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Air Plan Revisions; California; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

89 Fed. Reg. 87505 (Nov. 4, 2024)

Air Plan Revisions; California; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

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Federal RegisterNov 4, 2024
89 Fed. Reg. 87505 (Nov. 4, 2024)
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  • [EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0418; FRL-12225-02-R9]

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    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

    ACTION:

    Final rule.

    SUMMARY:

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve revisions to the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD) and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern negative declarations for the Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry (Oil and Natural Gas CTG).

    DATES:

    This rule is effective December 4, 2024.

    ADDRESSES:

    The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0418. All documents in the docket are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (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 through https://www.regulations.gov, or please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional availability information. If you need assistance in a language other than English or if you are a person with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you, please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Eugene Chen, EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone: (415) 947-4304 or by email at chen.eugene@epa.gov.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Throughout this document, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the EPA.

    Table of Contents

    I. Proposed Action

    II. Public Comments and EPA Responses

    III. EPA Action

    IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    I. Proposed Action

    On September 23, 2024, the EPA proposed to approve the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) submittal of negative declarations for the Oil and Natural Gas CTG adopted by SDCAPCD and MDAQMD. As discussed in our proposed action, these negative declarations should provide reasonable assurances that no sources subject to the CTG's requirements currently exist in the relevant ozone nonattainment areas. Based on our review, we did not identify any sources that would be subject to the Oil and Natural Gas CTG and agreed with the SDCAPCD and MDAQMD negative declarations. We therefore proposed approval of these negative declarations for the Oil and Natural Gas CTG.

    89 FR 77467.

    Table 1—Submitted Documents

    Local agency Document Adopted Submitted to EPA
    SDCAPCD 2020 Reasonably Available Control Technology Demonstration for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone in San Diego County (“2020 RACT SIP”)—Negative Declaration for Oil and Natural Gas CTG 10/14/2020 12/29/2020
    MDAQMD 70 ppb Ozone Standard Implementation Evaluation: RACT SIP Analysis; Federal Negative Declarations; and Emission Statement Certification—Negative Declaration for Oil and Natural Gas CTG 10/28/2019 12/20/2019
    CTG document No. Title Adopted: 12/14/2016 Submitted: 4/12/2017 SIP approved: 12/03/2020 Adopted: 10/14/2020 Submitted: 12/29/2020 SIP approved: 6/29/2022 Adopted: 10/14/2020 Submitted: 12/29/2020 SIP approved: 1/17/2023 Adopted: 10/14/2020 Submitted: 12/29/2020 SIP approved: 11/4/2024
    (A) EPA-450/2-77-008 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume II: Surface Coating of Cans, Coils, Paper, Fabrics, Automobiles, and Light-Duty Trucks (Automobiles, and light-duty truck coatings only) X
    (B) EPA-450/2-77-025 Control of Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater Separators, and Process Unit Turnarounds X
    (C) EPA-450/2-77-032 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume III: Surface Coating of Metal Furniture X
    (D) EPA-450/2-77-033 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume IV: Surface Coating of Insulation of Magnet Wire X
    (E) EPA-450/2-77-034 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume V: Surface Coating of Large Appliances X
    (F) EPA-450/2-78-029 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products X
    (G) EPA-450/2-78-030 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires X
    (H) EPA-450/2-78-032 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume VII: Factory Surface Coating of Flat Wood Paneling X
    (I) EPA-450/2-78-036 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Equipment X
    (J) EPA-450/3-82-009 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners X
    (K) EPA-450/3-83-006 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Synthetic Organic Chemical Polymer and Resin Manufacturing Equipment X
    (L) EPA-450/3-83-007 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing Plants X
    (M) EPA-450/3-83-008 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene Resins X
    (N) EPA-450/3-84-015 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Air Oxidation Processes in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry X
    (O) EPA-450/4-91-031 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations in Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry X
    (P) EPA-453/R-97-004 Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Coating Operations at Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Operations Aerospace MACT, see the Federal Register of 6/6/94 X
    (Q) EPA-453/R-06-004 Control Techniques Guidelines for Flat Wood Paneling Coatings X
    (R) EPA 453/R-07-004 Control Techniques Guidelines for Large Appliance Coatings X
    (S) EPA 453/R-07—005 Control Techniques Guidelines for Metal Furniture Coatings X
    (T) EPA-453/R-08-003 Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings Tables 3-6 X
    (U) EPA-453/R-08-004 Control Techniques Guidelines for Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials X
    (V) EPA-453/R-08-006 Control Techniques Guidelines for Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings X
    (W) —N/A— Major non-CTG VOC sources X
    (X) EPA-453/B-16-001). Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry X
    CTG document No. Title Adopted: 10/14/2020 Submitted: 12/29/2020 SIP approved: 6/29/2022 Adopted: 10/14/2020 Submitted: 12/29/2020 SIP approved: 11/4/2024
    (A) EPA-450/2-78-029 Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products X
    (B) EPA-453/R-08-003 Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings Tables 3-6 X
    (C) EPA-453/R-08-004 Control Techniques Guidelines for Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials X
    (D) EPA-453/B-16-001) Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry X