Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference

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[Federal Register: June 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 112)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[VT-19-1222b; FRL-7493-5]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Vermont Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; notice of administrative change.

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SUMMARY: EPA is updating the materials submitted by Vermont that are
incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Vermont State Implementation
Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this update have been
previously submitted by the state agency and approved by EPA. This
update affects the SIP materials that are available for public
inspection at the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), Office of Air
and Radiation Docket and Information Center, and the Regional Office.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective June 11, 2003.

ADDRESSES: SIP materials which are incorporated by reference into 40
CFR part 52 are available for inspection at the following locations:
Environmental Protection Agency, New England Regional Office (Region
1), One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023; Office of
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Room B-108, 1301
Constitution Avenue, (Mail Code 6102T), NW., Washington, DC 20460, and
Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite
700, Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Donald Cooke, Environmental
Scientist, at the above EPA New England Region address or at (617) 918-
1668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State Implementation Plan (SIP) is a
living document which the State can revise as necessary to address the
unique air pollution problems in the state. Therefore, EPA from time to
time must take action on SIP revisions containing new and/or revised
regulations as being part of the SIP. On May 22, 1997, (62 FR 27968)
EPA revised the procedures for incorporating by reference (IBR)
Federally-approved SIPs, as a result of consultations between EPA and
the Office of Federal Register (OFR). The description of the revised
SIP document, IBR procedures and ``Identification of plan'' format are
discussed in further detail in the May 22, 1997, Federal Register
document. On September 8, 2000, EPA published a document in the Federal
Register (65 FR 54413) beginning the new IBR procedure for Vermont. In
this document EPA is doing the update to the material being IBRed.
EPA has determined that today's rule falls under the ``good cause''
exemption in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedures Act
(APA) which, upon finding ``good cause,'' authorizes agencies to
dispense with public participation and section 553(d)(3) which allows
an agency to make a rule effective immediately (thereby avoiding the
30-day delayed effective date otherwise provided for in the APA).
Today's rule simply codifies provisions which are already in effect as
a matter of law in Federal and approved State programs. Under section
553 of the APA, an agency may find good cause where procedures are
``impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.''
Public comment is ``unnecessary'' and ``contrary to the public
interest'' since the codification only reflects existing law. Immediate
notice in the CFR benefits the public by updating citations.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

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,

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as specified by Executive Order 13175 (59 FR 22951, 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 rule implementing 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. section 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
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.
section 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 August 11, 2003. 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, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: April 24, 2003.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

Chapter I, title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as
follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

? 1. The authority for citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart UU--Vermont

? 2. In Sec. 52.2370 paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) are revised to
read as follows:

Sec. 52.2370 Identification of plan.

* * * * *
(b) Incorporation by reference. (1) Material listed in paragraph
(c) and (d) of this section with an EPA approval date prior to April
23, 2003, was approved for incorporation by reference by the Director
of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51. Material is incorporated as it exists on the date of the
approval, and notice of any change in the material will be published in
the Federal Register. Entries in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section
with EPA approval dates after April 23, 2003, will be incorporated by
reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.
(2) EPA Region 1 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by
EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated state
rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State
Implementation Plan as of April 23, 2003.
(3) Copies of the materials incorporated by reference may be
inspected at the New England Regional Office of EPA at One Congress
Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023; the Office of the Federal
Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC.; or
at the EPA, Office of Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
Room B-108, 1301 Constitution Avenue, (Mail Code 6102T) NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
(c) EPA approved regulations.

EPA Approved Vermont Regulations
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State
State citation Title/subject effective EPA approval date Explanations
date
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Chapter 5 Air Pollution Control

Subchapter I. Definitions
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Section 5-101............................ Definitions............ 07/29/93 04/22/98, 63 FR 19828.................... Definitions IBR'd 101 into
the Vermont SIP are
numbered consecutively by
EPA, and do not necessarily
correspond to the State's
assigned definition number
in the Vermont State
Regulation, which are re-
numbered whenever
definitions are added or
deleted from the State
Regulation.
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Subchapter II. Prohibitions
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Section 5-201............................ Open burning prohibited 07/22/98 04/22/98, 63 FR 19828....................
Section 5-202............................ Permissible open 01/25/78 12/21/78, 43 FR 59496....................
burning.
Section 5-203............................ Procedures for local 01/25/78 12/21/78, 43 FR 59496....................
authorities to burn
natural wood.
Section 5-211............................ Prohibition of visible 08/12/78 04/16/82, 47 FR 16331.................... Except Section 5-211(3)
air contaminants.
Section 5-221............................ Prohibition of 01/25/78 12/21/78, 43 FR 59496.................... Except Section 5-221
potentially polluting (1)(c)(i) and Section 5-
materials in fuel. 221(1)(c)(ii).
Section 5-231............................ Prohibition of 11/13/81 02/26/85, 50 FR 7767.....................
particular matter.
Section 5-241............................ Prohibition of nuisance 01/25/78 12/21/78, 43 FR 59496....................
and odor.
Section 5-251............................ Control of nitrogen 01/04/95 04/09/97, 62 FR 17084.................... Requires RACT for major
oxides emissions. stationary sources of NO_X.
Section 5-252............................ Control of Sulfur 11/04/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
dioxide emissions.
Section 5-253.1.......................... Petroleum liquid 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
storage in fixed roof
Tanks.
Section 5-253.2.......................... Bulk gasoline terminals 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
Section 5-253.3.......................... Bulk gasoline plants... 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
Section 5-253.4.......................... Gasoline tank trucks... 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
Section 5-253.5.......................... Stage I vapor recovery 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
controls at gasoline
dispensing facilities.
Section 5-253.10......................... Paper coating.......... 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
Section 5-253.12......................... Coating of flat wood 10/29/92 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
paneling.
Section 5-253.13......................... Coating of 07/29/93 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
miscellaneous metal
parts.
Section 5-253.14......................... Solvent metal cleaning. 07/29/93 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
Section 5-253.15......................... Cutback and emulsified 08/02/94 04/22/98, 63 FR 19829....................
asphalt.
Section 5-253.20......................... Other sources that emit 08/03/93 04/09/97, 62 FR 17084....................
volatile organic
compounds.
Section 5-261............................ Control of hazardous 11/03/81 02/10/82, 47 FR 6014.....................
air contaminants.
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Subchapter III. Ambient Air Quality Standards.
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Section 5-301............................ Scope.................. 12/15/90 03/05/91, 56 FR 9177.....................
Section 5-302............................ Sulfur dioxide primary. 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
Section 5-303............................ Sulfur dioxide 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
secondary.
Section 5-306............................ PM₁₀ primary and 11/01/90 08/01/97, 62 FR 41282.................... Removal of the TSP standard
secondary standards. (Section 5-304 and 5-305)
and establishment of PM₁₀
standard (Section 5-306).
Section 5-307............................ Carbon monoxide primary 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775.................... Formerly Section 5-306,
and secondary. renumbered to 5-307 when
new Section 5-306 for PM₁₀
was created.
Section 5-308............................ Ozone primary and 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775.................... Formerly Section 5-307,
secondary. renumbered to 5-308 when
new Section 5-306 for PM₁₀
was created.
Section 5-309............................ Lead primary and 11/03/81 02/10/82, 47 FR 6014..................... Formerly Section 5-308,
secondary. renumbered to 5-309 when
new Section 5-306 for PM₁₀
was created.
Section 5-310............................ Nitrogen dioxide 12/15/90 03/05/91, 56 FR 9177..................... Formerly Section 5-309,
primary and secondary. renumbered to 5-310 when
new Section 5-306 for PM₁₀
was created.
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Subchapter IV. Operations and Procedures
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Section 5-401............................ Classification of air 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
contaminant sources.
Section 5-402............................ Written reports when 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
requested.
Section 5-403............................ Circumvention.......... 12/10/72 05/31/72, 37 FR 10899....................
Section 5-404............................ Methods for sampling 03/24/78 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
and testing of sources.
Section 5-405............................ Required air monitoring 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
Section 5-406............................ Required air modeling.. 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
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Subchapter V. Review of New Air Contaminant Sources
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Section 5-501............................ Review of construction 09/17/86 07/17/87, 52 FR 26982....................
or modification of air
contaminant sources..
Section 5-502............................ Major stationary 07/14/95 08/04/98, 62 FR 41870....................
sources and major
modifications.
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Subchapter VII. Motor Vehicle Emissions
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Section 5-701............................ Removal of control 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
devices.
Section 5-702............................ Excessive smoke 03/24/79 02/19/80, 45 FR 10775....................
emissions from motor
vehicles.
Section 5-801............................ Effective date......... 03/24/79 01/30/80, 45 FR 6781.....................
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Tables
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Table 1.................................. Table 1 Process weight 01/25/78 12/21/78, 43 FR 59496....................
standards.
Table 2.................................. Table 2 PSD increments. 12/15/90 03/05/91, 56 FR 9177.....................
Table 3.................................. Table 3 Levels of 11/03/81 02/10/82, 47 FR 6014.....................
significant impact for
non-attainment areas..
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Subchapter VIII. Registration of Air Contaminant Sources
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Section 5-801............................ Definitions............ 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
Section 5-802............................ Requirement for 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
registration.
Section 5-803............................ Registration procedure. 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
Section 5-804............................ False or misleading 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
information.
Section 5-805............................ Commencement or 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
recommencement of
operation.
Section 5-806............................ Transfer of Operation.. 04/20/88 01/10/95, 60 FR 2527.....................
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(d) EPA-approved State Source specific requirements.

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EPA-Approved Vermont Source Specific Requirements
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State
Name of Source Permit No. effective EPA approval date Explanations
date
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Simpson Paper Company, Centennial Mill Environmental Protection 01/04/95 04/09/97, 45 FR 17087...................... Administrative orders for
in Gilman, Vermont. Regulations, Chapter 5, Simpson Paper Company, in
Air Pollution Control, Gilman, Vermont, adopted and
Subchapter II. Section 5- effective on January 4,
251(2). 1995.
U.S. Samaica Corporation, in Rutland, Environmental Protection 01/04/95 04/09/97, 45 FR 17087...................... Administrative orders for
VT. Regulations, Chapter 5, U.S. Samaica Corporation, in
Air Pollution Control, Rutland, Vermont, adopted
Subchapter II. Section 5- and effective on January 4,
253.20. 1995.
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(e) Nonregulatory.

Vermont Non Regulatory
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Applicable geographic State submittal date/
Name of Non regulatory SIP provision or nonattainment area effective date EPA approved date Explanations
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Notice of public hearing............ Statewide.............. Submitted 02/03/72..... 06/15/72, 37 FR 11911................... (c)(1) Vermont Agency
of Environmental
Conservation.
Miscellaneous non-regulatory ....................... Submitted 02/25/72..... 5/31/72, 37 FR 10899.................... (c)(2) Vermont Agency
revisions to the plan. of Environmental
Conservation.
Miscellaneous non-regulatory ....................... Submitted 03/03/75..... 01/21/76, 41 FR 3085.................... (c)(4) Vermont Agency
revisions to the plan. of Environmental
Conservation.
Deletion of Winooski
sampling site for
particulates and
sulfur dioxide.
Plans to meet various requirements ....................... Submitted 03/21/79, and 01/30/80, 45 FR 6781.................... (c)(9) See Plans to
of the Clean Air Act, including 11/21/79. attain below.
Part C.
Attainment Plans to meet the ....................... Submitted 03/21/79, 11/ 02/19/80 45 FR 10775.................... (c)(10) Plans to
requirements of Part D and the 21/79, 11/27,79, and attain. State of
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1977. 12/19/79. Vermont air quality
implementation plan
(March 1979). The
secondary TSP
standard for Barre
City and a portion of
the Champlain Valley
Air Management Area,
the carbon monoxide
standard in the
Champlain Valley Air
Management Area and
the ozone standard in
Chittenden, Addison,
and Windsor Counties.
A program was also
submitted for the
review of
construction and
operation of new and
modified major
stationary sources of
pollution in non-
attainment areas.
Certain miscellaneous
provisions were also
included.
A plan to provide for public, local ....................... Submitted 03/28/80..... 09/09/80, 45 FR 59314................... (c)(11) A plan to
and state involvement in federally provide for public,
funded air pollution control local and state
activities. involvement in
federally funded air
pollution control
activities.

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A plan to attain and maintain the ....................... Submitted 06/24/80, and 03/18/81, 46 FR 17192................... (c)(12) A plan to
National Ambient Air Quality 11/07/80. attain and maintain
Standard for lead. the National Ambient
Air Quality Standard
for lead. A letter
further explaining
the state procedures
for review of new
major sources of lead
emissions.
A revision to the air quality ....................... Submitted 03/21/79..... 10/08/80, 45 FR 66789, corrected by 03/ (c)(13) meets the
monitoring network. 16/81 46 FR 15897. requirements of 40
CFR part 58.
Narrative submittal ``Implementation ....................... Submitted 04/15/86..... 07/17/87, 52 FR 26973................... (c)(19) Describing
Plan for the Protection of procedures,
Visibility in the State of notifications, and
Vermont'' and ``Appendices''. technical evaluations
to fulfill the
visibility protection
requirements of 40
CFR part 51, subpart
P.
State Implementation Plan narrative. ....................... Submitted 12/07/90, and 03/05/91, 56 FR 9175.................... (c)(20) State of
01/10/91. Vermont Air Quality
Implementation Plan
dated November, 1990.
State Implementation Plan narrative. ....................... Submitted 08/09/93..... 01/10/95, 60 FR 2524.................... (c)(21) State of
Vermont Air Quality
Implementation Plan
dated February, 1993.
To meet the emission
statement requirement
of the CAAA of 1990.
Revisions to the State ....................... Submitted 02/03/93, 08/ 04/22/98, 63 FR 19828................... (c)(25) State of
Implementation Plan. 09/93, and 08/10/94. Vermont: Air Quality
Implementation Plan
dated August 1993.
Revisions to the State ....................... Submitted 08/03/98..... 07/10/00, 65 FR 42290................... (c)(26) letter from VT
Implementation Plan. Air Pollution Control
Division dated July
28, 1998 stating a
negative declaration
for the aerospace
coating operations
CTG category.
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