Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[IL145-2a, IL152-2a; FRL-5958-3]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois

Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3,

1997, and, October 16, 1997, the State of Illinois submitted State

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision requests to meet commitments related

to the conditional approval of Illinois' May 15, 1992, SIP submittal

for the Lake Calumet (SE Chicago), McCook, and Granite City, Illinois,

Particulate Matter (PM) nonattainment areas. The EPA is approving the

SIP revision request as it applies to the Granite City area, including

the attainment demonstration for the Granite City PM nonattainment

area. The SIP revision request corrects, for the Granite City PM

nonattainment area, all of the deficiencies of the May 15, 1992,

submittal (as discussed in the November 18, 1994, conditional approval

notice). No action is being taken on the submitted plan revisions for

the Lake Calumet and McCook areas at this time. They will be addressed

in separate rulemaking actions.

On March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, Illinois submitted

requests to redesignate the Granite City PM nonattainment area to

attainment status for the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS). The EPA is approving this request, as well as the maintenance

plan for the Granite City area which was submitted with the

redesignation request to ensure continued attainment of the NAAQS.

DATES: The ``direct final'' approval is effective on May 11, 1998,

unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments by April 10,

1998. If the effective date is delayed, timely notice will be published

in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the revision request and EPA's analysis are

available for inspection at the following address: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. (It is recommended that you

telephone David Pohlman at (312) 886-3299 before visiting the Region 5

Office.)

Written comments should be sent to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Pohlman at (312) 886-3299.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under section 107(d)(4)(B) of the Clean Air Act (Act), as amended

on November 15, 1990 (amended Act), certain areas (``initial areas'')

were designated nonattainment for PM. Under section 188 of the amended

Act these initial areas were classified as ``moderate''. The initial

areas included the Lake Calumet, McCook, and Granite City, Illinois, PM

nonattainment areas.

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The Granite City area includes Granite City and Nameoki Townships in

Madison County, Illinois. (See 40 CFR 81.314 for a complete description

of these areas.) Section 189 of the amended Act requires State

submittal of a PM SIP for the initial areas by November 15, 1991.

Illinois submitted the required SIP revision for the Granite City,

Illinois, PM nonattainment area to EPA on May 15, 1992. Upon review of

Illinois' submittal, EPA identified several concerns. Illinois

submitted a letter on March 2, 1994, committing to satisfy all of these

concerns within one year of final conditional approval. On May 25,

1994, the EPA proposed to conditionally approve the SIP. Final

conditional approval was published on November 18, 1994, and became

effective on December 19, 1994. The final conditional approval allowed

the State until November 20, 1995 to correct the five stated

deficiencies:

1. Invalid emissions inventory and attainment demonstration, due to

failure to include emissions from the roof monitors for the Basic

Oxygen Furnace shop (BOF) and underestimated emissions from the quench

tower at the Granite City Division of National Steel Corporation (GCD).

2. Failure to adequately address maintenance of the PM NAAQS for at

least 3 years beyond the applicable attainment date.

3. Lack of an opacity limit on coke oven combustion stacks.

4. Lack of enforceable emissions limit for the electric arc furnace

roof vents at American Steel Foundries.

5. The following enforceability concerns:

a. Section 212.107, Measurement Methods for Visible Emissions could

be misinterpreted as requiring use of Method 22 for sources subject to

opacity limits as well as sources subject to limits on detectability of

visible emissions.

b. Inconsistencies in the measurement methods for opacity, visible

emissions, and ``PM'' in section 212.110, 212.107, 212.108, and

212.109.

c. Language in several rules which exempts from mass emissions

limits those sources having no visible emissions.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) held a public

hearing on the proposed rules on January 5, 1996. The rules became

effective at the State level on May 22, 1996, and were published in the

Illinois Register on June 7, 1996. Illinois made submittals to meet the

commitments related to the conditional approval on November 14, 1995,

May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and October 16, 1997. At

this time, the EPA is only acting on the portions of those submittals

that pertain to the Granite City PM nonattainment area conditional

approval, including the following new or revised rules in 35 Ill. Adm.

Code:

Part 212: Visible and Particulate Matter Emissions

Subpart A: General

212.107 Measurement Method for Visible Emissions

212.108 Measurement Methods for PM-10 Emissions and Condensible PM-

10 Emissions

212.109 Measurement Methods for Opacity

212.110 Measurement Methods for Particulate Matter

Subpart K: Fugitive Particulate Matter

212.302 Geographic Areas of Application

Subpart L: Particulate Matter Emissions

212.324 Process Emission Units in Certain Areas

Subpart N: Food Manufacturing

212.362 Emission Units in Certain Areas

Subpart O: Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Manufacturing

212.425 Emission Units in Certain Areas

Subpart R: Primary and Fabricated Metal Products and Machinery

Manufacture

212.446 Basic Oxygen Furnaces

212.458 Emission Units in Certain Areas

Subpart S: Agriculture

212.464 Sources in Certain Areas

In addition to the rule changes needed to meet the commitments

imposed on Illinois in the conditional approval, Illinois submitted

other revised rules. Rules submitted, but not listed above, will be

addressed in future rulemaking actions.

On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed limited approval, limited

disapproval of the SIP revision request submitted by Illinois to meet

the conditions of the May 18, 1994, conditional approval requirements.

In the July 22, 1997, proposal, the EPA stated that Illinois had met

all of the conditional approval requirements except for the requirement

to provide an enforceable opacity limit for coke oven combustion

stacks. In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a revised

construction and operating permit for GCD. The Federally-enforceable

permit includes a 30 percent opacity limit, and states that coke oven

combustion stacks at GCD are not covered by the repair opacity

exemption in 35 IAC 212.443(g)(2).

The only other comment received by the EPA on the July 22, 1997,

proposal was an October 17, 1997, letter from GCD, in support of

Illinois' October 16, 1997, submittal.

Title I, section 107(d)(3)(D) of the amended Act and the general

preamble to Title I [57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992)], allow the Governor

of a State to request the redesignation of an area from nonattainment

to attainment. The criteria used to review redesignation requests are

derived from the Act, general preamble, and the following policy and

guidance memoranda from the Director of the Air Quality Management

Division to the Regional Air Directors, September 4, 1992, Procedures

for Processing Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment. An area can

be redesignated to attainment if the following conditions are met:

1. The area has attained the applicable NAAQS;

2. The area has a fully approved SIP under section 110(k) of the

Act;

3. The air quality improvement must be permanent and enforceable;

4. The area has met all relevant requirements under section 110 and

Part D of the Act; and,

5. The area must have a fully approved maintenance plan pursuant to

section 175A of the Act.

On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed to disapprove Illinois request

to redesignate the Granite City PM nonattainment area to attainment

based on the fact that the area did not have a fully approved SIP.

Based on Illinois' October 16, 1997, submittal, the EPA is now fully

approving the SIP for the Granite City area, as well as the

redesignation request and maintenance plan.

II. Analysis of State Submittal

Only the issue involving the coke oven combustion stacks and the

redesignation criteria will be discussed in this notice. For a

discussion of how Illinois addressed the other noted deficiencies, see

the July 22, 1997, proposed partial approval notice (62 FR 39199).

Because coke oven operations are generally covered by special

opacity limits, Illinois' SIP exempts coke oven sources from the

statewide 30 percent opacity limit. This State exemption was approved

by EPA on September 3, 1981. It was later realized that this exemption

left coke oven combustion stacks without an opacity limit. Coke oven

combustion stacks in Illinois are subject to grain loading limits which

require stack tests for compliance determinations. Because stack tests

can take months to perform and only last a few hours, an opacity limit,

for which compliance can be determined by visual observations, is

needed to ensure continuous compliance. This deficiency was cited in

the November 18, 1994,

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conditional approval of Illinois' PM nonattainment area SIP submittal.

In response to the conditional approval of Illinois' PM plan, the

State adopted a 30 percent opacity limit for coke oven combustion

stacks. However, this rule also includes an exemption for ``when a leak

between any coke oven and the oven's vertical or crossover flue(s) is

being repaired * * *'' for up to 3 hours per repair. The EPA believes

this rule is unacceptable. (See 62 FR 39199.)

In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a revised

construction and operating permit for GCD. The permit, which was issued

on October 21, 1997, includes a 30 percent opacity limit, and states

that coke oven combustion stacks at GCD are not covered by the repair

opacity exemption in 35 IAC 212.443(g)(2). GCD is the only source in

the Granite City nonattainment area which would have been covered by

the repair exemption, and this permit eliminates the exemption for GCD.

Since there are now no coke oven combustion stacks in the nonattainment

area without enforceable opacity limits, this deficiency has been

corrected for the Granite City nonattainment area. The issue of the

repair exemption rule as it applies to the remainder of the State will

be addressed in subsequent rulemaking actions.

Under cover letters dated March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, the

State submitted a redesignation request for the Granite City PM

nonattainment area. A public hearing was held on May 6, 1996.

All five of the redesignation criteria given under section

107(d)(3)(E) of the Clean Air Act must be satisfied in order for the

EPA to redesignate an area from nonattainment to attainment. (See the

Background section of this notice.) The following is a description of

how the State's redesignation request meets these requirements.

1. Attainment of the PM NAAQS

According to EPA guidance, the demonstration that the area has

attained the PM NAAQS involves submittal of ambient air quality data

from an ambient air monitoring network representing peak PM

concentrations, which should be recorded in the Aerometric Information

Retrieval System (AIRS). The area must show that the average annual

number of expected exceedances of the 24-hour PM standard is less than

or equal to 1.0, and that the annual arithmetic mean concentration is

less than or equal to 50 micrograms per cubic meter, pursuant to 40 CFR

Part 50, section 50.6. The data must represent the most recent three

consecutive years of complete ambient air quality monitoring data

collected in accordance with EPA methodologies.

The IEPA operates four PM monitoring sites in the nonattainment

area. Illinois submitted ambient air quality data from the monitoring

sites which demonstrates that the area has attained the PM NAAQS. This

air quality data was verified in AIRS. Quality assurance procedures are

a component of the AIRS data entry process. No exceedance of the 24-

hour or annual PM NAAQS has been measured since 1990. Therefore, the

State has adequately demonstrated, through ambient air quality data,

that the PM NAAQS have been attained in the Granite City PM

nonattainment area.

2. State Implementation Plan Approval

Those States containing initial moderate PM nonattainment areas

were required to submit a SIP by November 15, 1991, which implemented

reasonably available control measures (RACM) by December 10, 1993, and

demonstrated attainment of the PM NAAQS by December 31, 1994. Illinois

submitted the required SIP revision for the Granite City PM

nonattainment areas to EPA on May 15, 1992. On May 25, 1994, the EPA

proposed to conditionally approve the SIP. Final conditional approval

was published on November 18, 1994, and became effective on December

19, 1994. The final conditional approval allowed the State until

November 20, 1995, to correct five stated deficiencies. Illinois made

submittals to meet the commitments related to the conditional approval

on November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and

October 16, 1997. On July 22, 1997, the EPA proposed limited approval,

limited disapproval of the SIP revision request submitted by Illinois

to meet the conditions of the May 18, 1994, conditional approval

requirements. In an October 16, 1997, letter, Illinois submitted a

revised construction and operating permit for GCD. This permit

corrected the final deficiency, and the EPA is, in this notice, fully

approving the SIP for the Granite City PM nonattainment area.

3. Improvement in Air Quality Due to Permanent and Enforceable Measures

The State must be able to reasonably attribute the improvement in

air quality to permanent and enforceable emission reductions. In making

this showing, the State must demonstrate that air quality improvements

are the result of actual enforceable emission reductions.

The PM dispersion modeling conducted as part of the Granite City PM

SIP predicted that the control measures included in the SIP were

sufficient to provide for attainment and maintenance of the PM NAAQS.

The State has adequately demonstrated that the improvement in air

quality is due to permanent and enforceable emission reductions of PM

as a result of implementing the federally enforceable control measures

in the SIP.

4. Meeting Applicable Requirements of Section 110 and Part D of the Act

To be redesignated to attainment, section 107(d)(3)(E) requires

that an area must have met all applicable requirements of section 110

and part D of title I of the Act. The EPA interprets this to mean that

for a redesignation request to be approved, the State must have met all

requirements that applied to the subject area prior to or at the time

of a complete redesignation request.

A. Section 110 Requirements

Section 110(a)(2) contains general requirements for nonattainment

plans. For purposes of redesignation, the Illinois SIP was reviewed to

ensure that all applicable requirements under the amended Act were

satisfied. Many of these requirements were met with Illinois' May 15,

1992 submittal. The EPA proposed conditional approval of the SIP at

that time because certain requirements had not been met. With the

November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and

October 16, 1997, submittals Illinois has corrected the deficiencies in

the May 15, 1992 submittal, and the EPA is, in this notice, fully

approving the Granite City PM SIP under Section 110.

B. Part D Requirements

Before a PM nonattainment area may be redesignated to attainment,

the State must have fulfilled the applicable requirements of part D.

Subpart 1 of part D establishes the general requirements applicable to

all nonattainment areas and subpart 4 of part D establishes specific

requirements applicable to PM nonattainment areas.

The requirements of sections 172(c) and 189(a) for providing for

attainment of the PM NAAQS, and the requirements of section 172(c) for

requiring reasonable further progress, imposition of RACM, the adoption

of contingency measures, and the submission of an emission inventory

have been satisfied through today's direct final approval of the

Granite City PM SIP, the July 13, 1995, approval of the Illinois PM

contingency measures SIP (60 FR 36060), and the demonstration that the

area is now attaining the standard. The

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requirements of the Part D--New Source Review (NSR) permit program will

be replaced by the Part C--Prevention of Significant Deterioration

(PSD) program once the area has been redesignated. However, in order to

ensure that the PSD program will become fully effective immediately

upon redesignation, either the State must be delegated the Federal PSD

program or the State must make any needed modifications to its rules to

have the approved PSD program apply to the affected area upon

redesignation. The PSD program was delegated to the State of Illinois

on January 29, 1981 (46 FR 9584).

5. Fully Approved Maintenance Plan Under Section 175A of the Act

Section 175A of the Act requires states that submit a redesignation

request for a nonattainment area under section 107(d) to include a

maintenance plan to ensure that the attainment of the NAAQS for any

pollutant is maintained. The plan must demonstrate continued attainment

of the applicable NAAQS for at least ten years after the approval of a

redesignation to attainment. Eight years after the redesignation, the

State must submit a revised maintenance plan demonstrating attainment

for the ten years following the initial ten year period.

The State of Illinois adequately demonstrated attainment and

maintenance of the PM NAAQS through the dispersion modeling submitted

as part of the SIP. Since emissions in the area are not expected to

increase substantially in the next 10 years, that initial attainment

demonstration is still adequate. Also, the State has indicated that

industries in the area are currently operating at about 30 percent of

the emissions allowed under their SIP, so even if production should

increase, emissions would likely not exceed the amounts used to

demonstrate attainment of the NAAQS. Also, emissions from any new

sources would be restricted by PSD requirements.

Once an area has been redesignated, the State must continue to

operate an appropriate air quality monitoring network, in accordance

with 40 CFR Part 58, to verify the attainment status of the area. The

maintenance plan should contain provisions for continued operation of

air quality monitors that will provide such verification. Illinois

operates four PM air monitoring sites in the nonattainment area. These

sites are approved annually by the EPA, and any future change would

require discussion with EPA. In its submittal, the State commits to

continue to operate the PM monitoring station to demonstrate ongoing

compliance with the PM NAAQS.

Section 175A of the Act also requires that a maintenance plan

include contingency provisions, as necessary, to promptly correct any

violation of the NAAQS that occurs after redesignation of the area.

These contingency measures are distinguished from those generally

required for nonattainment areas under section 172(c)(9). However, if

the contingency measures in a nonattainment SIP have not been

implemented to attain the standards and they include a requirement that

the State will implement all of the PM control measures which were

contained in the SIP before redesignation to attainment, then they can

be carried over into the area's maintenance plan.

Under a cover letter dated July 29, 1994, IEPA submitted a State

Rule to satisfy the contingency measures requirements specified in

section 172(c)(9) for the Granite City PM nonattainment area, among

others. This rule is eligible to also be used as the section 175A

contingency measures, because the State was able to attain the PM NAAQS

with the limitations and control measures already contained in the SIP.

On July 13, 1995, the EPA approved the rule into the Illinois SIP in a

direct final rulemaking (60 FR 36060), which became effective on

September 11, 1995.

Section 179(a) of the amended Act states that if the Administrator

finds that a State has failed to make a required submission, finds that

a SIP or SIP revision submitted by the State does not satisfy the

minimum criteria established under section 110(k) of the amended Act,

or disapproves a SIP submission in whole or in part, unless the

deficiency has been corrected within 18 months after the finding, one

of the sanctions referred to in section 179(b) of the amended Act shall

apply until the Administrator determines that the State has come into

compliance. (Pursuant to 40 CFR 52.31, the first sanction shall be a

sanction requiring 2 to 1 offsets, in the absence of a case-specific

selection otherwise.) If the deficiency has not been corrected within 6

months of the selection of the first sanction, the second sanction

under section 179(b) shall also apply. In addition, section 110(c) of

the Act requires promulgation of a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP)

within 2 years after the finding or disapproval, as discussed above,

unless the State corrects the deficiency and the SIP is approved before

the FIP is promulgated.

On December 17, 1991, a letter was sent to the Governor of Illinois

notifying him that the EPA was making a finding that the State of

Illinois had failed to submit a PM SIP for the Granite City

nonattainment area. This letter triggered both the sanctions and FIP

processes as explained above. Illinois submitted a PM SIP revision for

the nonattainment area on May 15, 1992, and in an April 30, 1993,

letter to the State the EPA informed the State that the SIP was

determined to be complete. Therefore, the deficiency which started the

sanctions and FIP processes was corrected, and the sanctions process

ended. The FIP process, however, was not stopped by the correction of

the deficiency and EPA was to promulgate a FIP within 2 years of the

failure-to-submit letter (or December 17, 1993), unless a PM SIP for

the nonattainment area was finally approved before then.

On November 18, 1994, the EPA conditionally approved the SIP. The

final conditional approval allowed the State until November 20, 1995,

to correct the five stated deficiencies. Conditional approval does not

start a new sanctions process, unless the state fails to make a

submittal to address the deficiencies, makes an incomplete submittal,

or the submittal is ultimately disapproved. Illinois made a submittal

to meet the commitments related to the conditional approval on November

14, 1995. Supplemental information was submitted on May 9, 1996, June

14, 1996, February 3, 1997, and October 16, 1997. This submittal became

complete by operation of law on May 14, 1996. No sanctions process is

currently running. Upon full approval of the Granite City PM plan, FIP

liability will also end.

III. Final Rulemaking Action

Illinois has corrected all of the deficiencies listed in the

November 18, 1994, conditional approval as they relate to the Granite

City PM nonattainment area. Because Illinois has met all of the

commitments of the conditional approval, the EPA is approving the plan

for the Granite City PM nonattainment area.

The EPA is also approving Illinois' March 19, 1996, and October 15,

1996, maintenance plan and request to redesignate the Granite City area

to attainment for PM because all requirements for redesignation have

been met, as discussed above.

The EPA is publishing this action without prior proposal because

EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates no

adverse comments. However, in a separate document in this Federal

Register publication, the EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revisions

should written adverse or critical comments be filed. This action will

be effective on

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May 11, 1998 unless, by April 10, 1998, adverse or critical written

comments are received.

If the EPA receives such comments, this action will be withdrawn

before the effective date by publishing a subsequent rulemaking that

will withdraw the final action. All public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this action serving as a

proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment period on

this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should

do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public is

advised that this action will be effective on May 11, 1998.

Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting, allowing

or establishing a precedent for any future request for revision to any

SIP. Each request for revision to the SIP shall be considered

separately in light of specific technical, economic, and environmental

factors and in relation to relevant statutory and regulatory

requirements.

IV. Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this regulatory

action from Executive Order 12866 review.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et seq., EPA

must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of

any proposed or final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.

Alternatively, EPA may certify that the rule will not have a

significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small

entities include small businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises,

and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than

50,000.

Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, I

certify that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities. This Federal action approves pre-

existing requirements under federal, State or local law, and imposes no

new requirements on any entity affected by this rule, including small

entities. Therefore, these amendments will not have a significant

impact on a substantial number of small entities.

C. Unfunded Mandates

Under Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995,

signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA must undertake various actions

in association with any proposed or final rule that includes a Federal

mandate that may result in estimated costs to state, local, or tribal

governments in the aggregate; or to the private sector, of $100 million

or more. This Federal action approves pre-existing requirements under

state or local law, and imposes no new requirements. Accordingly, no

additional costs to state, local, or tribal governments, or the private

sector, result from this action.

D. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(a), as amended by the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted a report

containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate,

the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the

General Accounting Office prior to publication of the rule in today's

Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5

U.S.C. 804(2).

E. Petitions for Judicial Review

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 May 11, 1998. Filing a

petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule

does not affect the finality of this rule 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), 42

U.S.C. 7607(b)(2)).

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by

reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

40 CFR Part 81

Air Pollution control, National parks, Wilderness areas.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, chapter I, title 40 of the

Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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

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

Subpart O--Illinois

2. Section 52.720 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(141) to read

as follows:

Sec. 52.720 Identification of plan.

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(c) * * *

(141) On November 14, 1995, May 9, 1996, June 14, 1996, and

February 3, 1997, October 16, 1997, and October 21, 1997, the State of

Illinois submitted State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision requests to

meet commitments related to the conditional approval of Illinois' May

15, 1992, SIP submittal for the Lake Calumet (SE Chicago), McCook, and

Granite City, Illinois, Particulate Matter (PM) nonattainment areas.

The EPA is approving the portion of the SIP revision request that

applies to the Granite City area. The SIP revision request corrects,

for the Granite City PM nonattainment area, all of the deficiencies of

the May 15, 1992, submittal.

(i) Incorporation by reference. (A) Illinois Administrative Code

Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle B: Air Pollution, Chapter

1: Pollution Control Board, Subchapter c: Emission Standards and

Limitations for Stationary Sources, Part 212: Visible and Particulate

Matter Emissions, Subpart A: General, Sections 212.107, 212.108,

212.109, 212.110; Subpart L: Particulate Matter from Process Emission

Sources, Section 212.324; Subpart N: Food Manufacturing, Section

212.362; Subpart Q: Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Manufacturing,

Section 212.425; Subpart R: Primary and Fabricated Metal Products and

Machinery Manufacture, Sections 212.446, 212.458; Subpart S:

Agriculture, Section 212.464. Adopted at 20 Illinois Register 7605,

effective May 22, 1996.

(B) Joint Construction and Operating Permit: Application Number

95010005, Issued on October 21, 1997, to Granite City Division of

National Steel Corporation.

3. Section 52.725 is amended by adding paragraph (e) to read as

follows:

Sec. 52.725 Control Strategy: Particulates.

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(e) Approval--On March 19, 1996, and October 15, 1996, Illinois

submitted requests to redesignate the Granite City Particulate Matter

(PM) nonattainment area to attainment status for the PM National

Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), as well as a maintenance plan

for the Granite City area to ensure continued attainment of the NAAQS.

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The redesignation request and maintenance plan satisfy all applicable

requirements of the Clean Air Act.

PART 81--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

2. In Sec. 81.314, the table entitled ``Illinois PM-10'' is amended

by revising the entry for ``Madison County'' to read as follows:

Sec. 81.314 Illinois.

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Illinois--PM-10

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Designation Classification

Designated area ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Date Type Date Type

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Madison County Granite City Township and 5/11/98 Attainment............................... ........... .........................................

Nameoki Township.

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