[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47376-47378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21943]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0356; FRL-9963-19-Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; KY; Miscellaneous Source Specific Revisions
for Jefferson County
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve revisions to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan
(SIP), submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky
Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), on March 21, 2011, October 29, 2013,
October 28, 2016, and March 24, 2017. The revisions were submitted by
KDAQ on behalf of the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District,
which has jurisdiction over Jefferson County, Kentucky. The revisions
include changes to Jefferson County Regulations regarding Reasonably
Available Control Technology (RACT) for two major sources of nitrogen
oxides (NOx) and the removal of a volatile organic compounds (VOC)
bubble rule.
DATES: This rule will be effective November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0356. All documents in the docket
are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential
Business Information 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 through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official
hours of business are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Huey, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960 or Andres Febres, Air Regulatory Management
Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Huey
can be reached by telephone at (404) 562-9104 or via electronic mail at
[email protected]. Mr. Febres can be reached by telephone at (404) 562-
8966 or via electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In an August 10, 2017, proposed rulemaking, EPA proposed to approve
changes to the Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky SIP that were
received by EPA on March 21, 2011. 82 FR 37375. The August 10, 2017,
rulemaking proposed to approve the March 21, 2011, SIP revision with
modifications made through three addition submittals received by EPA on
October 29, 2013, October 28, 2016, and March 24, 2017. Approval of
Kentucky's March 21, 2011, submission, with the modifications from the
October 29, 2013, October 28, 2016, and March 24, 2017, submissions,
would: (1) Make several changes to Regulation 6.29, Standard of
Performance for Graphic Arts Facilities Using Rotogravure or
Flexographic Printing; (2) remove Regulation 7.57, Standard of
Performance for New Graphic Arts Facilities Using Rotogravure or
Flexographic Printing; (3) incorporate Amendment 4 to the Louisville
Medical Steam Plant NOX RACT Board Order into the Jefferson
County portion of the Kentucky SIP; (4) incorporate Amendment 3 to the
Texas Gas Transmission NOX RACT Board Order into the
Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky SIP; and (5) remove a VOC
bubble rule for the General Electric plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The
details of Kentucky's SIP revisions and the rationale for EPA's action
are explained in the proposed rulemaking. Comments on the proposed
rulemaking were due on or before September 11, 2017. EPA did not
receive any comments on the proposed action, adverse or otherwise.
II. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of Jefferson
County's Regulation 6.29, Standard of Performance for Graphic Arts
Facilities Using Rotogravure or Flexographic Printing, effective August
21, 2013; ``Board Order Texas Gas Transmission'' NOX RACT
Plan, effective May 18, 2016; and ``Board Order Louisville Medical
Center Steam Plant'' NOX RACT Plan, effective January 18,
2017. EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials
generally available through www.regulations.gov and/or at the EPA
Region 4 Office (please contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more
information). Therefore, these materials have been approved by EPA for
inclusion into Kentucky's SIP, have been incorporated by reference by
EPA into that plan, are fully federally-enforceable under sections 110
and 113 of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) as of the effective date of
the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be incorporated by
reference by the Director of the Federal Register in the next update to
the SIP compilation.\1\
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III. Final Actions
EPA is taking final action to approve changes to the Jefferson
County Air Quality Regulations portion of the Kentucky SIP. The
requested revisions were provided by KDAQ to EPA on March 21, 2011,
October 29, 2013, October 28, 2016, and March 24, 2017. The changes
being approved: (1) Modify Regulation 6.29, (2) remove Regulation 7.57,
(3) incorporate Amendment 4 to the NOX RACT Board Order for
the Louisville Medical Center Steam Plant into the Jefferson County
portion of the Kentucky SIP, (4) incorporate Amendment 3 to
NOX RACT Board Order for the Texas Gas Transmission facility
into the Kentucky SIP, and (5) remove the VOC bubble rule for the
General Electric plant in Louisville, Kentucky. EPA believes these
changes are consistent with the requirements of the CAA.
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 Act and applicable
Federal regulations. See 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. 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, these actions:
Are 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) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January
21, 2011);
do not impose an information collection burden under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.);
are 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.);
do 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);
do not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
are not an economically significant regulatory action
based on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62
FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
are not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
are 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
do 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).
The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or
in any other area where 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 as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it 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 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 CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by December 11, 2017. 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).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: September 28, 2017.
Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
40 CFR part 52 is amended 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 S--Kentucky
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2. Section 52.920, Table 2, is amended:
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a. In paragraph (c), by revising the entry for ``6.29,'' under the
heading ``Reg 6-Standards of Performance for Existing Affected
Facilities'';
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b. In paragraph (c), by removing the entry for ``7.57,'' under the
heading ``Reg 7-Standards of Performance for New Affected Facilities'';
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c. In paragraph (d), by removing the entry for ``Bubble action at
General Electric in Louisville''; and
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d. In paragraph (d), by revising the entries for ``Board Order
Louisville Medical Center Steam Plant'', and ``Board Order Texas Gas
Transmission.''
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 52.920 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
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Table 2--EPA-Approved Jefferson County Regulation for Kentucky
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EPA approval Federal Register District
Reg Title/subject date notice effective date Explanation
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Reg 6--Standards of Performance for Existing Affected Facilities
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6.29................................ Standards of 10/12/2017 [Insert citation of 8/21/2013 .................................
Performance for publication].
Existing Graphic Arts
Facilities Using
Rotogravure and
Flexography.
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EPA-Approved Kentucky Source-Specific Requirements
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State EPA approval
Name of source Permit No. effective date date Explanations
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Board Order Louisville Medical NOX RACT Plan 1/ 1/18/2017 10/12/2017, ...........................
Center Steam Plant. 18/2017. [Insert
citation of
publication].
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Board Order Texas Gas NOX RACT Plan 5/ 5/18/2016 10/12/2017, ...........................
Transmission. 18/2016. [Insert
citation of
publication].
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