[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1712-1715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-348]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[MS-200923; FRL-9088-6]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Mississippi; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; administrative change.

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SUMMARY: EPA is publishing this action to provide the public with 
notice of the update to the Mississippi State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
compilation. In particular, materials submitted by Mississippi that are 
incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Mississippi SIP are being 
updated to reflect EPA-approved revisions to Mississippi's SIP that 
have occurred since the last update. In this action, EPA is also 
notifying the public of the correction of certain typographical errors.

DATES: This action is effective January 13, 2010.

ADDRESSES: SIP materials which are incorporated by reference into 40 
CFR part 52 are available for inspection at the following locations: 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, GA 30303; the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
EPA Headquarters Library, Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334), EPA West 
Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and the 
National Archives and Records Administration. If you wish to obtain 
materials from a docket in the EPA Headquarters Library, please call 
the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket/Telephone number: (202) 
566-1742. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, 
call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Twunjala Bradley at the above 
Region 4 address or at (404) 562-9352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each state has a SIP containing the control 
measures and strategies used to attain and maintain the national 
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The SIP is extensive, containing 
such elements as air pollution control regulations, emission 
inventories, monitoring networks, attainment demonstrations, and 
enforcement mechanisms.
    Each state must formally adopt the control measures and strategies 
in the SIP after the public has had an opportunity to comment on them 
and then submit the SIP to EPA. Once these control measures and 
strategies are approved by EPA, after notice and comment, they are 
incorporated into the federally approved SIP and are identified in part 
52 ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans,'' Title 40 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR part 52). The full text of the 
state regulation approved by EPA is not reproduced in its entirety in 
40 CFR part 52, but is ``incorporated by reference.'' This means that 
EPA has approved a given state regulation with a specific effective 
date. The public is referred to the location of the full text version 
should they want to know which measures are contained in a given SIP. 
The information provided allows EPA and the public to monitor the 
extent to which a state implements a SIP to attain and maintain the 
NAAQS and to take enforcement action if necessary.
    The SIP is a living document which the state can revise as 
necessary to address the unique air pollution problems in the state. 
Therefore, EPA from time to time must take action on SIP revisions 
containing new and/or revised regulations as being part of the SIP. On 
May 22, 1997, (62 FR 27968), EPA revised the procedures for 
incorporating by reference, into the CFR, materials submitted by states 
in their EPA-approved SIP revisions. These changes revised the format 
for the identification of the SIP in 40 CFR part 52, stream-lined the 
mechanisms for announcing EPA approval of revisions to a SIP, and 
stream-lined the mechanisms for EPA's updating of the IBR information 
contained for each SIP in 40 CFR part 52. The revised procedures also 
called for EPA to maintain ``SIP Compilations'' that contain the 
federally-approved regulations and source specific permits submitted by 
each state agency. These SIP Compilations are contained in 3-ring 
binders and are updated primarily on an annual basis. Under the revised 
procedures, EPA is to periodically publish an informational document in 
the rules section of the Federal Register when updates are made to a 
SIP Compilation for a particular state. EPA's 1997 revised procedures 
were formally applied to Mississippi on July 1, 1997 (62 FR 35441).

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    This action represents EPA's publication of the Mississippi SIP 
Compilation update, appearing in 40 CFR part 52. In addition, notice is 
provided of the following typographical corrections to Table (c) of 
paragraph 52.1270, as described below:

    1. Correcting typographical errors listed in Table 1 of 
paragraph 52.127(c), as described below:

A. State Citation APC-S-1 Section 6 State Effective Date is revised 
to read ``5/28/99.''
B. State Citation APC-S-2 Sections I thru XVII EPA Approval Date and 
Citation is revised to read ``7/10/06, 71 FR 38773'' respectively.
C. State Citation APC-S-2 Section I State Effective Date is revised 
to read ``8/27/05.''
D. State Citation APC-S-2 Section XVI EPA Approval Date Citation is 
revised to read ``71 FR 38773.''
E. State Citation APC-S-2 is revised to read, ``Section I.''
F. State Citation APC-S-3 Section 2 is revised to read ``2/4/72.''

    2. Revising the date format listed in paragraphs 52.1270(c). 
Revise the date format in the ``State effective date,'' and ``EPA 
approval date,'' columns for consistency. Dates are numerical month/
day/year without additional zeros.

    EPA has determined that today's action falls under the ``good 
cause'' exemption in the section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative 
Procedure Act (APA) which, upon finding ``good cause,'' authorizes 
agencies to dispense with public participation and section 553(d)(3) 
which allows an agency to make an action effective immediately (thereby 
avoiding the 30-day delayed effective date otherwise provided for in 
the APA). Today's administrative action simply codifies provisions 
which are already in effect as a matter of law in Federal and approved 
state programs and corrects typographical errors appearing the Federal 
Register. Under section 553 of the APA, an agency may find good cause 
where procedures are ``impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to the 
public interest.'' Public comment for this administrative action is 
``unnecessary'' and ``contrary to the public interest'' since the 
codification (and typographical corrections) only reflect existing law. 
Immediate notice of this action in the Federal Register benefits the 
public by providing the public notice of the updated Mississippi SIP 
Compilation and notice of typographical corrections to the Mississippi 
``Identification of Plan'' portion of the Federal Register.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. General Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
administrative action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is 
therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. 
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a 
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. Because the 
Agency has made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not 
subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the APA or any other 
statute as indicated in the Supplementary Information section above, it 
is not subject to the regulatory flexibility provisions of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C 601 et seq.), or to sections 202 
and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-4). In addition, this action does not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments or impose a significant intergovernmental 
mandate, as described in sections 203 and 204 of UMRA. This 
administrative action also 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, as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor 
will it have substantial direct effects on the States, on the 
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999). This administrative action also is not subject to Executive 
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not 
economically significant. This administrative action does not involve 
technical standards; thus the requirements of section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) do not apply. The administrative action also does not involve 
special consideration of environmental justice related issues as 
required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). This 
administrative action does not impose an information collection burden 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
EPA's compliance with these Statutes and Executive Orders for the 
underlying rules are discussed in previous actions taken on the State's 
rules.

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act (CRA) (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. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to 
make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the 
agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is 
impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. Today's 
administrative action simply codifies (and corrects) provisions which 
are already in effect as a matter of law in Federal and approved State 
programs. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). These announced actions were effective when 
EPA approved them through previous rulemaking actions. 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 this action in the 
Federal Register. This update to Mississippi's SIP Compilation and 
correction of typographical errors is not a ``major rule'' as defined 
by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    EPA has also determined that the provisions of section 307(b)(1) of 
the Clean Air Act pertaining to petitions for judicial review are not 
applicable to this action. This action is simply an announcement of 
prior rulemakings that have previously undergone notice and comment 
rulemaking. Prior EPA rulemaking actions for each individual component 
of the Mississippi SIP compilation previously afforded interested 
parties the opportunity to file a petition for judicial review in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 
days of such rulemaking action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen 
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: November 6, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

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PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart Z--Mississippi

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2. Section 52.1270 paragraphs (b) and (c) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  52.1270  Identification of plan.

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    (b) Incorporation by reference.
    (1) Material listed in paragraph (c) of this section with an EPA 
approval date prior to October 3, 2007, for Mississippi was approved 
for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Material is 
incorporated as it exists on the date of the approval, and notice of 
any change in the material will be published in the Federal Register. 
Entries in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section with EPA approval 
dates after October 3, 2007, for Mississippi will be incorporated by 
reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.
    (2) EPA Region 4 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by 
EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this 
section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated State 
rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State 
Implementation Plan as of the dates referenced in paragraph (b)(1).
    (3) Copies of the materials incorporated by reference may be 
inspected at the Region 4 EPA Office at 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, GA 30303, the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
EPA Headquarters Library, Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334), EPA West 
Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and the 
National Archives and Records Administration. If you wish to obtain 
materials from a docket in the EPA Headquarters Library, please call 
the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket/Telephone number: (202) 
566-1742. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, 
call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    (c) EPA Approved Mississippi Regulations.

                                                          EPA-Approved Mississippi Regulations
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           State citation                    Title/subject          effective date               EPA approval date                     Explanation
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                             APC-S-1 Air Emission Regulations for the Prevention, Abatement, and Control of Air Contaminants
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Section 1..........................  General......................          1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
Section 2..........................  Definitions..................          1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
Section 3..........................  Specific Criteria for Sources         5/28/99  12/20/02, 67 FR 77926.....................
                                      of Particulate Matter.
Section 4..........................  Specific Criteria for Sources          1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
                                      of Sulfur Compounds.
Section 5..........................  Specific Criteria for Sources          1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
                                      of Chemical Emissions.
Section 6..........................  New Sources..................         5/28/99  12/20/02, 67 FR 77926.....................  Subsection 2, ``Other
                                                                                                                                 Limitations,'' and
                                                                                                                                 Subsection 3, ``New
                                                                                                                                 Source Performance
                                                                                                                                 Standards,'' are not
                                                                                                                                 federally approved.
Section 7..........................  Exceptions...................          2/4/72  5/31/72, 37 FR 10875......................
Section 9..........................  Stack Height Considerations..          5/1/86  9/23/87, 52 FR 35704......................
Section 10.........................  Provisions for Upsets,                 1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
                                      Startups, and Shutdowns.
Section 11.........................  Severability.................          1/9/94  2/12/96, 61 FR 5295.......................
Section 14.........................  Provision for the Clean Air          12/17/06  10/3/07, 72 FR 56268......................
                                      Interstate Rule.
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                               APC-S-2 Permit Regulations for the Construction and/or Operation of Air Emissions Equipment
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Section I..........................  General Requirements.........         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section II.........................  General Standards Applicable          8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
                                      to All Permits.
Section III........................  Application For Permit To             8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
                                      Construct and State Permit
                                      To Operate New Stationary
                                      Source.
Section IV.........................  Public Participation and              8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
                                      Public Availability of
                                      Information.
Section V..........................  Application Review...........         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section VI.........................  Compliance Testing...........         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section VII........................  Emission Evaluation Report...         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section VIII.......................  Procedures for Renewal of             8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
                                      State Permit To Operate.
Section IX.........................  Reporting and Record Keeping.         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section X..........................  Emission Reduction Schedule..         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XI.........................  General Permits..............         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XII........................  Multi-Media Permits..........         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XIII.......................  Exclusions...................         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XIV........................  CAFO.........................         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XV.........................  Options......................         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XVI........................  Permit Transfer..............         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
Section XVII.......................  Severability.................         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773......................
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                                       APC-S-3 Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution Emergency Episodes
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Section 1..........................  General......................          2/4/72  5/31/72, 37 FR 10875......................
Section 2..........................  Definitions..................          2/4/72  5/31/72, 37 FR 10875......................
Section 3..........................  Episode Criteria.............          6/3/88  11/13/89, 54 FR 47211.....................
Section 4..........................  Emission Control Action                2/4/72  5/31/72, 37 FR 10875......................
                                      Programs.
Section 5..........................  Emergency Orders.............          6/3/88  11/13/89, 54 FR 47211.....................
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                                   APC-S-5 Regulations for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
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All................................  .............................         8/27/05  7/10/06, 71 FR 38773.                       ........................
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