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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 37
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 37
Thursday, February 26, 2009
There are 2 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - FRD/Withdrawal. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities
2. AIR - ND. EPA. Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods
CODES USED: THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.
REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES: AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT - Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: AIR - FRD/Withdrawal. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities
[Federal Register: February 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 37)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8756-8757]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0083; FRL-8774-1]
RIN 2060-AM71
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area
Sources: Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On December 1, 2008, EPA issued direct final amendments to the
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for
Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities. These amendments were
issued as a direct final rule, along with a parallel proposal to be
used as the basis for final action in the event EPA received any
adverse comments on the direct final amendments. Because an adverse
comment was received, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule.
DATES: As of February 26, 2009, EPA withdraws the direct final rule
published at 73 FR 72727 on December 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0083. All documents in the docket are listed in the
Federal Docket Management System index at http://www.regulations.gov.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., confidential business information 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 available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Electric Arc Furnace
Steelmaking Facilities Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-
1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Mulrine, Sector Policies and
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (D243-
02), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5289; fax number: (919)
541-3207; e-mail address: mulrine.phil@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8756-8757]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0083; FRL-8774-1]
RIN 2060-AM71
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area
Sources: Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On December 1, 2008, EPA issued direct final amendments to the
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for
Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities. These amendments were
issued as a direct final rule, along with a parallel proposal to be
used as the basis for final action in the event EPA received any
adverse comments on the direct final amendments. Because an adverse
comment was received, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule.
DATES: As of February 26, 2009, EPA withdraws the direct final rule
published at 73 FR 72727 on December 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0083. All documents in the docket are listed in the
Federal Docket Management System index at http://www.regulations.gov.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., confidential business information 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 available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Electric Arc Furnace
Steelmaking Facilities Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-
1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Mulrine, Sector Policies and
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (D243-
02), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5289; fax number: (919)
541-3207; e-mail address: mulrine.phil@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods
[Federal Register: February 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 37)]
[Notices]
[Page 8791-8794]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1196; FRL-8772-3]
Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the broadly applicable alternative test
method approval decisions the EPA has made under and in support of New
Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) in 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An electronic copy of each alternative
test method approval document is available on EPA's Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html. For questions about this notice,
contact Jason M. DeWees, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (E143-02), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-
9724; fax number: 919-541-0516; e-mail address: dewees.jason@epa.gov.
For technical questions about individual alternative test method
decisions, refer to the contact person identified in the individual
approval documents.
[Notices]
[Page 8791-8794]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1196; FRL-8772-3]
Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the broadly applicable alternative test
method approval decisions the EPA has made under and in support of New
Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) in 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An electronic copy of each alternative
test method approval document is available on EPA's Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html. For questions about this notice,
contact Jason M. DeWees, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (E143-02), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-
9724; fax number: 919-541-0516; e-mail address: dewees.jason@epa.gov.
For technical questions about individual alternative test method
decisions, refer to the contact person identified in the individual
approval documents.
