Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Commonwealth of Kentucky: New Source Review for Fine Particulate Matter

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ) to EPA on January 31, 2013. The SIP revision modifies the Commonwealth's New Source Review (NSR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) regulations to adopt into the Kentucky SIP Federal NSR permitting requirements for the implementation of the fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The approved changes in Kentucky's January 31, 2013, SIP submission are necessary to comply with Federal requirements. EPA is approving the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, revision to the Kentucky SIP because the Agency has determined that the changes are consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). Additionally, EPA is converting two conditional approvals related to the PSD infrastructure requirements for the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5, and 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS to full approval under the CAA.

DATES:

This rule will be effective December 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES:

EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0486. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business Information 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 through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. 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, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information regarding the Kentucky SIP, contact Mr. David (Brad) Akers, Regulatory Development Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Telephone number: (404) 562-9089; email address: akers.david@epa.gov. For information regarding NSR, contact Ms. Yolanda Adams, Air Permits Section, at the same address above. Telephone number: (404) 562-9214; email address: adams.yolanda@epa.gov. For information regarding PM_2.5 NAAQS, contact Mr. Joel Huey, Regulatory Development Section, at the same address above. Telephone number: (404) 562-9104; email address: huey.joel@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

EPA is taking final action to approve the Commonwealth of Kentucky's January 31, 2013, SIP revision to adopt Federal requirements for NSR permitting. The Commonwealth's SIP revision makes changes to the regulations in Kentucky's Air Quality Regulations, 401 Kentucky Air Regulations (KAR) 51:001 - Definitions for 401-KAR Chapter 51; 401 KAR 51:017—Prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and 401 KAR 51:052—Review of new sources in or impacting upon nonattainment areas to adopt NSR requirements related to the implementation of the PM_2.5 NAAQS as promulgated in the rulemakings entitled “Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers,” Final Rule, 73 FR 28321 (May 16, 2008) (hereafter referred to as the “NSR PM_2.5 Rule”) and “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM_2.5)—Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentration (SMC),” Final Rule, 75 FR 64864 (October 20, 2010) (hereafter referred to as the “PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule”). The Commonwealth must make this SIP revision to comply with Federal NSR permitting regulations at 40 CFR 51.166 and 51.165. Originally, the Commonwealth included SILs and SMC thresholds in the January 31, 2013, SIP submission, consistent with the October 20, 2010, PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule. However, EPA cannot act on SILs or SMC provisions due to the January 22, 2013, decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the portions of the PM_2.5 PSD Increment-SILs-SMC Rule addressing the SMC and SILs (and remanding the SILs portion to EPA for further consideration).¹ See Sierra Club v. EPA, 705 F.3d 458 (D.C. Cir. 2013). Accordingly, Kentucky has since submitted a letter to EPA dated July 22, 2014, requesting that the SILs and SMC provisions from the January 31, 2013, SIP submission be withdrawn from EPA consideration; therefore these provisions are no longer before EPA for consideration. The letter can be found in Docket ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0486.

Additionally, the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP submission satisfies EPA's multiple conditional approvals of the PSD-related requirements for sections 110(a)(2)(C), 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) and 110(a)(2)(J) of Kentucky's infrastructure SIPs for the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5, and 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS. As a result, EPA is acting to convert from conditional approval to full approval KDAQ's infrastructure requirements related to its PSD program.

On July 23, 2014, EPA published a proposed rulemaking to approve the aforementioned changes to the Commonwealth's NSR program at 401 KAR 51:001, 401 KAR 51:017 and 401 KAR 51:052, and to convert multiple conditional approvals for the Commonwealth's infrastructure SIP for the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5, and 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS. See 79 FR 42745. Comments on the proposed rulemaking were due on or before August 22, 2014. No comments, adverse or otherwise, were received on EPA's July 23, 2014, proposed rulemaking. Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, EPA is now taking final action to approve the changes to the Commonwealth's NSR program as provided in EPA's July 23, 2014, proposed rulemaking. EPA's July 23, 2014, proposed rulemaking contains more detailed information regarding the Commonwealth's SIP revision being approved today, and the rationale for today's final action. Detailed information regarding the PM_2.5 NAAQS and NSR Program can also be found in EPA's July 23, 2014, proposed rulemaking as well as the aforementioned final rulemakings. See 79 FR 42745 (July 23, 2014), 73 FR 28321 (May 16, 2008) and 75 FR 64864 (October 20, 2010), respectively.

A. NSR PM _2.5 Implementation Rule

On May 16, 2008, EPA finalized the NSR PM_2.5 Rule to implement the PM_2.5 NAAQS for the NSR permitting program. See 73 FR 28321. The NSR PM_2.5 Rule revised the Federal NSR program requirements to establish the framework for implementing preconstruction permit review for the PM_2.5 NAAQS in both attainment areas and nonattainment areas (NAAs) that: (1) Required NSR permits to address directly emitted PM_2.5 and certain precursor pollutants; (2) established significant emission rates for direct PM_2.5 and precursor pollutants (including sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NOx)); (3) established NNSR PM_2.5 emission offsets; and (4) required states to account for gases that condense to form particles (condensables) in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ applicability determinations and emission limits in PSD and NNSR permits; and (5) provided a grandfathering provision in the federal program for certain pending PM_2.5 permit applications. Additionally, the NSR PM_2.5 Rule authorized states to adopt provisions in their NNSR rules that would allow interpollutant offset trading. The Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision addresses a portion of the PSD and NNSR provisions established in EPA's May 16, 2008 NSR PM_2.5 Rule.

1. PM_2.5 Implementation Rule(s) Litigation

On January 4, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a judgment that remanded EPA's April 25, 2007 and May 16, 2008 PM_2.5 implementation rules implementing the 1997 PM_2.5 NAAQS. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, 706 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2013). The court found that because the statutory definition of PM₁₀ (see section 302(t) of the CAA) included particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 micrometers, it necessarily includes PM_2.5. EPA had developed the 2007 and 2008 (or NSR PM_2.5 Rule) rules consistent with the general NAA requirements of subpart 1 of Part D, title I, of the CAA. Relative to subpart 1, subpart 4 of Part D, title I includes additional provisions that apply to PM₁₀ NAA and is more specific about what states must do to bring areas into attainment. In particular, subpart 4 includes section 189(e) of the CAA, which requires the control of major stationary sources of PM₁₀ precursors (and hence under the court decision, PM_2.5 precursors) “except where the Administrator determines that such sources do not contribute significantly to PM₁₀ levels which exceed the standard in the area.” The court ordered EPA to repromulgate the implementation rules pursuant to subpart 4.

Subpart 4 pertains exclusively to particulate matter NAA, and the Court did not address EPA's implementation of the PM_2.5 NAAQS under part C or the PSD program. Thus, EPA does not interpret the court's decision as affecting implementation of the PSD requirements established in the May 16, 2008 NSR PM_2.5 Rule and does not anticipate the need to revise any PSD requirements promulgated in the NSR PM_2.5 Rule in order to comply with the court's decision.

On June 2, 2014, EPA published a final rule which, in part, sets a December 31, 2014 deadline for states to make any remaining required attainment-related and NNSR SIP submissions, pursuant to and considering the application of subpart 4. See 79 FR 31566. The Court's January 4, 2013 decision can be found in the docket for today's final rulemaking using Docket ID: EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0486.

2. “Condensable PM” Correction

In the NSR PM_2.5 Rule, EPA revised the definition of “regulated NSR pollutant” for PSD to add a paragraph providing that “particulate matter (PM) emissions, PM_2.5 emissions and PM₁₀ emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity which condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures” and that on or after January 1, 2011, “such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for PM, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ in permits.” See 73 FR 28321 at 28348. A similar paragraph added to the NNSR rule does not include “particulate matter (PM) emissions.” See 40 CFR 51.165(a)(1)(xxxvii)(D).

On October 25, 2012, EPA took final action to amend the definition of “regulated NSR pollutant” promulgated in the NSR PM_2.5 Rule regarding the PM condensable provision at 40 CFR 51.166(b)(49)(vi), 52.21(b)(50)(i) and EPA's Emissions Offset Interpretative Ruling. See 77 FR 65107. The rulemaking removed the inadvertent requirement in the NSR PM_2.5 Rule that the measurement of condensable particulate matter be included as part of the measurement and regulation of “particulate matter emissions.” The term “particulate matter emissions” includes filterable particles that are larger than PM_2.5 or PM₁₀ and is an indicator measured under various New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) (40 CFR part 60). The Commonwealth's January 31, 2013 SIP revision adopts EPA's definition for “regulated NSR pollutant” requiring states to consider condensables (at 40 CFR 51.166(b)(49)(vi)), excluding the term “particulate matter emissions.”

B. PM _2.5 PSD-Increment-SILs-SMC Rule

The October 20, 2010, final rulemaking established PM_2.5 increments pursuant to section 166(a) of the CAA to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in areas meeting the NAAQS. Today's action pertains only to the PM_2.5 increments (and relevant related implementing provisions) promulgated in the October 20, 2010, rule. The Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision adopts the PSD increment provisions promulgated in the PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule to be consistent with the Federal NSR regulations and to appropriately implement the Commonwealth's NSR program for the PM_2.5 NAAQS.

As established in part C of title I of the CAA, EPA's PSD program protects public health from adverse effects of air pollution by ensuring that construction of new or modified sources in attainment or unclassifiable areas does not lead to significant deterioration of air quality, while simultaneously ensuring that economic growth will occur in a manner consistent with preservation of clean air resources. Under section 165(a)(3) of the CAA, a PSD permit applicant must demonstrate that emissions from the proposed construction and operation of a facility “will not cause, or contribute to, air pollution in excess of any maximum allowable increase or allowable concentration for any pollutant.” In other words, when a source applies for a permit to emit a regulated pollutant in an area that is designated as attainment or unclassifiable for a NAAQS, the state and EPA must determine if emissions of the regulated pollutant from the source will cause significant deterioration in air quality. Significant deterioration occurs when the amount of the new pollution exceeds the applicable PSD increment, which is the “maximum allowable increase” of an air pollutant allowed to occur above the applicable baseline concentration for that pollutant.

As described in the PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule, and pursuant to the authority under section 166(a) of the CAA, EPA promulgated numerical increments for PM_2.5 as a new pollutant for which NAAQS were established after August 7, 1977, and derived 24-hour and annual PM_2.5 increments for the three area classifications (Class I, II and III). See 75 FR 64864 at 64869 and the ambient air increment table at 40 CFR 51.166(c)(1) and 52.21(c). In addition to establishing PSD increments for the PM_2.5 NAAQS, the PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule amended the definition at 40 CFR 51.166 and 52.21 for “major source baseline date” and “minor source baseline date” (including trigger dates) to establish the PM_2.5 NAAQS specific dates associated with the implementation of PM_2.5 PSD increments. See 75 FR 64864. As discussed above, the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision adopts the PM_2.5 PSD increment permitting requirements, including the implementing regulations discussed above, promulgated in the PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule.

C. EPA's Conversion of Conditional Approvals for the Commonwealth's Infrastructure SIP

In addition to adopting required NSR permitting regulations for the implementation of the PM_2.5 NAAQS, the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision also satisfies EPA's conditional approval of the Commonwealth's 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM_2.5, and 2008 8-hour Ozone 110(a)(2) infrastructure SIPs with respect to the PSD-related requirements of sections 110(a)(2)(C), 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) (prong 3) and 110(a)(2)(J) of the CAA. Kentucky submitted multiple SIP submissions to EPA for approval to address the 110(a)(2) infrastructure SIP requirements for the 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM_2.5 NAAQS (August 26, 2008 and July 17, 2012, respectively), and the 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS (July 7, 2012).

On July 3, 2012, Kentucky submitted a letter requesting that EPA conditionally approve the Commonwealth's infrastructure SIP submissions with respect to PSD-related requirements for sections 110(a)(2)(C) and 110(a)(2)(J) for the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5 NAAQS. Additionally, the Commonwealth submitted another correspondence on December 19, 2012, requesting conditional approval for PSD-related requirements of sections 110(a)(2)(C), 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) and 110(a)(2)(J) for the 2008 lead and 2008 8-hour Ozone NAAQS infrastructure submissions. Both letters documented the Commonwealth's commitment to adopt and submit the PSD-related provisions needed to comply with sections 110(a)(2)(C), 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) (prong 3) and 110(a)(2)(J) all in accordance with section 110(k)(4) of the CAA to ensure a comprehensive PSD program.

EPA took action to approve in part and conditionally approve in part portions of the Commonwealth's infrastructure SIP submissions for the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5 NAAQS on October 3, 2012, and March 26, 2013, and for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS on March 7, 2013. See 77 FR 60307, 78 FR 18241, and 78 FR 14681, respectively. The Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision satisfies the conditions listed in EPA's previous conditional approvals for the infrastructure submissions.

II. This Action

EPA is taking final action to approve into the Kentucky SIP the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision, which adopts the NSR permitting regulations to implement the NSR program for the PM_2.5 NAAQS. Specifically, the Commonwealth adopts the federal NSR permitting requirements as promulgated in the NSR PM_2.5 Rule and PSD Increment-SILs-SMC Rule (40 CFR 51.165 and 51.166) at regulations 401 KAR 51:001, 51:017, and 51:052 into the Kentucky SIP. With respect to the NSR PM_2.5 Rule, the Commonwealth adopts the following: (1) the requirement for PSD and NNSR permits to address directly emitted PM_2.5 and precursor pollutants (sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO_X) (as codified at 40 CFR 51.165(a)(1)(xxxvii)(C) and 51.166(b)(49)); (2) the significant emission rates for direct PM_2.5 and precursor pollutants (SO₂ and NOx) (as codified at 40 CFR 51.165(a)(1)(x)(A) and 51.166(b)(23)(i)); (3) the NNSR PM_2.5 emission offsets (as codified at 51.165(9)(i)), and (4) the PSD and NNSR requirement that condensable PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 emissions be accounted for in PSD applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for permitting (as codified at 40 CFR 51.165(a)(1)(xxxvii)(D) and 51.166(b)(49)).

With respect to the PSD Increment-SILs-SMC Rule, the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision adopts the PSD increments for PM_2.5 annual and 24-hour NAAQS pursuant to section 166(a) of the CAA. Specifically, the SIP revision changes include: 1) the PM_2.5 increments as promulgated at 40 CFR 51.166(c)(1) and (p)(4) (for Class I Variances); and 2) amendments to the terms “major source baseline date” (at 40 CFR 51.166(b)(14)(i)(c)), “minor source baseline date” (including establishment of the “trigger date”) (at section 51.166(b)(14)(ii)) and “baseline area” (as amended at 51.166(b)(15)(i)). As discussed above, on July 22, 2014, Kentucky submitted a letter to EPA withdrawing the PM_2.5 SILs and SMC provisions promulgated in the PM_2.5 PSD Increments-SILs-SMC Rule and later vacated by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals (See Sierra Club, 705 F.3d at 458). Therefore, these provisions are no longer before EPA for consideration.

As discussed above in section I, the DC Circuit in Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA issued a decision that remanded the EPA's NSR PM_2.5 Rule implementing the 1997 PM_2.5 NAAQS. The court found that EPA erred in implementing the PM_2.5 NAAQS in these rules solely pursuant to the general implementation provisions of subpart 1 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act, rather than pursuant to the additional implementation provisions specific to particulate matter nonattainment areas in subpart 4. On June 2, 2014, the EPA issued a final rulemaking that begins to address the remand. See 79 FR 31566. Upon its effective date, the final rule classifies all existing PM_2.5 nonattainment areas as “Moderate” nonattainment areas and sets a deadline of December 31, 2014, for states to submit any SIP submissions, including NNSR SIPs, that may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of subpart 4, part D, title I of the CAA with respect to PM_2.5 nonattainment areas.

Kentucky's submission does not include the regulation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ammonia as PM_2.5 precursors, nor does it include a demonstration consistent with section 189(e) showing that major sources of those precursor pollutants would not contribute significantly to PM_2.5 levels exceeding the standard in the area. Therefore, EPA cannot conclude at this time that this part of Kentucky's NNSR submission of revisions to Chapters 51:001 and 51:052 satisfies all of the requirements of subpart 4 as they pertain to PM_2.5 NNSR permitting. Although the revisions to Kentucky's NNSR regulations at Chapters 51:001 and 51:052 may not contain all of the necessary elements to satisfy the CAA requirements when evaluated under the subpart 4 provisions, the revisions themselves represent a strengthening of the currently-approved Kentucky NNSR SIP which does not address PM_2.5 at all. As a result of the June 2, 2014 (79 FR 31566) final rule, Kentucky has until December 31, 2014, to make any additional submission necessary to address the requirements of subpart 4, including addressing the PM_2.5 precursors of VOC and ammonia for NNSR permitting purposes. Therefore, EPA is approving the NNSR revisions to Kentucky's NNSR permitting program without listing the absence of either the regulation or evaluation of VOCs and ammonia as PM_2.5 precursors as a deficiency at this time.

Finally, as discussed in section I above and in EPA's proposed action (See 79 FR 42745, July 23, 2014), Kentucky's January 31, 2013, SIP revision also satisfies the conditions listed in EPA's previous conditional approvals for the Commonwealth's 2008 8-hour ozone, and 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM_2.5 NAAQS infrastructure SIP submissions. Therefore, EPA is taking final action to convert its conditional approvals with respect to the PSD-related requirements of sections 110(a)(2)(C), 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) and 110(a)(2)(J) to full approvals. Given that the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision fulfills the conditional approval requirements for conversion to a full approval, the conditional approval language at section 52.919(a)-(c) of 40 CFR part 52, included in EPA's final conditional approvals published on October 3, 2012 (77 FR 60307), March 7, 2013 (78 FR 14681) and March 26, 2013 (78 FR 18241) is no longer necessary. This action removes the conditional approval language at 40 CFR 52.919, with the approval of the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP revision, to reflect that the infrastructure SIPs for the Commonwealth's 2008 8-hour ozone, and 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour PM_2.5 NAAQS have been fully approved.

III. Final Action

EPA is taking final action to approve the Commonwealth of Kentucky's January 31, 2013, SIP revision adopting Federal regulations amended in the May 16, 2008, NSR PM_2.5 Rule and the October 20, 2010, PM_2.5 PSD Increment-SILs-SMC rule. EPA is approving these revisions into the Kentucky SIP because they are consistent with section 110 of the CAA and its implementing regulations. Final approval of the Commonwealth's January 31, 2013, SIP also satisfies the requirements upon which EPA conditionally approved several Kentucky infrastructure requirements related to the 1997 and 2006 PM_2.5 and the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Accordingly, EPA is also taking final action today to convert EPA's previous conditional approval of the Commonwealth's infrastructure requirements related to PSD requirements for the PM_2.5 and ozone NAAQS to a full approval.

IV. 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 state law as meeting federal requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state 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).

The SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the rule does not have tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it 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 CAA, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by January 2, 2015. 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).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

• Environmental protection
• Air pollution control
• Incorporation by reference
• Intergovernmental relations
• Nitrogen oxides
• Particulate matter
• Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52-APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF PLANS

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

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

Subpart S—Kentucky

2. Section 52.919 is removed and reserved.

3. Section 52.920(c) is amended by revising the entries for 401 KAR 51:001, 401 KAR 51:017 and 401 KAR 51:052 to read as follows: