97-21270. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: Approval of Revisions to the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Portion Regarding Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Nitrogen Oxides, Lead Emissions, Volatile Organic ...  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 43104-43109]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-21270]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 52
    
    [TN-178-02-9724a; TN-179-01-9723a; FRL-5871-9]
    
    
    Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: 
    Approval of Revisions to the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Portion 
    Regarding Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Nitrogen 
    Oxides, Lead Emissions, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and 
    PM10 Revisions
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Direct final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the Chattanooga/Hamilton County 
    (Chattanooga) portion of the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
    which were submitted to EPA by Tennessee, through the Tennessee 
    Department of Air Pollution Control (TDAPC), on December 11, 1995, and 
    June 26, 1996. The EPA is approving these revisions to the Chattanooga 
    regulations regarding nitrogen oxides, prevention of significant 
    deterioration (PSD), lead sources, stack heights, infectious waste 
    incinerators, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) reasonably available 
    control technology (RACT) for miscellaneous metal parts coaters and 
    synthesized pharmaceutical products, and PM10. At the time 
    of the submittal, Chattanooga/Hamilton County submitted packages from 
    the City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, and the nine other 
    municipalities in Hamilton County. The State has certified to EPA that 
    the substantive codes of the County and the nine municipalities are 
    essentially the same as the City of Chattanooga's. Therefore EPA's 
    review has been limited to the City's code.
    
    DATES: This final rule is effective October 14, 1997 unless adverse or 
    critical comments are received by September 11, 1997. If the effective 
    date is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal 
    Register.
    
    ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action should be addressed to Karen 
    C. Borel at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Air Planning 
    Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Copies of 
    documents relative to this action are available for public inspection 
    during normal business hours at the following locations. The interested 
    persons wanting to examine these documents should make an appointment 
    with the appropriate office at least 24 hours before the visiting day.
    
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    Reference files TN-178-02-9724, and TN-179-01-9723. The Region 4 office 
    may have additional background documents not available at the other 
    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 Planning Branch, 61 
    Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Karen C. Borel, 404/562-
    9029.
    Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Air 
    Pollution Control, L & C Annex, 9th Floor, 401 Church Street, 
    Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1531, 615/532-0554.
    Chattanooga/Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, 3511 
    Rossville Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37407-2405, 615/867-4321.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen C. Borel at 404/562-9029.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 1995, and June 26, 1996, the 
    State of Tennessee submitted formal revisions to the Chattanooga/
    Hamilton County portion of the SIP. EPA previously approved several 
    portions of the December 11, 1995, submittal which were required for 
    Chattanooga/Hamilton County's Federally enforceable local operating 
    permit (FELOP) program submittal. This approval was published on 
    February 18, 1997 (62 FR 7160). At that time, EPA also approved 
    Chattanooga/Hamilton County's FELOP program pursuant to section 112 of 
    the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA).
        EPA is approving the revisions described herein, with the exception 
    of revisions to Section 4-13(b)(6) and Section 4-41, Rule 6.3(2). These 
    revisions deal exclusively with fees which are collected by the local 
    agency. The collection of fees is not part of the Federally approved 
    SIP, therefore, EPA will take no action on these portions of the 
    December 11, 1995, submittal (reference file TN 178-2). EPA is also 
    approving revisions to Section 4-41, Rule 25.21(6) for the surface 
    coating of miscellaneous metal parts and products which corrects a 
    previous disapproval of this rule. The previous disapproval was 
    published on May 8, 1990, in 55 FR 19068. This rule was disapproved at 
    that time because the 100 tpy limit was less stringent than the State's 
    regulations and was not adequate to maintain the NAAQS in Chattanooga/
    Hamilton County. This level has now been revised to 25 tpy and is 
    approvable.
        EPA is therefore approving the following revisions, as summarized 
    in the paragraphs below. These revisions apply only to the Chattanooga/
    Hamilton County's portion of the Tennessee SIP, not the State's SIP. In 
    any areas where the Chattanooga/Hamilton County SIP is less stringent 
    or has been disapproved, the State SIP applies. All codification 
    references are to the City of Chattanooga's Code.
        The following revisions are those included in the December 11, 
    1995, submittal (reference file TN 178-02). These are the revisions on 
    which action was not taken in the aforementioned February 18, 1997, 
    notice.
    
    1. Chapter 4, Section 4-13, Certificate of Alternate Control
    
        This section has been revised for sources who apply for and receive 
    a ``certificate of alternate control'' in lieu of satisfying otherwise 
    applicable standards of the air pollution control chapter. VOCs have 
    been added to the list of pollutants that a source with this 
    certificate may not emit in excess of the limits on their certificate. 
    The section has also been revised to state that the rated capacity of 
    the source does not change for incinerators. The phrase ``the plant'' 
    has been changed to ``source'' throughout this section. Some additional 
    specific revisions to subparagraphs of the section are noted below.
        Section 4-13(b)(1).--``Specific sources'' have been changed to 
    ``emissions units.'' This section now requires that the calculations to 
    determine equivalence to standards limiting the pounds of VOCs per 
    gallon of material shall be on the basis of equivalent solids applied. 
    Additionally, credit for reductions of fugitive emissions is no longer 
    allowed.
        Section 4-13(b)(3)--Formerly, modeling techniques for the source 
    could be approved at the discretion of the director. This has been 
    deleted. These techniques must now be consistent with 40 CFR part 51, 
    Appendix W ``Guideline on Air Quality Models.''
        Section 4-13(c)--The requirement to submit alternate emission 
    limitations and certificate conditions to the EPA for approval has been 
    added to this section, as part of the process of submitting this for 
    incorporation into the SIP.
        Section 4-13(d)--This section has been revised to apply good 
    engineering practice stack heights on all stack changes associated with 
    the alternate control limitations for particulate matter, sulfur 
    dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
        Section 4-13(e)(2)--This section has been revised to require that 
    all pollution control equipment be kept in good operating condition at 
    all times. The exceptions for periods of start-up, shutdown, and 
    malfunctions, have been deleted.
        Section 4-13(j)--The certificate, in the instance of amended 
    regulations covering the source on the certificate, will now become 
    void ninety days after the source's receipt of notice of the revised 
    regulations. This was previously 180 days.
    
    2. Section 4-41, Rule 2, Regulations of Nitrogen Oxides
    
        Rule 2.4--This rule has been revised to eliminate the phrase ``air 
    contaminant'' when describing ``source'' and to note that ``portland 
    cement plants'' and ``emergency generators'' are not regulated by this 
    rule, but rather by rules 2.6 and 2.7, respectively.
        Rule 2.6--This rule has been added to address the nitrogen oxides 
    emissions limit for portland cement plants. It reads as follows:
    
        ``No portland cement plant shall cause, suffer, allow or permit 
    the emission of nitrogen oxides in excess of one thousand five 
    hundred (1500) ppm produced when averaged over any three consecutive 
    hour period.''
    
        Rule 2.7--This rule has been added to address the nitrogen oxides 
    emission limit for emergency generators. An emergency generator that 
    emits more than one thousand five hundred (1500) parts per million 
    cannot be operated consecutively for longer than five (5) days, or for 
    more than a total of twenty (20) days in any calendar year. If a source 
    does this they must demonstrate to the director with clear and 
    convincing evidence that reasonable unforeseeable events beyond the 
    control of the source require use of the emergency generator for an 
    additional period of time. The source must also maintain written 
    records during these times.
    
    3. Section 4-41, Rule 16.5, Emission Standards for Source Categories of 
    Area Sources
    
        This rule has been added to address the emission standards for 
    source categories of area sources. It defines an ``area source'' for 
    the purposes of Rule 16.5 as any stationary source that is not a 
    ``major source.'' It also states that the emission standards in Rule 16 
    do not replace the requirements of any more stringent emission 
    limitations. It identifies the requirements for hazardous air 
    pollutants as those found
    
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    in 40 CFR part 63. It also states that this rule must be consistent 
    with any enforceable agreement with the Administrator, unless the 
    source has been released from that agreement.
    
    4. Section 4-41, Rule 18, Prevention of Significant Air Quality 
    Deterioration (PSD)
    
        Citations throughout Rule 18 have been revised in accordance with 
    the changes in codification resultant from the revisions to the ``PSD 
    rule.''
        Rule 18.1, General provisions--This rule has been revised to limit 
    the length of an extension of an installation permit to an additional 
    eighteen (18) months after the completion date specified on the 
    installation permit. It has also revised the title of the permit from 
    ``construction permit'' to ``installation permit.'' Also, for phased 
    construction projects, the determination of best available control 
    technology shall be reviewed and modified no later than 18 months prior 
    to the commencement of construction of each independent phase of the 
    project.
        Rule 18.2, Definitions--The definitions for the following terms 
    have been added or revised and are equivalent to the definitions in 40 
    CFR 51.100, 51.165 and 51.166: Actual emissions; Allowable emissions; 
    Baseline area; Baseline concentration; Major source baseline date; 
    Minor source baseline date; Begin actual construction; Best available 
    control technology (BACT); Building, structure, facility or 
    installation; Emissions unit; Major stationary source; Significant; Net 
    emissions increase; Potential to emit; Secondary emissions; Volatile 
    organic compounds; Electric utility steam generating unit; Pollution 
    control project; Representative actual annual emissions; Clean coal 
    technology; Temporary clean coal technology; Repowering; Reactivation 
    of a very clean coal-fired electric utility steam generating unit; and 
    Control strategy.
        Rule 18.2(q)--The definition of ``legally enforceable'' has been 
    revised to meet Federal requirements and reads as follows: ``Legally 
    enforceable means all limitations and conditions which are enforceable 
    under local, state, or federal law, including those under this chapter 
    or an implementation plan, and any permit or certificate of operation 
    requirements established pursuant to this chapter.''
        Rule 18.2(x)--The definition of ``pollutant'' has been added as 
    follows: ``Pollutant means any air contaminant as defined in section 4-
    2 or combination of such air contaminants, including any physical, 
    chemical, biological, or radioactive (including source material, 
    special nuclear material, and byproduct material) air contaminant which 
    is emitted into or otherwise enters the ambient air. Such term includes 
    any precursors to the formation of any such air contaminants, to the 
    extent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified such 
    precursor or precursors for the particular purpose for which the term 
    ``pollutant'' is used.''
        Rule 18.2(dd)--The definition of ``welfare'' has been added as 
    follows: ``Welfare means any effects on soils, water, crops, 
    vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, visibility, weather 
    and climate, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to 
    transportation, as well as effects on economic values and on personal 
    comfort and well-being, whether those effects are caused directly or by 
    transformation, conversion, or combination with other air pollutants.''
        Rule 18.3(d)--This rule has been revised to change the exemption to 
    preconstruction air quality analysis for a proposed major stationary 
    source or major modification whose emissions increases causes air 
    quality impacts of less than 10 ug/m3 for PM10 
    rather than total suspended particulates. This rule has also been 
    revised to add the amount of VOCs impacting ozone formation that may be 
    exempted. Previously this stated that ``no de minimis level 
    established.'' This has been revised to add to that definition as 
    follows: ``but any net increase of 100 tons/year or more of volatile 
    organic compounds subject to the PSD rule may not be exempted from 
    ambient impact analysis as required by Rule 18.4(I).'' (Rule 18.4(I) 
    contains the requirements for the air quality analysis.)
        Rule 18.3(f)--This requirement has been added in accordance with 40 
    CFR 51.166(f)(iii) to clarify source impact analysis as follows: 
    ``Source impact analysis otherwise required by Rule 18.4 does not apply 
    to a stationary source or modification with respect to any maximum 
    allowable increase for nitrogen oxides if the owner or operator of the 
    source or modification submitted an installation and temporary 
    operating permit application before the provisions embodying the 
    maximum allowable increase took effect as part of this chapter and the 
    director subsequently determined that the application was submitted 
    before that date was complete.''
        Rule 18.4(a)--This paragraph has been modified to reference the PSD 
    rule rather than ``appropriate enforcement actions.''
        Rule 18.4(b)--This paragraph has been added to state that ``A major 
    stationary source or major modification shall meet the most stringent 
    of each applicable emissions limitation in the chapter and the 
    applicable emissions standard under section 4-41, Rules 15 and 16.'' 
    (Rules 15 and 16 are their incorporation by reference of the 
    requirements of 40 CFR parts 60 and 61.)
        Rule 18.4(e)--This paragraph has been added to address BACT review, 
    in accordance with 40 CFR 51.166(j)(4).
        Rule 18.4(g)--This paragraph has been modified to add subparagraph 
    (2) to address source impact analysis for stationary sources or 
    modifications for increases in PM10, in accordance with 40 
    CFR parts 51.166 (d) and (k).
        Rule 18.4(h)--This paragraph has been modified to address 
    additional requirements for submitting applications for sources 
    impacting Federal Class I areas. A copy of the permit is required to be 
    sent to the Federal Land Manager. The copy of the permit must be sent 
    within 30 days of the application, and at least 60 days before any 
    public hearings. The notification must include an analysis of the 
    proposed source's impact on visibility in the Federal Class I area. 
    These requirements are consistent with those in 40 CFR 51.166(p).
        Rule 18.6(b)--Class I areas: The ambient air increments for TSP 
    have been deleted and replaced with the ``Maximum allowable increase'' 
    for PM10. The ``annual geometric mean'' for TSP, formerly 5 
    ug/m3, is now an ``annual arithmetic mean'' for 
    PM10 of 4 ug/m3. The ``24-hour maximum'' of 10 
    ug/m3 for TSP has been deleted and replaced with a 24-hour 
    maximum of 8 ug/m3 for PM10. The ``Annual 
    arithmetic mean'' for Nitrogen Dioxide has also been added. This is set 
    at 2.5 ug/m3.
        Class II areas: The ambient air increments for TSP have been 
    deleted and replaced with the ``Maximum allowable increase'' for 
    PM10. The ``annual geometric mean'' for TSP, formerly 19 ug/
    m3, is now an ``annual arithmetic mean'' for PM10 
    of 17 ug/m3. The ``24-hour maximum'' of 37 ug/m3 
    for TSP has been deleted and replaced with a 24-hour maximum of 30 ug/
    m3 for PM10. The ``Annual arithmetic mean'' for 
    Nitrogen Dioxide has also been added. This is set at 25 ug/
    m3.
        Class III areas: The ambient air increments for TSP have been 
    deleted and replaced with the ``Maximum allowable increase'' for 
    PM10. The ``annual geometric mean'' for TSP, formerly 37 ug/
    m3, is now an ``annual arithmetic mean'' for PM10 
    of 34 ug/m3. The ``24-hour maximum'' of 10 ug/m3 
    for TSP has been deleted and replaced with a 24-hour maximum of 60 ug/
    m3 for PM10. The ``Annual arithmetic
    
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    mean'' for Nitrogen Dioxide has also been added. This is set at 50 ug/
    m3.
        These changes were made in accordance with the requirements of 40 
    CFR 51.166(c).
        Rule 18.6(c)--The exclusions from increment consumption have been 
    revised to add an exclusion for ``the increase in concentrations 
    attributable to new sources outside the United States over the 
    concentrations attributable to existing sources which are included in 
    the baseline concentration.''
        Rule 18.6(d)--The Class I variances have been revised. The maximum 
    allowable increase has been changed by deleting those previously 
    allowed for TSP and adding them for PM10. The ``annual 
    geometric mean'' for TSP, formerly 19 ug/m3 is now an 
    ``annual arithmetic mean'' for PM10 of 17 ug/m3. 
    The ``24-hour maximum'' of 37 ug/m3 for TSP has been deleted 
    and replaced with a 24-hour maximum of 30 ug/m3 for 
    PM10. The ``Annual arithmetic mean'' for Nitrogen Dioxide 
    has also been added. This is set at 25 ug/m3. This is 
    consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 51.166(p)(4).
        Rule 18.6 (e) and (f)--A sulfur dioxide variance, by the Governor, 
    has been added to this rule, along with emission limitations for 
    Presidential or gubernatorial variances. These are consistent with 40 
    CFR 51.166(p) (5) and (6).
    
    5. Section 4-41, Rule 20.4(2)d
    
        This rule has been revised to delete the phrase ``that are removed 
    during surgery and autopsy'' when referring to human pathological 
    waste.
    
    6. Section 4-41, Rule 21
    
        ``Table 1'' has been renamed as ``Table I.'' The Primary standards 
    for TSP have been deleted. The secondary standard of 60 ug/
    m3 has also been deleted, leaving the secondary standard of 
    150 ug/m3 in place. The primary standards for gaseous 
    fluorides have been deleted, leaving in place only the secondary 
    standards.
    
    7. Section 4-41, Rule 25.2(33)
    
        The definition of VOCs has been revised to add the phrase ``which 
    participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions.'' 
    Parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF) and cyclic, branched, or linear 
    completely methylated siloxanes have been added to the list of exempt 
    compounds.
    
    8. Section 4-41, Rule 27, Particulate Matter Controls for New 
    Sources and New Modifications
    
        This rule has been added to impose the requirement for the 
    utilization of BACT in appropriate cases for particulate matter. A new 
    source which emits fifteen (15) tons per year (tpy) or more of 
    PM10, or more than twenty-five (25) tons per year 
    particulate matter shall utilize ``particulate matter best available 
    control technology'' (particulate BACT). This rule is consistent with 
    the requirements and definitions in 40 CFR 51.166(b).
    
    9. Section 4-41, Rule 9.4
    
        This rule has been deleted, thereby deleting the former requirement 
    that vehicle testing be part of the semiannual safety lane inspection. 
    This rule was not required in Chattanooga/Hamilton County and has never 
    been implemented in this area.
    
    10. Section 4-41, Rule 26.8(1)(b)
    
        This rule for grain elevators has been revised to correct the 
    spelling of the word ``sieve.''
        The following revisions are those included in the June 26, 1996, 
    submittal (reference file TN 179-01).
    
    11. Section 4-2
    
        The definitions for the following terms have been added and are 
    equivalent to the definitions in 40 CFR 51.100: PM10, 
    PM10 emissions, and Total Suspended Particulate. The 
    definitions for ``pathological waste'' and ``pathological waste 
    incinerator'' have been deleted. Definitions for ``malfunction'' and 
    ``opacity'' have been added which are equivalent to the definitions in 
    the State's SIP. These definitions are as follows:
    
    Malfunction--Any sudden and unavoidable failure of air pollution 
    control equipment, fuel-burning equipment, refuse-burning equipment or 
    process equipment, or for a process to operate in an abnormal or 
    unusual manner. Failures that are caused by poor maintenance, careless 
    operation, or any other preventable upset condition or preventable 
    equipment breakdown shall not be considered malfunctions.
    Opacity--The degree to which emissions reduce the transmission of light 
    and obscure the view of an object in the background.
    
    12. Section 4-41, Rule 7.4
    
        This rule has been deleted, thereby deleting the particulate 
    emission limitations for pathological waste incinerators. These have 
    been moved to Rule 20 of the local regulations.
    
    13. Section 4-41, Rule 19. Regulation of Lead Emissions
    
        A new lead rule was added to the SIP. This rule includes 
    definitions for the following terms: Significant source of lead, 
    Source, and Permit unit. These definitions are consistent with the 
    requirements of 40 CFR 51.100 and 51.117. The general limitations for 
    lead emissions have been established. New sources with actual emissions 
    greater than 5.0 tons per year are required to utilize BACT. Any 
    modifications to a source which result in an increase of emissions in 
    excess of 0.6 tons per year must also use BACT. Source sampling and 
    analysis, along with ambient monitoring, are also required, in 
    accordance with 40 CFR 51.100 and 51.117.
    
    14. Section 4-41, Rule 22. Good Engineering Practices Stack Heights
    
        This rule has been added to fully address the requirements for 
    stack heights. It is consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 51.100 
    and 51.118.
        a. Definitions--Definitions which are consistent with 40 CFR 51.100 
    have been added for the following terms: Dispersion technique, Emission 
    limitation, Good engineering practice, Excessive concentration, stack, 
    and A stack in existence.
        b. Stack height requirements and specific emissions limitations 
    have been included in this rule in accordance with the requirements of 
    40 CFR 51.118.
    
    15. Section 4-41, Rule 25.2
    
        The definition for ``prime coat'' has been changed from ``* * * in 
    a multiple-coat operation'' to ``* * * to a multiple-coat operation.''
    
    16. Section 4-41, Rule 25.21(6), Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal 
    Parts and Products
    
        This rule has been revised to expand its application to facilities 
    with potential VOC emissions of twenty-five (25) tons per year, rather 
    than the former level of 100 tons per year. This approval corrects the 
    previous disapproval of this rule which was published on May 8, 1990, 
    in 55 FR 19068. It was disapproved at that time because the 100 tpy 
    limit was less stringent that the State's regulations and was not 
    adequate to maintain the NAAQS in Chattanooga/Hamilton County.
    
    17. Section 4-41, Rule 25.27(3), Manufacture of Synthesized 
    Pharmaceutical Products
    
        This rule has been revised to expand application to facilities with 
    potential VOC emissions of twenty-five (25) tons per year, rather than 
    the former level of 100 tons per year.
    
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    Final Action
    
        The EPA is approving the aforementioned revisions contained in the 
    State's December 11, 1995, and June 26, 1996, submittals. EPA is also 
    approving these same revisions in the Hamilton County Code and the 
    city/town codes of the remaining municipalities in Hamilton County, 
    Soddy-Daisy, Ridgeside, Signal Mountain, Walden, Lookout Mountain, East 
    Ridge, Red Bank, Collegedale, and Lakesite. Although EPA has not 
    reviewed the substance of the regulations for Hamilton County or the 
    other nine municipalities, the substantive codes of Hamilton County and 
    the nine municipalities rules have been certified by the State as 
    essentially the same as the City of Chattanooga's regulations. The 
    EPA's approval of these additional ordinances for the County and the 
    remaining nine municipalities does not imply any position with respect 
    to the approvability of the substantive rules.
        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 October 14, 1997 unless, by September 11, 1997, 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 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 October 14, 1997.
        Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting or 
    allowing or establishing a precedent for any future request for 
    revision to any state implementation plan. Each request for revision to 
    the state implementation plan shall be considered separately in light 
    of specific technical, economic, and environmental factors and in 
    relation to relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
    
    Administrative Requirements
    
    A. Executive Order 12866
    
        The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
    regulatory action from E.O. 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.
        SIP approvals under section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the 
    Clean Air Act 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, the Regional 
    Administrator certifies 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 flexibility 
    analysis would constitute Federal inquiry into the economic 
    reasonableness of state action. The Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base 
    its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. Union Electric Co. v. U.S. 
    EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2) and 7410(k)(3).
    
    C. Unfunded Mandates
    
        Under Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
    (``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
    must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany 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 
    private sector, of $100 million or more. Under Section 205, EPA must 
    select the most cost-effective and least burdensome alternative that 
    achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent with statutory 
    requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a plan for 
    informing and advising any small governments that may be significantly 
    or uniquely impacted by the rule.
        EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated does not 
    include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated costs of $100 
    million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in the 
    aggregate, or to the private sector. 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 to 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 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 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 October 14, 1997. 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, Incorporation by 
    reference, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting 
    and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: July 16, 1997.
    A. Stanley Meiburg,
    Acting Regional Administrator.
        Part 52 of 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 RR--Tennessee
    
        2. Section 52.2220, is amended by adding paragraph (c)(154) to read 
    as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 52.2220  Identification of plan.
    
    * * * * *
        (c) * * *
    
    [[Page 43109]]
    
        (154) Revisions to Chattanooga/Hamilton County portion of the 
    Tennessee state implementation plan submitted to EPA by the State of 
    Tennessee on December 11, 1995, and June 26, 1996, regarding nitrogen 
    oxides, prevention of significant deterioration (PSD), lead sources, 
    stack heights, infectious waste incinerators, and volatile organic 
    compound (VOC) reasonably available control technology (RACT) for 
    miscellaneous metal parts coaters and synthesized pharmaceutical 
    products, and PM10.
        (i) Incorporation by reference.
        (A) Chapter 4, Section 4-13 except (b)(6), and Section 4-41, Rules 
    2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 16.5; 18; 20.4(2)d, 21, 25.2(33), 27; 3.5; 8, Table 1; 
    9.4, 13.1, and 26.8 of the ``Chattanooga Air Pollution Control 
    Ordinance,'' adopted on August 15, 1995.
        (B) Section 13, except (b)(6); Section 41, Rules 2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 
    16.5; 18; 20.4(2)d; 21; 24.2(33); 26; 27; 3.5; 8, Table 1; and 13.1; 
    and Section 8(f)(4) of the regulation known as the ``Hamilton County 
    Air Pollution Control Regulation,'' adopted by Hamilton County on 
    September 6, 1995. The identical regulations were also adopted by the 
    following municipalities as part of their air pollution control 
    ordinances: Signal Mountain, adopted on December 11, 1995; Walden, 
    adopted on December 12, 1995; Lookout Mountain, adopted on November 14, 
    1995; and Ridgeside, adopted on April 16, 1996.
        (C) Chapter 7 for Section 8-713, except (b)(6); Section 8-741, 
    Rules 2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 7.4; 16.5; 18; 19; 21; 22; 25.2(21); to Chapter 3 
    for Section 8-541, Rule 26; and to Chapter 7, Section 8-741, for Rules 
    27; 3.5, 8, Table 1, and 13.1; Section 8-708(f)(4) of the ``East Ridge 
    City Code,'' adopted on September 28, 1995.
        (D) Chapter 3: Section 8-313, except (b)(6); Section 8-341, Rules 
    2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 7.4; 16.5; 18; 19; 21; 22; 25.2(21); 26; 27; 3.5; 8, 
    Table 1; and 13.1; and Section 8-308(f)(4) of the ``Red Bank Municipal 
    Code,'' adopted on November 7, 1995.
        (E) Chapter 1: Section 8-113, except (b)(6); Section 8-141, Rules 
    2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 7.4; 16.5; 18; 19; 21; 22; 25.2(21); 26; 27; 3.5; 8, 
    Table 1, and 13.1; and Section 8-108(f)(4) of the ``Soddy-Daisy 
    Municipal Code,'' adopted on October 5, 1995.
        (F) Chapter 3: Section 8-513, except (b)(6); Section 8-541, Rules 
    2.4, 2.6, 2.7; 7.4; 16.5; 18; 19; 21; 22; 25.2(21); 26; 27; 3.5; 8, 
    Table 1; and 13.1; and Section 8-108(f)(4) of the ``Collegedale 
    Municipal Code,'' adopted on October 2, 1995.
        (G) Chapter 3, Section 41, Rules 19; 21; 22; 25.2(21); 26; 27; 3.5; 
    8, Table 1; and 13.1; and Section 8(f)(4) of the ``Lakesite Municipal 
    Code'' adopted November 16, 1995.
        (H) Chapter 4: Section 4-2; Section 4-41, Rules 19; 21, Table 1; 
    22; 25.2; 25.21(6); and 25.27(3) of the ``Chattanooga Air Pollution 
    Control Ordinance,'' adopted on May 30, 1989.
        (I) Section 9, Rules 19; 21, Table 1; 22; 25.2; 25.21(6); and 
    25.27(3); and Section 16 of the regulation known as the ``Hamilton 
    County Air Pollution Control Regulation,'' adopted on June 7, 1989.
    * * * * *
    [FR Doc. 97-21270 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
10/14/1997
Published:
08/12/1997
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Direct final rule.
Document Number:
97-21270
Dates:
This final rule is effective October 14, 1997 unless adverse or critical comments are received by September 11, 1997. If the effective date is delayed, timely notice will be published in the Federal Register.
Pages:
43104-43109 (6 pages)
Docket Numbers:
TN-178-02-9724a, TN-179-01-9723a, FRL-5871-9
PDF File:
97-21270.pdf
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 52.2220