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TABLE 1—REGULATIONS APPROVED STATEWIDE—Continued 

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanations 

173–422–031 ................. Vehicle emission inspection schedules.7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

173–422–060 ................. Gasoline vehicle emission standards.7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

173–422–065 ................. Diesel vehicle exhaust 

emission standards.

7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

173–422–070 ................. Gasoline vehicle exhaust emission testing procedures.7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

173–422–075 ................. Diesel vehicle inspection procedure.7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

173–422–160 ................. Fleet and diesel owner 

vehicle testing requirements.

3/31/95 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Except: 

The part of 173–422–160(3) that says ‘‘of 

twelve or less dollars’’. 

* * * * * * * 

173–422–190 ................. Emission specialist authorization.7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

173–422–195 ................. Listing of authorized 

emission specialists.

7/4/02 8/11/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * (e) * * * 

TABLE 2—ATTAINMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER PLANS

Name of SIP provision 

Applicable 

geographic or 

nonattainment 

area 

State submittal 

date 

EPA 

Approval 

date 

Comments 

*******

8-Hour Ozone 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan ...................................................... Vancouver ...... 1/17/2007 8/11/2015

[Insert page 

number 

where the 

document 

begins]. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19724 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0248; FRL–9932–20– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Georgia; 

Atlanta; Requirements for the 2008 8- 

Hour Ozone Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a state 

implementation plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Georgia, 

through Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division (GA EPD) on 

February 6, 2015, to address the base 

year emissions inventory and emissions 

statements requirements for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) for the Atlanta, 

Georgia 2008 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area (hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘Atlanta Area’’). These 

requirements apply to all ozone 

nonattainment areas. The Atlanta Area 

is comprised of 15 counties in Atlanta 

(Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, 

Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, 

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, 

Newton, Paulding, and Rockdale). This 

action is being taken pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and its 

implementing regulations. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

October 13, 2015 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by September 10, 2015. 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–2015–0248, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 


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1The SIP Requirements Rule addresses a range of 

nonattainment area SIP requirements for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS, including requirements pertaining 

to attainment demonstrations, reasonable further 

progress (RFP), reasonably available control 

technology, reasonably available control measures, 

major new source review, emission inventories, and 

the timing of SIP submissions and of compliance 

with emission control measures in the SIP. The rule 

also revokes the 1997 ozone NAAQS and 

establishes anti-backsliding requirements. 

2. Email: R4-ARMS@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0248, 

‘‘Air Regulatory Management Section 

(formerly the Regulatory Development 

Section), Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch (formerly the 

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, Chief, 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. 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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0248. 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 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

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 

may not be 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 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: 

Tiereny Bell, 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. Bell 

can be reached at (404) 562–9088 and 

via electronic mail at bell.tiereny@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated 

a revised 8-hour ozone NAAQS of 0.075 

parts per million (ppm). See 73 FR 

16436 (March 27, 2008). Under EPA’s 

regulations at 40 CFR part 50, the 2008 

8-hour ozone NAAQS is attained when 

the 3-year average of the annual fourthhighest daily maximum 8-hour average 

ambient air quality ozone 

concentrations is less than or equal to 

0.075 ppm. See 40 CFR 50.15. Ambient 

air quality monitoring data for the 3- 

year period must meet a data 

completeness requirement. The ambient 

air quality monitoring data 

completeness requirement is met when 

the average percent of days with valid 

ambient monitoring data is greater than 

90 percent, and no single year has less 

than 75 percent data completeness as 

determined in Appendix I of part 50. 

Upon promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS, the CAA requires EPA 

to designate as nonattainment any area 

that is violating the NAAQS based on 

the three most recent years of ambient 

air quality data at the conclusion of the 

designation process. The Atlanta Area 

was designated nonattainment for the 

2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS on April 30, 

2012 (effective July 20, 2012) using 

2009–2011 ambient air quality data. See 

77 FR 30088 (May 21, 2012). At the time 

of designation, the Atlanta Area was 

classified as a marginal nonattainment 

area for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

On March 6, 2015, EPA finalized a rule 

entitled ‘‘Implementation of the 2008 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

for Ozone: State Implementation Plan 

Requirements’’ (SIP Requirements Rule) 

that establishes the requirements that 

state, tribal, and local air quality 

management agencies must meet as they 

develop implementation plans for areas 

where air quality exceeds the 2008 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS.1 See 80 FR 12264. 

This rule establishes nonattainment area 

attainment dates based on Table 1 of 

section 181(a) of the CAA, including an 

attainment date three years after the July 

20, 2012, effective date, for areas 

classified as marginal for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS. Therefore, the 

attainment date for the Atlanta Area is 

July 20, 2015. 

Based on the nonattainment 

designation, Georgia was required to 

develop a SIP revision addressing 

certain CAA requirements for areas 

designated nonattainment. Specifically, 

pursuant to CAA sections 182(a)(1) and 

182(a)(3)(B), Georgia was required to 

submit a SIP revision addressing the 

emissions inventory and emissions 

statements requirements, respectively. 

Ground level ozone is not emitted 

directly into the air, but is created by 

chemical reactions between oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) and volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) in the presence of 

sunlight. Emissions from industrial 

facilities and electric utilities, motor 

vehicle exhaust, gasoline vapors, and 

chemical solvents are some of the major 

sources of NOX and VOC. Section 

182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA requires each 

state with ozone nonattainment areas to 

submit a SIP revision requiring annual 

emissions statements to be submitted to 

the state by the owner or operator of 


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2A state may waive the emission statement 

requirement for any class or category of stationary 

sources which emit less than 25 tons per year of 

VOCs or NOX if the state meets the requirements 

of section 182(a)(3)(B)(ii). 3 Georgia’s SIP revision also certifies that its SIPapproved state regulation addressing nonattainment 

new source review for all new stationary sources 

and modified existing stationary sources in the 

Atlanta Area, 391–3–1–.03(8)—Permit 

Requirements, exceeds the requirements of section 

182(a)(2)(C) for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

However, EPA does not believe that the two-year 

deadline contained in CAA section 182(a)(2)(C)(i) 

applies to nonattainment NSR SIPs for 

implementing the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. See 80 FR 

12264, 12267 (March 6, 2015); 70 FR 71682, 71683 

(November 29, 2005). The submission of NSR SIPs 

due on November 15, 1992, satisfied the section 

182(a)(2)(C)(i) requirement for states to submit NSR 

SIP revisions to meet the requirements of CAA 

sections 172(c)(5) and 173 within two years after 

the date of enactment of the 1990 CAA 

Amendments. Id. 

5 40 CFR 51.1110(b) states that ‘‘at the time of 

designation for the 2008 ozone NAAQS the baseline 

emissions inventory shall be the emissions 

inventory for the most recent calendar year for 

which a complete triennial inventory is required to 

be submitted to EPA under the provisions of 

subpart A of this part. States may use an alternative 

baseline emissions inventory provided the state 

demonstrates why it is appropriate to use the 

alternative baseline year, and provided that the year 

selected is between the years 2008 to 2012.’’ 

6 ‘‘Ozone season day emissions’’ is defined as ‘‘an 

average day’s emissions for a typical ozone season 

work weekday. The state shall select, subject to EPA 

approval, the particular month(s) in the ozone 

season and the day(s) in the work week to be 

represented, considering the conditions assumed in 

the development of RFP plans and/or emissions 

budgets for transportation conformity.’’ 40 CFR 

51.1100(cc). 

7 Data downloaded from the EPA Emissions 

Inventory System (EIS) from the 2011 NEI was 

subjected to quality assurance procedures described 

under quality assurance details under 2011 NEI 

Version 1 Documentation located at http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/net/

2011inventory.html#inventorydoc. The quality 

assurance and quality control procedures and 

measures associated with this data are outlined in 

the State’s EPA-approved Emission Inventory 

Quality Assurance Project Plan. 

each NOX or VOC stationary source 2

located within a nonattainment area 

showing the actual emissions of NOX

and VOC from that source. The first 

statement is due three years from the 

area’s nonattainment designation, and 

subsequent statements are due at least 

annually thereafter. Section 182(a)(1) of 

the CAA requires states with areas 

designated nonattainment for the ozone 

NAAQS to submit a SIP revision 

providing a comprehensive, accurate, 

and current inventory of actual 

emissions from all sources of the 

relevant pollutant or pollutants in such 

area. NOX and VOCs are the relevant 

pollutants because they are the 

precursors of ozone. 

On February 6, 2015, Georgia 

submitted a SIP revision addressing the 

emissions inventory and emissions 

statements requirements related to the 

2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the 

Atlanta Area.3 EPA is now taking action 

to approve this SIP revision as meeting 

the requirements of sections 110, 

182(a)(1), and 182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA.4

More information on EPA’s analysis of 

Georgia SIP revision and how this SIP 

revision addresses these requirements is 

provided below. 

II. Analysis of State’s Submittal 

a. Base Year Emission Inventory 

As discussed above, section 182(a)(1) 

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 each ozone non-attainment 

area. The section 182(a)(1) base year 

inventory is defined in the SIP 

Requirements Rule as ‘‘a 

comprehensive, accurate, current 

inventory of actual emissions from 

sources of VOC and NOX emitted within 

the boundaries of the nonattainment 

area as required by CAA section 

182(a)(1).’’ See 40 CFR 51.1100(bb). The 

inventory year must be selected 

consistent with the baseline year for the 

RFP plan as required by 40 CFR 

51.1110(b),5 and the inventory must 

include actual ozone season day 

emissions as defined in 40 CFR 

51.1100(cc) 6 and contain data elements 

consistent with the detail required by 40 

CFR part 51, subpart A. See 40 CFR 

51.1115(a), (c), (e). In addition, the point 

source emissions included in the 

inventory must be reported according to 

the point source emissions thresholds of 

the Air Emissions Reporting 

Requirements (AERR) in 40 CFR part 51, 

subpart A. 40 CFR 51.1115(d). 

Georgia selected 2011 as the base year 

for the emissions inventory which is the 

year corresponding with the first 

triennial inventory under 40 CFR part 

51, subpart A. This base year is one of 

the three years of ambient data used to 

designate the Area as a nonattainment 

area and therefore represents emissions 

associated with nonattainment 

conditions. The emissions inventory is 

based on data developed and submitted 

by GA EPD to EPA’s 2011 National 

Emissions Inventory (NEI), and it 

contains data elements consistent with 

the detail required by 40 CFR part 51, 

subpart A.7

Georgia’s emissions inventory for the 

Atlanta Area provides 2011 typical 

average summer day emissions for NOX

and VOCs for the following general 

source categories: Electric generating 

unit (EGU) point sources, non-EGU 

point sources, nonpoint sources, onroad mobile sources, non-road mobile 

sources, fire events, and biogenics. The 

summer day emissions were calculated 

as the average of emissions during 

weekdays in July 2011. A detailed 

discussion of the inventory 

development is located at pages 1 

through 7 of the document entitled 

‘‘Atlanta Nonattainment Area Emissions 

Inventory for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone 

NAAQS’’ (Inventory Document) in the 

State’s February 6, 2015 submittal and 

Appendix A of that submittal which is 

provided in the docket for this action. 

The table below provides a summary of 

the emissions inventory. 

TABLE 1—2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA

[Tons per summer day] 

County Point-EGU Point-non-EGU Nonpoint On-road Non-road 

NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC 

Bartow ...................... 16.85 0.70 0.54 0.36 0.17 4.09 11.18 4.52 3.48 2.22 

Cherokee .................. 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.24 0.12 5.36 8.53 4.73 3.49 2.72 

Clayton ..................... 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.73 0.19 7.01 11.60 5.86 15.84 4.33 

Cobb ......................... 8.84 0.10 0.57 0.74 0.69 20.49 26.86 15.83 11.15 10.26 

Coweta ..................... 19.45 0.21 0.09 0.16 0.12 3.71 6.67 2.94 2.39 1.17 

DeKalb ...................... 0.00 0.00 0.35 3.00 0.65 20.51 29.24 14.29 7.68 4.25 

Douglas .................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 4.12 6.39 3.09 1.56 0.80 

Fayette ..................... 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.07 0.09 2.92 3.86 2.42 1.96 1.67 

Forsyth ..................... 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.25 0.11 4.72 7.62 3.89 3.36 4.27 

Fulton ....................... 0.00 0.00 1.18 0.68 1.38 26.97 47.49 21.46 17.53 10.06 


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8 Georgia used MOVES version 2010b because 

this was the latest version available at the time that 

the State submitted its SIP revision. 

9The emissions were calculated from the 

Biogenic Emission Inventory System (BEIS) version 

3.14 model in the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel 

Emissions model (SMOKE) with 2011 

meteorological data from the Weather Research 

Forecasting (WRF) Model. 

TABLE 1—2011 EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA—Continued 

[Tons per summer day] 

County Point-EGU Point-non-EGU Nonpoint On-road Non-road 

NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC NOX VOC 

Gwinnett ................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.67 24.03 30.64 16.74 14.37 13.97 

Henry ........................ 0.00 0.00 6.11 1.54 0.11 4.67 9.86 4.61 4.03 1.87 

Newton ..................... 0.00 0.00 0.07 1.06 0.10 3.08 6.49 3.71 1.70 1.15 

Paulding ................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 3.05 4.41 2.61 2.20 0.95 

Rockdale .................. 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.35 0.09 2.34 4.14 1.92 1.19 0.88 

Total .................. 45.14 1.01 9.49 9.35 4.63 137.06 214.98 108.62 91.92 60.56 

The emissions reported for the 

Atlanta Area reflect the emissions for 

the 15 counties in the nonattainment 

area. The inventory contains point 

source emissions data for facilities 

located within the Area based on 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 

mapping. More detail on the emissions 

for individual sources categories is 

provided below and in Appendix A of 

the Georgia submittal. 

Point sources are large, stationary, 

identifiable sources of emissions that 

release pollutants into the atmosphere. 

The EGU point sources emissions 

inventory was developed from facilityspecific emissions data. NOX emissions 

were calculated using continuous 

emissions monitoring system data 

which included hourly measurements. 

For VOC emissions, GA EPD used 

facility-specific emissions data reported 

to the 2011 NEI. These sources are 

required to submit inventory data 

according to the AERR. The non-EGU 

point source emissions inventory for the 

Atlanta Area was developed from nonEGU facility-specific data reported to 

the 2011 NEI. These sources are 

required to submit inventory data 

according to the AERR. The point 

source emissions data meets the point 

source emissions thresholds of 40 CFR 

part 51, subpart A. A detailed account 

of the non-EGU point sources can be 

found on pages 8 through 12 of the 

Inventory Document in the Georgia 

submittal. 

Nonpoint sources are small emission 

stationary sources which, due to their 

large number, collectively have 

significant emissions (e.g., dry cleaners, 

service stations). Emissions for these 

sources were obtained from the 2011 

NEI. A detailed account of the nonpoint 

sources can be found in Appendix B 

and page 2 of the Inventory Document 

in the Georgia submittal. 

On-road mobile sources include 

vehicles used on roads for 

transportation of passengers or freight. 

Georgia developed its on-road emissions 

inventory using EPA’s Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Simulator (MOVES) model 

for each ozone nonattainment county.8

County level on-road modeling was 

conducted using county-specific vehicle 

population and other local data. A 

detailed account of the on-road sources 

can be found in Appendix D and page 

3 of the Inventory Document in the 

Georgia submittal. 

Non-road mobile sources include 

vehicles, engines, and equipment used 

for construction, agriculture, recreation 

and other purposes that do not use the 

roadways (e.g., lawn mowers, 

construction equipment, railroad 

locomotives and aircraft). Georgia 

obtained emissions for the non-road 

mobile sources from the 2011 NEI. 

Those emissions were estimated using 

National Mobile Inventory Model 

(NMIM) with updated NMIM County 

Database (NCD) files from GA EPD. A 

detailed account of the non-road mobile 

sources can be found in Appendix D of 

the February 6, 2015, submittal. 

Georgia included 2011 actual 

emissions from fire events and biogenic 

sources in its emissions inventory. 

Wildland fires are unplanned, 

unwanted wild land fires including 

unauthorized human-caused fires, 

escaped prescribed fire projects, or other 

inadvertent fire situations where the 

objective is to put the fire out. 

Prescribed fires are any fires ignited by 

management actions to meet specific 

objectives related to the reduction of the 

biomass potentially available for 

wildfires. Fire event emissions were 

developed by GA EPD using fire records 

collected from the Georgia Forestry 

Commission (GFC), when fire activities 

were not included in the GFC database, 

military bases and federal agencies 

(USFS and FWS) records were used. In 

addition, GA EPD collected detailed 

burning records for the Okefenokee area 

which showed burned area per day. A 

detailed account of fire event sources 

can be found in Appendix A and on 

page 4 of the Inventory Document in the 

Georgia submittal. 

Biogenic emission sources are 

emissions that come from natural 

sources. GA EPD obtained biogenic 

emissions for 2011 from the 2011 NEI 

and used the summary of countyspecific daily biogenic emissions.9 A 

detailed account of biogenic sources can 

be found in Appendix A and on page 4 

of the Inventory Document in the 

Georgia submittal. The table below 

provides a summary of the 2011 fire 

event and biogenic emissions for the 

Atlanta Area. 

TABLE 2–2011—FIRE EVENT AND BIOGENIC EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA

[Tons per summer] 

County 

Fire events Biogenic 

NOX VOC NOX VOC 

Bartow .............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.34 88.53 

Cherokee ......................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.17 85.92 

Clayton ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.19 32.40 


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10As discussed in the preamble to the SIP 

Requirements Rule, a state may rely on emissions 

statement rules in force and approved by EPA for 

the 1997 ozone NAAQS or the 1-hour ozone 

NAAQS provided that the rules remain adequate 

and cover all portions of the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

nonattainment areas. See 80 FR 12291. 

TABLE 2–2011—FIRE EVENT AND BIOGENIC EMISSIONS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA—Continued 

[Tons per summer] 

County 

Fire events Biogenic 

NOX VOC NOX VOC 

Cobb ................................................................................................................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.31 63.54 

Coweta ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.26 83.79 

DeKalb ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.20 46.69 

Douglas ............................................................................................................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.15 49.86 

Fayette ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.18 46.12 

Forsyth ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.18 47.93 

Fulton ............................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.30 77.42 

Gwinnett ........................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.38 76.09 

Henry ............................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.25 53.31 

Newton ............................................................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.20 56.67 

Paulding ........................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.17 66.80 

Rockdale .......................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.18 39.80 

Total .......................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 3.45 914.88 

For the reasons discussed above, EPA 

has determined that Georgia’s emissions 

inventory meets the requirements under 

CAA section 182(a)(1) and the SIP 

Requirements Rule for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS. 

b. Emissions Statements 

Pursuant to section 182(a)(3)(B), states 

with ozone nonattainment areas must 

require annual emissions statements 

from NOX and VOC stationary sources 

within those nonattainment areas. In 

1996, EPA incorporated Georgia’s 

regulation 391–3–1–.02(6)(a)4, 

Emissions Statements, into the SIP. See 

61 FR 3819 (February 2, 1996). At that 

time, this regulation applied to 

stationary sources within Cherokee, 

Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, 

Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, 

Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and 

Rockdale Counties. Georgia 

subsequently amended the regulation to, 

among other things, include Bartow and 

Newton Counties thereby covering the 

entire Atlanta Area. EPA incorporated 

these amendments into the SIP in 2009. 

See 74 FR 62249 (November 27, 2009). 

In its February 6, 2015, SIP revision, 

Georgia certified that this SIP-approved 

regulation 391–3–1–.02(6)(a)(4) meets 

the requirements of section 182(a)(3)(B) 

for the Area.10

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the SIP revision 

submitted by Georgia on February 6, 

2015, addressing the base year 

emissions inventory and emissions 

statement requirements for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS for the Atlanta 

Area. EPA has concluded that the 

State’s submission meets the 

requirements of sections 110 and 182 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 October 13, 2015 

without further notice unless the 

Agency receives adverse comments by 

September 10, 2015. 

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 adverse 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 October 13, 

2015 and no further action will be taken 

on the proposed rule. 

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, the Agency may 

adopt as final those provisions of the 

rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

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. 

See 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 Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• 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 


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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, the SIP 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 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), 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 

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 October 13, 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, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: July 30, 2015. 

Heather McTeer Toney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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. 

Subpart L—Georgia 

■ 2. Section 52.570(e), is amended by 

adding an entry for ‘‘Atlanta 2008 8- 

hour Ozone Marginal Area 

Requirements’’ at the end of the table to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.570 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED GEORGIA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory SIP provision Applicable geographic or nonattainment area 

State 

submittal 

date/ 

effective 

date 

EPA Approval 

date Explanation 

*******

Atlanta 2008 8-hour Ozone Marginal 

Area Requirements.

Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, 

Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, 

Newton, Paulding, and Rockdale Counties.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 120403249–2492–02] 

RIN 0648–XE087 

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 

Atlantic; 2015 Recreational 

Accountability Measure and Closure 

for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements 

accountability measures (AMs) for the 

golden tilefish recreational sector in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the 

South Atlantic for the 2015 fishing year 

through this temporary rule. NMFS 

estimates recreational landings of 

golden tilefish in 2015 have exceeded 

the recreational annual catch limit 

(ACL). Therefore, NMFS closes the 

golden tilefish recreational sector in the 

South Atlantic EEZ on August 11, 2015. 

This closure is necessary to protect the 

golden tilefish resource. 

DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, August 11, 2015, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, January 1, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Britni LaVine, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: britni.lavine@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes golden tilefish and is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 


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