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February 22, 1979, Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit 

of 0.69 pounds per MMBTU for coalfired boiler Unit 2. Note that the limit 

on Unit 1 emissions alone (0.855 lbs per 

MMBTU) is higher (less restrictive) than 

the limit on combined emissions from 

Units 1 and 2 (0.426 lbs per MMBTU). 

Because Unit 2 has more impact per 

pound of emissions than Unit 1 due to 

dispersion characteristics, the plant can 

emit more and still not cause violations 

of the 2010 SO2 NAAQS when only Unit 

1 is operating than when both Units 1 

and 2 are operating. 

For Clifty Creek, Indiana issued 

Commissioner’s Order 2016–02 on 

February 1, 2016, with a compliance 

date of April 19, 2016. This order 

established a combined emission limit 

for the six coal-fired boilers (Units No. 

1 through No. 6) located at Clifty Creek 

of 2,624.5 lbs of SO2 per hour as a 720 

operating hour rolling average when any 

of Units No.1 through No. 6, or any 

combination thereof, is operating. 

III. By what criteria is EPA reviewing 

this SIP revision? 

EPA is evaluating this revision on the 

basis of whether it strengthens Indiana’s 

SIP. Prior to Commissioner’s Order 

2016–01, A.B. Brown had an SO2

emissions limit in its operating permit 

of 6.0 lbs SO2 per MMBTU for coal-fired 

boiler Unit 1. Prior to Commissioner’s 

Order 2016–02 Clifty Creek had an SO2

emissions limit in its operating permit 

for Units 1 through 6 not to exceed 7.52 

lbs of SO2 per MMBTU on a thirty (30) 

day rolling weighted average. The new 

SO2 emissions limits established by 

IDEM in Commissioner’s Order 2016–01 

and Commissioner’s Order 2016–02 for 

A.B. Brown and Clifty Creek, 

respectively, are more stringent than the 

previous limits and will therefore 

strengthen Indiana’s SIP. 

The adequacy of these limits for 

providing for attainment is not a 

prerequisite for approval of these limits. 

Nevertheless, the purpose of these limits 

is to provide for attainment, and EPA is 

working with Indiana to assure a proper 

analysis of the adequacy of these limits 

for this purpose. If these limits become 

SIP-approved and thereby federally 

enforceable in a timely fashion, formal 

evaluation of the adequacy of these 

limits to provide for attainment will be 

conducted as part of the process of 

rulemaking on the 2010 SO2 NAAQS 

designation for these areas. 

IV. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is proposing to approve the SO2

emissions limits in Commissioner’s 

Order 2016–01 and Commissioner’s 

Order 2016–02 into the Indiana SIP. 

EPA confirms that the SO2 emissions 

limits for A. B. Brown (Commissioner’s 

Order 2016–01) and Clifty Creek 

(Commissioner’s Order 2016–02) are 

more stringent than the previous SO2

emissions limits for these sources. By 

approving these Commissioner’s orders 

into the Indiana SIP, these SO2

emissions limits will become federally 

enforceable and strengthen the Indiana 

SIP. 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, EPA is proposing to 

include in a final EPA rule regulatory 

text that includes incorporation by 

reference. In accordance with 

requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, EPA is 

proposing to incorporate by reference 

Commissioner’s Order No. 2016–01 

issued to Vectren’s A. B. Brown 

Generating Station, effective January 11, 

2016, and Commissioner’s Order No. 

2016–02 issued to Indiana-Kentucky 

Electric Corporation’s Clifty Creek 

Generating Station, effective February 1, 

2016. EPA has made, and will continue 

to make, these documents generally 

available electronically through 

www.regulations.gov and/or in hard 

copy at the appropriate EPA office (see 

the ADDRESSES section of this preamble 

for more information). 

VI. 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 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 Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• 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, 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 and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides. 

Dated: February 11, 2016. 

Robert A. Kaplan, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03893 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0438; FRL 9942–75– 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; State of 

Missouri; Emissions Inventory and 

Emissions Statement for the Missouri 

Portion of the St. Louis MO-IL Ozone 

Nonattainment Area 

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 State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) for the state of Missouri. The 

revisions address base year Emissions 

Inventory (EI) and emissions statement 

requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

for the Missouri portion of the St. Louis 

marginal ozone nonattainment area (‘‘St. 

Louis area’’). The Missouri counties 

comprising the St. Louis area are 

Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. 

Louis along with the City of St. Louis. 

EPA is proposing to approve the SIP 

revisions because they satisfy the CAA 

section 182 requirements for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is 

proposing the revisions pursuant to 

section 110 and part D of the CAA and 

EPA’s regulations. EPA will consider 

and take action on the Illinois 

submission for its portion of the St. 

Louis area in a separate action. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

March 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2015–0438, 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. 

Publicly available docket materials 

are available either electronically at 

www.regulations.gov or at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 

11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, 

Kansas 66219. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding legal holidays. The interested 

persons wanting to examine these 

documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least 24 

hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lachala Kemp, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

(913) 551–7214 or by email at 

kemp.lachala@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

revision amendment and anticipates no 

relevant adverse comments to this 

action. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no relevant adverse comments 

are received in response to this action, 

no further activity is contemplated in 

relation to this action. If EPA receives 

relevant adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on part of 

this rule and if that part can be severed 

from the remainder of the rule, EPA may 

adopt as final those parts of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

oxides, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: February 17, 2016. 

Mark Hague, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03903 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0150; FRL–9942–70– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; North Carolina; 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

portions of the State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) submission, submitted by the 

State of North Carolina, through the 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources (NC DENR), Division of Air 

Quality (NC DAQ), on March 18, 2014, 

for inclusion into the North Carolina 

SIP. This proposal pertains to the 

infrastructure requirements of the Clean 

Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 2010 1- 

hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). 

The CAA requires that each state adopt 

and submit a SIP for the 

implementation, maintenance and 

enforcement of each NAAQS 

promulgated by EPA, which is 

commonly referred to as an 

‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP submission. NC 

DAQ certified that the North Carolina 

SIP contains provisions that ensure the 

2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS is 

implemented, enforced, and maintained 

in North Carolina. EPA is proposing to 

determine that portions of North 

Carolina’s infrastructure SIP 

submission, provided to EPA on March 

18, 2014, satisfy certain infrastructure 

elements for the 2010 1-hour SO2

NAAQS. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2015–0150 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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 


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