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proposed rulemaking. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See CAA 

section 307(b)(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Greenhouse gases, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator; Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart RR—Tennessee 

■ 2. Section 52.2220 (c) is amended 

under Table 1, Chapter 1200–3–9 by 

revising the entry for ‘‘Section 1200–3– 

9–.01’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.2220 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

TABLE 1—EPA-APPROVED TENNESSEE REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

Chapter 1200–3–9 Construction and Operating Permits 

Section 1200–3–9–.01 ... Construction Permits ... 11/27/2011 3/1/2012 [Insert citation 

of publication].

EPA is approving Tennessee’s May 28, 2009 

SIP revisions to Chapter 1200–3–9–.01 with 

the exception of the ‘‘baseline actual emissions’’ calculation revision found at 1200–3– 

9–.01 (4)(b)45(i)(III), (4)(b)45(ii)(IV), 

(5)(b)1(xlvii)(I)(III) and (5)(b)1(xlvii)(II)(IV) of 

the submittal. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2012–0050–201207(a); 

FRL–9639–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Georgia; 

Atlanta; Fine Particulate Matter 2002 

Base Year Emissions Inventory 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve the fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) 2002 base year emissions 

inventory, portion of the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Georgia on 

July 6, 2010. The emissions inventory is 

part of the Atlanta, Georgia (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Atlanta Area’’ or 

‘‘Area’’), PM2.5 attainment 

demonstration that was submitted for 

the 1997 annual PM2.5 National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This 

action is being taken pursuant to section 

110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

April 30, 2012 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by April 2, 2012. 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–R04– 

OAR–2012–0050, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2012– 

0050,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Regulatory Development 

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2012– 

0050. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 

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viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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 at the Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

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 to 4:30, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Lakeman, Regulatory Development 

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9043. 

Mr. Lakeman can be reached via 

electronic mail at 

lakeman.sean@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Analysis of State’s Submittal 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On July 18, 1997 (62 FR 36852), EPA 

established an annual PM2.5 NAAQS at 

15.0 micrograms per cubic meter (mg/ 

m3) based on a 3-year average of annual 

mean PM2.5 concentrations. On January 

5, 2005 (70 FR 944), EPA published its 

air quality designations and 

classifications for the 1997 annual PM2.5

NAAQS based upon air quality 

monitoring data for calendar years 

2001–2003. These designations became 

effective on April 5, 2005. The Atlanta 

Area (which is comprised of Barrow, 

Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, 

Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, 

Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding 

and Walton Counties in their entireties 

and portions of Heard and Putnam 

Counties) was designated nonattainment 

for the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. See 

title 40 CFR 81.311. 

Designation of an area as 

nonattainment starts the process for a 

state to develop and submit to EPA a 

SIP under title 1, part D of the CAA. 

This SIP must include, among other 

elements, a demonstration of how the 

NAAQS will be attained in the 

nonattainment area as expeditiously as 

practicable but no later than the date 

required by the CAA. Under CAA 

section 172(b), a state has up to three 

years after an area’s designation as 

nonattainment to submit its SIP to EPA. 

For the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, these SIPs 

were due April 5, 2008. See 40 CFR 

51.1002(a). 

On July 6, 2010, Georgia submitted an 

attainment demonstration and 

associated reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), a reasonable further 

progress (RFP) plan, contingency 

measures, a 2002 base year emissions 

inventory and other planning SIP 

revisions related to attainment of the 

1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS in the 

Atlanta Area. Subsequently, on 

December 8, 2011 (76 FR 76620), EPA 

determined that the Atlanta Area 

attained the 1997 annual average PM2.5

NAAQS. The determination of 

attainment was based upon complete, 

quality-assured and certified ambient air 

monitoring data for the 2007–2009 

period, showing that the Area had 

monitored attainment of the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. The requirements 

for the Area to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated RACM, 

RFP plan, contingency measures, and 

other planning SIP revisions related to 

attainment of the standard were 

suspended as a result of the 

determination of attainment, so long as 

the Area continues to attain the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. See 40 CFR 

51.1004(c). 

On December 29, 2011, Georgia 

withdrew the Atlanta Area’s attainment 

demonstration (except the emissions 

inventory) as allowed by 40 CFR 

51.1004(c); however, such withdrawal 

does not suspend the emissions 

inventory requirement found in CAA 

section 172(c)(3). Section 172(c)(3) of 

the CAA requires submission and 

approval of a comprehensive, accurate, 

and current inventory of actual 

emissions. EPA is now approving the 

emissions inventory portion of the SIP 

revision submitted by the State of 

Georgia on July 6, 2010, as required by 

section 172(c)(3). 

II. Analysis of State’s Submittal 

As discussed above, section 172(c)(3) 

of the CAA requires areas to submit a 

comprehensive, accurate and current 

inventory of actual emissions from all 

sources of the relevant pollutant or 

pollutants in such area. Georgia selected 

2002 as base year for the emissions 

inventory per 40 CFR 51.1008(b). 

Emissions contained in the Atlanta 

attainment plan cover the general source 

categories of point sources, non-road 

mobile sources, area sources, on-road 

mobile sources, and biogenic sources. A 

detailed discussion of the emissions 

inventory development can be found in 

Appendix H of the Georgia submittal; a 

summary is provided below. 

The tables below provide a summary 

of the annual 2002 emissions of nitrogen 

oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and 

PM2.5. 

TABLE 1—2002 POINT AND AREA SOURCES ANNUAL EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA

[Tons per year] 

County 

Point sources Area sources 

NOX SO2 PM2.5 NOX SO2 PM2.5

Barrow .................................................... 22.0 1.2 56.7 195 .7 318.0 743.5 

Bartow .................................................... 37,155.1 162,286.8 2,327.0 552 .7 1,002.7 1,574.2 

Carroll ..................................................... 23.6 5.1 44.6 573 .4 1,002.6 1,678.6 

Cherokee ................................................ 75.1 3.5 3.8 452 .4 488.7 2,138.3 

Clayton ................................................... 109.1 0.0 0.7 632 .3 768.3 768.6 

Cobb ....................................................... 5,371.3 28,921.6 222.6 2,284 .4 2,728.5 2,905.0 

Coweta ................................................... 9,044.5 41,546.3 283.6 467 .5 647.2 1,653.8 

DeKalb ................................................... 179.3 3.8 4.9 2,244 .1 2,739.0 2,534.4 

Douglas .................................................. 21.3 12.2 0.5 285 .3 334.5 824.8 


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TABLE 1—2002 POINT AND AREA SOURCES ANNUAL EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA—Continued 

[Tons per year] 

County 

Point sources Area sources 

NOX SO2 PM2.5 NOX SO2 PM2.5

Fayette ................................................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 387 .7 543.6 1,180.2 

Forsyth ................................................... 45.5 8.2 1.0 430 .5 578.2 1,681.8 

Fulton ..................................................... 1,993.9 1,973.8 597.2 3,495 .8 3,797.6 2,717.9 

Gwinnett ................................................. 32.5 0.0 0.0 2,340 .1 3,083.1 3,153.5 

Hall ......................................................... 107.6 579.0 1.6 1,142 .4 2,175.9 2,539.6 

Heard ..................................................... 20,492.7 73,551.3 523.7 87 .8 64.2 496.1 

Henry ...................................................... 2,352.1 0.1 0.4 353 .3 380.1 1,777.4 

Newton ................................................... 1.2 0.0 6.3 377 .7 553.1 1,337.0 

Paulding ................................................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 197 .0 151.2 1,426.5 

Putnam ................................................... 4,588.2 12,138.8 158.0 31 .24 38.0 110.4 

Rockdale ................................................ 30.5 0.6 0.1 447 .9 738.9 1,133.2 

Spalding ................................................. 1.8 0.3 2.4 368 .7 595.9 1,006.9 

Walton .................................................... 4.0 0.0 0.2 245 .6 272.8 1,108.7 

TABLE 2—2002 NON-ROAD AND MOBILE SOURCES ANNUAL EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA

[Tons per year] 

County 

Non-road sources Mobile sources 

NOX SO2 PM2.5 NOX SO2 PM2.5

Barrow .................................................... 504.1 42.1 31.5 1,916 .7 69.3 34.8 

Bartow .................................................... 1,404.8 105.9 77.8 5,325 .6 180.8 85.5 

Carroll ..................................................... 857.0 77.4 63.6 3,895 .3 135.9 65.7 

Cherokee ................................................ 1,238.1 135.9 133.6 4,399 .0 176.6 79.6 

Clayton ................................................... 6,874.5 596.7 1,526.8 6,226 .5 254.5 99.5 

Cobb ....................................................... 4,415.6 384.2 384.2 14,544 .5 600.7 231.4 

Coweta ................................................... 1,168.5 96.1 75.7 3,798 .2 145.9 67.9 

DeKalb ................................................... 3,452.0 310.6 325.4 17,140 .6 693.4 267.5 

Douglas .................................................. 667.5 60.2 47.2 3,697 .7 148.4 60.3 

Fayette ................................................... 774.3 72.2 62.3 2,231 .9 94.0 40.9 

Forsyth ................................................... 1,077.6 107.6 111.6 3,463 .4 143.9 70.6 

Fulton ..................................................... 7,160.4 676.1 573.1 27,066 .9 1,087.0 422.7 

Gwinnett ................................................. 5,283.3 509.0 525.5 15,184 .7 613.8 250.6 

Hall ......................................................... 1,359.9 112.3 114.5 5,170 .9 183.7 86.3 

Heard (partial) ........................................ 80.6 8.8 14.8 459 .1 19.0 8.7 

Henry ...................................................... 1,655.7 161.3 125.2 5,784 .5 219.9 100.9 

Newton ................................................... 695.7 67.9 56.6 2,765 .4 95.2 47.0 

Paulding ................................................. 945.7 84.5 61.4 2,034 .3 84.4 41.4 

Putnam (partial) ..................................... 29.5 2.6 2.8 171 .6 7.1 5.0 

Rockdale ................................................ 570.0 47.7 41.3 2,078 .9 86.3 34.5 

Spalding ................................................. 316.1 25.0 24.9 2,103 .9 74.5 35.4 

Walton .................................................... 589.9 60.6 53.2 2,294 .7 84.1 42.6 

The 172(c)(3) emissions inventory is 

developed by the incorporation of data 

from multiple sources and data. States 

were required to develop and submit to 

EPA a triennial emissions inventory 

according to the Consolidated Emissions 

Reporting Rule for all source categories 

(i.e., point, area, nonroad mobile and 

on-road mobile). This inventory often 

forms the basis of data that are updated 

with more recent information and data 

that also is used in their attainment 

demonstration modeling inventory. 

Such was the case in the development 

of the 2002 emissions inventory that 

was submitted in the state’s attainment 

SIP for this Area. The 2002 emissions 

inventory was based on data developed 

with the Visibility Improvement State 

and Tribal Association of the Southeast 

(VISTAS) contractors and submitted by 

the States to the 2002 National 

Emissions Inventory. Several iterations 

of the 2002 inventories were developed 

for the different emissions source 

categories resulting from revisions and 

updates to the data. This resulted in the 

use of version G2 of the updated data to 

represent the point sources’ emissions. 

Data from many databases, studies and 

models (e.g., Vehicle Miles Traveled, 

fuel programs, the NONROAD 2002 

model data for commercial marine 

vessels, locomotives and Clean Air 

Market Division, etc.) resulted in the 

inventory submitted in this SIP. The 

data were developed according to 

current EPA emissions inventory 

guidance ‘‘Emissions Inventory 

Guidance for Implementation of Ozone 

and Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) and Regional Haze 

Regulations’’ (August 2005) and a 

quality assurance project plan that was 

developed through VISTAS and 

approved by EPA. EPA agrees that the 

process used to develop this inventory 

was adequate to meet the requirements 

of CAA Sec. 172(c)(3) and the 

implementing regulations. 

EPA has reviewed Georgia’s emissions 

inventory and finds that it is adequate 

for the purposes of meeting section 

172(c)(3) emissions inventory 

requirement. The emissions inventory is 

approvable because the emissions were 


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developed consistent with the CAA, 

implementing regulations and EPA 

guidance for emission inventories. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the 2002 base year 

emissions inventory portion of the SIP 

revision submitted by the State of 

Georgia on July 6, 2010. This action is 

being taken pursuant to section 110 of 

the CAA. EPA is publishing this rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. However, in the proposed 

rules section of this Federal Register 

publication, EPA is publishing a 

separate document that will serve as the 

proposal to approve the SIP revision 

should adverse comments be filed. This 

rule will be effective April 30, 2012 

without further notice unless the 

Agency receives adverse comments by 

April 2, 2012. 

If EPA receives such comments, then 

EPA will publish a document 

withdrawing the final rule and 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. All public comments 

received will then be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period. Parties 

interested in commenting should do so 

at this time. If no such comments are 

received, the public is advised that this 

rule will be effective on April 30, 2012 

and no further action will be taken on 

the proposed rule. 

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. 

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. 

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 April 30, 2012. 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. 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 and Sulfur oxides. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart L—Georgia 

■ 2. Section 52.570(e) is amended by 

adding a new entry 31 to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.570 Identification of plan. 

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EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory SIP 

provision Applicable geographic or nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date/Effective 

date 

EPA approval date 

*******

31. Atlanta 1997 Fine Particulate Matter 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory.

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, 

DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, 

Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton 

Counties in their entireties and portions of Heard and Putnam Counties.

07/06/2010 3/1/2012. [Insert citation of 

publication]. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0020; FRL–9634–3] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley 

Air Quality Management District and 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve revisions to the 

Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District (AVAQMD) and 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) 

portions of the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions concern negative declarations 

for volatile organic compound (VOC) 

and oxides of sulfur source categories 

for the AVAQMD and SJVUAPCD. We 

are approving these negative 

declarations under the Clean Air Act as 

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). 

DATES: This rule is effective on April 30, 

2012 without further notice, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by April 2, 

2012. If we receive such comments, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register to notify the public 

that this direct final rule will not take 

effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2012–0020, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments 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 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. 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. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, California. While all 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index, some information may be 

publicly available only at the hard copy 

location (e.g., copyrighted material), and 

some may not be publicly available in 

either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the 

hard copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Allen, EPA Region IX, (415) 

947–4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What negative declarations did the State 

submit? 

B. Are there other versions of these 

negative declarations? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

negative declarations? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action. 

A. How is EPA evaluating the negative 

declarations? 

B. Do the negative declarations meet the 

evaluation criteria? 

C. Public Comment and Final Action 

III. Administrative Requirements 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What negative declarations did the 

State submit? 

Table 1 lists the negative declarations 

we are approving with the dates that 

they were adopted by the AVAQMD and 

SJVUAPCD and submitted by the 

California Air Resources Board (CARB). 

TABLE 1—NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS

Local agency Title Adopted Submitted 

AVAQMD .................... Petroleum Coke Calcining Operations—Oxides of Sulfur ...................................................... 01/18/11 06/20/11 

SJVUAPCD ................ Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing ........................................................... 04/16/09 06/18/09 

SJVUAPCD ................ Coating Operations at Shipbuilding/Ship Repair Facilities ..................................................... 04/16/09 06/18/09 

SJVUAPCD ................ Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tire ................................................................................. 12/16/10 06/20/11 


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