
page number where 09.
the document
begins].
* * * * * * *
11-60.1-12...................... Air quality models. ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
page number where
the document
begins].
* * * * * * *
11-60.1-19...................... Penalties and ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert Supersedes
remedies. page number where 11-60-37.
the document
begins].
* * * * * * *
11-60.1-81...................... Definitions........ ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
page number where
the document
begins].
11-60.1-82...................... Applicability...... ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert Supersedes 11-60-
page number where 02.
the document
begins].
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11-60.1-83...................... Initial covered ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert Supersedes 11-60-
source permit page number where 03, 11-60-05, 11-
application. the document 60-07, 11-60-08,
begins]. 11-60-12.
11-60.1-84...................... Duty to supplement ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
or correct permit page number where
applications. the document
begins].
11-60.1-91...................... Temporary covered ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
source permits. page number where
the document
begins].
11-60.1-92...................... Covered source ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
general permits. page number where
the document
begins].
11-60.1-93...................... Federally- ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
enforceable permit page number where
terms and the document
conditions. begins].
11-60.1-99...................... Public ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
participation. page number where
the document
begins].
11-60.1-103..................... Applications for ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
minor page number where
modifications. the document
begins].
11-60.1-104..................... Applications for ................. 04/23/2012 [Insert New regulation.
significant page number where
modifications. the document
begins].
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