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40 CFR Parts 52 and 81 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2020–0743; EPA–R05– 

OAR–2021–0886; EPA–R05–OAR–2022– 

0123; FRL–9567–01–R5] 

Air Plan Approval; Indiana; 

Redesignation of the Indiana Portion of 

the Chicago-Naperville Area to 

Attainment of the 2008 Ozone 

Standard, NOX RACT Waiver, and 

Serious Plan Elements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) finds that the Indiana 

portion of the Chicago-Naperville, IL– 

IN–WI area (Chicago area) is attaining 

the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard). 

In addition, in response to a December 

6, 2021, request from the Indiana 

Department of Environmental 

Management (Indiana or the State), EPA 

is redesignating the Indiana portion of 

the Chicago area to attainment for the 

2008 ozone NAAQS, because the State 

has met the statutory requirements for 

redesignation under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). EPA is approving, as a revision 

to the Indiana State Implementation 

Plan (SIP), the State’s plan for 

maintaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

through 2035 for the Indiana portion of 

the Chicago area. EPA is also approving 

a waiver, for the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area, from the oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) requirements of the 

CAA. EPA finds adequate and is 

approving Indiana’s 2030 and 2035 

volatile organic compound (VOC) and 

NOX motor vehicle emission budgets 

(budgets) for the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area. Finally, EPA is approving 

the VOC reasonably available control 

technology (RACT), clean-fuel vehicle 

programs (CFVP), enhanced monitoring 

of ozone and ozone precursors (EMP), 

and enhanced motor vehicle Inspection/ 

Maintenance (I/M) SIP revisions. These 

SIP revisions satisfy the above 

requirements for a nonattainment area 

that is classified as a ‘‘Serious area’’ for 

the Indiana portion of the Chicago area 

under the 2008 ozone NAAQS. EPA 

proposed to approve this action on 

March 3, 2022, and received adverse 

comments from one commentor. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

May 20, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established dockets 

for this action under Docket ID No. 

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OAR–2021–0886 (regarding the 

redesignation), or EPA–R05–OAR– 

2022–0123 (regarding the NOX RACT 

waiver). All documents in the dockets 

are listed on the https://

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) 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 (AR18J), 

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 March 3, 2022 (87 FR 12033), EPA 

proposed to determine that the Indiana 

portion of the Chicago-Naperville, IL– 

IN–WI area is attaining the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS, and that the State has met the 

statutory requirements for redesignation 

under the CAA. EPA proposed to 

approve, as a revision to the Indiana 

SIP, the State’s plan for maintaining the 

2008 ozone NAAQS through 2035 for 

the Indiana portion. EPA also proposed 

to approve a waiver, for the Indiana 

portion of the Chicago area, from the 

NOX requirements of section 182(f) of 

the CAA. EPA proposed to approve and 

find adequate Indiana’s 2030 and 2035 

VOC and NOX motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area. EPA proposed to approve 

the VOC RACT, the CFVP, and the EMP. 

Finally, EPA proposed to approve the 

State’s enhanced I/M certification, 

because it satisfies the enhanced I/M 

requirements for ‘‘serious areas’’ for the 

Indiana portion of the Chicago area. The 

public comment period for this 

proposed rule ended on April 4, 2022. 

EPA received one supportive comment 

on the proposed redesignation. EPA also 

received adverse comments on the 

proposal from the Wisconsin 

Department of Natural Resources 

(WDNR). These comments will be 

addressed below. 

On April 8, 2022, Indiana submitted 

new on-road emissions inventory 

information, which the State generated 

using EPA’s MOVES3 model. Indiana 

requested that the new MOVES3 

inventory information should replace 

the MOVES2014 emissions inventory, 

motor vehicle emissions budgets, and I/ 

M performance standard modeling 

analysis that were included in the 

State’s December 6, 2021 submission. 

MOVES3 is the latest MOVES version 

and is EPA’s state-of-the-art model for 

estimating emissions from on-road 

mobile sources.1 Consistent with our 

proposal based on the MOVES2014 

modeling, the projected emissions 

inventory for 2035 incorporating the 

updated MOVES3 budgets demonstrates 

maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

through the 2035 maintenance period. 

The MOVES3 I/M performance standard 

demonstration is consistent with the 

findings in EPA’s proposal and supports 

Indiana’s certification that its current I/ 

M program in Lake and Porter counties 

meets the applicable Enhanced I/M 

performance standard requirements in 

40 CFR part 51, subpart S for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS. With this additional 

MOVES3 information, EPA has 

determined that the Indiana portion of 

the Chicago area has met the 

requirements for redesignation under 

section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. 

Below are the revised emissions data 

tables that contain the new on-road 

emissions inventory information from 

MOVES3. Tables 1 and 2 contain 

emissions with changes in VOC and 

NOX emissions from 2011 to 2019 for 

the Indiana portion of the Chicago area. 

TABLE 1—EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2011–2019 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 

2011 nonattainment 

year 

2019 

Attainment 

year 

Emissions 

reduction 

Illinois: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 67.41 35.23 32.18 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 52.58 47.55 5.03 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 32.03 34.63 ¥2.6 

On-Road ............................................................................................................................... 285.34 134.38 150.96 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 176.60 121.63 54.97 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 613.96 373.42 240.54 

Indiana: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 24.04 4.29 19.75 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 70.77 59.91 10.86 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 9.39 0.91 8.48 

On-road ................................................................................................................................. 31.55 9.48 22.07 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 15.84 13.43 2.41 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 151.59 88.02 63.57 

Wisconsin: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 8.71 0.00 8.71 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 0.09 0.08 0.01 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 1.20 1.13 0.07 

On-Road ............................................................................................................................... 4.82 1.81 3.01 


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TABLE 1—EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2011–2019—Continued 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 

2011 nonattainment 

year 

2019 

Attainment 

year 

Emissions 

reduction 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 2.25 1.64 0.61 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 17.07 4.66 12.41 

Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 2008 ozone area: 

Illinois .................................................................................................................................... 613.96 373.42 240.54 

Indiana .................................................................................................................................. 151.59 88.02 63.57 

Wisconsin ............................................................................................................................. 17.07 4.66 12.41 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 782.62 466.1 316.52 

TABLE 2—EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF VOC EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2011–2019 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 2011 2019 Emissions 

reduction 

Illinois: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 0.62 0.97 ¥0.35 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 47.63 45.35 2.28 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 215.14 232.00 ¥16.86 

On-Road ............................................................................................................................... 72.43 66.45 5.98 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 101.83 67.67 34.16 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 437.65 412.44 25.21 

Indiana: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 0.54 0.47 0.07 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 17.22 10.83 6.39 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 18.26 17.00 1.26 

On-road ................................................................................................................................. 7.60 3.51 4.09 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 21.43 5.53 15.90 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 65.05 37.34 27.71 

Wisconsin: 

EGU Point ............................................................................................................................. 0.38 0.00 0.38 

Non-EGU .............................................................................................................................. 0.24 0.19 0.05 

Area ...................................................................................................................................... 4.10 3.58 0.52 

On-Road ............................................................................................................................... 1.90 0.89 1.01 

Non-road ............................................................................................................................... 1.14 0.70 0.44 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 7.76 5.36 2.40 

Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 2008 ozone area: 

Illinois .................................................................................................................................... 437.65 412.44 25.21 

Indiana .................................................................................................................................. 65.05 37.34 27.71 

Wisconsin ............................................................................................................................. 7.76 5.36 2.40 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 510.46 455.14 55.32 

As shown in Tables 1 and 2, NOX and 

VOC emissions in the Indiana portion of 

the Chicago area declined by 63.57 tons/ 

day and 27.71 tons/day, respectively, 

between 2011 and 2019. NOX and VOC 

emissions throughout the entire Chicago 

area declined by 316.52 tons/day and 

55.32 tons/day, respectively, between 

2011 and 2019. 

Projected emissions data are shown in 

Tables 3 and 4 below. 

TABLE 3—PROJECTED EMISSIONS OF NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2030 AND 2035 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 

2019 

Attainment 

year 

2030 Interim 

year 

2035 

Maintenance 

year 

Emissions 

reduction 

2019–2035 

Illinois: 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 35.23 43.59 40.97 ¥5.74 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 47.55 48.56 49.28 ¥1.73 

Area .......................................................................................................... 34.63 34.97 35.04 ¥0.41 

On-Road ................................................................................................... 134.38 55.94 48.81 85.57 

Non-road ................................................................................................... 121.63 106.80 108.27 13.36 

Total .......................................................................................................... 373.42 289.86 282.37 91.05 

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TABLE 3—PROJECTED EMISSIONS OF NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2030 AND 2035—Continued 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 

2019 

Attainment 

year 

2030 Interim 

year 

2035 

Maintenance 

year 

Emissions 

reduction 

2019–2035 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 4.29 1.44 0.42 3.87 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 59.91 60.79 61.51 ¥1.60 

Area .......................................................................................................... 0.91 0.88 0.87 0.04 

On-road ..................................................................................................... 9.48 4.55 4.77 4.71

Non-road ................................................................................................... 13.43 10.25 8.49 4.94 

Total .......................................................................................................... 88.02 77.91 76.06 11.96 

Wisconsin: 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 0.08 0.12 0.12 ¥0.04 

Area .......................................................................................................... 1.13 0.95 0.96 0.17 

On-Road ................................................................................................... 1.81 0.85 0.75 1.06 

Non-road ................................................................................................... 1.64 1.21 1.21 0.43 

Total .......................................................................................................... 4.66 3.13 3.04 1.62 

Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 2008 ozone area: 

Illinois ........................................................................................................ 373.42 289.86 282.37 91.05 

Indiana ...................................................................................................... 88.02 77.91 76.06 11.96 

Wisconsin ................................................................................................. 4.66 3.13 3.04 1.62 

Total .......................................................................................................... 466.1 370.9 361.47 104.63 

TABLE 4—PROJECTED EMISSIONS OF VOC EMISSIONS FOR THE ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN PORTIONS OF THE

CHICAGO NONATTAINMENT AREA 2030 AND 2035 

[Tons/day] 

Sector 

2019 

Attainment 

year 

2030 Interim 

year 

2035 

Maintenance 

year 

Emissions 

reduction 

2019–2035 

Illinois: 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 0.97 2.52 2.80 ¥1.83 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 45.35 44.71 44.54 0.81

Area .......................................................................................................... 232.00 225.11 225.11 6.89 

On-Road ................................................................................................... 66.45 37.42 34.27 32.18 

Non-road ................................................................................................... 67.67 66.41 67.37 0.30 

Total .......................................................................................................... 412.44 376.17 374.09 38.35 

Indiana: 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 0.47 0.56 0.67 ¥0.20 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 10.83 10.84 10.90 ¥0.07 

Area .......................................................................................................... 17.00 17.58 17.85 ¥0.85 

On-road ..................................................................................................... 3.51 2.03 1.82 1.69

Non-road ................................................................................................... 5.53 4.80 4.35 1.18 

Total .......................................................................................................... 37.34 35.81 35.59 1.75 

Wisconsin: 

EGU Point ................................................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Non-EGU .................................................................................................. 0.19 0.26 0.26 ¥0.07 

Area .......................................................................................................... 3.58 3.49 3.56 0.02 

On-Road ................................................................................................... 0.89 0.54 0.47 0.42 

Non-road ................................................................................................... 0.70 0.63 0.62 0.08 

Total .......................................................................................................... 5.36 4.92 4.91 0.45 

Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 2008 ozone area: 

Illinois ........................................................................................................ 412.44 376.17 374.09 38.35 

Indiana ...................................................................................................... 37.34 35.81 35.59 1.75 

Wisconsin ................................................................................................. 5.36 4.92 4.91 0.45 

Total .......................................................................................................... 455.14 416.9 414.59 40.55 

Table 5 contains the NOx and VOC 

motor vehicle budgets for the Indiana 

portion of the Chicago area for 2030 and 

2035. The budgets include a 15% 

margin of safety applied to NOX and 

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TABLE 5—MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS FOR THE INDIANA PORTION OF THE CHICAGO AREA 2008 OZONE

MAINTENANCE PLAN

[Tons/day] 

Pollutant 2030 Budget 2035 Budget 

NOX .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5.23 5.49 

VOC ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2.33 2.09 

III. Public Comments 

EPA provided a 30-day review and 

comment period for the March 3, 2022, 

proposed rule. The comment period 

ended on April 4, 2022. We received 

one supportive comment on the 

proposed redesignation. We also 

received adverse comments from WDNR 

requesting that EPA not approve the 

NOX RACT waiver. These comments are 

summarized and addressed below. 

Comment 1: A NOX RACT program 

was required for the three-state ChicagoNaperville 2008 ozone nonattainment 

area by January 1, 2017, after the area 

was reclassified to moderate. In 

response to this requirement, Indiana 

submitted several NOX RACT waiver 

requests: The first in February 2017, the 

second in January 2020, and the third in 

January 2022. The Chicago 

nonattainment area did not attain the 

2008 ozone standard in the 2019 ozone 

season and was reclassified to serious in 

August 2019. The Chicago 

nonattainment area briefly attained after 

the 2019 ozone season, but then violated 

the standard in 2020. The commenter 

states that this action is in response to 

Indiana’s third NOX waiver request, 

which was submitted in January 2022. 

The commenter argues that EPA’s 

delayed decision-making means Indiana 

is now 5 years overdue in implementing 

the CAA required NOX RACT program. 

Response: CAA section 182(f)(1)(A) 

provides that the plan provisions to 

address RACT for major stationary 

sources of NOX for nonattainment areas 

not within an ozone transport region do 

not apply if EPA determines ‘‘that 

additional reductions of [NOX] would 

not contribute to attainment of the 

national ambient air quality standard for 

ozone in the area.’’ The Chicago area is 

attaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS, based 

on the most recent certified monitoring 

data from the 2019–2021 period. It is 

EPA’s longstanding interpretation, as 

stated in EPA’s January 2005 document, 

‘‘Guidance on Limiting Nitrogen Oxides 

Requirements Related to 8-Hour Ozone 

Implementation,’’ that when an ozone 

nonattainment area is attaining the 

ozone standard, as demonstrated by 

three consecutive years of adequate 

monitoring data, ‘‘it is clear that the 

section 182(f)[(1)(A)] language is met 

since ‘additional reductions of oxides of 

nitrogen would not contribute to 

attainment.’ That is, since attainment 

has already occurred, additional NOX

reductions could not improve the area’s 

attainment status and, therefore, the 

NOX exemption request could be 

approved.’’ 

EPA never acted on the waiver 

request submitted in February 2017 and, 

the waiver was withdrawn by IDEM in 

January 2020. Also, EPA never acted on 

the waiver request submitted in January 

2020 and, that waiver was withdrawn 

by IDEM in November 2021. The NOX

RACT waiver under consideration in 

this action was submitted by IDEM in 

January 2022 and is based on CAA 

section 182(f)(1)(A). This waiver can be 

approved because the area qualifies for 

the NOX RACT waiver due to the 

achievement of three years of clean 

monitoring data. 

Comment 2: The implementation of 

NOX RACT is a cost-effective way to 

address ozone-forming compounds from 

stationary sources and NOX RACT 

technologies are widely available. 

Wisconsin has a fully approved NOX

RACT program and Illinois implements 

a NOX emissions control program. Given 

this information, the commenter argues 

that there are no barriers in preventing 

the implementation of a NOX RACT 

program in Indiana. 

Response: The Chicago area is 

attaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS, based 

on the most recent certified monitoring 

data from the 2019–2021 period. EPA is 

finalizing our approval of the NOX

RACT waiver because as per the 

discussion above regarding the CAA 

section 182(f)(1)(A) the area qualifies for 

the NOX RACT waiver due to the 

achievement of three years of clean 

monitoring data. The fact that other 

states (Wisconsin and Illinois) have 

implemented NOX controls on 

stationary sources has no bearing on the 

availability of this waiver under the 

CAA. 

Comment 3: The Chicago 

nonattainment area continues to 

struggle to meet Federal ozone 

standards. The Chicago area has failed 

to meet its August 3, 2021, marginal 

attainment date for the more stringent 

2015 ozone standard. The commenter 

further states that EPA is overdue in 

meeting its statutory obligation to 

reclassify this area to moderate for the 

2015 standard, which was due within 6 

months of that attainment date. When 

this reclassification to moderate under 

the 2015 ozone standard is finalized, 

Indiana will be required to submit a 

NOX RACT program under the CAA. 

Given this forthcoming NOX RACT 

requirement, the commenter argues 

EPA’s proposed approval to waive an 

emissions control requirement that will 

soon be reinstated by statute should not 

be granted. 

Response: In this action, EPA is 

granting a NOX RACT waiver only for 

the 2008 ozone standard based on three 

years of clean monitoring data for that 

standard. A CAA section 182(f) NOX

exemption granted for the 2008 ozone 

standard does not relieve the area from 

any CAA section 182(f) NOX obligations 

under the 2015 ozone NAAQS (see 40 

CFR 51.1313(c)). Therefore, a potential 

future reclassification of the Chicago 

area under the 2015 ozone standard 

does not prevent EPA from approving 

the NOX RACT waiver for the 2008 

ozone standard. 

Comment 4: The CAA does not 

compel EPA to grant this waiver request 

and that the approval of the NOX waiver 

relies on EPA’s 2005 guidance. In EPA’s 

2005 guidance, EPA cautions that 

actions relying on the guidance might 

not be approvable in every situation. 

The commenter requests that EPA 

explain how it is appropriate to apply 

that guidance when the Chicago area 

remains in nonattainment for ozone and 

needs additional NOX emissions 

reductions in the area to meet all of the 

ozone standards. 

Response: The Chicago area is 

attaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS, based 

on the most recent certified monitoring 

data from the 2019–2021 period. In this 

action, EPA is granting a NOX RACT 

waiver only for the 2008 ozone standard 

because, as per the discussion above 

regarding the CAA section 182(f)(1)(A) 

and EPA’s January 2005 document, the 

area qualifies for the NOX RACT waiver 

due to the achievement of three years of 

clean monitoring data. A CAA section 

182(f) NOX exemption granted for the 

2008 standard does not relieve the area 


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obligations under the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS (see 40 CFR 51.1313(c)). 

Therefore, approval of a NOX RACT 

waiver only as it applies to the 2008 

ozone NAAQS is appropriate. 

Comment 5: EPA’s recently released 

ozone transport modeling for the 2015 

standard shows that Indiana 

significantly contributes to downwind 

nonattainment at several monitors along 

Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline. 

Also, both the Sheboygan and Chicago 

nonattainment areas will continue to be 

nonattainment for the 2015 ozone 

standard in 2032 based on EPA’s ozone 

transport modeling. Given these 

modeling results, the commenter states 

that additional, timely reductions in 

ozone precursor emissions, including 

NOX, are needed to ensure attainment of 

the 2015 ozone standard throughout the 

region. 

Response: The Chicago area is 

attaining the 2008 ozone NAAQS, based 

on the most recent certified monitoring 

data from the 2019–2021 period. In this 

action, EPA is finalizing our approval of 

the NOX RACT waiver only for the 2008 

ozone standard because, as discussed 

above regarding the CAA section 

182(f)(1)(A), the area qualifies for the 

NOX RACT waiver based on three years 

of clean monitoring data and EPA’s 

modeling indicates that the Chicago area 

will continue to attain the 2008 NAAQS 

in the future. In this regard, further NOX

reductions will not improve the area’s 

ability to attain the 2008 ozone 

standard. In contrast, EPA’s ozone 

transport modeling indicates that, 

barring further emissions reductions, 

this area will continue to have difficulty 

attaining or maintaining the 2015 

NAAQS in 2024 (the Moderate Area 

attainment date for the 2015 NAAQS) 

and beyond. CAA section 182(f) NOX

exemption granted for a prior ozone 

standard (in this case the 2008 standard) 

does not relieve the area from any CAA 

section 182(f) NOX obligations under the 

2015 ozone NAAQS (see 40 CFR 

51.1313(c)). If finalized, EPA’s 

determination that the Chicago area 

failed to attain the 2015 ozone NAAQS 

by the attainment date and 

accompanying reclassification to 

Moderate would impose the CAA’s NOX

RACT requirements for the 2015 ozone 

standard. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is determining that the Chicago 

area is attaining the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS, based on quality-assured and 

certified monitoring data for 2019–2021. 

EPA is approving Indiana’s January 18, 

2022, NOX exemption request as 

meeting section 182(f) requirements of 

the CAA. EPA is approving the VOC 

RACT, CFVP, EMP, and Enhanced I/M 

program SIP revisions included in 

Indiana’s December 29, 2020, and 

January 18, 2022, submittals, because 

they satisfy the Serious requirements of 

the CAA for the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area. EPA has determined that 

the Indiana portion of the Chicago area 

has met the requirements for 

redesignation under section 107(d)(3)(E) 

of the CAA. EPA is thus changing the 

legal designation of the Indiana portion 

of the Chicago-Naperville, IL–IN–WI 

area from nonattainment to attainment 

for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. EPA is also 

approving, as a revision to the Indiana 

SIP, the state’s maintenance plan for the 

area. The maintenance plan is designed 

to keep the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area in attainment of the 2008 

ozone NAAQS through 2035. Finally, 

EPA is finding adequate and is 

approving the newly established 2030 

and 2035 motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for transportation conformity 

purposes in the Indiana portion of the 

Chicago area. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(d) of 

the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA), EPA finds there is good cause for 

this action to become effective 

immediately upon publication. The 

immediate effective date for this action 

is authorized under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1). 

Section 553(d)(1) of the APA provides 

that final rules shall not become 

effective until 30 days after publication 

in the Federal Register ‘‘except . . . a 

substantive rule which grants or 

recognizes an exemption or relieves a 

restriction.’’ The purpose of this 

provision is to ‘‘give affected parties a 

reasonable time to adjust their behavior 

before the final rule takes effect.’’ 

Omnipoint Corp. v. Fed. Commc’n 

Comm’n, 78 F.3d 620, 630 (D.C. Cir. 

1996); see also United States v. 

Gavrilovic, 551 F.2d 1099, 1104 (8th Cir. 

1977) (quoting legislative history). 

However, when the agency grants or 

recognizes an exemption or relieves a 

restriction, affected parties do not need 

a reasonable time to adjust because the 

effect is not adverse. EPA has 

determined that this rule relieves a 

restriction because this rule relieves 

sources in the area of Nonattainment 

New Source Review (NNSR) permitting 

requirements; instead, upon the 

effective date of this action, sources will 

be subject to less restrictive Prevention 

of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 

permitting requirements. For this 

reason, EPA finds good cause under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(1) for this action to 

become effective on the date of 

publication of this action. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, redesignation of an 

area to attainment and the 

accompanying approval of a 

maintenance plan under section 

107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the 

status of a geographical area and do not 

impose any additional regulatory 

requirements on sources beyond those 

imposed by state law. A redesignation to 

attainment does not in and of itself 

create any new requirements, but rather 

results in the applicability of 

requirements contained in the CAA for 

areas that have been redesignated to 

attainment. Moreover, 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 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 these reasons, 

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 


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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). 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and 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). 

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 July 19, 2022. 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 

40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Oxides of nitrogen, Ozone, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

40 CFR Part 81 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, National parks, 

Wilderness areas. 

Dated: May 16, 2022. 

Debra Shore, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, 40 CFR parts 52 and 81 are 

amended 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 § 52.770, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding entries for 

‘‘Lake and Porter Counties 2008 8-hour 

Ozone Serious Planning Elements’’, 

‘‘Lake and Porter Counties 2008 8-hour 

Ozone NOX RACT Waiver’’, and ‘‘Lake 

and Porter Counties 2008 8-hour Ozone 

Maintenance Plan’’ immediately 

following the entry for ‘‘Lake and Porter 

Counties 2008 8-hour Ozone Negative 

Declarations’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.770 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED INDIANA NONREGULATORY AND QUASI-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Title Indiana date EPA approval Explanation 

*******

Lake and Porter Counties 2008 

8-hour Ozone Serious Planning Elements.

12/29/2020 5/20/22, [INSERT FEDERAL 

REGISTER CITATION].

2030 and 2035 VOC and NOX motor vehicle emissions budgets, VOC RACT certification, Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program certification, clean-fuel 

vehicle programs certification, enhanced monitoring of 

ozone and ozone precursors certification. 

Lake and Porter Counties 2008 

8-hour Ozone NOX RACT 

Waiver.

1/18/2022 5/20/22, [INSERT FEDERAL 

REGISTER CITATION].

Lake and Porter Counties 2008 

8-hour Ozone Maintenance 

Plan.

12/06/2021 5/20/22, [INSERT FEDERAL 

REGISTER CITATION].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

PART 81—DESIGNATION OF AREAS 

FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING 

PURPOSES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 81 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 4. Section 81.315 is amended by 

revising the entry ‘‘Chicago-Naperville, 

IL-IN-WI’’ in the table entitled 

‘‘Indiana—2008 Ozone NAAQS 

[Primary and secondary]’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 81.315 Indiana 

* * * * * 

INDIANA—2008 OZONE NAAQS 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designation area 

Designation Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 1 Type 

*******

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 ............................................................................ 5/20/22 Attainment ........ 9/23/2019 Serious. 


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INDIANA—2008 OZONE NAAQS—Continued 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designation area 

Designation Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 1 Type 

Lake County. 

Porter County. 

* * * * * * * 

1This date is July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted. 

2Excludes Indian country located in each area, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2022–10820 Filed 5–19–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 and 81 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2022–0137; FRL–9604–02– 

R5] 

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 

Redesignation of the Illinois Portion of 

the Chicago-Naperville, IllinoisIndiana-Wisconsin Area to Attainment 

of the 2008 Ozone Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) finds that the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago-Naperville, IL-INWI area (Chicago area) is attaining the 

2008 ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) 

and is acting in accordance with a 

January 25, 2022, request from Illinois 

to redesignate the Illinois portion of the 

Chicago area to attainment for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS because the request 

meets the statutory requirements for 

redesignation under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). EPA is approving, as a revision 

to the Illinois State Implementation Plan 

(SIP), the State’s plan for maintaining 

the 2008 ozone NAAQS through 2035 in 

the Illinois portion of the Chicago area. 

EPA finds adequate and is approving 

the 2035 volatile organic compound 

(VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) 

motor vehicle emission budgets 

(budgets) for transportation conformity 

purposes for the Illinois portion of the 

Chicago area. Pursuant to section 110 

and part D of the CAA, EPA is 

approving the VOC reasonably available 

control technology (RACT), Enhanced 

motor vehicle inspection and 

maintenance (I/M), clean-fuel vehicle 

programs (CFVP), and the enhanced 

monitoring of ozone and ozone 

precursors (EMP) SIP revisions 

submitted by Illinois, because they 

satisfy serious SIP requirements of the 

CAA for the Illinois portion of the 

Chicago area. Finally, EPA is approving 

a CAA section 182(f) waiver from NOX

RACT requirements for the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago area under the 

2008 ozone NAAQS. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

May 20, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R05–OAR–2022–0137. 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 Michael 

Leslie, Environmental Engineer at (312) 

353–6680 before visiting the Region 5 

office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Leslie, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–6680, 

leslie.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

I. Background information 

On March 10, 2022 (87 FR 13668), 

EPA proposed to find that the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago area is attaining 

the 2008 ozone NAAQS and to act in 

accordance with a January 25, 2022, 

request from Illinois to redesignate the 

Illinois portion of the Chicago area to 

attainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

because the request meets the statutory 

requirements for redesignation under 

the CAA. EPA proposed to approve, as 

a revision to the Illinois SIP, the State’s 

plan for maintaining the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS through 2035 in the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago area. EPA 

proposed to find adequate and approve 

the 2035 VOC and NOX motor vehicle 

emission budgets (budgets) for the 

Illinois portion of the Chicago area. 

Pursuant to section 110 and part D of 

the CAA, EPA proposed to approve the 

VOC RACT, Enhanced I/M, the CFVP, 

and the EMP SIP revisions submitted by 

Illinois, because they satisfy serious SIP 

requirements of the CAA for the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago area. Finally, 

EPA proposed to approve a CAA section 

182(f) waiver from NOX RACT 

requirements for the Illinois portion of 

the Chicago area under the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS. An explanation of CAA 

requirements, a detailed analysis of how 

these requirements apply to the Illinois 

portion of the Chicago area, a discussion 

of how Illinois has met these 

requirements, and EPA’s reasons for 

proposing these actions were provided 

in the notice of proposed rulemaking 

and will not be restated here. 

II. Response to Public Comments 

EPA provided a 30-day review and 

comment period for the March 10, 2022, 

proposed rule. The comment period 

ended on April 11, 2022. We received 

one adverse comment from the 

Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources (WDNR) on our proposed 

approval of the CAA section 182(f) 

waiver from NOX RACT requirements. 

The adverse comment is summarized 

and addressed below. 


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