[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49878-49881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16931]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[TN-2000506; FRL-7952-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Knox County, Tennessee; Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated 
by Reference

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; notice of administrative change.

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SUMMARY: EPA is revising the format of part 52 of title 40 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (40 CFR part 52) for materials submitted by Knox 
County that are incorporated by reference (IBR)

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into the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations 
affected by this format change have all been previously submitted by 
the local agency and approved by EPA.
    This format revision will affect the ``Identification of Plan'' 
sections of 40 CFR part 52, by adding a table for the Knox County 
portion of the Tennessee SIP. This revision will also affect the format 
of the SIP materials that will be available for public inspection at 
the Office of Federal Register (OFR), the Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, and the Regional Office.

DATES: This action is effective August 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: SIP materials which are incorporated by reference into 40 
CFR part 52 are available for inspection at the following locations: 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, GA 30303; the EPA, Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center, Air Docket (Mail Code 6102T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this 
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacy DiFrank at the above Region 
4 address or at (404) 562-9042.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each state has a SIP containing the control 
measures and strategies used to attain and maintain the national 
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The SIP is extensive, containing 
such elements as air pollution control regulations, emission 
inventories, monitoring networks, attainment demonstrations, and 
enforcement mechanisms.
    Each state must formally adopt the control measures and strategies 
in the SIP after the public has had an opportunity to comment on them 
and then submit the SIP to EPA. Once these control measures and 
strategies are approved by EPA, after notice and comment, they are 
incorporated into the federally approved SIP and are identified in 40 
CFR part 52 ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans.'' The 
full text of the state regulation approved by EPA is not reproduced in 
its entirety in 40 CFR part 52, but is ``incorporated by reference.'' 
This means that EPA has approved a given state regulation with a 
specific effective date. The public is referred to the location of the 
full text version should they want to know which measures are contained 
in a given SIP. The information provided allows EPA and the public to 
monitor the extent to which a state implements a SIP to attain and 
maintain the NAAQS and to take enforcement action if necessary.
    The SIP is a living document which the state can revise as 
necessary to address the unique air pollution problems in the state. 
Therefore, EPA from time to time must take action on SIP revisions 
containing new and/or revised regulations as being part of the SIP. On 
May 22, 1997, (62 FR 27968), EPA revised the procedures for 
incorporating by reference (IBR), into the Code of Federal Regulations, 
materials submitted by states in their EPA-approved SIP revisions. 
These changes revised the format for the identification of the SIP in 
40 CFR part 52, streamlined the mechanisms for announcing EPA approval 
of revisions to a SIP, and streamlined the mechanisms for EPA's 
updating of the IBR information contained for each SIP in 40 CFR part 
52. Pursuant to these revised procedures, EPA is revising the format 
for the identification of the Knox County portion of the Tennessee SIP, 
appearing in 40 CFR part 52. EPA has previously revised the format for 
the identification of the Tennessee SIP and the Memphis Shelby County 
portion of the SIP.
    EPA has determined that today's action falls under the ``good 
cause'' exemption in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative 
Procedure Act (APA) which, upon finding ``good cause,'' authorizes 
agencies to dispense with public participation, and APA section 
553(d)(3) which allows an agency to make an action effective 
immediately (thereby avoiding the 30-day delayed effective date 
otherwise provided for in the APA). Today's administrative action 
simply codifies provisions which are already in effect as a matter of 
law in Federal and approved state programs. Under section 553 of the 
APA, an agency may find good cause where procedures are ``impractical, 
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' Public comment for 
this administrative action is ``unnecessary'' and ``contrary to the 
public interest'' since the codification only reflects existing law. 
Immediate notice of this action in the Federal Register benefits the 
public by providing the public notice of the Knox County portion of the 
Tennessee SIP in Tennessee's ``Identification of Plan'' portion of the 
Federal Register.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. General Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
administrative action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is 
therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. 
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a 
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. Because the 
agency has made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not 
subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the APA or any other 
statute as indicated in the Supplementary Information section above, it 
is not subject to the regulatory flexibility provisions of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or to sections 202 
and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 
104-4). In addition, this action does not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments or impose a significant intergovernmental 
mandate, as described in sections 203 and 204 of UMRA. This 
administrative action also does not have a substantial direct effect on 
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal 
government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities between the Federal government and Indian tribes, as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor 
will it have substantial direct effects on the states, on the 
relationship between the national government and the states, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999). This administrative action also is not subject to Executive 
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not 
economically significant. This administrative action does not involve 
technical standards; thus the requirements of section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 
272) do not apply. This administrative action also does not involve 
special consideration of environmental justice related issues as 
required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). This 
administrative action does not impose an information collection burden 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
EPA's compliance with these Statutes and Executive Orders for the 
underlying rules are discussed in previous actions

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taken on Knox County, Tennessee's rules.

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act (CRA) (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. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to 
make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the 
agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is 
impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. Today's 
administrative action simply codifies provisions which are already in 
effect as a matter of law in Federal and approved state programs. 5 
U.S.C. 808(2). These announced actions were effective when EPA approved 
them through previous rulemaking actions. 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 this action in the Federal 
Register. This revision to Knox County's portion of Tennessee's SIP in 
the ``Identification of Plan'' section of 40 CFR part 52 is not a 
``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    EPA has also determined that the provisions of section 307(b)(1) of 
the Clean Air Act pertaining to petitions for judicial review are not 
applicable to this action. This action is simply an announcement of 
prior rulemakings that have previously undergone notice and comment 
rulemaking. Prior EPA rulemaking actions for each individual component 
of the Knox County portion of the Tennessee SIP previously afforded 
interested parties the opportunity to file a petition for judicial 
review in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate 
circuit within 60 days of such rulemaking action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen 
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: August 4, 2005.
J.I. Palmer, Jr.,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart RR--Knox County, Tennessee

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2. Section 52.2220 is amended as follows:
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a. By revising paragraph (b); and
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b. Adding table 3 to paragraph (c) for Knox County, ``EPA Approved Knox 
County Regulations''.


Sec.  52.2220  Identification of plan.

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    (b) Incorporation by reference.
    (1) Material listed in paragraph (c) of this section with an EPA 
approval date prior to December 1, 1998, for Tennessee (Table 1 of the 
Tennessee State Implementation Plan), January 1, 2003, for Memphis 
Shelby County (Table 2 of the Memphis Shelby County portion of the 
Tennessee State Implementation Plan), and March 1, 2005, for Knox 
County (Table 3 of the Knox County portion of the Tennessee State 
Implementation Plan) and paragraph (d) of this section with an EPA 
approval date prior to December 1, 1998 was approved for incorporation 
by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 
5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Material is incorporated as it 
exists on the date of the approval, and notice of any change in the 
material will be published in the Federal Register. Entries in 
paragraph (c) of this section with EPA approval dates after December 1, 
1998, for Tennessee (Table 1 of the Tennessee State Implementation 
Plan), January 1, 2003, for Memphis Shelby County (Table 2 of the 
Memphis Shelby County portion of the Tennessee State Implementation 
Plan) and March 1, 2005, for Knox County (Table 3 of the Knox County 
portion of the Tennessee State Implementation Plan) and paragraph (d) 
of this section with an EPA approval date after December 1, 1998 will 
be incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.
    (2) EPA Region 4 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by 
EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this 
section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated State 
rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State 
implementation plan as of the dates referenced in paragraph (b)(1).
    (3) Copies of the materials incorporated by reference may be 
inspected at the Region 4 EPA Office at 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, GA 30303; the EPA, Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center, Air Docket (Mail Code 6102T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460 and the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this 
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    (c) * * *

                                                     Table 3.--EPA Approved Knox County, Regulations
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        State section                  Title/subject          effective              EPA approval date                          Explanation
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12.0.........................  Introduction................     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953                   ......................................
13.0.........................  Definitions.................     12/13/90  02/21/90, 55 FR 5985
14.0.........................  Ambient Air Quality              07/19/89  02/21/90, 55 FR 5985
                                Standards.
15.0.........................  Prohibitions of Air              06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
                                Pollution.
16.0.........................  Open Burning................     01/13/93  11/05/99, 64 FR 60348
17.0.........................  Regulation of Visible            10/13/93  11/01/94, 59 FR 54523
                                Emissions.
18.0.........................  Regulation of Non-Process        10/13/93  11/01/94, 59 FR 54523
                                Emissions.
19.0.........................  Regulation of Process            12/11/96  06/08/98, 63 FR 31121
                                Emissions.
20.0.........................  Regulation of Incinerators..     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
22.0.........................  Regulation of Fugitive Dust      06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
                                and Materials.
23.0.........................  Regulation of Hydrocarbon        06/16/72  10/28/72, 37 FR 23085
                                Emissions.
24.0.........................  Regulation of Airborne and       06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
                                Windborne Materials.
25.0.........................  Permits.....................     06/10/98  11/05/99, 64 FR 60348

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26.0.........................  Monitoring, Recording, and       06/10/92  04/28/93, 58 FR 25777
                                Reporting.
27.0.........................  Sampling and Testing Methods     06/10/92  04/28/93, 58 FR 25777
28.0.........................  Variances...................     06/10/92  04/28/93, 58 FR 25777
29.0.........................  Appeals.....................     05/25/94  12/26/95, 60 FR 66748
30.0.........................  Violations..................     01/10/96  03/26/97, 62 FR 14327
31.0.........................  Right of Entry..............     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
32.0.........................  Use of Evidence.............     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
33.0.........................  Confidentiality and              06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
                                Accessibility of Records.
34.0.........................  Malfunction of Equipment....     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
36.0.........................  Emergency Regulations.......     07/19/89  02/21/90, 55 FR 5985
37.0.........................  Separation of Emissions.....     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
38.0.........................  Combination of Emissions....     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
39.0.........................  Severability................     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
41.0.........................  Regulation for the Review of     06/18/86  08/03/89, 54 FR 31953
                                New Sources.
45.0.........................  Prevention of Significant        06/10/92  04/28/93, 58 FR 25776
                                Deterioration.
46.0.........................  Regulation of Volatile           11/10/98  11/03/99, 64 FR 59628
                                Organic Compounds.
47.0.........................  Good Engineering Practice        10/13/93  11/01/94, 59 FR 54523
                                Stack Height.
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