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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental Protection Agency
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
PA ID: [PA215-4229; FRL-7777-5]
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the Warren County SO
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective on August 2, 2004.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: EPA is approving a request by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to redesignate the sulfur dioxide (SO
SUMMARY: Pennsylvania,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Background On April 9, 2004 (69 FR 18853), EPA proposed to approve the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's (the Commonwealth's) request to
redesignate the areas of Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade
Township, and the City of Warren in Warren County, Pennsylvania, from
nonattainment to attainment of the NAAQS for SO
EPA proposed approval of these requests on April 9, 2004 under a procedure called parallel processing, whereby EPA proposes its rulemaking action on a SIP revision concurrently with a state's procedures for amending its SIP. The PADEP submitted its redesignation requests and proposed SIP revision to EPA on March 15, 2004 for parallel processing. No comments were submitted to EPA on the NPR it published on April 9, 2004 proposing to approve the Commonwealth's March 15, 2004 submittal. The Commonwealth concluded its SIP revision procedures, and the PADEP submitted the formal SIP revision along with the redesignation requests to EPA on May 7, 2004. That final version of the submittal had no substantive changes from the proposed version submitted to EPA on March 15, 2004. A detailed description of Pennsylvania's submittal and EPA's rationale for its proposed approval of the redesignation requests and maintenance plan were presented in the NPR published on April 9, 2004, and will not be restated here. II. Final Action
EPA is redesignating the areas of Conewango Township, Pleasant
Township, Glade Township, and the City of Warren, in Warren County,
Pennsylvania from nonattainment to attainment of the NAAQS for
SO
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. General Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211,
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). This action
merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and imposes
no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law.
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this
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rule approves preexisting requirements under state law and does not
impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by state
law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 1044). This rule also does not
have tribal implications because it will not have a substantial direct
effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes,
as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
This action also does not have Federalism implications because it does
not have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government,
as specified in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999).
This action merely approves a state rule implementing a Federal
standard, and does not alter the relationship or the distribution of
power and responsibilities established in the Clean Air Act. This rule
also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 ``Protection of Children
from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April
23, 1997), because it is not economically significant. In reviewing SIP
submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they
meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence
of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary
consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a SIP
submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with
applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, to use VCS in
place of a SIP submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of
the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) do not apply. This rule does not impose an information collection
burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit 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 United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
C. 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 August 30, 2004. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule,
which redesignates Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade
Township, and the City of Warren, in Warren County, Pennsylvania, to
attainment of the NAAQS for SO
unclassifiable to attainment for SO
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides.
40 CFR Part 81
Air pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.
Dated: June 14, 2004.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart NNPennsylvania
2. Section 52.2020 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(224) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.2020 Identification of plan.
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(c) * * *
(224) The SO
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Letter of May 7, 2004 from the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection transmitting the redesignation request and the
maintenance plan for the SO
(B) The Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade Township, and
City of Warren, Warren County Sulfur Dioxide Maintenance Plan, dated May, 2004.
(ii) Additional Material.
(A) Remainder of the State submittal pertaining to the revisions listed in paragraph (c)(224)(i) of this section.
(B) Letter of March 15, 2004 from the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, transmitting the redesignation request and
maintenance plan for the Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade
Township, and the City of Warren, and the request to change the status of Mead Township and Clarendon Borough.
PART 81[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart CSection 107 Attainment Status Designations
2. Section 81.339, the table for ``PennsylvaniaSO
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PennsylvaniaSO2
Does not meet Does not meet Better than
Designated area primary secondary Cannot be national
standards standards classified standards
* * * * * * * VI. Northwest Pennsylvania Intrastate AQCR:
(A) WarrenCounty:
Conewango Twp....................... ............... ............... ............... X
Mead Twp............................ ............... ............... ............... X
Clarendon Boro...................... ............... ............... ............... X
Warren Boro......................... ............... ............... ............... X
Pleasant Township................... ............... ............... ............... X
Glade Township...................... ............... ............... ............... X
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