Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/09/17/03-23751/clean-air-act-approval-of-revisions-to-the-operating-permits-program-in-north-dakota
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Federal Register :: Clean Air Act Approval of Revisions To the Operating Permits Program in North Dakota
Clean Air Act Approval of Revisions To the Operating Permits Program in North Dakota
68 FR 54374
54374-54377 (4 pages)
No. R803NDT5REV
FRL-7560-5
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-23751 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-23751
EPA is approving, as a revision to North Dakota's title V air operating permits program, a proposed amendment to North Dakota's definition of “major source” in response to recent amendments to the definition of “major source” in the operating permit regulations.
1. The Regional Office has established an official public rulemaking file available for inspection at the Regional Office. EPA has established an official public rulemaking file for this action under R803NDT5REV. The official public file consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other information related to this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public rulemaking file does not include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public rulemaking file is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the Air and Radiation Program, EPA Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the contact listed in the For Further Information Contact section to schedule your inspection. You may view the public rulemaking file at the Start Printed Page 54375Regional Office Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding federal Holidays.
2. Copies of the State's submittal are also available for public inspection during normal business hours, by appointment at the State Air Agency. Copies of the documents relevant to this action are available for public inspection at the North Dakota State Department of Health, Division of Environmental Engineering, 1200 Missouri Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506.
You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate rulemaking identification number by including the text “Public comment on proposed rulemaking No. R803NDT5REV” in the subject line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked “late.” EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
i. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail). Please send any comments to long.richard@epa.gov and paser.kathleen@epa.gov and include in the text “Public comment on proposed rulemaking No. R803NDT5REV” in the subject line. EPA's e-mail system is not an “anonymous access” system. If you send an e-mail comment directly without going through Regulations.gov, EPA's e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket.
North Dakota has proposed to revise the definition of “major source” in response to recent amendments to the definition of “major source” in part 70. See 66 FR 59161 (November 27, 2001). EPA made two changes from the 1992 rule regarding when non-Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) fugitive emissions are included in determining major source status. The 1992 rule required that non-HAP fugitive emissions be counted for all industrial facilities in source categories covered by New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) or National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) standards, but only with regard to pollutants specifically regulated for the source category. The final amendment to part 70 changed this requirement: (1) To address only source categories covered by NSPS or NESHAP standards promulgated after August 7, 1980; and Start Printed Page 54376(2) to delete the limitation that only pollutants specifically regulated by the standard be included. Consistent with this amendment, North Dakota is proposing to revise its rule to correspond with the part 70 definition of “major source.” In doing so, North Dakota's rules are as stringent as part 70. Therefore, North Dakota's proposed change in the definition of “major source” is approvable.
EPA is approving, as a revision to North Dakota's title V air operating permits program, NDAC 33-15-14-06, the proposed amendment to the definition of “major source.” Consistent with EPA's action granting North Dakota's full approval, this approval extends to all areas within the State except the following: Any sources located in “Indian Country”, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, including the Fort Berthold, Fort Totten, Standing Rock, Sisseton and Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, or any other sources of air pollution over which an Indian Tribe has jurisdiction. See e.g., 59 FR 55813, 55815—55818 (November 9, 1994). The term “Indian Tribe” is defined under the Clean Air Act (Act) as “any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village, which is Federally recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.” See section 302(r) of the Act; see also 59 FR 43955, 43962 (August 25, 1994); 58 FR 54364 (October 21, 1993).
The EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the State is currently implementing its part 70 program and the Agency views this as a noncontroversial action and anticipates no adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of the Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to approve North Dakota's proposed amendment to their title V air operating permits program. This rule will be effective November 17, 2003 without further notice unless the Agency receives adverse comments by October 17, 2003.
If the EPA receives such comments, then EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. All public comments received will then be addressed 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 on this rule must do so at this time.
In reviewing title V operating permit program submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a title V operating permit program submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a title V operating permit program submission, to use VCS in place of a title V operating permit program submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. 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. This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
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, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
2. In appendix A to part 70 the entry for North Dakota is amended by adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) The North Dakota Department of Health, Environmental Health Section submitted the following program revisions on May 1, 2003: NDAC 33-15-14-06.1(o)(2)(aa), effective November 17, 2003.
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