[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 51 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13822-13825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1020]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 55
[EPA-R02-OAR-2007-0553; FRL-8542-4]
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Update To Include New
York State Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources
located within 25 miles of States' seaward boundaries must be
promulgated into part 55 and updated periodically to remain consistent
with the requirements of the corresponding onshore area (COA), as
mandated by section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The portion
of the OCS air regulations that is being updated pertains to the
requirements for OCS sources in the State of New York. The intended
effect of approving the OCS requirements for the State of New York is
to regulate emissions from OCS sources in accordance with the
requirements onshore. The requirements discussed below are proposed to
be incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations and
are listed in the appendix to the OCS air regulations.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R02-OAR-2007-0553, by one of the following methods:
A. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments;
B. E-Mail: [email protected];
C. Mail: Steven Riva, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
2, Air Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007;
D. Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2,
Attn: Steven Riva, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, 25th Floor. Such
deliveries are only accepted during normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R02-OAR-
2007-0553. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous
access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
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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
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business
hours at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290
Broadway, New York, New York 10007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Riva, Air Programs Branch, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York 10007; telephone number: (212) 637-4074; e-mail address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Background Information
Why Is EPA Taking This Action?
II. EPA's Evaluation
What Criteria Were Used To Evaluate Rules Submitted To Be
Incorporated Into 40 CFR Part 55?
III. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Coordination With Indian Tribal
Government
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
I. Background Information
Why Is EPA Taking This Action?
On September 4, 1992, EPA promulgated 40 CFR part 55,\1\ which
established requirements to control air pollution from OCS sources in
order to attain and maintain Federal and State ambient air quality
standards (AAQS) and to comply with the provisions of part C of title I
of the CAA. Part 55 applies to all OCS sources offshore of the States
except those located in the Gulf of Mexico west of 87.5 degrees
longitude.
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\1\ The reader may refer to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
December 5, 1991 (56 FR 63774), and the preamble to the final rule
promulgated September 4, 1992 (57 FR 40792) for further background
and information on the OCS regulations.
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Section 328(a) of the CAA requires that EPA establish requirements
to control air pollution from OCS sources located within 25 miles of
States' seaward boundaries that are the same as onshore requirements.
To comply with this statutory mandate, EPA must incorporate applicable
rules in effect for onshore sources into part 55. This limits EPA's
flexibility in deciding which requirements will be incorporated into
part 55 and prevents EPA from making substantive changes to the
requirements it incorporates. As a result, EPA may be incorporating
rules into part 55 that do not conform to all of EPA's state
implementation plan (SIP) guidance or certain requirements of the CAA.
Inclusion in the OCS rule does not imply that a rule meets the
requirements of the CAA for SIP approval, nor does it imply that the
rule will be approved by EPA for inclusion in the SIP.
II. EPA's Evaluation
What Criteria Were Used To Evaluate Rules Submitted To Be Incorporated
Into 40 CFR Part 55?
EPA reviewed the rules that New York submitted for inclusion in
part 55 to ensure that they are rationally related to the attainment or
maintenance of Federal or State AAQS or part C of title I of the CAA
and that they are not designed expressly to prevent exploration and
development of the OCS and that they are applicable to OCS sources. 40
CFR 55.1. EPA has also evaluated the rules to ensure they are not
arbitrary or capricious. 40 CFR 55.12(e). In addition, EPA has excluded
New York's administrative or procedural rules,\2\ and requirements that
regulate toxics that are not related to the attainment and maintenance
of Federal and State AAQS.
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\2\ Each COA which has been delegated the authority to implement
and enforce part 55, will use its administrative and procedural
rules as onshore. However, in those instances where EPA has not
delegated authority to implement and enforce part 55, as in New
York, EPA will use its own administrative and procedural
requirements to implement the substantive requirements. See 40 CFR
55.14(c)(4).
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III. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this
regulatory action from Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory
Planning and Review.''
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
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.)
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the agency certifies
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small
businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental
jurisdictions.
This rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. This rule implements requirements
specifically and explicitly set forth by the Congress in section 328 of
the CAA, without the exercise of any policy discretion by EPA. These
OCS rules already apply in the COA, and EPA has no evidence to suggest
that these OCS rules have had a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. As required by section 328 of the
CAA, this action simply incorporates the existing rules in the COA.
Therefore, EPA certifies that this action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Unfunded Mandates Act), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA must
prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or final
rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated costs
to State, local, and tribal governments in the aggregate; or to the
private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Under section
205, EPA must select the most cost-effective and least burdensome
alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent
with statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a
plan for informing and advising any small governments that may be
significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
EPA has determined that today's proposed rule contains no Federal
mandates that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more for
State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or to the
private sector in any one year. This action approves pre-existing
requirements under State or local law, and imposes no new requirements.
Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local or tribal governments,
or to the private sector, result from this action.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) revokes and replaces
Executive Orders 12612 (Federalism) and 12875 (Enhancing the
Intergovernmental
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Partnership). Executive Order 13132 requires EPA to develop an
accountable process to ensure ``meaningful and timely input by State
and local officials in the development of regulatory policies that have
federalism implications.'' ``Policies that have federalism
implications'' is defined in the Executive Order to include regulations
that 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.'' Under Executive Order 13132, EPA may not issue a
regulation that has federalism implications, that imposes substantial
direct compliance costs, and that is not required by statute, unless
the Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct
compliance costs incurred by State and local governments, or EPA
consults with State and local officials early in the process of
developing the proposed regulation. EPA also may not issue a regulation
that has federalism implications and that preempts State law unless the
Agency consults with State and local officials early in the process of
developing the proposed regulation.
This 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. Thus, the
requirements of section 6 of the Executive Order do not apply to this
rule.
F. Executive Order 13175: Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments
Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory
policies that have tribal implications.'' This final rule does not have
tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175. It will not
have substantial direct effects on tribal governments, on the
relationship between the Federal government and Indian tribes, or on
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal
government and Indian tribes. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to this rule.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
Executive Order 13045, entitled ``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 Executive Order 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.
This proposed rule is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because
it does not involve decisions intended to mitigate environmental health
or safety risks.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use
This proposed rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211,
entitled ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355 (May 22, 2001))
because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) of 1995 requires Federal agencies to evaluate existing
technical standards when developing a new regulation. To comply with
NTTAA, EPA must consider and use voluntary consensus standards (VCS) if
available and applicable when developing programs and policies unless
doing so would be inconsistent with applicable laws or otherwise
impractical.
The EPA believes that VCS are inapplicable to this section. Today's
action does not require the public to perform activities conducive to
the use of VCS.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 55
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedures,
Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Outer
Continental Shelf, Ozone, Particulate matter, Permits, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides.
Dated: February 29, 2008.
Alan Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
Title 40, chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations, is proposed
to be amended as follows:
PART 55--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 55 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Section 328 of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.) as
amended by Public Law 101-549.
2. Section 55.14 is amended by adding paragraphs (d)(16) and
(e)(16) to read as follows:
Sec. 55.14 Requirements that apply to OCS sources located within 25
miles of States' seaward boundaries, by State.
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(d) * * *
(16) New York.
(i) 40 CFR part 52, subpart HH.
(ii) [Reserved].
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(e) * * *
(16) New York.
(i) State Requirements.
(A) State of New York Requirements Applicable to OCS Sources,
October 20, 2007.
(B) [Reserved].
(ii) Local requirements.
(A) [Reserved].
3. Appendix A to Part 55 is amended by adding an entry for New York
in alphabetical order to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 55--Listing of State and Local Requirements
Incorporated by Reference Into Part 55, by State
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New York
(a) State requirements.
(1) The following State of New York requirements are applicable
to OCS Sources, October 20, 2007. New York Environmental
Conservation Law--Department of Environmental Conservation. The
following sections of Title 6, Chapter III:
Part 200. General Provisions
6 NYCRR 200.1. Definitions (effective 8/9/06)
6 NYCRR 200.2. Safeguarding Information (effective 1/16/92)
6 NYCRR 200.3. False Statement (effective 6/16/72)
6 NYCRR 200.4. Severability (effective 8/9/84)
6 NYCRR 200.5. Sealing (effective 2/22/79)
6 NYCRR 200.6. Acceptable Ambient Air Quality (effective 4/6/83)
6 NYCRR 200.7. Maintenance of Equipment (effective 2/22/79)
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6 NYCRR 200.8. Conflict of Interest (effective 1/12/75)
6 NYCRR 200.9. Referenced Material (effective 1/27/07)
6 NYCRR 200.10. Federal Standards and Requirements (effective 10/20/
07)
Part 201. Permits and Certificates
6 NYCRR 201-1. General Provisions (effective 7/7/96)
6 NYCRR 201-2. Definitions (effective 11/21/98)
6 NYCRR 201-3. Exemptions and Trivial Activities (effective 5/7/03)
6 NYCRR 201-4. Minor Facility Registrations (effective 7/7/96)
6 NYCRR 201-5. State Facility Permits (effective 7/7/96)
6 NYCRR 201-6. Title V Facility Permits (effective 1/18/02)
6 NYCRR 201-7. Federally Enforceable Emission Caps (effective 7/7/
96)
6 NYCRR 201-8. General Permits (effective 7/7/96)
Part 202. Emissions Verification
6 NYCRR 202-1. Emissions Testing, Sampling and Analytical
Determinations (effective 5/29/05)
6 NYCRR 202-2. Emission Statements (effective 5/29/05)
Part 204. NOX Budget Trading Program
6 NYCRR 204-1. General Provisions (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-2. Authorized Account Representative for NOX Budget
Sources (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-3. Permits (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-4. Compliance Certification (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-5. Allowance Allocations (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-6. Allowance Tracking System (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-7. NOX Allowance Transfers (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-8. Monitoring and Reporting (effective 2/25/00)
6 NYCRR 204-9. Individual Unit Opt-ins (effective 2/25/00)
Part 207--Control Measures for Air Pollution Episode (Effective 2/
22/79)
Part 210--Emissions and Labeling Requirements for Personal
Watercraft Engines
6 NYCRR 210-1. Applicability and Definitions (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-2. Certification and Prohibitions (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-3. Family Emission Limits (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-4. In-Use Testing and Recall (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-5. Warranty (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-6. Production-Line Testing (effective 8/8/03)
6 NYCRR 210-7. Severability (effective 8/8/03)
Part 211--General Prohibitions (Effective 8/11/83)
Part 212--General Process Emission Sources (Effective 9/22/94)
Part 215--Open Fires (Effective 6/16/72)
Part 219--Incinerators
6 NYCRR 219-1. Incineration--General Provisions (effective 10/30/02)
6 NYCRR 219-2. Municipal and Private Solid Waste Incineration
Facilities (effective 5/21/05)
6 NYCRR 219-3. Infectious Waste Incineration Facilities (effective
12/31/88)
6 NYCRR 219-5. Existing Incinerators (effective 12/31/88)
6 NYCRR 219-6. Existing Incinerators--New York City, Nassau and
Westchester Counties (effective 12/31/88)
6 NYCRR 219-7. Mercury Emission Limitations for Large Municipal
Waste Combustors Constructed On or Before September 20, 1994
(effective 5/21/05)
6 NYCRR 219-8. Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small
Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed On or Before August 30,
1999 (effective 10/18/02)
Part 225--Fuel Consumption and Use
6 NYCRR 225-1. Fuel Composition and Use--Sulfur Limitations
(effective 1/29/86)
6 NYCRR 225-2. Fuel Composition and Use--Waste Fuel (effective 11/5/
84)
6 NYCRR 225-3. Fuel Composition and Use--Gasoline (effective 11/4/
01)
6 NYCRR 225-4. Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel (effective 5/8/05)
Part 226--Solvent Metal Cleaning Processes (Effective 5/7/03)
Part 227--Stationary Combustion Installations
6 NYCRR 227-1. Stationary Combustion Installations (effective 2/25/
00)
6 NYCRR 227-2. Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for
Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) (effective 2/11/04)
6 NYCRR 227-3 Pre-2003 Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Budget and
Allowance Program (effective 3/15/99)
Part 228--Surface Coating Processes (Effective 7/23/03)
Part 229--Petroleum and Volatile Organic Liquid Storage and
Transfer (Effective 4/4/93)
Part 231--New Source Review in Nonattainment Areas and Ozone
Transport Region
6 NYCRR 231-1. Requirements for Emission Sources Subject to the
Regulation Prior to November 15, 1992 (effective 10/15/94)
6 NYCRR 231-2. Requirements for Emission Sources Subject to the
Regulation On or After November 15, 1992 (effective 5/3/00)
Part 240--Conformity to State or Federal Implementation Plans
(Effective 10/22/04)
Part 243--CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program
6 NYCRR 243-1. CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program
General Provisions (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-2. CAIR Designated Representative for CAIR
NOX Ozone Season Sources (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-3. Permits (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-5. CAIR NOX Ozone Season Allowance
Allocations (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-6. CAIR NOX Ozone Season Allowance Tracking
System (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-7. CAIR NOX Ozone Season Allowance Transfers
(effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-8. Monitoring and Reporting (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 243-9. CAIR NOX Ozone Season Opt-in Units
(effective 10/19/07)
Part 244--CAIR NOX Annual Trading Program
6 NYCRR 244-1. CAIR NOX Annual Trading Program General
Provisions (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-2. CAIR Designated Representative for CAIR
NOX Sources (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-3. Permits (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-5. CAIR NOX Allowance Allocations (effective
10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-6. CAIR NOX Allowance Tracking System
(effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-7. CAIR NOX Allowance Transfers (effective
10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-8. Monitoring and Reporting (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 244-9. CAIR NOX Opt-in Units (effective 10/19/07)
Part 245--CAIR SO2 Trading Program
6 NYCRR 245-1. CAIR SO2 Trading Program General
Provisions (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-2. CAIR Designated Representative for CAIR
SO2 Sources (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-3. Permits (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-6. CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System
(effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-7. CAIR SO2 Allowance Transfers (effective
10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-8. Monitoring and Reporting (effective 10/19/07)
6 NYCRR 245-9. CAIR SO2 Opt-in Units (effective 10/19/07)
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