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Federal Register | Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave
[EPA-R09-OAR-2007-1105; FRL-8580-3]
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from wood products and marine coating operations. We are approving local rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).
DATES: This rule is effective on September 15, 2008 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comments by August 15, 2008. If we receive such comments, we will publish a timely withdrawal in theFederal Registerto notify the public that this direct final rule will not take effect.
Instructions:All comments will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online atwww.regulations.gov,including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as such and should not be submitted throughwww.regulations.govor e-mail.www.regulations.govis an "anonymous access" system, and EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the public comment. 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:The index to the docket for this action is available electronically atwww.regulations.govand in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in theFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACTsection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia G. Allen, EPA Region IX, (415) 947-4120,allen.cynthia@epa.gov.
Table of Contents I. The State's Submittal A. What rules did the State submit? B. Are there other versions of these rules? C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule revisions? II. EPA's Evaluation and Action A. How is EPA evaluating the rules? B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria? C. Public Comment and Final Action III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews I. The State's Submittal A. What rules did the State submit?
Table 1.—Submitted Rules Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted Submitted MDAQMD 1106 Marine Coating Operations 10/23/06 05/08/07 VCAPCD 74.30 Wood Products Coatings 06/27/06 10/05/06
On July 23, 2007, the submittal of MDAQMD Rule 1106 was found to meet the completeness criteria in 40 CFR Part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review. On October 24, 2006, the submittal of VCAPCD Rule 74.30 was found to meet the completeness criteria in 40 CFR Part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.
There is no previous version of Rule 1106 in the MDAQMD SIP, although the MDAQMD adopted an earlier version of this rule on August 28, 2006, and CARB submitted it to us on May 8, 2007. While we can act on only the most recently submitted version, we have reviewed materials provided with previous submittals. A version of SCAQMD Rule 1106 adopted on November 4, 1988 and amended on August 2, 1991, was approved into the SIP on July 14, 1995 (60 FR 36227) andis federally enforceable for portions of the area now regulated by MDAQMD.
A version of VCAPCD Rule 74.30 was approved into the SIP on October 25, 2005 (70 FR 61561).
Section 110(a) of the CAA requires States to submit regulations that control volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and other air pollutants which harm human health and the environment. These rules were developed as part of local air districts' programs to control these pollutants.
MDAQMD Rule 1106 reduces VOC emissions from marine coatings operations. The provisions of this rule apply to all marine coating operations of both commercial boats and ships, pleasure craft and their appurtenances, and to coating of buoy and oil drilling rigs, or their parts and components intended for the marine environment.
VCAPCD Rule 74.30 revisions involve a reduction in reactive organic compound (ROC) content for surface preparation and cleanup material. Currently, the effective date of the revisions are 90 days from the date of adoption. The revisions are required because, under the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 40914(b)(2), staff is required to demonstrate that the District's plan to attain the California ambient ozone standard provides for expeditious implementation of `every feasible measure' to reduce ozone precursor emission (including ROC). In addition, revisions include the removal of obsolete language and the rewording of certain subsections for clarity. EPA's technical support documents (TSD) have more information about these rules.
Generally, SIP rules must be enforceable (see section 110(a) of the Act), must require Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for each category of sources covered by a Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document as well as each major source in nonattainment areas (see sections 182(a)(2) and 182(f)), and must not relax existing requirements (see sections 110(l) and 193). The MDAQMD and VCAPCD regulate ozone nonattainment areas (see 40 CFR part 81), so MDAQMD Rule 1106 and VCAPCD Rule 74.30 must fulfill RACT.
4. Alternative Control Techniques Document: Surface Coating Operations at Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities, EPA Region 9, April 1994 (EPA 453/R-94-932).
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, EPA is fully approving the submitted rules because we believe they fulfill all relevant requirements. We do not think anyone will object to this approval, so we are finalizing it without proposing it in advance. However, in the Proposed Rules section of thisFederal Register, we are simultaneously proposing approval of the same submitted rules. If we receive adverse comments by August 15, 2008, we will publish a timely withdrawal in theFederal Registerto notify the public that the direct final approval will not take effect and we will address the comments in a subsequent final action based on the proposal. If we do not receive timely adverse comments, the direct final approval will be effective without further notice on September 15, 2008. This will incorporate these rules into the federally enforceable SIP.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission; to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.272 note) do not apply. This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501et seq.).
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 September 15, 2008. 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).)
Dated: June 3, 2008. Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, Region IX. Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: PART 52—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows: Authority:
Subpart F—California 2. Section 52.220 is amended by adding paragraphs (c)(347)(i)(D) and (c)(350)(i)(B)(2) to read as follows:
(1) Rule 74.30, Wood Products Coatings, adopted May 17, 1994 and revised on June 27, 2006.
(2) Rule 1106, Marine Coating Operations, adopted on August 28, 2006 and amended on October 23, 2006.