Relaxation of the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) Gasoline Volatility Standard for the Atlanta RVP Area |
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Andrew R. Wheeler
Environmental Protection Agency
20 September 2019
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49470-49475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19986]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 80
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0836; FRL-9999-87-OAR]
RIN 2060-AU43
Relaxation of the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) Gasoline
Volatility Standard for the Atlanta RVP Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to approve a request from Georgia for EPA to relax the federal
Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standard applicable to gasoline introduced
into commerce from June 1 to September 15 of each year for the
following Georgia counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb,
Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and
Rockdale (the Atlanta RVP Area). Specifically, EPA is approving
amendments to the regulations to allow the gasoline RVP standard for
the Atlanta RVP Area to change from 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) to
9.0 psi. EPA has determined that this change to the federal RVP
regulation is consistent with the applicable provisions of the Clean
Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This final rule is effective on October 21, 2019.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0836. All documents in the docket are listed on the
https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some
information may not be 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
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available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials
are available electronically through https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dickinson, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-
9256; email address: dickinson.david@epa.gov, or Rudolph Kapichak,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection
Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number:
(734) 214-4574; email address: kapichak.rudolph@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The contents of this preamble are listed in
the following outline:
I. General Information
II. Action Being Taken
III. History of the Gasoline Volatility Requirement
IV. EPA's Policy Regarding Relaxation of Gasoline Volatility
Standards in Ozone Nonattainment Areas That Are Redesignated as
Attainment Areas
V. Georgia's Request To Relax the Federal Gasoline Requirement for
the Atlanta RVP Area
VI. Response to Comments
VII. Final Action
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
Entities potentially affected by this rule are fuel producers and
distributors involved in supplying gasoline to the Atlanta RVP Area.
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Examples of potentially regulated entities NAICS \1\ codes
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Petroleum Refineries...................... 324110.
Gasoline Marketers and Distributors....... 424710; 424720.
Gasoline Retail Stations.................. 447110.
Gasoline Transporters..................... 484220; 484230.
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The above table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated
by this action. The table lists the types of entities of which EPA is
aware that potentially could be affected by this rule. Other types of
entities not listed on the table could also be affected. To determine
whether your organization could be affected by this rule, you should
carefully examine the regulations in 40 CFR 80.27. If you have
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, call the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this preamble.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
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B. What is EPA's authority for taking this action?
The statutory authority for this action is granted to EPA by
sections 211(h) and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended; 42
U.S.C. 7545(h) and 7601(a).
II. Action Being Taken
This final rule approves a request from the state of Georgia to
change the federal RVP gasoline standard during the summer ozone season
that runs from June 1 to September 15 of each year for the Atlanta RVP
Area. Specifically, this final rule amends EPA's regulations at 40 CFR
80.27(a)(2) to relax the federal summertime RVP standard from 7.8 psi
to 9.0 psi for the Georgia counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding,
and Rockdale (the Atlanta RVP Area). This action finalizes EPA's May
14, 2019 proposal which was subject to public notice and comment (84 FR
21305). As a result of this final rule the gasoline in the Atlanta RVP
Area will no longer be subject to the federal RVP summertime fuel
standard of 7.8 psi and instead be subject to a federal standard of 9.0
psi, starting on June 1, 2020, and thereafter.
The preamble for this rulemaking is organized as follows: Section
III provides the history of the federal gasoline volatility regulation;
Section IV describes the policy regarding relaxation of volatility
standards in ozone nonattainment areas that are redesignated as
attainment areas; Section V provides information specific to Georgia's
request for the 13 counties addressed by this action; Section VI
provides a response to the comments EPA received; and Section VII
presents the final action in response to Georgia's request.
III. History of the Gasoline Volatility Requirement
On August 19, 1987 (52 FR 31274), EPA determined that gasoline
nationwide was becoming increasingly volatile, causing an increase in
evaporative emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles and equipment.
Evaporative emissions from gasoline, referred to as volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), are precursors to the formation of tropospheric ozone
and contribute to the nation's ground-level ozone problem. Exposure to
ground-level ozone can reduce lung function, thereby aggravating asthma
and other respiratory conditions, increase susceptibility to
respiratory infection, and may contribute to premature death in people
with heart and lung disease.
The most common measure of fuel volatility that is useful in
evaluating gasoline evaporative emissions is RVP. Under CAA section
211(c), EPA promulgated regulations on March 22, 1989 (54 FR 11868)
that set maximum limits for the RVP of gasoline sold during the
regulatory control periods that were established on a state-by-state
basis in that final rule. The regulatory control periods addressed the
portion of the year when peak ozone concentrations were expected. These
regulations constituted Phase I of a two-phase nationwide program,
which was designed to reduce the volatility of gasoline during the high
ozone season. On June 11, 1990 (55 FR 23658), EPA promulgated more
stringent volatility controls as Phase II of the volatility control
program. These requirements established maximum RVP standards of 9.0
psi or 7.8 psi (depending on the state, the month, and the area's
initial ozone attainment designation with respect to the 1-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)).
The 1990 CAA Amendments established a new CAA section 211(h) to
address fuel volatility. CAA section 211(h) requires EPA to promulgate
regulations making it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, dispense,
supply, offer for supply, transport, or introduce into commerce
gasoline with an RVP level in excess of 9.0 psi during the high ozone
season (as defined by EPA in 40 CFR 80.27(a)(2)(ii)). CAA section
211(h) also prohibits EPA from establishing a volatility standard more
stringent than 9.0 psi in an attainment area, except that EPA may
impose a lower (more stringent) standard in any former ozone
nonattainment area redesignated to attainment.
On December 12, 1991 (56 FR 64704), EPA modified the Phase II
volatility regulations to be consistent with CAA section 211(h). The
modified regulations prohibited the sale of gasoline with an RVP above
9.0 psi in all areas designated attainment for ozone, effective January
13, 1992. For areas designated as nonattainment, the regulations
retained the original Phase II standards published on June 11, 1990 (55
FR 23658), which included the 7.8 psi ozone season limitation for
certain areas. As stated in the preamble to the Phase II volatility
controls and reiterated in the proposed change to the volatility
standards published in 1991, EPA will rely on states to initiate
changes to their respective volatility programs. EPA's policy for
approving
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such changes is described below in Section IV of this preamble.
The state of Georgia initiated the change being finalized in this
action by requesting that EPA relax the 7.8 psi RVP standard to 9.0 psi
for the counties of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas,
Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and Rockdale. See
Section V of this preamble for information specific to Georgia's
request.
IV. EPA's Policy Regarding Relaxation of Gasoline Volatility Standards
in Ozone Nonattainment Areas That Are Redesignated as Attainment Areas
As stated in the preamble for EPA's amended Phase II volatility
standards (56 FR 64706, December 12, 1991), any change in the gasoline
volatility standard for a nonattainment area that was subsequently
redesignated as an attainment area must be accomplished through a
separate rulemaking that revises the applicable standard for that area.
Thus, for former 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas where EPA mandated a
Phase II volatility standard of 7.8 psi RVP in the December 12, 1991
rulemaking, the federal 7.8 psi gasoline RVP requirement remains in
effect, even after such an area is redesignated to attainment, until a
separate rulemaking is completed that relaxes the federal summertime
RVP standard in that area from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi.
As explained in the December 12, 1991 rulemaking, EPA believes that
relaxation of an applicable gasoline RVP standard is best accomplished
in conjunction with the redesignation process. In order for an ozone
nonattainment area to be redesignated as an attainment area, CAA
section 107(d)(3) requires the state to make a showing, pursuant to CAA
section 175A, that the area is capable of maintaining attainment for
the ozone NAAQS for ten years. Depending on the area's circumstances,
this maintenance plan will either demonstrate that the area is capable
of maintaining attainment for ten years without the more stringent
volatility standard or that the more stringent volatility standard may
be necessary for the area to maintain its attainment with the ozone
NAAQS. Therefore, in the context of a request for redesignation, EPA
will not relax the gasoline volatility standard unless the state
requests a relaxation and the maintenance plan demonstrates that the
area will maintain attainment for ten years without the need for the
more stringent volatility standard. Similarly, a maintenance plan may
be revised to relax the gasoline volatility standard if the state
requests a relaxation and the maintenance plan demonstrates that the
area will maintain attainment for its duration.
At proposal, EPA considered the applicability of its longstanding
policy and practice of approving RVP relaxations in areas that are
either designated attainment or have been redesignated to attainment
for all relevant ozone NAAQS. Given that a portion of the Atlanta RVP
Area is a designated nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS, EPA
proposed to approve relaxation of the federal 7.8 psi RVP standard in
areas that are designated as nonattainment.\2\ In doing so, and as
explained in the NPRM, EPA considered Agency practices and policy for
the approval of requests from states to opt out of reformulated
gasoline (RFG) and removal of state fuel regulations from approved
SIPs. In these kinds of approvals, EPA typically considers whether a
subject state has demonstrated that the relevant area will be able to
attain the ozone NAAQS by the attainment date without relying on
emissions reductions from either RFG or the state fuel regulation. EPA
received no comments on extending this demonstration of non-
interference with the timely attainment of the applicable NAAQS to
approving requests for federal RVP relaxation in nonattainment areas.
Therefore, while EPA continues to believe that relaxation of an
applicable gasoline RVP standard is best accomplished in conjunction
with the redesignation process or in the context of a maintenance plan
for an area, EPA will now also evaluate whether the relaxation of the
federal RVP standard in a nonattainment area is appropriate by applying
similar considerations for the approval of state requests to opt out of
RFG and remove state fuel regulations from approved SIPs.
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\2\ 84 FR 21305 (May 14, 2019).
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V. Georgia's Request To Relax the Federal Gasoline RVP Requirement for
the Atlanta RVP Area
On August 15, 2018, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
submitted a request to relax the federal gasoline RVP requirement in
the Atlanta RVP Area. Georgia did not request relaxation of the federal
RVP standard from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi when it originally submitted the
CAA section 175A maintenance plan for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS,
which EPA approved on June 2, 2017 (82. FR 25523).\3\ Since then, EPA
also designated a portion of the Atlanta RVP Area as nonattainment for
the 2015 ozone NAAQS.\4\ Therefore, Georgia was required to demonstrate
that relaxing the federal RVP requirement from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi would
not interfere with the maintenance of any NAAQS, including a revised
maintenance plan for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS area and with the
timely attainment of the seven county 2015 ozone NAAQS area, and to
submit a CAA section 110(l) non-interference demonstration for the
Atlanta RVP Area to support the request to relax the federal summertime
RVP standard.
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\3\ The 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area includes the
following counties: Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb,
Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Pauling,
and Rockdale. The 13-county Atlanta RVP Area covered by the federal
RVP requirement includes the same counties with the exception of
Bartow and Newton Counties.
\4\ EPA designated seven counties in the Atlanta RVP Area as
nonattainment for the 2015 ozone NAAQS, the seven counties are:
Bartow, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, and Henry. (See 83
FR 25776, June 4, 2018).
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The State's August 15, 2018 submittal included a request to relax
the federal RVP requirement in the Atlanta RVP Area, the CAA section
175A maintenance plan revision, and section 110(l) non-interference
demonstration. The non-interference demonstration shows that the
relaxation would not interfere with the maintenance of the 2008 ozone
NAAQS for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area or any other
applicable CAA requirement, including timely attainment of the 2015
ozone NAAQS. EPA finalized its approval of the maintenance plan
revision and demonstration on April 23, 2019 (84 FR 16786). As part of
the that rulemaking, EPA included an evaluation of Georgia's CAA
section 110(l) demonstration for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS
maintenance area and the seven-county 2015 ozone NAAQS nonattainment
area (including the additional control measures incorporated into the
SIP to ensure timely attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS).\5\ EPA
received no adverse comments on our proposed approval of Georgia's CAA
section 110(l) demonstration. In addition, our proposed relaxation of
the federal summertime RVP standard in the Atlanta RVP Area did not
reopen that rulemaking.
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VI. Response to Comments
EPA received the following three comments on its May 14, 2019
proposal to relax the federal summertime RVP standard from 7.8 psi to
9.0 psi for the Atlanta RVP Area. Two of these comments were related to
the proposal, and EPA has responded to them below.
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EPA also received one comment that was not related to any of the issues
addressed in the proposal and EPA's response is provided below.
Comment: EPA received two comments that expressed a general concern
over whether EPA should establish the effective date (compliance date)
for this final rule as the publication date of the final rule in the
Federal Register. The compliance date is the date that 9.0 psi RVP
gasoline may be introduced into commerce in the Atlanta RVP Area. Both
commenters noted that a relaxation during the middle of the summer fuel
season without adequate notice would subject fuel retailers and
marketers to suffer significant financial losses due to the nature of
the fuel supply distribution system and in some instances a longer
period of time to switch over to the less expensive federal 9.0 psi RVP
gasoline. The commenters opined that EPA should provide for market
stability by either making the RVP relaxation effective after the end
of the federal summertime RVP control period (i.e., September 15th) or
90 days after the final rule is published.
Response: EPA acknowledges that a change in a fuel specification
may typically take a number of weeks or months to be fully realized or
implemented throughout an entire area such as the Atlanta RVP area. EPA
also did not receive any public comments that supported an immediate
effective or compliance date of the final rule (e.g., the federal RVP
relaxation to occur during the 2019 summer high ozone season, which
began on June 1, 2019). Although this action provides regulatory
flexibility and relief from a more stringent and expensive requirement,
EPA believes that regulated parties will not necessarily experience
such relief equally, or within the same time period and as a matter of
normal business practices as described in the submitted comments. As a
result, EPA is setting a compliance date of June 1, 2020, which is when
the next federal summertime RVP standard period commences.
Comment: EPA received another comment concerning the impact of the
1.0 psi RVP waiver that is provided to gasoline containing 10 percent
ethanol and 15 percent ethanol (E10 and E15, respectively). The
commenter expressed several concerns with the 1.0 psi waiver, such as
an increase in ozone precursor emissions. The commenter states that a
uniform RVP cap of 9.0 psi for summer gasoline would simplify fuel
markets, result in protective level of emissions over wide geographic
areas and avoid competitive issues where different fuels are required.
Response: The commenter's general concerns with the national 1.0
psi waiver for gasoline containing 10 to 15 percent ethanol are beyond
the scope of this rulemaking.\6\ In this rulemaking, EPA is merely
revising the federal summertime RVP standard for the Atlanta RVP Area
pursuant to a request from the State. In addition, the State supported
its request with the demonstration that the area will continue to
maintain the 2008 ozone NAAQS, and that the RVP change will not
interfere with timely attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS or any other
CAA requirement.
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\6\ EPA has revised its interpretation of CAA section 211(h)(4)
to apply the 1.0 psi waiver to E15 (see 84 FR 26980 (June 10,
2019)).
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VII. Final Action
EPA is taking final action to approve Georgia's request for the
Agency to relax the federal summertime RVP standard applicable to
gasoline introduced into commerce from June 1 to September 15 of each
year for the Atlanta RVP Area. Specifically, this action revises the
applicable federal RVP standard from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi provided at 40
CFR 80.27(a)(2) for the Georgia counties of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb,
Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry,
Paulding, and Rockdale. This approval is based on Georgia's August 15,
2018 request and EPA's final determination in its April 23, 2019 final
rule, that the State, as required by CAA section 110(l), made an
adequate demonstration to show that relaxation of this federal
requirement would not interfere with maintenance of the 2008 ozone
NAAQS in the Atlanta RVP Area, and is consistent with other CAA
requirements including timely attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS.
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the
terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and
therefore was not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review.
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
This action is considered an Executive Order 13771 deregulatory
action. This rule provides meaningful burden reduction because it
relaxes the federal RVP standard for gasoline, and as a result, fuel
suppliers will no longer be required to provide the lower, 7.8 psi RVP
gasoline in the Atlanta RVP Area during the summer months. Relaxing the
federal volatility requirements is also beneficial because this action
can improve the fungibility of gasoline by allowing the gasoline sold
in the Atlanta RVP Area to be identical to the fuel sold in the
remainder of the state.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
This action does not impose any new information collection burden
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq., and therefore is not subject to these requirements.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. In
making this determination, the impact of concern is any significant
adverse economic impact on small entities. An agency may certify that a
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities if the rule relieves regulatory burden, has no
net burden or otherwise has a positive economic effect on the small
entities subject to the rule. The small entities subject to the
requirements of this action are refiners, importers, or blenders of
gasoline that choose to produce or import low RVP gasoline for sale in
Georgia, and gasoline distributers and retail stations in Georgia. This
action relaxes the federal summertime RVP standard for gasoline sold in
Georgia's Atlanta RVP Area during the summertime high ozone season to
allow the RVP for gasoline sold in these counties to rise from 7.8 psi
to 9.0 psi. This rule does not impose any requirements or create
impacts on small entities beyond those, if any, already required by or
resulting from the CAA section 211(h) RVP program. Therefore, this
action will have no net regulatory burden for all directly regulated
small entities.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This rule does not contain an unfunded mandate of $100 million or
more as described in the UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The action
implements mandates that are specifically and explicitly set forth in
CAA section 211(h) without the exercise of any policy discretion by
EPA.
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F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This rule
affects only those refiners, importers, or blenders of gasoline that
choose to produce or import low RVP gasoline for sale in the Atlanta
RVP Area and gasoline distributers and retail stations in the Atlanta
RVP Area. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks
that EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect children,
per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in section 2-202 of
the Executive Order. EPA has no reason to believe that this action may
disproportionately affect children since Georgia has provided evidence
that a relaxation of the federal summertime RVP standard will not
interfere with its attainment of the ozone NAAQS for the Atlanta RVP
Area, or any other applicable CAA requirement. By separate action, EPA
has finalized its approval of Georgia's revised maintenance plan for
the 2008 ozone NAAQS, including the state's non-interference
demonstration that relaxation of the gasoline RVP standard in the
Atlanta RVP Area to 9.0 psi RVP will not interfere with any other
NAAQS, including the 2015 ozone NAAQS, or CAA requirement.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 because it is
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
J. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
EPA believes the human health or environmental risk addressed by
this action will not have potential disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects on minority, low-income, or
indigenous populations because it does not affect the applicable ozone
NAAQS (i.e., the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS), which establish the level
of protection provided to human health or the environment. Georgia has
demonstrated in its non-interference demonstration that this action
will not interfere with maintenance of the ozone NAAQS in the Atlanta
RVP Area for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area, or with
any other applicable requirement of the CAA including timely attainment
of the 2015 ozone NAAQS.
Therefore, disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority or low-income populations are not an
anticipated result. The results of this evaluation are contained in
EPA's rulemaking for Georgia's non-interference demonstration (84 FR
16786, April 23, 2019). A copy of Georgia's August 15, 2018 letter
requesting that EPA relax the federal summertime RVP standard,
including the technical analysis demonstrating that the less stringent
gasoline RVP will not interfere with continued maintenance of the 2008
ozone NAAQS in the Atlanta RVP Area, or with any other applicable CAA
requirement, including timely attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS, have
been placed in the public docket for this action.
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and the EPA will submit a rule
report to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of
the United States. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 80
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedures,
Air pollution control, Fuel additives, Gasoline, Motor vehicle and
motor vehicle engines, Motor vehicle pollution, Penalties, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 9, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part
80 as follows:
PART 80--REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES
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1. The authority citation for part 80 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7521, 7542, 7545, and 7601(a).
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2. In Sec. 80.27, paragraph (a)(2)(ii) is amended in the table by
revising the entry for Georgia and adding footnote 13 to read as
follows:
Sec. 80.27 Controls and prohibitions on gasoline volatility.
(a) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) * * *
Applicable Standards \1\ 1992 and Subsequent Years
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State May June July August September
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Georgia \13\.................... 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
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\1\ Standards are expressed in pounds per square inch (psi).
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\13\ The federal standard for the Georgia counties of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,
Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and Rockdale from June 1 until September 15 in 1992 through 2019
was 7.8 psi.
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