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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0268; FRL–9969– 

10—Region 7] 

Approval of Missouri Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Infrastructure 

SIP Requirements for the 2010 

Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving elements of 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision from the State of Missouri for 

the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). Section 110 of the CAA 

requires that each state adopt and 

submit a SIP for the implementation, 

maintenance, and enforcement of each 

new or revised NAAQS promulgated by 

EPA. These SIPs are commonly referred 

to as ‘‘infrastructure’’ SIPs. The 

infrastructure requirements are designed 

to ensure that the structural components 

of each state’s air quality management 

program are adequate to meet the state’s 

responsibilities under the CAA. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective December 11, 2017, without 

further notice, unless EPA receives 

adverse comment by November 13, 

2017. If EPA receives adverse comment, 

we will publish a timely withdrawal of 

the direct final rule in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2017–0268, to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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. 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: 

Tracey Casburn, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

(913) 551–7016, or by email at 

casburn.tracey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section 

provides additional information by 

addressing the following: 

I. What is being addressed in this document? 

II. Have the requirements for approval of a 

SIP revision been met? 

III. What action is EPA taking? 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is being addressed in this 

document? 

EPA is approving the revision as 

meeting the submittal requirement of 

section 110(a)(1). EPA is approving 

elements of the infrastructure SIP 

submission from the State of Missouri 

received on April 30, 2013. Specifically, 

EPA is approving the following 

elements of section 110(a)(2): (A) 

Through (H) (except (D)(i)(II)-protection 

of visibility (prong 4)), and (J) through 

(M). EPA is not acting on section 

110(a)(2)(I) as it does not expect 

infrastructure SIP submissions to 

address the element. EPA will act on 

prong 4 in a separate action. A 

Technical Support Document (TSD) is 

included in this docket to discuss the 

details of this action, including analysis 

of how the SIP meets the applicable 110 

requirements for infrastructure SIPs. 

II. Have the requirements for approval 

of a SIP revision been met? 

The state’s submission has met the 

public notice requirements for SIP 

submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 

51.102. The state held a public hearing 

on March 28, 2013 and a public 

comment period from February 25, 2013 

to April 4, 2013. EPA provided 

comments to the state on April 3, 2013, 

and were the only commenters. The 

state revised its proposed SIP in 

response to EPA’s comments and the 

revisions were contained in the SIP 

submitted to EPA on April 30, 2013. 

The submission satisfied the 

completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, 

appendix V. As explained in more detail 

in the TSD, which is part of this docket, 

the revision meets the substantive SIP 

requirements of the CAA, including 

section 110 and implementing 

regulations. 

III. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking direct final action to 

approve elements of the April 30, 2013, 

infrastructure SIP submission from the 

State of Missouri, which addresses the 

requirements of CAA sections 110(a)(1) 

and (2) as applicable to the 2010 NO2

NAAQS. As stated in above preamble, 

EPA is approving the revision as 

meeting the submittal requirement of 

section 110(a)(1) and approving the 

following elements of section 110(a)(2): 

(A) Through (H) (except (D)(i)(II)- 

protection of visibility (prong 4)), and (J) 

through (M). EPA is not acting on 

section 110(a)(2)(I) as it does not expect 

infrastructure SIP submissions to 

address the element. EPA will act on 

prong 4 in a separate action. 

Section 110(a)(2)(I) requires that in 

the case of a plan or plan revision for 

areas designated as nonattainment areas, 

states must meet applicable 

requirements of part D of the CAA, 

relating to SIP requirements for 

designated nonattainment areas. EPA 

does not expect infrastructure SIP 

submissions to address element (I). The 

specific SIP submissions for designated 

nonattainment areas, as required under 

CAA title I, part D, are subject to 

different submission schedules than 

those for section 110 infrastructure 

elements. EPA will take action on part 

D attainment plan SIP submissions 

through a separate rulemaking governed 

by the requirements for nonattainment 

areas, as described in part D. 

We are publishing this direct final 

rule without a prior proposed rule 

because we view this as a 

noncontroversial action and anticipate 

no adverse comment. However, in the 

‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of this issue 

of the Federal Register, we are 

publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposed rule to 

approve the SIP revision if adverse 

comments are received on this direct 

final rule. We will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. For further 

information about commenting on this 

rule, see the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. If EPA receives adverse 

comment, we will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register 

informing the public that this direct 

final rule will not take effect. We will 

address all public comments in any 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. 


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IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

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

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

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

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

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). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Cathy Stepp, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR part 

52 as set forth below: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart—AA Missouri 

■ 2. Amend § 52.1320 in the table in 

paragraph (e) by adding an entry for 

‘‘(64) Sections 110 (a)(1) and 110(a)(2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 

Nitrogen Dioxide NAAQS’’ in numerical 

order to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI NONREGULATORY SIP PROVISIONS

Name of non-regulatory SIP revision 

Applicable 

geographic or 

nonattainment 

area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA Approval 

date Explanation 

*******

(64) Sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 

2010 Nitrogen Dioxide NAAQS.

Statewide ............... 4/30/13 10/11/2017 [Insert 

Federal Register 

citation].

This action approves the following CAA 

elements: 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2)(A), 

(B), (C), (D)(i)(I), (D)(i)(II)-prong 3, 

(D)(ii), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), (L), 

and (M). 110(a)(2)(I) is not applicable. [EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0268; 

FRL–XXXX—Region 7.] 

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47 CFR Part 2 and 27 

[GN Docket No. 12–268: DA 17–887] 

Expanding the Economic and 

Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum 

Through Incentive Auctions 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission modifies the Table of 

Frequency Allocations (Allocations 

Table) in of its rules, as well as 

modifying four of its rules, to conform 

them to the results of the broadcast 

television incentive auction. This action 

ensures that the Commission’s rules 

accurately reflect revisions that 

occurred because of that auction. 

DATES: Effective November 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Mooring, Office of Engineering and 


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