New Stationary Sources; Supplemental Delegation of Authority to the State of Alabama and the State of Georgia

The States of Alabama and Georgia have requested that EPA delegate authority for implementation and enforcement of existing New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) which have been previously adopted by the State agencies, but have remained undelegated by EPA, and to approve the mechanism for delegation (adopt-by-reference) of future NSPS. The purpose of the States' request for approval of their delegation mechanism is to streamline the existing administrative procedures by eliminating unnecessary steps involved in taking delegation of federal NSPS regulations. With the new NSPS delegation mechanism in place, once a new or revised NSPS is promulgated by EPA, formal delegation of authority from EPA to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources will become effective on the date that the NSPS is adopted by the respective State agency without change. No further State requests for delegation will be necessary. Likewise, no further Federal Register notices will be published. If an NSPS regulation is adopted with changes, EPA reserves the right to review and comment on the adopted NSPS. The State will notify EPA, and in return, EPA will review any State revisions and reserve the option to implement the NSPS regulation directly, in which case a Federal Register notice will advise accordingly. The EPA's review of the States of Alabama's and the State of Georgia's pertinent laws, rules, and regulations at the time of original delegation indicate that adequate and effective procedures were in place for the implementation and enforcement of these Federal standards. NSPS requirements have been successfully implemented since that time for more than 20 years for applicable sources. This notice was written to inform the public of delegations made to the State of Alabama and the State of Georgia for which a Federal Register notice was not previously written and to inform the public of their new mechanism for delegation of future