Document ID: EPA-R02-OAR-2014-0251-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; Rescission of Determination of Attainment and Call for Attainment Plans
Posted Date: 2014-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27830-27834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10827]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R02-OAR-2014-0251, FRL-9910-63-Region 2]

Rescission of Determination of Attainment and Call for Attainment 
Plans for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for the 1997 8-Hour 
Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the NY-NJ-CT 1997 Ozone 
Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
rescind its previously issued determination of attainment (Clean Data 
Determination) for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the New York-N. 
New Jersey-Long Island, (NY-NJ-CT) ozone nonattainment area because 
recent complete, quality-assured monitoring data show that the area has 
subsequently violated the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air 
quality standard (NAAQS). In addition, EPA is proposing to call for 
revisions to the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for the States of 
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. If finalized, this SIP call will 
require each of these States to submit a revised attainment SIP for the 
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS for its portion of the NY-NJ-CT moderate 
nonattainment area within 18 months of final action on this SIP call.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-
R02-OAR-2014-0251, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Ruvo.Richard@epa.gov.
     Fax: (212) 637-3901.
     Mail: Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs Branch, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th 
Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866.
     Hand Delivery: Richard Ruvo, Chief, Air Programs Branch, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th 
Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional 
Office's 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-R02-OAR-
2014-0251. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
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include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
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encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

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    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 2 Office, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 
25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866. EPA requests, if at all 
possible, that you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You 
may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning EPA's 
proposed action related to New Jersey or New York, please contact Kirk 
J. Wieber, Air Programs Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10008-1866, telephone number (212) 
637-3381, email_wieber.kirk@epa.gov.
    If you have questions concerning EPA's proposed action related to 
Connecticut, please contact Richard Burkhart, Air Quality Planning 
Unit, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, 
5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Mail Code OEP05-02, Boston, MA 02109-
3912, telephone number (617) 918-1664, fax number (617) 918-0664, 
email_burkhart.richard@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. What actions is the EPA proposing?
II. Background
III. Current Monitoring Data
IV. Why is EPA proposing SIP calls to the States in the NY-NJ-CT 
Area?
V. How should the States respond to a final SIP call?
VI. What happens if any of the States (New York, New Jersey and 
Connecticut) do not submit a SIP responding to the SIP calls?
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What actions is the EPA proposing?

    The EPA is proposing to determine, based on complete, quality-
assured monitoring data, that the air quality in the New York-N. New 
Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area 
(hereafter, the NY-NJ-CT area) is no longer attaining the 1997 8-hour 
ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard). 
Pursuant to the provisions of 40 CFR 51.918, EPA is therefore proposing 
to rescind the clean data determination (CDD) for this area which was 
published in the Federal Register on June 18, 2012 (77 FR 36163).
    EPA notes that it has previously determined that the NY-NJ-CT area 
attained the 1997 8-hour ozone standard by its applicable attainment 
date, June 15, 2010.\1\ However, because EPA is proposing to determine 
that the area is no longer attaining the 1997 standard, EPA is 
proposing a State Implementation Plan (SIP) call pursuant to Clean Air 
Act (CAA) section 110(k)(5), to require the States of New York, New 
Jersey and Connecticut to submit a SIP demonstrating how the area will 
re-attain the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS as expeditiously as practicable. 
EPA is proposing to issue this SIP call based on its proposed 
determination that certified data for 2010-2012, as well as data in 
EPA's air quality data repository, the Air Quality System (AQS) for the 
most recent three-year period, 2011-2013, show that the area is 
currently no longer attaining the 1997 ozone standard. The EPA is 
proposing that the required SIPs will be due 18 months after the 
effective date of the final rule.
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    \1\ EPA wishes to make clear that this proposed rulemaking would 
in no way alter or affect the determination contained in its June 
18, 2012 notice (77 FR 36163), pursuant to CAA section 181(b)(2), 
that the NY-NJ-CT area attained the 1997 8-hour ozone standard by 
its applicable attainment date of June, 2010. Such a determination 
remains undisturbed by EPA's evaluation of subsequent air quality.
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II. Background

    On July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38856), the EPA promulgated a new, more 
protective standard for ozone based on 8-hour average concentrations 
(the ``1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS''). The EPA designated and classified 
most areas of the country under the 8-hour ozone NAAQS in an April 30, 
2004 final rule (69 FR 23858). The NY-NJ-CT 1997 8-hour ozone 
nonattainment area was designated nonattainment and classified as 
moderate with an attainment deadline of June 15, 2010. The NY-NJ-CT 
area includes Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties in 
Connecticut; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, 
Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties in New 
Jersey; and Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, 
Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York.
    On April 30, 2004, EPA issued a final rule (69 FR 23951) entitled 
``Final Rule to Implement the 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard--Phase 1,'' referred to as the Phase 1 Rule. On November 29, 
2005, EPA issued a final rule (70 FR 71612) entitled ``Final Rule To 
Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard--Phase 
2; Final Rule To Implement Certain Aspects of the 1990 Amendments 
Relating to New Source Review and Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration as They Apply in Carbon Monoxide, Particulate Matter and 
Ozone NAAQS; Final Rule for Reformulated Gasoline,'' referred to as the 
Phase 2 Rule. The Phase 2 Rule incorporated the Clean Data Policy in 40 
CFR 51.918. Upon EPA's final determination that an area has attained 
the 1997 ozone NAAQS, the regulation operates to suspend the obligation 
to submit attainment-related planning SIP requirements for that 
standard. Affected SIP requirements include attainment demonstrations 
and associated reasonably available control measures, reasonable 
further progress plans, contingency measures, and other planning SIPs 
related to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 40 CFR 51.918 
established that these SIP requirements are suspended until such time 
as the area is redesignated to attainment, at which time the 
requirements no longer apply; or until EPA determines that the area has 
violated the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
    On June 18, 2012 (77 FR 36163), the EPA issued a CDD for the NY-NJ-
CT area,\2\ based on complete, quality-assured and certified ozone 
monitoring data for 2008-2010. Quality assured data available in the 
AQS for 2011 indicated that the area continued to attain the 1997 8-
hour ozone NAAQS. Pursuant to the Clean Data Policy established by 40 
CFR 51.918 of the Phase 2 Rule for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, the 
requirements for the states to submit attainment demonstrations and 
associated reasonably available control measures (RACM), reasonable 
further progress plans (RFP), contingency measures, and other SIP 
revisions related to attainment of the standard were suspended.
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    \2\ 77 FR 36163, June 18, 2012, ``Determinations of Failure To 
Attain the One-Hour Ozone Standard by 2007, Current Attainment of 
the One-Hour Ozone Standard, and Attainment of the 1997 Eight-Hour 
Ozone Standards for the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 
Nonattainment Area in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.''
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    Although, pursuant to 40 CFR 51.918, EPA's CDD suspended any 
outstanding obligations to submit attainment planning SIPs, the States 
of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut had already submitted to EPA 
their attainment demonstrations, RACM, RFP plans, and

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contingency measures for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for the NY-NJ-
CT area. EPA approved the RFP plan, RACM plan and contingency measures 
for New Jersey on May 15, 2009 (74 FR 22837) and reasonably available 
control technology (RACT) plan for New Jersey on December 22, 2010 (75 
FR 80340). EPA approved the RFP plan and contingency measures for New 
York on August 18, 2011 (76 FR 51264) and the RACM plan (including 
RACT) for New York on July 23, 2010 (75 FR 43066). EPA approved the RFP 
plan for Connecticut on August 22, 2012 (77 FR 50595). EPA also 
approved the New York and New Jersey 1997 8-hour ozone attainment 
demonstration plans on February 11, 2013 (78 FR 9596). EPA proposed, 
but has not finalized, approval of the Connecticut ozone attainment 
plan for the NY-NJ-CT area. See 78 FR 27161; May 9, 2013.
    As noted above, separately and in addition to its CDD for the NY-
NJ-CT area, pursuant to section 181(b)(2), EPA determined that the area 
attained the 1997 8-hour ozone standard by its applicable attainment 
deadline, June 15, 2010. This determination that the area attained by 
the applicable deadline was based on complete, quality-assured and 
certified ozone monitoring data for 2007-2009.

III. Current Monitoring Data

    Complete, quality-assured and certified ozone monitoring data for 
2010-2012, and data available in the AQS for 2013, indicate that the 
NY-NJ-CT area no longer attains the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA has 
reviewed the 2012 ozone design values, consisting of 2010-2012 data, 
and 2013 ozone design values, based on 2011-2013 ambient air quality 
data in AQS (in accordance with 40 CFR 50.9, 40 CFR part 50 appendix I, 
and EPA policy and guidance, as well as data processing, data rounding 
and data completeness requirements) for the NY-NJ-CT area, and is 
proposing to determine that the area is no longer in attainment of the 
1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Note that for purposes of the 1997 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS, ozone design values are calculated based on the 3-year 
average of the annual 4th maximum 8-hour ozone concentration. An area 
is considered in nonattainment when the 3-year design value is equal to 
or greater than 0.085 parts per million (ppm). For the 2010-2012 
period, the 8-hour ozone design value for the NY-NJ-CT area was 0.087 
ppm. Data in AQS for the 2011-2013 period further indicate continued 
nonattainment. Table 1 below shows the 2010-2012 design values, as well 
as the 2011-2013 design values, for all of the ozone monitors in the 
NY-NJ-CT area.

                         Table 1--Design Values for Ozone Monitors in the NY-NJ-CT area
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              State                     Site location          Monitor ID       Design value      Design value
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Connecticut......................  Danbury................         090011123             0.083             0.081
Connecticut......................  Greenwich..............         090010017             0.082             0.083
Connecticut......................  Madison................         090093002             0.087             0.089
Connecticut......................  Middletown.............         090070007             0.080             0.081
Connecticut......................  New Haven..............         090099005             0.076             0.078
Connecticut......................  Stratford..............         090013007             0.085             0.089
Connecticut......................  Westport...............         090019003             0.085             0.087
New Jersey.......................  Bayonne................         340170006             0.078             0.070
New Jersey.......................  Chester................         340273001             0.078             0.076
New Jersey.......................  Flemington.............         340190001             0.080             0.077
New Jersey.......................  Leonia.................         340030006             0.078             0.077
New Jersey.......................  Monmouth University....         340250005             0.083             0.078
New Jersey.......................  Newark.................         340130003             0.082             0.077
New Jersey.......................  Ramapo.................         340315001             0.075             0.072
New Jersey.......................  Rutgers University.....         340230011             0.085             0.079
New York.........................  Babylon................         361030002             0.085             0.081
New York.........................  CCNY...................         360610135             0.076             0.072
New York.........................  Pfizer Lab (Bronx).....         360050133             0.076             0.073
New York.........................  Holtsville.............         361030009             0.080             0.078
New York.........................  Queens College.........         360810124             0.080             0.079
New York.........................  Riverhead..............         361030004             0.079             0.080
New York.........................  Susan Wagner...........         360850067             0.083             0.078
New York.........................  White Plains...........         361192004             0.076             0.075
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* 2013 Data not yet certified and is subject to change.

IV. Why is EPA proposing SIP calls to the States in the NY-NJ-CT Area?

    Although EPA recognizes that the NY-NJ-CT area previously attained 
the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS by its original attainment date, EPA's 
review of subsequent data has indicated that the area no longer 
continues to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. Section 110(k)(5) 
of the CAA authorizes EPA to find that a SIP is substantially 
inadequate to attain or maintain a NAAQS, and to require (``call for'') 
the state to submit, within a specified period, a SIP revision to 
correct the inadequacy. This CAA requirement for a SIP revision is 
known as a ``SIP call.'' The CAA authorizes EPA to allow a state up to 
18 months to respond to a SIP call. In the circumstances presented 
here, and in conjunction with EPA's proposal to rescind its 
determination that the NY-NJ-CT area is attaining the NAAQS, EPA is 
proposing under section 110(k)(5) to find the SIPs substantially 
inadequate with respect to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 
EPA therefore proposes to issue SIP calls requiring the States of New 
York, New Jersey and Connecticut to develop SIP revisions demonstrating 
how the NY-NJ-CT area will re-attain the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.

V. How should the States respond to a final SIP call?

    As noted above, EPA has previously approved attainment 
demonstrations for New York and New Jersey and proposed approval of 
Connecticut's attainment demonstration for the NY-NJ-CT area. These 
approvals and proposed approval

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were based on the fact that the plans showed that the NY-NJ-CT area 
would attain by the area's June 15, 2010 attainment date. Moreover, as 
stated previously, EPA, after notice-and comment rulemaking, determined 
the area did attain by that date (77 FR 36163). However, based on the 
monitoring data discussed above for the NY-NJ-CT area, EPA is proposing 
to determine the area has since violated the 1997 8-hour ozone 
standard. Therefore, EPA is proposing that the States submit updated 
plans showing how the area will re-attain the standard. EPA is 
proposing that the States have two different ways of responding to the 
SIP call.
    First, EPA proposes that the States respond to the SIP call by 
submitting revisions to their respective SIPs showing how the States 
will re-attain the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
    EPA is also proposing, as an alternative response to the SIP call, 
that the States develop and submit attainment plans demonstrating 
attainment of the current 2008 8-hour ozone standard.\3\ Currently, the 
NY-NJ-CT area is designated nonattainment and classified as 
``marginal'' for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. An attainment plan is 
not required for areas classified as ``marginal,'' but these areas must 
still attain the ozone standard. Thus, under this option, New York, New 
Jersey and Connecticut may either: (1) Request that the entire NY-NJ-CT 
area be reclassified to ``moderate'' for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard 
\4\ and prepare the required SIP elements pursuant to a ``moderate'' 
classification and attain as expeditiously as practicable, but, no 
later than 2018; or, (2) voluntarily prepare an attainment SIP for the 
NY-NJ-CT area for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard, which demonstrates 
attainment by the current ``marginal'' classification attainment date, 
i.e., 2015. EPA is proposing that this alternative response of 
submitting an attainment plan for the 2008 ozone standard would also 
satisfy EPA's SIP call on the 1997 8-hour ozone standard being proposed 
in this action since it would be demonstrating compliance with a more 
stringent NAAQS.
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    \3\ On March 12, 2008 (73 FR 16436), the EPA revised the primary 
NAAQS for ozone, designed to protect public health, to a level of 
0.075 parts per million (ppm) (annual fourth-highest daily maximum 
8-hour concentration, averaged over 3 years). In rules finalized on 
April 30, 2012 (77 FR 30088), and May 21, 2012 (77 FR 34421), the 
EPA formally designated all areas of the country as attainment/
unclassifiable, nonattainment or unclassifiable for the 2008 8-hour 
ozone NAAQS. In addition, on June 6, 2013 (78 FR 34178), EPA 
proposed a rule for implementing the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS which 
also included a proposal to revoke the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
    \4\ All three states (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) of 
the NY-NJ-CT area must request the reclassification since it is a 
multi-state nonattainment area.
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    In order to provide a reasonable time for the states to develop and 
submit either of these two SIP revisions, EPA is proposing to provide 
the States of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut a period of 18 
months from the effective date of a final SIP call to develop and 
submit to EPA the relevant SIPs for the 1997 or 2008 ozone NAAQS. This 
18 months is the maximum period allowed pursuant to CAA section 
110(k)(5) and EPA believes it is reasonable time for New York, New 
Jersey and Connecticut to develop and submit the relevant SIPs to EPA.
    EPA is proposing that the effective date for a final SIP call and 
rescission of the CDD will be 30 days after publication of the final 
rule in the Federal Register.

VI. What happens if any of the States (New York, New Jersey and 
Connecticut) do not submit a SIP responding to the SIP calls?

    Section 179(a) sets forth four findings that form the basis for 
application of sanctions. The first finding, that a State has failed to 
submit a plan or one or more elements of a plan required under the CAA, 
is the finding that may be relevant to this rulemaking, should the 
States of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut fail to submit the 
required plan (i.e., a SIP revision showing how the state will re-
attain the 1997 ozone standard, or under the alternative response 
discussed above, a SIP revision demonstrating attainment of the 2008 
ozone standard) in response to this SIP call. If any of the States fail 
to submit the required plan, EPA will issue a finding under section 
179(a) of the CAA that the State or States failed to make a required 
SIP submittal. If within 18 months of the finding, the State or States 
of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have not submitted an 
attainment SIP that EPA determines is complete, then the emission 
offset sanction will apply automatically pursuant to CAA section 179(a) 
and 40 CFR 52.31. Under this sanction, the ratio of emission reductions 
that must be obtained to offset increased emissions caused by new major 
sources or modifications to major sources in the NY-NJ-CT area must be 
at least two to one. If the State or States of New York, New Jersey and 
Connecticut do not make a complete submission within six months after 
the offset sanction applies, then the highway funding sanction will 
apply, in accordance with 40 CFR 52.31. In addition, sanctions would 
apply in the same manner if the State or States of New York, New Jersey 
and Connecticut submit a plan that EPA determines is incomplete or that 
EPA disapproves. Finally, CAA section 110(c) provides that EPA 
promulgate a FIP no later than 24 months after a finding of failure to 
submit a SIP under section 179(a) unless the State or States of New 
York, New Jersey and Connecticut have submitted and EPA has approved 
the respective attainment plan.
    EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this 
action. EPA will consider these comments before taking final action. 
Interested parties may participate in the Federal rulemaking procedure 
by submitting written comments to EPA as discussed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this Federal Register.
    Note that if EPA receives adverse comment on a portion of this 
action and if that portion can be severed from the remainder of the 
action, EPA may adopt as final those provisions that are not the 
subject of an adverse comment. In addition, EPA may take final action 
on one or more of these actions separately, depending on the 
circumstances involved with each State's portion of the area.

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This action proposes a determination, i.e., that the NY-NJ-CT area 
is no longer attaining the 1997 ozone NAAQS, based on EPA's review of 
air quality data provided by Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. This 
action also proposes a SIP call for the States of Connecticut, New 
York, and New Jersey. In proposing this SIP call, EPA is acting under 
Section 110(k)(5) of the CAA, which requires the Agency to require a 
state to correct a deficiency that EPA has found in the State 
Implementation Plan of the state. Accordingly, this action does not 
impose additional requirements beyond those required by the CAA itself. 
For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     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

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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).
    In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in 
the States, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct 
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental 
relations, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 23, 2014.
Curt Spalding,
Regional Administrator, Region 1.
    Dated: April 7, 2014.
Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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