Vol. 80 Tuesday, 

No. 183 September 22, 2015 

Part II 

Environmental Protection Agency 

40 CFR Part 52 

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for the State of 

Alabama: Cross-State Air Pollution Rule; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule 

and Final Rule 


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0313; FRL–9934–49- 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans for the State of 

Alabama: Cross-State Air Pollution 

Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to adverse comments 

received, the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is withdrawing the direct 

final approval of a revision to the 

Alabama State Implementation Plan 

(SIP), submitted by the State of 

Alabama, through the Alabama 

Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM) on March 27, 

2015. EPA stated in the direct final rule 

that if EPA received adverse comments 

by August 26, 2015, the direct final rule 

would be withdrawn and not take effect. 

DATES: This withdrawal is effective 

September 22, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Twunjala Bradley, 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. 

Bradley’s phone number is (404) 562– 

9352. She can also be reached via 

electronic mail at bradley.twunjala@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

27, 2015, EPA published direct final and 

proposed rulemaking notices to approve 

a SIP revision submitted by the State of 

Alabama through ADEM on March 27, 

2015. See 80 FR 44292 and 80 FR 44320. 

Alabama’s March 27, 2015, SIP revision 

provides state-determined allowance 

allocations for existing electric 

generating units in Alabama for the 

2016 control periods and replaces the 

allowance allocations for the 2016 

control periods established by EPA 

under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR). The CSAPR addresses the 

‘‘good neighbor’’ provision of the Clean 

Air Act that requires states to reduce the 

transport of pollution that significantly 

affects downwind nonattainment and 

maintenance areas. In the July 27, 2015, 

notices, EPA stated that if adverse 

comments were received by August 26, 

2015, EPA would publish a notice in the 

Federal Register withdrawing the final 

rule and informing the public that the 

rule would not take effect. EPA received 

a single adverse comment on the 

proposed rulemaking and is 

withdrawing the direct final rule. EPA 

will address the adverse comment in a 

final action based upon the proposed 

rulemaking action published on July 27, 

2015 (80 FR 44320). As stated in the 

proposed rulemaking, EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Ozone, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: September 11, 2015. 

Heather McTeer Toney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

Accordingly, the amendments to 40 

CFR 52.50, 52.54 and 52.55 published in 

the Federal Register on July 27, 2015 

(80 FR 44292), which were to become 

effective on September 25, 2015, are 

withdrawn. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0313; FRL–9934–50– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans for the State of 

Alabama: Cross-State Air Pollution 

Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve the State of Alabama’s March 

27, 2015, State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision, submitted by the 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM). This SIP revision 

provides Alabama’s state-determined 

allowance allocations for existing 

electric generating units (EGUs) in the 

State for the 2016 control periods and 

replaces the allowance allocations for 

the 2016 control periods established by 

EPA under the Cross-State Air Pollution 

Rule (CSAPR). The CSAPR addresses 

the ‘‘good neighbor’’ provision of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) that requires 

states to reduce the transport of 

pollution that significantly affects 

downwind air quality. In this final 

action, EPA is approving Alabama’s SIP 

revision, incorporating the statedetermined allocations for the 2016 

control periods into the SIP, and 

amending the regulatory text of the 

CSAPR Federal Implementation Plan 

(FIP) to reflect this approval and 

inclusion of the state-determined 

allocations. EPA’s allocations of CSAPR 

trading program allowances for Alabama 

for control periods in 2017 and beyond 

remain in place until the State submits 

and EPA approves state-determined 

allocations for those control periods 

through another SIP revision. The 

CSAPR FIPs for Alabama remain in 

place until such time as the State 

decides to replace the FIPs with a SIP 

revision. 

DATES: This rule will be effective 

September 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2015–0313. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information may not be publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Regulatory Management Section, 

Air Planning and Implementation 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Twunjala Bradley, 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. 

Twunjala Bradley can be reached by 

phone at (404) 562–9352 or via 

electronic mail at bradley.twunjala@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

Alabama’s March 27, 2015, SIP revision 


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