Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/12/30/2010-32971/approval-and-promulgation-of-state-plans-for-designated-facilities-and-pollutants-state-of-florida
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This direct final rule is effective February 28, 2011 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by January 31, 2011. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect.
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4. Mail: EPA-R04 OAR-2010-0392, Daniel Garver, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
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II. Review of Florida's Municipal Waste Combustor (MWC) Plan Revision
Section 129(a)(5) of the CAA requires EPA to conduct a 5-year review of the solid waste incinerator new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines (EGs) and revise both, as appropriate. Accordingly, in the May 10, 2006, edition of the Federal Register, EPA promulgated revised LMWC rules under sections 111 and 129 of the CAA. Section 129(b)(2) of the CAA requires states to submit to EPA for approval state plans and revisions that implement and enforce the amended EGs, in this case, 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb. State plans and revisions must be at least as protective as the EGs, and become federally enforceable as a section 111(d)/129 plan revision upon approval by EPA. The procedures for adoption and submittal of state plans and revisions are codified in 40 CFR part 60, subpart B.
The required Florida 111(d)/129 Plan revision was submitted by FDEP to EPA on July 12, 2007. EPA has reviewed the plan revision for existing LMWC units in the context of the requirements of 40 CFR part 60, and subparts B and Cb, as amended. State plans must include the following nine essential elements: (1) Identification of legal authority, (2) identification of mechanism for implementation, (3) inventory of affected facilities, (4) emissions inventory, (5) emissions limits, (6) compliance schedules, (7) testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting, (8) public hearing records, and (9) annual state progress reports on facility compliance.
Federal regulations found at 40 CFR 60.26 require the plan to demonstrate that the State has legal authority to adopt and implement the emission standards and compliance schedules. FDEP has demonstrated that it has the legal authority to adopt and implement the emission standards and compliance governing MWC emissions. FDEP's legal authority is derived from state law found at Florida Statutes (F.S.) Sec. 403.031 (Definitions), F.S. Sec. 403.061 (Department powers and duties), F.S. Sec. 403.0872 (Title V air operating permits), and F.S. Sec. 403.8055 (Authority to adopt federal standards by reference). F.S. Subsections 403.061(6), (7), (8), and (13) give the authority for obtaining information and for requiring recordkeeping, and use of monitors. F.S. Subsection 403.061(35) gives the department authority to exercise the duties, powers, and responsibilities required of the State under the CAA. The sections of the Florida Statutes that give authority for compliance and enforcement authority are 403.121 (Judicial and administrative remedies), F.S. Sec. 403.131 (Injunctive relief), F.S. Sec. 403.141 (Civil remedies), and 403.161 (Civil and criminal penalties) Finally, F.S. Sec. 119.07 is the authority for making the information available to the public. Furthermore, FDEP has submitted and EPA has approved a previous Florida 111(d)/129 Plan for LMWCs that demonstrate the required legal authority (40 CFR 62.2355). Therefore, the Plan meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60.26.
The subpart B provision at 40 CFR 60.24(a) requires that state plans include emissions standards, defined 40 CFR 60.21(f) as “a legally enforceable regulation setting forth an allowable rate of emissions into the atmosphere, or prescribing equipment specifications for control of air pollution emissions.” Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) Chapter 62-204.800, “Federal Regulations Adopted by Reference” has been amended to incorporate revisions to subpart Cb. These amendments to F.A.C. Rule 62-204.800(8) and (9), for Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times, respectively, were proposed on April 6, 2007, and became effective on May 31, 2007. These rules meet the requirement of 40 CFR 60.24(a) to have a legally enforceable emission standard.
Federal regulations found at 40 CFR 60.25(a) require the plan to include a complete source inventory of all LMWC units. FDEP has identified ten (10) affected facilities. An affected facility is not exempt from applicable sections 111(d)/129 requirements because it is not listed in the inventory compiled by FDEP. The affected facilities identified by FDEP are shown in the table below:
Lake County Resource Recovery Okahumpka.
Pasco County Solid Waste Hudson.
Hillsborough County Resource Recovery Tampa.
McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Tampa.
Pinellas Resource Recovery St. Petersburg.
Lee County Resource Recovery Fort Myers.
Palm Beach Solid Waste Authority West Palm Beach.
North Broward County Resource Recovery Pompano Beach.
South Broward County Resource Recovery Fort Lauderdale.
Dade County Resource Recovery Miami.
Federal regulations found at 40 CFR 60.25(a) require that the plan include an emissions inventory that estimates emissions of the pollutant regulated by the EGs. Emissions from MWC units contain organics (dioxin/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate matter, opacity), and acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides). FDEP submitted a supplement to its 111(d)/129 Plan to EPA on September 30, 2009. This supplement contains MWC unit emissions rates for each regulated pollutant for each designated facility based on the most recent stack test data. This meets the emission inventory requirements of 40 CFR 60.25(a).
Federal regulations found at 40 CFR 60.24(c) specify that the state plan or revision must include emission standards that are no less stringent than the EGs, except as specified in 40 CFR 60.24(f), which allows for less stringent emission limitations on a case-by-case basis if certain conditions are met. This exception clause is superseded by section 129(b)(2) of the CAA, which requires that state plans be “at least as protective” as the EGs. Since F.A.C. Rule 62-204.800(9) b.3.a. through i., specifically adopts by reference the EGs contained in 40 CFR part 60 subpart Cb, the emission standards are “at least as protective” as those in subpart Cb, as amended.
Federal regulations found at 40 CFR 60.24(c) and (e), require that a state plan must include an expeditious compliance schedule that owners and operators of affected MWC units must meet in order to comply with the requirements of the plan. F.A.C. Rule 62-204.800(9) b.3.a. through i., specifically adopts by reference the compliance schedules listed in 40 CFR 60.33b. The Plan revision meets applicable Federal requirements for compliance schedules.
The provisions of subpart B, 40 CFR 60.24(b) and 60.25(b), stipulate facility testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements for state plans. F.A.C. Rule 62-204.800(9)b.7., and 8., adopts by reference the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements found at 40 CFR 60.58b and 60.59b, respectively. The Plan revision meets applicable Federal requirements for testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.
A public hearing on the plan revision was held on April 27, 2007. Applicable portions of F.A.C. Chapter 62-204.800, amendments became effective on May 31, 2007. FDEP provided evidence of complying with public notice and other hearing requirements, including a record of public comments received. FDEP also certified that “the public notice and hearing requirements of all applicable state and federal regulations have been satisfied with respect to this submittal.” FDEP has met the requirement of 40 CFR 60.23 for a public hearing.
FDEP must submit to EPA on an annual basis a report which details the progress in the enforcement of the plan in accordance with 40 CFR 60.25(e) and (f). Accordingly, FDEP will submit annual reports on progress in plan enforcement to EPA on an annual (calendar) basis, commencing with the first full report period after plan revision approval.
Based upon the rationale discussed above, EPA is approving the Florida Plan revision and related F.A.C. Rule 62-204.800(9) amendments, as adopted on May 31, 2007. This approval excludes certain authorities retained by EPA, and as stated in 40 CFR 60.30b(b) and 60.50b(n). As required by 40 CFR 60.28(c), any revisions to the Florida Plan or supporting regulations will not be considered part of the applicable plan until submitted by FDEP in accordance with 40 CFR 60.28(a) or (b), as applicable, and until approved by EPA in accordance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart B, requirements.
EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse comments. This action simply reflects already existing Federal requirement for state air pollution control agencies and existing LMWC units that are subject to the provisions of 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb and related subpart Eb. 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 section 111(d)/129 Plan revision should relevant adverse or critical comments be filed. This rule will be effective January 31, 2011 without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comments by January 31, 2011. If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule did not take effect. EPA will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. The 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 that this rule will be effective on February 28, 2011 and no further action will be taken on the proposed rule.
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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 February 28, 2011. 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)).
, subpart K, is amended as follows:
2. Section 62.2355 is revised to read as follows:
§ 62.2355
(a) The plan applies to existing facilities with a municipal waste combustor (MWC) unit capacity greater than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste (MSW), and for which construction, reconstruction, or modification was commenced on or before July 12, 2007.
(b) On July 12, 2007, Florida submitted a revised State plan and related Florida Administrative Code amendments as required by 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb, amended on May 10, 2006.
(c) The plan is effective as of May 31, 2007.
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