
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22500-22504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8920]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R07-OAR-2011-0825; FRL-9657-8]


Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; 
Missouri: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas 
Tailoring Rule; New Source Review Reform

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to the Missouri State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to regulation of Greenhouse Gases 
(GHGs) under Missouri's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
program, and to other portions of Missouri's New Source Review (NSR) 
program. The GHG-related SIP revisions are designed to align Missouri's 
regulations with the GHG emission thresholds established in EPA's ``PSD 
and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Final Rule,'' which EPA issued by 
notice dated June 3, 2010. The other NSR revisions are to the 
Construction Permits Required Rule and the Emissions Banking and 
Trading Rule and are intended to address changes to the Federal NSR 
regulations, which were promulgated by EPA on December 31, 2002 (the 
NSR Reform rules). In today's action, EPA is approving both the GHG (as 
it relates to the PSD program) and NSR revisions because the Agency has 
determined that these SIP revisions, already adopted by Missouri as 
final effective rules, are in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA or 
Act) and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs and NSR.

DATES: This final rule is effective on May 16, 2012.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
Identification No. EPA-R07-OAR-2011-0825. All documents in the docket 
are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov web site. Although listed 
in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the 
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Planning and 
Development Branch, Air and Waste Management Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 
schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of 
business are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the GHG 
portion of the Missouri SIP, contact Mr. Larry Gonzalez, Air Planning 
and Development Branch, Air and Waste Management Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101. Mr. Gonzalez's telephone number is (913) 551-7041, 
and his email address is gonzalez.larry@epa.gov. For information 
regarding the NSR Reform portion of the Missouri SIP, contact Ms. Amy 
Bhesania, Air Planning and Development Branch, Air and Waste Management 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 North 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Ms. Bhesania's telephone number is 
(913) 551-7147, and her email address is bhesania.amy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' or 
``our'' refer to EPA.

Table of Contents

I. What GHG-related final action is EPA taking in this final rule?
II. What is the background for the GHG-related PSD SIP approval in 
this final rule?
III. GHG-Related Final Action
IV. What NSR reform-related final action is EPA taking in this final 
rule?
V. What is the background for the NSR reform-related approval in 
this final rule?
VI. NSR Reform-Related Final Action

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VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What GHG-related final action is EPA taking in this final rule?

    In a letter dated August 8, 2011, MDNR submitted a request to EPA 
to approve revisions to the State's SIP and Title V program to 
incorporate recent rule amendments adopted by the Missouri Air 
Conservation Commission. These adopted rules became effective in the 
Missouri Code of State Regulations on August 30, 2011. These amendments 
establish thresholds for GHG emissions in Missouri's PSD and Title V 
regulations at the same emissions thresholds and in the same time-
frames as those specified by EPA in the ``PSD and Title V Greenhouse 
Gas Tailoring; Final Rule'' (75 FR 31514), hereinafter referred to as 
the ``Tailoring Rule,'' ensuring that smaller GHG sources emitting less 
than these thresholds will not be subject to permitting requirements 
for GHGs that they emit. The amendments to the SIP clarify the 
applicable thresholds in the Missouri SIP, address the flaw discussed 
in the ``Limitation of Approval of Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Provisions Concerning Greenhouse Gas Emitting-Sources in 
State Implementation Plans Final Rule,'' 75 FR 82536 (December 30, 
2010) (the ``PSD SIP Narrowing Rule''), and incorporate state rule 
changes adopted at the state level into the Federally-approved SIP.
    On October 28, 2011, EPA published a proposed rulemaking to approve 
Missouri's SIP revision. The proposal addressed SIP revisions 
associated with both the Federal ``tailoring rule'' revisions and ``NSR 
reform'' rules. See 76 FR 66882. EPA did not receive any public 
comments in response to the proposal. In this final rule, pursuant to 
section 110 of the CAA, EPA is approving these revisions into the 
Missouri SIP.\1\
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    \1\ As stated in the proposal, EPA intends to address Missouri's 
August 8, 2011 request to approve revisions to the Title V program 
relating to GHGs in a subsequent rulemaking.
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II. What is the background for the GHG-related PSD SIP Approval in this 
final rule?

    This section briefly summarizes EPA's recent GHG-related actions 
that provide the background for this final action. More detailed 
discussion of the background is found in the proposal for this 
rulemaking, 76 FR 66882, and in the EPA rulemakings cited in the 
proposal. In particular, the background is contained in what we called 
the PSD SIP Narrowing Rule,\2\ and in the preambles to the actions 
cited therein.
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    \2\ ``Limitation of Approval of Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Provisions Concerning Greenhouse Gas Emitting-Sources 
in State Implementation Plans; Final Rule.'' 75 FR 82536 (December 
30, 2010).
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A. GHG-Related Actions

    EPA has recently undertaken a series of actions pertaining to the 
regulation of GHGs that, although for the most part are distinct from 
one another, establish the overall framework for this final action on 
the Missouri SIP. Four of these actions include, as they are commonly 
called, the ``Endangerment Finding'' and ``Cause or Contribute 
Finding,'' which EPA issued in a single final action,\3\ the ``Johnson 
Memo Reconsideration,'' \4\ the ``Light-Duty Vehicle Rule,'' \5\ and 
the ``Tailoring Rule.'' Taken together and in conjunction with the CAA, 
these actions established regulatory requirements for GHGs emitted from 
new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines; determined that such 
regulations, when they took effect on January 2, 2011, subjected GHGs 
emitted from stationary sources to PSD requirements; and limited the 
applicability of PSD requirements to GHG sources on a phased-in basis. 
EPA took this last action in the Tailoring Rule, which, more 
specifically, established appropriate GHG emission thresholds for 
determining the applicability of PSD requirements to GHG-emitting 
sources. In many states, such as Missouri, PSD is implemented through 
the SIP. In December 2010, EPA promulgated several rules to implement 
the new GHG PSD SIP program. Recognizing that some states had approved 
SIP PSD programs that did not apply PSD to GHGs, EPA issued a SIP Call 
and, for some of these states, a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP).\6\ 
Recognizing that other states had approved SIP PSD programs that do 
apply PSD to GHGs, but that do so for sources that emit as little as 
100 or 250 tpy of GHG, and that do not limit PSD applicability to GHGs 
to the higher thresholds in the Tailoring Rule, EPA issued the PSD SIP 
Narrowing Rule. Under that rule, EPA withdrew its approval of the 
affected SIPs to the extent those SIPs covered GHG-emitting sources 
below the Tailoring Rule thresholds. EPA based its action primarily on 
the ``error correction'' provisions of CAA section 110(k)(6).
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    \3\ ``Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for 
Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.'' 74 FR 
66496 (December 15, 2009).
    \4\ ``Interpretation of Regulations that Determine Pollutants 
Covered by Clean Air Act Permitting Programs.'' 75 FR 17004 (April 
2, 2010).
    \5\ ``Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and 
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Final Rule.'' 75 FR 25324 
(May 7, 2010).
    \6\ Specifically, by action dated December 13, 2010, EPA 
finalized a ``SIP Call'' that would require those states with SIPs 
that have approved PSD programs but do not authorize PSD permitting 
for GHGs to submit a SIP revision providing such authority. ``Action 
To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions: Finding of Substantial Inadequacy and SIP Call,'' 75 FR 
77698 (December 13, 2010). EPA made findings of failure to submit in 
some states which were unable to submit the required SIP revision by 
their deadlines, and finalized FIPs for such states. See, e.g. 
``Action To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention 
of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions: Finding of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan 
Revisions Required for Greenhouse Gases,'' 75 FR 81874 (December 29, 
2010); ``Action To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Federal Implementation Plan,'' 75 FR 82246 
(December 30, 2010). Because Missouri's SIP already authorizes 
Missouri to regulate GHGs once GHGs became subject to PSD 
requirements on January 2, 2011, Missouri is not subject to the SIP 
Call or FIP.
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B. Missouri's Actions

    On July 27, 2010, Missouri submitted a letter to EPA, in accordance 
with a request to all states from EPA in the proposed Tailoring Rule, 
with confirmation that the State of Missouri has the authority to 
regulate GHGs in its PSD program. The letter also confirmed Missouri's 
intent to amend its air quality rules for the PSD program for GHGs to 
match the thresholds set in the Tailoring Rule. See the docket for this 
final rulemaking for a copy of Missouri's letter.
    In the PSD SIP Narrowing Rule, published on December 30, 2010, EPA 
withdrew its approval of Missouri's SIP (among other SIPs) to the 
extent that the SIP applies PSD permitting requirements to GHG 
emissions from sources emitting at levels below those set in the 
Tailoring Rule.\7\ As a result, Missouri's current approved SIP 
provides the State with authority to regulate GHGs, but only at and 
above the Tailoring Rule thresholds; and requires new and modified 
sources to receive a Federal PSD permit based on GHG emissions only if 
they emit or have potential to emit at or above the Tailoring Rule 
thresholds.
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    \7\ ``Limitation of Approval of Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Provisions Concerning Greenhouse Gas Emitting-Sources 
in State Implementation Plans; Final Rule.'' 75 FR 82536 (December 
30, 2010).
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    The basis for this SIP revision is that limiting PSD applicability 
to GHG sources with the higher thresholds in the Tailoring Rule is 
consistent with the SIP provisions that require assurances of adequate 
resources, and thereby

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addresses the flaw in the SIP that led to the PSD SIP Narrowing Rule. 
Specifically, CAA section 110(a)(2)(E) includes as a requirement for 
SIP approval that states provide ``necessary assurances that the State 
* * * will have adequate personnel [and] funding * * * to carry out 
such [SIP].'' In the Tailoring Rule, EPA established higher thresholds 
for PSD applicability to GHG-emitting sources, in part, because the 
states generally did not have adequate resources to apply PSD to GHG-
emitting sources below the Tailoring Rule thresholds,\8\ and no state, 
including Missouri, asserted that it did have adequate resources to do 
so.\9\ In the PSD SIP Narrowing Rule, EPA found that the affected 
states, including Missouri, had a flaw in their SIP at the time they 
submitted their PSD programs, which was that the applicability of the 
PSD programs was potentially broader than the resources available to 
them under their SIP.\10\ Accordingly, for each affected state, 
including Missouri, EPA concluded that EPA's action in approving the 
SIP was in error, under CAA section 110(k)(6), and EPA rescinded its 
approval to the extent the PSD program applies to GHG-emitting sources 
below the Tailoring Rule thresholds.\11\ EPA recommended that states 
adopt a SIP revision to incorporate the Tailoring Rule thresholds, 
thereby (i) assuring that under state law, only sources at or above the 
Tailoring Rule thresholds would be subject to PSD; and (ii) avoiding 
confusion under the Federally approved SIP by clarifying that the SIP 
applies only to sources at or above the Tailoring Rule thresholds.\12\
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    \8\ Tailoring Rule, 75 FR at 31517.
    \9\ PSD SIP Narrowing Rule, 75 FR at 82540.
    \10\ Id. at 82542.
    \11\ Id. at 82544.
    \12\ Id. at 82540.
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    Missouri's August 8, 2011, SIP submission establishes thresholds 
for determining which stationary sources and modification projects 
become subject to permitting requirements for GHG emissions under 
Missouri's PSD program. Specifically, the SIP revision includes 
changes--which are already effective in Missouri's Code of State 
Regulations (CSR)--revising rule 10 CSR 10-6.060(8)(A) to incorporate 
by reference all of the revisions of the Federal PSD rules at 40 CFR 
52.21 published in the Tailoring Rule.\13\ These revisions specifically 
define the term ``subject to regulation'' for the PSD program and 
define ``greenhouse gases (GHGs)'' and ``tpy CO2 equivalent 
emissions (CO2e).'' Additionally, the revisions to 10 CSR 
10-6.060 specify the methodology for calculating an emissions increase 
for GHGs, the applicable thresholds for GHG emissions subject to PSD, 
and the schedule for when the applicability thresholds take effect.
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    \13\ The revised rule states that all of the subsections of 40 
CFR 52.21, other than subsections (a), (q), (s), and (u), 
promulgated as of July 1, 2009, including the revision published at 
75 FR 31606-07 (effective August 2, 2010), are incorporated by 
reference into 10 CSR 10-6.060(8)(A).
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    Missouri is currently a SIP-approved State for the PSD program, and 
has previously incorporated EPA's 2002 NSR Reform revisions for PSD 
into its SIP. See 71 FR 36486 (June 27, 2006).\14\ In that rulemaking, 
at the State's request, EPA did not act on the portions of Missouri's 
rule which reflected the vacated and remanded provisions in EPA's NSR 
Reform rule.\15\ The changes to Missouri's PSD program regulations are 
substantively the same as the Federal provisions amended in EPA's 
Tailoring Rule.
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    \14\ In sections IV through VI of this final action, EPA is 
approving several of Missouri's other revisions to its rules for 
incorporation into the Missouri SIP.
    \15\ These portions included provisions relating to pollution 
control projects, the ``clean unit'' exemption, and the 
recordkeeping requirements for certain sources using the ``actual to 
projected actual'' test for applicability of PSD (the ``reasonable 
possibility'' provision in section 52.21(r)(6)). See 71 FR 36487 for 
a more detailed discussion of EPA's approval of Missouri's NSR 
reform rule relating to PSD. We are not acting on those provisions, 
including the recordkeeping aspect of the ``reasonable possibility'' 
provision, in today's action. (See section V of this preamble for a 
more detailed discussion of the vacated and remanded provisions.) We 
are also not acting on Missouri's rule incorporating EPA's 2007 
revision of the definition of ``chemical processing plants'' (the 
``Ethanol Rule,'' 72 FR 24060 (May 1, 2007)) or EPA's 2008 
``fugitive emissions rule,'' 73 FR 77882 (December 19, 2008). See 
Section IV for more details.
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III. GHG-Related Final Action

    Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, EPA is approving Missouri's 
August 8, 2011 revisions to the Missouri SIP, relating to PSD 
requirements for GHG-emitting sources. EPA has made the determination 
that this SIP revision is approvable because it is in accordance with 
the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs. The 
detailed rationale for this action is set forth in the proposed 
rulemaking referenced above, and in this final rule.
    Since EPA is finalizing its approval of Missouri's changes to its 
air quality regulations to incorporate appropriate thresholds for GHG 
permitting applicability into Missouri's SIP, then section 52.1323(n) 
of 40 CFR part 52, added in EPA's PSD SIP Narrowing Rule to codify the 
limitation of its approval of Missouri's PSD SIP to exclude the 
applicability of PSD to GHG-emitting sources below the Tailoring Rule 
thresholds, is no longer necessary. In this action, EPA is also 
amending section 52.1323(n) of 40 CFR part 52 to remove this 
unnecessary regulatory language.

IV. What NSR reform-related final action is EPA taking in this final 
rule?

    In this final rule, we are also approving MDNR's request to include 
as a revision to Missouri's SIP, amendments to rule 10 CSR 10-6.060 
``Construction Permit Required'' and 10 CSR 10-6.410 ``Emission Banking 
and Trading.'' These rules were adopted by the Missouri Air 
Conservation Commission on March 26, 2009, and became effective under 
state law on July 30, 2009. The rules were submitted to EPA for 
inclusion into the Missouri SIP in a letter dated November 30, 2009. 
The submission included comments on the rules made during the State's 
adoption process and the State's response to comments. Missouri 
submitted these revisions to align its rules with EPA's revisions to 
the Federal NSR program (NSR Reform), as it relates to nonattainment 
areas in the State. Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, EPA is 
approving these SIP revisions with several exceptions. First, in 
today's final action, EPA is not taking action on Missouri's submittal 
of changes to the applicability of the PSD program to exclude ethanol 
production facilities from the definition of ``chemical processing 
plants'' (the Ethanol Rule) (72 FR 24060, May 1, 2007). See letter from 
James L. Kavanaugh, Director, MDNR, to EPA, April 10, 2008. Second, 
because Missouri has not adopted EPA's ``Fugitive Emissions Rule'' (73 
FR 77882, Dec. 19, 2008), as it relates to NSR in nonattainment areas, 
today's action also does not address the Fugitive Emissions Rule.\16\
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    \16\ The November 30, 2009 submittal from MDNR also proposed 
revisions to 10 CSR 10-6.350 ``Emission Limitations and Emissions 
Trading of Oxides of Nitrogen'' and 10 CSR 10-6.360 ``Control of 
NOX Emissions from Electric Generating Units and Non-
Electric Generating Boilers.'' In a letter dated April 20, 2011, 
Missouri withdrew this submission of revisions to these two rules, 
and therefore today's action does not include them.
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    On October 28, 2011, EPA published a proposed rulemaking to approve 
Missouri's SIP revision. The proposal addressed SIP revisions 
associated with both the Federal ``tailoring rule'' revisions and ``NSR 
reform'' rules. See 76 FR 66882. EPA did not receive any public 
comments in response to the proposal. Therefore, in this final rule, 
pursuant to section 110 of the CAA,

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EPA is approving these revisions into the Missouri SIP.\17\
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    \17\ As stated in the proposal, EPA intends to address 
Missouri's August 8, 2011 request to approve revisions to the Title 
V program relating to GHGs in a subsequent rulemaking.
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V. What is the background for the NSR reform-related approval in this 
final rule?

    On December 31, 2002 (67 FR 80186), EPA published final rule 
changes to 40 CFR parts 51 and 52, regarding the CAA's PSD and 
Nonattainment NSR programs (``Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
(PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR); Baseline Emissions 
Determination, Actual-to-Future-Actual Methodology, Plantwide 
Applicability Limitations, Clean Units, Pollution Control Projects''). 
On November 7, 2003 (68 FR 63021), EPA published a notice of final 
action on the reconsideration of the December 31, 2002, final rule 
changes. In that November 7, 2003, final action, EPA added the 
definition of ``replacement unit,'' and clarified an issue regarding 
PALs. The December 31, 2002, and the November 7, 2003, final actions 
are collectively referred to as the ``2002 NSR Reform Rules.''
    In brief, the 2002 NSR Reform Rules made changes to five areas of 
the NSR programs (concerning both PSD and nonattainment NSR).\18\ The 
2002 Rules: (1) Provide a new method for determining baseline actual 
emissions; (2) adopt an actual-to-projected-actual methodology for 
determining whether a major modification has occurred; (3) allow major 
stationary sources to comply with plantwide applicability limits (PALs) 
to avoid having a significant emissions increase that triggers the 
requirements of the major NSR program; (4) provide a new applicability 
provision for emissions units that are designated clean units; and (5) 
exclude pollution control projects (PCPs) from the definition of 
``physical change or change in the method of operation.''
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    \18\ For more background information about the 2002 NSR Reform 
rules, see 67 FR 80186.
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    After the 2002 NSR Reform Rules were finalized and effective, 
industry, state, and environmental petitioners challenged numerous 
aspects of the 2002 NSR Reform Rules, along with portions of EPA's 1980 
NSR Rules (45 FR 52676, August 7, 1980). On June 24, 2005, the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC 
Circuit Court) issued a decision on the challenges to the 2002 NSR 
Reform Rules. New York v. United States, 413 F.3d 3 (DC Cir. 2005). In 
summary, the DC Circuit Court vacated portions of the rules pertaining 
to clean units and PCPs, remanded a portion of the rules regarding 
recordkeeping, e.g. 40 CFR 52.21(r)(6) and 40 CFR 51.166(r)(6), and let 
stand the other provisions included as part of the 2002 NSR Reform 
Rules.
    On February 25, 2005, Missouri submitted a request to include EPA's 
2002 NSR Reform Rules in attainment and unclassifiable areas in to the 
SIP, and EPA approved these revisions through a final rule published on 
June 27, 2006 (71 FR 36486).\19\
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    \19\ As stated in section II above, EPA did not act on the 
portions of Missouri's rule which related to the vacated and 
remanded provisions of the EPA rule.
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VI. NSR Reform-Related Final Action

    Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, EPA is approving revisions to 
Missouri's regulations 10 CSR 10-6.060 and 10 CSR 10-6.410, as 
submitted on November 30, 2009, for inclusion in the Missouri SIP. EPA 
has determined that this SIP revision is approvable because it is in 
accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations implementing the NSR 
program, including NSR Reform. The detailed rationale for this action 
is set forth in the proposal for this rule, 76 FR 66882, and in this 
notice.

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable 
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this 
action merely approves the State's law as meeting Federal requirements 
and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by the 
State's law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     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);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental 
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, this final rule does not have tribal implications as 
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in 
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct 
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
    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 action 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. 
804(2).
    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 June 15, 2012. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this action 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).)

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Air pollution control, Environmental protection, Greenhouse gases, 
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, New source 
review, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 30, 2012.
Karl Brooks,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
    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.

Subpart AA--Missouri

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2. Section 52.1320(c) is amended by revising the entries for 10 CSR 10-
6.060 (Construction Permits Required) and 10 CSR 10-6.410 (Emissions 
Banking and Trading) to read as follows:


Sec.  52.1320  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

                                        EPA-Approved Missouri Regulations
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                                          State
 Missouri citation        Title         effective   EPA approval date                 Explanation
                                           date
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                                    Missouri Department of Natural Resources
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    Chapter 6--Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods, and Air Pollution Control
                                      Regulations for the State of Missouri
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10-6.060..........  Construction           8/30/11  4/16/12 [insert    This revision incorporates by reference
                     Permits Required.               FR page number     elements of EPA's NSR reform rule
                                                     where the          published December 31, 2002. Provisions
                                                     document begins].  of the incorporated reform rule relating
                                                                        to the Clean Unit Exemption, Pollution
                                                                        Control Projects, and exemption from
                                                                        recordkeeping provisions for certain
                                                                        sources using the actual-to-projected-
                                                                        actual emissions projections test are
                                                                        not SIP approved. In addition, we are
                                                                        not approving Missouri's rule
                                                                        incorporating EPA's 2007 revision of the
                                                                        definition of ``chemical processing
                                                                        plants'' (the ``Ethanol Rule,'' 72 FR
                                                                        24060 (May 1, 2007) or EPA's 2008
                                                                        ``fugitive emissions rule,'' 73 FR 77882
                                                                        (December 19, 2008).
                                                                       Otherwise, this revision also
                                                                        incorporates by reference the other
                                                                        provisions of 40 CFR 52.21 as in effect
                                                                        on August 2, 2010, which supersedes any
                                                                        conflicting provisions in the Missouri
                                                                        rule. Section 9, pertaining to hazardous
                                                                        air pollutants, is not SIP approved.
10-6.410..........  Emissions Banking      7/30/09  4/16/12 [insert
                     and Trading.                    FR page number
                                                     where the
                                                     document begins].
 
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Sec.  52.1323  [Amended]

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3. Section 52.1323 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (n).

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