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1On December 14, 2012, EPA strengthened the 

primary annual PM2.5 NAAQS to 12.0 mg/m3 and 

retained the 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS at 35 mg/m3. See 

78 FR 3086 (January 15, 2013). 

2The September 15, 2008 SIP revision includes 

changes to Georgia Rule 391–3–1–.02(4)(c) that 

update the 24-hr PM2.5 NAAQS to 35 mg/m3. These 

changes were state effective on June 25, 2008. 

her behalf. A designated representative 

may be on an official patrol vessel or 

may be on shore and will communicate 

with vessels via VHF–FM radio or 

loudhailer. In addition, members of the 

Coast Guard Auxiliary may be present to 

inform vessel operators of this 

regulation. 

(2) Official Patrol Vessels. Official 

patrol vessels may consist of any Coast 

Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, state, or 

local law enforcement vessels assigned 

or approved by the COTP. 

(3) Spectators. All persons and vessels 

not registered with the event sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels. 

(d) Regulations. 

(1) The general regulations contained 

in 33 CFR 165.23, as well as the 

following regulations, apply. 

(2) No spectators will be allowed to 

enter into, transit through, or anchor in 

the safety zone without the permission 

of the COTP or a designated 

representative. 

(3) All spectators given permission to 

enter or operate in the safety zone shall 

comply with the instructions of the 

COTP or a designated representative. 

Upon being hailed by a U.S. Coast 

Guard vessel by siren, radio, flashing 

light, or other means, vessel spectator 

shall proceed as directed. 

(4) Spectators desiring to enter or 

operate within the safety zone shall 

contact the COTP or a designated 

representative via VHF channel 16 or 

718–354–4353 (Sector New York 

command center) to obtain permission 

to do so. 

Dated: June 11, 2014. 

G. Loebl, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port New York. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0223; FRL–9912–82– 

Region–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans for Georgia: 

State Implementation Plan 

Miscellaneous Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve the portions of revisions to the 

Georgia State Implementation Plan 

(SIP), submitted by the Georgia 

Environmental Protection Division (GA 

EPD), on September 15, 2008, and 

August 30, 2010, that incorporate 

changes to the state rules reflecting the 

2006 national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) for particulate 

matter (PM). EPA approved the 

remaining portions of Georgia’s 

September 15, 2008, and August 30, 

2010, SIP revisions in a previous 

rulemaking. 

DATES: This rule will be effective on July 

28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2013–0223. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not 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 Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning 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 to 4:30 

excluding federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nacosta Ward, Regulatory Development 

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9140. 

Ms. Ward can be reached via electronic 

mail at ward.nacosta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. This Action 

II. Background 

III. Response to Comments 

IV. Final Action 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. This Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

the portions of Georgia’s September 15, 

2008, and August 30, 2010, SIP 

revisions related to the PM2.5 and PM10

NAAQS (collectively referred to as the 

‘‘PM NAAQS’’). On May 16, 2013, EPA 

published a direct final rule approving 

the portions of Georgia’s September 15, 

2008, August 30, 2010 (two submittals), 

and December 15, 2011, SIP 

submissions, that incorporate 

amendments to Georgia Rules 391–3–1– 

.02(4)(b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) reflecting 

the NAAQS for sulfur dioxide (SO2), 

nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone, lead, and 

PM in effect at the time of submittal. See 

78 FR 28744. 

EPA published an accompanying 

proposed approval to the May 16, 2013, 

direct final rule in the event that EPA 

received adverse comment and 

withdrew the direct final rule. See 78 

FR 28776. In the direct final rule, EPA 

stated that if adverse comments were 

received by June 17, 2013, the rule 

would be withdrawn and not take effect, 

the proposed rule would remain in 

effect, and an additional public 

comment period would not be 

instituted. 

On May 17, 2013, EPA received 

comments from a single commenter 

solely on the portions of the rulemaking 

related to the PM NAAQS; therefore, 

EPA withdrew the PM portions of the 

direct final rule. See 78 FR 41851 (July 

12, 2013). The withdrawal of the PM 

portions did not affect EPA’s May 16, 

2013, direct final action on Georgia’s 

SIP revisions related to the SO2, NO2, 

ozone, and lead NAAQS. EPA is now 

taking action to approve only the 

portions of the September 15, 2008, and 

August 30, 2010, SIP revisions related to 

the PM NAAQS. EPA has reviewed the 

changes to GA EPD’s rule reflecting the 

PM NAAQS and determined that these 

changes are consistent with federal 

regulations in effect at the time of SIP 

submission; thus, EPA is approving 

these revisions to the Georgia SIP. 

II. Background 

EPA approved a Georgia SIP revision 

on February 9, 2010, that adopted the 

1997 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS set at 65 

micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3) and 

15 mg/m3, respectively. See 75 FR 6309. 

On October 17, 2006, EPA revised the 

24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS to 35 mg/m3 and 

retained the annual PM2.5 NAAQS at 15 

mg/m3.1 See 71 FR 61144. Accordingly, 

Georgia submitted three SIP revisions 

one dated September 15, 2008,2 and two 


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3The August 20, 2010 SIP revision related to 

PM2.5 includes changes to Georgia Rule 391–3–1– 

.02(4)(c) that align the significant digits for the 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS with the federal standard. 

These changes were state effective on December 20, 

2009. 

4The August 20, 2010 SIP revision related to 

PM10 includes changes to Georgia Rule 391–3–1– 

.02(4)(c) that repeal the annual PM10 NAAQS. These 

changes were state effective on July 20, 2009. 

dated August 30, 2010,3 that, among 

other things, incorporate changes to 

Georgia Rule 391–3–1–.02(4)(c)— 

‘‘Particulate Matter’’—that update the 

rule for consistency with the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

EPA approved Georgia’s SIP revision 

on December 14, 1992, that adopted the 

initial 1987 24-hour PM10 NAAQS and 

1987 annual PM10 NAAQS set at 150 

mg/m3 and 50 mg/m3, respectively. See 

57 FR 58989. On October 17, 2006, EPA 

retained the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS at 

150 mg/m3 and revoked the annual PM10

NAAQS. See 71 FR 61144. Accordingly, 

in the August 30, 2010, SIP revision, GA 

EPA incorporated changes to state rule 

391–3–1–.02(4)(c) that update the rule 

for consistency with the 2006 PM10

NAAQS.4

III. Response to Comments 

On May 17, 2013, EPA received a 

comment from one member of the 

general public. While the comment was 

generally in support of EPA’s action, 

EPA withdrew the direct final rule 

because the comment could be 

interpreted as adverse. A summary of 

the comment and EPA’s response is 

provided below. 

Comment: The Commenter noted that 

EPA revised the PM2.5 NAAQS in 2012, 

and he recommended that ‘‘the 

particulate matter SIP for Georgia be 

conditionally approved, the condition 

being that a revised SIP reflecting the 

new standard be submitted within a 

reasonable amount of time as 

determined by’’ EPA. 

Response: Although EPA recently 

updated the annual PM2.5 NAAQS, the 

State submitted the SIP revisions prior 

to the December 14, 2012, promulgation 

of the new standard, published on 

January 15, 2013 (see 78 FR 3086). As 

mentioned above, GA EPD submitted its 

SIP revisions to update the PM NAAQS 

on September 15, 2008, and August 30, 

2010, in response to EPA’s 

promulgation of the 2006 PM NAAQS. 

EPA believes that it is appropriate to 

approve Georgia’s September 15, 2008, 

and August 30 2010, SIP revisions as 

they relate to the PM NAAQS because 

they reflect the PM NAAQS in effect at 

that time, these NAAQS remain in 

effect, and the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS was 

not promulgated at that time. EPA notes 

that today’s action does not relieve 

Georgia of any current or future 

requirements regarding the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS and that EPA is committed to 

working with Georgia to update its SIP 

to reflect the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is approving the portions of 

Georgia’s September 15, 2008, and 

August 30, 2010, SIP revisions that 

relate to the PM NAAQS because they 

are consistent with the PM NAAQS in 

effect at the time of submittal. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or 

Act), the Administrator is required to 

approve a SIP submission that complies 

with the provisions of the 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 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 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 rule 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, and EPA notes that it will not 

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 August 25, 2014. 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 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, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: June 16, 2014. 

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: 


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

Subpart L—Georgia 

■ 2. Section 52.570 is amended by 

revising the entry for ‘‘391–3–1–.02(4),’’ 

under Emission Standards, in the table 

titled ‘‘EPA APPROVED GEORGIA 

REGULATIONS’’ in paragraph (c), to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.570 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA APPROVED GEORGIA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

Emission Standards 

*******

391–3–1–.02(4) ........................ Ambient Air Standards ........... 9/13/2011 6/26/2014 [Insert Federal 

Register citation]. 

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0274; FRL–9912–57– 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 

Revision to the Chicago 8-Hour Ozone 

Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of an 

adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing 

the May 22, 2014, direct final rule 

approving a revision to the Illinois State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA will 

address the comment in a subsequent 

final action based upon the proposed 

rulemaking action, also published on 

May 22, 2014. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

DATES: The direct final rule published at 

79 FR 29324 on May 22, 2014, is 

withdrawn effective June 26, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Leslie, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–6680, 

leslie.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

withdrawing the May 22, 2014 (79 FR 

29324), direct final rule approving a 

revision to the 1997 8-hour ozone 

maintenance plan for the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago-Gary-Lake 

County, Illinois-Indiana area. In the 

direct final rule, EPA stated that if 

adverse comments were received by 

June 23, 2014, the rule would be 

withdrawn and not take effect. On May 

26, 2014, EPA received a comment, 

which it interprets as adverse and, 

therefore, EPA is withdrawing the direct 

final rule. EPA will address the 

comment in a subsequent final action 

based upon the proposed rulemaking 

action, also published on May 22, 2014 

(79 FR 29395). EPA will not institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Oxides of nitrogen, Ozone, 

Volatile organic compounds. 

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

Dated: June 10, 2014. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ Accordingly, the amendment to 40 

CFR 52.726 published in the Federal 

Register on May 22, 2014 (79 FR 29324) 

on page 29327 is withdrawn effective 

June 26, 2014. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 260 and 261 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–1014; FRL–9911–84– 

OSWER] 

RIN 2050–AG68 

Revisions to the Export Provisions of 

the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is revising 

certain export provisions of the cathode 

ray tube (CRT) final rule published on 

July 28, 2006. The revisions will allow 

the Agency to better track exports of 

CRTs for reuse and recycling in order to 

ensure safe management of these 

materials. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

December 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–1014. 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, such as Confidential Business 

Information (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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the RCRA Docket, EPA/DC, William 


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