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[Federal Register: July 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 138)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40972-40977]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr17jy08-12]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2006-1029; FRL-8689-7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Texas; Control of Air Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Texas. This revision, adopted by Texas on
November 15, 2006, and submitted to EPA on December 13, 2006, extends
requirements to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Specifically, this revision extends
requirements for control of VOC emissions to the five counties that
were added to the DFW nonattainment area under the 1997 8-hour ozone
standard designation: Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, and Rockwall,
and the affected VOC sources will be subject to the same emission
limitation, control, monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, and recording
requirements already in effect in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant
counties. As a result of this action, these new VOC control
requirements will be consistent for all nine counties in the DFW ozone
nonattainment area. This revision meets statutory and regulatory
requirements, and is consistent with EPA's guidance. EPA is approving
this revision pursuant to section 110, 116 and part D of the Federal
Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: This direct final rule will be effective September 15, 2008
without further notice, unless EPA receives relevant adverse comments
by August 18, 2008. If EPA receives such comment, EPA will publish a
timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register
informing the public that this rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2006-1029, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
EPA Region 6 ``Contact Us'' Web site: http://epa.gov/
region6/r6coment.htm. Please click on ``6PD'' (Multimedia) and select
``Air'' before submitting comments.
E-mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson at donaldson.guy@epa.gov. Please
also send a copy by email to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
Fax: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), at fax number 214-665-7263.
Mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
Hand or Courier Delivery: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air
Planning Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are
accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays except
for legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries
of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2006-1029. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Planning
Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. The file will be made available by
appointment for public inspection in the Region 6 FOIA Review Room
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal
holidays. Contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT

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paragraph below or Mr. Bill Deese at 214-665-7253 to make an
appointment. If possible, please make the appointment at least two
working days in advance of your visit. There will be a 15 cent per page
fee for making photocopies of documents. On the day of the visit,
please check in at the EPA Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
The State submittal is also available for public inspection at the
State Air Agency listed below during official business hours by
appointment:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality,
12124 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Belk, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite
700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-2164; fax number
214-665-7263; e-mail address belk.ellen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. General Information

Throughout this document, whenever ``we'', ``us'' or ``our'' is
used, we mean the EPA.

II. Rulemaking Information

This section is organized as follows:

A. What Action Is EPA Taking?
B. What Are the Requirements of Texas' New Regulation?
C. Why Is EPA Approving Texas' Regulation?
D. What Is the Process for EPA to Approve This SIP Revision?

A. What Action Is EPA Taking?

EPA is approving Texas' Chapter 115 ``Control of Air Pollution from
Volatile Organic Compounds'' amendments to Sec. Sec. 115.10, 115.119,
115.129, 115.139, 115.149, 115.219, 115.239, 115.319, 115.359, 115.419,
115.439, 115.449, 115.519, and 115.539 which subject VOC-emitting
sources located in Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, and Rockwall
Counties to the same emission limitation, control, monitoring, testing,
recordkeeping, and recording requirements in effect in Collin, Dallas,
Denton, and Tarrant Counties, the other four counties in the DFW 8-hour
ozone nonattainment area. The revisions were adopted by Texas on
November 15, 2006, and submitted to EPA on December 13, 2006.

B. What Are the Requirements of Texas' New Regulation?

The DFW area is classified as a moderate nonattainment area for the
1997 8-hour ozone standard. This rule will affect VOC-emitting
facilities in five counties of the DFW 8-hour ozone nonattainment area.
Table 1 lists the affected Texas Counties:

Table 1.--Counties Affected by This Rulemaking
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Counties in DFW 8-hour ozone nonattainment area affected by this
rulemaking
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Ellis
Johnson
Kaufman
Parker
Rockwall
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Texas' Chapter 115 regulations control VOC emissions for many
categories of sources. In particular, this rulemaking affects the TAC
Subchapters and Divisions listed in Table 2:

Table 2.--Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 115 Subchapters
Affected by This Rulemaking
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Chapter 115 subchapter Section
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A Definitions 115.10
B General VOC Sources
Division 1 Storage of VOCs............................. 115.119
Division 2 Vent Gas Control............................ 115.129
Division 3 Water Separation............................ 115.139
Division 4 Industrial Wastewater....................... 115.149
C VOC Transfer Operations
Division 1 Loading and Unloading of VOCs............... 115.219
Division 3 Control of VOC Leaks from Transport Vessels. 115.239
D Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas Processing, and
Petrochemical Processes
Division 1 Process Unit Turnaround and Vacuum-Producing 115.319
Systems in Petroleum Refineries.......................
Division 3 Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum 115.359
Refining, Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing, and
Petrochemical Processes in Ozone Nonattainment Areas..
E Solvent-Using Processes
Division 1 Degreasing Processes........................ 115.419
Division 3 Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing....... 115.439
Division 4 Offset Lithographic Printing................ 115.449
F Miscellaneous Industrial Sources
Division 1 Cutback Asphalt............................. 115.519
Division 2 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities..... 115.539
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To determine whether a specific facility in one of the above
counties will be affected by one or more of the above revisions, see
Texas' associated rule revisions included in the docket.
This rule requires compliance with the specified VOC control
requirements by March 1, 2009.

C. Why Is EPA Approving Texas' Revisions?

On May 23, 2007, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ or Texas) approved revisions to the SIP for the DFW 8-hour ozone
nonattainment area. The SIP revisions were submitted to EPA on May 30,
2007. Extending requirements for control of VOC emissions to the
additional counties will help to attain and maintain the 8-hour ozone
standard in the DFW area. Our approval of the revised Texas regulations
will make them federally enforceable. EPA is evaluating Texas' analysis
for Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) for NOX
and VOC in actions which are separate from this one.
EPA has evaluated the Chapter 115 revisions and finds they enhance
the SIP by extending existing VOC control requirements to additional
counties. The specific requirements for the regulation and EPA's
evaluation of these requirements are detailed in the Technical Support
Document (TSD), which is available in the docket

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supporting this action. Also, Texas' Chapter 115 revisions are included
in the docket.

D. What Is the Process for EPA to Approve This SIP Revision?

The EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no
adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate documents
that will serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision should
adverse comments be filed. This action will be effective September 15,
2008 without further notice, unless EPA receives relevant adverse
comments by August 18, 2008.
If EPA receives such comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal
of the direct final rule in the Federal Register informing the public
that this rule will not take effect. All public comments received will
then be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed
rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment period. Parties
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If no such comments
are received, the public is advised that this rule will be effective on
September 15, 2008 and no further action will be taken on the proposed
rule. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

III. Final Action

EPA is approving Texas' Chapter 115 Control of Air Pollution from
Volatile Organic Compounds amendments to Sec. Sec. 115.10, 115.119,
115.129, 115.139, 115.149, 115.219, 115.239, 115.319, 115.359, 115.419,
115.439, 115.449, 115.519, and 115.539 which extend requirements for
control of VOC emissions to sources located in Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman,
Parker, and Rockwall Counties, and incorporating this regulation into
the Texas SIP.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

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 rule approves pre-existing 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. 104-4).
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 CAA.
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.
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Because this rule
merely proposes to approve a state rule implementing a Federal
standard, EPA lacks the discretionary authority to modify today's
regulatory decision on the basis of environmental justice
considerations.
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 CAA. 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.).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. section 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. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
section 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit September 15, 2008. 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, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxides,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

Dated: July 1, 2008.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.

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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

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Subpart SS--Texas

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2. The table in Sec. 52.2270(c) entitled ``EPA Approved Regulations in
the Texas SIP'' is amended under Chapter 115 (Reg 5)--Control of Air
Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds by:
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a. Revising the entries for Sections 115.10, 115.119, 115.129, 115.139,
115.149, 115.219, 115.239, 115.319, 115.359, 115.419, 115.439, 115.449,
115.519, and 115.539;
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b. Revising the title of Division 3 under Subchapter B to read
``Division 3: Water Separation''.
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The revisions read as follows:

Sec. 52.2270 Identification of plan.

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(c) * * *

EPA-Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP
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State
State citation Title/subject approval/ EPA approval date Explanation
submittal date
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Chapter 115 (Reg 5)--Control of Air Pollution From Volatile Organic Compounds
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Subchapter A--Definitions
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Section 115.10.................... Definitions.......... 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
document begins].
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Subchapter B--General Volatile Organic Compound Sources
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Division 1: Storage of Volatile Organic Compounds
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Section 115.119................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Division 2: Vent Gas Control
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Section 115.129................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Division 3: Water Separation
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Section 115.139................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Division 4: Industrial Wastewater
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Section 115.149................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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Section 115.219................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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Section 115.239................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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Section 115.319................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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Division 3: Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum Refining, Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing, and Petrochemical Processes in Ozone Nonattainment Areas
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Section 115.359................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Subchapter E--Solvent-Using Processes
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Division 1: Degreasing Processes
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Section 115.419................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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Section 115.439................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Division 4: Offset Lithographic Printing
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Section 115.449................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Subchapter F--Miscellaneous Industrial Sources
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Division 1: Cutback Asphalt
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Section 115.519................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].
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Division 2: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities
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Section 115.539................... Counties and 11/15/06 07/17/08 [Insert FR page number where .....................................
Compliance Schedules. document begins].

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