Proposed Rules. Proposed rule

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Action: Proposed rule
Citation: FR Doc. 2014-22479 · EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0469; FRL-9912-66-Region 9 · 40 CFR 52

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions include two State statutes and certain State rules that govern stationary sources under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and that establish definitions and other general provisions; ambient air quality standards and area designations; and emissions limitations and other requirements for certain type of stationary sources. Generally, approval of these revisions updates and replaces previously approved provisions in the Arizona SIP, but EPA is also approving a few rules that are new to the Arizona SIP and a few rescissions that remove certain other rules from the Arizona SIP without replacement. The EPA is approving these revisions because they meet all applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

Dates

Any comments on this proposal must arrive by October 23, 2014.

Supplementary Information

This proposal addresses the statutes and rules in the following table: Submitted Arizona Statutes and Rules Approved in This Action Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) Section No. Title State effective date Submitted 49-402 State and county control Amended through Laws 2002, Ch. 110, § 1 10/29/12 49-426 (excluding paragraphs D, E.1, F, I, J, and M) 1 Permits; duties of director; exceptions; applications; objections; fees Amended through Laws 1997, Ch. 178, § 5 07/28/11 Arizona Administrative Code (AAC) Rule No. Title Effective date Submitted R18-2-101 [excluding definitions (2), (20), (32), (87), (109), and (122)] 2 Definitions Various 10/29/12 R18-2-102 Incorporated Materials 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-201 Particulate Matter: PM ¹⁰ and PM ^2.5 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-202 Sulfur Oxides (Sulfur Dioxide) 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-203 Ozone: One-hour Standard and Eight-hour Averaged Standard 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-204 Carbon monoxide 09/26/90 07/28/11 R18-2-205 Nitrogen Oxides (Nitrogen Dioxide) 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-206 Lead 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-210 Attainment, Nonattainment, and Unclassifiable Area Designations 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-215 Ambient air quality monitoring methods and procedures 09/26/90 10/29/12 R18-2-216 Interpretation of Ambient Air Quality Standards and Evaluation of Air Quality Data 03/07/09 10/29/12 R9-3-218 (rescission) Violations 08/07/12 (repeal) 07/28/11 R18-2-601 General 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-604 Open Areas, Dry Washes, or Riverbeds 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-605 Roadways and Streets 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-606 Material Handling 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-607 Storage piles 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-608 Mineral Tailings 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-614 Evaluation of nonpoint source emissions 08/07/12 07/15/98 R18-2-701 Definitions 08/07/12 10/29/12 R18-2-703 Standards of Performance for Existing Fossil-fuel Fired Steam Generators and General Fuel-burning Equipment 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-704 Standards of Performance for Incinerators 08/04/07 07/28/11 R18-2-706 Standards of Performance for Existing Nitric Acid Plants 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-707 Standards of Performance for Existing Sulfuric Acid Plants 11/15/93 07/15/98 R9-3-509 (rescission) Standards of Performance for Existing Petroleum Refineries Not yet repealed but no applicable sources 07/15/98 R18-2-714 Standards of Performance for Existing Sewage Treatment Plants 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-715(F), (G) and (H) Standards of Performance for Existing Primary Copper Smelters: Site-Specific Requirements 03/07/09 07/28/11 R9-3-518 (rescission) Standards of Performance for Existing Kraft Pulp Mills 08/04/07 (repeal) 07/28/11 R18-2-719 Standards of Performance for Existing Stationary Rotating Machinery 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-720 Standards of Performance for Existing Lime Manufacturing Plants 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-723 Standards of Performance for Existing Concrete Batch Plants 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-724 Standards of Performance for Fossil-fuel Fired Industrial and Commercial Equipment 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-726 Standards of Performance for Sandblasting Operations 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-728 Standards of Performance for Existing Ammonium Sulfide Manufacturing Plants 11/15/93 07/15/98 R18-2-729 Standards of Performance for Cotton Gins 08/04/07 07/28/11 R18-2-730 Standards of Performance for Unclassified Sources 03/07/09 07/28/11 R18-2-732 Standards of Performance for Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators 08/04/07 07/28/11 Appendix 2 Test Methods and Protocols 10/03/05 07/28/11 Appendix 10 (rescission) Evaluation of Air Quality Data 03/07/09 (repeal) 07/28/11 Appendix 11 (rescission) Allowable Particulate Emissions Computations 03/07/09 (repeal) 07/28/11 Not applicable Arizona Testing Manual for Air Pollutant Emissions, Revision F, March 1992, Section 1 March 1992 07/28/11 1 The EPA will be taking action on ARS section 49-426(F) in a separate rulemaking action that will relate to Arizona's amended New Source Review program. ADEQ does not intend the other paragraphs that are listed (i.e., D, E.1, I, J, and M) to be part of the Arizona SIP. 2 The EPA will be taking action on the following six definitions in R18-2-101 in a separate rulemaking action that will relate to Arizona's amended New Source Review program: “actual emissions,” “begin actual construction,” “construction,” “net emissions increase,” “potential to emit,” and “regulated NSR pollutant.” In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register , we are approving these statutes and rules in a direct final action without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further information, please see the direct final action. Dated: May 30, 2014. Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, Region IX. Editorial Note: This document was received for publication by the Office of Federal Register on September 17, 2014. [FR Doc. 2014-22479 Filed 9-22-14; 8:45 am]