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EPA document No. Title 

Adopted: 

05/24/2017 

Submitted: 

6/22/2017 

SIP approved: 

01/07/2021 

Adopted: 

09/01/2021 

Submitted: 

09/17/2021 

SIP approved: 

1/16/2025 

(A) EPA–450/2–77–008 ..... Surface Coating of Coils ................................................................................. X 

(B) EPA–450/2–77–008 ..... Surface Coating of Paper ............................................................................... X 

(C) EPA–450/2–77–008 ..... Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks ................................ X 

(D) EPA–450/2–77–025 ..... Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater Separators, and Process Unit Turnarounds.X 

(E) EPA–450/2–77–032 ..... Surface Coating of Metal Furniture ................................................................ X 

(F) EPA–450/2–77–033 ...... Surface Coating of Insulation of Magnet Wire ............................................... X 

(G) EPA–450/2–77–034 ..... Surface Coating of Large Appliances ............................................................. X 

(H) EPA–450/2–77–037 ..... Cutback Asphalt .............................................................................................. X 

(I) EPA–450/2–78–029 ....... Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products .................................. X 

(J) EPA–450/2–78–030 ...... Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires ....................................................... X 

(K) EPA–450/2–78–032 ..... Factory Surface Coating of Flat Wood Paneling ............................................ X 

(L) EPA–450/2–78–036 ...... Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Equipment ................................................... X 

(M) EPA–450/3–82–009 ..... Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners ....................................................................... X 

(N) EPA–450/3–83–006 ..... Leaks from Synthetic Organic Chemical Polymer and Resin Manufacturing 

Equipment.

X 

(O) EPA–450/3–83–007 ..... Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing Plants .................................... X 

(P) EPA–450/3–83–008 ..... Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene 

Resins.

X 

(Q) EPA–450/3–84–015 ..... Air Oxidation Processes in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry.X 

(R) EPA–450/4–91–031 ..... Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry.X 

(S) EPA–453/R–94–032 ..... ACT Surface Coating at Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities; Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Operations (Surface Coating), see the Federal 

Register of 08/27/1996.

X 

(T) EPA–453/R–06–003 ..... Flexible Package Printing ............................................................................... X 

(U) EPA–453/R–06–004 ..... Flat Wood Paneling Coatings ......................................................................... X 

(V) EPA 453/R–07–003 ...... Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings ....................................................................... X 

(W) EPA 453/R–07–004 ..... Large Appliance Coatings .............................................................................. X 

(X) EPA 453/R–07–005 ...... Metal Furniture Coatings ................................................................................ X 

(Y) EPA 453/R–08–003 ...... Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings; Table 4—Automotive/ 

Transportation and Business Machine Plastic Parts.

............................ X 

(Z) EPA 453/R–08–003 ...... Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings; Table 6—Motor Vehicle 

Materials.

............................ X 

(AA) EPA 453/R–08–004 ... Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials ....................................................... X 

(BB) EPA 453/R–08–006 ... Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings ................................... X 

(CC) EPA 453/B16–001 ..... Oil and Natural Gas Industry .......................................................................... X 

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§ 52.124 [Amend] 

■ 5. In § 52.124, remove and reserve 

paragraph (b). 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2023–0473; FRL–12257– 

02–R8] 

Air Plan Approval; Montana; Missoula, 

Montana Oxygenated Fuels Program 

Removal, Carbon Monoxide, Limited 

Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the Montana Department 

of Environmental Quality (MDEQ or 

‘‘the State’’), on January 30, 2024, 

requesting to change the status of 

gasoline requirements (the ‘‘oxygenated 

fuels’’ or ‘‘oxyfuels’’ program) in the 

Missoula, Montana Carbon Monoxide 

(CO) Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) 

from active control measure to a 

contingency measure. The SIP revision 

contains a non-interference 

demonstration under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), which concludes that converting 

the oxygenated gasoline program from a 

control measure to a contingency 

measure in the Missoula CO LMP would 

not interfere with attainment or 

maintenance of the CO National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). The EPA is finalizing 

approval of Montana’s SIP submittal 

pursuant the CAA. 

DATES: This rule is effective on February 

18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R08–OAR–2023–0473. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the http://www.regulations.gov website. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available through http://

www.regulations.gov, or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional availability information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amrita Singh, Air and Radiation 

Division, EPA, Region 8, Mailcode 

8ARD–IO, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 


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1 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997). 

Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, (303) 

312–6103, singh.amrita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA. 

I. Background 

The background for this action is 

discussed in detail in our October 15, 

2024, proposal (89 FR 82953). In that 

document we proposed to approve a SIP 

revision submitted by Montana on 

January 30, 2024. The submission 

included a request to change the status 

of the oxyfuels program in Missoula CO 

LMP from an active control measure to 

a contingency measure, as well as 

several ministerial and conforming 

changes to the related State regulations. 

To support the request, Montana’s 

January 30, 2024 SIP revision contains 

technical support materials to 

demonstrate the removal of the rules as 

control measures will not interfere with 

attainment or maintenance of the CO 

NAAQS or with any other applicable 

requirement of the CAA. Specifically, 

the SIP revision addresses State 

regulations amended in the Missoula 

City-County Air Pollution Control 

(MCCAPC) program rules, Chapter 10: 

Fuels, Subchapter 1: Oxygenated Fuels 

Program, rules. 10.102(1), 10.105(1), 

10.109(1), 10.110, 10.111, 10.111(2). In 

our proposed rulemaking, the EPA’s 

analysis of Montana’s January 30, 2024 

SIP revision was organized into two 

parts under section II of this preamble. 

Part A provided the background, 

analysis, and discussion of noninterference demonstration for the 

change in status of Montana’s oxyfuels 

program from a control measure to a 

contingency measure in the federally 

approved Montana SIP; Part B contained 

information regarding the rules 

submitted for revision in the MCCAPC 

Chapter 10: Fuels, Subchapter 1: 

Oxygenated Fuels Program. The EPA is 

finalizing to act on the revision listed in 

the action. 

We received one comment on the 

proposed rulemaking. Our response to 

the comment is found below. 

II. Response to Comments 

Comment: The commenter stated that 

they are in favor of the proposed 

rulemaking and believe it will help 

reduce pollution by reducing reliance 

on carbon-based fuels. The commenter 

also expressed that this rule would 

move society toward a greener future 

and reduce the influence of oil 

companies. 

Response: We appreciate the 

commenter’s support for the proposed 

rulemaking. However, the comment is 

outside the scope of this action, as this 

rulemaking is limited to approving a SIP 

revision reclassifying the oxygenated 

gasoline program in the Missoula CO 

LMP from a control measure to a 

contingency measure. 

III. Final Action 

For the reasons explained in our 

proposal, the EPA is finalizing its 

approval of Montana’s January 30, 2024 

SIP revision seeking to revise various air 

quality rules and to remove the 

oxygenated gasoline program from 

Montana’s SIP as a control measure and 

make it a contingency measure instead. 

The EPA has the authority to approve 

removal of a State’s oxygenated gasoline 

program as specified in CAA section 

211(m)(6) and has determined that the 

criteria of CAA section 211(m)(6) has 

been satisfied. The EPA has determined 

that Montana has demonstrated that 

removal of the oxygenated fuels 

program from the SIP will not interfere 

with continued attainment or 

maintenance of any applicable NAAQS 

or with any other applicable 

requirement of the CAA, and that the 

requirements of CAA section 110(l) have 

been satisfied. As a result, the EPA is 

finalizing its approval of the changes to 

the MCCAPC oxyfuels program rules, 

Chapter 10: Fuels, Subchapter 1: 

Oxygenated Fuels Program, rules 

10.102(1), 10.105(1), 10.109(1), 10.110, 

10.111, 10.111(2) as submitted by 

Montana on January 30, 2024. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, the EPA is 

finalizing regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is finalizing the 

incorporation by reference of the revised 

MCCAPC oxyfuels program rules, 

Chapter 10: Fuels, Subchapter 1: 

Oxygenated Fuels Program, rules 

10.102(1), 10.105(1), 10.109(1), 10.110, 

10.111, 10.111(12). These rules revise 

various air quality regulations by 

correcting spelling and other clerical 

errors and remove the oxygenated 

gasoline program from Montana’s SIP. 

The EPA is finalizing the incorporation 

by reference of the regulations described 

in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set 

forth below. The EPA has made, and 

will continue to make, these materials 

generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 8 Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

Therefore, these materials have been 

approved by the EPA for inclusion in 

the SIP, have been incorporated by 

reference by the EPA into that plan, are 

fully federally enforceable under 

sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of 

the effective date of the final rulemaking 

of the EPA’s approval, and will be 

incorporated by reference in the next 

update to the SIP compilation.1

V. 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, described in 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

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

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

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

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian Tribe has demonstrated that a 

Tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 


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Tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies 

to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further 

defines the term fair treatment to mean 

that ‘‘no group of people should bear a 

disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ The MDEQ did not evaluate 

EJ considerations as part of its SIP 

submittal; the CAA and the applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

EPA did not perform an EJ analysis and 

did not consider EJ in this action. Due 

to the nature of the action being taken 

here, this action is expected to have 

neutral impacts on the air quality of the 

affected area. Consideration of EJ is not 

required as part of this action, and there 

is no information in the record 

inconsistent with the stated goal of E.O. 

12898 of achieving EJ for people of 

color, low-income populations, and 

Indigenous people. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

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

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

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by March 17, 2025. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed, 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements (see section 

307(b)(2)). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Greenhouse gases, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

KC Becker, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart BB—Montana 

■ 2. In § 52.1370, the table in paragraph 

(c) under (c)(2)(iv)(‘‘Missoula County’’), 

is amended by: 

■ a. Revising the table entries for 

‘‘10.102,’’10.105,’’ 10.109,’’ and 

‘‘10.110;’’ 

■ b. Adding in numerical order the table 

entry for ‘‘10.111’’. 

The revisions and addition read as 

follows: 

§ 52.1370 Identification of plan. 

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(c) * * * 

State citation Rule title 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA 

final rule 

date 

Final rule citation Comments 

*******

(2) County Specific 

*******

(iv) Missoula County 

*******

10.102 ................ Definitions ....................................................... 1/16/2024 1/16/2025 [insert first page of Federal 

Register citation].

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10.105 ................ Oxygenate Blending Facility Requirements ... 1/16/2024 1/16/2025 [insert first page of Federal 

Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

10.109 ................ Registration Fees ............................................ 1/16/2024 1/16/2025 [insert first page of Federal 

Register citation].


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State citation Rule title 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA 

final rule 

date 

Final rule citation Comments 

10.110 ................ When Authorized by the Federal Government—Cessation of Oxygenated Fuels 

Program.

1/16/2024 1/16/2025 [insert first page of Federal 

Register citation].

10.111 ................ Contingency Measure ..................................... 1/16/2024 1/16/2025 [insert first page of Federal 

Register citation].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 141 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0603; FRL–12499–01– 

OW] 

Expedited Approval of Alternative Test 

Procedures for the Analysis of 

Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act; Analysis and Sampling 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA’s) approval of alternative testing 

methods for use in measuring the levels 

of contaminants in drinking water to 

determine compliance with national 

primary drinking water regulations. The 

Safe Drinking Water Act authorizes EPA 

to approve the use of alternative testing 

methods through publication in the 

Federal Register. EPA is using this 

streamlined authority to make two 

additional methods available for 

analyzing drinking water samples. This 

expedited approach provides public 

water systems, laboratories, and 

primacy agencies with more timely 

access to new measurement techniques 

and greater flexibility in the selection of 

analytical methods, thereby reducing 

monitoring costs while maintaining 

public health protection. 

DATES: This action is effective January 

16, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0603. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., confidential business 

information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available electronically through https:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Teresa Wells, Technical Support 

Branch, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MS 140), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 26 

West Martin Luther King Drive, 

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone 

number: (513) 569–7128; email address: 

wells.teresa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

Public water systems are the regulated 

entities required to measure 

contaminants in drinking water 

samples. In addition, EPA Regions as 

well as States and Tribal governments 

with authority to administer the 

regulatory program for public water 

systems under the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA) may measure contaminants 

in water samples. When EPA sets a 

monitoring requirement in its national 

primary drinking water regulations for a 

given contaminant, the agency also 

establishes (in the regulations) 

standardized test procedures for 

analysis of the contaminant. This action 

makes alternative testing methods 

available for particular drinking water 

contaminants beyond the testing 

methods currently established in the 

regulations. EPA is providing public 

water systems, required to test water 

samples, with a choice of using either a 

test procedure already established in the 

existing regulations or an alternative 

testing method that has been approved 

in this action or in prior expedited 

approval actions. Categories and entities 

that may ultimately be affected by this 

action include: 

Category Examples of potentially regulated entities NAICS1

State, local, & Tribal governments .............. State, local, and Tribal governments that analyze water samples on behalf of public 

water systems required to conduct such analysis; State, local, and Tribal governments that directly operate community and non-transient non-community water systems required to monitor.

924110 

Industry ........................................................ Private operators of community and non-transient non-community water systems required to monitoras.221310 

Municipalities ............................................... Municipal operators of community and non-transient non-community water systems required to monitor.924110 

1 North American Industry Classification System. 

This table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

interested in this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in the table could also 

have some interest. To determine 

whether your facility is affected by this 

action, you should carefully examine 

the applicability language in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 

141.2 (definition of a public water 

system). If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 


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