Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/06/11/2013-13724/direct-final-approval-of-sewage-sludge-incinerators-state-plan-for-designated-facilities-and
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Federal Register :: Direct Final Approval of Sewage Sludge Incinerators State Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Indiana
Direct Final Approval of Sewage Sludge Incinerators State Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Indiana
A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 06/11/2013
This direct final rule will be effective August 12, 2013, unless EPA receives adverse comments by July 11, 2013. If adverse comments are received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect.
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EPA-R05-OAR-2013-0372
FRL-9821-1
Indiana Section 111(d)/129 State Plan for Sewage Sludge...
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-13724 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-13724
EPA is approving Indiana's State Plan to control air pollutants from “Sewage Sludge Incinerators” (SSI). The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) submitted the State Plan on February 27, 2013. The State Plan is consistent with the Emission Guidelines (EGs) promulgated by EPA on March 21, 2011. This approval means that EPA finds that the State Plan meets applicable Clean Air Act (Act) requirements for subject SSI units. Once effective, this approval also makes the State Plan Federally enforceable.
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On March 21, 2011, in accordance with sections 111 and 129 of the Act, EPA promulgated SSI EGs and compliance schedules for the control of emissions from existing SSI units. See 76 FR 15404. EPA codified these guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, subpart MMMM. They include a model rule at 40 CFR §§ 60.5085 through 62.5250 that States may use to develop their own plans. Under that rule, EPA has defined an “SSI unit,” in part, as any device that combusts sewage sludge for the purpose of reducing the volume of the sewage sludge by removing combustible matter. 40 CFR 60.5250
Under section 111(d) of the Act, EPA is required to develop regulations for existing sources of noncriteria pollutants (i.e., a pollutant for which there is no national ambient air quality standard) whenever EPA promulgates a standard for a new source. This would include SSIs. Section 111(d) plans are subject to EPA review and approval.
Under section 129(b)(2) of the Act and the EGs at subpart MMMM, States with SSIs must submit to EPA plans that implement the EGs. The plans must be at least as protective as the EGs, which are not Federally enforceable until EPA approves them (or promulgates a Federal Plan for implementation and enforcement).
40 CFR part 60, subpart B contains general provisions applicable to the adoption and submittal of State Plans for subject facilities under section 111(d), which would include SSIs. On February 27, 2013, Indiana submitted its SSI State Plan, which EPA received on March 1, 2013. This submission followed public hearings for preliminary adoption of the State rule on May 2, 2012 and for final adoption on August 1, 2012. The State adopted the final rule on October 31, 2012 and it became effective on November 1, 2012. The plan includes State rule 326 IAC 11-10, which establishes emission standards for existing SSI.Start Printed Page 34919
The State submittal is based on the SSI EGs. As set forth in section 129 of the Act and in 40 CFR part 60, subparts B and MMMM, the State Plan addresses the nine minimum required elements, as follows:
1. An inventory of affected SSI units, including those that have ceased operation but have not been dismantled. Indiana has provided this.
2. An inventory of the emissions from affected SSI units. Indiana has provided this.
3. Compliance schedules for each affected SSI unit. Indiana has provided a compliance schedule and a compliance date of December 21, 2015.
4. Emission limits, emission standards, operator training and qualification requirements and operating limits for affected SSI units that are at least as protective as the EGs. Indiana has provided this.
5. Performance testing, recordkeeping and reporting and requirements. Indiana has provided this.
6. Certification that the hearing on the state plan was held, a list of witnesses and their organizational affiliations, if any, appearing at the hearing, and a brief written summary of each presentation or written submission. Indiana has provided this.
7. A provision for State progress reports to EPA. Indiana has stated that it will submit an annual report that will include updates to the inventory, any enforcement activities and submission of copies of technical reports on all performance testing on designated facilities. The Air Facility System will be used to submit information pertaining to emissions, inspections, status of compliance, dates of performance testing, and enforcement actions.
8. Identification of enforceable state mechanisms that the State selected for implementing the EGs. Indiana has provided a detailed list which identified the enforceable mechanisms.
9. A demonstration of the State's legal authority to carry out the SSI State Plan. Indiana has provided a detailed list which demonstrated that it has such legal authority. This includes the legal authority to incorporate by reference Federal emission guidelines provisions, as confirmed by an Indiana Attorney General's Opinion letter dated February 21, 2013.
EPA evaluated the SSI State Plan and related information submitted by Indiana for consistency with the Act, EPA regulations and policy. For the reasons discussed above, EPA has determined that the State Plan meets all applicable requirements and, therefore, is approving it.
EPA is approving the State Plan which Indiana submitted on February 27, 2013, for the control of emissions from existing SSI sources in the State. EPA is publishing this approval notice without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a non-controversial action 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 State Plan in the event adverse written comments are filed. This rule will be effective August 12, 2013 without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse written comments by July 11, 2013. If we receive such comments, we will withdraw this action before the effective date by publishing a subsequent document that will withdraw the final action. All public comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed action. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. If we do not receive any comments, this action will be effective August 12, 2013.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Start Printed Page 34920Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a “major rule” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under Section 307(b)(1) of the Act, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by August 12, 2013. 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 approving Indiana's section 111(d)/129 plan revision for SSI sources may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
2. Add an undesignated center heading and §§ 62.3670, 62.3671, and 62.3672 to subpart P to read as follows:
§ 62.3670
On February 27, 2013, Indiana submitted a State Plan for implementing the emission guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (SSI). The enforceable mechanism for this State Plan is a State rule codified in 326 Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) 11-10. The rule was adopted on August 1, 2012, and became effective on November 1, 2012.
§ 62.3671
The Indiana State Plan for existing Sewage Sludge Incinerators (SSI) applies to all SSIs for which construction commenced on or before October 14, 2010 or for which a modification was commenced on or before September 21, 2011 primarily to comply with this rule.
§ 62.3672
The Federal effective date of the Indiana State Plan for existing Sewage Sludge Incinerators is August 12, 2013.
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