[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68840-68841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27127]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234; FRL-9919-20-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS39
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal-
and Oil-Fired Electric Steam Generating Units
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Steam Generating Units (Mercury and Air
Toxics Standards (MATS)). In addition to this proposed rule the EPA is
publishing a direct final rule that amends the reporting requirements
of the MATS rule by temporarily requiring affected sources to submit
all required emissions and compliance reports to the EPA through the
Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System Client Tool and
temporarily suspending the requirement for affected sources to submit
certain reports using the Electronic Reporting Tool and the Compliance
and Emissions Data Reporting Interface. If we receive no adverse
comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
DATES: Written comments must be received by December 19, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID
Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Attention Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0234.
Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Mail Code: 28221T,
Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0234. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal
hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0234. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be confidential business information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include
your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and
with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification,
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
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Electronic files should not include special characters or any form of
encryption and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about the EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
We request that you also send a separate copy of each comment to
the contact person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barrett Parker, Sector Policies
and Programs Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5635; fax number: (919)
541-3207; and email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?
The EPA is proposing this rule to take action on amendments to the
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and
Oil-Fired Electric Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart
UUUUU; MATS). In addition, the EPA has published a direct final rule
revising the reporting requirements in 40 CFR 63.10031 in the ``Rules
and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register because we view this
as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. We have
explained our reasons for this action in the preamble to the direct
final rule.
If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action
on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment on a distinct
portion of the direct final rule, we will withdraw that portion of the
rule and it will not take effect. In this instance, we would address
all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule.
If we receive adverse comment on a distinct provision of the direct
final rule, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register
indicating which provisions we are withdrawing. The provisions that are
not withdrawn will become effective on the date set out in the direct
final rule, notwithstanding adverse comment on any other provision. We
do not intend to institute a second comment period on this action. Any
parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
The regulatory text for this proposal is identical to that for the
direct final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of
this Federal Register. For further supplementary information, the
detailed rationale for this proposal and the regulatory revisions, see
the direct final rule published in a separate part of this Federal
Register.
II. Does this action apply to me?
Categories and entities potentially regulated by this final rule
include:
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Examples of regulated
Category NAICS code \1\ entities
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Industry....................... 221112 Fossil fuel-fired
electric steam
generating units.
Federal government \2\......... 221122 Fossil fuel-fired
electric steam
generating units owned
by the federal
government.
State/local/tribal government 221122 Fossil fuel-fired
\2\. electric steam
generating units owned
by states, tribes or
municipalities.
921150 Fossil fuel-fired
electric utility steam
generating units in
Indian country.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
\2\ Federal, state or local government-owned and operated establishments
are classified according to the activity in which they are engaged.
This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this
direct final rule. To determine whether your facility would be
regulated by this direct final rule, you should examine the
applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.9981. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity,
consult either the air permitting authority for the entity or your EPA
regional representative as listed in 40 CFR 63.13.
III. Statutory and Executive Orders
For a complete discussion of all of the administrative requirements
applicable to this action, see the direct final rule in the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register.
Dated: November 7, 2014.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-27127 Filed 11-18-14; 8:45 am]
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