Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0595-0032
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2019-03-11T04:00Z

Redline of Amendments to 40 CFR 51.121 and 51.122
                                       
Support Document for Final Update to NOX SIP Call Regulations, EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0595
                        EPA Clean Air Markets Division
                                 December 2018
                                       
Note: While EPA has taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this redline-strikeout document, it is not an official version of the regulations. For the official text of the amendatory language finalized in this action, please see the final rule published in the Federal Register, also available in the docket for this action. For the official regulatory text as amended, please see a future edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

§ 51.121   Findings and requirements for submission of State implementation plan revisions relating to emissions of nitrogen oxides. 
   (a)
      (1) The Administrator finds that the State implementation plan (SIP) for each jurisdiction listed in paragraph (c) of this section is substantially inadequate to comply with the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), because the SIP does not include adequate provisions to prohibit sources and other activities from emitting nitrogen oxides ("NOX") in amounts that will contribute significantly to nonattainment in one or more other States with respect to the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Each of the jurisdictions listed in paragraph (c) of this section must submit to EPA a SIP revision that cures the inadequacy. 
      (2) [Reserved] 
      (3) As used in this section, these terms shall have the following meanings:
         Nitrogen oxides or NOX means all oxides of nitrogen except nitrous oxide (N2O), reported on an equivalent molecular weight basis as nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
         Ozone season means the period from May 1 through September 30 of a year. 
         Phase I SIP submission means a SIP revision submitted by a State on or before October 30, 2000 in compliance with paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section to limit projected NOX emissions during the ozone season from sources in the relevant portion or all of the State, as applicable, to no more than the State's Phase I NOX ozone season budget under paragraph (e) of this section. 
         Phase II SIP submission means a SIP revision submitted by a State in compliance with paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section to limit projected NOX emissions during the ozone season from sources in the relevant portion or all of the State, as applicable, to no more than the State's final NOX ozone season budget under paragraph (e) of this section. 
   (b)
      (1) For each jurisdiction listed in paragraph (c) of this section, each SIP revision required under paragraph (a) of this section will contain adequate provisions, for purposes of complying with section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), only if the SIP revision: 
         (i) Contains control measures adequate to prohibit emissions of NOX that would otherwise be projected, in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section, to cause the jurisdiction's overall NOX emissions during the ozone season to be in excess of the applicable NOX ozone season budget for that jurisdiction described in paragraph (e) of this section; 
         (ii) Requires full implementation of all such control measures by no later than May 31, 2004 for the sources covered by a Phase I SIP submission and May 1, 2007 for the sources covered by a Phase II SIP submission; and 
         (iii) Meets the other requirements of this section. The SIP revision's compliance with the requirement of paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section shall be considered compliance with the jurisdiction's NOX ozone season budget for purposes of this section. 
      (2) [Reserved] 
         
         
            
            
            
            
            
               
                  
                  
               
                  
                  
   (c) The following jurisdictions (hereinafter referred to as "States") are subject to the requirement of this section: 
      (1) Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 
      (2) The portions of Alabama, Michigan, and Missouri within the fine grid of the OTAG modeling domain. The fine grid is the area encompassed by a box with the following geographic coordinates: Southwest Corner, 92 degrees West longitude and 32 degrees North latitude; and Northeast Corner, 69.5 degrees West longitude and 44 degrees North latitude. 
   (d) 
      (1) [Reserved] 
      (2) Each SIP submission under this section must comply with § 51.103 (regarding submission of plans). 
         
         
   (e)
      (1) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this section, the NOX ozone season budget for a State listed in paragraph (c) of this section is defined as the total amount of NOX emissions from all sources in that State, as indicated in paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section with respect to that State, which the State must demonstrate that it will not exceed in the 2007 ozone season pursuant to paragraph (g)(1) of this section. 
      (2)
         (i) The State-by-State amounts of the  Phase I and final NOX ozone season budgets, expressed in tons, are listed in Table 1 to Paragraph (e)(2)(i) -- State NOX Ozone Season Budgets: 
            Table 1 to Paragraph (e)(2)(i) -- State NOX Ozone Season Budgets
                                     State
                 Phase I NOX ozone season budget (2004 - 2006)
              Final NOX ozone season budget (2007 and thereafter)
                                    Alabama
                                    124,795
                                    119,827
                                  Connecticut
                                    42,891
                                    42,850
                                   Delaware
                                    23,522
                                    22,862
                             District of Columbia
                                     6,658
                                     6,657
                                   Illinois
                                    278,146
                                    271,091
                                    Indiana
                                    234,625
                                    230,381
                                   Kentucky
                                    165,075
                                    162,519
                                   Maryland
                                    82,727
                                    81,947
                                 Massachusetts
                                    85,871
                                    84,848
                                   Michigan
                                    191,941
                                    190,908
                                   Missouri
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                                    61,406
                                  New Jersey
                                    95,882
                                    96,876
                                   New York
                                    241,981
                                    240,322
                                North Carolina
                                    171,332
                                    165,306
                                     Ohio
                                    252,282
                                    249,541
                                 Pennsylvania
                                    268,158
                                    257,928
                                 Rhode Island
                                     9,570
                                     9,378
                                South Carolina
                                    127,756
                                    123,496
                                   Tennessee
                                    201,163
                                    198,286
                                   Virginia
                                    186,689
                                    180,521
                                 West Virginia
                                    85,045
                                    83,921
                                       

                                       
         (ii) 
            (A) For purposes of paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section, in the case of each State listed in paragraphs (e)(2)(ii)(B) through (E) of this section, the NOX ozone season budget is defined as the total amount of NOX emissions from all sources in the specified counties in that State, as indicated in paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section with respect to the State, which the State must demonstrate that it will not exceed in the 2007 ozone season pursuant to paragraph (g)(1) of this section. 
            (B) In the case of Alabama, the counties are: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston. 
            (C) [Reserved] 
            (D) In the case of Michigan, the counties are: Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Mecosta, Midland, Monroe, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, and Wayne. 
            (E) In the case of Missouri, the counties are: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Clark, Crawford, Dent, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Montgomery, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Ste. Genevieve, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne. 
      
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
      
         
         
         
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
         
            
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
               
               
                  
                  
                  
                  
               
      
         
         
         
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
         
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
         
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
         
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
   (f) Each SIP revision must set forth control measures to meet the NOX ozone season budget in accordance with paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, which include the following: 
      (1) A description of enforcement methods including, but not limited to: 
         (i) Procedures for monitoring compliance with each of the selected control measures; 
         (ii) Procedures for handling violations; and 
         (iii) A designation of agency responsibility for enforcement of implementation. 
      (2) Should a State elect to impose control measures on fossil fuel-fired NOX sources serving electric generators with a nameplate capacity greater than 25 MWe or boilers, combustion turbines or combined cycle units with a maximum design heat input greater than 250 mmBtu/hr as a means of meeting its NOX ozone season budget, then those measures must: 
         (i)
            (A) Impose a NOX mass emissions cap on each source; 
            (B) Impose a NOX emissions rate limit on each source and assume maximum operating capacity for every such source for purposes of estimating NOX mass emissions; or 
            (C) Impose any other regulatory requirement which the State has demonstrated to EPA provides equivalent or greater assurance than options in paragraphs (f)(2)(i)(A) or (f)(2)(i)(B) of this section that the State will comply with its NOX ozone season budget in the 2007 ozone season; and 
         (ii) Impose enforceable mechanisms, in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section, to assure that collectively all such sources, including new or modified units, will not exceed in the 2007 ozone season the total NOX emissions projected for such sources by the State pursuant to paragraph (g) of this section. 
      (3) For purposes of paragraph (f)(2) of this section, the term "fossil fuel-fired" means, with regard to a NOX source: 
         (i) The combustion of fossil fuel, alone or in combination with any other fuel, where fossil fuel actually combusted comprises more than 50 percent of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during any year starting in 1995 or, if a NOX source had no heat input starting in 1995, during the last year of operation of the NOX source prior to 1995; or 
         (ii) The combustion of fossil fuel, alone or in combination with any other fuel, where fossil fuel is projected to comprise more than 50 percent of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during any year; provided that the NOX source shall be "fossil fuel-fired" as of the date, during such year, on which the NOX source begins combusting fossil fuel. 
   (g)
      (1) Each SIP revision must demonstrate that the control measures contained in it are adequate to provide for the timely compliance with the State's NOX ozone season budget during the 2007 ozone season. 
      (2) The demonstration must include the following: 
         (i) Each revision must contain a detailed baseline inventory of NOX mass emissions during the ozone season from the following sources in the year 2007, absent the control measures specified in the SIP submission: electric generating units (EGU), nonelectric generating units (non-EGU), area, nonroad and highway sources. The State must use the same baseline emissions inventory that EPA used in calculating the State's NOX ozone season budget, except that EPA may direct the State to use different baseline inventory information if the State fails to certify that it has implemented all of the control measures assumed in developing the baseline inventory. 
         (ii) [Reserved] 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
         (iii) Each revision must contain a summary of NOX mass emissions during the ozone season in 2007 projected to result from implementation of each of the control measures specified in the SIP submission and from all NOX sources together following implementation of all such control measures, compared to the baseline 2007 NOX emissions inventory for the State described in paragraph (g)(2)(i) of this section. The State must provide EPA with a summary of the computations, assumptions, and judgments used to determine the degree of reduction in projected 2007 NOX emissions that will be achieved from the implementation of the new control measures compared to the baseline emissions inventory. 
         (iv) Each revision must identify the sources of the data used in the projection of emissions. 
   (h) Each revision must comply with § 51.116 (regarding data availability). 
   (i) Each revision must provide for monitoring the status of compliance with any control measures adopted to meet the NOX ozone season budget. Specifically, the revision must meet the following requirements: 
      (1) The revision must provide for legally enforceable procedures for requiring owners or operators of stationary sources to maintain records of and periodically report to the State: 
         (i) Information on the amount of NOX emissions from the stationary sources; and 
         (ii) Other information as may be necessary to enable the State to determine whether the sources are in compliance with applicable portions of the control measures; 
      (2) The revision must comply with § 51.212 (regarding testing, inspection, enforcement, and complaints); 
      (3) If the revision contains any transportation control measures, then the revision must comply with § 51.213 (regarding transportation control measures); 
      (4) If the revision contains measures to control fossil fuel-fired NOX sources serving electric generators with a nameplate capacity greater than 25 MWe or boilers, combustion turbines or combined cycle units with a maximum design heat input greater than 250 mmBtu/hr, then the revision may require some or all such sources to comply with the full set of monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting provisions of 40 CFR part 75, subpart H. A State requiring such compliance authorizes the Administrator to assist the State in implementing the revision by carrying out the functions of the Administrator under such part.
      (5) For purposes of paragraph (i)(4) of this section, the term "fossil fuel-fired" has the meaning set forth in paragraph (f)(3) of this section. 
         
         
   (j) Each revision must show that the State has legal authority to carry out the revision, including authority to: 
      (1) Adopt emissions standards and limitations and any other measures necessary for attainment and maintenance of the State's NOX ozone season budget specified in paragraph (e) of this section; 
      (2) Enforce applicable laws, regulations, and standards, and seek injunctive relief; 
      (3) Obtain information necessary to determine whether air pollution sources are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards, including authority to require recordkeeping and to make inspections and conduct tests of air pollution sources; 
      (4) Require owners or operators of stationary sources to install, maintain, and use emissions monitoring devices and to make periodic reports to the State on the nature and amounts of emissions from such stationary sources; also authority for the State to make such data available to the public as reported and as correlated with any applicable emissions standards or limitations. 
   (k)
      (1) The provisions of law or regulation which the State determines provide the authorities required under this section must be specifically identified, and copies of such laws or regulations must be submitted with the SIP revision. 
      (2) Legal authority adequate to fulfill the requirements of paragraphs (j)(3) and (4) of this section may be delegated to the State under section 114 of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7414. 
   (l)
      (1) A revision may assign legal authority to local agencies in accordance with § 51.232. 
      (2) Each revision must comply with § 51.240 (regarding general plan requirements). 
   (m) Each revision must comply with § 51.280 (regarding resources). 
   (n) For purposes of the SIP revisions required by this section, EPA may make a finding as applicable under section 179(a)(1)-(4) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7509(a)(1)-(4), starting the sanctions process set forth in section 179(a) of the CAA. Any such finding will be deemed a finding under 40 CFR 52.31(c) and sanctions will be imposed in accordance with the order of sanctions and the terms for such sanctions established in 40 CFR 52.31. 
   (o) Each revision must provide for State compliance with the reporting requirements set forth in § 51.122. 
   (p) [Reserved]
      
         
         
      
         
         
         
         
            
            
         
      
   (q) [Reserved] 
      
   (r)
      (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of subparts A through I of 40 CFR part 96 and any State's SIP to the contrary, with regard to any ozone season that occurs after September 30, 2008, the Administrator will not carry out any of the functions set forth for the Administrator in subparts A through I of 40 CFR part 96 or in any emissions trading program provisions in a State's SIP approved under this section. 
      (2) Except as provided in 40 CFR 52.38(b)(10)(ii), a State whose SIP is approved as meeting the requirements of this section and that includes or included an emissions trading program approved under this section must revise the SIP to adopt control measures that satisfy the same portion of the State's NOX emissions reduction requirements under this section as the State projected such emissions trading program would satisfy. 
§ 51.122   Emissions reporting requirements for SIP revisions relating to budgets for NOX emissions. 
   (a) As used in this section, words and terms shall have the meanings set forth in § 51.50. In addition, the following terms shall apply to this section:
      (1) Ozone season emissions means emissions during the period from May 1 through September 30 of a year.
      (2) Summer day emissions means an average day's emissions for a typical summer weekday. The state will select the particular month(s) in summer and the day(s) in the week to be represented.
   (b) For its transport SIP revision under § 51.121, each state must submit to EPA NOX emissions data as described in this section. 
   (c) Each revision must provide for periodic reporting by the state of NOX emissions data to demonstrate whether the state's emissions are consistent with the projections contained in its approved SIP submission. 
      (1) For the every-year reporting cycle, each revision must provide for reporting of NOX emissions data every year as follows: 
         (i) The state must report to EPA emissions data from all NOX sources within the state for which the state specified control measures in its SIP submission under § 51.121(g), including all sources for which the state has adopted measures that differ from the measures incorporated into the baseline inventory for the year 2007 that the state developed in accordance with § 51.121(g). The state must also report to EPA ozone season emissions of NOX and summer day emissions of NOX from any point, nonpoint, onroad mobile, or nonroad mobile source for which the state specified control measures in its SIP submission under § 51.121(g).
         (ii) If sources report NOX emissions data to EPA for a given year pursuant to the monitoring and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 75, then the state need not provide an every-year cycle report to EPA for such sources. 
      (2) For the three-year cycle reporting, each plan must provide for triennial (i.e., every third year) reporting of NOX emissions data from all sources within the state. The state must also report to EPA ozone season emissions of NOX and summer day emissions of NOX from all point sources, nonpoint sources, onroad mobile sources, and nonroad mobile sources.
      (3) The data availability requirements in § 51.116 must be followed for all data submitted to meet the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section. 
   (d) [Reserved] 
   (e) Approval of ozone season calculation by EPA. 
      Each state must submit for EPA approval an example of the calculation procedure used to calculate ozone season emissions along with sufficient information to verify the calculated value of ozone season emissions. 
   (f) Reporting schedules. 
      Data collection is to begin during the ozone season 1 year prior to the state's NOX SIP Call compliance date. 
   (g) The state shall report emissions as point sources according to the point source emissions thresholds of the Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR), 40 CFR part 51, subpart A. The details of the emissions inventory shall be consistent with the data elements required by 40 CFR part 51, subpart A. When submitting a formal NOX Budget Emissions Report and associated data, states shall notify the appropriate EPA Regional Office.