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power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. We have 

analyzed this rule under that Order and 

have determined that it is consistent 

with the fundamental federalism 

principles and preemption requirements 

described in Executive Order 13132. 

Also, this rule does not have tribal 

implications under Executive Order 

13175, Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments, 

because it does not have a substantial 

direct effect on one or more Indian 

tribes, on the relationship between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes. If you 

believe this rule has implications for 

federalism or Indian tribes, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this rule 

will not result in such an expenditure, 

we do discuss the effects of this rule 

elsewhere in this preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Directive 023–01 and Commandant 

Instruction M16475.1D, which guide the 

Coast Guard in complying with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have 

determined that this action is one of a 

category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves a safety 

zone lasting less than one hour that will 

prohibit entry into a designated area. It 

is categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph L60(a) of 

Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction 

Manual 023–01–001–01, Rev. 01. A 

Record of Environmental Consideration 

supporting this determination is 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and record keeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T09–1107 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T09–1107 Safety Zone; Mathai 

Fireworks, Detroit River, Detroit, MI. 

(a) Location. A safety zone is 

established to include all U.S. navigable 

waters of the Detroit River, Detroit, MI, 

within a 420-foot radius of position 

42°19.611′, 083°02.361′ (NAD 83). 

(b) Enforcement period. The regulated 

area described in paragraph (a) of this 

section will be enforced from 10 p.m. 

through 10:30 p.m. on December 27, 

2018. In the case of inclement weather 

or other unforeseen delay on December 

27, 2018, this safety zone will be 

enforced from 10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on 

December 28, 2018. 

(c) Regulations. (1) No vessel or 

person may enter, transit through, or 

anchor within the safety zone unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

Detroit (COTP), or his on-scene 

representative. 

(2) The safety zone is closed to all 

vessel traffic, except as may be 

permitted by the COTP or his on-scene 

representative. 

(3) The ‘‘on-scene representative’’ of 

COTP is any Coast Guard 

commissioned, warrant or petty officer 

or a Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement officer designated by or 

assisting the Captain of the Port Detroit 

to act on his behalf. 

(4) Vessel operators shall contact the 

COTP or his on-scene representative to 

obtain permission to enter or operate 

within the safety zone. The COTP or his 

on-scene representative may be 

contacted via VHF Channel 16 or at 

(313) 568–9464. Vessel operators given 

permission to enter or operate in the 

regulated area must comply with all 

directions given to them by the COTP or 

his on-scene representative. 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Jeffrey W. Novak, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Detroit. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2018–0432; FRL–9988–25– 

Region 4] 

Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: NOX

Rule Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving portions of 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of North 

Carolina, through the North Carolina 

Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) on 

June 5, 2017, as supplemented on June 

28, 2018. This submittal seeks to revise 

the State’s SIP-approved rules regarding 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions from 

large stationary combustion sources. 

This action is being taken pursuant to 

section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA 

or Act). 

DATES: This rule will be effective 

January 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2018–0432. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information may not be 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 


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1On June 5, 2017, NCDAQ submitted a SIP 

revision addressing regulations under 15A North 

Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC) 02D Sections 

.1407—‘‘Boilers and Indirect-Fired Process Heaters’’ 

and .1408—‘‘Stationary Combustion Turbines’’ that 

is separate from the SIP revision that EPA is 

finalizing today. On August 14, 2002, and again on 

November 19, 2008, NCDAQ submitted 

amendments to Sections .1407 and .1408 along with 

many other rule amendments. NCDAQ’s intention, 

as outlined in its June 5, 2017, SIP submittal for 

Sections .1407 and .1408, was to withdraw the 

November 19, 2008, submittal related to these rules. 

However, EPA already approved the portion of the 

November 19, 2008, submittal related to Sections 

.1407 and .1408 on May 9, 2013. See 78 FR 27065. 

Therefore, no further action is needed on the June 

5, 2017 SIP submittal containing Sections .1407 and 

.1408 as the latest version of these rules have been 

previously incorporated into the federally-approved 

SIP. 

2See Section .1402—‘‘Applicability’’ and the 

definition of ‘‘source’’ in Section .1401 for the scope 

of this rule section. 

3 In the table of North Carolina regulations 

federally approved into the SIP at 40 CFR 

52.1770(c), 15A NCAC 02D is referred to as 

‘‘Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control 

Requirements.’’ 

official hours of business are Monday 

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

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Spann, Air Regulatory Management 

Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, Region 4, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303–8960. Ms. Spann can be reached 

by phone at (404) 562–9029 or via 

electronic mail at spann.jane@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. This Action 

Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, 

EPA is approving changes to the North 

Carolina SIP. EPA has evaluated the 

relevant portions of North Carolina’s 

June 5, 2017, SIP revision, as 

supplemented on June 28, 2018, and has 

determined that they meet the 

applicable requirements of the CAA and 

EPA regulations.1 In this final 

rulemaking, EPA is also responding to 

comments received on the proposed 

rulemaking. 

II. Background 

On September 18, 2001, North 

Carolina submitted rule sections 

regarding the control of NOX emissions 

from large stationary combustion 

sources to EPA for approval into its 

SIP.2 North Carolina submitted rule 

changes under 15A North Carolina 

Administrative Code (NCAC) 02D 

.1400—‘‘Nitrogen Oxides’’ at the 

following Sections: .1401— 

‘‘Definitions’’; .1403—‘‘Compliance 

Schedules’’; .1413—‘‘Sources Not 

Otherwise Listed in This Section’’; 

.1414—‘‘Tune-up Requirements’’; and 

.1423—‘‘Large Internal Combustion 

Engines’’ as well as other rules not 

related to today’s proposed action.3 The 

submittal also included Section .1406— 

‘‘Utility Boilers (Repealed)’’ with no 

regulatory text. EPA approved the 

September 18, 2001, SIP revision on 

December 27, 2002, with the exception 

of Section .1406 and the addition of 

Sections .1413 and .1414, among others. 

EPA did not act on Section .1406 

because the rule contained no regulatory 

text and because Section .1406 was not 

in the SIP, thus there was nothing to 

repeal. See 67 FR 78987 for further 

information. 

On August 14, 2002, North Carolina 

submitted a SIP revision to EPA 

containing changes under Subchapter 

2D to its Section .1400 NOX rules. The 

submission included changes to 

Sections .1401—‘‘Definitions’’; .1403— 

‘‘Compliance Schedules’’; .1413— 

‘‘Sources Not Otherwise Listed in This 

Section’’; .1414—‘‘Tune-up 

Requirements’’; and .1423—‘‘Large 

Internal Combustion Engines’’ as well as 

changes to other rules not related to 

today’s proposed action. The submittal 

again included Section .1406—‘‘Utility 

Boilers (Repealed)’’ with no regulatory 

text. North Carolina took these rule 

changes to hearing on May 21, 2001, 

and June 5, 2001. EPA did not act on the 

August 14, 2002, submittal. 

On June 5, 2017, North Carolina 

withdrew its August 14, 2002, SIP 

submittal and resubmitted the changes 

to Sections .1401, .1403, .1413, .1414, 

and .1423 contained in the 2002 

submittal along with the repeal of 

Section .1406. The June 5, 2017, 

submittal relies on the hearing record 

associated with the August 14, 2002, 

submittal because the rule text is 

identical. On June 28, 2018, North 

Carolina supplemented its June 5, 2017, 

submittal to acknowledge that Sections 

.1413 and .1414 are not in the SIP. 

In a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) published on November 5, 

2018, EPA proposed approval of the 

June 5, 2017, SIP submission, as 

supplemented June 28, 2018. See 83 FR 

55335. Comments on the NPRM were 

due on or before November 26, 2018. 

EPA received supporting comments and 

adverse comments on the proposed rule. 

The Agency has summarized and 

responded to the potentially adverse 

comments below (the commenters are 

hereinafter collectively referred to as 

‘‘the Commenter’’). 

III. Response to Comment 

Comment 1: The Commenter states 

that the world has vastly changed since 

the enactment of the Clean Air Act and 

that the ‘‘science used through the NC 

DAQ has changed along with it.’’ The 

Commenter further states that the ‘‘State 

Implementation Plan though the Clean 

Air Act has been untouched since 2001, 

and if this is the third of these attempts 

it is vital to comply with some of the 

requests. Climate change policy as 

matured in North Carolina, and this is 

another part of that development.’’ 

Response 1: It is unclear how the 

comment relates to the proposal or how 

the Commenter would like EPA to 

change the proposed rule. EPA has 

modified the North Carolina SIP 

numerous times since 2001 in response 

to SIP revisions submitted by the State 

and is taking action to further modify 

the SIP as described in the NPRM. See 

40 CFR 52.1770(c) and (e). Furthermore, 

the SIP revision at issue is focused on 

the control of NOX emissions and does 

not expressly address climate change. 

Comment 2: The Commenter notes 

that North Carolina replaced the phrase 

‘‘optimization of’’ with ‘‘utilization’’ in 

the definition of ‘‘reasonable effort’’ in 

Section .1401. According to the 

Commenter, ‘‘it seems as though North 

Carolina is trying to avoid an efficient 

use of the abatement technology,’’ 

‘‘avoiding the Clean Air Act’s goal,’’ and 

‘‘not putting in maximum effort to abate 

NOX.’’ 

Response 2: The criterion for EPA 

approval in this instance is whether, 

under CAA section 110(l), the SIP 

revision would interfere with any 

applicable requirement concerning 

attainment and reasonable further 

progress or any other applicable CAA 

requirement. As discussed in the NPRM, 

EPA does not believe that approval 

would violate section 110(l) given the 

limited applicability of the provision, 

the continued requirement to follow 

manufacturers’ recommendations or 

other similar guidance, the fact that it 

was state effective in 2002, and the lack 

of nonattainment areas in the State for 

any criteria pollutant. 

Comment 3: Regarding Section 

.1413—Sources Not Otherwise Listed in 

This Section, the Commenter states that 

it is important to specify RACT in the 

SIP ‘‘as it shows the EPA is requiring all 

sources of NOX combustion to specify 

their usage of RACT.’’ The Commenter 

states that the rule ‘‘could go a step 

further and the EPA could mandate Best 

Available Control Technology [BACT]. 

This makes it seem like North Carolina 

is trying to slide around the rule and not 

implement the best-case scenario in 

terms of abatement.’’ 

Response 3: EPA agrees that it should 

incorporate Section .1413 into the SIP as 

a strengthening measure. As a point of 

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4See 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997). 

‘‘all sources of NOX combustion to 

specify their usage of RACT.’’ The rule 

requires certain sources of NOX—other 

than boilers, indirect-fired process 

heaters, stationary combustion turbines, 

and stationary internal combustion 

engines—at facilities with a potential to 

emit of 100 tons per year or more of 

NOX or 560 pounds per calendar day or 

more from May 1 through September 30 

to apply RACT. 

Regarding the comments concerning 

BACT, EPA cannot mandate the use of 

this control technology under this 

circumstance. BACT is a CAA 

requirement for major new or modified 

stationary sources subject to the 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) program under Title I, Part C of 

the Act. North Carolina did not submit 

Section .1413 to EPA to satisfy the 

State’s PSD obligations under the CAA, 

and EPA has already approved North 

Carolina’s PSD program at 15A NCAC 

02D .0530, including its BACT 

provisions, as meeting CAA 

requirements and incorporated the 

program into the SIP. See, e.g., 47 FR 

7836 (February 23, 1982). 

Comment 4: Regarding Section 

.1403—Compliance Schedules, the 

Commenter notes that EPA is not acting 

on this rule because it already approved 

a previous submission. The Commenter 

then states that EPA ‘‘should look into 

this rule further, as the last effective 

revision for this rule was in 2002. 

Schedules change, and this could be 

another example of the EPA not being 

strict enough in implementing the Clean 

Air Act’s statutes on North Carolina.’’ 

Response 4: It is unclear how the 

Commenter would like EPA to change 

the proposed rule, and EPA does not 

agree that the last effective revision for 

Section .1403 was in 2002. North 

Carolina last modified Section .1403 on 

July 1, 2007, and EPA approved that 

version of the rule into the SIP on May 

9, 2013. See 78 FR 27065. Because the 

2007 version of the rule (approved by 

EPA in 2013) superseded the July 15, 

2002, version contained in the June 5, 

2017, SIP revision, EPA is not taking 

action on the portion of the submittal 

regarding Section .1403. 

Comment 5: The Commenter states 

that the SIP revisions ‘‘do a good job in 

creating a better understanding of North 

Carolina’s abatement efforts, however 

the EPA could revisit rules of the 

previous submissions. They have 

chosen to not take action on several 

rules, but these rules .1403, .1406 and 

.1423 could better strengthen the SIP if 

they were updated and better 

evaluated.’’ 

Response 5: It is unclear how the 

Commenter would like EPA to change 

the proposed rule or how Sections 

.1403, .1406, and .1423 could strengthen 

the SIP ‘‘if they were updated and better 

evaluated.’’ As discussed in Response 4, 

EPA has already incorporated the most 

recent state-effective version of Section 

.1403 into the SIP. EPA is not acting on 

Section .1406—Utility Boilers 

(Repealed) because the rule contains no 

regulatory text and because EPA never 

incorporated Section .1406 into the SIP. 

EPA is not acting on Section .1423 at 

this time. Any future action on that rule 

will occur in a separate rulemaking. To 

the extent that the Commenter wants 

EPA to revisit rules of previous SIP 

submissions, EPA notes that this action 

is limited to the June 5, 2017 SIP 

revision and that previous SIP 

submissions on these rules are no longer 

before the Agency for review. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, 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 North Carolina regulations 

under Subchapter 2D Air Pollution 

Control Requirements, Section .1401— 

‘‘Definitions,’’ modified to clarify which 

definitions outside of the rule apply to 

Section .1400, including definitions 

from the CFR, add a definition for 

‘‘combustion turbine,’’ modify the 

definition of ‘‘reasonable effort,’’ 

‘‘emergency generator,’’ ‘‘emergency use 

internal combustion engines,’’ ‘‘fossil 

fuel fired,’’ ‘‘ozone season,’’ ‘‘seasonal 

energy input’’ and ‘‘seasonal energy 

output,’’ and renumber the paragraphs 

within the rule, state effective on July 

15, 2002; Section .1413—‘‘Sources Not 

Otherwise Listed in This Section,’’ 

which includes rules for NOX sources 

not otherwise listed in section .1400, 

state effective on July 18, 2002; and 

Section .1414—‘‘Tune-Up 

Requirements,’’ which includes tune-up 

requirements for certain boilers, 

indirect-fired process heaters and 

stationary internal combustion engines, 

state effective on July 18, 2002. EPA has 

made, and will continue to make, these 

materials generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and 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 in the 

State implementation plan, have been 

incorporated by reference by EPA into 

that plan, are fully federally enforceable 

under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA 

as of the effective date of the final 

rulemaking of EPA’s approval, and will 

be incorporated by reference in the next 

update to the SIP compilation.4

V. Final Action 

Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, 

EPA is approving the aforementioned 

changes to the North Carolina SIP. 

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 

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, 

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); 

• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 

FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory 

action because SIP approvals are 

exempted under Executive Order 12866; 

• 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 


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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 February 25, 2019. 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, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: December 6, 2018. 

Mary S. Walker, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42.U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart II—North Carolina 

■ 2. In § 52.1770, the table in paragraph 

(c)(1) is amended by: 

■ a. Revising the entry ‘‘Section .1401’’. 

■ b. Adding the entries ‘‘Section .1413’’ 

and ‘‘Section .1414’’ in numerical order. 

The additions and revision read as 

follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) EPA-APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements 

*******

Section .1400 Nitrogen Oxides 

Section .1401 ......... Definitions ........................................................ 7/15/2002 12/26/2018, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

Section .1413 ......... Sources Not Otherwise Listed in This Section 7/18/2002 12/26/2018, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

Section .1414 ......... Tune-Up Requirements ................................... 7/18/2002 12/26/2018, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2018–0559; FRL–9987–78– 

Region 9] 

Air Plan Approval; California; Feather 

River Air Quality Management District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve a revision to the Feather River 

Air Quality Management District 

(FRAQMD) portion of the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). This 

revision concerns emissions of oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) from natural gas-fired 

water heaters, small boilers, and process 

heaters. We are approving a local rule 

that regulates these emission sources 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the 

Act). 

DATES: This rule will be effective on 

January 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 


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