96-2964. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans Alabama: Revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 1996)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 5285-5286]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-2964]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 52
    
    [AL-041-1-9604a; FRL-5345-5]
    
    
    Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans Alabama: 
    Revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management 
    Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Direct final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: On August 14, 1995, the State of Alabama through the 
    Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) submitted a State 
    Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal to revise the ADEM Administrative 
    Code for the Air Pollution Control Program. These revisions involve 
    changes to Chapter 335-3-14--Air Permits. Chapter 335-3-14--Air Permits 
    was amended to incorporate federal requirements for particulate matter 
    10 g or smaller (PM-10).
    
    DATES: This action is effective April 12, 1996 unless adverse or 
    critical comments are received by March 13, 1996. If the effective date 
    is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Kimberly Bingham at the EPA Region 
    4 address listed below. Copies of the material submitted by ADEM may be 
    examined during normal business hours at the following locations:
    
    Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), U.S. 
    Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460.
    Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Programs Branch, 345 
    Courtland Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30365.
    Alabama Department of Environmental Management, 1751 Congressman W. L. 
    Dickinson Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36109.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Bingham, Regulatory Planning 
    and Development Section, Air Programs Branch, Air Pesticides and Toxics 
    Management Division, Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency, 345 
    Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30365. The telephone number is 
    (404) 347-3555 ext. 4195.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 14, 1995, the State of Alabama 
    through the ADEM submitted revisions to the Alabama SIP. These 
    revisions were 
    
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    made to the ADEM Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control 
    Program and include regulations to be incorporated into the SIP. EPA is 
    approving the following revisions to the Alabama SIP. These revisions 
    are more fully discussed in the official SIP submittal that is 
    available at the Region IV office listed under the ADDRESSES section of 
    this document.
        Chapter 335-3-14--Air Permits was amended to incorporate federal 
    requirements for particulate matter 10 g or smaller (PM-10). 
    The EPA changed the requirement for the Prevention of Significant 
    Deterioration (PSD) increment from Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) to 
    PM-10 because the Agency found that particulate matter 10 g or 
    smaller is able to cause adverse health effects in humans. Sections 
    335-3-14-.04 and 335-3-14-.05 were revised to reflect the change from 
    TSP to the new PM-10 PSD increment.
    
    Final Action
    
        The EPA is publishing this action without prior proposal because 
    the Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates 
    no adverse comments. However, in a separate document in this Federal 
    Register publication, the EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revision 
    should adverse or critical comments be filed. This action will be 
    effective April 12, 1996 unless, by March 13, 1996, adverse or critical 
    comments are received.
        If the EPA receives such comments, this action will be withdrawn 
    before the effective date by publishing a subsequent document that will 
    withdraw the final action. All public comments received will then be 
    addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule 
    published with this action. The EPA will not institute a second comment 
    period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this 
    action should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the 
    public is advised that this action will be effective April 12, 1996.
        Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 
    7607(b)(1), petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed 
    in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by 
    April 12, 1996. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the 
    Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this 
    rule for 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) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(2)].
        This action has been classified as a Table 3 action for signature 
    by the Regional Administrator under the procedures published in the 
    Federal Register on January 19, 1989 (54 FR 2214-2225), as revised by a 
    July 10, 1995 memorandum from Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator for 
    Air and Radiation. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
    exempted this regulatory action from E.O. 12866 review.
        SIP approvals under section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the CAA 
    do not create any new requirements, but simply approve requirements 
    that the State is already imposing. Therefore, because the federal SIP-
    approval does not impose any new requirements, I certify that it does 
    not have a significant impact on any small entities affected. Moreover, 
    due to the nature of the federal-state relationship under the CAA, 
    preparation of a regulatory flexibility analysis would constitute 
    federal inquiry into the economic reasonableness of state action. The 
    CAA forbids EPA to base its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. 
    Union Electric Co. v. U.S. E.P.A., 427 U.S. 246, 256-66 (S.Ct. 1976); 
    42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2) and 7410(k)(3).
        Nothing in this action shall be construed as permitting or allowing 
    or establishing a precedent for any future request for a revision to 
    any SIP. Each request for revision to the SIP shall be considered 
    separately in light of specific technical, economic, and environmental 
    factors and in relation to relevant statutory and regulatory 
    requirements.
        Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et seq., EPA 
    must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of 
    any proposed or final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604. 
    Alternatively, EPA may certify that the rule will not have a 
    significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small 
    entities include small businesses, small not for-profit enterprises, 
    and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than 
    50,000.
        Under Sections 202, 203, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
    Act of 1995 (``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 
    1995, EPA must undertake various actions in association with proposed 
    or final rules that include a Federal mandate that may result in 
    estimated costs of $100 million or more to the private sector, or to 
    State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate.
        Through submission of this state implementation plan or plan 
    revision, the State and any affected local or tribal governments have 
    elected to adopt the program provided for under Section 110 of the CAA. 
    These rules may bind State, local and tribal governments to perform 
    certain actions and also require the private sector to perform certain 
    duties. EPA has examined whether the rules being approved by this 
    action would impose no new requirements, since such sources are already 
    subject to these regulations under State law. Accordingly, no 
    additional costs to State, local, or tribal governments, or to the 
    private sector, result from this action, and therefore there will be no 
    significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    
    List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
    
        Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
    reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter.
    
        Dated: December 4, 1995.
    Patrick M. Tobin,
    Acting Regional Administrator.
    
        Chapter I, title 40, 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. 7401-7671q.
    
    Subpart B--Alabama
    
        2. Section 52.50 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(68) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 52.50  Identification of plan.
    
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        (c) * * *
        (68) The State of Alabama submitted a SIP submittal to revise the 
    ADEM Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program on 
    August 14, 1995. These revisions involve changes to Chapter 335-3-14--
    Air Permits.
        (i) Incorporation by reference.
        (1) Amendments to the following sections of the Alabama 
    regulations--335-3-14-.04, and 335-3-14-.05 which were adopted on March 
    21, 1995.
        (ii) Other material. None.
    
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Document Information

Effective Date:
4/12/1996
Published:
02/12/1996
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Direct final rule.
Document Number:
96-2964
Dates:
This action is effective April 12, 1996 unless adverse or critical comments are received by March 13, 1996. If the effective date is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal Register.
Pages:
5285-5286 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
AL-041-1-9604a, FRL-5345-5
PDF File:
96-2964.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 52.50