Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 49
Monday, March 14, 2011
There are 3announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
2. TOXICS - PR/Supplemental. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
3. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
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: TOXICS - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13514-13515]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334; FRL-9279-8]
RIN 2060-AQ89
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing this final rule to stay the requirement for
certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program
during the pendency of the reconsideration process. On June 15, 2010,
EPA notified Petitioners that the Agency intended to initiate the
reconsideration process in response to their request for
reconsideration of certain provisions in the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area
Sources. Among the provisions EPA is reconsidering is a requirement
that certain affected sources obtain a permit.
On December 14, 2010, EPA issued a 90-day stay of the requirement
for certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program.
Because we believed that the reconsideration process would not be
completed within 90 days, we concurrently proposed to stay the
provision requiring certain sources to obtain a permit until the final
reconsideration rule is published in the Federal Register. After
considering the comments received, EPA is promulgating the stay of
compliance through this final rule.
DATES: This final rule is effective on March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334. All documents in the docket are listed on the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 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 EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, 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. Nick Parsons, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Refining and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
5372; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: parsons.nick@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13514-13515]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334; FRL-9279-8]
RIN 2060-AQ89
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing this final rule to stay the requirement for
certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program
during the pendency of the reconsideration process. On June 15, 2010,
EPA notified Petitioners that the Agency intended to initiate the
reconsideration process in response to their request for
reconsideration of certain provisions in the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area
Sources. Among the provisions EPA is reconsidering is a requirement
that certain affected sources obtain a permit.
On December 14, 2010, EPA issued a 90-day stay of the requirement
for certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program.
Because we believed that the reconsideration process would not be
completed within 90 days, we concurrently proposed to stay the
provision requiring certain sources to obtain a permit until the final
reconsideration rule is published in the Federal Register. After
considering the comments received, EPA is promulgating the stay of
compliance through this final rule.
DATES: This final rule is effective on March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334. All documents in the docket are listed on the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 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 EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, 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. Nick Parsons, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Refining and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
5372; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: parsons.nick@epa.gov.
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - PR/Supplemental. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13852-13878]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0017; FRL-9278-5]
RIN 2060-AN99
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury
Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes amendments to the national emission
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for mercury emissions
from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants (Mercury Cell NESHAP). On June
11, 2008, EPA proposed amendments to this NESHAP in response to a
petition for reconsideration filed by the Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC). This action is a supplement to the June 11, 2008,
proposal. Specifically, this action proposes two options for amending
the NESHAP for mercury emissions from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
The first option would require the elimination of mercury emissions and
thus encourage the conversion to non-mercury technology. The second
option would require the measures proposed in 2008. These measures,
which included significant improvements in the work practices to reduce
fugitive emissions from the cell room, would result in near-zero levels
of mercury emissions while still allowing the mercury cell facilities
to continue to operate. We are specifically requesting comment on which
of these options is more appropriate, and may finalize either option or
a combination of elements from them. In addition, this action proposes
several amendments that would apply regardless of which option we
select. These proposed amendments are provisions of the existing NESHAP
that would apply to periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction
(SSM), and corrections to compliance errors in the currently effective
rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2011. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on or before April 13, 2011.
Public Hearing. If anyone contacts EPA by March 29, 2011 requesting
to speak at a public hearing, EPA will hold a public hearing on April
13, 2011. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at EPA's Campus
located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive in Research Triangle Park, NC, or
an alternate site nearby. Contact Virginia Hunt at (919) 541-0832 to
request a hearing, to determine if a hearing will be held, or to
determine the hearing location. If no one contacts EPA requesting to
speak at a public hearing concerning this proposed rule by March 29,
2011, the hearing will be cancelled without further notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0017, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the EPA Air and
Radiation Docket Web site.
E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2002-0017 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Mercury Cell Chlor-alkali Plants Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a
copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Nizich, 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) 541-2825; fax number: (919)
541-5450; e-mail address: nizich.sharon@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13852-13878]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0017; FRL-9278-5]
RIN 2060-AN99
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury
Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This action proposes amendments to the national emission
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for mercury emissions
from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants (Mercury Cell NESHAP). On June
11, 2008, EPA proposed amendments to this NESHAP in response to a
petition for reconsideration filed by the Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC). This action is a supplement to the June 11, 2008,
proposal. Specifically, this action proposes two options for amending
the NESHAP for mercury emissions from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
The first option would require the elimination of mercury emissions and
thus encourage the conversion to non-mercury technology. The second
option would require the measures proposed in 2008. These measures,
which included significant improvements in the work practices to reduce
fugitive emissions from the cell room, would result in near-zero levels
of mercury emissions while still allowing the mercury cell facilities
to continue to operate. We are specifically requesting comment on which
of these options is more appropriate, and may finalize either option or
a combination of elements from them. In addition, this action proposes
several amendments that would apply regardless of which option we
select. These proposed amendments are provisions of the existing NESHAP
that would apply to periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction
(SSM), and corrections to compliance errors in the currently effective
rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2011. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on or before April 13, 2011.
Public Hearing. If anyone contacts EPA by March 29, 2011 requesting
to speak at a public hearing, EPA will hold a public hearing on April
13, 2011. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at EPA's Campus
located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive in Research Triangle Park, NC, or
an alternate site nearby. Contact Virginia Hunt at (919) 541-0832 to
request a hearing, to determine if a hearing will be held, or to
determine the hearing location. If no one contacts EPA requesting to
speak at a public hearing concerning this proposed rule by March 29,
2011, the hearing will be cancelled without further notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0017, by any of the following methods:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the EPA Air and
Radiation Docket Web site.
HQ-OAR-2002-0017 in the subject line of the message.
Pollutants for Mercury Cell Chlor-alkali Plants Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a
copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Nizich, 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) 541-2825; fax number: (919)
541-5450; e-mail address: nizich.sharon@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 13615]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9279-9]
Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection
Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of
the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be
held March 30 and 31 at the Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North
Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA. The CHPAC was created to advise the
Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other
issues relating to children's environmental health.
DATES: The CHPAC will meet March 30 and 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North Courthouse Road,
Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Berger, Office of Children's
Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2191, berger.martha@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 13615]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9279-9]
Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection
Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of
the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be
held March 30 and 31 at the Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North
Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA. The CHPAC was created to advise the
Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other
issues relating to children's environmental health.
DATES: The CHPAC will meet March 30 and 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North Courthouse Road,
Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Berger, Office of Children's
Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2191, berger.martha@epa.gov.
