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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 25, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Name of non-regulatory SIP
revision
Applicable geographic area

Emissions Statement Certification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard.

The Pennsylvania portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City PA-NJ-MD-DE
nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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40 CFR Part 52
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Air Plan Approval; North Carolina;
Monitoring: Recordkeeping: Reporting Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection Agency EPA is approving changes to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan SIP submitted through the North Carolina Division of Air Quality NCDAQ on October 9, 2020. The SIP revision seeks to modify the States monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting regulations by adding one definition, adding references to approved testing methods, updating the reference format, and making minor changes to general formatting and language use for clarity purposes. EPA
is approving these changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act CAA or Act.
DATES: This rule is effective September 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket Identification No. EPAR04OAR
20200716. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. 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 Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
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State submittal date
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EPA approval date
Additional explanation

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Certification that Pennsylvanias previously SIPapproved regulations at 25 Pa Code chapter 135 meet the emissions statement requirements of CAA section 182a3B for the 2015 ozone NAAQS.

Georgia 303038960. 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 Offices official hours of business are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah LaRocca, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, Region 4, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 303038960. The telephone number is 404 5628994. Ms. LaRocca can also be reached via electronic mail at larocca.sarah@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background EPA is approving changes to the following SIP-approved regulations under 15A North Carolina Administrative Code Subchapter 02D,1
Section .0600, Monitoring:
Recordkeeping: Reporting: 2 Rule .0601, Purpose and Scope; Rule .0602, Definitions; Rule .0604, Exceptions to Monitoring and Reporting Requirements; Rule .0605, General Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; and Rule .0606, Sources Covered by Appendix P of 40 CFR part 51,3 of the North Carolina SIP, submitted on October 9, 2020.
II. EPAs Analysis of North Carolinas Submittal The changes that are the subject of this rulemaking revise monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting regulations under Subchapter 02D of the North Carolina SIP. Specifically, they 1 In the table of North Carolina regulations federally approved into the SIP at 40 CFR
52.1770c, 15A NCAC 02D is referred to as Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements.
2 Section .0600 is titled Air Contaminants;
Monitoring; Reporting in the CFR table. This is being amended in this notice to read Monitoring:
Recordkeeping: Reporting.
3 The State submitted the SIP revisions following the readoption of several air regulations, including .0601, .0602, .0604, .0605, and .0606, pursuant to North Carolinas 10-year regulatory readoption process at North Carolina General Statute 150B
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revise the SIP by changing a heading, adding one definition, adding references to approved testing methods, updating the reference format, and making minor changes to general formatting and language use for clarity purposes. EPA
finds that the changes do not interfere with any applicable requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other applicable CAA requirement.
In a notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM published on May 20, 2021 86
FR 27349, EPA proposed to approve North Carolinas SIP submission provided on October 9, 2020. The May 20, 2021, NPRM provides additional detail regarding the background and rationale for EPAs action. Comments on the May 20, 2021, NPRM were due on or before June 21, 2021. EPA received no comments on the May 20, 2021
NPRM.
III. Incorporation by Reference In this rule, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the following rules in 15A NCAC Subchapter 02D, Section .0600, Monitoring: Recordkeeping:
Reporting, with a state-effective date of November 1, 2019: Rule .0601, Purpose and Scope; Rule .0602, Definitions; Rule .0604, Exceptions to Monitoring and Reporting Requirements; Rule .0605, General Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; and Rule .0606, Sources Covered by Appendix P of 40 CFR part 51. The changes revise a heading, add one definition, add references to approved testing methods, update the reference format, and make minor changes to general formatting and language to provide clarity to the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials generally available through www.regulations.gov and at the EPA
Region 4 office please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this preamble for more information.
Therefore, these materials have been approved by EPA for inclusion in the
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