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2012, January 1, 2013 and April 1, 2013, 

and published as effective in the Utah 

State Bulletin on May 15, 2013. 

(2) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–353, Plastic 

Parts Coatings; effective May 1, 2013, as 

proposed in the Utah State Bulletin on 

October 1, 2012, January 1, 2013 and 

April 1, 2013, and published as effective 

in the Utah State Bulletin on May 15, 

2013. 

(G)(1) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–312, 

Aggregate Processing Operations for 

PM2.5 Nonattainment Areas; effective 

February 1, 2013, as proposed in the 

Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 2012 

and January 1, 2013, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

February 15, 2013. 

(2) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–344, Paper, 

Film and Foil Coatings; effective 

February 1, 2013, as proposed in the 

Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 2012 

and January 1, 2013, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

February 15, 2013. 

(3) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–345, Fabric 

and Vinyl Coatings; effective February 

1, 2013, as proposed in the Utah State 

Bulletin on October 1, 2012 and January 

1, 2013, and published as effective in 

the Utah State Bulletin on February 15, 

2013. 

(4) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–346, Metal 

Furniture Surface Coatings; effective 

February 1, 2013, as proposed in the 

Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 2012 

and January 1, 2013, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

February 15, 2013. 

(5) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–347, Large 

Appliance Surface Coatings; effective 

February 1, 2013, as proposed in the 

Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 2012 

and January 1, 2013, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

February 15, 2013. 

(6) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–348, Magnet 

Wire Coatings; effective February 1, 

2013, as proposed in the Utah State 

Bulletin on October 1, 2012 and January 

1, 2013, and published as effective in 

the Utah State Bulletin on February 15, 

2013. 

(7) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–349, Flat 

Wood Panel Coatings; effective February 

1, 2013, as proposed in the Utah State 

Bulletin on October 1, 2012 and January 

1, 2013, and published as effective in 

the Utah State Bulletin on February 15, 

2013. 

(8) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–352, Metal 

Container, Closure and Coil Coatings; 

effective February 1, 2013, as proposed 

in the Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 

2012 and January 1, 2013, and 

published as effective in the Utah State 

Bulletin on February 15, 2013. 

(9) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–354, 

Automotive Refinishing Coatings; 

effective February 1, 2013, as proposed 

in the Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 

2012 and January 1, 2013, and 

published as effective in the Utah State 

Bulletin on February 15, 2013. 

(H) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–350, 

Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products 

Coatings; effective December 3, 2013, as 

proposed in the Utah State Bulletin on 

August 1, 2013 and November 1, 2013, 

and published as effective in the Utah 

State Bulletin on January 1, 2014. 

(I) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–356, 

Appliance Pilot Light; effective January 

1, 2013, as proposed in the Utah State 

Bulletin on August 15, 2012, and 

December 1, 2012, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

January 15, 2013. 

(J) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–357, 

Consumer Products, R307–357–4, 

Consumer Products, Standards; 

effective May 8, 2014, as proposed in 

the Utah State Bulletin on April 1, 2014, 

and published as effective in the Utah 

State Bulletin on June 1, 2014. 

(K) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–361, 

Architectural Coatings; effective 

October 31, 2013, as proposed in the 

Utah State Bulletin on July 1, 2013 and 

October 1, 2013, and published as 

effective in the Utah State Bulletin on 

November 15, 2013. 

(L) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–307, Road 

Salting and Sanding; effective February 

1, 2013, as proposed in the Utah State 

Bulletin on October 1, 2012 and January 

1, 2013, and published as effective in 

the Utah State Bulletin on February 15, 

2013. 

(M) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–351, Graphic 

Arts; effective February 1, 2013, as 

proposed in the Utah State Bulletin on 

October 1, 2012 and January 1, 2013, 

and published as effective in the Utah 

State Bulletin on February 15, 2013. 

(N) Title R307 of the Utah 

Administrative Code, Environmental 

Quality, Air Quality, R307–355, Control 

of Emissions from Aerospace 

Manufacture and Rework Facilities; 

effective February 1, 2013, as proposed 

in the Utah State Bulletin on October 1, 

2012 and January 1, 2013, and 

published as effective in the Utah State 

Bulletin on February 15, 2013. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0438; FRL–9942–76– 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; State of 

Missouri; Emissions Inventory and 

Emissions Statement for the Missouri 

Portion of the St. Louis MO-IL Ozone 

Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve revisions to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for the state 

of Missouri. The revisions address base 

year Emissions Inventory (EI) and 

emissions statement requirements of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Missouri 

portion of the St. Louis marginal ozone 

nonattainment area (‘‘St. Louis area’’). 

The Missouri counties comprising the 

St. Louis area are Franklin, Jefferson, St. 

Charles, and St. Louis along with the 

City of St. Louis. EPA is taking final 

action to approve the SIP revisions 

because they satisfy the CAA section 

182 requirements for the 2008 8-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. EPA will consider and take 

action on the Illinois submission for its 

portion of the St. Louis area in a 

separate action. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective April 25, 2016, without further 


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1As Missouri noted in its SIP revision, other 

required elements of Marginal nonattainment area 

plans in CAA Section 182(a) have already been addressed in state regulations or in prior SIP 

actions. 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

comment by March 28, 2016. 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 ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2015–0438, to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

Publicly available docket materials 

are available either electronically at 

www.regulations.gov or at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 

11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, 

Kansas 66219. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding legal holidays. The interested 

persons wanting to examine these 

documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least 24 

hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lachala Kemp, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

(913) 551–7214 or by email at 

kemp.lachala@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background for this action? 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the State’s 

submission? 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for this 

action? 

Ground-level ozone is a gas that is 

formed by the reaction of volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides 

of nitrogen (NOX) in the atmosphere in 

the presence of sunlight. These 

precursor emissions are emitted by 

many types of pollution sources, 

including power plants and industrial 

emissions sources, on-road and off-road 

motor vehicles and engines, and smaller 

sources, collectively referred to as area 

sources. 

On March 12, 2008, EPA promulgated 

a revised NAAQS for ozone based on 8- 

hour average concentrations. The level 

of the 2008 8-Hour ozone NAAQS 

(hereafter the 2008 O3 NAAQS) was 

revised from 0.08 parts per million 

(ppm) to 0.075 ppm (73 FR 16436). EPA 

finalized designations for the 2008 O3

NAAQS on May 21, 2012 (77 FR 30088). 

At the time of designations, the bi-state 

Missouri area was classified as Marginal 

nonattainment for the 2008 O3 NAAQS. 

Based on the nonattainment 

designations, Missouri was required to 

submit a SIP revision to EPA addressing 

certain CAA requirements. 

CAA sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1) 

require states to develop and submit as 

a SIP revision a comprehensive, 

accurate, current emissions inventory 

(EI) for all areas designated as 

nonattainment for the O3 NAAQS. 42 

U.S.C. 7502(c) and 7511a(a). An EI is an 

estimation of actual emissions of air 

pollutants in an area that provides data 

for a variety of air quality planning tasks 

including establishing baseline emission 

levels, calculating Federally required 

emission reduction targets, emission 

inputs into air quality simulation 

models, and tracking emissions over 

time. The total EI of VOC and NOX for 

a given area are summarized from the 

estimates developed for five general 

categories of emissions sources: Point, 

area, on-road mobile, non-road mobile, 

and biogenic. EPA’s final 2008 ozone 

standard SIP requirements rule 

suggested that states use 2011 as a base 

year to address the EI requirements (80 

FR 12264, March 6, 2015). 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the State’s 

submission? 

The primary CAA requirements are 

found in sections 110(l), and 182(a). 

CAA section 110(l) requires that a SIP 

revision submitted to EPA be adopted 

after reasonable notice and public 

hearing. Section 110(l) also requires that 

EPA not approve a SIP if the revision 

would interfere with any applicable 

requirement concerning attainment and 

reasonable further progress, or any other 

applicable requirement of the CAA. 

CAA section 182(a) requires states with 

areas designated nonattainment for the 

ozone NAAQS to submit a SIP revision 

that contains a comprehensive, accurate, 

current inventory of actual emissions 

from all sources. 

On September 9, 2014, the State of 

Missouri submitted a SIP revision 

containing the base year emissions 

inventory and emissions statement 

requirements related to the 2008 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS for the Missouri portion 

of the St. Louis area.1

A. Base Year Emissions Inventory 

Missouri selected 2011 as its base year 

inventory, as suggested by EPA in its 

final SIP requirements Rule which is the 

year corresponding with the first 

triennial inventory required under 40 

CFR part 51, subpart A. This base year 

is one of the three years of ambient air 

quality data used to designate the area 

nonattainment. Missouri’s emissions 

inventory for its portion of the St. Louis 

area provides 2011 actual emissions of 

the pollutants that contribute to ozone 

formation for the nonattainment area: 

VOCs, NOX, and Carbon Monoxide 

(CO). A detailed discussion of the 

inventory is located in appendix A to 

Missouri’s submission which is 

provided in the docket for this action. 

The tables below provide a summary of 

the emissions inventory for the Missouri 

portion of the St. Louis nonattainment 

area. 

Table 1 displays the 2011 

anthropogenic emissions inventory 

summary for the Missouri portion of the 

2008 St. Louis ozone nonattainment 

area in tons per ozone season day. The 

anthropogenic source categories include 

point, area, onroad mobile, and nonroad 

sources. Table 2 displays the 2011 

emissions inventory summary for the 

biogenic and wildfire (event) source 

categories in the Missouri portion of the 

2008 St. Louis ozone nonattainment 

area in tons per ozone season day. Event 

emissions include wild fire emissions, 

prescribed burning and agricultural 

burning; however, when annual 

emissions from these three event source 

categories are temporally allocated to 

ozone season day emissions, only wild 

fire emissions are projected to occur 

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TABLE 1—2011 ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS INVENTORY SUMMARY FOR THE MISSOURI PORTION OF THE NONATTAINMENT

AREA

[Tons/ozone season day] 

County name Source category VOC NOX CO 

Franklin County ............................................... Point Sources ................................................. 2.52 27.75 7.55 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 1.63 16.66 7.23 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 3.34 25.04 2.82 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 3.5 16.74 17.68 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 3.59 4.49 7.36 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 14.58 90.69 42.65 

Franklin County ............................................... Area Sources ................................................. 3.36 0.49 3.03 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 7.48 0.62 8.14 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 11.21 0.68 1.35 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 38.68 2.65 4.72 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 12.04 1.16 1.76 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 72.77 5.6 19.01 

Franklin County ............................................... Onroad Mobile Sources ................................. 2.40 7.83 21.18 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 4.24 12.45 34.91 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 6.73 21.04 56.63 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 20.17 66.34 176.34 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 4.46 16.55 42.14 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 38.00 124.20 331.20 

Franklin County ............................................... Nonroad Sources ........................................... 3.31 5.72 18.55 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 3.12 3.33 28.68 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 6.23 8.34 62.81 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 22.99 23.85 315.24 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 3.38 6.31 48.14 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 39.03 47.55 473.42 

Grand Total * .................................... ......................................................................... 164.38 268.04 866.28 

Note: Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. 

TABLE 2—2011 WILDFIRE AND BIOGENIC EMISSIONS INVENTORY SUMMARY FOR THE MISSOURI PORTION OF THE

NONATTAINMENT AREAS

[Tons/ozone season day] 

County name Source category VOC NOX CO 

Franklin County ............................................... Wild Fires (Event) .......................................... 0.09 0.00 0.40 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 0.07 0.00 0.28 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.01 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.01 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 0.16 0.01 0.69 

Franklin County ............................................... Biogenic Sources ........................................... 126.84 1.09 11.58 

Jefferson County ............................................. ......................................................................... 104.17 0.51 9.29 

St. Charles County .......................................... ......................................................................... 65.94 1.05 7.09 

St. Louis County ............................................. ......................................................................... 60.84 0.68 5.55 

St. Louis City ................................................... ......................................................................... 10.93 0.13 1.03 

Totals * ..................................................... ......................................................................... 368.71 3.47 34.55 

* Note: Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. 

Missouri’s inventory contains point 

sources, nonpoint, onroad mobile, and 

nonroad sources. The state developed 

the point source emissions inventory 

using actual emissions directly reported 

by electric generating unit (EGU) and 

non EGU sources in the area. Point 

sources are large, stationary, identifiable 

sources of emissions that release 

pollutants into the atmosphere. The 

point source emissions inventory for 

Missouri’s portion of the St. Louis area 

was developed using facility-specific 

emissions data, and is included in the 

docket for this action. 

Nonpoint sources are small emission 

stationary sources which due to their 

large number, collectively have 

significant emissions. Emissions from 

these sources were estimated by 


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multiplying an emission factor by some 

known indicator of collective activity 

for each source category at the county 

level. Non-road mobile sources include 

vehicles, engines, and equipment used 

for construction, agriculture, recreation, 

and other purposes that do not use 

roadways. Missouri calculated 

emissions for its nonroad mobile 

sources using EPA’s NONROAD2008a 

model. NONROAD2008a estimates fuel 

consumption and emissions for all 

nonroad mobile source categories except 

for aircraft, commercial marine vessels, 

and railroad locomotives. Onroad 

mobile sources include vehicles used on 

roads for transportation of passengers or 

freight. Missouri developed its 

inventory using the EPA’s highway 

mobile source emissions model MOVES 

2010a. 

Biogenic emissions sources are 

emissions that come from natural 

sources. The biogenic source emissions 

were extracted from the EPA’s 2011 

National Emissions Inventory (NEI) for 

the counties located in the 

nonattainment area. A detailed account 

of biogenic source emissions by county 

can be found in appendix A of the 

state’s submission. 

For the reasons discussed above, EPA 

has determined that Missouri’s 

emissions inventory is complete, 

accurate, and comprehensive and meets 

the requirements under CAA section 

182(a)(1) and the SIP Requirements Rule 

for the 2008 ozone NAAQs. 

B. Emissions Statement 

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

with Marginal ozone nonattainment 

areas must require annual emission 

statements from owners or operators of 

each NOX and VOC stationary source 

within the nonattainment area. Missouri 

regulation 10 CSR 10–6.110 Reporting 

Emission Data, Emission Fees, and 

Process Information requires permitted 

sources to file an annual report on air 

pollutant emissions to include emission 

data, process information, and annual 

emissions fees. The full emissions 

report identifying actual NOX and VOC 

emissions is due April 1 after each 

reporting year. However, if the full 

emissions report is filed electronically 

via Missouri’s Emissions Inventory 

System (MoEIS), this due date is 

extended to May 1. EPA has reviewed 

the regulation and determined that it 

meets the requirements of section 

182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA, and in addition 

EPA has approved this regulation into 

the SIP. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the SIP revision 

submitted by Missouri on September 9, 

2014, addressing the base year 

emissions inventory and emissions 

statement requirements for their portion 

of the St. Louis area. EPA has concluded 

that the state’s submission meets the 

requirements of sections 110 and 182 of 

the CAA. We are publishing this direct 

final rule without a prior proposed rule 

because we view this as a 

noncontroversial action and anticipate 

no adverse comment. However, in the 

‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of this 

Federal Register, we are publishing a 

separate document that will serve as the 

proposed rule to approve the SIP 

revision if adverse comments are 

received on this direct final rule. We 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. For further information about 

commenting on this rule, see the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

If EPA receives adverse comment, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that this direct final rule will not take 

effect. We will address all public 

comments in any subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed rule. 

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. 

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 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 

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). 

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). 

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 April 25, 2016. 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).) 


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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

oxides, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: February 17, 2016. 

Mark Hague, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52 

as set forth below: 

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 AA—Missouri 

■ 2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding entry (69) at 

the end of the table to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of Plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI NONREGULATORY SIP PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory SIP 

provision 

Applicable geographic area or 

nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

(69) Marginal Plan for the Missouri Portion of the St. 

Louis Ozone Nonattainment 

Area for the 2008 NAAQS.

Statewide ............................... 9/9/14 2/25/16 [Insert Federal Register citation].EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0438; 

9942–76–Region 7. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0492; FRL–9940–76– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AR97 

Clarification of Requirements for 

Method 303 Certification Training 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to better define the requirements 

associated with conducting Method 303 

training courses. Method 303 is an air 

pollution test method used to determine 

the presence of visible emissions (VE) 

from coke ovens. This action adds 

language that further clarifies the 

criteria used by the EPA to determine 

the competency of Method 303 training 

providers, but does not change the 

requirements for conducting the test 

method. These changes will help 

entities interested in conducting the 

required training courses by clearly 

defining the requirements necessary to 

do so. 

DATES: This rule is effective on April 25, 

2016 without further notice, unless the 

EPA receives adverse comment by 

March 28, 2016. If the EPA receives 

adverse comment, we will publish a 

timely withdrawal in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2014–0492, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. 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, 

the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kim Garnett, U.S. EPA, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Air 

Quality Assessment Division, 

Measurement Technology Group (Mail 

Code: E143–02), Research Triangle Park, 

NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 

541–1158; fax number: (919) 541–0516; 

email address: garnett.kim@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. General Information 

A. Why is the EPA using a direct final rule? 

B. Does this action apply to me? 

C. What should I consider as I prepare my 

comments for the EPA? 

D. Where can I obtain a copy of this action? 

E. Judicial Review 

II. This Action 

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions 

To Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

I. General Information 

A. Why is the EPA using a direct final 

rule? 

The EPA is publishing this rule 

without a prior proposed rule because 


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