SMALL-BIZ@EPA
A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
February 2018
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
West Virginia; Removal of Clean Air Interstate Rule Trading
Programs Replaced by Cross-State Air Pollution
Rule Trading Programs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving state implementation plan (SIP) revisions
submitted by the State of West Virginia. These revisions pertain to two West Virginia regulations that
established trading programs under the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). The EPA administered trading
programs under CAIR were discontinued on December 31, 2014 upon the implementation of the Cross-State
Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which was promulgated by EPA to replace CAIR. CSAPR established federal
trading programs for sources in multiple states, including West Virginia, that replace the CAIR state and
federal trading programs. The submitted SIP revisions request removal of state regulations that implemented
the CAIR annual nitrogen oxide (NOX) and annual sulfur dioxide (S02) trading programs from the West
Virginia SIP (as CSAPR has replaced CAIR). EPA is approving these SIP revisions in accordance with the
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). West Virginia's SIP revision submittal requesting removal of a
state regulation that implemented the CAIR ozone season NOX trading program will be addressed in a
separate action. This final rule is effective on March 12, 2018. EPA has established a docket for this action
under Docket ID Number EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0574. All documents in the docket are listed on the
www .regulations, govwebsite. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available,
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
http:Avw.regiilations.gov, or please contact the person identified in the section for additional availability
information.
For further information, please contact Marilyn Powers, by email at powers.marilyn@epa.gov.
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Air Plan Approval; KY: Removal of Reliance on Reformulated
Gasoline in the Kentucky Portion of the Cincinnati- Hamilton Area
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted on September 13, 2017, by
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the
Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ) in
support of the Commonwealth's separate petition
requesting that EPA remove the federal
reformulated gasoline (RFG) requirements for
Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties in the
Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati- Hamilton,
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana 2008 8-hr ozone
maintenance area (hereinafter referred to as the
Northern Kentucky Area. The SEP revision revises
the Commonwealth's maintenance plan emissions
inventory and associated motor vehicle emissions
budgets (MVEBs) to remove reliance on emissions
reductions from the federal RFG program
requirements; a program that the Commonwealth
voluntarily opted into in 1995. The SIP revision also
includes a non-interference demonstration
evaluating whether removing reliance on the RFG
requirements in the Northern Kentucky Area would
interfere with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
EPA is proposing to approve this SIP revision and
the corresponding non-interference demonstration
because EPA has preliminarily determined that the
revision is consistent with the applicable provisions
of the CAA. This rulemaking proposes to approve
Kentucky's September 13, 2017, SIP revision in
support of Kentucky's petition to opt-out of the
federal RFG requirements in Boone, Campbell, and
Kenton Counties. EPA is proposing to approve
Kentucky's changes to the maintenance plan mobile
emissions inventory and the associated MVEBs
related to its re-designation request for the Kentucky
portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton 2008 8-hour
ozone maintenance area to reflect removal of
reliance on federal RFG requirements. As part of
this proposed approval, EPA is also proposing to
find that the Commonwealth has demonstrated that
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National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion
of the Vancouver Water Station #lSuperfund Site
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Region 10 announces the deletion of the Vancouver
Water Station #1 Superfund Site (Site) located in
Vancouver, Washington, from the National
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated
pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an
appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The
NPL refers to the Site as the Vancouver Water
Station #1 Contamination Superfund Site. The EPA
and the State of Washington, through the
Department of Ecology, have determined that all
appropriate response actions under CERCLA have
been completed. However, this deletion does not
preclude future actions under Superfund.
For further information, contact Dianna Myers,
email at nyers.dianna@epa.gov.
EPA, OSDBU, Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman - Washington, DC 20460 - Phone: 1-800-368-5888
Approval of State Plans for Designated Facilities and
Pollutants; Missouri; Hospital, Medical, and
Infectious Waste Incineration (HMIWI) Units
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Missouri State Plan for Designated Facilities and
Pollutants developed under sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), that were requested
by Missouri Department of Natural Resources, in two separate submissions, made on August 8, 2011
and on July 3, 2014. This proposed action will amend the state regulations referenced in the state's
111(d) plan applicable to existing Hospital, Medical, Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI)
operating in the state of Missouri. The state rule revisions we are proposing to approve with this
action, updates HMIWI regulatory requirements for emission limits, waste management plans,
training, compliance and performance testing, monitoring, and reporting and recordkeeping to be
consistent with updates to Federal rules. These regulatory revisions, proposed for approval into
Missouri's state plan, do not impact air quality. EPA's proposed approval of this revision is being
done in accordance with the requirements of CAA section 111(d) as further described in the
Technical Support Document that is included in this docket.
For further information, contact Larry Gonzalez email at gonzalez@epa. gov.
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SUBJECT: Allocations of Cross-State Air
Pollution Rule Allowances from New
Unit Set-Asides for 2017 Control
Periods
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html
Federal Register: Vol. 83, No. 33 Friday 16,
February 16, 2018 / Notices
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency
ACTION: Notices of data availability
SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of the
availability of data on emission allowance
allocations to certain units under the Cross-State Air
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading programs. EPA has
completed calculations for the second round of
allocations of allowances from the CSAPR new unit
set-asides (NUSAs) for the 2017 control periods to
new units and has posted spreadsheets containing
the calculations on EPA's website. In addition to the
eligible units identified in the previous notice
regarding this round of 2017 MJSA allocations,
EPA is allocating allowances to two newly affected
units in Wisconsin that were not previously
identified as eligible to receive such allocations.
EPA has also completed calculations for allocations
of the remaining 2017 NUSA allowances to existing
units and has posted spreadsheets containing those
calculations on EPA's website as well.
EPA FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
SUBJECT: Farm, Ranch, and Rural
Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC);
Notice of Charter Renewal
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html
Federal Register: Vol. 83, No. 22, Thursday,
February 1, 2018 / Notices
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency
ACTION: Notices
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the
EPA has determined that, in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the Farm, Ranch, and
Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
is in the public interest and is necessary in
connection with the performance of EPA's duties.
Accordingly, the FRRCC will be renewed for an
additional two-year period. The purpose of the
FRRCC is to provide advice and recommendations
to the EPA Administrator on environmental issues
and policies that are of importance to agriculture
and rural communities. Inquiries may be directed to
Flema Subramanian, Designated Federal Officer for
FRRCC, U.S. EPA, (Mail Code 1 101 A), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460,
or subramanian.hema cL epa.gov.
For further information, contact: Patricia Biggio at
biggio.patricia@epa.gov.
For further information, contact Robert Miller at
miller.robert@epa.gov.
EPA, OSDBU, Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman - Washington, DC 20460 - Phone: 1-800-368-5888
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