[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 68187-68188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33960]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[WA 29-1-6724, WA 57-7132; FRL-5934-8]
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans:
Washington; Correcting Amendments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: This action corrects the incorporation by reference found in
the approval of the Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
published on September 22, 1997 and corrects a typographical error
found in the Washington SIP Table of Contents published on June 29,
1995.
DATES: This action is effective on December 31, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the State's request and other information
supporting this proposed action are available for inspection during
normal business hours at the following locations: EPA, Office of Air
Quality (OAQ-107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and
the State of Washington Department of Ecology, 300 Desmond Drive,
Lacey, WA 98503.
Documents which are incorporated by reference are available for
public inspection at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center, EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460, as well as the
above addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lemme, Office of Air Quality
(OAQ-107), EPA, Seattle, Washington, (206) 553-0977.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (1) On September 22, 1997 (62 FR 49442),
four revisions to the Washington SIP were approved. These revisions
addressed the attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard
(NAAQS) for carbon monoxide in the Spokane, Washington urbanized area.
The Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority Motor Fuel
Specifications for Oxygenated Gasoline were inadvertently omitted from
the incorporation by reference section of the Part 52 amendment. This
action corrects that omission by incorporating these regulations into
the Washington SIP.
(2) On June 29, 1995 (60 FR 33736), EPA approved the recodification
of the SIP table of contents submitted by the Washington Department of
Ecology. A typographical error occurred in the bracketed portion of
Section 2.2.415, WAC 173-415-030, and one of the ``exceptions'' was
mistakenly omitted. It should now read, ``Emission Standards [except
section (1) and (3)(b)]''. (Section (1) had been mistakenly omitted).
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'', and is, therefore,
not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In
addition, this action does not impose any enforceable duty or contain
any unfunded mandate as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (P.L. 104-4), or require prior consultation with State
officials as specified by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October
28, 1993), or involve special consideration of environmental justice
related issues as required by Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994).
Because this action is not subject to notice-and-comment
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other
statute, it is not subject to the provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted 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
General Accounting Office prior to publication of this rule in today's
Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 3, 1997.
Chuck Findley,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region X.
40 CFR part 52 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 WW--Washington
2. Section 52.2470 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(75) to read
as follows:
Sec. 52.2470 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(75) On January 22, 1993, September 14, 1993, and April 30, 1996,
the Director of the Washington Department of Ecology submitted to the
Regional Administrator of EPA four revisions to the SIP consisting of
amendments to the Spokane CO SIP.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Letter dated January 22, 1993, from Washington to EPA
requesting approval of revisions to the Spokane CO portion of the
Washington State Implementation Plan; the ``Supplement to the State
Implementation Plan for Washington State, Spokane Carbon Monoxide
Nonattainment Area,'' dated January 1993, Sections 6.0, 6.1, 6.3, and
6.4.
(B) Letter dated September 14, 1993, from Washington to EPA
providing supplementary information to that submitted on January 22,
1993; ``Spokane County Carbon Monoxide Non-attainment Area 1990 Base
Year
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Emissions Inventory,'' dated November 1992.
(C) Two letters dated April 30, 1996, from Washington to EPA
submitting two revisions to the SIP; ``Supplement to A Plan for
Attaining and Maintaining National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
the Spokane Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area,'' dated March 1995; and
``Supplement to the State Implementation Plan for Washington State,
Spokane County Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area, Supplement 1 of 2,''
replacement pages for Sections 2.5 and 6.2 of Section 4.5.2.CO.1 of the
State Implementation Plan, dated January 1996; ``Supplement to the
State Implementation Plan for Washington State, Spokane County Carbon
Monoxide Nonattainment Area, Supplement 2 of 2,'' new Section 10.0,
Contingency Measures, of Section 4.5.2.CO.1 of the State Implementation
Plan, dated January 1996; and Spokane County Air Pollution Control
Authority Motor Fuel Specifications for Oxygenated Gasoline, Regulation
I, Article VI, Section 6.16, adopted July 6, 1995.
(ii) Additional material.
(A) Letter of September 29, 1995, submitting CO Periodic Emission
Inventory Reports; ``Spokane County Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area,
1993 Periodic Update Emissions Inventory,'' dated September 1995.
3. In Sec. 52.2479 the table is amended by revising Section 2.2.415
to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2479 Contents of the federally approved, State submitted
implementation plan.
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Washington State Implementation Plan for Air Quality; State and Local
Requirements
Table of Contents
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2.2.415
WAC 173-415 Primary Aluminum Plants
173-415-010 Statement of purpose [02/19/91]
173-415-020 Definitions [02/19/91 except sections (1) and (2)]
173-415-030 Emission standards [02/19/91 except sections (1)
and (3)(b)]
173-415-045 Creditable stack height and dispersion techniques
[02/19/91]
173-415-050 New source review (NSR) [02/19/91]
173-415-051 Prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) [02/
19/91]
173-415-060 Monitoring and reporting [02/19/91 except sections
(1)(a)(b)(d)]
173-415-070 Report of startup, shutdown, breakdown or upset
conditions [02/19/91]
173-415-080 Emission inventory [02/19/91]
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[FR Doc. 97-33960 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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