Document ID: EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0276-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Direct Final  Approval of Indiana Lead Smelters (Quemetco) Rules
Posted Date: 2008-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 10)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 2428-2431]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0276; FRL-8508-8]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Indiana; Amendments to Lead Rules, Quemetco

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On February 7, 2002, Indiana submitted revisions to its State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for lead (Pb) as part of the State's 
incorporation of a Federal standard for secondary lead smelters. On 
October 3, 2006, and November 27, 2007, Indiana supplemented its 
request as it pertained to Quemetco, Incorporated (Quemetco), in Marion 
County. The requested SIP revision replaces the Pb emission limits for 
Quemetco with new, stringent limits. EPA has determined that the new 
limits will be protective of the Pb air quality standards, and is 
therefore approving them.

DATES: This direct final rule will be effective March 17, 2008, unless 
EPA receives adverse comments by February 14, 2008. If adverse comments 
are received, EPA 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-R05-
OAR-2006-0276, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (312)886-5824.
    4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant 
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. excluding Federal 
holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-
2006-0276. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
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your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This Facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. We 
recommend that you telephone Mary Portanova, Environmental Engineer, at 
(312) 353-5954 before visiting the Region 5 office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Portanova, Environmental 
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-5954, portanova.mary@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information 
section is arranged as follows:

I. Background: Pb SIP and NESHAP Rules
II. What are the new limits for secondary lead smelters?
III. How does removing Quemetco from Article 15 affect the Pb SIP?
IV. Demonstration of Pb NAAQS Attainment
V. What action is EPA taking?
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Background: Pb SIP and NESHAP Rules

    Indiana's SIP rules for Pb are currently codified at 326 Indiana 
Administrative Code (IAC) 15, which is also referred to as Article 15. 
Article 15 covers lead-bearing emissions and fugitive dust from several 
facilities in Indiana, including secondary lead smelters. The SIP rules 
applicable to sources in Marion County, Indiana, were developed to 
ensure that Marion County would attain and maintain the Pb National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
    EPA promulgated the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for secondary lead smelting on June 23, 1995 (60 FR 
32587); amended on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32209). Codified at 40 CFR part 
63, subpart X, this NESHAP is a technology-based regulation intended to 
bring certain sources at secondary lead smelters to a specified level 
of air pollution control. Indiana incorporated the Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology (MACT) standard of the secondary lead smelter 
NESHAP, with certain adjustments, in 326 IAC 20-13. On August 22, 2006 
(71 FR 48923), EPA approved Indiana's request for delegation of 
authority to implement and enforce the NESHAP for secondary lead 
smelting through 326 IAC 20-13.
    The Federal NESHAP in Subpart X is expected to result in air 
quality benefits where it affects secondary lead smelters which were 
previously unregulated or which were previously subject to less 
stringent controls. In Indiana, however, the existing Marion County Pb 
SIP limits were already more stringent than the NESHAP's limits. 
Indiana believed that the Federal secondary lead smelter NESHAP would 
not fully protect the Pb NAAQS in Marion County. Therefore, when 
Indiana adopted the NESHAP into 326 IAC 20-13, the State adjusted it to 
make the rule's emission limits at least

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as stringent as the Marion County Pb SIP limits had been.
    There are two secondary lead smelters in Marion County, Indiana, 
Quemetco and Refined Metals of Indianapolis (Refined Metals). Quemetco, 
located in Indianapolis, recycles lead-acid batteries and other lead-
bearing materials. It is currently operating and is affected by both 
the Marion County Pb SIP and the NESHAP rules for secondary lead 
smelters. Indiana chose to remove the paragraph that addressed Quemetco 
from the Pb SIP at Article 15, so that the facility's Pb emission 
regulations would all reside in one State rule, 326 IAC 20-13. The 
Refined Metals facility has closed.

II. What are the new limits for secondary lead smelters?

    The emission limits for Quemetco in 326 IAC 20-13 differ from the 
last Federally approved Pb SIP limits in Article 15. The SIP previously 
approved by EPA contained Pb emission limits for specific processes and 
process fugitive emissions. Later, the Quemetco facility enclosed its 
Pb emission sources. Indiana subsequently revised Quemetco's Pb rules 
to apply Pb emission limits on individual numbered vent stacks under 
the facility's new configuration. The Pb limits in 326 IAC 20-13, which 
were submitted to EPA on February 7, 2002, correspond to Quemetco's 
current stack configuration. In addition, the limits in 326 IAC 15-1-
2(a)(8) were given in units of pounds per hour, but the numerical Pb 
emission limits for Quemetco in 326 IAC 20-13-2(a) are given in units 
of milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (mg/dscm) to match the 
Federal NESHAP's emission limit units.
    The process source limits in 326 IAC 20-13-2(a) are 1.0 mg/dscm, 
compared to the corresponding NESHAP limits of 2.0 mg/dscm. This limit 
applies to Quemetco's Stacks 100 and 111. The process fugitive source 
limits are 0.5 mg/dscm, compared to the NESHAP limits of 2.0 mg/dscm, 
and the emission limits for stacks venting fugitive dust sources are 
also 0.5 mg/dscm, compared to the NESHAP limits of 2.0 mg/dscm. These 
limits apply to Quemetco's Stacks 101-109. Quemetco has already shown 
that it can meet these limits.
    The regulation at 326 IAC 20-13-2(a) also requires the use of High 
Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters, as defined in 40 CFR 63.542, 
on process fugitive emissions and stacks venting fugitive dust sources. 
The Quemetco facility already uses HEPA filters on its baghouses.
    Indiana's secondary lead smelter rules include a partial 
incorporation by reference of 40 CFR part 63, subpart X, at 326 IAC 20-
13-1(c). This specifies standards for process and fugitive sources at 
secondary lead smelters, test methods, fugitive dust control, standard 
operating procedures for baghouses, and monitoring and recordkeeping 
requirements. The regulation at 326 IAC 20-13-1(c) does not include 
certain portions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart X, which are already 
covered by other portions of 326 IAC 20-13. The numerical emission 
limits for process, fugitive, and process fugitive sources found in 40 
CFR part 63, subpart X are not included in the incorporation because 
Indiana's rule replaces them with more stringent limits, as in 326 IAC 
20-13-2(a), for Quemetco. Certain requirements for baghouse bag leak 
detection systems are also not included in 326 IAC 20-13-1(c). These 
requirements do not apply to Quemetco, which has HEPA filters and is 
therefore not required to have a bag leak detection system.

III. How does removing Quemetco from Article 15 affect the Pb SIP?

    Because 326 IAC 20-13 now contains Pb emission limits for Quemetco, 
Indiana chose to delete the portion of Article 15 that contains Pb 
emission limits for Quemetco under the Marion County SIP, rather than 
retain duplicate or conflicting emission limits. The final State rule 
removing 326 IAC 15-1-2(a)(8) was published in the Indiana Register on 
January 1, 2001 (24 Ind. Reg. 954).
    Simply deleting Quemetco's limits from Article 15 would be an 
unacceptable relaxation of the Marion County Pb SIP, even though 
Quemetco's Pb air emissions are still regulated by the NESHAP at 326 
IAC 20-13. State Pb SIP limits must be directly linked to local air 
quality effects. The levels of the Pb SIP limits in Article 15 have 
been shown, through dispersion modeling, to assure attainment and 
maintenance of the Pb NAAQS in Marion County. The SIP may not be 
subsequently relaxed without review and rulemaking action by EPA, to 
assure continued maintenance of the NAAQS. EPA can bring enforcement 
action against a facility based on noncompliance with the Federally 
approved SIP limits. The NESHAP sets emission control requirements for 
secondary lead smelters as a group. Its emission limits are based on 
nationally available emission control technology. The NESHAP can be 
changed as a broad national measure, without requiring an analysis of 
the effects on local air quality.
    Therefore, in an October 3, 2006 letter, Indiana requested that 
portions of 326 IAC 20-13 be approved into the Marion County Pb SIP in 
place of 326 IAC 15-1-2(a)(8). This request was clarified in a second 
letter from Indiana to EPA dated November 27, 2007. Incorporating those 
provisions of 326 IAC 20-13 into the Marion County Pb SIP ensures that 
the Pb emission limits for Quemetco cannot be changed without proper 
State rulemaking procedures, a demonstration of attainment of the Pb 
NAAQS, and review and rulemaking action by EPA. The portions of Article 
15 which Indiana requested as SIP revisions are 326 IAC 20-13-2(a) 
(Quemetco's emission limits and filter requirements); 326 IAC 20-13-
1(c) (incorporation of 40 CFR part 63, subpart X); and 326 IAC 20-13-6 
(compliance testing).

IV. Demonstration of Pb NAAQS Attainment

    The State performed dispersion modeling in 2005 using the ISCST3 
model to demonstrate that the new limits would protect the Pb NAAQS in 
Marion County. ISCST3 was the appropriate regulatory dispersion model 
at the time. The modeling used the regulatory default options and five 
years of surface meteorological data from the Indianapolis, Indiana 
airport, with upper-air meteorological data from Dayton, Ohio. Building 
dimensions were included to account for downwash effects. The State 
included both Quemetco's Pb emissions and the allowable Pb emissions 
for the Refined Metals secondary smelter under Article 15. The Refined 
Metals facility is currently not operating; but because Indiana has 
maintained the SIP rule addressing Refined Metals in Article 15, its 
allowable emissions must be included in the Marion County attainment 
demonstration. The model showed that the limits in 326 IAC 20-13 will 
maintain the Pb NAAQS of 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter, quarterly. The 
maximum modeled quarterly impact of the Marion County Pb sources was 
0.16 micrograms per cubic meter. This value includes a background Pb 
concentration taken from locally monitored air quality data.

V. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is approving Indiana's February 7, 2002, SIP revision request, 
as supplemented in a letter dated October 3, 2006, and another letter 
dated November 27, 2007. EPA is approving the removal of 326 IAC 15-1-
2(a)(8) from the Indiana Pb SIP. EPA is also approving as part of the 
SIP: (1) Corresponding minor editorial changes

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in two sections of 326 IAC 15-1 that refer to Quemetco; (2) the 
addition of 326 IAC 20-13-2(a); (3) the addition of 326 IAC 20-13-1(c); 
and (4) the addition of 326 IAC 20-13-6. This SIP revision retains 
emission limits adequate to protect the Pb NAAQS in Marion County, 
Indiana, and places the regulations affecting Indiana's active 
secondary lead smelters in one section of Indiana's pollution control 
regulations. It should be noted that this action in no way affects the 
continued enforceability of the Federal NESHAP at 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart X.
    We are publishing this action without prior proposal because we 
view this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse 
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal 
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will 
serve as the proposal to approve the state plan if relevant adverse 
written comments are filed. The proposed rule will be effective March 
17, 2008 without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse 
written comments by February 14, 2008. If we receive such comments, we 
will withdraw this action before the effective date by publishing a 
subsequent document that will withdraw the final action. All public 
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed action. The EPA will not institute a second 
comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time. If we do not receive any comments, this 
action will be effective March 17, 2008.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and, therefore, is 
not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget.

Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use

    Because it is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866 or a ``significant energy action,'' this action 
is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning 
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or 
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This action merely approves state law as meeting Federal 
requirements and imposes no additional requirements beyond those 
imposed by state law. Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that 
this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
601, et seq.).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Because this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state 
law and does not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that 
required by state law, it 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).

Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal 
Governments

    This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will 
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 (59 
FR 22951, November 9, 2000).

Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    This action also does not have Federalism implications because it 
does not 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 action merely approves a state rule implementing a 
Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or the 
distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean Air 
Act (CAA).

Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental Health 
and Safety Risks

    This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 ``Protection 
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997), because it approves a state rule implementing a 
Federal Standard.

National Technology Transfer Advancement Act

    In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state 
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. In this 
context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the state 
to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to 
disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be 
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP 
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise 
satisfies the provisions of the CAA. Thus, the requirements of section 
12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 
(15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not impose an information collection burden under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.).

Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 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. EPA will submit a report containing this rule 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 the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review 
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the appropriate circuit by March 17, 2008. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial review nor does 
it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be 
filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. 
This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its 
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

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    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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For the reasons stated in the preamble, part 52, chapter I, of title 40 
of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 P--Indiana

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2. Section 52.770 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(183) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  52.770  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *
    (183) On February 7, 2002, Indiana submitted revisions to its State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for lead (Pb) as part of the State's 
incorporation of a Federal standard for secondary lead smelters. On 
October 3, 2006, and November 27, 2007, Indiana supplemented its 
request as it pertained to Quemetco, Incorporated, in Marion County. 
This revision removes from the Indiana SIP the source-specific 
provisions for Quemetco found in article 326 IAC 15, previously 
approved in paragraph (c)(95) of this section, and replaces them with 
the corresponding provisions of article 326 IAC 20-13.
    (i) Incorporation by reference. The following sections of Title 326 
of the Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) are incorporated by reference:
    (A) 326 IAC 15-1-2(c) ``Source-specific provisions'' and 326 IAC 
15-1-3 ``Control of fugitive lead dust''. Filed with the Secretary of 
State on December 1, 2000, effective December 30, 2000. Published in 
the Indiana Register on January 1, 2001 (24 IR 954).
    (B) 326 IAC 20-13-1(c) ``Applicability; incorporation by reference 
of federal standards'', 326 IAC 20-13-2(a) ``Emission limitations lead 
standards for Quemetco, Incorporated'', and 326 IAC 20-13-6 
``Compliance testing''. Filed with the Secretary of State on December 
1, 2000, effective December 30, 2000. Published in the Indiana Register 
on January 1, 2001 (24 IR 958).
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