[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49409-49411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19751]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0392; FRL-9900-06-Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Delaware; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submittal from the State of Delaware pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA). Whenever new or revised national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) are promulgated, the CAA requires states to submit a plan for
the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of such NAAQS. The
plan is required to address basic program elements including, but not
limited to regulatory structure, monitoring, modeling, legal authority,
and adequate resources necessary to assure attainment and maintenance
of the standards. These elements are referred to as infrastructure
requirements. Delaware has made a submittal addressing the
infrastructure requirements for the 2010 nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) NAAQS.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 13,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2013-0392 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: [email protected].
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C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0392, Cristina Fernandez, Associate
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2013-0392. EPA's policy is that all comments received 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 information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 either electronically in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal
are available at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 1401, Dover, Delaware
19903.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose Quinto, (215) 814-2182, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On February 9, 2010 (75 FR 6474), EPA established a new 1-hour
primary NAAQS for NO2 at a level of 100 parts per billion
(ppb), based on a 3-year average of the 98th percentile of the yearly
distribution of 1-hour daily maximum concentrations.
Section 110(a) of the CAA requires states to submit state
implementation plans (SIPs) that provide for the implementation,
maintenance, and enforcement of new or revised NAAQS within three years
following the promulgation of such NAAQS. Section 110(a) of the CAA
imposes the obligation upon states to make a SIP submission to EPA for
a new or revised NAAQS. For the 2010 NO2 NAAQS, states have
already put in place many of the basic program elements required in
section 110(a)(2) of the CAA through prior SIP revisions under previous
NO2 NAAQS. Section 110(a)(2) of the CAA lists specific
elements that states must demonstrate have been met in the SIP. The
requirements include SIP infrastructure elements such as requirements
for modeling, monitoring, and emissions inventories that are designed
to assure attainment and maintenance of the NAAQS.
Two elements identified in section 110(a)(2) are not governed by
the three year submission deadline of section 110(a)(1) because SIPs
incorporating necessary local nonattainment area controls are not due
within three years after promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS, but
rather are due at the time the nonattainment area plan requirements are
due pursuant to other provisions of the CAA for submission of SIP
revisions specifically applicable for attainment planning purposes.
These requirements are: (1) Submissions required by section
110(a)(2)(C) to the extent that subsection refers to a permit program
as required in part D Title I of the CAA; and (2) submissions required
by section 110(a)(2)(I) that pertain to the nonattainment planning
requirements of part D, Title I of the CAA. This proposed rulemaking
action does not address infrastructure elements related to section
110(a)(2)(I) or the nonattainment planning requirements of
110(a)(2)(C).
II. Summary of State Submittal
On March 27, 2013, Delaware provided a SIP submittal to satisfy CAA
section 110(a)(2) requirements, that is the subject of this proposed
rulemaking, for the 2010 NO2 NAAQS. This submittal addressed
the following infrastructure elements: Section 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C),
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M).
EPA has analyzed the above identified SIP submission and is
proposing to make a determination that this submittal meets the
requirements of section 110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G),
(H), (J), (K), (L), and (M) of the CAA. A detailed summary of EPA's
review and rationale for approving Delaware's SIP submittal may be
found in the Technical Support Document (TSD) for this action which is
available on line at www.regulations.gov, Docket number EPA-R03-OAR-
2013-0392.
III. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve Delaware's SIP submittal that provides
the basic program elements specified in CAA section 110(a)(2)(A), (B),
(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M) necessary to
implement, maintain, and enforce the 2010 NO2 NAAQS. EPA is
soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this document.
These comments will be considered before taking final action.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA 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 CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed 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
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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 CAA; and
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).
This proposed rule, pertaining to Delaware's CAA section 110(a)(2)
infrastructure requirements for the 2010 NO2 NAAQS, 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.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: July 31, 2013.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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