Document ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0612-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Approval of Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas; Florida
Posted Date: 2010-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 102)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0612-200914(a); FRL-9155-3]

 
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: 
Florida; Approval of Section 110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-
Hour Ozone Standards for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast 
Florida Areas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the 
Florida State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning the maintenance 
plans addressing the 1997 8-hour ozone standards for the Jacksonville, 
Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida 1997 8-hour ozone attainment areas in 
Florida, hereafter referred to as the ``Jacksonville Area,'' ``Tampa 
Bay Area,'' and ``Southeast Florida Area,'' respectively. The 
Jacksonville Area is comprised of Duval County; the Tampa Bay Area 
comprises Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties; and the Southeast Florida 
Area comprises Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. These 
maintenance plans were submitted to EPA on July 2, 2009, by the State 
of Florida, through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection 
(FDEP), and ensure the continued attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) through the year 2014 in 
the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas. EPA is 
approving the SIP revisions pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA). These maintenance plans meet all the statutory and 
regulatory requirements, and are consistent with EPA's guidance. On 
March 12, 2008, EPA issued revised ozone standards. On September 16, 
2009, EPA announced it would reconsider the 2008 NAAQS for ozone and 
proposed a new schedule for designations for the reconsidered 
standards. EPA published a proposed rulemaking on January 19, 2010, for 
reconsideration of the 2008 NAAQS, and expects to finalize the 
reconsidered NAAQS by August 2010. The current action, however, is 
being taken to address requirements under the 1997 8-hour ozone 
standards. Requirements for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast 
Florida Areas under the 2010 reconsidered ozone standards will be 
addressed in the future.

DATES: This rule is effective on July 26, 2010 without further notice, 
unless EPA receives relevant adverse comment by June 28, 2010. If EPA 
receives such comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the 
Federal Register informing the public that this rule will not take 
effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2009-0612, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (404) 562-9019.
    4. Mail: ``EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0612,'' Regulatory Development Section, 
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. 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-R04-OAR-
2009-0612.'' 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 restricted by statute. Do not submit through http:/
/www.regulations.gov or e-mail, information that you consider to be CBI 
or otherwise protected. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your

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name and other contact information in the body of 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. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Regulatory Development 
Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all 
possible, you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section to schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's 
official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Twunjala Bradley, Regulatory 
Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number 
is (404) 562-9352. Ms. Bradley can also be reached via electronic mail 
at bradley.twunjala@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Background
II. Analysis of Florida's Submittals
III. Final Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Background

    In accordance with the CAA, the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and 
Southeast Florida Areas in Florida were designated nonattainment for 
the 1-hour ozone NAAQS on November 6, 1991, 56 FR 56694 (effective 
January 6, 1992, 60 FR 7124).
    On June 23, 1993, the State of Florida, through the FDEP, submitted 
a request to redesignate Duval County in association with the 
Jacksonville Area to attainment for the 1-hour ozone standards. 
Likewise, Florida submitted redesignation requests for Broward, Dade, 
and Palm Beach Counties in association with the Southeast Florida Area 
on November 8, 1992, and for Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties in 
association with the Tampa Bay Area on February 7, 1995. Included with 
these redesignation requests, Florida submitted the required 1-hour 
ozone monitoring data and maintenance plans ensuring these areas would 
remain in attainment of the 1-hour ozone standards for at least a 
period of 10 years (consistent with CAA 175A(a)). The maintenance plans 
submitted by Florida followed EPA guidance for maintenance areas, 
subject to section 175A of the CAA.
    On January 3, 1995, EPA approved Florida's request to redesignate 
the Jacksonville Area (60 FR 41) to attainment for the 1-hour ozone 
NAAQS. Likewise, the Southeast Florida and Tampa Bay Areas were 
redesignated to attainment on February 24, 1995, and December 7, 1995 
(60 FR 10325 and 60 FR 62793), respectively. The maintenance plans for 
the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas became 
effective on March 6, 1995, February 5, 1996, and April 1995, 
respectively. Florida later updated all three maintenance plans, in 
accordance with section 175(A)(b), to extend the maintenance plans to 
cover additional years such that the entire maintenance period was for 
at least 20 years after the initial redesignation of these areas to 
attainment.
    On April 30, 2004, EPA designated and classified areas for the 1997 
8-hour ozone NAAQS (69 FR 23858), and published the final Phase 1 Rule 
for implementation of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS (69 FR 23951) (Phase 
1 Rule). The Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas were 
designated as attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone standards, effective 
June 15, 2004. These attainment areas consequently were required to 
submit a 10-year maintenance plan under section 110(a)(1) of the CAA 
and the Phase 1 Rule. On May 20, 2005, EPA issued guidance providing 
information on how a state might fulfill the maintenance plan 
obligation established by the CAA and the Phase 1 Rule (Memorandum from 
Lydia N. Wegman to Air Division Directors, Maintenance Plan Guidance 
Document for Certain 8-hour Ozone Areas Under Section 110(a)(1) of 
Clean Air Act, May 20, 2005--hereafter referred to as the ``Wegman 
Memorandum''). On December 22, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion that vacated 
EPA's Phase 1 Rule for the 1997 8-hour Ozone Standard. South Coast Air 
Quality Management District. v. EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (D.C. Cir. 2006). The 
Court vacated those portions of the Phase 1 Rule that provided for 
regulation of the 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas designated 
under Subpart 1 in lieu of Subpart 2 (of part D of the CAA), among 
other portions. The Court's decision does not alter any requirements 
under the Phase 1 Rule for section 110(a)(l) maintenance plans. EPA is 
taking action to approve Florida's July 2, 2009, SIP revisions which 
satisfy CAA section 110(a)(1) CAA requirements for a plan providing for 
maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Jacksonville, Tampa 
Bay and Southeast Florida Areas.

II. Analysis of Florida's Submittals

    On July 2, 2009, the State of Florida, through the FDEP, submitted 
SIP revisions containing the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance plans for 
the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida Areas as required by 
section 110(a)(1) of the CAA and the provisions of EPA's Phase 1 Rule 
(see 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)). The purpose of these plans is to ensure 
continued attainment and maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in 
these Areas until 2018.
    As required, these plans provide for continued attainment and 
maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS in the Jacksonville, Tampa 
Bay and Southeast Florida Areas for at least 10 years from the 
effective date of these areas' designation as attainment for the 1997 
8-hour ozone NAAQS. These plans also include components illustrating 
how each area will continue attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, 
and provide contingency measures. Each of the section 110(a)(1) plan 
components is discussed below for each area.
    (a) Attainment Inventory. In order to demonstrate maintenance in 
the aforementioned areas, Florida developed comprehensive inventories 
of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) 
emissions from area, stationary, on-road mobile, and non-road mobile 
sources using 2002 as the base year. The year 2002 is an appropriate 
year for Florida to base attainment level emissions because states may 
select any one of the three years on which the 1997 8-hour attainment 
designation was based (2001, 2002, and 2003). The State's submittal

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contains the detailed inventory data and summaries by source category 
for each area. Using the 2002 inventory (as a base year) reflects one 
of the years used for calculating the air quality design values on 
which the 1997 8-hour ozone designation decisions were based.
    A further practical reason for selecting 2002 as the base year 
emission inventory is that Section 110(a)(2)(B) of the CAA and the 
Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (67 FR 39602, June 10, 2002) 
requires states to submit emissions inventories for all criteria 
pollutants and their precursors every three years, on a schedule that 
includes the emissions year 2002. The due date for the 2002 emissions 
inventory is established in the rule as June 2004. In accordance with 
these requirements, Florida compiles a statewide emissions inventory 
for point sources on an annual basis. On-road mobile emissions of VOC 
and NOX were estimated using MOBILE6 motor vehicle emissions 
factor computer model. Non-road mobile emissions data were derived 
using the U.S. EPA's NONROAD 2002 model.
    In projecting data for the maintenance year 2014 emissions 
inventories, Florida used several methods to project data from the base 
year 2002 to the years 2009 and 2018; and the interim years 2005, 2008, 
2011 and 2014. These projected inventories were developed using EPA-
approved technologies and methodologies including the Visibility 
Improvement State and Tribal Association of the Southeast (VISTAS) 
methodology. Point source inventories were developed through VISTAS 
using the Integrated Planning Model (IPM) for electrical generating 
units (EGU) sources and updated growth and control data for non-EGU 
sources. EPA's Emissions Growth Analysis System model was used to 
derive area source emissions data. Non-road mobile projections were 
derived from the NONROAD model.
    The following tables provide VOC and NOX emissions data 
for the 2002 base attainment year inventories, as well as projected 
detailed source category VOC and NOX emission inventory data 
for 2009 and 2018. To further support these maintenance demonstrations, 
interim projections for VOC and NOX emission inventory data 
beginning in the year 2005 through the year 2018 are also provided for 
each area. The requirement for these maintenance plans is an end year 
of 2014, but Florida has chosen to provide projections through 2018 
also in support of these maintenance demonstrations. The Phase 1 Rule 
provides that the 10-year maintenance period begin as of the effective 
date of designation for the 1997 8-hour NAAQS for the area. The 
designations were effective in 2004 so the maintenance period must end 
no earlier than 2014. Florida has opted to provide additional 
supporting information through the year 2018.

                                                 Table 1--2002 VOC and NOX Base Year Emissions Inventory
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                                                             Southeast Florida                                    Tampa Bay                 Jacksonville
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                                           Miami-Dade      Broward     Palm Beach       Total     Hillsborough    Pinellas        Total         Duval
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                                                                           VOC
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Point Source............................          4.68          4.28          1.44         10.40          5.19          2.81          8.00          5.61
Area Source.............................        132.08         96.74         73.77        302.60         72.34         61.20        133.54         59.53
On-Road.................................        131.07        107.43         80.69        319.19         81.76         61.47        143.23         64.13
Non Road................................         52.79         37.39         55.74        145.92         29.39         22.97         52.36         25.39
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    Total...............................        320.63        245.54        211.64        778.11        188.67        148.45        337.13        154.65
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                                                                           NOX
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Point Source............................         40.23         58.76         25.33        124.32        151.02         25.64        176.66        115.47
Area Source.............................          7.41          5.08          3.53         16.02          4.39         15.63         20.02          6.10
On-Road.................................        144.95        120.19         91.31        356.46         92.88         62.63        155.51         72.68
Non Road................................         57.42         54.79         39.62        151.82         86.98         18.41        105.39         43.34
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    Total...............................        250.01        238.82        159.79        648.62        335.26        122.31        457.57        237.60
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                                                 Table 2--2009 Projected VOC and NOX Emissions Inventory
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                                                             Southeast Florida                                    Tampa Bay                 Jacksonville
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                                           Miami-Dade      Broward     Palm Beach       Total     Hillsborough    Pinellas        Total         Duval
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                                                                           VOC
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Point Source............................          3.74          3.95          1.19          8.87          5.12          2.49          7.61          5.62
Area Source.............................        140.57        103.37         77.41        321.35         77.18         65.88        143.06         62.55
On-Road.................................         77.98         66.24         50.31        194.53         50.22         37.64         87.86         39.26
Non Road................................         41.55         27.40         39.46        108.41         22.47         17.58         40.05         18.23
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    Total...............................        263.84        200.95        168.36        633.16        154.98        123.59        278.57        125.67
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                                                                           NOX
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Point Source............................         24.75         18.39          7.31         50.45         16.62          5.03         21.65         21.43
Area Source.............................          7.36          5.05          3.53         15.95          4.46         12.68         17.13          6.43
On-Road.................................         93.47         79.81         61.32        234.60         61.62         41.79        103.41         47.94

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Non Road................................         52.07         49.55         34.11        135.72         80.40         15.38         95.78         39.13
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    Total...............................        177.64        152.80        106.27        436.72        163.10         74.88        237.98        114.93
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                                                 Table 3--2018 Projected VOC and NOX Emissions Inventory
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                                           Miami-Dade      Broward     Palm Beach       Total     Hillsborough    Pinellas        Total         Duval
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Point Source............................          4.64          4.95          1.54         11.13          6.39          3.29          9.68          6.63
Area Source.............................        168.91        124.81         90.22         33.94         90.21         79.95        170.16         73.89
On-Road.................................         49.76         43.85         33.54        127.15         33.14         24.81         57.94         25.85
Non Road................................         41.61         27.56         36.15        105.32         21.17         16.02         37.19         17.08
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    Total...............................        264.92        201.16        161.45        627.52        150.90        124.07        274.97        123.45
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Point Source............................         28.52         16.93          9.64         55.08         18.25          6.96         25.22         22.20
Area Source.............................          7.84          5.39          3.78          17.0          5.03         13.86         18.90          6.89
On-Road.................................         42.41         37.74         29.17        109.31         28.81         19.84         48.64         22.42
Non Road................................         40.34         39.56         21.90        101.80         67.67          9.86         77.52         31.13
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    Total...............................        119.11         99.62         64.48        283.21        119.76         50.52        170.28         82.65
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                                               Table 4--Projections of Anthropogenic VOC and NOX Emissions
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                                           Miami-Dade      Broward     Palm Beach       Total     Hillsborough    Pinellas        Total         Duval
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2002....................................        320.63        245.84        211.64        778.11        188.67        148.45        337.13        154.65
2005....................................        296.29        226.61        193.09        715.99        174.24        137.80        312.03        142.23
2008....................................        271.96        207.37        174.55        653.87        159.80        127.14        286.94        129.81
2009*...................................        263.84        200.95        168.36        633.16        154.98        123.59        278.57        125.67
2011....................................        264.08        201.00        166.83        631.91        154.08        123.70        277.77        125.17
2014....................................        264.44        201.07        164.52        630.04        152.71        123.85        276.57        124.44
2018*...................................        264.92        201.16        161.45        627.52        150.90        124.07        274.97        123.45
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                                                                           NOX
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2002....................................        250.01        238.82        159.79        648.62        335.26        122.31        457.57        237.60
2005....................................        219.00        201.95        136.85        557.81        261.48        101.98        363.46        185.03
2008....................................        187.98        165.09        113.92        466.99        187.70         81.66        269.35        132.45
2009*...................................        177.64        152.80        106.27        436.72        163.10         74.88        237.98        114.93
2011....................................        164.64        140.98         96.99        402.61        153.47         69.47        222.94        107.75
2014....................................        145.13        123.25         83.06        351.44        139.02         61.35        200.37         97.00
2018*...................................        119.11         99.62         64.48        283.21        119.76         50.52        170.28         82.65
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* More detailed information regarding the source category emissions for these projections is provided in Tables 2 and 3 in this rulemaking.

    As shown in Table 4 above, the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and 
Southeast Florida Areas projected to decrease total VOC and 
NOX emissions from the base year of 2002 to the maintenance 
year of 2014. This VOC and NOX emission decrease 
demonstrates continued attainment/maintenance of the 1997 8-hour ozone 
standards for ten years from 2004 as required by the CAA and Phase 1 
Rule. Furthermore, total VOC and NOX emissions are projected 
to steadily decrease from the base year of 2002 through 2018.
    As shown in the tables above, Florida has demonstrated that the 
future year emissions will be less than the 2002 base attainment year's 
emissions for the

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1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast 
Florida Areas. The attainment inventories submitted by Florida for 
these areas are consistent with the criteria as discussed in the Wegman 
Memorandum. EPA finds that the future emission levels for the projected 
years 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2018, are expected to be less 
than the attainment level emissions in 2002. In the event that a future 
8-hour ozone monitoring reading in one of these areas is found to 
violate the 1997 ozone standards, the contingency plan section of each 
area's maintenance plan includes measures that will be promptly 
implemented to ensure that the Area returns to maintenance of the 1997 
ozone standards. Please see section (d) Contingency Plan, below, for 
additional information related to the contingency measures in each of 
the maintenance plans.
    (b) Maintenance Demonstration. The primary purpose of a maintenance 
plan is to demonstrate how an area will continue to remain in 
attainment with the 1997 8-hour ozone standards for the 10-year period 
following the effective date of designation as unclassifiable/
attainment. The required end projection year for all three maintenance 
areas is 2014; however, Florida has opted to provide additional 
supporting information through the year 2018. As discussed in section 
(a) Attainment Inventory above, Florida identified the level of ozone-
forming emissions that were consistent with attainment of the NAAQS for 
ozone in 2002. Florida projected VOC and NOX emissions for 
2009 and 2018, as well as provided interim projection emissions 
inventories for VOC and NOX emissions for the years 2005, 
2008, 2011 and 2014 in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast 
Florida Areas. EPA finds that the future emissions levels in these 
years are expected to be below the emissions levels in 2002 in the 
Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas.
    Florida's SIP revision for the maintenance plans for the 
Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas also relies on a 
combination of several air quality measures that will provide for 
additional 8-hour ozone emissions reductions in these areas. These 
measures include the implementation of the following, among others: (1) 
Heavy Duty 2007 Engine Standards, (2) Tier 2 Tailpipe Program, (3) 
Large Spark Ignition and Recreational Vehicle Rule, (4) Nonroad Diesel 
Rule, (5) Industrial Boiler/Process Heater/RICE maximum available 
control technology (MACT), (6) Petroleum Refinery Initiative, (7) VOC 
2-, 4-, 7-, and 10-year MACT Standards, (8) Combustion Turbine MACT, 
and (9) consent decrees from Tampa Electric, Virginia Electric and 
Power Company and Gulf Power Crist. These Florida attainment areas are 
also benefiting from the following reductions that are occurring in 
other states in the Southeast: (1) North Carolina Clean Smokestacks 
Act, (2) Atlanta/Northern Kentucky/Birmingham 1-hour SIPs, (3) 
NOX Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) in 8-hour 
nonattainment area SIP, and (4) implementation of NOX SIP 
Call Phase 1 in southeastern states. Moreover, despite the legal status 
of the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) as remanded, many facilities 
have already installed or are continuing with plans to install emission 
controls that may benefit the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast 
Florida Areas.
    There are no sources subject to CAIR or the NOX SIP Call 
in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas. Hence, the 
recent remand of CAIR does not affect the maintenance inventories or 
maintenance demonstrations in any way. Moreover, these areas were in 
attainment prior to implementation of these rules. As a result, any 
contribution to the reduction in the background ozone levels from these 
rules would be in addition to the projected decreases within the 
maintenance planning areas. These rules, even though the submittal 
takes no credit for emissions reductions from them, would be expected 
to reduce transported NOX and ozone from outside the 
nonattainment area, thereby providing a further, unquantified 
improvement in these areas' air quality.
    (c) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring. The table below shows design 
values \1\ for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida 
Areas. The ambient ozone monitoring data were collected at sites that 
were selected with assistance from EPA and are considered 
representative of the areas of highest concentration. Florida will 
continue to depend on local air pollution control agencies in the 
Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas to conduct ambient 
air quality monitoring programs for ozone in their respective areas. 
All monitoring programs will continue in accordance with applicable EPA 
monitoring requirements contained in 40 CFR part 58.
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    \1\ The air quality design value at a monitoring site is defined 
as that concentration that when reduced to the level of the standard 
ensures that the site meets the standard. For a concentration-based 
standard, the air quality design value is simply the standard-
related test statistic. Thus, for the primary and secondary 1997 8-
hour ozone standards, the 3-year average annual fourth-highest daily 
maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration is also the air quality 
design value for the site. 40 CFR part 50, Appendix I, Section 3.
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    Even though 2002 is established as the base year, the actual year 
each of these areas monitored attainment for the 1997 8-hour NAAQS 
occurred prior to 2002. The Southeast Florida Area has not had a 
monitor design value exceed the 1997 8-hour NAAQS since the 1970s. For 
the Tampa Bay Area, the most recent year of a monitored 8-hour design 
value exceedance of the 1997 NAAQS was 2000. For the Jacksonville Area, 
the most recent year of a monitored NAAQS exceedance was 1989.

                                   Table 5--Maximum 8-Hour Ozone Design Values
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                 Year                        Jacksonville              Tampa Bay            Southeast Florida
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2001-2003............................                    0.070                    0.080                    0.071
2002-2004............................                    0.070                    0.078                    0.068
2003-2005............................                    0.073                    0.078                    0.067
2004-2006............................                    0.076                    0.079                    0.068
2005-2007............................                    0.077                    0.080                    0.074
2006-2008............................                    0.075                    0.081                    0.074
2007-2009............................                    0.070                    0.078                    0.069
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    Based on Table 5 above, the maximum design values identified 
demonstrate attainment with the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Further, these 
design values indicate that these maintenance areas are expected to 
continue attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The attainment 
level for the 1997 8-hour ozone standards is 0.080 parts per million 
(ppm), effectively 0.084 ppm with the rounding convention. However, in 
the event a design value for one of the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and 
Southeast Florida Areas' monitors exceeds the 1997 8-hour ozone 
standards, one or more contingency measures included in Florida's 
maintenance plans for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida 
Areas would be promptly implemented in accordance with the contingency 
plan, as discussed below.
    (d) Contingency Plan. In accordance with 40 CFR 51.905(a)(4)(ii) 
and the Wegman Memorandum, the section 110(a)(1) maintenance plans 
include contingency provisions to promptly correct a violation of the 
1997 ozone NAAQS that may occur. The indicators for triggering 
contingency measures for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast 
Florida Areas are based on updates to the emission inventories. The 
State of Florida has established two triggers to activate contingency 
measures including: (1) violation of the 1997 8-hour ozone standards at 
any monitor and (2) a five percent or more increase in ozone precursor 
emissions for the emissions inventory update (for VOC or 
NOX) above the 2002 emissions inventory and the ozone design 
value for the update year is greater than or equal to 0.081 ppm. In the 
maintenance plans for the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida 
Areas, if contingency measures are triggered, Florida is committed to 
implement the measures as expeditiously as practicable, including 
adopting one or more contingency measures within 18-months of the 
trigger and implementing the measures within twenty-four months of the 
triggering event. The contingency measures include: (1) Reinstate 
nonattainment new source review; (2) mandate less volatile gasoline 
\2\; (3) provide additional or revise existing VOC or NOX 
RACT Rules; (4) expand VOC or NOX control strategies to 
other counties affecting the maintenance area; (5) expand control 
strategies to new control technique guideline categories; (6) implement 
mobile source transportation control measures; and/or (7) other 
measures deemed appropriate by the FDEP at the time as a result of 
efficient and cost-effective emissions reduction.
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    \2\ States are generally preempted from prescribing low 
volatility fuel requirements that are different from those 
prescribed by EPA under CAA section 211(c)(4). Therefore, EPA notes 
that consideration of the preemption provisions of 211(c)(4)(A) of 
the CAA would be required and that this contingency could only be 
implemented after such time that EPA grants a waiver to allow the 
mandate of a low volatility fuel, under CAA section 211(c)(4)(C). 
See ``Guidance on use of opt-in to RFG and low RVP requirements in 
ozone SIPs'' at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/rvpguide.pdf and 
the ``Boutique fuels list under Section 1541(b) of the Energy Policy 
Act'' at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-AIR/2006/December/Day-28/a22313.htm.
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    These contingency measures and schedules for implementation satisfy 
EPA's long-standing guidance on the requirements of section 110(a)(1) 
of continued attainment. Continued attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 
NAAQS in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Southeast Florida Areas will 
depend, in part, on the air quality measures discussed previously (see 
section II). In addition, Florida along with the assistance of local 
air pollution control agencies and local metropolitan planning 
organizations commit to verify the 1997 8-hour ozone status in each 
maintenance plan through periodic ozone precursor emission inventory 
updates. Emission inventory updates will be completed by 18 months 
following the end of the inventory year to verify continued attainment 
of the 1997 8-hour ozone standards.

III. Final Action

    Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, EPA is approving the 
maintenance plans addressing the 1997 8-hour ozone standards in the 
Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and Southeast Florida Areas in Florida, 
submitted by FDEP on July 2, 2009. These maintenance plans ensure 
continued attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS through the 
maintenance year 2014. Further, Florida has provided additional 
information to indicate maintenance in these areas through 2018. EPA 
has evaluated Florida's submittals and has determined that it meets the 
applicable requirements of the CAA and EPA regulations, and is 
consistent with EPA policy.
    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a non-controversial amendment and anticipates no 
adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this 
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document 
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should 
adverse comment be filed. This rule will be effective on July 26, 2010 
without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comment by 
June 28, 2010. If EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a 
document withdrawing the final rule and informing the public that the 
rule will not take effect. All public comments received will then be 
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties 
interested in commenting must do so at this time. If no such comments 
are received, the public is advised this rule will be effective on July 
26, 2010 and no further action will be taken on the proposed rule.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable 
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, 
this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements 
and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by 
state law. 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 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

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     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 state, 
and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on 
tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
    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 action 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 July 26, 2010. Filing a petition for 
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect 
the finality of this action 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. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are 
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of 
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules 
section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate 
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can 
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed 
rulemaking. 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, Intergovernmental 
relations, Incorporation by reference, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxides, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: May 11, 2010.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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40 CFR part 52 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 K--Florida

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2. Section 52.520(e) is amended by adding new entries at the end of the 
table for the ``110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the Southeast Florida 
Area'', ``110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the Tampa Area'', and 
``110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for the Jacksonville, Florida Area'' to 
read as follows:

Sec.  52.520  Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

                                 EPA-Approved Florida Non-Regulatory Provisions
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                                    State effective                        Federal Register
            Provision                    date          EPA approval date        notice            Explanation
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                                                  * * * * * * *
110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for    July 2, 2009......  July 26, 2010.....  [Insert citation    110(a)(1)
 the Southeast Florida Area.                                               of publication].    maintenance plan
                                                                                               for 1997 8-hour
                                                                                               ozone NAAQS.
110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for    July 2, 2009......  July 26, 2010,....  [Insert citation    110(a)(1)
 the Tampa, Florida Area.                                                  of publication].    maintenance plan
                                                                                               for 1997 8-hour
                                                                                               ozone NAAQS.
110(a)(1) Maintenance Plan for    July 2, 2009......  July 26, 2010.....  [Insert citation    110(a)(1)
 the Jacksonville, Florida Area.                                           of publication].    maintenance plan
                                                                                               for 1997 8-hour
                                                                                               ozone NAAQS.
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