Document ID: EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0583-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Removal of the Direct Final Approval of Illinois iSIP Requirements
Posted Date: 2022-01-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2554-2555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00785]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0583; EPA-R05-OAR-2019-0311; EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0501; 
FRL 9056-03-R5]

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Removal of Infrastructure SIP 
Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 and 2015 Ozone NAAQS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of an adverse comment on a direct final 
rule published on September 29, 2021, the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is revising its regulations approving elements of a State 
Implementation Plan revision submitted by the Illinois Environmental 
Protection Agency on September 29, 2017, May 16, 2019, and September 
22, 2020. The submitted revisions were intended to address the 
infrastructure requirements of section 110 of the Clean Air Act for the 
2012 annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and 2015 ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

DATES: This final rule is effective January 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Davidson, Environmental 
Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs 
Branch (AR-18J), EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, (312) 886-0266. [email protected]. The EPA Region 
5 office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding Federal holidays and facility closures due to COVID-19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published a direct final rule on 
September 29, 2021 (86 FR 53872), approving elements of a State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Illinois 
regarding the infrastructure requirements of section 110 of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) for the 2012 PM2.5 and 2015 ozone NAAQS and 
approving the infrastructure requirements related to Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration (PSD) for previous NAAQS. In the direct final 
rule, EPA stated that if adverse comments were received by October 29, 
2021, the rule would be withdrawn and not take effect. On October 27, 
2021, EPA received a comment. EPA believes this comment is adverse and, 
therefore, EPA is revising its regulations because EPA was unable to 
withdraw the direct final rule before it took effect. EPA will address 
the comment in a subsequent final action based upon the proposed action 
also published on September 29, 2021. See 86 FR 53915. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period on this action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Particulate matter.

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

    Dated: January 11, 2022.
Debra Shore,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52 
as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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

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

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2. In Sec.  52.720, the table in paragraph (e) is amended under the 
heading ``Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements'' by:
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a. Revising the entries for ``1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS Infrastructure 
Requirements'', ``1997 PM2.5 NAAQS Infrastructure 
Requirements'', ``2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS Infrastructure

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Requirements'', ``2008 Lead NAAQS Infrastructure Requirements'', ``2008 
Ozone NAAQS Infrastructure Requirements'', ``2010 NO2 NAAQS 
Infrastructure Requirements'', ``2010 SO2 NAAQS 
Infrastructure Requirements'', and ``2012 PM2.5 NAAQS 
Infrastructure Requirements''; and
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b. Removing the entry ``2015 Ozone NAAQS Infrastructure Requirements''.
    The revisions read as follows:

Sec.  52.720   Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

                                           EPA-Approved Illinois Nonregulatory and Quasi-Regulatory Provisions
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                                    Applicable geographic or    State submittal
      Name of SIP provision            nonattainment area             date                 EPA approval date                       Comments
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                                                      Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements
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1997 8-hour Ozone NAAQS            Statewide................  12/12/2007.........  7/13/2011, 76 FR 41075...........  CAA elements 110(a)(2)(A), (B),
 Infrastructure Requirements.                                                                                          (C) with respect to enforcement,
                                                                                                                       (D)(ii), (E) through (H), (J)
                                                                                                                       except for prevention of
                                                                                                                       significant deterioration (PSD),
                                                                                                                       and (K) through (M) have been
                                                                                                                       approved. CAA elements
                                                                                                                       110(a)(2)(C) and (J) with respect
                                                                                                                       to PSD have been disapproved.
1997 PM2.5 NAAQS Infrastructure    Statewide................  12/12/2007.........  7/13/2011, 76 FR 41075...........  CAA elements 110(a)(2)(A), (B),
 Requirements.                                                                                                         (C) with respect to enforcement,
                                                                                                                       (D)(ii), (E) through (H), (J)
                                                                                                                       except for prevention of
                                                                                                                       significant deterioration (PSD),
                                                                                                                       and (K) through (M) have been
                                                                                                                       approved. CAA elements
                                                                                                                       110(a)(2)(C) and (J) with respect
                                                                                                                       to PSD have been disapproved.
2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS           Statewide................  8/9/2011,            9/23/2019, 84 FR 4967............  All CAA infrastructure elements
 Infrastructure Requirements.                                  supplemented on 8/                                      under 110(a)(2) have been
                                                               25/2011, 6/27/                                          approved except (D)(i)(I) [Prongs
                                                               2012, and 7/5/2017.                                     1 and 2], (D)(ii), and the PSD
                                                                                                                       portions of (C), (D)(i)(II)
                                                                                                                       [Prong 3], and (J), which have
                                                                                                                       been disapproved. The disapproved
                                                                                                                       elements have Federal
                                                                                                                       Implementation Plans (FIP) in
                                                                                                                       place and no further action is
                                                                                                                       needed.
2008 Lead NAAQS Infrastructure     Statewide................  12/31/2012 and 7/5/  9/23/2019, 84 FR 49671...........  All CAA infrastructure elements
 Requirements.                                                 2017.                                                   under 110(a)(2) have been
                                                                                                                       approved except (D)(ii), and the
                                                                                                                       PSD portions of (C), (D)(i)(II)
                                                                                                                       [Prong 3], and (J), which have
                                                                                                                       been disapproved. The disapproved
                                                                                                                       elements have Federal
                                                                                                                       Implementation Plans (FIP) in
                                                                                                                       place and no further action is
                                                                                                                       needed.
2008 Ozone NAAQS Infrastructure    Statewide................  12/31/2012 and 7/5/  9/23/2019, 84 FR 49671...........  All CAA infrastructure elements
 Requirements.                                                 2017.                                                   under 110(a)(2) have been
                                                                                                                       approved except (D)(i)(I) [Prongs
                                                                                                                       1 and 2], (D)(ii), and the PSD
                                                                                                                       portions of (C), (D)(i)(II)
                                                                                                                       [Prong 3], and (J), which have
                                                                                                                       been disapproved. The disapproved
                                                                                                                       elements have Federal
                                                                                                                       Implementation Plans (FIP) in
                                                                                                                       place and no further action is
                                                                                                                       needed.
2010 NO2 NAAQS Infrastructure      Statewide................  12/31/2012 and 7/5/  9/23/2019, 84 FR 49671...........  All CAA infrastructure elements
 Requirements.                                                 2017.                                                   under 110(a)(2) have been
                                                                                                                       approved except (D)(ii), and the
                                                                                                                       PSD portions of (C), (D)(i)(II)
                                                                                                                       [Prong 3], and (J), which have
                                                                                                                       been disapproved. The disapproved
                                                                                                                       elements have Federal
                                                                                                                       Implementation Plans (FIP) in
                                                                                                                       place and no further action is
                                                                                                                       needed.
2010 SO2 NAAQS Infrastructure      Statewide................  12/31/2012 and 7/5/  9/23/2019, 84 FR 49671...........  All CAA infrastructure elements
 Requirements.                                                 2017.                                                   under 110(a)(2) have been
                                                                                                                       approved except (D)(ii), and the
                                                                                                                       PSD portions of (C), (D)(i)(II)
                                                                                                                       [Prong 3], and (J), which have
                                                                                                                       been disapproved, and (D)(i)(I)
                                                                                                                       [Prongs 1 and 2], which have not
                                                                                                                       yet been submitted. The
                                                                                                                       disapproved elements have Federal
                                                                                                                       Implementation Plans (FIP) in
                                                                                                                       place and no further action is
                                                                                                                       needed.
2012 PM2.5 NAAQS Infrastructure    Statewide................  9/29/2017..........  6/20/2019, 84 FR 28745...........  Fully approving CAA transport
 Requirements.                                                                                                         requirements of (D)(i)(I).
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