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• 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, 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 proposed rule does 

not have tribal implications and will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds. 

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

Dated: June 28, 2018. 

Anne Idsal, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2017–0442; FRL–9980– 

11—Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; 

Action on Single Source Orders and 

Revision to Definitions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of New 

Hampshire. The revisions incorporate a 

single source order into the New 

Hampshire SIP, remove a previously 

approved order from the SIP, and 

approve various definitions used within 

New Hampshire’s air pollution control 

regulations. This action is being taken 

under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

OAR–2017–0442 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

mcconnell.robert@epa.gov. For 

comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or removed 

from Regulations.gov. For either manner 

of submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. Publicly available docket 

materials are available at https://

www.regulations.gov or at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests 

that if at all possible, you contact the 

contact 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 legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

McConnell, Environmental Engineer, 

Air Quality Planning Unit, Air Programs 

Branch (Mail Code OEP05–02), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109– 

3912; (617) 918–1046; 

mcconnell.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. Description and Review of Submittals 

a. Order for the Diacom Corporation 

b. Withdrawal of Order for the Kalwall 

Corporation 

c. Revisions to Env-A 101, Definitions 

III. Proposed Action 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On July 24, 2017, the New Hampshire 

Air Resources Division (ARD) submitted 

a revision to its SIP consisting of an 

order establishing reasonably available 

control technology (RACT) requirements 

for the Diacom Corporation. On June 22, 

2017, the New Hampshire ARD 

submitted a SIP revision that requested 

removal from the SIP of a previously 

approved RACT order for the Kalwall 

Corporation. On November 14, 2003, the 

New Hampshire ARD submitted a 

number of SIP revision requests to EPA, 

including a request to revise its set of 

definitions used within its air pollution 

control regulations. We are proposing to 

approve these three SIP revision 

requests for the reasons stated below. 

II. Description and Review of 

Submittals 

a. Order for the Diacom Corporation 

On July 24, 2017, the New Hampshire 

ARD submitted to EPA as a SIP revision 

request order RO–0002 establishing 

RACT requirements to limit emissions 

of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 

for the Diacom Corporation located in 

Amherst, New Hampshire. The Diacom 

Corporation requested a source-specific 

RACT order for VOCs for an adhesives 

process that requires use of a high 

solvent-based product necessary to 

obtain an extremely thin, monomolecular layer of adhesive onto fabrics 

used in the production of diaphragms 

for the aerospace, automotive, medical, 

and food processing industries. 

Diacom’s request included a technical 

justification and an evaluation of 

capture and control device technologies 

that were evaluated. No cost effective 

capture and control technologies were 

uncovered from the evaluation. New 

Hampshire reviewed and concurred 


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with the facilities request, and on June 

28, 2017, issued Order No. RO–0002 to 

the Diacom Corporation. Order No. RO– 

0002 includes a 15 tons per year cap for 

VOC emissions, a VOC content limit for 

adhesives used by the facility, 

requirements for how the adhesives 

shall be applied, work practice 

standards, and recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements. We are 

proposing approval of the order into the 

New Hampshire SIP because it is 

consistent with CAA requirements for 

VOC RACT and with New Hampshire’s 

Chapter Env-A 1200, VOC RACT 

regulation. 

b. Withdrawal of Order for the Kalwall 

Corporation 

New Hampshire ARD previously 

submitted, and EPA previously 

approved, a VOC RACT order for the 

Kalwall Corporation. See 63 FR 11600, 

March 10, 1998. More recently, EPA 

approved a minor update to this order, 

referred to by NH ARD as order ARD– 

99–001, on November 5, 2012. See 77 

FR 66388. Subsequently, NH ARD 

adopted VOC control requirements 

within Env-A 1200 that regulate the 

activity described within the previously 

approved VOC RACT order. On June 22, 

2017, the NH ARD submitted a SIP 

revision requesting that the previously 

approved order for the Kalwall 

Corporation be removed from the New 

Hampshire SIP. New Hampshire’s 

submittal indicated this request was 

made primarily because requirements 

within Env-A 1212, Miscellaneous 

Metal and Plastic Parts and Products, 

which EPA approved into the New 

Hampshire SIP on November 8, 2012 (77 

FR 66922), cover all of the coating and 

adhesives emission limits contained 

within Kalwall’s VOC RACT order. 

Therefore, New Hampshire ARD 

requested that the VOC RACT order 

issued to Kalwall Corporation be 

removed from the SIP. We are proposing 

approval of the State’s request. 

c. Revisions to Env-A 101, Definitions 

On November 14, 2003, the New 

Hampshire ARD submitted a number of 

SIP revision requests to EPA that 

included revisions to Env-A 101, 

Definitions. Although New Hampshire 

ARD subsequently withdrew the 

majority of the SIP revision requests 

made on November 14, 2003, the 

request to amend Env-A 101, 

Definitions, was not withdrawn, and we 

are proposing to approve that request 

within this action. The revision consists 

of the addition of definitions for the 

terms coal, consignment, crude oil, 

major fuel company, manufactured gas, 

and used oil, and minor revisions to the 

existing definitions for acute fuel 

shortage, blended fuel, conforming fuel, 

fuel supplier, and major fuel company. 

These revisions help to clarify the 

meaning of these terms as used within 

New Hampshire’s air pollution control 

regulations and therefore we are 

proposing approval of them into the 

SIP-approved version of New 

Hampshire’s Env-A 101, Definitions. 

III. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve the New 

Hampshire SIP revision requests 

described above. The SIP revisions meet 

section 110(l) of the CAA because the 

revisions will not interfere with any 

applicable requirement concerning 

attainment and reasonable further 

progress, or any other applicable 

requirement of the CAA. EPA is 

soliciting public comments on the 

issues discussed in this notice or on 

other relevant matters. These comments 

will be considered before taking final 

action. Interested parties may 

participate in the Federal rulemaking 

procedure by submitting written 

comments to this proposed rule by 

following the instructions listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this Federal 

Register. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is proposing to 

include in a final EPA rule regulatory 

text that includes incorporation by 

reference. In accordance with 

requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is 

proposing to incorporate by reference 

order RO–0002, dated June 28, 2017, 

issued to the Diacom Corporation, and 

the eleven definitions identified within 

section III of this proposal. The EPA has 

made, and will continue to make, these 

documents generally available through 

www.regulations.gov. 

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 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 proposed 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 proposed 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); 

• This action is not expected to be an 

Executive Order 13771 regulatory action 

because this action is not significant 

under Executive Order 12866. 

• 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, 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 and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: June 28, 2018. 

Alexandra Dunn, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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