[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44728-44729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18226]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0476; FRL- 9914-58-Region-3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Allegheny County's Adoption of Control Techniques
Guidelines for Offset Lithographic Printing and Letterpress Printing;
Flexible Package Printing; and Industrial Solvent Cleaning Operations
for Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision
includes amendments to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD)
Rules and Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control, and meets
the requirement to adopt Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)
for sources covered by EPA's Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG)
standards for the following categories: Offset lithographic printing
and letterpress printing, flexible package printing, and industrial
solvent cleaning operations. EPA is proposing to approve the revision
to the Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with the requirements of the
Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 2,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2014-0476 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: [email protected].
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0476, 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-
2014-0476. 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 Allegheny County Health Department, Bureau of
Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, 301 39th Street,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Shandruk, (215) 814-2166, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides that SIPs for nonattainment
areas must include reasonably available control measures (RACM),
including RACT, for sources of emissions. Section 182(b)(2)(A) provides
that for certain nonattainment areas, states must revise their SIP to
include RACT for sources of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
covered by a CTG document issued after November 15, 1990 and prior to
the area's date of attainment. EPA defines RACT as ``the lowest
emission limitation that a particular source is capable of meeting by
the application of control technology that is reasonably available
considering technological and economic feasibility.'' 44 FR 53761
(September 17, 1979).
CTGs are documents issued by EPA intended to provide state and
local air pollution control authorities information that should assist
them in determining RACT for VOC emissions from various sources.
Section 183(e)(3)(c) provides that EPA may issue a CTG in lieu of a
national regulation as RACT for a product category where EPA determines
that the CTG will be substantially as effective as regulations in
reducing emissions of VOC in ozone nonattainment areas. The
recommendations in the CTG are based upon available data and
information and may not apply to a particular situation based upon the
circumstances. States can follow the CTG and adopt state regulations to
implement the recommendations contained therein, or they can adopt
alternative approaches. In either case, states must submit their RACT
rules to EPA for review and approval as part of the SIP process.
In 1993, EPA published a draft CTG for offset lithographic
printing. 58 FR 59261. After reviewing comments on the draft CTG and
soliciting additional information to help clarify those comments, EPA
published an alternative control techniques (ACT) document in June 1994
that provided supplemental information for states to use in developing
rules based on RACT for offset lithographic printing. In December 1978,
EPA published a CTG for graphic arts (rotogravure printing and
flexographic printing) that included flexible package printing. In
1994, EPA developed an ACT document for industrial cleaning solvents.
After reviewing the 1978/1993/1994 CTGs and ACTs for these industries,
conducting a review of currently existing state and local VOC emission
reduction approaches for these industries, and taking into account any
information that has become available
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since then, EPA developed new CTGs entitled Control Techniques
Guidelines for Offset Lithographic and Letterpress Printing
(Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-002; September 2006); Control Techniques
Guidelines for Flexible Package Printing (Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-
003; September 2006); Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial
Cleaning Solvents (Publication No. EPA 453/R-06-001; September 2006).
The CTG recommendations may not apply to a particular situation based
upon the circumstances of a specific source. Regardless of whether a
state chooses to implement the recommendations contained within the
CTGs through state rules, or to issue state rules that adopt different
approaches for RACT for VOCs, states must submit their RACT rules to
EPA for review and approval as part of the SIP process.
III. Summary of SIP Revision
On November 15, 2013, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PADEP) submitted to EPA a SIP revision concerning the
adoption of the EPA CTGs for offset lithographic printing and
letterpress printing; flexible package printing; and industrial
cleaning solvent operations in Allegheny County. These regulations are
contained in the ACHD Rules and Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution
Control sections 2105.80, 2105.81, and 2105.82 in order to: (1)
Establish applicability for offset lithographic printing and
letterpress printing, flexible package printing, and industrial
cleaning solvent operations at facilities; (2) establish exemptions;
(3) establish record-keeping and work practice requirements; and (4)
establish emission limitations. More detailed information on these
provisions as well as a detailed summary of EPA's review and rationale
for proposing to approve this SIP revision can 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-2014-0476.
IV. Proposed Action
EPA is proposing to approve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SIP
revision submitted on November 15, 2013, which consists of amendments
to the ACHD Rules and Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control,
and meets the requirement to adopt RACT for sources located in
Allegheny County covered by EPA's CTG standards for the following
categories: Offset lithographic printing and letterpress printing,
flexible package printing, and industrial solvent cleaning operations.
EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this
document. These comments will be considered before taking final action.
V. 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 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).
In addition, this proposed rule, pertaining to ACHD's adoption of
CTG standards for offset lithographic printing and letterpress
printing, flexible package printing, and industrial solvent cleaning
operations 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, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Volatile organic
compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: July 14, 2014.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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