Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 192 / Thursday, October 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules 46453 

Dated: September 29, 2017. 

Samuel Coleman, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21491 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52 and 70 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0485; FRL 9968–77– 

Region 7] 

Approval of Nebraska’s Air Quality 

Implementation Plan, Operating 

Permits Program, and 112(l) Program; 

Revision to Nebraska Administrative 

Code 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the State Implementation 

Plan (SIP), Operating Permits Program, 

and 112(l) program submitted on July 

14, 2014, by the State of Nebraska. This 

action amends the SIP to revise two 

chapters, ‘‘Definitions’’ and ‘‘Operating 

Permit Modifications; Reopening for 

Cause’’. Specifically, these revisions 

incorporate by reference the list of 

organic compounds exempt from the 

definition of volatile organic compound 

(VOC) found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations; notification requirements 

for the operating permit program are 

being amended to be consistent with the 

Federal operating permit program 

requirements; the definition of ‘‘solid 

waste’’ is being revised by the state, 

however, because the state’s definition 

is inconsistent with the Federal 

definition, EPA is not approving this 

definition into the SIP. Finally, the state 

is extending the process of ‘‘off-permit 

changes’’ to Class I operating permits. 

Additional grammatical and editorial 

changes are being made in this revision. 

Approval of these revisions will not 

impact air quality, ensures consistency 

between the State and Federallyapproved rules, and ensures Federal 

enforceability of the State’s rules. In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register, we are approving 

these two chapters as a direct final rule 

without a prior proposed rule. If we 

receive no adverse comment, we will 

not take further action on this proposed 

rule. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2017–0485, to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

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

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Crable, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Air Planning and Development 

Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551– 

7391, or by email at crable.gregory@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Nebraska’s 

July 14, 2014, submittal included 

revisions to Chapters 1, 4, 15, 18, 20, 28 

and 34 of title 129. In previous direct 

final actions, EPA approved revisions to 

chapter 4 ‘‘Ambient Air Quality 

Standards’’ on October 11, 2016 (81 FR 

70023), and chapter 34 ‘‘Emission 

Sources; Testing; Monitoring’’ on 

October 7, 2016 (81 FR 69693). 

This document proposes to take 

action on chapter 1, ‘‘Definitions’’, and 

chapter 15, ‘‘Operating Permit 

Modifications; Reopening for Cause’’. 

Revisions to chapter 1 ‘‘Definitions’’ 

involve various grammatical and 

numerical edits. In addition, section 160 

of chapter 1 contains a definition of 

VOC that provides exceptions to the 

definition based upon a list of organic 

compounds, which have been 

determined to have negligible 

photochemical reactivity. The revision 

removes the list of VOC exceptions at 

section 160, and instead references the 

list in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Revisions to title 129, chapter 1, section 

139 change the notification 

requirements for ‘‘Section 502(b)(10) 

changes’’ making it consistent with the 

Federal operating permit program. And 

finally, Nebraska’s requested revisions 

to the chapter 1 definition of ‘‘solid 

waste’’ are inconsistent with the Federal 

definition. For that reason, EPA is not 

approving the State’s revised ‘‘solid 

waste’’ definition into the SIP. 

The proposed part 70 revision to 

chapter 15 extends ‘‘off-permit 

changes’’, to Class I and II operating 

permits as allowed under the Federal 

program. Additional changes ensure 

that chapter 15 conforms to the 

applicable Federal regulations, 

including updating section 007, which 

allows changes in a permitted facility 

without a permit revision if certain 

criteria is met. Finally, revisions to 

chapter 15 shorten notice periods under 

certain circumstances when changing 

Class I and II operating permits, and are 

making various grammatical revisions 

for clarity purposes. 

Chapter 18 is not a part of the State’s 

approved SIP, and will be addressed 

through a separate future rulemaking 

process under the CAA section 111(d). 

EPA has elected to address changes to 

chapter 20 with a future SIP revision. 

Chapter 28 is not a part of the State’s 

approved SIP and therefore, no action is 

required by the EPA. 

We have published a direct final rule 

approving the State’s SIP revision(s) in 

the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

this Federal Register, because we view 

this as a noncontroversial action and 

anticipate no relevant adverse comment. 

We have explained our reasons for this 

action in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. If we receive no adverse comment, 

we will not take further action on this 

proposed rule. If we receive adverse 

comment, we will withdraw the direct 

final rule and it will not take effect. We 

would address all public comments in 

any subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. We do not intend to 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting must do so at this time. For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this document. 

List of Subjects 

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. 

40 CFR Part 70 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS
46454 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 192 / Thursday, October 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules 

relations, Operating permits, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 25, 2017. 

Cathy Stepp, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21391 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R09–RCRA–2017–0523; FRL–9968– 

85–Region 9] 

Arizona: Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Arizona has applied to the 

EPA for final authorization of changes to 

its hazardous waste program under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). These changes correspond 

to certain federal rules promulgated 

between May 26, 1998 and July 28, 2006 

(also known as RCRA Cluster VIII 

(checklist 167D) and Clusters IX through 

XVII). EPA has reviewed Arizona’s 

application with regards to federal 

requirements and is proposing to 

authorize the state’s changes. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

be received by November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R09–RCRA–2017–0523 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

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

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. You may also 

view Arizona’s application by 

contacting the Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality Records Center 

at 602–771–4380, Monday through 

Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Amaro, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 9, Land 

Division, 75 Hawthorne Street (LND–1– 

1), San Francisco, CA 94105, phone 

number: 415–972–3364, email: 

amaro.laurie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Why are revisions to state programs 

necessary? 

States which have received final 

authorization from EPA under RCRA 

section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must 

maintain a hazardous waste program 

that is equivalent to, consistent with, 

and no less stringent than the federal 

program. As the federal program 

changes, states must change their 

programs and ask EPA to authorize the 

changes. Changes to state programs may 

be necessary when federal or state 

statutory or regulatory authority is 

modified or when certain other changes 

occur. Most commonly, states must 

change their programs because of 

changes to EPA’s regulations in 40 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124, 

260 through 268, 270, 273, and 279. 

B. What decisions has EPA made in this 

rule? 

EPA concludes that Arizona’s 

application to revise its authorized 

program meets all statutory and 

regulatory requirements established by 

RCRA, as set forth in RCRA section 

3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), and 40 CFR 

part 271. Therefore, EPA proposes to 

grant Arizona final authorization to 

operate as part of its hazardous waste 

program the changes listed below in 

Section F of this document, as further 

described in the authorization 

application. 

Arizona has responsibility for 

permitting treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities within its borders 

(except in Indian country) and for 

carrying out the aspects of the RCRA 

program described in its revised 

program application, subject to the 

limitations of the Hazardous and Solid 

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). 

C. What is the effect of today’s 

authorization decision? 

The effect of this decision is that the 

changes described in Arizona’s 

authorization application will become 

part of the authorized state hazardous 

waste program, and therefore will be 

federally enforceable. Arizona will 

continue to have primary enforcement 

authority and responsibility for its state 

hazardous waste program. EPA retains 

its authorities under RCRA sections 

3007, 3008, 3013, and 7003, including 

its authority to: 

• Conduct inspections, and require 

monitoring, tests, analyses or reports; 

• Enforce RCRA requirements, 

including authorized state program 

requirements, and suspend or revoke 

permits; and 

• Take enforcement actions regardless 

of whether the state has taken its own 

actions. 

This action does not impose 

additional requirements on the 

regulated community because the 

regulations for which Arizona is being 

authorized by today’s action are already 

effective, and are not changed by today’s 

action. 

D. What happens if EPA receives 

comments that oppose this proposed 

action? 

EPA will consider all comments 

received during the comment period 

and address all such comments in a 

final rule. You may not have another 

opportunity to comment. If you want to 

comment on this authorization, you 

must do so at this time. 

E. For what has Arizona previously 

been authorized? 

Arizona initially received final 

authorization on November 20, 1985 to 

implement its base hazardous waste 

management program. Arizona received 

authorization for revisions to its 

program on August 6, 1991 (56 FR 

37290 effective October 7, 1991), July 

13, 1992 (57 FR 30905 effective 

September 11, 1992), November 23, 

1992 (57 FR 54932 effective January 22, 

1993), October 27, 1993 (58 FR 57745 

effective December 27, 1993), July18, 

1995 (60 FR 36731 effective June 12, 

1995), March 7, 1997 (62 FR 10464 

effective May 6, 1997), October 28, 1998 

(63 FR 57605–57608 effective December 

28, 1998), and March 17, 2004 (69 FR 

12544 effective March 17, 2004), 

originally published on October 27, 

2000 (65 FR 64369). 

F. What changes is EPA authorizing 

with today’s action? 

Arizona submitted a final complete 

program revision application to EPA 

dated July 14, 2017 seeking 

authorization of changes to its 

hazardous waste program that 

correspond to certain federal rules 

promulgated between May 26, 1998 and 

July 28, 2006 (also known as RCRA 

Cluster VIII (Checklist 167D only) and 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS