69172 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0681; FRL–9936–01- 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Idaho; Reclassification as 

Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 

Fine Particulate Matter Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to reclassify 

to Serious the Franklin County, Idaho 

portion of the multi-state Logan, Utah/ 

Franklin county, Idaho nonattainment 

area (Logan UT/ID area) for the 2006 24- 

hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). Our proposal is based on the 

EPA’s determination that the Logan, 

UT/ID area cannot practicably attain the 

2006 PM2.5 NAAQS by the applicable 

Moderate area attainment date of 

December 31, 2015. Should the EPA 

finalize reclassification of the area to 

Serious, Idaho will be required to 

submit an updated emissions inventory, 

Best Available Control Measures 

(BACM)/Best Available Control 

Technology (BACT), and revisions to its 

Nonattainment New Source Review 

(NNSR) program within 18 months. The 

attainment demonstration and the 

remaining Serious area nonattainment 

plan elements will be due no later than 

three years after the effective date of the 

final action or December 31, 2018, 

whichever is earlier. Upon 

reclassification as Serious, the Logan, 

UT/ID PM2.5 nonattainment area will be 

required to attain the standard as 

expeditiously as practicable, but no later 

than December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2015–0681, by any of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Mail: Jeff Hunt, EPA Region 10, 

Office of Air, Waste and Toxics (AWT– 

150), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle WA, 98101 

C. Email: R10-Public_Comments@

epa.gov 

D. Hand Delivery: EPA Region 10 

Mailroom, 9th Floor, 1200 Sixth 

Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle WA, 98101. 

Attention: Jeff Hunt, Office of Air, Waste 

and Toxics, AWT—150. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R10–OAR–2015– 

0681. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

the disclosure of which is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means the EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Office of Air, Waste and 

Toxics, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth 

Avenue, Seattle WA, 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hunt at (206) 553–0256, hunt.jeff@

epa.gov, or by using the above EPA, 

Region 10 address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document wherever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ are used, it is 

intended to refer to the EPA. 

I. Background 

Under 40 CFR 51.1000, the EPA 

defines the PM2.5 design value, the 

metric used for determining compliance 

with the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, as 

the highest three-year average of annual 

98th percentile concentrations 

calculated for any ambient air quality 

monitor in a nonattainment area. In the 

case of the multi-state Logan UT/ID 

area, the air quality monitor with the 

highest design value is the Logan, Utah 

monitor (Air Quality System ID number 

490050004) with a 2012–2014 design 

value of 45 micrograms per cubic meter 

(mg/m3). In a companion proposal for 

the Utah portion of the Logan UT/ID 

nonattainment area (docket number 

EPA–R08–OAR–2015–0342), EPA 

Region 8 shows that it is impracticable 

for the Logan UT/ID area to attain the 

2006 24-hour NAAQS by the end of 

2015. Under CAA section 188, any 

reclassification of a Moderate PM2.5

nonattainment area to Serious applies to 

the entire nonattainment area, with no 

option for a partial reclassification 

based on political jurisdiction or state 

boundaries. Therefore, EPA Region 10 is 

proposing to reclassify the Franklin 

County, Idaho portion of the area to 

Serious at the same time that the EPA 

is proposing to reclassify the Logan, UT 

portion of the area to Serious. 

The EPA Region 8 proposal also 

explains the conditions under which the 

EPA may grant a series of two one-year 

extensions of the Moderate area 

attainment date in accordance with 

CAA section 188(d). If Utah and Idaho 

request an extension of the Moderate 

area attainment date for the Logan, UT/ 

ID area before the EPA finalizes this 

discretionary reclassification, the EPA 

may decide not to finalize this proposed 

reclassification. If the EPA then acts on 

the States’ extension request, the EPA 

will do so through a separate noticeand-comment rulemaking. In this 

proposed reclassification, we are neither 

proposing nor requesting comment on a 

potential extension. 

II. Proposed Action 

Pursuant to CAA section 188(b)(1), 

the EPA is proposing to reclassify the 

Franklin County portion of the Logan, 

UT/ID area as a Serious nonattainment 

area for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS based 

on the Agency’s determination that the 

area cannot practicably attain by the 

Moderate area attainment date of 

December 31, 2015. Consistent with the 

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under docket number EPA–R08–OAR– 

2015–0342 for the Logan, Utah portion 

of the area, upon final reclassification as 

a Serious nonattainment area, Idaho will 

be required to submit, within 18 months 

after the effective date of 

reclassification, an updated emissions 

inventory, BACM/BACT for emissions 

sources in the area, and revisions to its 

NNSR program. The attainment 

demonstration and the remaining 

Serious area nonattainment plan 

elements will be due no later than three 

years after the effective date of the final 

action, or December 31, 2018, 

whichever is earlier. Upon 

reclassification as Serious, the Logan 

UT/ID area will be required to attain the 

standard as expeditiously as practicable, 

but no later than December 31, 2019. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, the EPA’s role is to 

approve state choices, provided that 

they meet the criteria of the Clean Air 

Act. Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to the requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

this action does not involve technical 

standards; and 

• does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because it will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. The 

SIP is not approved to apply in Indian 

reservations in the state or any other 

area where the EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: October 7, 2015. 

Dennis J. McLerran, 

Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2015–0342; FRL–9936–74- 

Region 8] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Utah; Reclassification as 

Serious Nonattainment for the 2006 

Fine Particulate Matter Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to reclassify 

to Serious the Salt Lake City, Provo, and 

the Logan portion of the Logan, UT/ID 

nonattainment areas in Utah for the 

2006 24-hour fine particulate matter 

(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS). Our proposal is 

based on EPA’s determination that the 

areas cannot practicably attain this 

standard by the applicable Moderate 

area attainment date of December 31, 

2015. Upon final reclassification as a 

Serious area, Utah will be required to 

submit a Serious area plan for each 

nonattainment area, including 

demonstrations that the individual 

plans for each area provides for 

attainment of the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS by 

the applicable Serious area attainment 

date. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by EPA–R08–OAR–2015– 

0342, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ostigaard.crystal@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing 

comments). 

• Mail: Director, Air Program, EPA, 

Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129. 

• Hand Delivery: Director, Air 

Program, EPA, Region 8, Mailcode 8P– 

AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202–1129. Such deliveries 

are only accepted Monday through 

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

federal holidays. Special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OAR–2015– 

0342. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA, without going through http://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 


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