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Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
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[Federal Register: August 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 165)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54739-54741]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[CA 265-0363a; FRL-7266-5]
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Santa
Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD) portion
of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions
concern negative declarations for volatile organic compound (VOC)
source categories for the SBCAPCD. We are approving these negative
declarations under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the
Act).
DATES: This rule is effective on October 25, 2002, without further
notice, unless EPA receives adverse comments by September 25, 2002. If
we receive such comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register to notify the public that this rule will not take
effect.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Andy Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR-
4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
You can inspect copies of the submitted SIP revisions and EPA's
technical support document (TSD) at our Region IX office during normal
business hours. You may also see copies of the submitted SIP revisions
at the following locations:
California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, Rule
Evaluation Section, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, 26 Castilian
Drive, Suite B-23, Goleta, CA 93117-3027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Rose, Rulemaking Office (AIR-
4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 947-4126. E-
mail: Rose.julie@EPA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to EPA.
Table of Contents
I. The State's Submittal
A. What negative declarations did the State submit?
B. What is the purpose of the submitted negative declarations?
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How is EPA evaluating the negative declarations?
B. Do the negative declarations meet the evaluation criteria?
C. Public comment and final action.
III. Background Information
Why were these negative declarations submitted initially?
IV. Administrative Requirements
I. The State's Submittal
A. What Negative Declarations Did the State Submit?
Table 1 lists the negative declarations we are approving with the
dates that they were adopted by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution
Control District (SBCAPCD) and submitted by the California Air
Resources Board.
Table 1.--Submitted Negative Declarations
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Local agency Title Adopted Submitted
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SBCAPCD............................... Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 02-21-02 04-09-02
Industry (SOCMI) Batch Processing,
Reactors, and Distillation.
Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations. 02-21-02 04-09-02
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On June 25, 2002, this submittal was found to meet the completeness
criteria in 40 CFR part 51, appendix V, which must be met before formal
EPA review.
B. What Is the Purpose of the Submitted Negative Declarations?
The negative declarations were submitted to meet the requirements
of CAA section 182(a)(2)(A). Nonattainment areas are required to adopt
volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations for the published Control
Technique Guideline (CTG) categories. If a nonattainment area does not
have stationary sources for which EPA has published a CTG, then the
area is required to submit a negative declaration. The negative
declarations were submitted because there are no applicable sources
within the SBCAPCD jurisdiction.
II. EPA's Evaluation and Action
A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Negative Declarations?
The negative declarations are submitted as SIP revisions and must
be consistent with Clean Air Act requirements for Reasonable Available
Control Technology (RACT) (see section 182(a)(2)(A)) and SIP
relaxations (see sections 110(l) and 193.) To do so, the
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submittal should provide reasonable assurance that no sources subject
to the CTG requirements currently exist or are planned for the SBCAPCD.
B. Do the Negative Declarations Meet the Evaluation Criteria?
We believe these negative declarations are consistent with the
relevant policy and guidance regarding RACT and SIP relaxations. The
TSD has more information on our evaluation.
C. Public Comment and Final Action
As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, EPA is fully
approving the submitted negative declarations as additional information
to the SIP because we believe they fulfill all relevant requirements.
We do not think anyone will object to this, so we are finalizing the
approval without proposing it in advance. However, in the Proposed
Rules section of this Federal Register, we are simultaneously proposing
approval of these negative declarations. If we receive adverse comments
by September 25, 2002, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register to notify the public that the direct final approval
will not take effect and we will address the comments in a subsequent
final action based on the proposal. If we do not receive timely adverse
comments, the direct final approval will be effective without further
notice on October 25, 2002.
III. Background Information
Why Were These Negative Declarations Submitted?
These negative declarations were submitted to fulfill the
requirements of CAA section 182(a)(2)(A). Section 182 requires that
ozone nonattainment areas adopt VOC regulations found in the Control
Technique Guideline Series for all major sources in their geographic
area. Santa Barbara County is a nonattainment area for ozone and thus
is required to adopt regulations for all major sources of VOCs. Section
110(a) of the CAA requires States to submit regulations that control
VOC emissions. Table 2 lists some of the national milestones leading to
the submittal of these local agency negative declarations.
Table 2.--Ozone Nonattainment Milestones
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Date Event
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March 3, 1978................ EPA promulgated a list of ozone
nonattainment areas under the Clean Air
Act as amended in 1977. 43 FR 8964; 40
CFR 81.305.
May 26, 1988................. EPA notified Governors that parts of
their SIPs were inadequate to attain and
maintain the ozone standard and
requested that they correct the
deficiencies (EPA's SIP-Call). See
section 110(a)(2)(H) of the pre-amended
Act.
November 15, 1990............ Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 were
enacted. Pub. L. 101-549, 104 Stat.
2399, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
May 15, 1991................. Section 182(a)(2)(A) requires that ozone
nonattainment areas correct deficient
RACT rules by this date.
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IV. Administrative Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211,
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action
merely approves state law as meeting federal requirements and imposes
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by
state law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4).
This rule also does not have tribal implications because it will
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, 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, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action also does not have Federalism
implications because it does 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 (64
FR 43255, August 10, 1999). This action merely approves a state action
responding to a Federal standard, and does not alter the relationship
or the distribution of power and responsibilities established in the
Clean Air Act. This rule also is not subject to Executive Order 13045,
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not economically
significant.
In reviewing SIP 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 SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be
inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP
submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP 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.).
The 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 rule 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
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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).
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 October 25, 2002. 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).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: August 6, 2002.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart F--California
2. Section 52.222 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(3)(ii) to read
as follows:
Sec. 52.222 Negative declarations.
(a) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI)
Batch Processing, SOCMI Reactors, and SOCMI Distillation; and Wood
Furniture Manufacturing Operations were submitted on April 9, 2002 and
adopted on February 21, 2002.
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