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transits to minimize any impact caused 

by the temporary deviation. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the effective period of this 

temporary deviation. This deviation 

from the operating regulations is 

authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: April 12, 2016. 

D.H. Sulouff, 

District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard 

District. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2016–0002; FRL–9945–47– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; 2011 Base Year 

Inventories for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

for the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 

Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, 

and Reading Areas, and the 

Pennsylvania Portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve the 2011 base year 

inventories for the five Pennsylvania 

marginal nonattainment areas for the 

2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS), the 

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 

Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and 

Reading nonattainment areas and the 

Pennsylvania portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

nonattainment area. The 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

submitted the emission inventories to 

meet the nonattainment requirements 

for marginal ozone nonattainment areas 

for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA 

is approving the 2011 base year 

emissions inventories for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan 

(SIP), in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This rule is effective on June 27, 

2016 without further notice, unless EPA 

receives adverse written comment by 

May 26, 2016. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register and inform the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OAR–2016–0002 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. For 

comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or removed 

from Regulations.gov. For either manner 

of submission, 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. 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, please contact the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. For 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: 

Maria A. Pino, (215) 814–2181, or by 

email at pino.maria@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Ground-level ozone is formed when 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile 

organic compounds (VOC) react in the 

presence of sunlight. Referred to as 

ozone precursors, these two pollutants 

are emitted by many types of pollution 

sources, including motor vehicles, 

power plants, industrial facilities, and 

area wide sources, such as consumer 

products and lawn and garden 

equipment. Scientific evidence 

indicates that adverse public health 

effects occur following a person’s 

exposure to ozone. These effects are 

more pronounced in children and adults 

with lung disease. Breathing air 

containing ozone can reduce lung 

function and inflame airways, which 

can increase respiratory symptoms and 

aggravate asthma or other lung diseases. 

In 1979, in response to this scientific 

evidence, EPA promulgated the first 

ozone NAAQS, the 0.12 part per million 

(ppm) 1-hour ozone NAAQS. See 44 FR 

8202 (February 8, 1979). EPA had 

previously promulgated a NAAQS for 

total photochemical oxidants. 

On July 18, 1997, EPA promulgated a 

revised ozone NAAQS of 0.08 ppm, 

averaged over eight hours. 62 FR 38855. 

This standard was determined to be 

more protective of public health than 

the previous 1979 1-hour ozone 

standard. In 2008, EPA revised the 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS from 0.08 to 0.075 

ppm. See 73 FR 16436 (March 27, 2008). 

On May 21, 2012, the AllentownBethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, 

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, Reading, and 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

areas were designated as marginal 

nonattainment for the more stringent 

2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 77 FR 

30088. 

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 

nonattainment area is comprised of 

Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton 

Counties, all in Pennsylvania. Lancaster 

and Reading are single-county 

nonattainment areas, comprised of 

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and 

Berks County, Pennsylvania, 

respectively. The Pittsburgh-Beaver 

Valley nonattainment area is comprised 

of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, 

Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland 

Counties, all in Pennsylvania. The 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

nonattainment areas includes Bucks, 

Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and 

Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania, 

plus counties in Delaware, Maryland, 

and New Jersey. Under section 172(c)(3) 

of the CAA, Pennsylvania is required to 

submit comprehensive, accurate, and 

current inventories of actual emissions 

from all sources of the relevant 

pollutants in its marginal nonattainment 

areas, i.e., the Allentown-BethlehemEaston, Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver 

Valley, and Reading nonattainment 

areas, and the Pennsylvania portion of 

the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic 

City nonattainment area. 

On October 1, 2015, EPA strengthened 

the ground-level ozone NAAQS to 0.070 

ppm, based on extensive scientific 

evidence about ozone’s effects on public 

health and welfare. See 80 FR 65292 

(October 26, 2015). As required by 

section 107(d) of the CAA, EPA intends 

to complete the initial designation 

process within two years of 

promulgation of the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS, i.e., no later than October 1, 

2017. This rulemaking does not address 

the 2015 ozone NAAQS. 


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II. Summary of SIP Revision 

Under CAA section 172(c)(3), states 

are required to submit a comprehensive, 

accurate, current accounting of actual 

emissions from all sources (point, 

nonpoint, nonroad, and onroad) in the 

nonattainment area. CAA section 

182(a)(1) requires that areas designated 

as nonattainment and classified as 

marginal are to submit an inventory of 

all sources of ozone precursors no later 

than 2 years after the effective date of 

designation. EPA’s guidance for 

emissions inventory development calls 

for actual emissions to be used in the 

base year inventory. The state must 

report annual emissions as well as 

‘‘summer day emissions.’’ As defined in 

40 CFR 51.900(v), ‘‘summer day 

emissions’’ means, ‘‘an average day’s 

emissions for a typical summer work 

weekday. The state will select the 

particular month(s) in summer and the 

day(s) in the work week to be 

represented.’’ 

On September 30, 2015, the 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP), 

submitted a SIP revision entitled, ‘‘2011 

Base Year Inventory for the 

Pennsylvania Portion of Five 2008 

Ozone Nonattainment Areas: 

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 

Lancaster, Philadelphia-WilmingtonAtlantic City, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, 

Reading.’’ PADEP selected 2011 as its 

base year for SIP planning purposes, as 

recommended in EPA’s final rule, 

‘‘Implementation of the 2008 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Ozone: State Implementation Plan 

Requirements.’’ 80 FR 12263 (March 6, 

2015). PADEP’s 2011 base year 

inventories include emissions estimates 

covering the general source categories of 

stationary point, stationary nonpoint, 

nonroad mobile, and onroad mobile. In 

its 2011 base year inventories, PADEP 

reported actual annual emissions and 

typical summer day emissions for the 

months of May through September for 

NOX, VOC, and carbon monoxide (CO). 

Tables 1 through 5 summarize the 

2011 VOC, NOX, and CO emission 

inventory by source sector for 

Pennsylvania’s five marginal 

nonattainment areas. Annual emissions 

are given in tons per year (tpy), and 

summer weekday emissions are given in 

tons per day (tpd). 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON AREA

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Point ......................................................... 3.5844 24.0763 44.5565 1,298.2944 8,882.4313 15,980.1187 

Nonpoint ................................................... 52.4620 4.3983 10.7226 21,874.0747 2,365.4084 17,758.0824 

Nonroad ................................................... 7.3491 8.4916 81.1983 2,624.7749 2,372.2160 26,305.6727 

Highway ................................................... 17.1800 35.5600 172.5900 6,169.9800 12,833.6100 76,800.1200 

Total .................................................. 80.5755 72.5262 309.0674 31,967.1240 26,453.6657 136,843.9938 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE LANCASTER AREA

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Point ......................................................... 6.0096 3.3279 4.9232 2,161.8035 1,225.2810 1,811.4742 

Nonpoint ................................................... 31.6881 4.1839 14.0763 13,262.0758 2,043.6030 13,992.7848 

Nonroad ................................................... 9.4751 8.1193 75.9137 3,854.6239 2,369.2314 26,064.9100 

Highway ................................................... 11.9900 24.4200 121.0300 4,233.6300 8,879.1200 52,716.3700 

Total .................................................. 59.1628 40.0511 215.9432 23,512.1332 14,571.2354 94,585.5390 

TABLE 3—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PORTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC

CITY AREA

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Point ......................................................... 13.8162 39.8652 35.4149 5,044.1788 14,466.8247 12,605.2393 

Nonpoint ................................................... 144.0575 27.7843 24.6034 55,434.4159 14,394.6064 27,032.5230 

Nonroad ................................................... 41.8480 39.2817 510.4407 14,368.4324 11,090.2074 162,745.4696 

Highway ................................................... 60.5800 123.3900 631.6900 21,497.8300 43,869.0400 259,855.7300 

Total .................................................. 260.3017 230.3212 1,202.1490 96,344.8571 83,820.6785 462,238.9619 

TABLE 4—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE PITTSBURGH-BEAVER VALLEY AREA

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Point ......................................................... 10.6595 160.0714 120.1636 3,900.9235 57,329.8382 43,988.6819 


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TABLE 4—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE PITTSBURGH-BEAVER VALLEY AREA—Continued 

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Nonpoint ................................................... 191.5216 65.3470 85.7973 63,326.9810 27,064.6374 49,340.2937 

Nonroad ................................................... 24.8491 27.7845 284.5770 9,281.1724 7,908.6977 93,498.8397 

Highway ................................................... 43.5400 88.8500 446.6400 16,584.5300 32,360.4000 210,881.4800 

Total .................................................. 270.5702 342.0529 937.1779 93,093.6069 124,663.5733 397,709.2953 

TABLE 5—SUMMARY OF 2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE READING AREA

Source 

sector 

Summer weekday 

(tpd) 

Annual 

(tpy) 

VOC NOX CO VOC NOX CO 

Point ......................................................... 3.4007 8.6847 5.4075 1,223.7618 3,139.5588 1,946.4482 

Nonpoint ................................................... 32.6838 4.2975 11.0720 13,462.6586 2,055.8245 11,792.2040 

Nonroad ................................................... 4.5626 5.4649 46.8275 1,650.9746 1,528.6220 15,312.2966 

Highway ................................................... 9.8600 22.1100 98.8800 3,479.3500 8,073.1900 43,022.4700 

Total .................................................. 50.5071 40.5571 162.1870 19,816.7450 14,797.3983 72,073.4188 

Point sources are large, stationary, 

identifiable sources of emissions that 

release pollutants into the atmosphere. 

Pennsylvania obtained its point source 

data from the Pennsylvania Air 

Information Management System 

(AIMS). PADEP regional offices identify 

and inventory stationary sources for 

AIMS through inspections, surveys, and 

permitting. Inventory data for point 

sources in Allegheny and Philadelphia 

Counties was developed by the 

Allegheny County Health Department 

(ACHD) and the Philadelphia Air 

Management Services (AMS), 

respectively. ACHD and AMS provided 

their point source data to PADEP and 

also submitted it to EPA for the National 

Emission Inventory (NEI). 

Nonpoint sources, also known as area 

sources, are sources of pollution that are 

small and numerous, and that have not 

been inventoried as specific point or 

mobile sources. To inventory these 

sources, they are grouped so that 

emissions can be estimated collectively 

using one methodology. Examples are 

residential heating emissions and 

consumer solvents. PADEP calculated 

nonpoint emissions for each county by 

multiplying emissions factors specific 

for each source category with some 

known indicator of collective activity 

for each source category, such as 

population or employment data. 

Nonroad sources are mobile sources 

other than onroad vehicles, including 

aircraft, locomotives, construction and 

agricultural equipment, and marine 

vessels. Emissions from different source 

categories are calculated using various 

methodologies. PADEP relied on EPA’s 

nonroad emissions calculations, from 

the 2011 NEI, version 1. Onroad or 

highway sources are vehicles, such as 

cars, trucks, and buses, which are 

operated on public roadways. PADEP 

estimated highway emissions using 

EPA’s Motor Vehicle Emission 

Simulator (MOVES) model, version 

2010b. 

EPA reviewed Pennsylvania’s 2011 

base year emission inventories’ results, 

procedures, and methodologies for the 

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 

Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and 

Reading nonattainment areas and the 

Pennsylvania portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

nonattainment area and found them to 

be acceptable and approvable. EPA’s 

review is detailed in two Technical 

Support Documents (TSD) prepared for 

this rulemaking, the January 7, 2016 

‘‘Technical Support Document (TSD) for 

the 2011 Base Year Inventory for Areas 

of Marginal Nonattainment of the 2008 

Ozone NAAQS in Pennsylvania’’ and 

the January 21, 2016, ‘‘Technical 

Support Document (TSD)—Review of 

the On-Road Portion of the 2011 Base 

Year Inventories for the Pennsylvania 

Portion of the Following Five 2008 8- 

Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

Nonattainment Areas: AllentownBethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, 

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and Reading.’’ 

These TSDs are available on line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID 

No. EPA–R03–OAR–2016–0002. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the 2011 base year 

inventories for the 2008 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS for the Allentown-BethlehemEaston, Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver 

Valley, and Reading nonattainment 

areas, and the Pennsylvania portion of 

the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic 

City nonattainment area because the 

inventories were prepared in 

accordance with requirements in 

sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a) of the CAA 

and its implementing regulations 

including 40 CFR 51.915. EPA is 

publishing this rule without prior 

proposal because EPA views this as a 

noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipates no adverse comment. 

However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ 

section of today’s Federal Register, EPA 

is publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

SIP revision if adverse comments are 

filed. This rule will be effective on June 

27, 2016 without further notice unless 

EPA receives adverse comment by May 

26, 2016. If EPA receives adverse 

comment, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. EPA will address all 

public comments in a subsequent final 

rule based on the proposed rule. EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. 


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IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

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 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 rule 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. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

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). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

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 June 27, 2016. 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. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking action. 

This action approving Pennsylvania’s 

2011 base year inventories for the 2008 

8-hour ozone NAAQS for the 

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, 

Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and 

Reading nonattainment areas, and the 

Pennsylvania portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

nonattainment area 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: April 8, 2016. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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 NN—Pennsylvania 

■ 2. In § 52.2020, the table in paragraph 

(e)(1) is amended by adding the entry 

for ‘‘2011 Base Year Inventories for the 

2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard’’ at the end of the 

table to read as follows: 

§ 52.2020 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision Applicable geographic area State submittal 

date 

EPA approval 

date 

Additional 

explanation 

*******

2011 Base Year Inventories for the 2008 

8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and 

Reading nonattainment areas and the 

Pennsylvania portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City nonattainment area.

9/30/15 4/26/16 [Insert Federal Register citation].See § 52.2036(bb). 


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1Today, EPA is providing clarification for an 

inadvertent typographical error that was included 

in the February 25, 2016, proposed rulemaking, for 

this final action. In the February 25, 2016, proposed 

rulemaking it was stated that the 2010 1-hour SO2

NAAQS infrastructure SIPs were due no later than 

June 22, 2013. The 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS 

infrastructure SIPs were actually due to EPA from 

states no later than June 2, 2013. 

2On November 3, 2015, in a previous rulemaking, 

EPA approved the requirements for state boards for 

North Carolina in relation to the 2010 SO2 NAAQS. 

See 80 FR 67645. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 52.2036 is amended by 

adding paragraph (bb) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.2036 Base year emissions inventory. 

* * * * * 

(bb) EPA approves, as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania State Implementation 

Plan, the 2011 base year emissions 

inventories for the AllentownBethlehem-Easton, Lancaster, 

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, and Reading 

nonattainment areas, and the 

Pennsylvania portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

nonattainment area for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standard submitted by the Pennsylvania 

Department of the Environmental on 

September 30, 2015. The 2011 base year 

emissions inventories includes 

emissions estimates that cover the 

general source categories of point 

sources, nonroad mobile sources, area 

sources, onroad mobile sources, and 

biogenic sources. The pollutants that 

comprise the inventory are nitrogen 

oxides (NOX), volatile organic 

compounds (VOC), and carbon 

monoxide (CO). 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0150; FRL–9945–62– 

Region 4] 

Air Quality Plans; North Carolina; 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve portions of the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submission, 

submitted by the State of North 

Carolina, through the Department of 

Environmental Quality, formerly the 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources, Division of Air Quality 

(DAQ), on March 18, 2014, for inclusion 

into the North Carolina SIP. This final 

action 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.’’ 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 has determined that the 

North Carolina’s infrastructure SIP 

submission, provided to EPA on March 

18, 2014, satisfies certain required 

infrastructure elements for the 2010 1- 

hour SO2 NAAQS. 

DATES: This rule will be effective May 

26, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2015–0150. 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: 

Michele Notarianni, 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. Ms. 

Notarianni can be reached via electronic 

mail at notarianni.michele@epa.gov or 

via telephone at (404) 562–9031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Overview 

On June 22, 2010 (75 FR 35520), EPA 

revised the primary SO2 NAAQS to an 

hourly standard of 75 parts per billion 

(ppb) based on a 3-year average of the 

annual 99th percentile of 1-hour daily 

maximum concentrations. Pursuant to 

section 110(a)(1) of the CAA, states are 

required to submit SIPs meeting the 

applicable requirements of section 

110(a)(2) within three years after 

promulgation of a new or revised 

NAAQS or within such shorter period 

as EPA may prescribe. Section 110(a)(2) 

requires states to address basic SIP 

elements such as requirements for 

monitoring, basic program requirements 

and legal authority that are designed to 

assure attainment and maintenance of 

the NAAQS. States were required to 

submit such SIPs for the 2010 1-hour 

SO2 NAAQS to EPA no later than June 

2, 2013.1

In a proposed rulemaking published 

on February 25, 2016, EPA proposed to 

approve North Carolina’s 2010 1-hour 

SO2 NAAQS infrastructure SIP 

submission submitted on March 18, 

2014, with the exception of the PSD 

permitting requirements for major 

sources of section 110(a)(2)(C) and (J), 

the interstate transport requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) and (II) (prongs 

1 through 4), and state boards 

requirements of section 

110(a)(2)(E)(ii).2See 81 FR 9398. The 

details of North Carolina’s submission 

and the rationale for EPA’s actions are 

explained in the proposed rulemaking. 

Comments on the proposed rulemaking 

were due on or before March 28, 2016. 

EPA received no comments on the 

proposed action. 

II. Final Action 

With the exception of the PSD 

permitting requirements for major 

sources of section 110(a)(2)(C) and (J), 

the interstate transport requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) and (II) (prongs 

1 through 4), and state boards 

requirements of section 110(a)(2)(E)(ii), 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

North Carolina’s infrastructure 

submission submitted on March 18, 

2014, for the 2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS. 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

portions of North Carolina’s 

infrastructure SIP submission for the 

2010 1-hour SO2 NAAQS because the 

submission is consistent with section 

110 of the CAA. 


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