44728 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 148 / Friday, August 1, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0476; FRL- 9914–58- 

Region-3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; Allegheny County’s 

Adoption of Control Techniques 

Guidelines for Offset Lithographic 

Printing and Letterpress Printing; 

Flexible Package Printing; and 

Industrial Solvent Cleaning Operations 

for Control of Volatile Organic 

Compound Emissions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Pennsylvania State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

This SIP revision includes amendments 

to the Allegheny County Health 

Department (ACHD) Rules and 

Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution 

Control, and meets the requirement to 

adopt Reasonably Available Control 

Technology (RACT) for sources covered 

by EPA’s Control Techniques 

Guidelines (CTG) standards for the 

following categories: Offset lithographic 

printing and letterpress printing, 

flexible package printing, and industrial 

solvent cleaning operations. EPA is 

proposing to approve the revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with 

the requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 2, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2014–0476 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0476, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2014– 

0476. 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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. 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 encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

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 during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Allegheny County 

Health Department, Bureau of 

Environmental Quality, Division of Air 

Quality, 301 39th Street, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 15201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Shandruk, (215) 814–2166, or by 

email at shandruk.irene@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides 

that SIPs for nonattainment areas must 

include reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), including RACT, for 

sources of emissions. Section 

182(b)(2)(A) provides that for certain 

nonattainment areas, states must revise 

their SIP to include RACT for sources of 

volatile organic compound (VOC) 

emissions covered by a CTG document 

issued after November 15, 1990 and 

prior to the area’s date of attainment. 

EPA defines RACT as ‘‘the lowest 

emission limitation that a particular 

source is capable of meeting by the 

application of control technology that is 

reasonably available considering 

technological and economic feasibility.’’ 

44 FR 53761 (September 17, 1979). 

CTGs are documents issued by EPA 

intended to provide state and local air 

pollution control authorities 

information that should assist them in 

determining RACT for VOC emissions 

from various sources. Section 

183(e)(3)(c) provides that EPA may issue 

a CTG in lieu of a national regulation as 

RACT for a product category where EPA 

determines that the CTG will be 

substantially as effective as regulations 

in reducing emissions of VOC in ozone 

nonattainment areas. The 

recommendations in the CTG are based 

upon available data and information 

and may not apply to a particular 

situation based upon the circumstances. 

States can follow the CTG and adopt 

state regulations to implement the 

recommendations contained therein, or 

they can adopt alternative approaches. 

In either case, states must submit their 

RACT rules to EPA for review and 

approval as part of the SIP process. 

In 1993, EPA published a draft CTG 

for offset lithographic printing. 58 FR 

59261. After reviewing comments on the 

draft CTG and soliciting additional 

information to help clarify those 

comments, EPA published an 

alternative control techniques (ACT) 

document in June 1994 that provided 

supplemental information for states to 

use in developing rules based on RACT 

for offset lithographic printing. In 

December 1978, EPA published a CTG 

for graphic arts (rotogravure printing 

and flexographic printing) that included 

flexible package printing. In 1994, EPA 

developed an ACT document for 

industrial cleaning solvents. After 

reviewing the 1978/1993/1994 CTGs 

and ACTs for these industries, 

conducting a review of currently 

existing state and local VOC emission 

reduction approaches for these 

industries, and taking into account any 

information that has become available 


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since then, EPA developed new CTGs 

entitled Control Techniques Guidelines 

for Offset Lithographic and Letterpress 

Printing (Publication No. EPA 453/R– 

06–002; September 2006); Control 

Techniques Guidelines for Flexible 

Package Printing (Publication No. EPA 

453/R–06–003; September 2006); 

Control Techniques Guidelines for 

Industrial Cleaning Solvents 

(Publication No. EPA 453/R–06–001; 

September 2006). The CTG 

recommendations may not apply to a 

particular situation based upon the 

circumstances of a specific source. 

Regardless of whether a state chooses to 

implement the recommendations 

contained within the CTGs through state 

rules, or to issue state rules that adopt 

different approaches for RACT for 

VOCs, states must submit their RACT 

rules to EPA for review and approval as 

part of the SIP process. 

III. Summary of SIP Revision 

On November 15, 2013, Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(PADEP) submitted to EPA a SIP 

revision concerning the adoption of the 

EPA CTGs for offset lithographic 

printing and letterpress printing; 

flexible package printing; and industrial 

cleaning solvent operations in 

Allegheny County. These regulations are 

contained in the ACHD Rules and 

Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution 

Control sections 2105.80, 2105.81, and 

2105.82 in order to: (1) Establish 

applicability for offset lithographic 

printing and letterpress printing, 

flexible package printing, and industrial 

cleaning solvent operations at facilities; 

(2) establish exemptions; (3) establish 

record-keeping and work practice 

requirements; and (4) establish emission 

limitations. More detailed information 

on these provisions as well as a detailed 

summary of EPA’s review and rationale 

for proposing to approve this SIP 

revision can be found in the Technical 

Support Document (TSD) for this action 

which is available on line at 

www.regulations.gov, Docket number 

EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0476. 

IV. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SIP 

revision submitted on November 15, 

2013, which consists of amendments to 

the ACHD Rules and Regulations, 

Article XXI, Air Pollution Control, and 

meets the requirement to adopt RACT 

for sources located in Allegheny County 

covered by EPA’s CTG standards for the 

following categories: Offset lithographic 

printing and letterpress printing, 

flexible package printing, and industrial 

solvent cleaning operations. EPA is 

soliciting public comments on the 

issues discussed in this document. 

These comments will be considered 

before taking final action. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this proposed 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 proposed rule, 

pertaining to ACHD’s adoption of CTG 

standards for offset lithographic printing 

and letterpress printing, flexible 

package printing, and industrial solvent 

cleaning operations 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. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Volatile organic compounds. 

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

Dated: July 14, 2014. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0008; FRL–9911–67] 

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions 

Filed for Residues of Pesticide 

Chemicals in or on Various 

Commodities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agency’s receipt of several initial filings 

of pesticide petitions requesting the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number and the pesticide petition 

number (PP) of interest as shown in the 

body of this document, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://


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