Relaxation of the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) Gasoline Volatility Standard for the Atlanta RVP Area

Published date14 May 2019
Record Number2019-09929
SectionProposed rules
CourtEnvironmental Protection Agency
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 21305-21309]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-09929]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                40 CFR Part 80
                [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0836; FRL-9993-60-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: Proposed rule.
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                SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 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 proposing to amend the regulations to
                allow the RVP standard for the Atlanta RVP Area to change from 7.8
                pounds per square inch (psi) to 9.0 psi for gasoline. EPA has
                preliminarily determined that this change to the federal RVP regulation
                is consistent with the applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act
                (CAA).
                DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 13, 2019
                unless a public hearing is requested by May 29, 2019. If EPA receives
                such a request, we will publish information related to the timing and
                location of the hearing and a new deadline for public comment.
                ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
                OAR-2018-0836, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
                comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA
                may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit
                electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
                Information (CBI) or other information disclosure of which is
                restricted by statute. If you need to include CBI as part of your
                comment, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for instructions. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.)
                must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is
                considered the official comment and should include discussion of all
                points you wish to make.
                 For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
                policy, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit
                https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
                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; fax number: (202) 343-2804; email address:
                [email protected]. You may also contact Rudolph Kapichak, Office
                of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency,
                2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105; telephone number:
                (734) 214-4574; fax number: (734) 214-4052; email address:
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The contents of this preamble are listed in
                the following outline:
                I. General Information
                II. Public Participation
                III. Background and Proposal
                IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
                V. Legal Authority
                I. General Information
                A. Does this action apply to me?
                 Entities potentially affected by this proposed rule are fuel
                producers and distributors involved in the supplying of gasoline to
                Shelby County.
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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 proposed rule. Other
                types of entities not listed on the table could also be affected. To
                determine whether your organization could be affected by this proposed
                rule, you should carefully examine the regulations in 40 CFR 80.27. If
                you have questions regarding
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                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 the Agency'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 CAA, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 7545(h)
                and 7601(a).
                II. Public Participation
                 EPA will not hold a public hearing on this matter unless a request
                is received by the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                CONTACT section of this preamble by May 29, 2019. If EPA receives such
                a request, we will publish information related to the timing and
                location of the hearing and a new deadline for public comment.
                III. Background and Proposal
                A. Summary of the Proposal
                 EPA is proposing to approve a request from Georgia to change the
                summertime federal RVP standard for the Atlanta RVP Area from 7.8 psi
                to 9.0 psi by amending EPA's regulations at 40 CFR 80.27(a)(2). In a
                separate rulemaking, EPA has approved both a revised maintenance plan
                and CAA section 110(l) non-interference demonstration, which conclude
                that relaxing the federal RVP requirement from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi for
                gasoline sold from June 1 to September 15 of each year in the Atlanta
                RVP Area would not interfere with the maintenance of the ozone national
                ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and the maintenance of the other
                NAAQS, or with any other applicable CAA requirement. (See 84 FR 16786,
                April 23, 2019.)
                 On July 18, 2016, Georgia submitted a redesignation request and
                maintenance plan for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS, which EPA approved
                on June 2, 2017 (82 FR 25523).\2\ The maintenance plan included
                estimated emissions through 2030 and modeled 7.8 psi for the RVP
                requirements in the Atlanta RVP Area. Georgia did not, at that time,
                request the relaxation of the federal RVP requirements for the Atlanta
                RVP Area. Since then, EPA has also designated a portion of the Atlanta
                RVP Area as a nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS.\3\ More
                recently, Georgia requested a relaxation of the federal RVP
                requirements. This has necessitated a demonstration that relaxing the
                federal RVP requirement from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi for gasoline sold from
                June 1 to September 15 of each year in the Atlanta RVP Area would not
                interfere with maintenance of any NAAQS, including the 2008 and 2015
                ozone NAAQS, or any other applicable CAA requirement, under CAA section
                110(l). Therefore, by a subsequent rulemaking, EPA approved Georgia's
                non-interference demonstration and its related revised maintenance plan
                for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area. The subsequent
                rulemaking also approved Georgia's non-interference demonstration for
                the 7-county 2015 ozone NAAQS nonattainment area.\4\
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                 \2\ 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,
                Paulding, 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.
                 \3\ 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.)
                 \4\ EPA approved Georgia's non-interference demonstration and
                revised maintenance plan on April 23, 2019 (84 FR 16786).
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                 The preamble for this rulemaking is organized as follows: Section
                III.B. provides the history of the federal gasoline volatility
                regulation. Section III.C. describes the policy regarding relaxation of
                gasoline volatility standards. Section III.D. provides information
                specific to Georgia's request for the Atlanta RVP Area.
                B. 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 NAAQS attainment designation with respect to the 1-hour
                ozone NAAQS).
                 The 1990 CAA Amendments established 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. 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 NAAQS 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 such changes is described below in Section III.C.
                C. Relaxation of Gasoline Volatility Standards
                 EPA stated in the amended Phase II volatility standards (56 FR
                64706), that 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, the federal 7.8 psi
                gasoline RVP requirement remains in effect, even
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                after such an area is redesignated to attainment, until a separate
                rulemaking is completed that relaxes the federal gasoline 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
                NAAQS 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 the duration of the maintenance plan.
                 In the context of this rulemaking, EPA must consider 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. As previously
                explained, given that a portion of the Atlanta RVP Area is a designated
                nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS,\5\ EPA has also 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. With regard to state requests to opt
                out of RFG, EPA's RFG opt-out regulations allow for the approval of a
                state's request regardless of whether the area is either designated
                nonattainment or has been redesignated to attainment for the relevant
                ozone NAAQS (40 CFR 80.72). Further, EPA has approved the removal of
                state fuel regulations from an approved SIP where subject areas were
                designated nonattainment for an ozone NAAQS at the time of the
                action.\6\ EPA has extended these various practices and policy to
                Georgia's RVP relaxation request given that a portion of the Atlanta
                RVP Area is also designated as nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone
                NAAQS.\7\ Given past actions with respect to ozone NAAQS nonattainment
                areas, EPA is proposing to approve relaxations of the federal 7.8 psi
                RVP standard in areas that are designated as nonattainment.
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                 \5\ 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.)
                 \6\ For example, on December 20, 2018 (83 FR 65301), EPA
                approved the removal of Pennsylvania's regulation requiring the sale
                of gasoline with an RVP of 7.8 psi from June 1st to September 15th
                of each year in the Pittsburgh area, which is designated as a
                Marginal nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone NAAQS.
                 \7\ EPA designated seven counties in the Atlanta 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 primary requirement in approving RFG opt-out requests and SIP
                revisions to remove approved fuel regulations is that the subject state
                must demonstrate that the relevant area will be able to attain the
                ozone NAAQS by the required attainment date without relying on
                emissions reductions from RFG or the state fuel regulation. This has
                been accomplished by the state submitting and EPA approving a SIP
                revision that includes an appropriate CAA section 110(l) non-
                interference demonstration. In most cases, this has necessitated that
                the state SIP revision includes additional controls on emissions that
                will offset any increased emissions. The CAA section 110(l) requirement
                also applies to the relaxation of the federal 7.8 psi RVP limit.
                Therefore, where EPA approves a CAA section 110(l) non-interference
                demonstration associated with an RVP relaxation for an ozone NAAQS
                nonattainment area, EPA may approve a relaxation of the gasoline RVP
                limit from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi consistent with EPA's precedent to date.
                D. 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,
                Environmental Protection Division (Georgia or State), submitted a
                request to relax the federal gasoline RVP requirement in the Atlanta
                RVP Area. The State also submitted a CAA section 110(l) non-
                interference demonstration and revised maintenance plan for approval by
                EPA. The non-interference demonstration shows that the relaxation would
                not interfere with maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS for the 15-
                county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area or any other applicable CAA
                requirement, including the 2015 ozone NAAQS. As previously explained,
                Georgia did not request relaxation of the federal RVP standard from 7.8
                psi to 9.0 psi when the State originally submitted the CAA section 175A
                maintenance plan for the 2008 ozone NAAQS that was approved on June 2,
                2017 (82 FR 25523). Georgia's CAA section 110(l) non-interference
                demonstration for the 2015 ozone NAAQS demonstrated that timely
                attainment for the 2015 ozone NAAQS would not be delayed if the federal
                RVP standard was relaxed. This was accomplished by including additional
                controls that serve to reduce emissions to make up the emission
                reductions that are removed through the relaxation of the federal RVP
                limit from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi.
                 On April 23, 2019, EPA approved Georgia's August 15, 2018 request
                for a revised maintenance plan approval and its CAA section 110(l) non-
                interference demonstration. In that rulemaking, EPA included an
                evaluation of Georgia's CAA section 110(l) non-interference
                demonstration for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area and
                the 7-county 2015 ozone NAAQS nonattainment area (including the
                additional control measures incorporated into the SIP to ensure timely
                attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS).\8\ EPA received one comment on
                this rulemaking that supported EPA's approval of Georgia's request but
                conditioned the support based on EPA establishing a compliance date for
                the relaxation that would not disrupt the marketplace or negatively
                impact retailers and marketers. EPA noted that this comment was outside
                the scope of that rulemaking, which was related to the approval of a
                revised maintenance plan and CAA section 110(l) demonstration. The
                compliance date of a relaxation of the RVP limit would be established
                through this rulemaking, which, if finalized, will revise the RVP limit
                for the Atlanta area from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi.
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                 \8\ For further details, see 84 FR 16786 (April 23, 2019).
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                 In today's action, EPA is proposing to approve Georgia's request to
                relax the summertime ozone season federal RVP gasoline standard for the
                Atlanta RVP Area from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi. Specifically, EPA is
                proposing to amend the applicable standard to allow the gasoline RVP
                requirements at 40 CFR
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                80.27(a)(2) for the counties in the Atlanta RVP Area to change from 7.8
                psi to 9.0 psi. Today's proposal is based on Georgia's August 15, 2018
                submission of a CAA section 110(l) non-interference demonstration and
                maintenance plan revision, and EPA's April 23, 2019 approval of
                Georgia's submission.
                 EPA believes that a final rule that raises the RVP standard for
                gasoline from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi would be ``a substantive rule which .
                . . relieves a restriction'' within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1).
                Accordingly, EPA may decide to make the publication date of a final
                rule based on this proposal serve as the compliance date of the final
                rule.
                IV. 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 proposed rule, if finalized, would provide meaningful
                burden reduction because it would relax the federal RVP standard for
                gasoline, and as a result, fuel suppliers would no longer be required
                to provide the lower RVP gasoline in the Atlanta RVP Area during the
                summer months. Relaxing the volatility requirements would also be
                beneficial because this action, if finalized, could improve the
                fungibility of gasoline sold in Georgia 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, if finalized, would relax the federal RVP standard for gasoline
                sold in the Atlanta RVP Area during the summertime ozone season (June 1
                to September 15 of each year) to allow the RVP for gasoline sold in
                this area 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)
                Volatility Control program. Therefore, this action, if finalized, would
                have no net regulatory burden for all directly regulated small
                entities.
                E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
                 This proposed rule does not contain an unfunded mandate of $100
                million or more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not
                significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The action would
                implement mandates that are specifically and explicitly set forth in
                CAA section 211(h) without the exercise of any policy discretion by
                EPA.
                F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
                 This action does not have federalism implications. It would 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 proposed
                rule would affect 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 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 gasoline RVP will not interfere with its
                attainment of the ozone NAAQS or any other applicable CAA requirement.
                By separate action, EPA has approved Georgia's non-interference
                demonstration regarding its maintenance plan for the 2008 ozone NAAQS
                for the 15-county 2008 ozone NAAQS maintenance area, and that Georgia's
                relaxation of the gasoline RVP standard in the Atlanta RVP Area to 9.0
                RVP will not interfere with any other NAAQS (including attainment of
                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 would 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 2008 ozone NAAQS
                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,
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                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 proposed
                and final rules for Georgia's non-interference demonstration. A copy of
                Georgia's August 15, 2018 letter requesting that EPA relax the gasoline
                RVP standard, including the technical analysis demonstrating that the
                less stringent gasoline RVP would not interfere with continued
                maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS or with any other applicable CAA
                requirement, including timely attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS, has
                been placed in the public docket for this action.
                V. Legal Authority
                 The statutory authority for this action is granted to EPA by
                sections 211(h) and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act, as amended; 42 U.S.C.
                7545(h) and 7601(a).
                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: May 7, 2019.
                Andrew R. Wheeler,
                Administrator.
                [FR Doc. 2019-09929 Filed 5-13-19; 8:45 am]
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