Source: http://federal.elaws.us/fr/9/23/2019/2019-20320
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2019-20320. Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of VOC Emissions from Traffic Coatings, Federal Register
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2019-20320. Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of VOC Emissions from Traffic Coatings
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Missouri on December 3, 2018. Missouri requests that the EPA remove a rule related to control of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from traffic coatings from its SIP. This rescission does not have an adverse effect on air quality. The EPA's approval of this rule revision is being done in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
This final rule is effective on October 23, 2019.
The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0336. All documents in the docket are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 through https://www.regulations.gov or please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional information.
On July 2, 2019, the EPA proposed rescinding a State rule relating to VOC emissions from traffic coatings from the Missouri SIP in the Federal Register. See 84 FR 31538. The EPA solicited comments on the proposed SIP revision and received one comment.
The EPA is approving a request to revise the Missouri SIP, received on December 3, 2018. Missouri requested that a State rule, found at Title 10, Division 10 of the code of state regulations (CSR)—10-5.450, Control of VOC Emissions from Traffic Coatings—be rescinded from the Missouri SIP. A detailed discussion of the submission was provided in the EPA's July 2, 2019, Federal Register document. See 84 FR 31538.
The submission has met the public notice requirements in accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The submission also satisfied the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V. Missouri provided public notice of the SIP revision from February 28, 2018, to March 30, 2018, and received two comments. Missouri did not make any changes to the rescission based on the comments received. In addition, as explained above, the revision meets the substantive SIP requirements of the CAA, including section 110 and implementing regulations.
The public comment period opened on the date of publication of the EPA's proposed rule in the Federal Register, July 2, 2019, and closed on August 1, 2019 See 84 FR 31538. During this period, the EPA received one comment. The comment can be found in the docket to this rulemaking.
Comment: The commenter questioned whether the submittal was actually a complete SIP revision submittal. Additionally, the commenter believed that the record was incomplete because the submission included a portion of the transcript of the public hearing.
Response: The commenter is concerned the submission was incomplete and asserted that the EPA should reopen the public comment period after Missouri submitted additional information. The commenter is looking for a demonstration that the rule rescission will not affect attainment and maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards and a complete transcript of the public hearing.
First, the EPA agrees with the commenter that Missouri did not include a demonstration with its submission as indicated in its's own response to comment (published in the Missouri Register and included in the docket to this rulemaking). However, the EPA determined that the additional information was not necessary to move forward with SIP revision request. As noted in the notice of proposed rulemaking, Missouri's state rule—10-5.450, Control of VOC Emissions from Traffic Coatings—was replaced with a reliance on the Federal rule at 40 CFR part 59, subpart D—National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standard for Architectural Coatings. Both rules have an identical limit of one hundred fifty (150) grams of volatile organic compounds per liter of coating and one point twenty-six (1.26) pounds per gallon. The Federal rule became effective on September 11, 1998 (63 FR 48877, August 11, 2004). The State rule was approved into the SIP in 2000 (65 FR 8060, February 17, 2000). Because the Federal rule applies to sources in Missouri, the State rule was duplicative, likely unnecessary at the time it was approved into the SIP, and as such, not necessary.
Second, the commenter notes that Missouri included a portion of the transcript of the public hearing in its submission but not the whole transcript. The EPA believes this is an acceptable practice that meets the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 51, appendix V. Section 2.1(g) of appendix V requires the State provide certification that a public hearing was held consistent with the public hearing requirements in 40 CFR 51.102. 40 CFR 51.102(e) requires the State to prepare and retain, for inspection by the Administrator upon request, a record of each hearing. The record must contain, at a minimum, a list of witnesses with the text of each presentation. Neither the EPA Administrator, nor his designee, the Region 7 Regional Administrator, requested an inspection of the record of the hearing. Although the transcript is not required to meet completeness criteria, the State's website provides Start Printed Page 49671contact information for obtaining a copy.
The EPA is ammending the Missouri SIP by rescinding 10 CSR 10-5.450. Approval of this revision will ensure consistency between State and federally-approved rules. The rescission will not impact air quality as the State rule is duplicative of the Federal rule.
In this document, the EPA is amending regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. As described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth below, the EPA is removing provisions of the EPA-Approved Missouri Regulations from the Missouri State Implementation Plan, which is incorporated by reference in accordance with the requirements of 1 CFR part 51.
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 November 22, 2019. 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 may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2)).
2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by removing the entry “10-5.450” under the heading “Chapter 5-Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area”.
[FR Doc. 2019-20320 Filed 9-20-19; 8:45 am]
49670-49671 (2 pages)
EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0336, FRL-9999-74-Region 7
Air pollution control, Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds
2019-20320.pdf
» U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Comment Letter
» eSIP submittal report received December 4, 2018
» 5.450 complete submittal dated December 3, 2018