Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 / Proposed Rules 43613 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. You may also 

access the documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Program authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a. 

Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16953 Filed 8–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0476; FRL–8757–01– 

R7] 

Air Plan Approval; Missouri; 

Restriction of Particulate Matter 

Emissions From Fuel Burning 

Equipment Used for Indirect Heating 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by Missouri on 

January 19, 2021. Missouri requests that 

the EPA approve into Missouri’s SIP 

revisions to its rule related to the 

restriction of particulate matter 

emissions from fuel burning equipment 

used for indirect heating. These 

revisions add incorporation by reference 

information, remove unnecessary 

words, and make other editorial changes 

for clarity. The EPA believes that the 

revisions are administrative in nature, 

do not impact the stringency of the SIP 

and do not adversely impact air quality. 

The EPA’s proposed approval of this 

rule revision is being done in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2021–0476 to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Written Comments’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert F. Webber, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air 

Permitting and Standards Branch, 11201 

Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 

66219; telephone number: (913) 551– 

7251; email address: webber.robert@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Written Comments 

II. What is being addressed in this document? 

III. Have the requirements for approval of a 

SIP revision been met? 

IV. What action is the EPA proposing to take? 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Written Comments 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2021– 

4076, at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. What is being addressed in this 

document? 

The EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Missouri SIP received 

on January 19, 2021. The revisions are 

to Title 10, Division 10 of the Code of 

State Regulations (CSR), 10 CSR 10– 

6.405 ‘‘Restriction of Particulate Matter 

Emissions from Fuel Burning 

Equipment Used for Indirect Heating’’ 

which restricts the emission of 

particulate matter from fuel burning 

equipment used for indirect heating 

except where 10 CSR 10–6.070 would 

be applied. This rule applies throughout 

the state with additional conditions 

applicable to the metropolitan areas of 

Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis. 

These revisions add incorporation by 

reference information, remove 

unnecessary words, and make other 

editorial changes for clarity. These 

revisions are described in detail in the 

technical support document (TSD) 

included in the docket for this action. 

Missouri received two comments from 

the EPA during the comment period. 

Missouri addressed the comments from 

the EPA. The EPA is proposing to 

approve the revisions to this rule 

because it will not have a negative 

impact on air quality. 

III. Have the requirements for approval 

of a SIP revision been met? 

The State submission has met the 

public notice requirements for SIP 

submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 

51.102. The submission also satisfied 

the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 

51, appendix V. The State provided 

public notice on this SIP revision from 

January 2, 2020 to April 2, 2020. The 

State received and addressed two 

comments from the EPA. As explained 

in more detail in the TSD which is part 

of this docket, the SIP revision 

submission meets the substantive SIP 

requirements of the CAA, including 

section 110 and implementing 

regulations. 

IV. What action is the EPA proposing to 

take? 

The EPA is proposing to approve 

Missouri’s request to revise 10 CSR 10– 

6.405. The EPA is soliciting comment 

on the substantive and administrative 

revisions detailed in this proposal and 

the TSD. The EPA is not soliciting 

comment on existing rule text that has 

been previously approved by the EPA 

into the SIP. Final rulemaking will 

occur after consideration of any 

comments. 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, the EPA is 

proposing to include regulatory text in 

an EPA final rule that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is proposing to 

incorporate by reference the Missouri 

Regulation described in the proposed 

amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with PROPOSALS
43614 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 / Proposed Rules 

below. The EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these materials 

generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 7 Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

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 CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

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

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

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

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

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

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

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

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTA) because this 

rulemaking does not involve technical 

standards; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications 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). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Particulate matter. 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Edward H. Chu, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA proposes to amend 40 

CFR part 52 as set forth below: 

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 AA—Missouri 

■ 2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entry 

‘‘10–6.405’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA—APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS

Missouri citation Title State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources 

*******

Chapter 6—Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods, and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the State of 

Missouri 

*******

10–6.405 .......... Restriction of Particulate Matter Emissions 

from Fuel Burning Equipment Used for Indirect Heating.

9/30/2020 [Date of publication of the final rule in the 

Federal Register], [Federal Register citation of the final rule].

........................

*******

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2021–16847 Filed 8–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with PROPOSALS