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Skip Navigation HomeHelpResourcesContact Us Advanced Search Start of Main Content Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approval and Promulgation: West Virginia; Redesignation Request for the Wheeling, WV-OH 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval, etc. This Rule document was issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) For related information, Open Docket Folder Show agency attachment(s) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0368; FRL-9901-41-Region3]
SummaryEPA is approving a redesignation request and State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of West Virginia. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) requested that the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) nonattainment area (“Wheeling Area” or “Area”) be redesignated as attainment for the 1997 annual PM 2.5 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). In this rulemaking action, EPA is approving the 1997 annual PM 2.5 redesignation request for the West Virginia portion of the Area. EPA is also approving the maintenance plan SIP revision that the State submitted in conjunction with its redesignation request. The maintenance plan provides for continued attainment of the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS for 10 years after redesignation of the West Virginia portion of the Area. The maintenance plan includes a comprehensive emissions inventory that EPA is approving in this rulemaking. The maintenance plan also includes an insignificance determination for the onroad motor vehicle contribution of PM 2.5, nitrogen oxides (NO X), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) for the West Virginia portion of the Area for purposes of transportation conformity. EPA is also approving West Virginia's insignificance determination for transportation conformity. In addition, EPA is also finding that the Area continues to attain the standard. This rulemaking action approving the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS redesignation request, maintenance plan, comprehensive emissions inventory, and insignificance determination for transportation conformity for the West Virginia portion of the Area is based on EPA's determination that the Area has met the criteria for redesignation to attainment specified in the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DatesThis final rule is effective on September 30, 2013.
AddressesEPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID Number EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0368. All documents in the docket are listed in the Web site. Although listed in the electronic docket, some information is not publicly available, i.e., confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through or in hard copy for public inspection during normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal are available at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street SE., Charleston, West Virginia 25304.
For Further Information ContactRose Quinto, (215) 814-2182, or by email at . Supplementary InformationI. BackgroundOn March 8, 2012, the State of West Virginia, through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), submitted a request to redesignate the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling Area nonattainment area to attainment for the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS. The Wheeling Area is composed of Marshall and Ohio Counties in West Virginia and Belmont County in Ohio. On December 11, 2012 (77 FR 73575), EPA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the State of West Virginia. Pursuant to sections 107(d)(3)(E) and 175A of the CAA, the NPR proposed approval of West Virginia's redesignation request, a SIP revision that establishes a maintenance plan for the West Virginia portion of the Area that provides for continued attainment of the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS for at least 10 years after redesignation, a comprehensive emissions inventory for PM 2.5, NO X and SO 2, and the insignificance determination for the onroad motor vehicle contribution of PM 2.5, NO X and SO 2 for transportation conformity purposes for the West Virginia portion of the Area.
On July 24, 2013 (78 FR 44487), EPA published a supplemental NPR that revised and expanded the basis for proposing approval of West Virginia's request in light of developments since EPA issued its initial proposal on December 11, 2012. Principally, the supplemental NPR addressed the effects of the decision of the D.C. Circuit Court's January 4, 2013 decision to remand to EPA two final rules implementing the PM 2.5 NAAQS. In the supplemental NPR, EPA proposed to proceed with the approval of the request to designate the Wheeling Area to attainment for the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS and the associated maintenance plan. On June 24, 2013, WVDEP supplemented its March 8, 2012 SIP submittal with the 2008 ammonia and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions inventory which EPA proposed to approve in the supplemental NPR, in conjunction with the PM 2.5, NO X and SO 2 emissions inventory that EPA previously proposed to approve, as meeting the comprehensive emissions inventory requirements of section 172(c)(3) of the CAA. See December 11, 2012 (77 FR 73575) and July 24, 2013 (78 FR 44487). In addition, EPA also proposed to approve the insignificance determination for the onroad motor vehicle contribution of PM 2.5, NO X and SO 2 for transportation conformity purposes for the West Virginia portion of the Area.
Other specific details of West Virginia's redesignation request, the associated maintenance plan SIP revision, the comprehensive emissions inventory, and insignificance determination, and the rationales for EPA's proposed actions are explained in both the NPR and the supplemental NPR and will not be restated here. No public comments were received on either of the NPRs.II. Final ActionEPA is approving the redesignation request, the maintenance plan, the comprehensive emissions inventory, and the insignificance determination for transportation conformity for the West Virginia portion of the Area because the requirements for approval have been satisfied. EPA has evaluated West Virginia's redesignation request, and determined that it meets the redesignation criteria set forth in section 107(d)(3)(E) of the CAA. Approval of this redesignation request will change the designation of the West Virginia portion of the Area from nonattainment to attainment for the 1997 annual PM 2.5 NAAQS. EPA is also approving the associated maintenance plan for the West Virginia portion of the Area as a revision to the West Virginia SIP, because it meets the requirements of section 175A of the CAA. In addition, EPA is also approving the comprehensive emissions inventory as a revision to the West Virginia SIP because it meets the requirements of section 172(c)(3) of the CAA. Furthermore, EPA is approving the transportation conformity insignificance determination submitted by West Virginia for this Area in conjunction with its redesignation request.
does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller GeneralThe 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. EPA will submit a report containing this action 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. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a “major rule” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).C. Petitions for Judicial ReviewUnder 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 November 29, 2013. 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. This action approving the redesignation request, the maintenance plan, the comprehensive emissions inventory and transportation conformity insignificance determination for the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling Area may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
Authority42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: September 13, 2013.
2. In § 52.2520, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding an entry for the 1997 Annual PM 2.5 Maintenance Plan for Wheeling, WV-OH Area at the end of the table to read as follows:
Name of non-regulatory SIP revisionApplicable geographic areaState submittal dateEPA-approval dateAdditional explanation
* * * * * * * 1997 Annual PM 2.5 Maintenance Plan for the Wheeling WV-OH AreaMarshall and Ohio Counties3/8/12, 6/24/139/30/13, [Insert page number where the document begins] See § 52.2526(i) and § 52.2531(f).
§ 52.2526 Control strategy: Particulate matter.
(i) EPA approves the maintenance plan for the West Virginia portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH 1997 PM 2.5 Nonattainment Area (Marshall and Ohio Counties). The maintenance plan establishes a determination of insignificance for PM 2.5, NO X and SO 2 for transportation conformity purposes.
§ 52.2531 Base year emissions inventory.
(f) EPA approves as a revision to the West Virginia State Implementation Plan the comprehensive emissions inventory for the Wheeling, WV-OH fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) nonattainment area submitted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on March 8, 2012 and June 24, 2013. The emissions inventory includes emissions estimates that cover the general source categories of point sources, nonroad mobile sources, area sources, onroad mobile sources and biogenic sources. The pollutants that comprise the inventory are nitrogen oxides (NO X), volatile organic compounds (VOC), PM 2.5, ammonia (NH 3), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2).Part 81 Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes
Authority:42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 6. In § 81.349, the table for West Virginia—PM 2.5 (Annual NAAQS) is amended by revising the entry for the Wheeling, WV-OH Area to read as follows:
* * * * * Wheeling, WV-OH Marshall County9/30/13Attainment.
Ohio County9/30/13Attainment.
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