Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 192 / Monday, October 5, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 60043 

Dated: September 1, 2015. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations 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 F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by: 

■ a. Revising paragraph (c)(121)(i)(E); 

and 

■ b. Adding paragraphs (c)(121)(i)(F), 

(c)(189)(i)(A)(9), (c)(441)(i)(E), and 

(c)(457)(i)(F). 

The revision and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(121) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(E) Previously approved on May 3, 

1984 in paragraph (c)(121)(i)(C) of this 

section and now deleted without 

replacement for implementation in the 

South Coast Air Quality Management 

District, Rule 1110. 

(F) Previously approved on May 3, 

1984 in paragraph (c)(121)(i)(C) of this 

section and now deleted without 

replacement for implementation in the 

Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District, Rule 1110. 

* * * * * 

(189) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(9) Previously approved on December 

20, 1993 in paragraph (c)(189)(i)(A)(3) of 

this section and now deleted without 

replacement for implementation in the 

Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District, Rule 1128. 

* * * * * 

(441) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(E) Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District. 

(1) Rule 1124, ‘‘Aerospace Assembly 

and Component Manufacturing 

Operations,’’ amended on August 20, 

2013. 

(2) Rule 1130, ‘‘Graphic Arts,’’ 

amended on November 19, 2013. 

* * * * * 

(457) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(F) Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District. 

(1) Rule 701, ‘‘Air Pollution 

Emergency Contingency Actions,’’ 

amended on April 15, 2014. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2015–25161 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0008; FRL–9934–11– 

Region 5] 

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Volatile 

Organic Compounds Definition 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a state 

submission as a revision to the Illinois 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). The 

revision amends the Illinois 

Administrative Code (IAC) by updating 

the definition of volatile organic 

material (VOM), otherwise known as 

volatile organic compounds (VOC), to 

exclude 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. This 

revision is in response to an EPA 

rulemaking in 2013 which exempted 

this compound from the Federal 

definition of VOC on the basis that the 

compound makes a negligible 

contribution to tropospheric ozone 

formation. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective December 4, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

November 4, 2015. If adverse comments 

are received, EPA 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–R05– 

OAR–2015–0008, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2450. 

4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, 

Control Strategies Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, 

Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office 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–R05–OAR–2015– 

0008. 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., 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. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Anthony 

Maietta, Environmental Protection 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES

60044 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 192 / Monday, October 5, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

Specialist, at (312) 353–8777 before 

visiting the Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Maietta, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Control Strategies 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8777, 

maietta.anthony@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What is the background for this action? 

A. When did Illinois submit the SIP 

revision to EPA? 

B. Did Illinois hold public hearings on the 

SIP revision? 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the SIP revision? 

III. What action is EPA taking? 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background for this 

action? 

A. When did Illinois submit the SIP 

revision to EPA? 

The Illinois EPA (IEPA) submitted a 

revision to the Illinois SIP to EPA for 

approval on December 18, 2014. The SIP 

revision updates the definition of VOM 

or VOC at 35 IAC Part 211, Subpart B, 

Section 211.7150(a). 

B. Did Illinois hold public hearings on 

the SIP revision? 

The Illinois Pollution Control Board 

(IPCB) held a public hearing on the 

proposed SIP revision on May 7, 2014. 

IPCB did not receive any public 

comments. IPCB adopted the 

amendment to 35 IAC 211.7150(a) on 

June 5, 2014. IPCB also adopted minor 

administrative changes such as 

alphabetization of compound names, 

addition of the refrigerant industry 

designation ‘‘HFO–1234yf’’ in 

parenthesis after the chemical name, 

and replacing the word ‘‘above’’ with 

‘‘of this Section’’ in 35 IAC 211.7150(d) 

for ease of cross-referencing within a 

section of the regulations. 

II. What is EPA’s analysis of the SIP 

revision? 

In 2009, EPA received a petition 

requesting that 2,3,3,3- 

tetrafluoropropene be exempted from 

VOC control based on its low reactivity 

to ethane. Based on the mass maximum 

incremental reactivity value for the 

compound being equal to or less than 

that of ethane, EPA concluded that this 

compound makes negligible 

contributions to tropospheric ozone 

formation (76 FR 64059, October 17, 

2011). 

Therefore on October 22, 2013 (78 FR 

62451), EPA amended 40 CFR 

51.100(s)(1) to exclude this chemical 

compound from the definition of VOC 

for purposes of preparing SIPs to attain 

the national ambient air quality 

standard for ozone under title I of the 

CAA (78 FR 9823). EPA’s action became 

effective on November 1, 2013. IEPA’s 

SIP revision is consistent with EPA’s 

action amending the definition of VOC 

at 40 CFR 51.100(s). 

III. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is approving into the Illinois SIP 

revisions to 35 IAC 211 contained in the 

December 18, 2014, submittal. We are 

publishing this action without prior 

proposal because we view this as a 

noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipate no adverse comments. 

However, in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register publication, we 

are publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

state plan if relevant adverse written 

comments are filed. This rule will be 

effective December 4, 2015 without 

further notice unless we receive relevant 

adverse written comments by November 

4, 2015. If we receive such comments, 

we will withdraw this action before the 

effective date by publishing a 

subsequent document that will 

withdraw the final action. All public 

comments received will then be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed action. 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. If we do not receive any 

comments, this action will be effective 

December 4, 2015. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is finalizing the 

incorporation by reference of the Illinois 

Regulations described in the 

amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 

below. EPA has made, and will continue 

to make, these documents generally 

available electronically through 

www.regulations.gov and/or in hard 

copy at the appropriate EPA office (see 

the ADDRESSES section of this preamble 

for more information). 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA 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 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 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 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 192 / Monday, October 5, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 60045 

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 December 4, 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, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: September 4, 2015. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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. 

■ 2. Section 52.720 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(206) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.720 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(206) On December 18, 2014, the state 

submitted a proposed revision to the 

Illinois SIP updating the definition of 

Volatile Organic Material (VOM) or 

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) to 

exclude the chemical compound 2,3,3,3- 

tetrafluoropropene (HFO–1234yf), along 

with minor administrative revisions. 

(i) Incorporation by reference. Illinois 

Administrative Code, Title 35: 

Environmental Protection, Subtitle B: 

Air Pollution, Chapter I: Pollution 

Control Board, Subchapter c: Emission 

Standards and Limitations for 

Stationary Sources, Part 211: Definitions 

and General Provisions, Subpart B: 

Definitions, Section 211.7150 Volatile 

Organic Material (VOM) or Volatile 

Organic Compounds (VOC), effective 

June 9, 2014. 

[FR Doc. 2015–25158 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2014–0442; FRL–9934–84– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Georgia 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2008 Lead NAAQS 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve portions of the March 6, 2012, 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

submission, provided by the State of 

Georgia, through the Georgia 

Department of Natural Resources’ 

Environmental Protection Division 

(EPD) for inclusion into the Georgia SIP. 

This final submission pertains to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) 

infrastructure requirements for the 2008 

Lead national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS). The CAA requires 

that each state adopt and submit a SIP 

for the implementation, maintenance, 

and enforcement of each NAAQS 

promulgated by EPA, which is 

commonly referred to as an 

‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP. EPD certified that 

the Georgia SIP contains provisions that 

ensure the 2008 Lead NAAQS is 

implemented, enforced, and maintained 

in Georgia. With the exception of 

provisions pertaining to prevention of 

significant deterioration (PSD) 

permitting which EPA has already 

approved, EPA is taking final action to 

approve Georgia’s infrastructure 

submission, provided to EPA on March 

6, 2012, as satisfying the required 

infrastructure elements for the 2008 

Lead NAAQS. 

DATES: This rule will be effective 

November 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2014–0442. 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 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: Zuri 

Farngalo, 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. Mr. 

Farngalo can be reached by phone at 

(404) 562–9152 or via electronic mail at 

farngalo.zuri@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Upon promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS, sections 110(a)(1) and 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES