95-928. Clean Air Act Final Interim Approval of Operating Permits Program; State of Wyoming  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 3766-3771]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-928]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    40 CFR Part 70
    
    [WY-001; FRL-5134-4]
    
    
    Clean Air Act Final Interim Approval of Operating Permits 
    Program; State of Wyoming
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Final interim approval.
    
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    SUMMARY: The EPA is promulgating interim approval of the Operating 
    Permits Program submitted by the State of Wyoming for the purpose of 
    complying with Federal requirements for an approvable State Program to 
    issue operating permits to all major stationary sources, and to certain 
    other sources.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1995.
    
    ADDRESSES: Copies of the State's submittal and other supporting 
    information used in developing the final interim approval are available 
    for inspection during normal business hours at the following location: 
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
    
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    Region 8, 999 18th Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Farris, 8ART-AP, U.S. 
    Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, suite 500, 
    Denver, Colorado 80202, (303) 294-7539.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Background and Purpose
    
    A. Introduction
    
        Title V of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (sections 501-507 of 
    the Clean Air Act (``the Act'')), and implementing regulations at 40 
    Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 70 (part 70) require that States 
    develop and submit operating permits programs to EPA by November 15, 
    1993, and that EPA act to approve or disapprove each program within 1 
    year after receiving the submittal. The EPA's program review occurs 
    pursuant to section 502 of the Act and the part 70 regulations, which 
    together outline criteria for approval or disapproval. Where a program 
    substantially, but not fully, meets the requirements of part 70, EPA 
    may grant the program interim approval for a period of up to 2 years. 
    If EPA has not fully approved a program by 2 years after the November 
    15, 1993 date, or by the end of an interim program, it must establish 
    and implement a Federal program.
        On September 23, 1994, EPA published a direct final rule in the 
    Federal Register promulgating interim approval of the Operating Permits 
    Program for the State of Wyoming (PROGRAM). See 59 FR 48802. The EPA 
    received adverse comments on the direct final rule, which are 
    summarized and addressed below. As stated in the Federal Register 
    notice, if adverse or critical comments were received by October 24, 
    1994, the effective date would be delayed and timely notice would be 
    published in the Federal Register. Therefore, due to receiving adverse 
    comments within the comment period, EPA withdrew the final rule (59 FR 
    60561, Nov. 25, 1994), and a proposed rule also published in the 
    Federal Register on September 23, 1994 served as the proposed rule for 
    this action. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this 
    document.
        In this rulemaking EPA is taking final action to promulgate interim 
    approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM, and correct a typographical error 
    contained in 59 FR 48802 (see section II.B. below).
    
    II. Final Action and Implications
    
    A. Analysis of State Submission
    
        The Governor of Wyoming submitted an administratively complete 
    title V Operating Permit Program for the State of Wyoming on November 
    19, 1993. The Wyoming PROGRAM, including the operating permit 
    regulations (Section 30 of the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and 
    Regulations (WAQSR)), substantially meets the requirements of 40 CFR 
    70.2 and 70.3 with respect to applicability; 40 CFR 70.4, 70.5, and 
    70.6 with respect to permit content including operational flexibility; 
    40 CFR 70.5 with respect to complete application forms and criteria 
    which define insignificant activities; 40 CFR 70.7 with respect to 
    public participation and minor permit modifications; and 40 CFR 70.11 
    with respect to requirements for enforcement authority.
        A letter sent to the State dated May 10, 1994, identified areas in 
    which the Wyoming PROGRAM was deficient and the corrective actions that 
    were to be completed either prior to interim PROGRAM approval or prior 
    to full PROGRAM approval. In a letter dated June 7, 1994, which 
    included an Attorney General's opinion dated June 6, 1994, the State 
    addressed all EPA issues that would have prevented EPA from issuing 
    interim approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM. The State must address those 
    issues that require corrective action prior to full PROGRAM approval 
    within 18 months of EPA's interim approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM.
        At the time of this notice, the State had not made an affirmative 
    showing of legal authority to regulate sources within the exterior 
    boundaries of Indian Reservations in Wyoming under the Act. Therefore, 
    interim approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM will not extend to lands within 
    the exterior boundaries of Indian Reservations. Until the State makes 
    such a showing, part 70 sources within the exterior boundaries of 
    Indian Reservations in Wyoming will be subject to the federal operating 
    permit program to be promulgated in 40 CFR part 71, or subject to the 
    program of any Tribe delegated such authority under section 301(d) of 
    the Act. The EPA anticipates promulgating an Indian Air Regulation, at 
    which time how the State defines Indian lands could become an approval 
    issue.
    
    B. Response to Comments
    
        The comments received on the September 23, 1994 direct final rule 
    in the Federal Register promulgating interim approval of the Wyoming 
    PROGRAM, and EPA's response to those comments, are as follows:
        Comment #1: The commenter objected to EPA's proposed approval of 
    Wyoming's preconstruction permitting program for purpose of 
    implementing section 112(g) of the Act during the transition period 
    between title V program approval and adoption of a State rule 
    implementing EPA's section 112(g) regulations. The commenter argued 
    that there is no legal basis for delegating to Wyoming the section 
    112(g) program until EPA has promulgated a section 112(g) regulation 
    and the State has a section 112(g) program in place. In addition, the 
    commenter argued that the Wyoming program fails to address critical 
    threshold questions of when an emission increase is greater than de 
    minimis and when, if it is, it has been offset satisfactorily.
        EPA Response: EPA disagrees with the commenter's contention that 
    section 112(g) cannot take effect until after EPA has promulgated 
    implementing regulations. The statutory language in section 112(g)(2) 
    prohibits the modification, construction, or reconstruction of a 
    hazardous air pollutant (HAP) source after the effective date of a 
    title V program unless maximum achievable control technology (MACT) 
    (determined on a case-by-case basis, if necessary) is met. The plain 
    meaning of this provision is that implementation of section 112(g) is a 
    title V requirement of the Act and that the prohibition takes effect 
    upon EPA's approval of the State's PROGRAM regardless of whether EPA or 
    a state has promulgated implementing regulations.
        The EPA has acknowledged that states may encounter difficulties 
    implementing section 112(g) prior to the promulgation of final EPA 
    regulations and has provided guidance on the 112(g) process (see April 
    13, 1993 memorandum entitled, ``Title V Program Approval Criteria for 
    Section 112 Activities'' and June 28, 1994 memorandum entitled, 
    ``Guidance for Initial Implementation of Section 112(g),'' signed by 
    John Seitz, Director of the Office of Air Quality Planning and 
    Standards.) In addition, EPA has issued guidance, in the form of a 
    proposed rule, which may be used to determine whether a physical or 
    operational change at a source is not a modification either because it 
    is below de minimis levels or because it has been offset by a decrease 
    of more hazardous emissions. See 59 FR 15004 (April 1, 1994). EPA 
    believes the proposed rule provides sufficient guidance to Wyoming and 
    its sources until such time as EPA's section 112(g) rulemaking 
    
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    is finalized and subsequently adopted by the State.
        The EPA is aware that Wyoming lacks a program designed specifically 
    to implement section 112(g). However, Wyoming does have a 
    preconstruction review program that can serve as a procedural vehicle 
    for establishing a case-by-case MACT or offset determination and making 
    these requirements federally enforceable. The EPA approval of Wyoming's 
    preconstruction review program clarifies that it may be used for this 
    purpose during the transition period to meet the requirements of 
    section 112(g).
        The EPA believes that Wyoming's preconstruction review program will 
    be adequate because it will allow Wyoming to select control measures 
    that would meet MACT, as defined in section 112 of the Act, and 
    incorporate these measures into a federally enforceable preconstruction 
    permit. Wyoming's preconstruction permitting program allows permit 
    requirements to be established for all air contaminants (which is 
    broadly defined at Section 21 of the WAQSR) and includes all of the 
    HAPs listed in Section 112(b) of the Act.
        Another consequence of the fact that Wyoming lacks a program 
    designed specifically to implement section 112(g) is that the 
    applicability criteria found in its preconstruction review program may 
    differ from the criteria in section 112(g). EPA will expect Wyoming to 
    utilize the statutory provisions of section 112(g) and the proposed 
    rule as guidance in determining when case-by-case MACT or offsets are 
    required. As noted in the June 28, 1994 guidance, EPA intends to defer 
    wherever possible to a State's judgement regarding applicability 
    determinations. This deference must be subject to obvious limitations. 
    For instance, a physical or operational change resulting in a net 
    increase in HAP emissions above 10 tons per year could not be viewed as 
    a de minimis increase under any interpretation of the Act. The EPA 
    would expect Wyoming to be able to issue a preconstruction permit 
    containing a case-by-case determination of MACT in such a case even if 
    review under its own preconstruction review program would not be 
    triggered.
        Comment #2: The commenter questioned the need for Wyoming's title V 
    program enforcement authority to be based on State law defining civil 
    individual and corporate liability and asserted that EPA's requirement 
    that the State program include strict liability for corporate officers, 
    directors or agents in civil actions is not compelled by the Clean Air 
    Act Amendments of 1990.
        EPA Response: The Wyoming Environmental Quality Act (WEQA) states 
    in section 35-11-901(a) that ``Any person who violates, or any 
    director, officer or agent of a corporate permittee who willfully and 
    knowingly authorizes, orders or carries out the violation of any 
    provision of this act * * * is liable to either a penalty of not to 
    exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each day during which 
    violation continues * * *.'' On its face, section 35-11-901(a) 
    establishes a more stringent burden of proof for civil violations for 
    corporate directors, officers, or agents than for other persons. Based 
    on EPA's position that this distinction is inconsistent with title V of 
    the Act and part 70, EPA stated in the Federal Register notice 
    proposing interim approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM that section 35-11-
    901(a) needs to be revised to include language that provides strict 
    liability for corporate officers, directors or agents in civil actions.
        The commenter stated that ``the federal statutory standard for 
    approval of state permit programs does not require strict corporate 
    liability in civil actions. Under 42 U.S.C. 7661a(b)(5)(E), Congress 
    mandated only that states seeking approval of permit programs have 
    ``adequate authority'' to ``enforce permits * * * including authority 
    to recover civil penalties in a maximum amount of not less than $10,000 
    per day of violation.'' There is nothing in the State's statutory or 
    regulatory scheme that suggests that Wyoming lacks either the will or 
    the ability to impose civil penalties to enforce operating permits, as 
    mandated by the Act. EPA's insistence on statute revision is, 
    therefore, an example of Agency overreaching.''
        However, section 502(b)(5)(E) of the Act requires the EPA to 
    promulgate ``* * * regulations establishing the minimum elements of a 
    permit program to be administered by any air pollution control agency. 
    These elements shall include each of the following: * * * (5) A 
    requirement that the permitting authority have adequate authority to: * 
    * * (E) enforce permits, permit fee requirements, and the requirement 
    to obtain a permit, including authority to recover civil penalties in a 
    maximum amount of not less than $10,000 per day for each violation, and 
    appropriate criminal penalties * * *.''
        Pursuant to section 502(b)(5)(E), EPA promulgated 40 CFR 
    70.11(a)(3) which requires that the state's part 70 programs contain 
    the enforcement authority ``To assess or sue to recover in court civil 
    penalties * * * according to the following: (i) Civil penalties shall 
    be recoverable for the violation of any applicable requirement; any 
    permit condition; any fee or filing requirement; any duty to allow or 
    carry out inspection, entry or monitoring activities or, any regulation 
    or orders issued by the permitting authority. These penalties shall be 
    recoverable in a maximum amount of not less than $10,000 per day per 
    violation. State law shall not include mental state as an element of 
    proof for civil violations.''
        It is well established that the Act imposes a strict liability 
    standard for assessing compliance violations. United States v. JBA 
    Motorcars, 839 F. Supp. 1572 (D.C.Fla. 1993). Further, strict liability 
    is essential to meet the purpose of the Act to protect and improve the 
    quality of the nation's air. United States v. B & W Investment 
    Properties, No. 94-1892, (7th Cir. Oct. 24, 1994), LEXIS 29713.
        Wyoming's provision which requires a mental state as an element of 
    proof for corporate civil violations is inconsistent with the general 
    purpose of the Act. More specifically, Wyoming's provision is 
    inconsistent with the basic framework for effective enforcement of the 
    title V program established at 40 CFR 70.11(a)(3)(i) which does not 
    distinguish between corporate and personal liability. The commenter's 
    objection to a requirement clearly articulated in part 70 should have 
    been raised in a challenge to the rule itself, rather than in the 
    context of an action to approve a state program pursuant to that rule. 
    Finally, it is EPA's view that requiring a mental state as an element 
    of proof for civil violations significantly hinders corporate 
    compliance enforcement. As such, the provisions are insufficient to 
    meet section 40 CFR 70.4(b)(3)(i) which requires Wyoming to issue 
    permits and assure compliance with each applicable requirement and the 
    requirements of part 70.
        Based on the above, it is EPA's position that section 35-11-901(a) 
    of the WEQA must be revised to require strict liability for civil 
    violations for corporate entities. Because this provision is 
    inconsistent with the Act and the regulations thereunder and adversely 
    affects the Permitting Authority's ability to enforce title V 
    requirements against corporate entities, this issue is a basis for 
    granting Wyoming interim approval for the PROGRAM. Accordingly, 
    Wyoming's PROGRAM must be revised to reflect strict liability for 
    corporate entities to receive full PROGRAM approval.
        Comment #3: The commenter objected to EPA's proposed action related 
    to Wyoming's special rule exempting Research and Development (R&D) 
    facilities and contended that EPA has not offered a compelling basis 
    for 
    
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    changing the Agency's current rules governing R&D facilities.
        EPA Response: The part 70 final rule (57 FR 32250, July 21, 1992) 
    provides no special treatment or exemption from applicability for R&D 
    facilities. The preamble to the proposed part 70 rule took comment on 
    how to interpret the section 501(2) definition of ``major source'' (see 
    56 FR 21724, May 10, 1991). The preamble included a statement that 
    aggregation of sources by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 
    at the source site to determine whether a source would be major is the 
    approach intended by Congress and that aggregation by SIC code should 
    be done in a manner consistent with New Source Review (NSR) procedures. 
    The preamble further clarified that NSR procedures include the 
    requirement that any equipment used to support the main activity at a 
    site would also be considered as part of the same major source 
    regardless of the 2-digit SIC code for that equipment.
        The preamble to the final rule (57 FR 32264) stated that ``Although 
    EPA is not exempting R&D operations from title V requirements at this 
    time, in many cases states will have the flexibility to treat an R&D 
    facility as separate from the manufacturing facility with which it is 
    co-located.'' EPA wishes to clarify that this is the case only where 
    the R&D facility is not a support facility. If the R&D facility is a 
    support facility (co-located with a separate source, under common 
    ownership or control and 50% of the output of the R&D facility was used 
    by the main activity), the emissions from this R&D facility must be 
    included, along with all other emissions at the source, to determine if 
    the source is ``major'' and thus applicable to Section 30 of the 
    Wyoming rule. Prior to full PROGRAM approval, Wyoming must revise their 
    rule to be consistent with part 70.
        Comment #4: The commenter objected to EPA's dismissal of the 
    Wyoming variance provision as not having any effect on the compliance 
    requirements of the source or on enforcement actions against a source 
    that has obtained such a variance from the State.
        EPA Response: The EPA recognizes that Wyoming has the authority to 
    use variances as a mechanism for establishing compliance schedules. The 
    EPA wishes to clarify that it cannot recognize procedures for the 
    issuance of state variances in the title V program and that, although 
    the terms of a variance may be incorporated into a title V permit as a 
    compliance schedule, a title V compliance schedule does not sanction 
    noncompliance with an applicable requirement. Wyoming has the 
    responsibility under title V to establish a compliance schedule for 
    sources that are out of compliance and place that schedule into the 
    permit. The title V compliance schedule is properly established through 
    appropriate enforcement action and not necessarily through variances. 
    Wyoming does not need to take any action on this provision as it has 
    not been identified as an approval issue.
        Comment #5: The commenter objected to EPA's decision to grant 
    interim approval to a program that does not provide emission trading 
    under a permit cap in accordance with 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12)(iii) and 
    contends that EPA has no authority to grant interim approval to any 
    program that lacks this authority.
        EPA Response: The EPA agrees that Wyoming must provide emission 
    trading under a permit cap in its part 70 program. The EPA has 
    determined that this deficiency is an issue that must be corrected 
    before full approval may be granted and that this deficiency does not 
    interfere with the EPA's ability to grant interim approval. 40 CFR 
    70.4(d)(3)(viii) requires that programs provide operational flexibility 
    consistent with 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12) before the program may be granted 
    interim approval. The EPA notes that the Wyoming program does implement 
    another required type of operational flexibility, 40 CFR 
    70.4(b)(12)(i). In addition, Wyoming has submitted a letter, dated 
    November 16, 1994, which clarifies their authority to provide emission 
    trading under a permit cap. Specifically, the State's November 1994 
    letter stated that Sections 30(h)(i)(H) and 30(h)(i)(J) of the State's 
    operating permit regulations provide authority for the State to issue 
    permits ``allowing for the trading of emissions increases and decreases 
    in the permitted facility solely for the purpose of complying with a 
    federally enforceable emissions cap that is established in the permit 
    independent of otherwise applicable requirements.'' Thus, the State has 
    provided clear authority to implement emissions trading under a permit 
    cap. The EPA has determined that the Wyoming PROGRAM substantially 
    meets the requirements of 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12) because it implements the 
    mandatory operational flexibility provision of 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12)(i) 
    and has adequate authority to issue permits to implement 40 CFR 
    70.4(b)(12)(iii).
        Comment #6: The commenter stated that they did not have a problem 
    with the way ``prompt'' is defined for deviation reporting in the 
    Wyoming program but added that they did have a problem with the way the 
    definition has been handled in other interim approval notices.
        EPA Response: The Wyoming PROGRAM allows the State to define 
    ``prompt'' for deviation reporting in each individual permit. Since the 
    commenter did not have a problem with the way ``prompt'' reporting of 
    deviations is handled in Wyoming, EPA will not respond to that comment. 
    In addition, it would be inappropriate in this notice to comment on how 
    the definition of ``prompt'' was handled in notices for other states' 
    part 70 approvals.
        Comment #7: The commenter noted a typographical error in the 
    Federal Register notice proposing interim approval of the Wyoming 
    PROGRAM (59 FR 48802) on page 48804 under paragraph #4 titled 
    ``Provisions Implementing the Requirements of Other Titles of the 
    Act.'' Part b of this paragraph titled ``Implementation of 112(g) Upon 
    Program Approval'' refers to Wyoming's preconstruction permitting 
    program found in section 24, which is an incorrect reference. The 
    correct reference to the Wyoming preconstruction permitting program 
    should be section 21.
        EPA Response: The reference to section 24 was incorrect and should 
    have read ``section 21''.
    
    C. Final Action
    
        The EPA is promulgating interim approval of the operating permits 
    program submitted by the State of Wyoming on November 19, 1993. The 
    State must make the following changes to receive full approval: (1) 
    Section 30(a)(ix) must be revised to assure R&D support facilities are 
    included in major source determinations; (2) Sections 35-11-901(a), (m) 
    and (n) of the WEQA, which appear to reduce the penalty for civil 
    violations committed by surface coal mine operations from a maximum of 
    ten thousand dollars per day to five thousand dollars per day, must be 
    revised, or clarified in an Attorney General's Opinion, to indicate 
    that the five thousand dollar penalty relates only to activities 
    subject to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; (3) Section 
    35-11-901(a) of the WEQA must be revised to include language that 
    provides strict liability for corporate officers, directors or agents 
    in civil actions; (4) Section 35-11-901(j) of the WEQA must be revised 
    to provide for a per day, per violation penalty for false statements or 
    tampering with monitoring devices; (5) Section 30(c)(ii)(A)(III)(1) 
    must be revised to include language similar to the general provision in 
    40 CFR 70.5(c), or the State must provide an Attorney General's 
    
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    opinion, to clarify that the State will ensure that all applicable 
    requirements are identified for any insignificant activities; (6) 
    Section 30(i)(ii) regarding general permits must be revised, or the 
    State must provide an Attorney General's Opinion, to clarify the public 
    notice and comment requirements for general permits; (7) In the Federal 
    Register notice proposing interim approval of the Wyoming PROGRAM, EPA 
    stated that, prior to full PROGRAM approval, the State must clarify 
    that Section 30(h)(i)(J) provides the State with authority to implement 
    emissions trading under a permit cap, which is required by 40 CFR 
    70.4(b)(12)(iii), or revise Section 30 to provide such authority. In a 
    letter dated November 16, 1994, the State of Wyoming clarified that it 
    has the authority to implement the emissions trading under permit caps 
    provision of 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12)(iii). EPA concurs with the State's 
    authority to implement this provision; however, we are currently 
    reevaluating the State's regulations to determine if a regulatory 
    revision is also needed, prior to full PROGRAM approval, to assure 
    consistency with the provisions of 40 CFR 70.4(b)(12)(iii); (8) The 
    State must provide a definition of ``Indian lands.''
        Refer to the technical support document accompanying this 
    rulemaking for a detailed explanation of each PROGRAM deficiency.
        This interim approval, which may not be renewed, extends until 
    February 19, 1997. During this interim approval period, the State of 
    Wyoming is protected from sanctions, and EPA is not obligated to 
    promulgate, administer and enforce a Federal operating permits program 
    in the State of Wyoming. Permits issued under a program with interim 
    approval have full standing with respect to part 70, and the 1-year 
    time period for submittal of permit applications by subject sources 
    begins upon the effective date of this interim approval, as does the 3-
    year time period for processing the initial permit applications.
        If the State of Wyoming fails to submit a complete corrective 
    program for full approval by August 19, 1996, EPA will start an 18-
    month clock for mandatory sanctions. If the State of Wyoming then fails 
    to submit a corrective program that EPA finds complete before the 
    expiration of that 18-month period, EPA will be required to apply one 
    of the sanctions in section 179(b) of the Act, which will remain in 
    effect until EPA determines that the State of Wyoming has corrected the 
    deficiency by submitting a complete corrective program. Moreover, if 
    the Administrator finds a lack of good faith on the part of the State 
    of Wyoming, both sanctions under section 179(b) will apply after the 
    expiration of the 18-month period until the Administrator determined 
    that the State of Wyoming had come into compliance. In any case, if, 
    six months after application of the first sanction, the State of 
    Wyoming still has not submitted a corrective program that EPA has found 
    complete, a second sanction will be required.
        If EPA disapproves the State of Wyoming's complete corrective 
    program, EPA will be required to apply one of the section 179(b) 
    sanctions on the date 18 months after the effective date of the 
    disapproval, unless prior to that date the State of Wyoming has 
    submitted a revised program and EPA has determined that it corrected 
    the deficiencies that prompted the disapproval. Moreover, if the 
    Administrator finds a lack of good faith on the part of the State of 
    Wyoming, both sanctions under section 179(b) shall apply after the 
    expiration of the 18-month period until the Administrator determines 
    that the State of Wyoming has come into compliance. In all cases, if, 
    six months after EPA applies the first sanction, the State of Wyoming 
    has not submitted a revised program that EPA has determined corrects 
    the deficiencies, a second sanction is required.
        In addition, discretionary sanctions may be applied where warranted 
    any time after the expiration of an interim approval period if the 
    State of Wyoming has not timely submitted a complete corrective program 
    or EPA has disapproved its submitted corrective program. Moreover, if 
    EPA has not granted full approval to the State of Wyoming program by 
    the expiration of this interim approval and that expiration occurs 
    after November 15, 1995, EPA must promulgate, administer and enforce a 
    Federal permits program for the State of Wyoming upon interim approval 
    expiration.
        Requirements for approval, specified in 40 CFR 70.4(b), encompass 
    section 112(l)(5) requirements for approval of a program for delegation 
    of section 112 standards as promulgated by EPA as they apply to part 70 
    sources. Section 112(l)(5) requires that the State's program contain 
    adequate authorities, adequate resources for implementation, and an 
    expeditious compliance schedule, which are also requirements under part 
    70. Therefore, the EPA is also promulgating approval under section 
    112(l)(5) and 40 CFR 63.91 of the State's program for receiving 
    delegation of section 112 standards that are unchanged from Federal 
    standards as promulgated. This program for delegations only applies to 
    sources covered by the part 70 program.
    
    III. Administrative Requirements
    
    A. Docket
    
        Copies of the State's submittal and other information relied upon 
    for the final interim approval, including public comments received and 
    reviewed by EPA on the proposal, are maintained in a docket at the EPA 
    Regional Office. The docket is an organized and complete file of all 
    the information submitted to, or otherwise considered by, EPA in the 
    development of this final interim approval. The docket is available for 
    public inspection at the location listed under the ADDRESSES section of 
    this document.
    
    B. Executive Order 12866
    
        The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this action from 
    Executive Order 12866 review.
    
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    
        The EPA's actions under section 502 of the Act do not create any 
    new requirements, but simply address operating permits programs 
    submitted to satisfy the requirements of 40 CFR Part 70. Because this 
    action does not impose any new requirements, it does not have a 
    significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    
    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 70
    
        Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
    Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Operating permits, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: December 27, 1994.
    Kerrigan G. Clough,
    Acting Regional Administrator.
    
        Part 70, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 70--[AMENDED]
    
        1. The authority citation for part 70 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
    
        2. Appendix A to part 70 is amended by adding the entry for Wyoming 
    in alphabetical order to read as follows:
    
    Appendix A to Part 70--Approval Status of State and Local Operating 
    Permits Programs
    
    * * * * *
    
    Wyoming
    
        (a) Department of Environmental Quality: submitted on November 19, 
    1993; effective on February 21, 1995; 
    
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    interim approval expires February 19, 1997.
        (b) Reserved.
    
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Document Information

Effective Date:
2/21/1995
Published:
01/19/1995
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final interim approval.
Document Number:
95-928
Dates:
February 21, 1995.
Pages:
3766-3771 (6 pages)
Docket Numbers:
WY-001, FRL-5134-4
PDF File:
95-928.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 70