[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11842-11847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6091]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[IL145-2a, IL152-2a; FRL-5958-3]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3,
1997, and, October 16, 1997, the State of Illinois submitted State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision requests to meet commitments related
to the conditional approval of Illinois' May 15, 1992, SIP submittal
for the Lake Calumet (SE Chicago), McCook, and Granite City, Illinois,
Particulate Matter (PM) nonattainment areas. The EPA is approving the
SIP revision request as it applies to the Granite City area, including
the attainment demonstration for the Granite City PM nonattainment
area. The SIP revision request corrects, for the Granite City PM
nonattainment area, all of the deficiencies of the May 15, 1992,
submittal (as discussed in the November 18, 1994, conditional approval
notice). No action is being taken on the submitted plan revisions for
the Lake Calumet and McCook areas at this time. They will be addressed
in separate rulemaking actions.
On March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, Illinois submitted
requests to redesignate the Granite City PM nonattainment area to
attainment status for the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS). The EPA is approving this request, as well as the maintenance
plan for the Granite City area which was submitted with the
redesignation request to ensure continued attainment of the NAAQS.
DATES: The ``direct final'' approval is effective on May 11, 1998,
unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments by April 10,
1998. If the effective date is delayed, timely notice will be published
in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the revision request and EPA's analysis are
available for inspection at the following address: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. (It is recommended that you
telephone David Pohlman at (312) 886-3299 before visiting the Region 5
Office.)
Written comments should be sent to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,
Regulation Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Pohlman at (312) 886-3299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under section 107(d)(4)(B) of the Clean Air Act (Act), as amended
on November 15, 1990 (amended Act), certain areas (``initial areas'')
were designated nonattainment for PM. Under section 188 of the amended
Act these initial areas were classified as ``moderate''. The initial
areas included the Lake Calumet, McCook, and Granite City, Illinois, PM
nonattainment areas.
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The Granite City area includes Granite City and Nameoki Townships in
Madison County, Illinois. (See 40 CFR 81.314 for a complete description
of these areas.) Section 189 of the amended Act requires State
submittal of a PM SIP for the initial areas by November 15, 1991.
Illinois submitted the required SIP revision for the Granite City,
Illinois, PM nonattainment area to EPA on May 15, 1992. Upon review of
Illinois' submittal, EPA identified several concerns. Illinois
submitted a letter on March 2, 1994, committing to satisfy all of these
concerns within one year of final conditional approval. On May 25,
1994, the EPA proposed to conditionally approve the SIP. Final
conditional approval was published on November 18, 1994, and became
effective on December 19, 1994. The final conditional approval allowed
the State until November 20, 1995 to correct the five stated
deficiencies:
1. Invalid emissions inventory and attainment demonstration, due to
failure to include emissions from the roof monitors for the Basic
Oxygen Furnace shop (BOF) and underestimated emissions from the quench
tower at the Granite City Division of National Steel Corporation (GCD).
2. Failure to adequately address maintenance of the PM NAAQS for at
least 3 years beyond the applicable attainment date.
3. Lack of an opacity limit on coke oven combustion stacks.
4. Lack of enforceable emissions limit for the electric arc furnace
roof vents at American Steel Foundries.
5. The following enforceability concerns:
a. Section 212.107, Measurement Methods for Visible Emissions could
be misinterpreted as requiring use of Method 22 for sources subject to
opacity limits as well as sources subject to limits on detectability of
visible emissions.
b. Inconsistencies in the measurement methods for opacity, visible
emissions, and ``PM'' in section 212.110, 212.107, 212.108, and
212.109.
c. Language in several rules which exempts from mass emissions
limits those sources having no visible emissions.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) held a public
hearing on the proposed rules on January 5, 1996. The rules became
effective at the State level on May 22, 1996, and were published in the
Illinois Register on June 7, 1996. Illinois made submittals to meet the
commitments related to the conditional approval on November 14, 1995,
May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and October 16, 1997. At
this time, the EPA is only acting on the portions of those submittals
that pertain to the Granite City PM nonattainment area conditional
approval, including the following new or revised rules in 35 Ill. Adm.
Code:
Part 212: Visible and Particulate Matter Emissions
Subpart A: General
212.107 Measurement Method for Visible Emissions
212.108 Measurement Methods for PM-10 Emissions and Condensible PM-
10 Emissions
212.109 Measurement Methods for Opacity
212.110 Measurement Methods for Particulate Matter
Subpart K: Fugitive Particulate Matter
212.302 Geographic Areas of Application
Subpart L: Particulate Matter Emissions
212.324 Process Emission Units in Certain Areas
Subpart N: Food Manufacturing
212.362 Emission Units in Certain Areas
Subpart O: Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Manufacturing
212.425 Emission Units in Certain Areas
Subpart R: Primary and Fabricated Metal Products and Machinery
Manufacture
212.446 Basic Oxygen Furnaces
212.458 Emission Units in Certain Areas
Subpart S: Agriculture
212.464 Sources in Certain Areas
In addition to the rule changes needed to meet the commitments
imposed on Illinois in the conditional approval, Illinois submitted
other revised rules. Rules submitted, but not listed above, will be
addressed in future rulemaking actions.
On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed limited approval, limited
disapproval of the SIP revision request submitted by Illinois to meet
the conditions of the May 18, 1994, conditional approval requirements.
In the July 22, 1997, proposal, the EPA stated that Illinois had met
all of the conditional approval requirements except for the requirement
to provide an enforceable opacity limit for coke oven combustion
stacks. In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a revised
construction and operating permit for GCD. The Federally-enforceable
permit includes a 30 percent opacity limit, and states that coke oven
combustion stacks at GCD are not covered by the repair opacity
exemption in 35 IAC 212.443(g)(2).
The only other comment received by the EPA on the July 22, 1997,
proposal was an October 17, 1997, letter from GCD, in support of
Illinois' October 16, 1997, submittal.
Title I, section 107(d)(3)(D) of the amended Act and the general
preamble to Title I [57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992)], allow the Governor
of a State to request the redesignation of an area from nonattainment
to attainment. The criteria used to review redesignation requests are
derived from the Act, general preamble, and the following policy and
guidance memoranda from the Director of the Air Quality Management
Division to the Regional Air Directors, September 4, 1992, Procedures
for Processing Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment. An area can
be redesignated to attainment if the following conditions are met:
1. The area has attained the applicable NAAQS;
2. The area has a fully approved SIP under section 110(k) of the
Act;
3. The air quality improvement must be permanent and enforceable;
4. The area has met all relevant requirements under section 110 and
Part D of the Act; and,
5. The area must have a fully approved maintenance plan pursuant to
section 175A of the Act.
On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed to disapprove Illinois request
to redesignate the Granite City PM nonattainment area to attainment
based on the fact that the area did not have a fully approved SIP.
Based on Illinois' October 16, 1997, submittal, the EPA is now fully
approving the SIP for the Granite City area, as well as the
redesignation request and maintenance plan.
II. Analysis of State Submittal
Only the issue involving the coke oven combustion stacks and the
redesignation criteria will be discussed in this notice. For a
discussion of how Illinois addressed the other noted deficiencies, see
the July 22, 1997, proposed partial approval notice (62 FR 39199).
Because coke oven operations are generally covered by special
opacity limits, Illinois' SIP exempts coke oven sources from the
statewide 30 percent opacity limit. This State exemption was approved
by EPA on September 3, 1981. It was later realized that this exemption
left coke oven combustion stacks without an opacity limit. Coke oven
combustion stacks in Illinois are subject to grain loading limits which
require stack tests for compliance determinations. Because stack tests
can take months to perform and only last a few hours, an opacity limit,
for which compliance can be determined by visual observations, is
needed to ensure continuous compliance. This deficiency was cited in
the November 18, 1994,
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conditional approval of Illinois' PM nonattainment area SIP submittal.
In response to the conditional approval of Illinois' PM plan, the
State adopted a 30 percent opacity limit for coke oven combustion
stacks. However, this rule also includes an exemption for ``when a leak
between any coke oven and the oven's vertical or crossover flue(s) is
being repaired * * *'' for up to 3 hours per repair. The EPA believes
this rule is unacceptable. (See 62 FR 39199.)
In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a revised
construction and operating permit for GCD. The permit, which was issued
on October 21, 1997, includes a 30 percent opacity limit, and states
that coke oven combustion stacks at GCD are not covered by the repair
opacity exemption in 35 IAC 212.443(g)(2). GCD is the only source in
the Granite City nonattainment area which would have been covered by
the repair exemption, and this permit eliminates the exemption for GCD.
Since there are now no coke oven combustion stacks in the nonattainment
area without enforceable opacity limits, this deficiency has been
corrected for the Granite City nonattainment area. The issue of the
repair exemption rule as it applies to the remainder of the State will
be addressed in subsequent rulemaking actions.
Under cover letters dated March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, the
State submitted a redesignation request for the Granite City PM
nonattainment area. A public hearing was held on May 6, 1996.
All five of the redesignation criteria given under section
107(d)(3)(E) of the Clean Air Act must be satisfied in order for the
EPA to redesignate an area from nonattainment to attainment. (See the
Background section of this notice.) The following is a description of
how the State's redesignation request meets these requirements.
1. Attainment of the PM NAAQS
According to EPA guidance, the demonstration that the area has
attained the PM NAAQS involves submittal of ambient air quality data
from an ambient air monitoring network representing peak PM
concentrations, which should be recorded in the Aerometric Information
Retrieval System (AIRS). The area must show that the average annual
number of expected exceedances of the 24-hour PM standard is less than
or equal to 1.0, and that the annual arithmetic mean concentration is
less than or equal to 50 micrograms per cubic meter, pursuant to 40 CFR
Part 50, section 50.6. The data must represent the most recent three
consecutive years of complete ambient air quality monitoring data
collected in accordance with EPA methodologies.
The IEPA operates four PM monitoring sites in the nonattainment
area. Illinois submitted ambient air quality data from the monitoring
sites which demonstrates that the area has attained the PM NAAQS. This
air quality data was verified in AIRS. Quality assurance procedures are
a component of the AIRS data entry process. No exceedance of the 24-
hour or annual PM NAAQS has been measured since 1990. Therefore, the
State has adequately demonstrated, through ambient air quality data,
that the PM NAAQS have been attained in the Granite City PM
nonattainment area.
2. State Implementation Plan Approval
Those States containing initial moderate PM nonattainment areas
were required to submit a SIP by November 15, 1991, which implemented
reasonably available control measures (RACM) by December 10, 1993, and
demonstrated attainment of the PM NAAQS by December 31, 1994. Illinois
submitted the required SIP revision for the Granite City PM
nonattainment areas to EPA on May 15, 1992. On May 25, 1994, the EPA
proposed to conditionally approve the SIP. Final conditional approval
was published on November 18, 1994, and became effective on December
19, 1994. The final conditional approval allowed the State until
November 20, 1995, to correct five stated deficiencies. Illinois made
submittals to meet the commitments related to the conditional approval
on November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and
October 16, 1997. On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed limited approval,
limited disapproval of the SIP revision request submitted by Illinois
to meet the conditions of the May 18, 1994, conditional approval
requirements. In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a
revised construction and operating permit for GCD. This permit
corrected the final deficiency, and the EPA is, in this notice, fully
approving the SIP for the Granite City PM nonattainment area.
3. Improvement in Air Quality Due to Permanent and Enforceable Measures
The State must be able to reasonably attribute the improvement in
air quality to permanent and enforceable emission reductions. In making
this showing, the State must demonstrate that air quality improvements
are the result of actual enforceable emission reductions.
The PM dispersion modeling conducted as part of the Granite City PM
SIP predicted that the control measures included in the SIP were
sufficient to provide for attainment and maintenance of the PM NAAQS.
The State has adequately demonstrated that the improvement in air
quality is due to permanent and enforceable emission reductions of PM
as a result of implementing the federally enforceable control measures
in the SIP.
4. Meeting Applicable Requirements of Section 110 and Part D of the Act
To be redesignated to attainment, section 107(d)(3)(E) requires
that an area must have met all applicable requirements of section 110
and part D of title I of the Act. The EPA interprets this to mean that
for a redesignation request to be approved, the State must have met all
requirements that applied to the subject area prior to or at the time
of a complete redesignation request.
A. Section 110 Requirements
Section 110(a)(2) contains general requirements for nonattainment
plans. For purposes of redesignation, the Illinois SIP was reviewed to
ensure that all applicable requirements under the amended Act were
satisfied. Many of these requirements were met with Illinois' May 15,
1992 submittal. The EPA proposed conditional approval of the SIP at
that time because certain requirements had not been met. With the
November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and
October 16, 1997, submittals Illinois has corrected the deficiencies in
the May 15, 1992 submittal, and the EPA is, in this notice, fully
approving the Granite City PM SIP under Section 110.
B. Part D Requirements
Before a PM nonattainment area may be redesignated to attainment,
the State must have fulfilled the applicable requirements of part D.
Subpart 1 of part D establishes the general requirements applicable to
all nonattainment areas and subpart 4 of part D establishes specific
requirements applicable to PM nonattainment areas.
The requirements of sections 172(c) and 189(a) for providing for
attainment of the PM NAAQS, and the requirements of section 172(c) for
requiring reasonable further progress, imposition of RACM, the adoption
of contingency measures, and the submission of an emission inventory
have been satisfied through today's direct final approval of the
Granite City PM SIP, the July 13, 1995, approval of the Illinois PM
contingency measures SIP (60 FR 36060), and the demonstration that the
area is now attaining the standard. The
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requirements of the Part D--New Source Review (NSR) permit program will
be replaced by the Part C--Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) program once the area has been redesignated. However, in order to
ensure that the PSD program will become fully effective immediately
upon redesignation, either the State must be delegated the Federal PSD
program or the State must make any needed modifications to its rules to
have the approved PSD program apply to the affected area upon
redesignation. The PSD program was delegated to the State of Illinois
on January 29, 1981 (46 FR 9584).
5. Fully Approved Maintenance Plan Under Section 175A of the Act
Section 175A of the Act requires states that submit a redesignation
request for a nonattainment area under section 107(d) to include a
maintenance plan to ensure that the attainment of the NAAQS for any
pollutant is maintained. The plan must demonstrate continued attainment
of the applicable NAAQS for at least ten years after the approval of a
redesignation to attainment. Eight years after the redesignation, the
State must submit a revised maintenance plan demonstrating attainment
for the ten years following the initial ten year period.
The State of Illinois adequately demonstrated attainment and
maintenance of the PM NAAQS through the dispersion modeling submitted
as part of the SIP. Since emissions in the area are not expected to
increase substantially in the next 10 years, that initial attainment
demonstration is still adequate. Also, the State has indicated that
industries in the area are currently operating at about 30 percent of
the emissions allowed under their SIP, so even if production should
increase, emissions would likely not exceed the amounts used to
demonstrate attainment of the NAAQS. Also, emissions from any new
sources would be restricted by PSD requirements.
Once an area has been redesignated, the State must continue to
operate an appropriate air quality monitoring network, in accordance
with 40 CFR Part 58, to verify the attainment status of the area. The
maintenance plan should contain provisions for continued operation of
air quality monitors that will provide such verification. Illinois
operates four PM air monitoring sites in the nonattainment area. These
sites are approved annually by the EPA, and any future change would
require discussion with EPA. In its submittal, the State commits to
continue to operate the PM monitoring station to demonstrate ongoing
compliance with the PM NAAQS.
Section 175A of the Act also requires that a maintenance plan
include contingency provisions, as necessary, to promptly correct any
violation of the NAAQS that occurs after redesignation of the area.
These contingency measures are distinguished from those generally
required for nonattainment areas under section 172(c)(9). However, if
the contingency measures in a nonattainment SIP have not been
implemented to attain the standards and they include a requirement that
the State will implement all of the PM control measures which were
contained in the SIP before redesignation to attainment, then they can
be carried over into the area's maintenance plan.
Under a cover letter dated July 29, 1994, IEPA submitted a State
Rule to satisfy the contingency measures requirements specified in
section 172(c)(9) for the Granite City PM nonattainment area, among
others. This rule is eligible to also be used as the section 175A
contingency measures, because the State was able to attain the PM NAAQS
with the limitations and control measures already contained in the SIP.
On July 13, 1995, the EPA approved the rule into the Illinois SIP in a
direct final rulemaking (60 FR 36060), which became effective on
September 11, 1995.
Section 179(a) of the amended Act states that if the Administrator
finds that a State has failed to make a required submission, finds that
a SIP or SIP revision submitted by the State does not satisfy the
minimum criteria established under section 110(k) of the amended Act,
or disapproves a SIP submission in whole or in part, unless the
deficiency has been corrected within 18 months after the finding, one
of the sanctions referred to in section 179(b) of the amended Act shall
apply until the Administrator determines that the State has come into
compliance. (Pursuant to 40 CFR 52.31, the first sanction shall be a
sanction requiring 2 to 1 offsets, in the absence of a case-specific
selection otherwise.) If the deficiency has not been corrected within 6
months of the selection of the first sanction, the second sanction
under section 179(b) shall also apply. In addition, section 110(c) of
the Act requires promulgation of a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP)
within 2 years after the finding or disapproval, as discussed above,
unless the State corrects the deficiency and the SIP is approved before
the FIP is promulgated.
On December 17, 1991, a letter was sent to the Governor of Illinois
notifying him that the EPA was making a finding that the State of
Illinois had failed to submit a PM SIP for the Granite City
nonattainment area. This letter triggered both the sanctions and FIP
processes as explained above. Illinois submitted a PM SIP revision for
the nonattainment area on May 15, 1992, and in an April 30, 1993,
letter to the State the EPA informed the State that the SIP was
determined to be complete. Therefore, the deficiency which started the
sanctions and FIP processes was corrected, and the sanctions process
ended. The FIP process, however, was not stopped by the correction of
the deficiency and EPA was to promulgate a FIP within 2 years of the
failure-to-submit letter (or December 17, 1993), unless a PM SIP for
the nonattainment area was finally approved before then.
On November 18, 1994, the EPA conditionally approved the SIP. The
final conditional approval allowed the State until November 20, 1995,
to correct the five stated deficiencies. Conditional approval does not
start a new sanctions process, unless the state fails to make a
submittal to address the deficiencies, makes an incomplete submittal,
or the submittal is ultimately disapproved. Illinois made a submittal
to meet the commitments related to the conditional approval on November
14, 1995. Supplemental information was submitted on May 9, 1996, June
14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and October 16, 1997. This submittal became
complete by operation of law on May 14, 1996. No sanctions process is
currently running. Upon full approval of the Granite City PM plan, FIP
liability will also end.
III. Final Rulemaking Action
Illinois has corrected all of the deficiencies listed in the
November 18, 1994, conditional approval as they relate to the Granite
City PM nonattainment area. Because Illinois has met all of the
commitments of the conditional approval, the EPA is approving the plan
for the Granite City PM nonattainment area.
The EPA is also approving Illinois' March 19, 1996, and October 15,
1996, maintenance plan and request to redesignate the Granite City area
to attainment for PM because all requirements for redesignation have
been met, as discussed above.
The EPA is publishing this action without prior proposal because
EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no
adverse comments. However, in a separate document in this Federal
Register publication, the EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revisions
should written adverse or critical comments be filed. This action will
be effective on
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May 11, 1998 unless, by April 10, 1998, adverse or critical written
comments are received.
If the EPA receives such comments, this action will be withdrawn
before the effective date by publishing a subsequent rulemaking that
will withdraw the final action. All public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this action serving as a
proposed rule. 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 on May 11, 1998.
Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting, allowing
or establishing a precedent for any future request for 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.
IV. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this regulatory
action from Executive Order 12866 review.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
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.
Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, I
certify that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. This Federal action approves pre-
existing requirements under federal, State or local law, and imposes no
new requirements on any entity affected by this rule, including small
entities. Therefore, these amendments will not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities.
C. Unfunded Mandates
Under Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995,
signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA must undertake various actions
in association with any proposed or final rule that includes a Federal
mandate that may result in estimated costs to state, local, or tribal
governments in the aggregate; or to the private sector, of $100 million
or more. This Federal action approves pre-existing requirements under
state or local law, and imposes no new requirements. Accordingly, no
additional costs to state, local, or tribal governments, or the private
sector, result from this action.
D. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office
Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(a), as amended 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 the rule in today's
Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
E. Petitions for Judicial Review
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 May 11, 1998. 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), 42
U.S.C. 7607(b)(2)).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 81
Air Pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.
Dated: January 16, 1998.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 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 O--Illinois
2. Section 52.720 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(141) to read
as follows:
Sec. 52.720 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(141) On November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, and
February 3, 1997, October 16, 1997, and October 21, 1997, the State of
Illinois submitted State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision requests to
meet commitments related to the conditional approval of Illinois' May
15, 1992, SIP submittal for the Lake Calumet (SE Chicago), McCook, and
Granite City, Illinois, Particulate Matter (PM) nonattainment areas.
The EPA is approving the portion of the SIP revision request that
applies to the Granite City area. The SIP revision request corrects,
for the Granite City PM nonattainment area, all of the deficiencies of
the May 15, 1992, submittal.
(i) Incorporation by reference. (A) Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle B: Air Pollution, Chapter
1: Pollution Control Board, Subchapter c: Emission Standards and
Limitations for Stationary Sources, Part 212: Visible and Particulate
Matter Emissions, Subpart A: General, Sections 212.107, 212.108,
212.109, 212.110; Subpart L: Particulate Matter from Process Emission
Sources, Section 212.324; Subpart N: Food Manufacturing, Section
212.362; Subpart Q: Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Manufacturing,
Section 212.425; Subpart R: Primary and Fabricated Metal Products and
Machinery Manufacture, Sections 212.446, 212.458; Subpart S:
Agriculture, Section 212.464. Adopted at 20 Illinois Register 7605,
effective May 22, 1996.
(B) Joint Construction and Operating Permit: Application Number
95010005, Issued on October 21, 1997, to Granite City Division of
National Steel Corporation.
3. Section 52.725 is amended by adding paragraph (e) to read as
follows:
Sec. 52.725 Control Strategy: Particulates.
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(e) Approval--On March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, Illinois
submitted requests to redesignate the Granite City Particulate Matter
(PM) nonattainment area to attainment status for the PM National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), as well as a maintenance plan
for the Granite City area to ensure continued attainment of the NAAQS.
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The redesignation request and maintenance plan satisfy all applicable
requirements of the Clean Air Act.
PART 81--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
2. In Sec. 81.314, the table entitled ``Illinois PM-10'' is amended
by revising the entry for ``Madison County'' to read as follows:
Sec. 81.314 Illinois.
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Illinois--PM-10
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Designation Classification
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Date Type Date Type
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Madison County Granite City Township and 5/11/98 Attainment............................... ........... .........................................
Nameoki Township.
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