Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/04/28/00-10521/approval-and-promulgation-of-implementation-plans-reasonably-available-control-technology-for-oxides
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Federal Register :: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen for the State of New York
A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 04/28/2000
This rule will be effective May 30, 2000.
65 FR 24875
24875-24878 (4 pages)
Region II Docket No. NY42-21-1
FRL-6583-8
00-10521
When Did EPA Propose To Approve New York's SIP Revisions?
What Are the Public's Comments on EPA's Proposal?
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/00-10521 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/00-10521
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving New York's revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone. The State submitted this portion of the implementation plan to satisfy Clean Air Act (the Act) requirements for adoption of rules for the application of reasonably available control technology (RACT) for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) in the entire State. The intended effect of this SIP revision is to reduce emissions of NOX from combustion sources in order to help attain the national ambient air quality standard for ozone.
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Air Docket (6102), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
Ted Gardella, Air Programs Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10278, (212) 637-3892.
The EPA is approving revisions to New York's ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) which New York submitted to EPA on January 20, 1994 and April 29, 1999. The January 20, 1994 submittal includes New York's Subpart 227-2 entitled “Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX).” The April 29, 1999 submittal includes amendments to Subpart 227-2. A separate EPA action approved other portions (Part 200, Part 201, Subpart 227-1 and Subpart 227-3) of the January 1994 and April 1999 submittals in a Federal Register Start Printed Page 24876document published at 65 FR 20905 on April 19, 2000.
EPA is approving this action because it determined that New York's SIP revisions meet all requirements of the Clean Air Act (the Act), EPA guidelines and EPA policy thereby allowing implementation and enforcement of NOX RACT requirements statewide.
On January 5, 2000, EPA published in the Federal Register (65 FR 421) a Proposed Rulemaking to approve New York's regulations as a SIP revision and providing for a 30-day public comment period, which ended February 4, 2000.
EPA received no public comments regarding the Proposed Rulemaking.
A detailed discussion of this action is available in the January 5, 2000 Proposed Rulemaking (65 FR 421). A Technical Support Document, prepared in support of the proposed rulemaking, contains the full description of New York's submittals and EPA's evaluation. A copy of the Technical Support Document is available upon request from the EPA Regional Office contact listed above in the ADDRESSES section.
EPA is approving the two SIP revisions that implement New York's NOX RACT Program throughout the State for combustion sources, regardless of the nonattainment status. The first SIP revision, dated January 20, 1994, includes Subpart 227-2. The second SIP revision, dated April 29, 1999, includes amendments to Subpart 227-2. Therefore, this rule makes final the action proposed at 65 FR 421.
This final rule will not 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, because it merely approves a state rule implementing a federal standard, and does not alter the relationship or the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the Clean Air Act.
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies to any rule that: (1) Is determined to be “economically significant” as defined under E.O. 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may have a disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health or safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
Moreover, due to the nature of the Federal-State relationship under the Start Printed Page 24877Clean Air Act, preparation of flexibility analysis would constitute Federal inquiry into the economic reasonableness of state action. The Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. Union Electric Co., v. U.S. EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).
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 27, 2000. 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 52.1670 is amended by adding new paragraph (c)(97) to read as follows:
(97) Revisions to the State Implementation Plan submitted on January 20, 1994 and April 29, 1999 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that establishes NOX RACT requirements Statewide for combustion sources.
(A) Regulation Subpart 227-2 of Title 6 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations, entitled “Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)” adopted on January 19, 1994, and effective on February 18, 1994.
(B) Amendments to Subpart 227-2 adopted on January 12, 1999 and effective on March 5, 1999.
(A) Letters from the New York State Department of Environmental Department Conservation dated January 20, 1994 and April 29, 1999, submitting the NOX RACT Regulation and amendments as revisions to the New York State Implementation Plan for ozone.
(B) Letter from the New York State Department of Environmental Department Conservation dated April 27, 1999 submitting an analysis of mass NOX emissions from generic sources throughout the State as well as resolution of other approvability issues.
3. In section 52.1679, the table is amended by revising the entry for Subpart 227-2 as follows:
Subpart 227-2, Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) 3/5/99 [4/28/00 65 FR 24877].
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