[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41924-41925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15047]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0302; FRL-9948-14-Region 7]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
State of Missouri; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve portions of a November 20, 2015, State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submittal from Missouri concerning allocations of Cross-State Air
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emission allowances. Under CSAPR, large
electricity generating units in Missouri are subject to Federal
Implementation Plans (FIPs) requiring the units to participate in
CSAPR's Federal trading program for annual emissions of nitrogen oxides
(NOX) and one of CSAPR's two Federal trading programs for
annual emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). This action would
approve Missouri's adoption into its SIP of state regulations
establishing state-determined allocations to replace EPA's default
allocations to Missouri units of CSAPR allowances for annual
NOX emissions and annual SO2 emissions for 2017
and later years. EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revision because
it meets the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's
regulations for approval of an abbreviated SIP revision replacing EPA's
default allocations of CSAPR emission allowances with state-determined
allocations. Approval of this SIP revision would not alter any
provision of CSAPR's Federal trading programs for annual NOX
emissions and annual SO2 emissions as applied to Missouri
units other than the allowance allocation provisions, and the FIPs
requiring the units to participate in those trading programs (as
modified by the SIP revision) would remain in place. EPA is not
proposing to act at this time on the portion of Missouri's SIP
submittal concerning allocations of CSAPR allowances for ozone-season
NOX emissions.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 28, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2016-0302, to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Gonzalez, Air Planning and
Development Branch, Air and Waste Management Division, EPA Region 7,
11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa KS 66219; telephone number: (913) 551-
7041; email address: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on a
revision to the SIP for Missouri concerning allocations of allowances
used in the CSAPR \1\ Federal trading program for annual emissions of
NOX and annual emission of SO2. We have published
a direct final rule approving the State's SIP revision (s) in the Rules
and Regulations section of this Federal Register, because we view this
as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no relevant adverse
comment. We have explained our reasons for this action in the preamble
to the direct final rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not
take further action on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse
comment, we will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take
effect. We would address all public comments in any subsequent final
rule based on this proposed rule. We do not intend to institute a
second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in
commenting must do so at this time. For further information, please see
the information provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
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\1\ Federal Implementation Plans; Interstate Transport of Fine
Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals, 76 FR
48208 (August 8, 2011), (codified as amended at 40 CFR 52.38 and
52.39 and subparts AAAAA through DDDDD of 40 CFR part 97).
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Large electricity generating units in Missouri are subject to CSAPR
FIPs that require the units to participate in the Federal CSAPR
NOX Annual Trading Program and the Federal CSAPR
SO2 Group 1 Trading Program.\2\ Each of CSAPR's Federal
trading programs includes default provisions governing the allocation
among participating units of emission allowances used for compliance
under that program. CSAPR also provides a process for the submission
and approval of SIP revisions to replace EPA's default allocations with
state-determined allocations.
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\2\ EPA has proposed to replace the terms ``Transport Rule'' and
``TR'' in the text of the Code of Federal Regulations with the
updated terms ``Cross-State Air Pollution Rule'' and ``CSAPR.'' 80
FR 75706, 75759 (December 3, 2015). EPA uses the updated terms here.
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The SIP revision approved in the direct final rule incorporates
into Missouri's SIP state regulations establishing state-determined
allowance allocations to replace EPA's default allocations to Missouri
units of CSAPR NOX Annual allowances and CSAPR
SO2 Group 1 allowances issued for the control periods in
2017 and later years. EPA is approving the SIP revision because it
meets the requirements of the CAA and EPA's regulations for approval of
an abbreviated SIP revision replacing EPA's default allocations of
CSAPR emission allowances with state-determined allocations. Approval
of the SIP revision does not alter any provision of the CSAPR
NOX Annual Trading Program or the CSAPR SO2 Group
1 Trading Program as applied to Missouri units other than the allowance
allocation provisions, and the FIPs requiring the units to participate
in those programs (as modified by the SIP revision) remain in place.
Large electricity generating units in Missouri are also subject to an
additional CSAPR FIP requiring them to participate in the Federal CSAPR
NOX Ozone Season Trading Program. While Missouri's SIP
submittal also seeks to replace the default allocations of CSAPR
NOX Ozone Season allowances to Missouri units, EPA is not
proposing to act on that portion of the SIP submittal at this time.
Approval of this SIP revision concerning other CSAPR trading programs
has no effect on the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program
as applied to Missouri units, and the FIP requiring the units to
participate in that program remains in place.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
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Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: June 16, 2016.
Mark Hague,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2016-15047 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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