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1 In the table of North Carolina regulations 

federally approved into the SIP at 40 CFR 

52.1770(c), 15A NCAC 02D is referred to as 

‘‘Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control 

Requirements.’’ 2See North Carolina’s April 14, 2021, SIP 

revision at pp. 82–86 (of the pdf file available in 

the docket for this rulemaking) to review a redline 

version of the rule showing all changes. 

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 II—North Carolina 

■ 2. In § 52.1770, in paragraph (c), 

amend table (3) by removing the entries 

for ‘‘Section 1.5102,’’ ‘‘Section 1.5104,’’ 

and ‘‘Section 1.5111,’’ and adding ‘‘Rule 

1.5102,’’ ‘‘Rule 1.5104,’’ and ‘‘Rule 

1.5111,’’ in their place to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

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(c) * * * 

(3) EPA APPROVED MECKLENBURG COUNTY REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

Article 1.0000 Permitting Provisions for Air Pollution Sources, Rules and Operating Regulations for Acid Rain Sources, Title V and 

Toxic Air Pollutants 

Section 1.5100 General Provisions and Administrations 

*******

Rule 1.5102 ... Definition of Terms ......................................... 12/18/2018 1/11/2022, [Insert citation of publication].

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Rule 1.5104 ... General Duties and Powers of the Director, 

With the Approval of the Board.

12/15/2015 1/11/2022, [Insert citation of publication].

Rule 1.5111 ... General Recordkeeping, Reporting and Monitoring Requirements.12/18/2018 1/11/2022, [Insert citation of publication].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2021–0430; FRL–9060–02– 

R4] 

Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; 

Minor Revisions to Cotton Ginning 

Operations Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to 

the North Carolina State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by 

the State of North Carolina Department 

of Environmental Quality, Division of 

Air Quality, via a letter dated April 13, 

2021, and received by EPA on April 14, 

2021. This revision contains minor 

clarifying and typographical edits to 

North Carolina’s cotton ginning 

operations rule. EPA is finalizing 

approval of these changes pursuant to 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). 

DATES: This rule is effective February 

10, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2021–0430. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information may not be 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 and Radiation 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: 

Pearlene Williams, Air Regulatory 

Management Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

The telephone number is (404) 562– 

9144. Ms. Williams can also be reached 

via electronic mail at 

williams.pearlene@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

On April 14, 2021, the State of North 

Carolina submitted changes to the North 

Carolina SIP for EPA approval. EPA is 

approving these changes to 15A North 

Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC) 

Subchapter 02D,1 Rule .0542—Control 

of Particulate Emissions from Cotton 

Ginning Operations which establishes 

control requirements for particulate 

emissions from cotton ginning 

operations. 

II. Analysis of North Carolina’s SIP 

Revision 

North Carolina’s SIP revision contains 

minor clarifying and typographical edits 

to the text of Rule .0542.2 Details 

regarding the background for these 

changes may be found in the notice of 


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proposed rulemaking that published 

September 24, 2021 (86 FR 53024). The 

comment period for this rulemaking 

closed on October 25, 2021. No 

comments were received. EPA has 

determined that these changes do not 

interfere with attainment and 

maintenance of the national ambient air 

quality standards or any other 

applicable requirement of the Act 

because they are minor in nature. For 

these reasons, EPA is approving the 

changes to this rule. 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, EPA is finalizing 

rule regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with the requirements of 1 

CFR 51.5, EPA is proposing to 

incorporate by reference 15A NCAC 

Subchapter 02D, Rule .0542—Control of 

Particulate Emissions from Cotton 

Ginning Operations, with a stateeffective date of November 1, 2020. 

These changes are approved to make 

minor clarifying and typographical edits 

to the rule. EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these materials 

generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 4 office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is finalizing the aforementioned 

revisions to Rule .0542—Control of 

Particulate Emissions from Cotton 

Ginning Operations. EPA is approving 

these changes because they are 

consistent with the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

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 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

See 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. 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 as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), nor will it 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 March 14, 2022. 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: December 29, 2021. 

Daniel Blackman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 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 II—North Carolina 

■ 2. In § 52.1770, in paragraph (c), 

amend table 1, under ‘‘Section .0500 

Emission Control Standards,’’ by 

removing the entry for ‘‘Section .0542’’ 

and adding an entry for ‘‘Rule .0542’’ in 

its place to read as follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

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(1) EPA APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements 

*******

Section .0500 Emission Control Standards 

*******

Rule .0542 .............. Control of Particulate Emissions from Cotton Ginning Operations.11/1/2020 1/11/2022, [Insert citation of publication].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0335; FRL–9231–01– 

OCSPP] 

Acetic Acid Ethenyl Ester, Polymer 

With Ethene, N-(hydroxymethyl)-2- 

propenamide, and 2-propenamide; 

(AM–E–NMA–VA); Tolerance 

Exemption 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance for residues of Acetic acid 

ethenyl ester, polymer with ethene, N- 

(hydroxymethyl)-2-propenamide, and 2- 

propenamide; (AM–E–NMA–VA) when 

used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide 

chemical formulation. Celanese 

Corporation Ltd., submitted a petition to 

EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. This regulation eliminates the 

need to establish a maximum 

permissible level for residues of Acetic 

acid ethenyl ester, polymer with ethene, 

N-(hydroxymethyl)-2-propenamide, and 

2-propenamide (AM–E–NMA–VA) on 

food or feed commodities. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

January 11, 2022. Objections and 

requests for hearings must be received 

on or before March 14, 2022, and must 

be filed in accordance with the 

instructions provided in 40 CFR part 

178 (see also Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number [EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0335], is 

available at https://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pesticide Programs 

Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) 

in the Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marietta Echeverria, Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; main 

telephone number: (703) 305–7090; 

email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. How can I get electronic access to 

other related information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of 40 CFR part 180 

through the Office of the Federal 

Register’s e-CFR site at https://

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40. 

C. Can I file an objection or hearing 

request? 

Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 

U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

objections. You must file your objection 

or request a hearing on this regulation 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, you must 

identify docket ID number [EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2021–0335] in the subject line on 

the first page of your submission. All 

objections and requests for a hearing 

must be in writing and must be received 

by the Hearing Clerk on or before March 

14, 2022. Addresses for mail and hand 

delivery of objections and hearing 

requests are provided in 40 CFR 

178.25(b). 

In addition to filing an objection or 

hearing request with the Hearing Clerk 

as described in 40 CFR part 178, please 

submit a copy of the filing (excluding 

any Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)) for inclusion in the public docket. 

Information not marked confidential 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be 

disclosed publicly by EPA without prior 

notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your 

objection or hearing request, identified 


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