44616 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

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 J—District of Columbia 

■ 2. In § 52.470, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding an entry for 

‘‘Emissions Statement Certification for 

the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard’’ at the end of the table 

to read as follows: 

§ 52.470 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

Name of non-regulatory 

SIP revision 

Applicable 

geographic area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Additional 

explanation 

*******

Emissions Statement Certification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard.

The District of Columbia portion 

of the Washington, DC-MDVA nonattainment area for the 

2015 ozone NAAQS (i.e., the 

District of Columbia.

6/4/20 8/13/21, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

Certification that the District’s 

previously SIP-approved regulations at 20 DCMR section 

500.9 meet the emissions 

statement requirements of 

CAA section 182(a)(3)(B) for 

the 2015 ozone NAAQS. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2019–0031; FRL–8822–02– 

R5] 

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 2008 Ozone 

Moderate VOC RACT for Chicago 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving volatile 

organic compound (VOC) reasonably 

available control technology (RACT) 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions for the Illinois portion of the 

Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 

nonattainment area (Illinois portion) 

under the 2008 8-hour ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(‘‘NAAQS’’ or ‘‘standard’’) submitted by 

the Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘Illinois’’ or ‘‘Illinois EPA’’) on 

January 10, 2019 and supplemented on 

April 30, 2020. EPA is also approving 

the Stepan Co. construction permit 

submitted by Illinois on March 29, 2021 

as a revision to the Illinois SIP. The 

Illinois portion consists of Cook, 

DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will 

Counties and portions of Grundy (Aux 

Sable and Goose Lake Townships) and 

Kendall (Oswego Township) Counties. 

These VOC RACT SIP submittals satisfy 

the moderate VOC RACT requirements 

of section 182(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). EPA proposed to approve this 

action on May 7, 2021 and received no 

comments. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R05–OAR–2019–0031. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the www.regulations.gov website. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., 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 either through 

www.regulations.gov or at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays and 

facility closures due to COVID–19. We 

recommend that you telephone Katie 

Mullen, Environmental Engineer, at 

(312) 353–3490 before visiting the 

Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Mullen, Environmental Engineer, 

Attainment Planning and Maintenance 

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–3490, 

Mullen.Kathleen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

I. Background Information 

On May 7, 2021, EPA proposed to 

approve VOC RACT SIP revisions for 

the Illinois portion (86 FR 24569). An 

explanation of the CAA requirements, a 

detailed analysis of the revisions, and 

EPA’s reasons for proposing approval 

were provided in the notice of proposed 

rulemaking and will not be restated 

here. The public comment period for the 

proposed rule ended on June 7, 2021. 

EPA received no comments on the 

proposal. 

II. Final Action 

EPA is approving negative 

declarations, a VOC RACT certification, 

and the Stepan Co. construction permit 

submitted by Illinois as meeting the 

CAA section 182(b)(2) moderate RACT 

requirements for the Illinois portion 

under the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation 

by reference the Illinois Source-Specific 

Requirements described in the 

amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 

below. EPA has made, and will continue 

to make, these documents generally 

available through www.regulations.gov, 

and at the EPA Region 5 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 EPA for inclusion in the 

SIP, have been incorporated by 

reference by 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 EPA’s approval, and will be 


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incorporated by reference in the next 

update to the SIP compilation.1

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. 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 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

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

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

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 

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). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

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

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

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

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

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by October 12, 2021. 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) of the CAA.) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Cheryl Newton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, 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. 

■ 2. In § 52.720, the table in paragraph 

(d) is amended by adding an entry for 

‘‘Stepan Company Millsdale Plant’’ after 

the entry for ‘‘Solar Corporation, 

Libertyville, IL’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.720 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

EPA APPROVED—ILLINOIS SOURCE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Name of source Order/permit 

No. 

State effective 

date EPA approval date Comments 

*******

Stepan Company Millsdale Plant .... 197800AAE 10/30/2020 8/13/2021, [INSERT Federal Register CITATION].

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