Subpart K — Florida

§52.519 [Reserved]

§52.520 Identification of plan.

(a) Purpose and scope. This section sets forth the applicable State implementation plan for Florida under section 110 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, and 40 CFR part 51 to meet national ambient air quality standards.

(b) Incorporation by reference. (1) Material listed in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section with an EPA approval date prior to October 1, 2017, was approved for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Material is incorporated as it exists on the date of the approval, and notice of any change in the material will be published in the Federal Register. Entries in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section with EPA approval dates after October 1, 2017, for Florida will be incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.

(2) EPA Region 4 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated State rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State Implementation Plan as of the dates referenced in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

(3) Copies of the materials incorporated by reference may be inspected at the Region 4 EPA Office at 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303. To obtain the material, please call (404) 562-9022. You may inspect the material with an EPA approval date prior to October 1, 2017, for Florida at the National Archives and Records Administration. For information on the availability of this material at NARA go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

(c) EPA Approved Florida Regulations.

(d) EPA-approved State Source-specific requirements.

(e) EPA-approved Florida non-regulatory provisions.

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §52.520, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

[64 FR 32348, June 16, 1999; 84 FR 60931, Nov. 12, 2019; 85 FR 9672, Feb. 20, 2020; 85 FR 19089, Apr. 6, 2020; 85 FR 25301, May 1, 2020; 85 FR 45540, July 29, 2020; 85 FR 57710, Sep. 16, 2020; 86 FR 29951, June 4, 2021; 86 FR 35610, July 7, 2020; 86 FR 68420, Dec. 2, 2021; 87 FR 3662, Jan. 25, 2022; 88 FR 12838, Mar. 1, 2023; 88 FR 51702, Aug. 4, 2023; 88 FR 67964, Oct. 3, 2023; 88 FR 76138, Nov. 6, 2023; 88 FR 3888, Jan. 22, 2024; 88 FR 21439, Mar. 28, 2024; 89 FR 57735, July 16, 2024; 89 FR 79150, Sep. 27, 2024; 90 FR 24039, June 5, 2025; 90 FR 29748, July 7, 2025]

§52.521 Classification of regions.

The Florida plan was evaluated on the basis of the following classifications:

[37 FR 10858, May 31, 1972, as amended 39 FR 16346, May 8, 1974]

§52.522 Approval status.

(a) With the exceptions set forth in this subpart, the Administrator approves Florida's plan for the attainment and maintenance of the national standards under section 110 of the Clean Air Act. Furthermore, the Administrator finds that the plan satisfies all requirements of part D, title 1, of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1977.

(b) [Removed and reserved]

[45 FR 17143, Mar. 18, 1980, as amended at 78 FR 65561, Nov. 1, 2013; 79 FR 30050, May 27, 2014; 86 FR 35610, July 7, 2021]

§52.523 [Removed and reserved]]

[77 FR 44488, July 30, 2012; 86 FR 35610, July 7, 2021]

§52.524 Compliance schedule.

(a) The information in this section is available in the 40 CFR, part 52 edition revised as of July 1, 1999, the 40 CFR, part 52, Volume 1 of 2 (§§52.01 to 52.1018) editions revised as of July 1, 2000 through July 1, 2011, and the 40 CFR, part 52, Volume 1 of 3 (§§52.01 to 52.1018) editions revised as of July 1, 2012.

(b) [Reserved]

[79 FR 30050, May 27, 2014]

§52.525 General requirements.

(a) The requirements of §51.116(c) of this chapter are not met since the legal authority to provide for public availability of emission data is inadequate.

(b) Regulation for public availability of emission data. (1) Any person who cannot obtain emission data from the Agency responsible for making emission data available to the public, as specified in the applicable plan, concerning emissions from any source subject to emission limitations which are part of the approved plan may request that the appropriate Regional Administrator obtain and make public such data. Within 30 days after receipt of any such written request, the Regional Administrator shall require the owner or operator of any such source to submit information within 30 days on the nature and amounts of emissions from such source and any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Regional Administrator to determine whether such source is in compliance with applicable emission limitations or other control measures that are part of the applicable plan.

(2) Commencing after the initial notification by the Regional Administrator pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the owner or operator of the source shall maintain records of the nature and amounts of emissions from such source and any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Regional Administrator to determine whether such source is in compliance with applicable emission limitations or other control measures that are part of the plan. The information recorded shall be summarized and reported to the Regional Administrator, on forms furnished by the Regional Administrator, and shall be submitted within 45 days after the end of the reporting period. Reporting periods are January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31.

(3) Information recorded by the owner or operator and copies of this summarizing report submitted to the Regional Administrator shall be retained by the owner or operator for 2 years after the date on which the pertinent report is submitted.

(4) Emission data obtained from owners or operators of stationary sources will be correlated with applicable emission limitations and other control measures that are part of the applicable plan and will be available at the appropriate regional office and at other locations in the state designated by the Regional Administrator.

[39 FR 34536, Sep. 26, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 55328, Nov. 28, 1975; 51 FR 40676, Nov. 7, 1986]

§52.526 Legal authority.

(a) The requirements of §51.230(f) of this chapter are not met, since section 403.111 of the Florida Statutes could, in some circumstances, prohibit the disclosure of emission data to the public. Therefore, section 403.111 is disapproved.

[39 FR 34536, Sep. 26, 1974, as amended at 51 FR 40676, Nov. 7, 1986]

§52.527 [Reserved]

§52.528 Control strategy: Sulfur oxides and particulate matter.

(a) In a letter dated October 10, 1986, the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation certified that no emission limits in the State's plan are based on dispersion techniques not permitted by EPA's stack height rules.

(b) The variance granted to the Turkey Point and Port Everglades plants of Florida Power and Light Company from the particulate emission limits of the plan is disapproved because the relaxed limits would cause violation of the Class I increment for sulfur dioxide in the Everglades National Park. These plants must meet the 0.1#/MMBTU particulate limit of the plan.

[48 FR 33868, July 26, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 25455, June 15, 1989]

§52.529 [Reserved]

§52.530 Significant deterioration of air quality.

(a) EPA approves the Florida Prevention of Significant Deterioration program, as incorporated into this chapter, for power plants subject to the Florida Power Plant Siting Act.

(b) Pursuant to part C, subpart 1 of the Clean Air Act, EPA is approving a December 19, 2013 SIP revision submitted by the State of Florida, through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Division of Air Resource Management that establishes prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) applicability thresholds forgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the same emissions thresholds and in the same timeframes as those specified by EPA in the GHG Tailoring Rule. This approval gives FDEP the authority to regulate GHG-emitting sources and issue GHG PSD permits. FDEP's December 19, 2013 SIP revision also includes a GHG PSD Permit Transition Plan which governs the transition from EPA administering GHG PSD permitting requirements for Florida sources under a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to the State administering GHG PSD permitting requirements under its approved SIP. Under this GHG PSD Permit Transition Plan, FDEP will administer and enforce GHG PSD permits issued by EPA to Florida sources under the GHG PSD FIP. FDEP's authority over these existing EPA-issued GHG PSD permits includes the authority for FDEP to conduct general administration of these existing permits, authority to process and issue any and all subsequent permit actions relating to such permits, and authority to enforce such permits.

(c) All applications and other information required pursuant to §52.21 of this part from sources located in the State of Florida shall be submitted to the State agency, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resources Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 5500, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, rather than to EPA's Region 4 office.

(d) The requirements of sections 160 through 165 of the Clean Air Act are not met since the Florida plan, as submitted, does not apply to certain sources. Therefore, the provisions of §52.21 except paragraph (a)(1) are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of the Florida plan for:

(1) Sources proposing to locate on Indian reservations in Florida; and

(2) Permits issued by EPA prior to approval of the Florida PSD rule.

[45 FR 52741, Aug. 7, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 17020, Mar. 17, 1981; 48 FR 52716, Nov. 22, 1983; 68 FR 11322, Mar. 10, 2003; 68 FR 74488, Dec. 24, 2003; 72 FR 29276, May 25, 2007; 73 FR 36442, June 27, 2008; 74 FR 55143, Oct. 27, 2009; 79 FR 28612, May 19, 2014]

§52.532 [Reserved]

§52.533 Source surveillance.

The plan lacks test methods for several source categories. As required by §52.12(c)(1) of this part, EPA test methods (found at 40 CFR part 60) will be used by EPA to determine compliance with the following emission limiting standards:

(a) Particulate emissions from citrus plants controlled by a scrubber and subject to the process weight table (submitted as 17-2.05(2) and reformatted as 17-2.610(1)1.a).

(b) TRS emissions from recovery furnaces at kraft pulp mills (submitted as 17-2.05(6)D and reformatted as 17-2.600(4)1).

(c) Sulfur dioxide emissions from fossil fuel steam sources (submitted as 17-2.05(6)E and reformatted as 17-2.600 (5) and (6)).

(d) Emissions from portland cement plants (submitted as 17-2.05(6)F and reformatted as 17-2.600(7)).

(e) Particulate and visible emissions from carbonaceous fuel burning equipment (submitted as 17-2.05(6)I and reformatted as 17-2.600(10)).

[47 FR 32116, July 26, 1982]

§52.534 Visibility protection.

(a) The requirements of section 169A of the Clean Air Act are not met because the plan does not include approvable procedures meeting the requirements of 40 CFR 51.305 and 51.307 for protection of visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas.

(b) Regulations for visibility new source review. The provisions of §52.28 are hereby incorporated and made part of the applicable plan for the State of Florida.

[51 FR 5505, Feb. 13, 1986]

§52.536 Original identification of plan section.

(a) This section identified the original “Air Implementation Plan for the State of Florida” and all revisions submitted by Florida that were federally approved prior to July 1, 1998. The information in this section is available in the 40 CFR, part 52 edition revised as of July 1, 1999, the 40 CFR, part 52, Volume 1 of 2 (§§52.01 to 52.1018) editions revised as of July 1, 2000 through July 1, 2011, and the 40 CFR, part 52, Volume 1 of 3 (§§52.01 to 52.1018) editions revised as of July 1, 2012.

(b)-(c) [Reserved]

[79 FR 30050, May 27, 2014]

§52.540 Interstate pollutant transport provisions; What are the FIP requirements for decreases in emissions of nitrogen oxides?

(a) The owner and operator of each source and each unit located in the State of Florida and Indian country within the borders of the State and for which requirements are set forth under the CSAPR NO_X Ozone Season Group 1 Trading Program in subpart BBBBB of part 97 of this chapter must comply with such requirements with regard to emissions occurring in 2015 and 2016.

(b) [Reserved]

[76 FR 48362, Aug. 8, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 74594, Oct. 26, 2016]