Document ID: EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0138-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Correction to the Final Approval of the Illinois SO2 Rule Revisions
Posted Date: 2018-05-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24406-24408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11324]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0138; FRL-9978-43--Region 5]

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Nonattainment Plans for the Lemont 
and Pekin SO2 Nonattainment Areas; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects an error in the amendatory instruction 
in a final rule pertaining to the sulfur dioxide (SO2) 
nonattainment plans for the Lemont and Pekin areas.

DATES: This final rule is effective on May 29, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Summerhays, Environmental 
Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs 
Branch (AR-18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6067, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2018 (83 FR 4591), EPA 
published a final rule approving Illinois' plans addressing 
nonattainment area planning requirements for SO2 for the 
Lemont and Pekin areas, plans that include numerous state regulations. 
However, the codification of that action listed only a subset of the 
regulations in Illinois' plans. This document corrects the erroneous 
amendatory language by clarifying the complete set of regulations in 
Illinois plans that have been approved.

Correction

    In the final rule published in the Federal Register on February 1, 
2018 (83 FR 4591), the rules listed as approved on page 4594 included 
only Subpart B sections 214.121 and 214.122, Subpart D section 214.161, 
and Subpart AA sections 214.600, 214.601, 214.602, 214.603, 214.604, 
and 214.605. To codify the complete list of rules in the plan that EPA 
approved, EPA is correcting the codification to include the omitted 
rules, namely Subpart A sections 214.101, 214.102, 214.103, and 
214.104, Subpart D section 214.162, Subpart F section 214.201, Subpart 
K sections 214.300 and 214.305, and Subpart Q section 214.421. The 
codification section of this action specifies the corrected listing for 
this codification, listing all of the rules that should have been 
identified as approved and including the appropriate citation for these 
approvals.
    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that 
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 
to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without providing 
notice and an opportunity for public comment. We have determined that 
there is good cause for making today's rule final without prior 
proposal and opportunity for comment because we are merely correcting 
an incorrect citation in a previous action. Thus, notice and public 
procedure are unnecessary. We find that this constitutes good cause 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).

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Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), 
this action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore 
not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to E.O. 13211, ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action is not 
an E.O. 13771 (82 FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory action because 
this action is not significant under E.O. 12866. Because the agency has 
made a ``good cause'' finding that this action is not subject to 
notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative Procedures Act 
or any other statute as indicated in the Supplementary Information 
section above, it is not subject to the regulatory flexibility 
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C 601 et seq.), or 
to sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In addition, this action does not significantly 
or uniquely affect small governments or impose a significant 
intergovernmental mandate, as described in sections 203 and 204 of 
UMRA. In addition, 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 E.O. 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This rule will 
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 governments, 
as specified by E.O. 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This rule 
also is not subject to E.O. 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 
because it is not economically significant.
    This technical correction action does not involve technical 
standards; 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. The rule also does not involve special consideration of 
environmental justice related issues as required by E.O. 12898 (59 FR 
7629, February 16, 1994). In issuing this rule, EPA has taken the 
necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize 
potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected 
conduct, as required by section 3 of E.O. 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 
7, 1996). EPA has complied with E.O. 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1998) 
by examining the takings implications of the rule in accordance with 
the ``Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of 
Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the 
executive order. This rule does not impose an information collection 
burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.).
    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. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to 
make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the 
agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is 
impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This 
determination must be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). 
As stated previously, EPA had made such a good cause finding, including 
the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of May 29, 
2018. 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. This correction to 40 CFR 52 for 
Illinois is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

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

    Dated: May 10, 2018.
Cathy Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    Accordingly, 40 CFR part 52 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

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 amend the table in paragraph (c) under ``Part 214: 
Sulfur Limitations'' by:
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a. Revising the entries for ``214.101'', ``214.102'' and ``214.104'', 
and adding an entry for ``214.103'' in numerical order under ``Subpart 
A: General Provisions'';
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b. Revising the entry for ``214.162'' under ``Subpart D: Existing 
Liquid or Mixed Fuel Combustion Emission Sources'';
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c. Revising the entry for ``214.201'' under ``Subpart F: Alternative 
Standards for Sources Inside Metropolitan Areas'';
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d. Adding two entries for ``214.300'' and ``214.305'' under ``Subpart 
K: Process Emission Sources'' in numerical order;
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e. Adding a subheading entitled ``Subpart Q: Primary and Secondary 
Metal Manufacturing'' in alphabetical order, including an entry for 
``214.421''.
    The additions and revisions read as follows:

Sec.  52.720  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

                                 EPA-Approved Illinois Regulations and Statutes
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    Illinois  citation          Title/subject         effective      EPA approval date           Comments
                                                        date
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                                          Part 214: Sulfur Limitations
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                                          Subpart A: General Provisions
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214.101...................  Measurement Methods..       12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................

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214.102...................  Abbreviations and           12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
                             Units.
214.103...................  Definitions..........       12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
214.104...................  Incorporations by           12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
                             Reference.
 
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                      Subpart D: Existing Liquid or Mixed Fuel Combustion Emission Sources
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214.162...................  Combination of Fuels.       12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
 
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                     Subpart F: Alternative Standards for Sources Inside Metropolitan Areas
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214.201...................  Alternative Standards       12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
                             for Sources in
                             Metropolitan Areas.
 
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                                       Subpart K: Process Emission Sources
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214.300...................  Scope................       12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
 
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214.305...................  Fuel Sulfur Content         12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
                             Limitations.
 
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                              Subpart Q: Primary and Secondary Metal Manufacturing
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214.421...................  Combination of Fuels        12/7/2015  2/1/2018, 83 FR 4591  .......................
                             at Steel Mills in
                             Metropolitan Areas.
 
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