[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45032-45036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22528]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51, 52, 76, and 96
Availability of Documents for the Rulemaking for Certain States
in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of various documents
that relate to the notice of proposed rulemaking and supplemental
notice of proposed rulemaking for the ozone transport rule. These
documents have been, or shortly will be, placed in the docket for this
rule, or have been made available on the EPA website.
DATES: Documents were placed in the docket on or about August 10, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Some of the documents have been placed in the docket for the
ozone transport rule, Docket No. A-96-56, at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center (6102), US Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M Street SW, Room M-1500, Washington, DC 20460, telephone
(202) 260-7548, and are available for viewing between 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. A
reasonable fee may be
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charged for copying. Other documents have been made available in
electronic form at the following EPA websites: http://www.epa.gov/
scram001/regmodcenter/t28.htm and http://www.epa.gov/capi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning today's document
should be addressed to Kimber Smith Scavo, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division,
MD-15, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-3354; e-
mail: scavo.kimber@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) dated November 7, 1997, ``Finding of Significant
Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport
Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of
Ozone,'' (62 FR 60318). The EPA published a supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking (SNPR) dated May 11, 1998, ``Supplemental Notice
for the Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain
States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of
Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone,'' (63 FR 25902). This rulemaking
may be referred to as the ozone transport rule, and has, more
colloquially, been referred to as the NOx SIP Call or the
OTAG SIP Call.
When EPA published the NPR, EPA established a 120-day comment
period, ending on March 9, 1998. The EPA received numerous comments
that this period was not adequate, particularly for performing air
quality modeling. By notice dated April 9, 1998 (63 FR 17349), EPA
extended the comment period to the close of the comment period for the
SNPR, which was June 25, 1998.
Numerous States, industry groups, and others submitted air quality
analyses to the docket during the initial and extended comment period.
Commenters also submitted comments on a wide range of issues raised
under the NPR and SNPR.
In response to these comments, EPA has conducted additional air
quality modeling analyses. The EPA is announcing today that information
concerning these analyses was placed in the docket as of August 10,
1998, or shortly thereafter. See Appendix A for a more detailed
description of this modeling information.
In addition, EPA has placed four additional sets of IPM run files
at the http://www.epa.gov/capi web site, which provide the Agency's
results of analysis of cap-and-trade options that EPA examined in
developing the ozone transport rulemaking using the 1998 version of
IPM. These files are described in Appendix B.
The EPA has previously made other information publicly available on
EPA's Technology Transfer Network (TTN) site or the http://www.epa.gov/
ttn/oarpg/otagsip web site (which, in effect, superseded the TTN site)
or the http://www.epa.gov/capi web site. For example, EPA made
available updated emissions inventory information on the TTN on or
about February 3, 1998. See Appendix C for a list of documents already
made available on the TTN or web site. The EPA indicated in the NPR
that related documents could be found on the TTN or on other web sites
(62 FR 60318).
The EPA anticipates that the notice of final rulemaking will be
signed in September 1998.
In addition, the following documents have been, or will shortly be,
placed in the docket.
1. E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc., ``Ozone Transport Rulemaking
Non-Electricity Generating Unit Cost Analysis--Final Report,'' August
1998.
2. Documents evidencing the public availability of the IPM model
and UAM-V: (i) Letter from Gary Vicinus, Executive Vice President, ICF
Kaiser, to Paul M. Stolpman, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs,
U.S. EPA, July 22, 1998 (IPM); (ii) Excerpts from ``Analyzing Electric
Power Generation Under the CAAA,'' Office of Air and Radiation, U.S.
EPA (March 1998) (IPM); (iii) Letter from William F. Hunt, Jr.,
Director, Emissions Monitoring and Analyses Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA to Andrea Bear Field, Esq.,
Hunton & Williams (April 15, 1998) (UAM-V).
In addition, EPA anticipates placing the following document in the
docket in the near future.
a. Comparison of 8-hour model predictions and ambient 8-hour design
values.
EPA may place additional documents in the docket, and if EPA does
so, EPA will announce their availability by posting a notice on the
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/otagsip web site.
Dated: August 17, 1998.
Robert D. Brenner,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Appendix A--Modeling Information
I. EPA UAM-V Model Runs
A. Description of Model Runs
1. ``State-by-State'' Zero-Out Runs using UAM-V for 4 OTAG episodes
and 2007 SIP Call Base Case emissions Docket Number: V-L-02
--zero-out all manmade emissions for the following States,
individually:
--AL, GA, IN, IL, KY, MA, MI, MO, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV
--zero-out all manmade emissions for the following groups of States:
--AL+GA+NC+SC+TN
--IL+WI
2. UAM-V runs for 4 OTAG episodes for various utility emissions
limits and non-utility control levels, as indicated in the following
table Docket Number V-L-01
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Scenario Utility Non-utility point source
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0.25.............. 0.25 lb/mmBTU for EGUs 60% reduction from
>25MWe. Interstate uncontrolled levels for
trading modeled using large sources.
IPM.
0.20.............. 0.20 lb/mmBTU for EGUs 70% reduction from
>25MWe. Interstate uncontrolled levels for
trading modeled using large sources, RACT for
IPM. medium sources.
0.15t............. 0.15 lb/mmBTU for EGUs 70% reduction from
>25MWe. Interstate uncontrolled levels for
trading modeled using large sources, RACT for
IPM. medium sources.
0.12.............. 0.12 lb/mmBTU for EGUs 70% reduction from
>25MWe. Interstate uncontrolled levels for
trading modeled using large sources, RACT for
IPM. medium sources.
Reg-1 *........... 0.20 lb/mmBTU in the 70% reduction from
Southeast and Midwest, uncontrolled levels for
0.15 lb/mmBTU in the large sources, RACT for
Northeast and adjacent medium sources.
States for EGUs >25MWe.
Interstate trading
within zones subject to
the same limit modeled
using IPM.
Reg-2 *........... 0.20 lb/mmBTU in the 70% reduction from
Southeast, 0.15 lb/mmBTU uncontrolled levels for
in the Midwest and large sources, RACT for
adjacent States and 0.12 medium sources.
lb/mmBTU in the
Northeast for EGUs
>25MWe. Interstate
trading within zones
subject to the same
limit modeled using IPM.
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0.15nt............ 0.15 lb/mmBTU for EGUs 70% reduction from
>25MWe. Intrastate uncontrolled levels for
trading only modeled large sources, RACT for
using IPM. medium sources.
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* For the regionality cases, the Southeast includes Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; the Midwest includes
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin; the
Northeast includes Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode
Island; the adjacent States include Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
3. UAM-V ``Transport Runs'' for 4 OTAG episodes [information to be
docketed shortly]
--3 scenarios designed to examine the ``transport'' benefits of the SIP
Call:
--Scenario 1: 0.15nt emissions in the Northeast SIP Call States with
2007 SIP Call Base Case emissions elsewhere
--Scenario 2: 0.15nt emissions in Georgia with 2007 SIP Call Base Case
emissions elsewhere
--Scenario 3: 0.15nt emissions in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin with
2007 SIP Call Base Case emissions elsewhere
4. UAM-V Utility/Non-Utility Zero-Out runs for 4 OTAG episodes
using OTAG 2007Base1c emissions [information to be docketed shortly]
--zero-out utility and non-utility emissions in multi-state areas
--19 multi-state zero-out runs/performed
B. Specific information docketed for each of the UAM-V EPA model
runs
1. Tabular summaries of the types listed below are provided for
each of the following metrics:
--Metrics:
(1) number of predicted exceedances of the NAAQS
(2) magnitude and frequency of ``ppb'' impacts
(3) total ``ppb'' impacts
(4) population-weighted total ``ppb'' impacts
--Tabular Summaries:
(1) 1-Hour Daily Max (and Hourly) for each 1-hr Nonattainment Area
(2) 1-Hour Daily Max (and Hourly) for each State, based on counties
designated nonattainment for the 1-hr NAAQS
(3) 8-Hour Daily Max for each State, based on monitoring data
showing counties violating the 8-hr NAAQS
(4) 8-Hour Daily Max for each State, based on model predictions
>=85 ppb
(5) 8-Hour Average 2nd High for each State, based on monitoring
data showing counties violating the 8-hr NAAQS
(6) 8-Hour Average 2nd High for each State, based on model
predictions >=85 ppb
2. Electronic versions of (a) the tabular summaries and (b) the
``raw'' model predictions in the form of daily ``xymap'' files will be
available shortly via the following public download site: ftp://
www.epa.gov/pub/scram001/modelingcenter/model__out put/
II. EPA CAMx Model Runs Docket Number: V-L-03
A. Description of Model Runs
1. Source Apportionment for various State and multi-State source
areas using 2007 SIP Call Base Case emissions run for 4 OTAG episodes
B. Specific Information Docketed for the EPA CAMx Runs
1. Tabular summaries of the types listed below are provided for
each of the following metrics:
--Metrics:
(1) magnitude and frequency of ``ppb'' impacts
(2) percentage of total man-made ozone in the ``downwind'' area
contributed by the upwind area
(3) highest daily average contribution (``ppb'' and percent of
``downwind'' ozone)
--Tabular Summaries of each metric are prepared for each of the
following types of receptor areas:
(1) 1-hour Nonattainment Areas
(2) States, based on counties designated nonattainment for the 1-hr
NAAQS
(3) States, based on monitoring data showing counties violating the
8-hr NAAQS
(4) States, based on model predictions >=85 ppb
2. Electronic versions of (a) the tabular summaries and (b) ``raw''
source-receptor contributions in the form of ``ranktrack'' output files
will be available shortly via the following public download site: ftp:/
/www.epa.gov/pub/scram001/modelingcenter/model__out put/
III. EPA Analysis of 8-Hour Design Values versus Model Predictions
[information to be docketed shortly]
--Analysis and data files comparing 8-hr Base Year model predictions to
8-hr ambient design values derived from 1994-1996 monitoring data
Appendix B--IPM Runs
EPA has placed four additional sets of IPM run files at the http:/
www.epa.gov/capi web site, which provide the Agency's results of
analysis of cap-and-trade options that EPA examined in developing the
Ozone Transport Rulemaking using the 1998 version of IPM. These options
are: 0.25, 0.20, 0.15, and 0.12 (all which interstate trading); as well
0.15 (with intrastate trading).
The files are initially marked by a run number (e.g. ``SIPI'' is
the alpha-numeric identifier of the Initial Base Case Run followed by a
designation of the file type in abbreviated form (e.g. ``CAR'' for
capacity available report) and a run year (e.g T05 for 2005), if
appropriate). They are ``zip'' (compressed) files, which can be
``unzipped'' (made ready for review with a text editor) using Pkunzip
software. Text files can be directly reviewed using Word Perfect and
other word processing software. On file, containing unit-specific
emissions projections, is in Microsoft Excel `97 format. The other
files can be reviewed by using any good text editor. EPA uses the LIST
utility for this purpose, but several others are available.
EPA recommends having on hand its Analyzing Electric Power
Generation under the CAAA, March 1998, and the Supplemental Ozone
Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis, 1998, when reviewing the
results. It is important to recognize that the costs in the IPM runs
are in 1997 dollars, which EPA converted to 1990 dollars.
Appendix C--Information Available on TTN or Web Site
The following describes documents that, at various times during the
course of this rulemaking, EPA has made available on the TTN or the
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/otagsip or http://www.epa.gov/capi web
sites. In some cases, the date that the document was made available on
the TTN or web site is indicated:
1. File Description File Date File Types Official transcript of
proceedings of public hearing on proposed supplement to Nox
SIP call. 6-22-98
2. List of persons scheduled to give testimony at SIP--call public
hearing on 5/29/98 in Washington, DC. 5-28-98
3. Signed version of SNPR (04/28/98) 4-29-98
4. Figure for Section 7 of SNPR 4-29-98
5. Tables for Section 7 of SNPR 4-29-98
6. May 29, 1998 Public Hearing information 4-29-98
7. SRNP Fact Sheet 4-29-98
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8. Reopening the comment period for certain issues raised in the
Proposed Rulemaking for a Finding of Significant Contribution and
Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group
Region for Purposes of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone. 4-9-98
9. Supplemental Ozone Transport Regulatory Analysis (Zip file
contains the Word Perfect files) 4-7-98
10. Technical Support Document on Development of Modeling Inventory
And Budgets For The Ozone Transport Sip Call 4-2-98
a. Appendix A, List of Daily EGU Inventory 4-2-98
b. Appendix B, List of Seasonal EGU Inventory 4-2-98
c. Appendix C, List of Sources Moved From OTAG Utility to Non-EGU
Data 4-2-98
d. Appendix D, List of Large and Medium Non-EGU Sources 4-2-98
11. Draft--Seasonal budget components and total budgets revisions
that were made to the budgets that were proposed on November 7, 1997 3-
9-98
12. Transcript from Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call--2/
3/98 2-25-98
13. Transcript from Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call--2/
4/98 2-25-98
14. Explanation of Revised Budget Calculations 2-3-98
15. Draft Appendices for Revised Budget Calculations for Electric
Generation Sources 2-3-98
16. Draft Appendices for Revised Budget Calculations for Non-
electric Generation Point Sources 2-3-98
17. Draft Public Hearing on Ozone Transport SIP Call Speaking
Schedule 2-2-98
18. FACT SHEET: Notice of Public hearing--Proposed Finding of
Significant Contribution and Proposed Rulemaking for Certain States in
the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region for Purposes of Reducing
Regional Transport of Ozone 1-7-98
19. Proposed Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone (Fact
Sheet) 10-10-97
20. Proposed Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone (FR
Notice) [Corrected FR version (10/24/97)] 10-10-97
21. Appendix B--OTAG Recommendations 10-10-97
22. Appendix C Table II-1--OTAG 2007 State Total NOX
Emissions (tons/day) [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C]
10-10-97
23. Appendix C Table II-2--OTAG 2007 State NOx Emissions
(tons/day) and Emissions Density (tons/day/1000 sq. mi.) [Reformatted
tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
24. Appendix C Table II-3--OTAG 2007 Baseline Control Measures
[Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
25. Appendix C Table II-4a--OTAG Strategy Control Packets for
NOX [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-
97
26. Appendix C Table II-4b--OTAG Strategy Control Packets for VOC
[Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
27. Appendix C Table II-5a--Round 1 and 2 Control Levels by
Emissions Sector [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-
10-97
28. Appendix C Table II-5b--Domainwide Round 1 and 2 Emission
Totals by Sector [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-
10-97
29. Appendix C Table II-6--Round 3 Control Levels by Geographic
Zone [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
30. Appendix C Table II-7--Round 3 Control Levels by Geographic
Zone [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
31. Appendix C Table II-8a--Counties Violating the 1-Hr Ozone NAAQS
Based on 1993-1995 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data [Reformatted
tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
32. Appendix C Table II-8b--Counties Violating the 8-Hr Ozone NAAQS
Based on 1993-1995 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data [Reformatted
tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-10-97
33. Appendix C Table II-9a--Summary of Air Quality Contributions to
Downwind Nonattainment, for SubRegions 1-6 [Reformatted tables for FR
version of appendix C] 10-10-97
34. Appendix C Table II-9b--Summary of Air Quality Contributions to
Downwind Nonattainment, for SubRegions 7-12 [Reformatted tables for FR
version of appendix C] 10-10-97
35. Appendix C Table II-10--Number of Impacts in Each ``Downwind''
State by Impact Concentration Range for Each SubRegion--Approach 1: 1-
Hr ``Violating Counties'' [Reformatted tables for FR version of
appendix C] 10-10-97
36. Appendix C Table II-11--Number of Impacts in Each ``Downwind''
State by Impact Concentration Range for Each Subregion--Approach 2: 1-
Hr ``All Grid Cells'' [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C]
10-10-97
37. Appendix C Table II-12--Number of Impacts in Each ``Downwind''
State by Impact Concentration Range for Each Subregion--Approach 3: 8-
Hr ``Violating Counties'' [Reformatted tables for FR version of
appendix C] 10-10-97 Appendix C Table II-13--Number of Impacts in Each
``Downwind'' State by Impact Concentration Range for Each Subregion--
Approach 4: 8-Hr ``All Grid Cells'' [Reformatted tables for FR version
of appendix C] 10-10-97
38. Appendix C Table II-14a--Percent of 2007 State Total
NOX Emissions by Subregion [Reformatted tables for FR
version of appendix C] 10-10-97
39. Appendix C Table II-14b--Percent 2007 Baseline NOX
Emissions by Subregion, by State [Reformatted tables for FR version of
appendix C] 10-10-97
40. Appendix C Table II-15--Estimate of Local Control Cost Avoided
by OTAG Strategy [Reformatted tables for FR version of appendix C] 10-
10-97
41. Appendix D Figure II-1--OTAG Modeling Domain 10-10-97 Appendix
D Figure II-2--Location of Subregions 10-10-97
42. Appendix D Figure II-3--OTAG Round 3 Geographic Zones (shaded
areas are 3 ``major'' nonattainment areas) 10-10-97
43. Appendix D Figure II-4--Transport Wind Vectors During
Regionally High Ozone Days 10-10-97
44. Appendix E--Control Strategies Contained in Model Run 5 of the
Ozone Transport Assessment Group 10-10-97
45. Calculation of Budget Components Technical Support Document
[Revised Version] 10-27-97
46. Technical Support Document Appendix A--Unit-Specific Electric
Generation Data (Utility-Owned Units) 10-14-97
47. Technical Support Document Appendix B--Unit-Specific Electric
Generation Data (Non Utility-Owned Units) 10-14-79
48. Technical Support Document Appendix C--List of Large Non-
Utility Point Sources 10-14-97
49. Proposed Ozone Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis 10-16-
97
50. Revised DRAFT Utilization Information for Electricity
Generators Used in Budget Calculations for the Proposed SIP Call
(zipped Microsoft Excel file)
51. Road Map to IPM Rule Files for the Proposed Ozone Transport
Rulemaking
52. Data Used to Determine State-Specific Electricity Generator
Growth Used in the Ozone Transport Rulemaking (zipped Microsoft Excel
file)
53. Proposed Ozone Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis
(October 1997)
54. Summary of State-specific 1996-2007 Growth Factors for
Electricity Generating Units in the SIP Call Region. Comparison table
and explanation.
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55. Supplemental Ozone Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis,
April 1998. These zipped WordPerfect files provide the complete
regulatory analysis that EPA prepared for the SNPR.
56. Segments of five IPM runs used to prepared the electric power
industry emissions reduction and cost analysis in Supplemental Ozone
Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis.
57. Estimates of annual incremental costs of combustion controls on
coal-fired units that are part of EPA's estimates of compliance costs
for the SNPR.
58. Analyzing Electric Power Generation under the CAAA, March 1998.
59. Supplemental Ozone Transport Rulemaking Regulatory Analysis,
April 7, 1998.
60. Initial Base Case--Winter 1998 Electricity Demand Forecast,
SIPJ
61. 0.15 Trading--Winter 1998 Electricity Demand Forecast, SIP2
62. Final Base Case--Winter 1998 Electricity Demand Forecast,
SIP5__2
63. Initial Base Case--Summer 1996 Electricity Demand Forecast,
SIP3
64. 0.15 Trading--Summer 1996 Electricity Demand Forecast, SIP14.
65. Incremental cost analyses. This zipped filed contains:
a. Title IV Controls-AllStates.xls (part of Initial Base Case cost
analysis, in Excel97)
b. AddedTitleIVControlsOutside
OTR.xls (part of Final Base cost analysis, in Excel97)
c. ExplnCtmbCtrl.doc (tex. explanation of how analysis was done, in
Word97)
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