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designation (January 1, 1993) and issued

by any Federal, State, or local authority

of competent jurisdiction, provided that

the applicant complies with 15 CFR

922.49, the Director notifies the

applicant and authorizing agency that

he or she does not object to issuance of

the authorization, and the applicant

complies with any terms and conditions

the Director deems necessary to protect

Sanctuary resources and qualities.

Amendments, renewals, and extensions

of authorizations in existence on the

effective date of designation constitute

authorizations issued after the effective

date of Sanctuary designation.

* 6. In § 922.134, revise the section

heading and add new paragraph (a) to

read as follows:

§ 922.134 Review of certain State permits

and leases.

(a)(1) NOAA has described in a

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

with the State of California how NOAA

will coordinate review of any

introduction of non-invasive introduced

species from a proposed shellfish

aquaculture project when considering

an authorization under § 922.132(e).

(2) The MOA specifies how the

process of 15 CFR 922.49 will be

administered within State waters within

the sanctuary in coordination with State

permit and lease programs as

administered by the California Fish and

Game Commission, the Department of

Fish and Wildlife and the California

Coastal Commission.

[FR Doe. 2015-03486 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-NK-P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0025]

Safety Zone, Sag Harbor COC Winter

Harbor Frost Fireworks, Sag Harbor,

NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of

regulation.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce

one safety zone for a fireworks display

in the Sector Long Island Sound area of

responsibility on the dates and times

listed in the table below. This action is

necessary to provide for the safety of life

on navigable waterways during the

event. During the enforcement period,

no person or vessel may enter the safety

zone without permission of the Captain

of the Port (COTP) Sector Long Island

Sound or designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR

165.151 will be enforced on February 28

(rain date March 1), 2015 from 6:15 p.m.

to 6:45 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If

you have questions on this notice, call

or email Petty Officer Ian Fallon,

Waterways Management Division, U.S.

Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound;

telephone 203-468-4565, email

Ian .M.Fallon@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast

Guard will enforce the safety zone listed

in 33 CFR 165.151 on the specified date

and time as indicated in the following

Table. If the event is delayed by

inclement weather, the regulation will

be enforced on the rain date indicated

in the Table.

TABLE

Sag Harbor COC Winter Harbor Frost Fireworks * Date: February 28, 2015.

* Rain Date: March 1, 2015.

* Time: 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

* Location: Waters of Sag Harbor off Long Wharf St. Pier in Sag Harbor, NY in approximate

position 41°00'16.82" N, 072017'43.78" W (NAD 83).

Under the provisions of 33 CFR

165.151, the fireworks display listed

above in DATES is established as a safety

zone. During the enforcement period,

persons and vessels are prohibited from

entering into, transiting through,

mooring, or anchoring within the safety

zone unless they receive permission

from the COTP or designated

representative.

This document is issued under

authority of 33 CFR 165 and 5 U.S.C.

552 (a). In addition to this notification

in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard

will provide the maritime community

with advance notification of this

enforcement period via the Local Notice

to Mariners or marine information

broadcasts. If the COTP determines that

the safety zone need not be enforced for

the full duration stated in this

document, a Broadcast Notice to

Mariners may be used to grant general

permission to enter the regulated area.

Dated: February 3, 2015.

E.J. Cubanski, III,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the

Port Sector Long Island Sound.

[FR Doe. 2015-03333 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 9110-04-P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0489; FRL-9922-27- OAR]

RIN 2060-AR29

Revisions to the Air Emissions

Reporting Requirements: Revisions to

Lead (Pb) Reporting Threshold and

Clarifications to Technical Reporting

Details

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action finalizes changes

to the Environmental Protection

Agency's (EPA) emissions inventory

reporting requirements. This action

lowers the threshold for reporting lead

(Pb) emissions sources as point sources,

eliminates the requirement for reporting

emissions from wildfires and prescribed

fires, and replaces a requirement for

reporting mobile source emissions with

a requirement for reporting the input

parameters that can be used to run the

EPA models that generate emissions

estimates. This action also reduces the

reporting burden on state, local, and

tribal agencies by removing the

requirements to report daily and

seasonal emissions in their submissions

under this rule, while clarifying the

requirement to report these emissions

under pollutant-specific regulations.

Lastly, this action modifies some

emissions reporting requirements which

we believe are not necessary for

inclusion in the Air Emissions

Reporting Requirements (AERR) rule or

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are not clearly aligned with current

inventory terminology and practices.

DATES: This final rule is effective on

February 19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a

docket for this action under Docket ID

No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0489. All

documents in the docket are listed on

the http://www.regulations.gov Web

site. 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

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard

copy at the Air Emissions Reporting

Requirements Docket, EPA/DC, WJC

West Building, Room 3334, 1301

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,

DC. 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 Air

Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ron Ryan, Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards, Air Quality

Assessment Division, Emissions

Inventory and Analysis Group (C339-

02), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC

27711; telephone number: (919) 541-

4330; email: ryan.ron@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

B. Where can I get a copy of this document

and other related information?

C. Judicial Review

II. Background

III. Summary of Revisions

A. Lower Point Source Threshold for Pb

Emitters

B. Elimination of Reporting for Wildfires

and Prescribed Fires and Clarification for

Reporting Agricultural Fires

C. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Onroad and Nonroad Sources

D. Removal of Requirements To Report

Daily and Seasonal Emissions

E. Revisions To Simplify Reporting and

Provide Consistency With EIS

IV. Response to Comments

A. Lower Point Source Threshold for Pb

Emitters

B. Elimination of Reporting for Wildfires

and Prescribed Fires and Clarification for

Reporting Agricultural Fires

C. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Onroad Sources

D. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Nonroad Sources

E. Removal of Requirements To Report

Daily and Seasonal Emissions

F. Revisions To Simplify Reporting and

Provide Consistency With EIS

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory

Planning and Review and Executive

Order 13563: Improving Regulations 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

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

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

Categories and entities potentially

regulated by this action include:

CAICS

Category code a Examples of regulated entities

State/local/tribal govern- 92411 State, territorial, and local government air quality management programs. Tribal governments are not afment. fected, unless they have sought and obtained treatment as state status under the Tribal Authority Rule

and, on that basis, are authorized to implement and enforce the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements rule.

aNorth American Industry Classification System.

This table is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers regarding entities likely to be

regulated by this action.' This action

1 As prescribed by the Tribal Authority Rule (63

FR 7253, February 12, 1998), codified at 40 CFR

part 49, subpart A, tribes may elect to seek

Treatment as State (TAS) status and obtain approval

to implement rules such as the AERR through a

Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP), but tribes are

under no obligation to do so. However, those tribes

that have obtained TAS status are subject to the

AERR to the extent allowed in their TIP.

Accordingly, to the extent a tribal government has

applied for and received TAS status for air quality

control purposes and is subject to the AERR under

its TIP, the use of the term state(s) in the AERR shall

include that tribal government and use of the term

State Implementation Plan(s) or SIP(s) shall include

that TIP.

Likewise, to the extent that air quality

requirements are addressed by a local air agency

instead of a state air agency and that local air

agency is subject to the AERR under its SIP, the use

of the term state(s) in the AERR shall include that

local air agency.

requires states to report their emissions

to us. It is possible that some states will

require facilities within their

jurisdictions to report emissions to the

states. To determine whether your

facility would be regulated by this

action, you should examine the

applicability criteria in 40 CFR 51.1. If

you have any questions regarding the

applicability of this action to a

particular entity, consult the person

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section.

B. Where can I get a copy of this

document and other related

information?

In addition to being available in the

docket, an electronic copy of this final

rule will also be available on the

Worldwide Web (WWW) through the

Technology Transfer Network (TTN).

Following the Administrator's signature,

a copy of this final rule will be posted

on the TTN's policy and guidance page

for promulgated rules at the following

address: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/.

The TTN provides information and

technology exchange in various areas of

air pollution control. If more

information regarding the TTN is

needed, call the TTN HELP Line at (919)

541-4814.

C. Judicial Review

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean

Air Act (CAA), judicial review of this

final rule is available by filing a petition

for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals

for the District of Columbia Circuit by

April 20, 2015. Under section

307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA, only an

objection to this final rule that was

raised with reasonable specificity

during the period for public comment

can be raised during judicial review.

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Moreover, under section 307(b)(2) of the

CAA, the requirements established by

this action may not be challenged

separately in any civil or criminal

proceedings brought by the EPA to

enforce these requirements.

II. Background

The EPA proposed amendments to the

AERR on June 20, 2013 (78 FR 37164).

In today's action, the EPA is amending

the emissions inventory reporting

requirements in 40 CFR part 51, subpart

A, and in 40 CFR 51.122. This action

aligns the point source reporting

threshold for Pb emissions sources in

the AERR with the National Ambient

Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Lead

(73 FR 66964, November 12, 2008) and

the associated Revisions to Lead

Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements

(75 FR 81126, December 27, 2010).

These amendments further improve the

rule to both reduce burden on air

agencies as well as make minor

technical corrections that reflect what

has been put into practice through

existing electronic reporting

implementation.

Emissions inventories are critical for

the efforts of state and federal agencies

to attain and maintain the NAAQS for

criteria pollutants, such as ozone,

particulate matter (PM) and carbon

monoxide (CO). To assist these efforts,

the EPA initiated an effort in the early

1990's to develop a central repository of

inventory data for all states that is now

known as the National Emissions

Inventory (NEI). Emissions inventory

data reported electronically under this

rule are stored in the Emissions

Inventory System (EIS) database and are

used by the EPA and by states for air

quality modeling, tracking progress in

meeting CAA requirements, setting

policy, and answering questions from

the public. States often use the NEI as

a starting point in developing emission

inventories for support of state

implementation plans (SIPs).

Pursuant to its authority under

sections 110 and 172 of the CAA, the

EPA has required SIPs to include

inventories containing information

regarding criteria pollutant emissions

and their precursors (e.g., volatile

organic compounds (VOC)). The EPA

codified these inventory requirements

in subpart Q of 40 CFR part 51 in 1979

and amended them in 1987.

The 1990 Amendments to the CAA

revised many of the CAA provisions

related to the attainment of the NAAQS

and the protection of visibility in Class

I areas. These revisions established new

periodic emission inventory

requirements applicable to certain areas

that were designated nonattainment for

certain pollutants. For example, section

182(a)(3)(A) required states to submit an

emission inventory every 3 years for

Moderate ozone nonattainment areas

beginning in 1993. Similarly, section

187(a)(5) required states to submit an

inventory every 3 years for Moderate CO

nonattainment areas.

Prior regulations supporting the

annual reporting needed for the NEI

included the Consolidated Emissions

Reporting Rule (CERR), which was

promulgated by EPA in 2002, and

codified in 40 CFR part 51, subpart A.

These requirements replaced the

requirements previously contained in

subpart Q of 40 CFR part 51, expanding

their geographic and pollutant

coverages, while simplifying them in

other ways. The CERR was the precursor

to the AERR. The original AERR was

promulgated in 2008 with the intent of

streamlining various reporting

requirements including those of section

182(a)(3)(A) for ozone nonattainment

areas and section 187(a)(5) for CO

nonattainment areas, those under the

NOx SIP Call (40 CFR 51.122), and the

annual reporting requirements of the

CERR.

III. Summary of Revisions

This action lowers the threshold for

reporting Pb emissions sources as point

sources, eliminates the requirement for

reporting emissions from wildfires and

prescribed fires, and replaces a

requirement for reporting mobile source

emissions with a requirement for

reporting the input parameters that can

be used to run the EPA models that

generate mobile source emissions

estimates. This action also reduces the

reporting burden on state, local, and

tribal agencies by removing the

requirements to report daily and

seasonal emissions as part of their AERR

submissions, while clarifying the

requirement to report these emissions

under pollutant-specific regulations

(i.e., the NOx SIP Call, the Ozone

Implementation Rule, and relevant CO

maintenance plans). This action also

modifies some emissions reporting

requirements which we believe are not

necessary or are not clearly aligned with

current inventory terminology and

practices.

A. Lower Point Source Threshold for Pb

Emitters

With this action, the EPA is lowering

the point source threshold for Pb

emissions to 0.5 tons per year (tpy) of

actual emissions. The purpose of this

change is to match requirements of the

Pb Ambient Air Monitoring

Requirements rule (75 FR 81126), which

required monitoring agencies to install

and operate source-oriented ambient

monitors near Pb sources emitting 0.50

tpy or more by December 27, 2011. The

EPA considers that the ambient

monitoring rule threshold is 0.5 tons of

actual emissions, therefore, this

criterion is based on actual emissions

rather than the potential-to-emit

approach taken for other criteria

pollutant and precursor thresholds. All

criteria pollutants and precursors will

continue to be required to be reported

for any source meeting this new

threshold for Pb.

B. Elimination of Reporting for Wildfires

and Prescribed Fires and Clarification

for Reporting Agricultural Fires

With this action, the EPA is removing

the requirement for reporting emissions

for wildfire and prescribed fires. States

may report these emissions voluntarily

as event sources in the EIS, but states no

longer have the option of reporting these

emissions as nonpoint (countywide)

sources. The EPA already provides

nationwide estimates for wildfires and

prescribed fires using information it has,

so requiring states to also report these

data is not necessary. States are

encouraged to review and comment on

the EPA's estimates, or to report their

own estimates if they so choose.

This action also clarifies that

agricultural fires continue to be required

to be reported, and that these sources

must be reported as nonpoint sources.

Agricultural fires cannot be reported as

point sources or as event sources.

C. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Onroad and Nonroad Sources

With this action, the EPA is finalizing

its proposal that states will no longer be

required to submit mobile source

emission estimates, but instead will

submit the inputs for emissions models

of onroad and nonroad mobile sources.

This change applies to all states except

California. Because California uses other

models to reflect their additional

regulatory requirements not reflected by

the EPA models, California is required

to report emissions values. The EPA

models in use at the time of this action

are the Motor Vehicle Emissions

Simulator (MOVES) and the nonroad

equipment model called NONROAD.

The change to require model inputs

from all states except California allows

the EPA to use these data to run the

latest version of the applicable models,

even if those versions have been

finalized after the model input data

were collected. It also allows the EPA to

generate consistent base year and future

year emissions estimates, which the

EPA needs to accurately assess benefits

for new regulations and to make other

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regulatory decisions that use air quality

modeling. In addition, this action makes

voluntary the reporting of emissions

values for onroad and nonroad mobile

sources for all states except California.

D. Removal of Requirements To Report

Daily and Seasonal Emissions

With this action, the EPA is removing

the requirements from the AERR that

states report daily and seasonal

emissions, while still permitting states

to submit such data voluntarily to the

EIS. States may still elect to meet the

emissions reporting requirements of the

NOx SIP Call (40 CFR 51.122), the

Ozone Implementation Rule (40 CFR

part 51, subpart X), or the CO reporting

required by the relevant CO

maintenance plans through the AERR,

but they are no longer required to do so.

Each of these three underlying

provisions already requires states to

show and track consistency with the

emissions projections contained in the

approved SIP submissions, which can

include daily or seasonal data, and also

contains requirements for public review

of SIP revisions. The EPA has

eliminated a requirement in the AERR

that, given specific public review and

documentation requirements of those

rules, made compliance with those rules

through AERR submissions difficult.

Thus, in implementing this change, the

EPA is reducing burden for states that

were having difficulty meeting both

those SIP requirements and the previous

additional AERR requirements, which

were intended to meet the SIP

requirements, but did not do so in all

cases. States may continue to meet these

SIP requirements separately or use the

AERR submission to do so, as long as

the AERR submission can meet these

SIP requirements.

However, as explained more fully

below, in light of comments received,

we have determined that additional

changes to some of the underlying SIP

implementation provisions are

necessary to ensure that the requirement

to report the necessary daily and

seasonal emissions is included in those

underlying rules. Specifically, while the

final AERR revision rule removes ozone

season emissions and summer day

emissions definitions and associated

reporting requirements from the AERR

provisions in 40 CFR Subpart A, we are

also finalizing changes that will move

the relevant definitions and reporting

requirement for summer day emissions

to the ozone reporting requirements in

the Ozone Implementation Rule (40 CFR

51.900 (definitions) and 51.915

(inventory requirements)) and for ozone

season emissions and summer day

emissions to the NOx SIP Call reporting

requirements in 40 CFR 51.122.

E. Revisions To Simplify Reporting and

Provide Consistency With EIS

The previous version of the AERR was

finalized prior to the EPA finalizing the

design details of the EIS data system

that is used to collect and store the

required data. With this action, the EPA

is changing the tables of pollutants and

data elements included in Appendix A

to be consistent with the EIS through

removals, name changes, and additions.

Overall, these changes reduce burden

for states, though, as noted below in the

summary of EPA's responses to

comments on the proposed rule (which

is based on the comprehensive

Response to Comments document that is

available in the docket for this rule),

some changes may add a small amount

of additional burden for some states.

1. Revised Formats for Appendix A

Tables

The EIS data system was designed

such that data elements that had not

changed from one reporting period to

the next did not need to be resubmitted, and only data elements that

changed needed to be reported. This

streamlined reporting structure, along

with the terminology changes,

requirements deletions, and other

consistency revisions described above,

created a need for the EPA to revise

Tables 1, 2a, 2b and 2c in Appendix A

of the AERR. Table 1 still defines the

emissions thresholds that determine the

Type A point source emissions required

to be reported each year. In addition,

Table 1 now includes the thresholds

used to determine the Type B sources

required to be reported as point sources

every third year. These Type B point

source thresholds had previously been

included as part of the definition of the

term "point source." In the revised

Table 1, we have clarified the name of

the two PM pollutants by including "primary." This is consistent with the

existing list of required pollutants

described in 40 CFR 51.15.

Table 2a has been revised to include

only the point source facility inventory

data elements that are required to be in

EIS, without regard to either the everyyear or every third year reporting cycles,

since these elements need only be

reported for any new point source or

when any change occurs at an existing

point source. The emissions data

element requirements for point sources

from Table 2a have been combined with

the emissions requirements for the other

three emissions source types in Table

2b. These changes have allowed the

information previously contained in

Table 2c to move to Table 2b and for

Table 2c to be eliminated. We have also

eliminated the separate columns for

"Every-year reporting" and "Three-year

reporting" from Tables 2a and 2b. Those

reporting cycle distinctions were only

applicable to Type A point sources, and

with the revisions, Table 1 now

describes all of the necessary

distinctions.

2. Addition of New Facility Inventory

Elements

This action adds Facility Site Status,

Release Point Status, and Unit Status

data elements to the Facility Inventory

data elements listed in Table 2a, along

with the year in which any of these

three data elements change from one

status to another. The operating status is

used by the states to indicate whether

emissions reports should continue to be

expected for a facility, emissions unit,

or a release point, or the reason why

emissions will not be reported after the

year indicated.

We are also adding Aircraft Engine

Type, Unit Type, and Release Point

Apportionment Percent to Table 2a. The

addition of Aircraft Engine Type is to

support the EPA's interest in the EPA's

calculating and using point source

emissions from aircraft at airports. This

change does not imply a requirement for

states to submit aircraft as point sources.

The EPA provides landing and takeoff

data for state review and encourages the

states to review and update those data

in support of EPA's calculation of

aircraft emissions. Such review would

meet the states' reporting obligation for

aircraft emissions. However, the states'

requirement can also be met by

submitting aircraft emissions as

nonpoint sources. If states choose to

submit their own point source

estimates, this change means they

would have to provide the Aircraft

Engine Type code and the source

classification code (SCC) to completely

specify the emitting process.

Unit Type is being added to more

easily and explicitly identify the type of

emission unit producing the emissions

than can be inferred from the SCC alone.

To reduce burden associated with this

new field, we have also limited the

existing requirement for reporting the

Unit Design Capacity for all units to

only reporting capacities for a limited

number of key unit types (e.g., boilers).

The Unit Type data element is necessary

for the EIS data system to be able to

confirm the presence of a value for the

Unit Design Capacity element, since the

Unit Design Capacity element is

required only for certain Unit Types

(e.g., boilers).

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The Release Point Apportionment

Percent is being added to officially

implement a feature added to the EIS at

the request of some state data reporters.

This data element allows states to split

the emissions from a single emission

process to multiple release points by

reporting the percentage of emissions

going to each release point.

3. Addition of New Emissions Elements

This action adds five new data

elements to Table 2b, of which four are

minor extensions or clarifications of

existing requirements necessary to avoid

ambiguity in the EIS data system. The

EPA believes that these new items will

not add a significant new information

collection burden. As described in the

response to comments summary below

and the comprehensive Response to

Comments document that is available in

the docket for this rule, the EPA

provides options to states to greatly

reduce any burden for these additional

data elements. The four data elements

are: Shape Identifiers, Emission Type,

Reporting Period Type, and Emission

Operating Type.

Shape Identifiers are a more detailed

method of identifying the geographic

area for which emissions are being

reported for nonpoint sources, instead

of using the entire county. The EPA

believes that they are needed for a small

number of nonpoint source types, such

as rail lines, ports, and underway

vessels, which occur only in a small and

identifiable portion of a full county.

Although states are still required to

report emissions for these sources, this

action also adds an option for states to

meet the reporting requirement by

accepting the EPA's estimates for the

sources for which the EPA makes

calculations. For the nonpoint sources

needing the more geographicallydetailed emissions with Shape

Identifiers, the EPA provides tables

describing the geographic entities and

their Shape Identifiers and has

emissions estimates for each of the

entities. If states choose to submit their

own estimates, they must now provide

the extra geographic detail described by

the Shape Identifiers.

Emission Type is a code that is a

further level of detail of the existing

required element SCC, which describes

the emitting processes. We have also

revised the definition of this term in 40

CFR 51.50, since the previous definition

erroneously described the Reporting

Period Type and not the Emission Type.

Reporting Period Type is a code that

identifies whether the emissions being

reported are an annual total or one of

the seasonal or daily type emissions that

we are proposing to make optional,

although reporting of such emissions

may still be required as part of the

state's implementation of a NAAQS.

This addition replaces the erroneous use

of the name "Emission Type" to

describe this data element in the

previous version of the AERR, as

described above. The Reporting Period

Type is necessary for states to

distinguish the required annual

emissions from the optional sub-annual

emissions.

Emission Operating Type is a data

element for point sources that indicates

whether the emissions are associated

with routine operations, or a shutdown,

startup, or upset. It is necessary for the

data system to distinguish between the

minimally required routine emissions

and the other optional operating types

that the EIS can also accept.

This action also adds the Emissions

Calculation Method as an additional

fifth data element to the Table 2b

emissions requirements. This element is

required for point and nonpoint sources.

It is a code that indicates how each

emissions value was estimated or

determined (e.g., by continuous

emissions monitor, by a stack test, or by

an average emission factor). The EPA

has determined that this element is

needed to evaluate the adequacy of any

emissions value for the stated purposes

of the NEI and to allow the EPA to select

the most reliable emissions value where

more than one is available. State

reporters should have this value easily

available to them because they are

selecting the calculation method, so

adding it to their electronic submittals

should cause only a minimal amount of

added burden.

4. Clarification of Element Names and

Usage for Controls

This action revises the data element

names and clarifies the usage

conventions for four data elements

related to emissions control devices for

the point source facility inventory

elements. The single Percent Control

Approach Capture Efficiency and a

Percent Control Measures Reduction

Efficiency for each pollutant are now

required, where controls exist. These

elements replace the previously

required Primary Capture and Control

Efficiency and Total Capture and

Control Efficiency elements. The

Percent Control Approach Capture

Efficiency is now reported once as a

stand-alone element, rather than being

combined with each pollutant's

Reduction Efficiency. This change

reflects how the EIS data system

addresses the situation and we believe

it is a more practical and reasonable

approach, since it allows states to report

the individual reduction efficiencies as

separate data elements rather than

reporting only combined values that are

computed from the separate reduction

efficiencies.

In addition, this action adds a new

Control Pollutant data element, which

allows states to indicate the pollutant

for which the Control Measure

Reduction Efficiency is provided. This

action also revises the names of

previously required point source

elements. Control Device Type and Rule

Effectiveness have been renamed to

Control Measure and Percent Control

Approach Effectiveness, respectively.

This action also finalizes similar

terminology and usage conventions for

the nonpoint sources emission control

data elements. Consistent with point

sources, Control Measure and Control

Pollutant are now also required for

nonpoint sources. Finally, the former

nonpoint data element Total Capture

and Control Efficiency is now renamed

to Percent Control Measures Reduction

Efficiency, and Rule Effectiveness is

renamed Percent Control Approach

Effectiveness, consistent with the point

source names.

5. Revisions to Other Facility Inventory

Element Names

This action finalizes revisions to some

of the terms in the point source facility

inventory Table 2a to clarify their

meaning and promote consistency with

the EIS data system names. We are

renaming the element FIPs Code to State

and County FIPs Code and are

permitting a Tribal Code element to be

reported rather than the State and

County FIPs Code when applicable. For

each of the five existing stack and exit

gas data elements, we are adding

"Release Point" to the names to be

consistent with EIS names. We are

adding five Unit of Measure data

elements, one for each of the existing

numerical stack and exit gas data

elements, in order to formalize the only

reasonable interpretation of the prior

rule requirements. The rule now

requires reporting of the units of

measure along with the numerical

values. In addition, the Emission Type

data element in the prior rule's Table 2a

is now renamed Emission Operating

Type and is now moved to Table 2b

since it describes the emissions

reported, not the facility. This action

also clarifies that the requirement for

Physical Address is implemented in the

EIS data system through the use of four

separate data elements: Location

Address, Locality Name, State Code,

and Postal Code.

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6. Revisions To Simplify Reporting and

Reduce Burden

This action revises some data

elements in the point source facility

inventory in Table 2a to simplify

reporting and reduce burden. Either the

Exit Gas Velocity or Exit Gas Flow Rate

is now required, but not both. Because

the Release Point Stack Diameter is also

required, it is possible for users to

derive the velocity or the flow rate from

the other value, and so it is not

necessary for states to report both. This

action now requires the X Facility

Coordinate (longitude) and the Y

Facility Coordinate (latitude) rather than

the previous requirement for X Stack

Coordinate (longitude) and Y Stack

Coordinate (latitude). Burden is reduced

by requiring only a single facility

location rather than locations for each

stack or release point. It has been the

EPA's experience that most states do not

have accurate location values for each

individual release point within a

facility; instead they frequently report

the same locations for all stacks within

a facility. Furthermore, the vast majority

of facilities are geographically small

enough that such a simplification does

not reduce the usefulness of the data for

most inventory purposes. Although we

are finalizing the requirement that only

facility locations need to be reported,

we encourage states voluntarily to

report stack locations where those data

are available. The EPA may also add

individual stack locations where the

agency believes it has accurate data

(e.g., when provided in Information

Collection Requests).

Lastly, to reduce burden, this action

eliminates the requirement to report

several data elements: Inventory Start

Date and End Date; Contact Name and

Phone Number; and the four seasonal

throughput percents. States may

optionally report this information. In

addition, for the point, nonpoint, and

nonroad source types, we have removed

the requirement to report three

operating schedule elements: Hours per

Day, Days per Week, and Weeks per

Year. Also for the point source type, we

have removed the requirement to report

the following data elements: Heat

Content, Ash Content, Sulfur Content,

Method Accuracy Description Codes,

and Maximum Generator Nameplate

Capacity. The EPA believes that the

usefulness of the remaining data is not

significantly impacted by not collecting

these data from the states, but we note

that states still have the option to report

them if those data are available.

Three additional data elements are

now voluntary rather than required

under the AERR for all four emissions

source types, for the reasons described

in section D above: Summer Day

Emissions, Ozone Season Emissions,

and Winter Work Weekday Emissions.

However, all of the data elements that

are no longer required to be reported

under the AERR may still be voluntarily

reported to the EIS data system.

IV. Response to Comments

In response to our notice of proposed

rulemaking, we received comments

from 11 commenters: 10 state agencies

and one corporation. The EPA carefully

considered all comments in developing

the final amendments. The EPA has

provided a comprehensive Response to

Comments document that is available in

the docket for this rule. This section

provides a high-level summary of

significant comments and the EPA's

responses to those comments.

A. Lower Point Source Threshold for Pb

Emitters

We proposed to change the reporting

threshold for point sources of Pb from

5 tpy to 0.5 tpy of Pb potential

emissions. The EPA received comments

supporting the proposal, as well as

comments recommending alternative

approaches. Some comments requested

that the EPA consider that the ambient

monitoring rule threshold is 0.5 tons of

actual emissions, and thus the goal of

aligning with that rule would be better

met using a 0.5 tpy threshold for actual

emissions rather than potential

emissions. After considering all

comments, the EPA is finalizing a 0.5

tpy of actual emissions threshold for

reporting Pb emissions as point sources

to better reflect available state emissions

inventories.

B. Elimination of Reporting for Wildfires

and Prescribed Fires and Clarification

for Reporting Agricultural Fires

The EPA proposed to eliminate the

requirement for reporting emissions

from wildfires and prescribed fires, to

eliminate the reporting of these sources

as nonpoint sources, and to clarify that

agricultural fires must be reported as

nonpoint sources. These proposed

changes would reduce the reporting

burden for states, because the EPA

already calculates emissions from these

sources, using national, satellite-based

methods. Seven commenters supported

the proposed elimination of the

requirement to report emissions from

wildfires and prescribed fires. One of

these commenters further requested that

the EPA retain the option for states to

submit their fire emissions. Another

commenter recommended that

prescribed fires be allowed to be

reported to the nonpoint data category.

The EPA agrees that states should have

the option of reporting fire emissions

and the proposal allowed for that

possibility. We do not believe that

allowing both event-based and nonpoint

reporting for prescribed fires is a viable

approach, because such an approach

would increase complexity of the

inventory process by requiring the EPA

to prevent double-counting across

event-based and nonpoint-based

submissions. After consideration of the

comments, the EPA is finalizing this

section of the rule as proposed.

C. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Onroad Sources

We proposed to require model inputs

from all states (except California) for the

onroad mobile sources model MOVES,

rather than require emissions values,

and to permit the optional additional

reporting of emissions values. Six

commenters supported this approach.

One state objected to the requirement

for inputs for MOVES, noting that its

approaches to modeling onroad

emissions exceed the detail that the EPA

would be able to replicate using the

MOVES inputs alone, and

recommended that EPA should allow

either model inputs or emissions values

for states to fulfill their reporting

requirements.

The EPA believes that allowing

emissions values instead of model

inputs does not sufficiently address the

EPA's needs for such onroad model

input data. The MOVES model provides

a large degree of flexibility regarding

how to run the model, and while

different run approaches can result in

different estimates of emissions values,

no one approach is superior to the

others. The commenting state's use of

finely resolved modeling approaches is

no different from that of many states

with nonattainment areas, for which

detailed approaches are being used for

state implementation plans. As we

noted in the proposal, and also explain

in the comprehensive Response to

Comments document that is available in

the docket for this rule, providing model

inputs will meet a number of the EPA's

needs that are essential to overall air

quality responsibilities, including

improving the accuracy and timeliness

of the EPA's air quality planning efforts,

allowing the EPA to use the latest

versions of the applicable models to

generate the most accurate emissions

values, which are used in a variety of

required implementation and planning

activities, and allowing the EPA to

generate consistent base year and future

year emissions estimates, which are

necessary for performing accurate

benefits estimates for new rules (see 78

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FR 37167). Thus, this final rule includes

a requirement for all states, except

California, to report their onroad model

input data, requires California to report

emissions values (because California's

EPA-approved model uniquely supports

California onroad mobile regulations),

and allows emissions values data to be

reported optionally in addition for all

other states.

D. Reporting Emission Model Inputs for

Nonroad Sources

We additionally proposed to require

all states (except California) to provide

inputs for the EPA-developed nonroad

mobile sources model such as the

National Mobile Inventory Model

(NMIM), rather than require emissions

values, and to permit the optional

additional reporting of emissions

values. Six commenters supported this

approach. One state objected to the

requirement for inputs for NONROAD,

noting that they developed an improved

nonroad emissions approach. They

further commented that states should be

able to meet their nonroad reporting

requirement by reporting emissions

values or model inputs.

The EPA disagrees with the comment

that emissions values should be allowed

in place of model inputs for several

reasons. First, ongoing changes to the

EPA-approved nonroad modeling to use

MOVES means that all states will have

to adapt to new formats in upcoming

AERR every third year cycles. Second,

the EPA's approved nonroad approaches

are considered valid for all states except

California, where state-specific nonroad

source regulations cannot be modeled

by the EPA model(s). Thus, even if

states voluntarily develop their own

approaches, the EPA's nonroad

approach is still a valid approach in

those states and inputs can be prepared.

Third, the suggestion to submit only

emissions values does not address the

EPA need to have inputs for estimating

consistent base and future-year

emissions. Finally, for states that believe

their emissions values from their own

approaches are better than values that

might be created by the EPA by using

the inputs, those states may optionally

submit those emissions values as well

for use by the EPA. Thus, this final rule

(1) requires all states, except California,

to provide nonroad model inputs in the

formats supported by the latest EPA

nonroad models in accordance with

guidance provided for a given every

third year NEI cycle, (2) requires

California to report nonroad emissions

values (because state-specific nonroad

source regulations cannot be modeled

by the EPA models), and (3) allows

additional emissions values data to be

reported optionally for all other states.

E. Removal of Requirements To Report

Daily and Seasonal Emissions

The EPA proposed to remove

requirements to submit daily and

seasonal emissions from the AERR

because those requirements are

duplicative in light of similar

requirements of the underlying

pollutant-specific implementation rules

(including CO maintenance plans).

These underlying rules already require

states to show and track consistency

with the emissions projections

contained in the approved SIP

submissions, and also contain

requirements for public review of SIP

revisions. Two commenters stated

support for the proposed changes, with

one of those noting inconsistencies with

proposed changes to the ozone

implementation rule. Four commenters

disagreed with the EPA's proposed

change to remove the summer day

emissions requirement, with some of

those commenters also noting that the

definition of summer day emissions in

the AERR was referenced by the

proposed ozone implementation rule.

One commenter stated that AERR

submissions can be used as a way to

demonstrate milestone year compliance

for ozone or CO nonattainment areas.

Another commenter indicated that since

the NOx SIP Call does not contain

specific data reporting requirements and

instead refers to the AERR for those

requirements (see 40 CFR 51.122(f)),

deleting the summer day emissions

reporting in the AERR would not allow

for proper implementation of the NOx

SIP Call. In addition, a commenter

noted that the proposed AERR did not

explicitly list the NOx SIP call as an

optional source of submitted data

intended to meet compliance with that

rule.

As a result of these comments, the

EPA intends to ensure that the

requirements for the ozone

implementation rule and NOx SIP Call

are clear and that terms for mandatory

emissions fields are defined in a

pollutant-specific regulation, or in the

relevant maintenance plan for CO. The

EPA believes that the appropriate place

for addressing pollutant-specific daily

and seasonal reporting requirements is

not the general AERR, but rather the

underlying pollutant-specific

implementation rules. Thus, we are not

including those definitions or

requirements in the final AERR. In

addition, the EPA notes that while

summer and winter daily emissions and

seasonal emissions are no longer

required by the AERR, air agencies may

voluntarily report such data to EPA.

Allowing such voluntary submissions

will continue to support areas that

would like to use those submissions to

meet the requirements of other rules or

plans.

When we proposed this revision, we

assumed that the requirement to report

specific daily and seasonal emissions

was also addressed in the underlying

pollutant-specific implementation rules,

as well as the AERR. However, in light

of these comments, we realize that the

requirement to report these daily and

seasonal emissions is not also contained

in some of the underlying SIP

implementation rules. The EPA

continues to believe it is not necessary

to require reporting of these emissions

as part of the AERR and that it makes

more sense to define and require

reporting of the emissions required for

compliance with specific SIP

implementation rules within those rules

themselves, or within the relevant

maintenance plan. As a logical

outgrowth of these comments and the

fact that we did not propose to remove

completely these pollutant-specific

requirements-only to remove

unnecessary duplication in the AERRwe are making additional changes to the

underlying ozone implementation and

NOx SIP Call rules. Accordingly, this

final rule removes the ozone season

emissions and summer day emissions

definitions and reporting requirements

from the AERR provisions in 40 CFR

Subpart A, while also finalizing changes

that will move the relevant definitions

and reporting requirement to address

summer day emissions to the ozone

reporting requirements in 40 CFR

51.900 and 51.915 and to address ozone

season emissions and summer day

emissions in the NOx SIP Call reporting

requirements in 40 CFR 51.122. As for

CO winter work weekday emissions,

since all CO areas have been

redesignated to maintenance areas as of

September 27, 2010, any requirements

to report those emissions will exist in

the relevant CO maintenance plans. As

no comments identified specific COrelated deficiencies, especially as

related to CO regulations or

maintenance plans that would be

impacted by these revisions, there is no

indication that similar changes to

underlying regulations are needed to

address winter work day emissions.

F. Revisions To Simplify Reporting and

Provide Consistency With EIS

The EPA proposed to remove required

data elements from Tables 2a, 2b, and

2c. One commenter stated support for

these changes. Another commenter

stated support but also suggested the

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EPA maintain the requirements for

parameters related to state end dates

and other operating schedule

parameters to reduce the assumptions

that reported emissions occurred over

the entire year. The EPA acknowledges

that the operating parameters can be

useful information for certain nonannual sources. However, the vast

majority of sources operate on a fairly

predictable pattern for the entire year,

with only a small portion operating a

partial year or with an unusual

schedule. While the operating parameter

information can be voluntarily reported

for such sources, the EPA disagrees that

requiring such fields for all sources

makes sense in light of the low

prevalence of non-annual sources.

The EPA also proposed to add new

emissions elements. One commenter

supported the addition of Aircraft

Engine Type, Unit Type, and Release

Point Apportionment Percent to the

Facility Inventory data element tables.

One commenter expressed concern over

these additions, noting additional

burden associated with reporting details

about airport emissions. Two

commenters did not support the

requirement for using Shape Identifiers

for some nonpoint categories because of

the additional resource burden. Other

commenters had various minor

comments related to these changes. The

EPA clarifies that the addition of fields

that support the reporting of airport

emissions as point sources does not

change the sources that will need to be

reported as point sources. Most airports

still do not need to be reported as point

sources because their stationary source

emissions will not exceed the potentialto-emit thresholds in this rule.

Furthermore, the EPA notes that we

provide air agencies with all of the

information about aircraft engine types

to use in considering their airport

emissions estimates, which should

reduce any burdens associated with this

change.

Regarding the change to require Shape

Identifiers, we acknowledge there is

some increased level of detail associated

with reporting shapes rather than

county totals. However, the EPA has

minimized the resource burden overall

by providing agencies with a table of

factors to easily allocate from county

emissions to shapes, based on the EPA's

estimated geographic allocations. The

EPA also provides assistance to air

agencies that might prefer to submit

county estimates, by helping to prepare

allocations and data files for states to

submit. Thus, the EPA is finalizing the

changes as proposed.

V. Statutory and Executive Order

Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory

Planning and Review and Executive

Order 13563: Improving Regulations

and Regulatory Review

This action is not a "significant

regulatory action" under the terms of

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,

October 4, 1993) and is, therefore, not

subject to review under Executive

Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821,

January 21, 2011).

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has approved the information

collection requirements contained in

this rule under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq. and has assigned OMB

control number 2170.05. You can find a

copy of the ICR in the docket for this

rule, and it is briefly summarized here.

The ICR collects air emissions and

related information from state and local

agencies for emissions sources of oxides

of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur

dioxide, volatile organic compounds,

particulate matter less than or equal to

10 micrometers in diameter, particulate

matter less than or equal to 2.5

micrometers in diameter, and ammonia.

Every 3 years, state and local air

agencies are required to submit a point

source inventory, as well as a statewide

stationary nonpoint, onroad mobile, and

nonroad mobile source inventory for all

criteria pollutants and their precursors.

The emissions data submitted for the

annual and 3-year cycle inventories are

used by EPA's Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards to assist in

developing the NEI, performing regional

modeling for various regulatory

purposes, and preparing national trends

assessments and other special analyses

and reports. Additionally, states are

required to report larger point sources

annually, using emissions thresholds set

in the reporting rule.

Respondents/affected entities: State

and local air agencies.

Respondent's obligation to respond:

Mandatory as per 40 CFR part 51.

Estimated number of respondents:

104.

Frequency of response: Annual, with

additional requirements triennially.

Total estimated burden: 69,140 hours

(per year in triennial years). Burden is

defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).

Total estimated cost: $5,567,043 (per

year), includes $1,166,480 annualized

capital or operation & maintenance

costs.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for the EPA's regulations in 40

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

I certify that this action will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the RFA. This action will not

impose any new requirements on small

entities. This action corrects and

clarifies emissions reporting

requirements and provide states with

additional flexibility in how they collect

and report their emissions data, thereby

reducing overall collection and

reporting burdens and their associated

costs.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

(UMRA)

This action does not contain any

unfunded mandate as described in

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does

not significantly or uniquely affect small

governments. The action imposes no

enforceable duty on any state, local or

tribal governments or the private sector.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

This action does not have federalism

implications. It will not have substantial

direct effects on the states, on the

relationship between the national

government and the states, or on the

distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government.

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation

and Coordination With Indian Tribal

Governments

This action does not have tribal

implications as specified in Executive

Order 13175. This action imposes no

requirements on tribal governments.

The amendments correct and clarify

emissions reporting requirements and

provide states with additional flexibility

in how they collect and report their

emissions data. Under the Tribal

Authority Rule, tribes are not required

to report their emissions to us, except in

cases in which a tribal government

voluntarily elected to apply for and

received "Treatment as State" status for

air quality control purposes and is

subject to the AERR under its Tribal

Implementation Plan. Thus, Executive

Order 13175 does not apply to this

action.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of

Children From Environmental Health

and Safety Risks

This action is not subject to Executive

Order 13045 because it does not concern

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an environmental health risk or safety

risk. The amendments correct and

clarify emissions reporting requirements

and provide states with additional

flexibility in how they collect and report

their emissions data.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions

Concerning Regulations That

Significantly Affect Energy Supply,

Distribution, or Use

This action is not a "significant

energy action" because it is not likely to

have a significant adverse effect on the

supply, distribution, or use of energy.

This action corrects and clarifies

emissions reporting requirements and

provides states with additional

flexibility in how they collect and report

their emissions data.

L National Technology Transfer and

Advancement Act

This action does not involve technical

standards.

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal

Actions To Address Environmental

Justice in Minority Populations and

Low-Income Populations

The EPA believes that this action will

not have disproportionately high and

adverse human health or environmental

effects on minority or low-income

populations because it does not affect

the level of protection provided to

human health or the environment. This

action establishes information reporting

procedures for emissions of criteria air

pollutants from stationary and mobile

sources.

K. Congressional Review Act

This action is subject to the CRA, and

the EPA will submit a rule report to

each House of the Congress and to the

Comptroller General of the United

States. This action is not a "major rule"

as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 51

Environmental protection,

Administrative practices and procedure,

Air pollution control, Intergovernmental

relations, Nitrogen oxides, Ozone,

Particulate matter, Regional haze,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Sulfur dioxide.

Dated: February 6, 2015.

Gina McCarthy,

Administrator.

For the reasons stated in the

preamble, title 40, chapter I, part 51 of

the Code of Federal Regulations is

amended as follows:

PART 51-REQUIREMENTS FOR

PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND

SUBMITTAL OF IMPLEMENTATION

PLANS

m 1. The authority citation for part 51

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101; 42 U.S.C. 7401-

7671q.

Subpart A-Air Emissions Reporting

Requirements

§ 51.10 [Removed and reserved]

* 2. Remove and reserve § 51.10.

* 3. In § 51.15:

m a. Revise paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3),

(a)(4), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), and the first

sentence in paragraphs (c) and (d).

* b. Remove paragraphs (a)(5) and (e).

The revisions read as follows:

§ 51.15 What data does my state need to

report to EPA?

(a) * * *

(2) A state may, at its option, choose

to report NOx and VOC summer day

emissions (or any other emissions) as

required under the Ozone

Implementation Rule or report CO

winter work weekday emissions for CO

nonattainment areas or CO attainment

areas with maintenance plans to the

Emission Inventory System (EIS) using

the data elements described in this

subpart.

(3) A state may, at its option, choose

to report ozone season day emissions of

NOx as required under the NOx SIP Call

and summer day emissions of NOx that

may be required under the NOx SIP Call

for controlled sources to the EIS using

the data elements described in this

subpart.

(4) A state may, at its option, include

estimates of emissions for additional

pollutants (such as hazardous air

pollutants) in its emission inventory

reports.

(b) * * *

(2) Nonpoint. States may choose to

meet the requirements for some of their

nonpoint sources by accepting the

EPA's estimates for the sources for

which the EPA makes calculations. In

such instances, states are encouraged to

review and update the activity values or

other calculational inputs used by the

EPA for these sources.

(3) Onroad and Nonroad mobile. (i)

Emissions for onroad and nonroad

mobile sources must be reported as

inputs to the latest EPA-developed

mobile emissions models, such as the

Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator

(MOVES) for onroad sources or the

NMIM for nonroad sources. States using

these models may report, at their

discretion, emissions values computed

from these models in addition to the

model inputs.

(ii) In lieu of submitting model inputs

for onroad and nonroad mobile sources,

California must submit emissions

values.

(iii) In lieu of submitting any data,

states may accept existing EPA emission

estimates.

(4) Emissions for wild and prescribed

fires are not required to be reported by

states. If states wish to optionally report

these sources, they must be reported to

the events data category. The events

data category is a day-specific

accounting of these large-scale but

usually short duration emissions.

Submissions must include both daily

emissions estimates as well as daily

acres burned values. In lieu of

submitting this information, states may

accept the EPA estimates or they may

submit inputs (e.g., acres burned, fuel

loads) for us to use in the EPA's

estimation approach.

(c) Supporting information. You must

report the data elements in Tables 2a

and 2b in Appendix A of this subpart.

(d) Confidential data. We do not

consider the data in Tables 2a and 2b in

Appendix A of this subpart confidential,

but some states limit release of these

types of data. * * *

* 4. In § 51.20, revise paragraphs (b) and

(d) to read as follows:

§ 51.20 What are the emission thresholds

that separate point and nonpoint sources? • * * * *

(b) Sources that meet the definition of

point source in this subpart must be

reported as point sources. All pollutants

specified in § 51.15(a) must be reported

for point sources, not just the

pollutant(s) that qualify the source as a

point source. • * * * *

(d) All stationary source emissions

that are not reported as point sources

must be reported as nonpoint sources.

Episodic wind-generated particulate

matter (PM) emissions from sources that

are not major sources may be excluded,

for example dust lifted by high winds

from natural or tilled soil. Emissions of

nonpoint sources should be aggregated

to the resolution required by the EIS as

described in the current National

Emission Inventory (NEI) inventory year

plan posted at http://www.epa.gov/ttnl

chief/eiinformation.html. In most cases,

this is county level and must be

separated and identified by source

classification code (SCC). Nonpoint

source categories or emission events

reasonably estimated by the state to

represent a de minimis percentage of

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total county and state emissions of a

given pollutant may be omitted.

(1) The reporting of wild and

prescribed fires is encouraged but not

required and should be done via only

the "Events" data category.

(2) Agricultural fires (also referred to

as crop residue burning) must be

reported to the nonpoint data category.

5. Revise § 51.30 to read as follows:

§ 51.30 When does my state report which

emissions data to EPA?

All states are required to report two

basic types of emission inventories to

the EPA: An every-year inventory; and

a triennial inventory.

(a) Every-year inventory. See Tables 2a

and 2b of Appendix A of this subpart for

the specific data elements to report

every year.

(1) All states are required to report

every year the annual (12-month)

emissions data described in § 51.15 from

Type A (large) point sources, as defined

in Table 1 of Appendix A of this

subpart. The first every-year cycle

inventory will be for the 2009 inventory

year and must be submitted to the EPA

within 12 months, i.e., by December 31,

2010.

(2) In inventory years that fall under

the triennial inventory requirements,

the reporting required by the triennial

inventory satisfies the every-year

reporting requirements of paragraph (a)

of this section.

(b) Triennial inventory. See Tables 2a

and 2b to Appendix A of subpart A for

the specific data elements that must be

reported for the triennial inventories.

(1) All states are required to report for

every third inventory year the annual

(12-month) emissions data as described

in § 51.15. The first triennial inventory

will be for the 2011 inventory and must

be submitted to the EPA within 12

months, i.e., by December 31, 2012.

Subsequent triennial inventories (2014,

2017, etc.) will be due 12 months after

the end of the inventory year, i.e., by

December 31 of the following year.

(2) [Reserved]

* 6. Revise § 51.35 to read as follows:

§ 51.35 How can my state equalize the

emission inventory effort from year to year?

(a) Compiling a triennial inventory

means more effort every 3 years. As an

option, your state may ease this

workload spike by using the following

approach:

(1) Each year, collect and report data

for all Type A (large) point sources (this

is required for all Type A point sources).

(2) Each year, collect data for onethird of your sources that are not Type

A point sources. Collect data for a

different third of these sources each year

so that data has been collected for all of

the sources that are not Type A point

sources by the end of each 3-year cycle.

You must save 3 years of data and then

report all emissions from the sources

that are not Type A point sources on the

triennial inventory due date.

(3) Each year, collect data for onethird of the nonpoint, nonroad mobile,

and onroad mobile sources. You must

save 3 years of data for each such source

and then report all of these data on the

triennial inventory due date.

(b) For the sources described in

paragraph (a) of this section, your state

will have data from 3 successive years

at any given time, rather than from the

single year in which it is compiled.

(c) If your state chooses the method of

inventorying one-third of your sources

that are not Type A point sources and

triennial inventory nonpoint, nonroad

mobile, and onroad mobile sources each

year, your state must compile each year

of the 3-year period identically. For

example, if a process has not changed

for a source category or individual

plant, your state must use the same

emission factors to calculate emissions

for each year of the 3-year period. If

your state has revised emission factors

during the 3 years for a process that has

not changed, you must compute

previous years' data using the revised

factor. If your state uses models to

estimate emissions, you must make sure

that the model is the same for all 3

years.

* 7. Revise § 51.40 to read as follows:

§ 51.40 In what form and format should my

state report the data to EPA?

You must report your emission

inventory data to us in electronic form.

We support specific electronic data

reporting formats, and you are required

to report your data in a format

consistent with these. The term

"format" encompasses the definition of

one or more specific data fields for each

of the data elements listed in Tables 2a

and 2b in Appendix A of this subpart;

allowed code values for certain data

fields; transmittal information; and data

table relational structure. Because

electronic reporting technology may

change, contact the EPA Emission

Inventory and Analysis Group (EIAG)

for the latest specific formats. You can

find information on the current formats

at the following Internet address:

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eis/

201lnei/xml data eis.pdf. You may

also call the air emissions contact in

your EPA Regional Office or our Info

CHIEF help desk at (919) 541-1000 or

send email to info.chief@epa.gov.

* 8. Revise § 51.50 to read as follows:

§ 51.50 What definitions apply to this

subpart?

Aircraft engine type means a code

defining a unique combination of

aircraft and engine used as an input

parameter for calculating emissions

from aircraft.

Annual emissions means actual

emissions for a plant, point, or process

that are measured or calculated to

represent a calendar year.

Control measure means a unique code

for the type of control device or

operational measure (e.g., wet scrubber,

flaring, process change, ban) used to

reduce emissions.

Emission calculation method means

the code describing how the emissions

for a pollutant were calculated, e.g., by

stack test, continuous emissions

monitor, EPA emission factor, etc.

Emission factor means the ratio

relating emissions of a specific pollutant

to an activity throughput level.

Emission operating type means the

operational status of an emissions unit

for the time period for which emissions

are being reported, i.e., Routine, Startup,

Shutdown, or Upset.

Emission process identifier means a

unique code for the process generating

the emissions.

Emission type means the type of

emissions produced for onroad and

nonroad sources or the mode of

operation for marine vessels.

Emissions year means the calendar

year for which the emissions estimates

are reported.

Facility site identifier means the

unique code for a plant or facility

treated as a point source, containing one

or more pollutant-emitting units. The

EPA's reporting format allows for state

submittals to use either the state's data

system identifiers or the EPA's Emission

Inventory System identifiers.

Facility site name means the name of

the facility.

Lead (Pb) means lead as defined in 40

CFR 50.12. Emissions of Pb which occur

either as elemental Pb or as a chemical

compound containing Pb should be

reported as the mass of the Pb atoms

only.

Mobile source means a motor vehicle,

nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle,

where:

(1) A motor vehicle is any selfpropelled vehicle used to carry people

or property on a street or highway;

(2) A nonroad engine is an internal

combustion engine (including fuel

system) that is not used in a motor

vehicle or a vehicle used solely for

competition, or that is not affected by

sections 111 or 202 of the CAA; and

(3) A nonroad vehicle is a vehicle that

is run by a nonroad engine and that is

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not a motor vehicle or a vehicle used

solely for competition.

NAICS means North American

Industry Classification System code.

The NAICS codes are U.S. Department

of Commerce's codes for categorizing

businesses by products or services and

have replaced Standard Industrial

Classification codes.

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) means nitrogen

oxides (NOx) as defined in 40 CFR 60.2

as all oxides of nitrogen except N20.

Nitrogen oxides should be reported on

an equivalent molecular weight basis as

nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

Nonpoint sources collectively

represent individual sources that have

not been inventoried as specific point or

mobile sources. These individual

sources treated collectively as nonpoint

sources are typically too small,

numerous, or difficult to inventory

using the methods for the other classes

of sources.

Particulate matter (PM) is a criteria air

pollutant. For the purpose of this

subpart, the following definitions apply:

(1) Filterable PM2 5 or Filterable PMo:

Particles that are directly emitted by a

source as a solid or liquid at stack or

release conditions and captured on the

filter of a stack test train. Filterable

PM 2.

5 is particulate matter with an

aerodynamic diameter equal to or less

than 2.5 micrometers. Filterable PMo is

particulate matter with an aerodynamic

diameter equal to or less than 10

micrometers.

(2) Condensable PM: Material that is

vapor phase at stack conditions, but

which condenses and/or reacts upon

cooling and dilution in the ambient air

to form solid or liquid PM immediately

after discharge from the stack. Note that

all condensable PM, if present from a

source, is typically in the PM 2.

5 size

fraction and, therefore, all of it is a

component of both primary PM 2.

5 and

primary PM10 .

(3) Primary PM2.5 : The sum of

filterable PM 2.

5 and condensable PM.

(4) Primary PMlo: The sum of

filterable PM1 o and condensable PM.

(5) Secondary PM: Particles that form

or grow in mass through chemical

reactions in the ambient air well after

dilution and condensation have

occurred. Secondary PM is usually

formed at some distance downwind

from the source. Secondary PM should

not be reported in the emission

inventory and is not covered by this

subpart.

Percent control approach capture

efficiency means the percentage of an

exhaust gas stream actually collected for

routing to a set of control devices.

Percent control approach

effectiveness means the percentage of

time or activity throughput that a

control approach is operating as

designed, including the capture and

reduction devices. This percentage

accounts for the fact that controls

typically are not 100 percent effective

because of equipment downtime, upsets

and decreases in control efficiencies.

Percent control approach penetration

means the percentage of a nonpoint

source category activity that is covered

by the reported control measures.

Percent control measures reduction

efficiency means the net emission

reduction efficiency across all emissions

control devices. It does not account for

capture device efficiencies.

Physical address means the location

address (street address or other physical

location description), locality name,

state, and postal zip code of a facility.

This is the physical location where the

emissions occur; not the corporate

headquarters or a mailing address.

Point source means large, stationary

(non-mobile), identifiable sources of

emissions that release pollutants into

the atmosphere. A point source is a

facility that is a major source under 40

CFR part 70 for one or more of the

pollutants for which reporting is

required by § 51.15 (a)(1). This does not

include the emissions of hazardous air

pollutants, which are not considered in

determining whether a source is a point

source under this subpart. The

minimum point source reporting

thresholds are shown in Table 1 of

Appendix A.

Pollutant code means a unique code

for each reported pollutant assigned by

the reporting format specified by the

EPA for each inventory year.

Release point apportionment percent

means the average percentage(s) of an

emissions exhaust stream directed to a

given release point.

Release point exit gas flow rate means

the numeric value of the flow rate of a

stack gas.

Release point exit gas temperature

means the numeric value of the

temperature of an exit gas stream in

degrees Fahrenheit.

Release point exit gas velocity means

the numeric value of the velocity of an

exit gas stream.

Release point identifier means a

unique code for the point where

emissions from one or more processes

release into the atmosphere.

Release point stack diameter means

the inner physical diameter of a stack.

Release point stack height means

physical height of a stack above the

surrounding terrain.

Release point type code means the

code for physical configuration of the

release point.

Reporting period type means the code

describing the time period covered by

the emissions reported, i.e., Annual, 5-

month ozone season, summer day, or

winter.

Source classification code (SCC)

means a process-level code that

describes the equipment and/or

operation which is emitting pollutants.

State and county FIPS code means the

system of unique identifiers in the

Federal Information Placement System

(FIPS) used to identify states, counties

and parishes for the entire United

States, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

Throughput means a measurable

factor or parameter that relates directly

or indirectly to the emissions of an air

pollution source during the period for

which emissions are reported.

Depending on the type of source

category, activity information may refer

to the amount of fuel combusted, raw

material processed, product

manufactured, or material handled or

processed. It may also refer to

population, employment, or number of

units. Activity throughput is typically

the value that is multiplied against an

emission factor to generate an emissions

estimate.

Type A source means large point

sources with a potential to emit greater

than or equal to any of the thresholds

listed in Table 1 of Appendix A of this

subpart. If a source is a Type A source

for any pollutant listed in Table 1, then

the emissions for all pollutants required

by § 51.15 must be reported for that

source.

Unit design capacity means a measure

of the size of a point source, based on

the reported maximum continuous

throughput or output capacity of the

unit.

Unit identifier means a unique code

for the unit that generates emissions,

typically a physical piece of equipment

or a closely related set of equipment.

VOC means volatile organic

compounds. The EPA's regulatory

definition of VOC is in 40 CFR 51.100.

m 9. In Appendix A to subpart A of part

51:

m a. Revise tables 1, 2a, and 2b.

* b. Remove table 2c.

The revisions read as follows:

Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 51-

Tables

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TABLE 1 TO APPENDIX A OF SUBPART A-EMISSION THRESHOLDS 1 BY POLLUTANT FOR TREATMENT AS POINT SOURCE

UNDER 40 CFR 51.30

Every-year Triennial

Pollutant (Type A

sources) 2 Type B sources NAA sources 3

(1 ) S O 2 ................................................................................................................ . >2 5 0 0 > 1 0 0 .................... > 1 0 0 .

(2) V O C ............................................................................................................... . >2 5 0 > 100 .................... 0 3 (m ode rate) _ 100 .

........................ . ............................. 0 3 (se rio us)_>5 0 . ........................ . ............................. 0 3 (seve re ) _2 5 .

........................ . ............................. 0 3 (extrem e) _> 10 .

(3 ) N O x ............................................................................................................... 5 0 0 > 1>2 1 0 0 .................... > 1 0 0 .

(4) C O ................................................................................................................. . >2 50 0 > 100 0 .................. 0 3 (a ll a rea s) _> 10 0 .

........................ . ............................. C O (a ll a rea s) > 10 0 .

(5 ) Le a d ............................................................................................................... . ........................ ( (a ctu u0.5 a l) ........ _> 0 .5 (a ctu a l).

(6) P rim a ry P M 1o ................................................................................................. . >25 0 >100 .................... P M1 o (m ode rate) _100.

........................ . ............................. P M 1o (se rio us) _>70 .

(7) P rim a ry P M 2.5 ................................................................................................ 0 > 1>25 100 .................... > 10 0 .

(8 ) N H 34 .............................................................................................................. 5 0 _> 12 10 0 .................... _> 10 0 .

1 Thresholds for point source determination shown in tons per year of potential to emit as defined in 40 CFR part 70, with the exception of

lead. Reported emissions should be in actual tons emitted for the required time period. 2 Type A sources are a subset of the Type B sources and are the larger emitting sources by pollutant. 3 NAA = Nonattainment Area. The point source reporting thresholds vary by attainment status for VOC, CO, and PM 10 . 4 NH3 threshold applies only in areas where ammonia emissions are a factor in determining whether a source is a major source, he., where

ammonia is considered a significant precursor of PM 2 .

5.

TABLE 2a TO APPENDIX A OF SUBPART

A-FACILITY INVENTORY 1 DATA

ELEMENTS FOR REPORTING EMISSIONS FROM POINT SOURCES,

WHERE REQUIRED BY 40 CFR

51.30

Data elements

(1) Emissions Year.

(2) State and County FIPS Code or Tribal

Code.

(3) Facility Site Identifier.

(4) Unit Identifier.

(5) Emission Process Identifier.

(6) Release Point Identifier.

(7) Facility Site Name.

(8) Physical Address (Location Address, Locality Name, State and Postal Code).

(9) Latitude and Longitude at facility level.

(10) Source Classification Code.

(11) Aircraft Engine Type (where applicable).

(12) Facility Site Status and Year.

TABLE 2a TO APPENDIX A OF SUBPART

A-FACILITY INVENTORY 1 DATA

ELEMENTS FOR REPORTING EMISSIONS FROM POINT SOURCES,

WHERE REQUIRED BY 40 CFR

51.30-Continued

Data elements

(13) Release Point Stack Height and Unit of

Measure.

(14) Release Point Stack Diameter and Unit

of Measure.

(15) Release Point Exit Gas Temperature

and Unit of Measure.

(16) Release Point Exit Gas Velocity or Release Point Exit Gas Flow Rate and Unit of

Measure.

(17) Release Point Status and Year.

(18) NAICS at facility level.

(19) Unit Design Capacity and Unit of Measure (for some unit types).

(20) Unit Type.

(21) Unit Status and Year.

TABLE 2a TO APPENDIX A OF SUBPART

A-FACILITY INVENTORY 1 DATA

ELEMENTS FOR REPORTING EMISSIONS FROM POINT SOURCES,

WHERE REQUIRED BY 40 CFR

51.30-Continued

Data elements

(22) Release Point Apportionment Percent.

(23) Release Point Type.

(24) Control Measure and Control Pollutant

(where applicable).

(25) Percent Control Approach Capture Efficiency (where applicable).

(26) Percent Control Measures Reduction Efficiency (where applicable).

(27) Percent Control Approach Effectiveness

(where applicable).

1 Facility Inventory data elements need only

be reported once to the EIS and then revised

if needed. They do not need to be reported for

each triennial or every-year emissions

inventory.

TABLE 2b TO APPENDIX A OF SUBPART A-DATA ELEMENTS FOR REPORTING EMISSIONS FROM POINT, NONPOINT,

ONROAD MOBILE AND NONROAD MOBILE SOURCES, WHERE REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 51.30

Data elements Point Nonpoint Onroad Nonroad

(1) E m is s io n s Y e a r .......................................................................................................... Y Y Y Y

(2 ) F IP S c o d e ........................... ...................................................................................... Y Y Y Y

(3) S ha pe Identifie rs (w he re applicable) ......................................................................... ................ Y ........................................

(4) S o u rce C lassificatio n C od e ....................................................................................... .................... Y Y Y

(5) E m ission Type (w here applicable) ............................................................................. .................... Y Y Y

(8 ) E m is s io n F a c to r ......................................................................................................... Y Y .................... . ...................

(9) Throughput (Value, Material, Unit of Measure, and Type) ........................................ Y Y Y

(10 ) P o lluta n t C o d e .......................................................................................................... Y Y Y Y

(11) Annual Emissions and Unit of Measure .................................................................. Y Y Y Y

(12) Reporting Period Type (Annual) .............................................................................. Y Y Y Y

(13) Emission Operating Type (Routine) ......................................................................... Y

(14 ) E m iss io n C a lc u la tio n M e tho d ................................................................................... Y Y .................... ....................

(15) Control Measure and Control Pollutant (where applicable) .................................... Y ........................................

(16) Percent Control Measures Reduction Efficiency (where applicable) .......... .................... Y ........................................

(17) Percent Control Approach Effectiveness (where applicable) ............... ................. Y ........................................

(18) Percent Control Approach Penetration (where applicable) ..................................... Y..................... Y ........................................

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Subpart G-Control Strategy

* 10. In § 51.122:

* a. Revise paragraphs (a), (c)(1)(i),

(c)(2), (c)(3), (f), and (g).

* b. Remove and reserve paragraph (d).

The revisions read as follows:

§51.122 Emissions reporting

requirements for SIP revisions relating to

budgets for NOx emissions.

(a) As used in this section, words and

terms shall have the meanings set forth

in § 51.50. In addition, the following

terms shall apply to this section:

(1) Ozone season emissions means

emissions during the period from May

1 through September 30 of a year.

(2) Summer day emissions means an

average day's emissions for a typical

summer work weekday. The state will

select the particular month(s) in

summer and the day(s) in the work

week to be represented. * * * * *

(c) * * *

(1) * * *

(i) The state must report to EPA

emissions data from all NOx sources

within the state for which the state

specified control measures in its SIP

submission under § 51.121(g), including

all sources for which the state has

adopted measures that differ from the

measures incorporated into the baseline

inventory for the year 2007 that the state

developed in accordance with

§ 51.121(g).The state must also report to

EPA ozone season emissions of NOx

and summer day emissions of NOx from

any point, nonpoint, onroad mobile, or

nonroad mobile source for which the

state specified control measures in its

SIP submission under § 51.121(g). * * * * *

(2) For the 3-year cycle reporting,

each plan must provide for triennial

(i.e., every third year) reporting of NOx

emissions data from all sources within

the state. The state must also report to

EPA ozone season emissions of NOx

and summer day emissions of NOx from

all point sources, nonpoint sources,

onroad mobile sources, and nonroad

mobile sources.

(3) The data availability requirements

in § 51.116 must be followed for all data

submitted to meet the requirements of

paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section.

(d) [Reserved] * * * * *

(f) Reporting schedules. Data

collection is to begin during the ozone

season 1 year prior to the state's NOx

SIP Call compliance date.

(g) The state shall report emissions as

point sources according to the point

source emissions thresholds of the Air

Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR), 40

CFR part 51, subpart A. The detail of the

emissions inventory shall be consistent

with the data elements required by 40

CFR part 51, subpart A. When

submitting a formal NOx Budget

Emissions Report and associated data,

states shall notify the appropriate EPA

Regional Office.

Subpart X-Provisions for

Implementation of 8-hour Ozone

National Ambient Air Quality Standard

* 11. In § 51.900, add paragraph (v) to

read as follows:

§51.900 Definitions. * * * * *

(v) Summer day emissions means an

average day's emissions for a typical

summer work weekday. The state will

select the particular month(s) in

summer and the day(s) in the work

week to be represented. The selection of

conditions should be coordinated with

the conditions assumed in the

development of RFP plans, ROP plans

and demonstrations, and/or emissions

budgets for transportation conformity, to

allow comparability of daily emission

estimates.

0 12. Revise § 51.915 to read as follows:

§ 51.915 What emissions inventory

requirements apply under the 8-hour

NAAQS?

For each nonattainment area subject

to subpart 2 in accordance with

§ 51.903, the emissions inventory

requirements in sections 182(a)(1) and

182(a)(3) of the Act shall apply, and

such SIP shall be due no later 2 years

after designation. For each

nonattainment area subject only to title

I, part D, subpart 1 of the Act in

accordance with § 51.902(b), the

emissions inventory requirement in

section 172(c)(3) of the Act shall apply,

and an emission inventory SIP shall be

due no later 3 years after designation.

The state must report to the EPA

summer day emissions of NOx and VOC

from all point sources, nonpoint

sources, onroad mobile sources, and

nonroad mobile sources. The state shall

report emissions as point sources

according to the point source emissions

thresholds of the Air Emissions

Reporting Rule (AERR), 40 CFR part 51,

subpart A. The detail of the emissions

inventory shall be consistent with the

data elements required by 40 CFR part

51, subpart A.

[FR Doe. 2015-03470 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63

[EPA-R06-OAR-2007-1205; FRL9923-05-

Region 6]

New Source Performance Standards

and National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation

of Authority to Albuquerque-Bernalillo

County Air Quality Control Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule; delegation of

authority.

SUMMARY: The Albuquerque-Bernalillo

County Air Quality Control Board

(ABCAQCB) has submitted updated

regulations for receiving delegation of

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) authority for implementation and

enforcement of New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) and

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)

for all sources (both part 70 and nonpart 70 sources). The delegation of

authority under this action applies only

to sources located in Bernalillo County,

New Mexico, and does not extend to

sources located in Indian Country. EPA

is providing notice that it is updating

the delegation of certain NSPS to

ABCAQCB, and taking direct final

action to approve the delegation of

certain NESHAPs to ABCAQCB.

DATES: This rule is effective on April 20,

2015 without further notice, unless EPA

receives relevant adverse comment by

March 23, 2015. If EPA receives such

comment, EPA will publish a timely

withdrawal in the Federal Register

informing the public that the updated

NESHAPs delegation will not take

effect; however, the NSPS delegation

will not be affected by such action.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,

identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R06-

OAR-2007-1205, by one of the

following methods:

* www.regulations.gov. Follow the

on-line instructions.

* Email: Mr. Rick Barrett at

barrett.richard@epa.gov. Please also

send a copy by email to the person

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section below.

* Mail or delivery: Mr. Rick Barrett,

Air Permits Section (6PD-R),

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445

Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas

75202-2733.

Instructions: Direct your comments to

Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2007-1205.

EPA's policy is that all comments

received will be included in the public

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