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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). 

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 

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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

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

Dated: March 10, 2014. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, Region 2. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 62 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2012–0707; A–1–FRL– 

9908–36–Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans (Negative Declarations) for 

Designated Facilities and Pollutants: 

Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, 

and Vermont; Withdrawal of State Plan 

for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants: New Hampshire; Technical 

Corrections to Approved State Plans 

(Negative Declarations): Rhode Island 

and Vermont 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

negative declarations for hospital/

medical/infectious waste incinerators 

(HMIWI) for the State of Connecticut 

and the State of New Hampshire and 

negative declarations for sewage sludge 

incinerators (SSI) for the State of Maine 

and the State of Vermont. EPA is also 

proposing to approve the withdrawal of 

a previously-approved State Plan for 

HMIWI in the State of New Hampshire. 

Lastly, EPA is proposing technical 

corrections to Clean Air Act Sections 

111(d) and 129 State Plan (Negative 

Declaration) approvals for Other Solid 

Waste Incinerators (OSWI) for the State 

of Rhode Island and the State of 

Vermont. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R01–OAR–2012–0707 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0653. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2013–0109’’, 

Ida McDonnell, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Permits, Toxic, & Indoor 

Programs Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, 

MA 02109–3912. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Ida McDonnell, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Permits, 

Toxic, & Indoor Programs Unit, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

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 legal holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules Section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Bird, Air Permits, Toxic, & 

Indoor Programs Unit, Air Programs 

Branch, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Mail 

Code: OEP05–2, Boston, MA, 02109– 

0287. The telephone number is (617) 

918–1287. Mr. Bird can also be reached 

via electronic mail at bird.patrick@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules Section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

State Plan revisions as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no adverse comments are 

received in response to this action rule, 

no further activity is contemplated. If 

EPA receives adverse comments, the 

direct final rule will be withdrawn and 

all public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. 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. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register. 


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Dated: February 27, 2014. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06380 Filed 3–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 62 

[EPA–R02–OAR–2014–0127, FRL–9908–45– 

Region–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans for Designated Facilities; New 

York 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

the State plan submitted by New York 

State to implement and enforce the 

Emission Guidelines (EG) for existing 

sewage sludge incineration (SSI) units. 

The State plan is consistent with the EG 

promulgated by EPA on March 21, 2011. 

New York’s plan establishes emission 

limits and other requirements for the 

purpose of reducing toxic air emissions 

and other air pollutants from SSI units 

throughout the State. New York 

submitted its plan to fulfill the 

requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 

of the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R02–OAR–2014–0127 by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: mailto:Ruvo.Richard@

epa.gov 

• Mail: EPA–R02–OAR–2014–0127, 

Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs 

Branch, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 

25th Floor, New York, New York 

10007–1866. 

• Hand Delivery: Richard Ruvo, 

Chief, Air Programs Branch, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th 

Floor, New York, New York 10007– 

1866. 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–R02–OAR–2014– 

0127. 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/epahome/dpckets.htm. 

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, 

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 Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2 Office, Air Programs 

Branch, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. EPA 

requests, if at all possible, that you 

contact the individual listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

view the hard copy of the docket. You 

may view the hard copy of the docket 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony (Ted) Gardella 

(Gardella.anthony@epa.gov), Air 

Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 25th 

Floor, New York, New York 10007– 

1866, (212) 637–3892. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following table of contents describes the 

format for the Supplementary 

Information section: 

I. EPA Action 

A. What action is EPA proposing today? 

B. Why is EPA taking this action? 

C. Who is affected by New York’s State 

plan? 

D. How does this approval affect sources 

located in Indian Nation Land? 

II. Background 

A. What is a State plan? 

B. What is an SSI State plan? 

C. Why is EPA requiring New York to 

submit an SSI State plan? 

D. What are the requirements for an SSI 

State plan? 

III. New York’s State Plan 

A. What is contained in the New York 

State plan? 

B. What approval criteria did we use to 

evaluate New York’s State plan? 

IV. What is EPA’s conclusion? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. EPA Action 

A. What action is EPA proposing today? 

EPA is proposing to approve New 

York’s State plan, submitted on July 1, 

2013, for the control of air emissions 

from existing sewage sludge incinerator 

(SSI) units throughout the State, except 

for any existing SSI units located in 

Indian Nation Land. New York 

submitted its plan to fulfill the 

requirements of section 111(d) and 129 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The State 

plan adopts and implements the 

Emission Guidelines (EG) applicable to 

existing SSI units, and establishes 

emission limits and other requirements 

for units constructed on or before 

October 14, 2010. This proposed 

approval, once finalized and effective, 

will make the New York SSI rules 

included in the State plan federally 

enforceable. 

B. Why is EPA taking this action? 

EPA has evaluated New York’s SSI 

State plan for consistency with the 

CAA, EPA guidelines and policy. EPA 

has determined that New York’s State 

plan meets all applicable requirements 

and therefore, EPA is proposing to 

approve New York’s State plan to 

implement and enforce the EG 

applicable to existing SSI units. 

C. Who is affected by New York’s State 

plan? 

New York’s State plan regulates all 

the units designated by the EG for 

existing SSI units which commenced 

construction on or before October 14, 

2010 and which are located at a 

wastewater treatment facility designed 


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