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Federal Register :: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference for North Dakota
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference for North Dakota
A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 03/01/2007
9263-9272 (10 pages)
R08-ND-2006-0001
FRL-8274-6
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E7-3314 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E7-3314
EPA is revising the format of 40 CFR part 52 for materials submitted by the State of North Dakota that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this format change have all been previously submitted by North Dakota and approved by EPA.
Effective Date: This action is effective March 1, 2007.
SIP materials which are incorporated by reference into 40 CFR part 52 are available for inspection Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding Federal holidays, at the Air and Radiation Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. EPA requests that, if at all possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to arrange a time to view the hard copy of the North Dakota SIP compilation. An electronic copy of the North Dakota regulations we have approved for incorporation into the SIP are also available by accessing http://www.epa.gov/​region8/​air/​sip.html. A hard copy of the regulatory and source-specific portions of the compilation will also be maintained at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). If you wish to obtain materials from a docket in the EPA Headquarters Library, please call the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket/Telephone number (202) 566-1742. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/​federal_​register/​code_​of_​federal_​regulations/​ibr_​locations.html.
This format revision will affect the “Identification of plan” section of 40 CFR part 52, as well as the format of the SIP materials that will be available for public inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center located at EPA Start Printed Page 9264Headquarters in Washington, DC, and the EPA Region 8 Office.
Each SIP revision submitted by North Dakota must be adopted at the state level after undergoing reasonable notice and public hearing. SIPs submitted to EPA to attain or maintain the NAAQS must include enforceable emission limitations and other control measures, schedules and timetables for compliance.
We do not reproduce in 40 CFR part 52 the full text of the North Dakota regulations that we have approved; instead, we incorporate them by reference (“IBR”). We approve a given state regulation with a specific effective date and then refer the public to the location(s) of the full text version of the state regulation(s) should they want to know which measures are contained in a given SIP (see “I.F. Where You Can Find a Copy of the SIP Compilation”).
EPA Region 8 developed and will maintain a hard copy of the compilation for North Dakota. An electronic copy of the North Dakota regulations we have approved are available on the following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/​region8/​air/​sip.html. A hard copy of the regulatory and source-specific portions of the compilation will also be maintained at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). If you wish to obtain materials from a docket in the EPA Headquarters Library, please call the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket/Telephone number (202) 566-1742. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/​federal_​register/​code_​of_​federal_​regulations/​ibr_​locations.html.
The revised Identification of plan section for North Dakota contains five subsections:
1. Purpose and scope (see 40 CFR 52.1820(a));
2. Incorporation by reference (see 40 CFR 52.1820(b));
3. EPA-approved regulations (see 40 CFR 52.1820(c));
4. EPA-approved source-specific requirements (see 40 CFR 52.1820(d)); and
5. EPA-approved nonregulatory provisions such as transportation control measures, statutory provisions, control strategies, monitoring networks, etc. (see 40 CFR 52.1820(e)).
All revisions to the applicable SIP are Federally enforceable as of the effective date of EPA's approval of the respective revisions. In general, SIP revisions become effective 30 to 60 days after publication of EPA's SIP approval action in the Federal Register. In specific cases, a SIP revision action may become effective less than 30 days or greater than 60 days after the Federal Register publication date. In order to determine the effective date of EPA's approval for a specific North Dakota SIP provision that is listed in paragraph 40 CFR 52.1820 (c), (d), or (e), consult the volume and page of the Federal Register cited in the “EPA approval date” column of 40 CFR 52.1820 for that particular provision.
To facilitate enforcement of previously approved SIP provisions and to provide a smooth transition to the new SIP processing system, we are retaining the original Identification of plan section (see 40 CFR 52.1837). This section previously appeared at 40 CFR 52.1820. After an initial two-year period, we will review our experience with the new table format and will decide whether or not to retain the original Identification of plan section (40 CFR 52.1837) for some further period. Start Printed Page 9265
Today's action constitutes a “housekeeping” exercise to reformat the codification of the EPA-approved North Dakota SIP.
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this action is not a “significant regulatory action” and is therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. This rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, “Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use” (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. Because the agency has made a “good cause” finding that this action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute as indicated in the Supplementary Information section above, it is not subject to the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C 601 et seq.), or to sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4). In addition, this action does not significantly or uniquely affect small governments or impose a significant intergovernmental mandate, as described in sections 203 and 204 of UMRA. This rule also does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically significant. This rule does not involve technical standards; 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. The rule also does not involve special consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct, as required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996). EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1998) by examining the takings implications of the rule in accordance with the “Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings” issued under the executive order. This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). EPA's compliance with these statutes and Executive Orders for the underlying rules is discussed in previous actions taken on the State's rules.
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. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a rule effective sooner than otherwise provided by the CRA if the agency makes a good cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. Today's action simply reformats the codification of provisions which are already in effect as a matter of law. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of March 1, 2007. 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. These corrections to the Identification of plan for South Dakota is not a “major rule” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
2. Section 52.1820 is redesignated as § 52.1837 and the section heading and paragraph (a) are revised to read as follows:
§ 52.1837
(a) This section identifies the original “Air Implementation Plan for the State Start Printed Page 9266of North Dakota” and all revisions submitted by North Dakota that were federally approved prior to July 31, 2006.
3. A new § 52.1820 is added to read as follows:
(b) Incorporation by reference. (1) Material listed in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of this section with an EPA approval date prior to July 31, 2006, was approved for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Material is incorporated as submitted by the state to EPA, and notice of any change in the material will be published in the Federal Register. Entries for paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of this section with EPA approval dates after July 31, 2006, will be incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.
(2) EPA Region 8 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated state rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State Implementation Plan as of July 31, 2006.
33-15-01-04 Definitions 3/1/03 10/21/04, 69 FR 61762
33-15-01-5 Abbreviations 10/1/87 5/12/89, 54 FR 20574
Except the following abbreviations: CFR, PM10, scmh, TSP, & ohm 1/1/89 8/9/90, 55 FR 32403
33-15-01-07 Variances: Subsection 1 and Subsection 2 10/1/87 6/1/90 5/12/89, 54 FR 20574. 6/26/92, 57 FR 28619
33-15-02-07.3, 33-15-02-07.4 and 33-15-02, Table 2 Concentration of air contaminants in the ambient air restricted and National Ambient Air Quality Standards table 9/1/98 8/31/99, 64 FR 47395 See additional interpretive materials cited in 64 FR 47395, 8/31/99.
33-15-04-01 Refuse burning restrictions 1/1/96 4/21/97, 62 FR 19224
33-15-04-02 Permissible open burning 1/1/96 4/21/97, 62 FR 19224
33-15-05-02 Maximum allowable emissions of particulate matter from fuel burning equipment used for indirect heating 3/1/03 10/21/04, 69 FR 61762
33-15-06-02 Restrictions of emissions of sulfur oxides from industrial processes 6/1/92 10/20/93, 58 FR 54041
33-15-10-01 Pesticide use restricted Subsection 1 and Subsection 2 10/1/87 1/1/89 5/12/89, 54 FR 20574. 8/9/90, 55 FR 32403
33-15-11-Table 6 Air pollution episode criteria 8/1/95 4/21/97, 62 FR 19224
33-15-11-Table 7 Abatement strategies emission reduction plans 8/1/95 4/21/97, 62 FR 19224
33-15-14-02 Permit to construct 3/1/94 8/21/95, 60 FR 43396 Excluding subsections 12, 3.c, 13.b.1, 5, 13.c, 13.i(5), and 19 (one sentence) which were subsequently revised and approved. See below. See additional interpretive materials cited in 57 FR 28619, 6/26/92, regarding the State's commitment to meet the requirements of EPA's “Guideline on Air Quality Models (Revised).”
33-15-14-02.5, 33-15-14-02.13.c and 33-15-14-02.13.i(5) Review of application—standard for granting permits to construct and exemptions 3/1/03 8/8/05, 70 FR 45539
33-15-14-07 Source exclusion from title V permit to operate requirements 6/1/01 2/28/03, 68 FR 9565
33-15-15-01 General provisions 6/1/92 8/21/95, 60 FR 43396 Excluding subsections 1.a(3), 1.a(4), 1.c, 1.e(4), 1.h, 1.i, 1.m, 1.x(2)(h-k), 1.aa(2)(c), 1.bb, 1.dd, 1.ee, 1.ff, 4.d(3)(a), 4.j(4)(b), 1.hh, 2, 1.x.2(d), and 4.h(3) which were subsequently revised and approved. See below. See additional interpretive materials cited in 56 FR 12848, 3/28/91, regarding NOX increments and in 57 FR 28619, 6/26/92, regarding the State's commitment to meet the requirements of EPA's “Guideline on Air Quality Models (Revised).” Also see 40 CFR 52.1829.
33-15-15-01. subsections: 1.a(3), 1.a(4), 1.c, 1.e(4), 1.h, 1.i, 1.m, 1.x(2)(h-k), 1.aa(2)(c), 1.bb, 1.dd, 1.ee, & 1.ff, 4.d(3)(a), & 4.j(4)(b) Definitions & review of new major stationary sources and major modifications 3/1/94 11/3/95, 60 FR 55792
33-15-15-01.1.hh & 33-15-15-01.2 Definitions & significant deterioration of air quality—area designation and deterioration increment 6/1/01 2/28/03, 68 FR 9565
33-15-15-01.1.x.2(d) & 33-15-15-01.4.h(3) Definitions & review of new major stationary sources and major modifications 3/1/03 8/8/05, 70 FR 45539
33-15-15-02 Reclassification 1/1/89 8/9/90, 55 FR 32403
33-15-17-02 Restriction of fugitive particulate emissions 1/1/96 4/21/97, 62 FR 19224
—Tesoro Mandan Refinery —Leland Olds Station Units 1 & 2 —Milton R. Young Unit 1 —Heskett Station Units 1 & 2 —Stanton Station Unit 1 —American Crystal Sugar at Drayton SIP Chapter 8, Section 8.3, Continuous Emission Monitoring Requirements for Existing Stationary Sources, including amendments to Permits to Operate and Department Order 5/6/77 10/17/77, 42 FR 55471.
(e) EPA-approved nonregulatory provisions. Start Printed Page 9271
(1) Implementation Plan for the Control of Air Pollution for the State of North Dakota Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Legal Authority 3. Control Strategy 4. Compliance Schedule 5. Prevention of Air Pollution Emergency Episodes 7. Review of New Sources and Modifications 8. Source Surveillance 9. Resources 10. Inter-governmental Cooperation 11. Rules and Regulations Statewide Submitted: 1/24/72 Adopted: 1/24/72 Clarification submitted: 6/14/73 2/19/74 6/26/74 11/21/74 4/23/75 5/31/72, 37 FR 10842 with all clarifications on 3/2/76, 41 FR 8956 Excluding subsequent revisions, as follows: Chapters 6, 11, and 12 and Sections 2.11, 3.2.1, 3.7, 5.2.1, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13, 8.3. Revisions to these non-regulatory provisions have subsequently been approved. See below.
(8) Revisions to SIP Chapter 5, Section 5.2.1 Submitted: 4/18/89 8/9/90, 55 FR 32403
(11) Revisions to Chapter 11, Rules & Regulations See the table listed above under § 52.1820 (c)(1) for most current version of EPA-approved North Dakota regulations.
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