Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/04/17/06-3637/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-delegation-of-authority-to-louisiana
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A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 04/17/2006
This rule is effective on June 16, 2006, without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by May 17, 2006. 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.
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has submitted updated regulations for receiving delegation of EPA authority for implementation and enforcement of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for certain sources (both part 70 and non-part 70 sources). These regulations apply to certain NESHAPs promulgated by EPA, as amended through July 1, 2004. The delegation of authority under this action does not apply to sources located in Indian Country. EPA is providing notice that it is taking direct final action to approve the delegation of certain NESHAPs to LDEQ.
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2005-LA-0004, by one of the following methods:
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2005-LA-0004. 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 the disclosure of which is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 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.
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 at the Air Permitting Section (6PD-R), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. The file will be made available by appointment for public inspection in the Region 6 FOIA Review Room between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal holidays. Contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Start Printed Page 19653paragraph below to make an appointment. If possible, please make the appointment at least two working days in advance of your visit. There will be a 15 cents per page fee for making photocopies of documents. On the day of the visit, please check in at the EPA Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
EPA is taking direct final action to approve the delegation of certain NESHAPs to LDEQ. With this delegation, LDEQ has the primary responsibility to implement and enforce the delegated standards. See Section VI, below, for a complete discussion of which standards are being delegated and which are not being delegated.
EPA previously approved LDEQ's program for the delegation of certain NESHAP standards in 40 CFR part 63 on March 26, 2004 (69 FR 15687), and updated the delegation on December 15, 2004 (69 FR 74979). Section 112(l) of the CAA enables EPA to approve State air toxics programs or rules to operate in place of the Federal air toxics program or rules. 40 CFR part 63, subpart E (Subpart E) governs EPA's approval of State rules or programs under section 112(l).
EPA received LDEQ's request to update the NESHAP delegation on August 12, 2005. LDEQ requested the EPA to update the delegation of authority for the following:
A. NESHAPs (40 CFR part 63 standards) through July 1, 2004
LDEQ's request was for delegation of certain NESHAPS for all sources (both part 70 and non-part 70 sources). The request includes revisions of the NESHAP standards adopted unchanged into Louisiana Administrative Code Start Printed Page 19654(LAC) Title 33:III, Chapter 51, Subchapter C, § 5122—Incorporation by Reference of 40 CFR part 63 as it Applies to Major Sources; and Chapter 53, Subchapter B, § 5311—Incorporation by Reference of 40 CFR part 63 as it Applies to Area Sources. LDEQ also requested that EPA remove the delegation for Subpart D—Early Reductions. LDEQ has requested delegation of the part 63 NESHAPs set forth in Table 1 below.
[40 CFR Part 63 NESHAP for source categories]
IIII Surface Coating of Auto and Light Duty Trucks.
EPA cannot delegate to a State any of the Category II Subpart A authorities set forth in 40 CFR 63.91(g)(2). These include the following provisions: Section 63.6(g), Approval of Alternative Non-Opacity Standards; § 63.6(h)(9), Approval of Alternative Opacity Standards; § 63.7(e)(2)(ii) and (f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Test Methods; § 63.8(f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Monitoring; and § 63.10(f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Recordkeeping and Reporting. In addition, some MACT standards have certain provisions that cannot be delegated to the States [e.g. 40 CFR 63.106(b)]. Therefore, any MACT standard that EPA is delegating to LDEQ that provides that certain authorities cannot be delegated are retained by EPA and not delegated. Furthermore, no authorities are delegated that require rulemaking in the Federal Register to implement, or where Federal overview is the only way to ensure national consistency in the application of the standards or requirements of CAA Section 112. EPA will change the delegation status of part 63—Subpart J standard for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production in this delegation action. This standard was vacated by Mossville Environmental Action Now v. EPA, 370 F. 3d 1232 (D.C. Cir. 2004), and EPA's petition for rehearing was denied by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on April 15, 2005. This standard was previously delegated to LDEQ. EPA is currently preparing a new Subpart J standard. Finally, Section 112(r), the accidental release program authority, is not being delegated by this approval.
In receiving delegation for specific General Provisions authorities, LDEQ Start Printed Page 19655must submit to EPA Region 6 on a semi-annual basis, copies of determinations issued under these authorities. For part 63 standards, these determinations include: Applicability determinations (63.1); approval/disapprovals of construction and reconstruction [63.5(e) and (f)]; notifications regarding the use of a continuous opacity monitoring system [63.6(h)(7)(ii)]; finding of compliance [63.6(h)(8)]; approval/disapprovals of compliance extensions [63.6(i)]; approvals/disapprovals of minor [63.7(e)(2)(i)] or intermediate [63.7(e)(2)(ii) and (f)] alternative test methods; approval of shorter sampling times and volumes [63.7(e)(2)(iii)]; waiver of performance testing [63.7(e)(2)(iv) and (h)(2), (3)]; approvals/disapprovals of minor or intermediate alternative monitoring methods [63.8(f)]; approval of adjustments to time periods for submitting reports (63.9 and 63.10); and approvals/disapprovals of minor alternatives to recordkeeping and reporting [63.10(f)].
All of the information required pursuant to the Federal NESHAP (40 CFR part 63) should be submitted by sources located outside of Indian country, directly to the LDEQ at the following address: Office of Environmental Services, P. O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313. The LDEQ is the primary point of contact with respect to delegated NESHAPs. Sources do not need to send a copy to EPA. EPA Region 6 waives the requirement that notifications and reports for delegated standards be submitted to EPA in addition to LDEQ in accordance with 40 CFR 63.9(a)(4)(ii) and 63.10(a)(4)(ii).
In the future, LDEQ will only need to send a letter of request to EPA, Region 6, for those NESHAP regulations that LDEQ has adopted by reference. The letter must reference the previous up-front approval demonstration and reaffirm that it still meets the up-front approval criteria. We will respond in writing to the request stating that the request for delegation is either granted or denied. A Federal Register will be published to inform the public and affected sources of the delegation, indicate where source notifications and reports should be sent, and to amend the relevant portions of the Code of Federal Regulations showing which NESHAP standards have been delegated to LDEQ.
The public was provided the opportunity to comment on the proposed approval of the program and mechanism for delegation of Section 112 standards, as they apply to part 70 sources, on August 24, 1994, for the proposed interim approval of LDEQ's Title V operating permits program; and on April 7, 1995, for the proposed final approval of LDEQ's Title V operating permits program. In EPA's final full approval of Louisiana's Operating Permits Program (60 FR 47296), the EPA discussed the public comments on the proposed delegation of the Title V operating permits program. The public was also given the opportunity to comment on the delegation of authority to Louisiana for National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants on March 26, 2004 (69 FR 15687 and 69 FR 15755) and on December 15, 2004 (69 FR 74979), and received no public comments on either delegation of authority. In this action, the public is given the opportunity to comment on the approval of LDEQ's request for delegation of authority to implement and enforce certain Section 112 standards for all sources (both part 70 and non-part 70 sources) which have been adopted by reference into Louisiana's state regulations. However, the Agency views the approval of these requests as a non-controversial action and anticipates no adverse comments. Therefore, EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal. However, in the “Proposed Rules” section of today's Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to approve the program and delegation of authority described in this action if adverse comments are received. This action was effective on June 16, 2006, without further notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by May 17, 2006.
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. For this reason, 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). 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.). Because this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does not impose Start Printed Page 19656any 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).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by June 16, 2006. 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).)
2. Section 63.99 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(18)(i) to read as follows:
(i) The following table lists the specific part 63 standards that have been delegated unchanged to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for all sources. The “X” symbol is used to indicate each subpart that has been delegated. The delegations are subject to all of the conditions and limitations set forth in Federal law, regulations, policy, guidance, and determinations. Some authorities cannot be delegated and are retained by EPA. These include certain General Provisions authorities and specific parts of some standards. Any amendments made to these rules after the date of adoption are not delegated.
Delegation Status for Part 63 Standards.—State of Louisiana 1
J Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production X 4
IIII Auto & Light Duty Trucks X
ZZZZ Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) X
2 Federal rules adopted unchanged as of July 1, 2004.
3 Authorities which may not be delegated include: 63.6(g), Approval of Alternative Non-Opacity Emission Standards; 63.6(h)(9), Approval of Alternative Opacity Standards; 63.7(e)(2)(ii) and (f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Test Methods; 63.8(f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Monitoring; 6.3.10(f), Approval of Major Alternatives to Recordkeeping and Reporting; and all authorities identified in the subparts (e.g., under “Delegation of Authority”) that cannot be delegated.
4 The standard was previously delegated to LDEQ. The standard was vacated and remanded to EPA by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See, Mossville Environmental Action Network v. EPA, 370 F. 3d 1232 (D.C. Cir. 2004). Because of the D.C. Circuit Court's holding this standard is not delegated to LDEQ at this time.
[FR Doc. 06-3637 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]