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Executive Order to include regulations 

that have ‘‘substantial direct effects on 

one or more Indian tribes, on the 

relationship between the Federal 

government and the Indian tribes, or on 

the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

government and Indian Tribes.’’ 

The EPA has identified tribal areas 

within three of the nonattainment areas 

covered by this proposed rule, that 

would be potentially affected by this 

rule. Specifically, as discussed in 

section I.D, the Butte County, Calaveras 

County, and Tuolumne County 

nonattainment areas addressed in this 

proposal have tribes located within their 

boundaries. A full list of impacted tribes 

is included in section I.D and in the 

TSD for this action. 

The EPA has concluded that the 

proposed rule may have tribal 

implications for these tribes for the 

purposes of Executive Order 13175, but 

would not impose substantial direct 

costs upon the tribes, nor would it 

preempt tribal law. If we finalize the 

determinations of attainment by the 

attainment date proposed in this notice, 

these determinations would also apply 

on tribal lands within the 

nonattainment areas. The nonattainment 

areas, including the tribal lands within 

the nonattainment areas, would remain 

designated nonattainment and would 

retain their existing classifications. 

The EPA intends to notify the 

potentially affected tribes located within 

the boundaries of the nonattainment 

areas addressed in this proposal. 

Because our proposed action, if 

finalized, would not change the tribe’s 

existing nonattainment designation or 

classification, we do not intend to offer 

government-to-government consultation 

on this proposal, however, we will 

initiate government-to-government 

consultation at the request of any of the 

tribes. 

G. Executive Order 13045, Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not concern an 

environmental health risk or safety risk. 

H. Executive Order 13211, Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This proposed action is not subject to 

Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, 

May 22, 2001) because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

This rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Population 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12898 (59 FR 

7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 

make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. Upon 

review, the EPA did not identify any 

particular facts or circumstances that 

would indicate this action will have 

potential disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority, low-income, or 

indigenous populations. Upon review, 

the EPA did not identify any particular 

facts or circumstances that would 

indicate this action will have potential 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority, low-income, or indigenous 

populations. 

Furthermore, with respect to the 

determinations of whether areas have 

attained the NAAQS by the attainment 

date, the EPA has no discretionary 

authority to address environmental 

justice in these determinations. The 

CAA directs that within 6 months 

following the applicable attainment 

date, the Administrator shall determine, 

based on the area’s design value as of 

the attainment date, whether the area 

attained the standard by that date. CAA 

section 181(b)(2)(A). Except for any 

Severe or Extreme area, any area that the 

Administrator finds has not attained the 

standard by that date shall be 

reclassified by operation of law to either 

the next higher classification or the 

classification applicable to the area’s 

design value. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Designations and 

classifications, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen oxides, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements and 

Volatile organic compounds. 

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

Dated: July 8, 2022. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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[EPA–R09–OAR–2021–0584; FRL–9939–01– 

R9] 

Air Quality Implementation Plan; 

California; Tuolumne County Air 

Pollution Control District; Stationary 

Source Permits 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

revision to the Tuolumne County Air 

Pollution Control District’s (TCAPCD or 

‘‘District’’) portion of the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). This 

revision governs the District’s issuance 

of permits for stationary sources, and 

focuses on the preconstruction review 

and permitting of major sources and 

major modifications under part D of title 

I of the Clean Air Act (CAA or ‘‘the 

Act’’). We are taking comments on this 

proposal and plan to follow with a final 

action. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2021–0584 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

R9AirPermits@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

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1CAA section 172(b) and 40 CFR 51.914. 

2 80 FR 12264, 12265 (March 6, 2015). 

3The EPA’s determination that the Tuolumne 

County area had attained the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS by the applicable attainment date 

suspended the requirements to submit those SIP 

elements related to attainment of these NAAQS for 

so long as the area continues to attain but did not 

suspend the requirement to submit an NNSR 

program. 40 CFR 51.918; see also 77 FR 71551 (Dec. 

3, 2012) (noting that the EPA’s attainment 

determination does not redesignate the area to 

attainment or relax control requirements). 

4 40 CFR 51.1314. 

5The NNSR requirements applicable to Moderate 

ozone nonattainment areas are identical to those 

that apply to Marginal ozone nonattainment areas, 

except that Moderate nonattainment areas are 

subject to a more stringent offset ratio than Marginal 

nonattainment areas. CAA sections 182(a)(2)(C) 

(requiring permit programs consistent with CAA 

sections 172(c)(5) and 173 for ozone nonattainment 

areas), 182(a)(4) (establishing 1.1 to 1 offset ratio for 

Marginal nonattainment areas), and 182(b)(5) 

(establishing 1.15 to 1 offset ratio for Moderate 

nonattainment areas) and 40 CFR 51.165. 

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, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI and multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. If you need 

assistance in a language other than 

English or if you are a person with 

disabilities who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Batchelder, EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 

94105; by phone: (415) 947–4174, or by 

email to batchelder.amber@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, the terms 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rule did the State submit? 

B. Are there other versions of this rule? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rule? 

II. The EPA’s Evaluation 

A. What is the background for this 

proposal? 

B. How is the EPA evaluating the rule? 

C. Does the rule meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

III. Proposed Action and Public Comment 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rule did the State submit? 

Table 1 lists the rule addressed by this 

proposal, including the date on which it 

was adopted by the District and the date 

on which it was submitted to the EPA 

by the California Air Resources Board 

(CARB or ‘‘the State’’). The TCAPCD is 

the air pollution control agency for 

Tuolumne County in California. 

TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULE

Local agency Rule # Rule title Adopted Submitted 

TCAPCD ........... 429 Federal New Source Review ................................................................... 07/06/21 08/03/21 

For areas designated nonattainment 

for one or more National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS), the 

applicable SIP must include 

preconstruction review and permitting 

requirements for new or modified major 

stationary sources of such 

nonattainment pollutant(s) under part D 

of title I of the Act, commonly referred 

to as Nonattainment New Source 

Review (NNSR). The rule listed in Table 

1 contains the District’s NNSR permit 

program applicable to new and 

modified major sources located in areas 

designated nonattainment for the 1997 

and 2015 ozone NAAQS. 

On February 3, 2022, the submittal for 

Rule 429 was deemed by operation of 

law to meet the completeness criteria in 

40 CFR part 51 Appendix V, which 

must be met before formal EPA review. 

B. Are there other versions of this rule? 

There are no previous versions of 

Rule 429 in the SIP. 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rule? 

Rule 429 is intended to address the 

CAA’s statutory and regulatory 

requirements for NNSR permit programs 

for major sources emitting 

nonattainment air pollutants and their 

precursors. 

II. The EPA’s Evaluation 

A. What is the background for this 

proposal? 

The EPA’s April 2004 designation of 

Tuolumne County as a nonattainment 

area for the 1997 8-hour ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) triggered the requirement for 

the District to develop and submit an 

NNSR program to the EPA for SIP 

approval.1 Although the EPA revoked 

the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS effective 

April 6, 2015,2 the NNSR requirements 

applicable to Tuolumne County based 

on its designation and classification for 

the revoked 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS 

remain applicable in order to prevent 

future emissions from new and 

modified major stationary sources from 

increasing beyond the levels allowed, 

based on the area’s prior designation 

and classification for the 1997 ozone 

NAAQS. Thus, because Tuolumne 

County was designated and classified as 

Moderate nonattainment for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS, the District’s NNSR 

program must satisfy the NNSR 

requirements applicable to Moderate 

ozone nonattainment areas, including 

the offset ratios identified in CAA 

section 182(b)(5).3 Tuolumne County is 

also designated and classified as 

Marginal nonattainment for the 2015 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS and, therefore, 

subject to the NNSR requirements 

applicable to Marginal ozone 

nonattainment areas.4 Submission of an 

NNSR program that satisfies the 

requirements of the Act and the EPA’s 

regulations for Moderate ozone 

nonattainment areas, however, would 

satisfy the NNSR program requirements 

for Marginal ozone nonattainment 

areas.5

Additional information regarding the 

District’s nonattainment status for each 

pollutant is included in our Technical 

Support Document (TSD), which may be 

found in the docket for this rule. 

B. How is the EPA evaluating the rule? 

The EPA reviewed Rule 429 for 

compliance with CAA requirements for: 

(1) stationary source preconstruction 

permitting programs as set forth in CAA 

part D, including CAA sections 172(c)(5) 

and 173; (2) the review and 

modification of major sources in 

accordance with 40 CFR 51.160–51.165 

as applicable in Moderate ozone 

nonattainment areas; (3) the review of 

new major stationary sources or major 

modifications in a designated 

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6CAA section 110(a)(2)(A) requires that 

regulations submitted to the EPA for SIP approval 

be clear and legally enforceable, and CAA section 

110(a)(2)(E)(i) requires that states have adequate 

personnel, funding, and authority under state law 

to carry out their proposed SIP revisions. 

7Per CAA section 110(l), SIP revisions are subject 

to reasonable notice and public hearing prior to 

adoption and submittal by states to the EPA. 

Additionally, CAA section 110(l) prohibits the EPA 

from approving any SIP revision that would 

interfere with any applicable requirement 

concerning attainment and reasonable further 

progress, or any other applicable requirement of the 

CAA. 

8CAA section 193 prohibits the modification of 

any SIP-approved control requirement in effect 

before November 15, 1990 in a nonattainment area 

unless the modification ensures equivalent or 

greater emission reductions of the relevant 

pollutants. 

impact on visibility in any mandatory 

Class I Federal Area in accordance with 

40 CFR 51.307; (4) SIPs in general as set 

forth in CAA section 110(a)(2), 

including 110(a)(2)(A) and 

110(a)(2)(E)(i); 6 and (5) SIP revisions as 

set forth in CAA section 110(l) and 

193.7 8 Our review evaluated the 

submittal for compliance with the 

NNSR requirements applicable to 

Moderate ozone nonattainment areas, 

and ensured that the submittal 

addressed the NNSR requirements for 

the 1997 and 2015 ozone NAAQS. 

C. Does the rule meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

With respect to procedural 

requirements, CAA sections 110(a)(2) 

and 110(l) require that revisions to a SIP 

be adopted by the state after reasonable 

notice and public hearing. Based on our 

review of the public process 

documentation included in the August 

3, 2021 submittal of Rule 429, we find 

that the District has provided sufficient 

evidence of public notice, opportunity 

for comment, and a public hearing prior 

to adoption and submittal of these rules 

to the EPA. 

With respect to the substantive 

requirements found in CAA sections 

172(c)(5) and 173, and 40 CFR 51.160– 

51.165, we have evaluated Rule 429 in 

accordance with the applicable CAA 

and regulatory requirements that apply 

to NNSR permit programs under part D 

of title I of the Act for all relevant ozone 

NAAQS, including the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS. We find that Rule 429 satisfies 

these requirements as they apply to 

sources subject to the NNSR permit 

program requirements applicable to 

Moderate ozone nonattainment areas. 

We have also determined that this rule 

satisfies the related visibility 

requirements in 40 CFR 51.307. In 

addition, we have determined that Rule 

429 satisfies the requirement in CAA 

section 110(a)(2)(A) that requires 

regulations submitted to the EPA for SIP 

approval be clear and legally 

enforceable, and we have determined 

that the submittal demonstrates, in 

accordance with CAA section 

110(a)(2)(E)(i), that the District has 

adequate personnel, funding, and 

authority under state law to carry out 

these proposed SIP revisions. 

Regarding the additional substantive 

requirements of CAA sections 110(l) and 

193, our action will result in a more 

stringent SIP, while not relaxing any 

existing provision contained in the SIP. 

We have concluded that our action 

would comply with section 110(l) 

because our approval of Rule 429 will 

not interfere with any applicable 

requirement concerning attainment and 

reasonable further progress, or any other 

CAA applicable requirement. In 

addition, our approval of Rule 429 will 

not relax any pre-November 15, 1990 

requirement in the SIP, and therefore 

changes to the SIP resulting from this 

action ensure greater or equivalent 

emission reductions of ozone and its 

precursors in the District. Accordingly, 

we have concluded that our action is 

consistent with the requirements of 

CAA section 193. 

III. Proposed Action and Public 

Comment 

As authorized in sections 110(k)(3) 

and 301(a) of the Act, the EPA is 

proposing to approve the submitted rule 

because it fulfills the relevant CAA 

requirements, and strengthens the SIP. 

We have concluded that our approval of 

the submitted rule would comply with 

the relevant provisions of CAA sections 

110(a)(2), 110(l), 172(c)(5), 173, and 193, 

40 CFR 51.160–51.165, and 40 CFR 

51.307. 

If finalized as proposed, our action 

will be codified through revisions to 40 

CFR 52.220 (Identification of plan-in 

part). In conjunction with the EPA’s SIP 

approval of the District’s visibility 

provisions for sources subject to the 

NNSR program as meeting the relevant 

requirements of 40 CFR 51.307, this 

action would also revise the regulatory 

provision at 40 CFR 52.281(d) 

concerning the applicability of the 

visibility Federal Implementation Plan 

(FIP) at 40 CFR 52.28 as it pertains to 

California, to provide that this FIP does 

not apply to sources subject to review 

under the District’s SIP-approved NNSR 

program. 

We will accept comments from the 

public on this proposal until August 15, 

2022. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is proposing to 

include in a final EPA rule regulatory 

text that includes incorporation by 

reference. In accordance with 

requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is 

proposing to incorporate by reference 

the District rule described in Section 

I.A. of this preamble. The EPA has 

made, and will continue to make, these 

materials available through 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at the EPA Region IX Office (please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this preamble for more information). 

V. 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 Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this 

proposed action merely proposes to 

approve state law as meeting federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this proposed 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 the EPA with the 

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disproportionate human health or 

environmental effects with practical, 

appropriate, 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 the 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, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: July 7, 2022. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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AGENCY 

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R1] 

Connecticut: Final Approval of State 

Underground Storage Tank Program 

Revisions, Codification, and 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA 

or Act), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the State of Connecticut’s 

Underground Storage Tank (UST) 

program submitted by the Connecticut 

Department of Energy and 

Environmental Protection (CT DEEP). 

This action is based on EPA’s 

determination that these revisions 

satisfy all requirements needed for 

program approval. This action also 

proposes to codify EPA’s approval of 

Connecticut’s State program and to 

incorporate by reference those 

provisions of the State regulations that 

we have determined meet the 

requirements for approval. The 

provisions will be subject to EPA’s 

inspection and enforcement authorities 

under sections 9005 and 9006 of RCRA 

subtitle I and other applicable statutory 

and regulatory provisions. 

DATES: Send written comments by 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments, 

identified by EPA–R01–UST–2022– 

0269, by one of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: beland.andrea@epa.gov. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–UST–2022– 

0269. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov, or email. The 

Federal https://www.regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send an 

email comment directly to EPA without 

going through https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties, and cannot 

contact you for clarification, EPA may 

not be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. EPA encourages electronic 

submittals, but if you are unable to 

submit electronically, please reach out 

to the EPA contact person listed in the 

notice for assistance. You can view and 

copy the documents that form the basis 

for this codification and associated 

publicly available materials either 

through www.regulations.gov or at the 

EPA Region 1 Office, 5 Post Office 

Square, 1st floor, Boston, MA 02109– 

3912. The facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays and facility 

closures due to COVID–19. We 

recommend that you telephone Andrea 

Beland, RCRA Waste Management, UST, 

and Pesticides Section, at (617) 918– 

1313, before visiting the Region 1 office. 

Interested persons wanting to examine 

these documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least two 

weeks in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Beland, (617) 918–1313, 

beland.andrea@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule published in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Authority: This rule is issued under the 

authority of Sections 2002(a), 9004, and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912, 6991c, 6991d, and 

6991e. 

Dated: June 30, 2022. 

David W. Cash, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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R3] 

Delaware: Final Approval of State 

Underground Storage Tank Program 

Revisions, Codification, and 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act of 1965, as amended 

(commonly known as the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

(RCRA)), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to Delaware’s Underground 

Storage Tank (UST) program submitted 

by Delaware (State). This action is based 

on EPA’s determination that these 

revisions satisfy all requirements 

needed for program approval. This 

action also proposes to codify EPA’s 

approval of Delaware’s state program 

and to incorporate by reference (IBR) 

those provisions of Delaware’s 

regulations and statutes that we have 

determined meet the requirements for 

approval. The provisions will be subject 

to EPA’s inspection and enforcement 

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