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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0504; FRL–9921–44– 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 

VOM Definition 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a request 

submitted by the Illinois Environmental 

Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) on 

June 10, 2014, to revise the Illinois State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). The 

submission amends the Illinois 

Administrative Code (IAC) by updating 

the definition of ‘‘volatile organic 

material (VOM) or volatile organic 

compound (VOC)’’ to add five 

compounds to the list of exempted 

compounds. These revisions are based 

on EPA rulemakings in 2013 which 

added these compounds to the list of 

chemical compounds that are excluded 

from the Federal definition of VOC 

because, in their intended uses, they 

make negligible contributions to 

tropospheric ozone formation. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective April 21, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by March 

23, 2015. If adverse comments are 

received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2014–0504, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: Aburano.Douglas@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312)408–2279 

4. Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, 

Chief, Attainment Planning and 

Maintenance Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2014– 

0504. 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 docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Douglas 

Aburano, Section Chief at (312) 353– 

6960 before visiting the Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Aburano, Section Chief, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–6960, 

Aburano.Douglas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What is the background for this action? 

A. When did the State submit the SIP 

revision to EPA? 

B. Did Illinois hold public hearings on this 

SIP revision? 

II. What is EPA approving? 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of the SIP 

revision? 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for this 

action? 

A. When did the State submit the SIP 

revision to EPA? 

The Illinois EPA submitted a revision 

to the Illinois SIP to EPA for approval 

on June 10, 2014. The SIP revision 

updates the definition of VOM or VOC 

at 35 IAC Part 211, Subpart B, Section 

211.7150(a). 

B. Did Illinois hold public hearings on 

this SIP revision? 

The Illinois Pollution Control Board 

held a public hearing on the proposed 

SIP revision on October 31, 2013. The 

Board received no comments. 

II. What is EPA approving? 

EPA is approving an Illinois SIP 

revision that updates the definition of 

VOM or VOC at 35 IAC Part 211, 

Subpart B, Section 211.7150(a) to add 

(difluoromethoxy) (difluoro)methane 

(CHF2OCHF2 or HFE–134), 

bis(difluoromethoxy) (difluoro)methane 

(CHF2OCF2OCHF2 or HFE–236cal2), 1- 

(difluoromethoxy)-2-[(difluoromethoxy) 

((difluoro)methoxy]-1,1,2,2- 

tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE–43– 

10pccc), 1,2-bis(difluoromethoxy)- 

1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE– 

338pcc13), and trans 1-chloro-3,3,3- 

trifluoroprop-1-ene (CF3CHCHCl) to the 

list of excluded compounds at 35 IAC 

211.7150(a). Illinois took this action 

based on EPA’s 2013 rulemakings in 

which EPA determined these 

compounds have a negligible 

contribution to tropospheric ozone 

formation and thus should be excluded 

from the definition of VOC codified at 

40 CFR 51.100(s). (See 78 FR 9823 


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1Note that EPA uses compound condensed 

structural formulas that differ from those used by 

Illinois EPA. Through comparison of HFE numbers 

and chemical formulas as used by the American 

Chemical Society, we have determined that EPA 

and Illinois EPA are referring to the same 

compounds for the purposes of this rule. 

(February 12, 2013) and 78 FR 53029 

(August 28, 2013)). This action also 

approves minor administrative changes 

in alphabetization of compound names 

and correction of compound condensed 

structural formulas to 35 IAC 

211.7150(a) that refer to compounds 

previously approved as excluded from 

the definition of VOM in the Illinois 

SIP. 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of the SIP 

revision? 

In 2005, EPA received a petition 

asking EPA to exempt HCF2OCF2H 

(HFE–134), HCF2OCF2OCF2H (HFE– 

236cal2), HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H (HFE– 

338pcc13), HCF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H 

(H-Galden 1040x or H-Galden ZT 130 

(or 150 or 180)) from the definition of 

VOC.1 Based on the level of reactivity of 

these chemical compounds, EPA 

concluded that these compounds make 

negligible contributions to tropospheric 

ozone formation (78 FR 9823, February 

12, 2013). Therefore on February 12, 

2013, EPA amended 40 CFR 51.100(s)(1) 

to exclude these compounds from the 

definition of VOC for purposes of 

preparing SIPs to attain the national 

ambient air quality standard for ozone 

under title I of the Clean Air Act (78 FR 

9823). EPA’s action became effective 

March 14, 2013. Illinois EPA’s SIP 

revision is consistent with EPA’s action 

amending the definition of VOC at 40 

CFR 51.100(s). 

In 2011, EPA received a petition 

asking EPA to exempt trans 1-chloro3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ene from the 

definition of VOC. Based on the level of 

reactivity of this chemical compound, 

EPA concluded that this compound 

makes a negligible contribution to 

tropospheric ozone formation (78 FR 

53029, August 28, 2013). Therefore on 

August 28, 2013, EPA amended 40 CFR 

51.100(s)(1) to exclude this compound 

from the definition of VOC for purposes 

of preparing SIPs to attain the national 

ambient air quality standard for ozone 

under title I of the Clean Air Act (78 FR 

53029). EPA’s action became effective 

September 27, 2013. Illinois EPA’s SIP 

revision is consistent with EPA’s action 

amending the definition of VOC at 40 

CFR 51.100(s). 

IV. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is approving a revision to the 

Illinois SIP which is consistent with 

EPA’s 2013 actions revising the 

definition of VOC. The Illinois SIP 

revision adds (difluoromethoxy) 

(difluoro)methane (CHF2OCHF2 or HFE– 

134), bis(difluoromethoxy) 

(difluoro)methane (CHF2OCF2OCHF2 or 

HFE–236cal2), 1-(difluoromethoxy)-2- 

[(difluoromethoxy) ((difluoro)methoxy]- 

1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE–43– 

10pccc), 1,2-bis(difluoromethoxy)- 

1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE– 

338pcc13), and trans 1-chloro-3,3,3- 

trifluoroprop-1-ene (CF3CHCHCl) to the 

list of chemical compounds considered 

exempt from the definition of VOM or 

VOC at 35 IAC 211.7150(a). 

We are publishing this action without 

prior proposal because we view this as 

a noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipate no adverse comments. 

However, in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register publication, we 

are publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

state plan if relevant adverse written 

comments are filed. This rule will be 

effective April 21, 2015 without further 

notice unless we receive relevant 

adverse written comments by March 23, 

2015. If we receive such comments, we 

will withdraw this action before the 

effective date by publishing a 

subsequent document that will 

withdraw the final action. All public 

comments received will then be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. If we do not receive any 

comments, this action will be effective 

April 21, 2015. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Clean Air 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 Clean Air Act. 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 Clean Air Act; 

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). 

This rule is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications as specified by Executive 

Order 13175, nor will it 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 


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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 Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by April 21, 2015. 

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, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: December 30, 2014. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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. 

■ 2. Section 52.720 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(202) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.720 Identification of plan. 

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(c) * * * 

(202) On June 10, 2014, Illinois 

submitted revised regulations that are 

consistent with 40 CFR 51.100(s)(1). The 

compounds (difluoromethoxy) 

(difluoro)methane (CHF2OCHF2 or HFE– 

134), bis(difluoromethoxy) 

(difluoro)methane (CHF2OCF2OCHF2 or 

HFE–236cal2), 1-(difluoromethoxy)-2- 

[(difluoromethoxy) ((difluoro)methoxy]- 

1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE–43– 

10pccc), 1,2-bis(difluoromethoxy)- 

1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 

(CHF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 or HFE– 

338pcc13), and trans 1-chloro-3,3,3- 

trifluoroprop-1-ene (CF3CHCHCl) were 

added to the list of negligibly reactive 

compounds excluded from the 

definition of ‘‘Volatile Organic Material 

(VOM)’’ or ‘‘Volatile Organic Compound 

(VOC)’’ at 35 IAC 211.7150(a). 

(i) Incorporation by reference. 

Illinois Administrative Code Title 35: 

Environmental Protection; Subtitle B: 

Air Pollution; Chapter I: Pollution 

Control Board; Subchapter c: Emission 

Standards and Limitations for 

Stationary Sources; Part 211: Definitions 

and General Provisions; Subpart B: 

Definitions; Section 211.7150: Volatile 

Organic Material (VOM) or Volatile 

Organic Compound (VOC), effective 

November 27, 2013. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2014–0554; FRL–9923–19– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Texas; 

Emissions Inventories for the DallasFort Worth and Houston-GalvestonBrazoria Ozone Nonattainment Areas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to 

the Texas State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) submitted to meet Emissions 

Inventory (EI) requirements of the Clean 

Air Act (CAA) for the Dallas-Fort Worth 

(DFW) and the Houston-GalvestonBrazoria (HGB) nonattainment areas. 

EPA is approving the SIP revisions 

because they satisfy the CAA EI 

requirements for the DFW and HGB 

nonattainment areas under the 2008 

eight-hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is 

approving the revisions pursuant to 

section 110 and part D of the CAA and 

EPA’s regulations. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective April 21, 2015 without further 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

comment by March 23, 2015. If EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket No. EPA–R06– 

OAR–2014–0554, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions. 

• Email: Ms. Nevine Salem at 

salem.nevine@epa.gov. 

• Mail or delivery: Mr. Guy 

Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section 

(6PD–L), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket No. EPA–R06–OAR–2014–0554. 

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: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. 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 at 

either location (e.g., CBI). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nevine Salem, (214) 665–7222, 


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