[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3430]
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[Federal Register: February 15, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[FRL-4837-6]
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants;
Compliance Extensions for Early Reductions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of complete enforceable commitments received.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides a list of companies that have submitted
``complete'' enforceable commitments to the EPA under the Early
Reductions Provisions [section 112(i)(5)] of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as
amended in 1990. The list covers commitments determined by the EPA to
be complete through December 8, 1993, and includes the name of each
participating company, the associated emissions source location, and
the EPA Regional Office which is the point of contact for further
information. This is one of a series of notices of this type. The most
recent notice listed twenty-five sources which have had commitments
deemed complete by the EPA. The EPA will publish additional lists of
complete submittals on a monthly basis, as needed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Beck (telephone: 919-541-5421),
Rick Colyer (telephone: 919-541-5262), or Mark Morris (telephone: 919-
541-5416), Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 for
general information on the Early Reductions Program. For further
information on specific submittals received under the Early Reductions
Program contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office representative
listed below:
Region I--Janet Beloin (617) 565-2734
Region II--Umesh Dholakia or Harish Patel (212) 264-6676
Region III--Alice Chow (215) 597-6550
Region IV--Anthony Toney (404) 347-2864
Region V--Aurelio Alvarez (312) 353-8657
Region VI--Tom Driscoll (214) 655-7549
Region VII--Pete Fulweiler (913) 551-7320
Region VIII--Cory Potash (303) 293-1886
Region IX--Ed Pike (415) 744-1248
Region X--Chris Hall (206) 553-1949
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) as amended in 1990, an existing source of hazardous air pollutant
emissions may obtain a 6-year extension of compliance with an emission
standard promulgated under section 112(d) of the CAA, if the source
achieves sufficient reductions of hazardous air pollutant emissions
prior to certain dates. The final rule was published in the Federal
Register on December 29, 1992, (57 FR 61970).
Sources choosing to participate in the Early Reductions Program
must document base year emissions and post-reduction emissions to show
that sufficient emission reductions have been achieved to qualify for a
compliance extension. As a first step toward this demonstration, some
sources may be required to submit an enforceable commitment containing
base year emission information, or if not required, may voluntarily
submit such emission information to the EPA for approval. As stated in
the proposed Early Reductions rule, the EPA will review these
submittals to verify emission information, and also will provide the
opportunity for public review and comment. Following the review and
comment process and after sources have had the chance to revise
submittals (if necessary), the EPA will approve or disapprove the base
year emissions.
To facilitate the public review process for program submittals, the
proposed rule contains a commitment by the EPA to give public notice of
submittals received which have been determined to be complete and which
are about to undergo technical review within the EPA. Members of the
public wishing to obtain more information on a specific submittal then
may contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office representative listed
above.
Thirty-eight enforceable commitments and base year submittals are
currently being reviewed by EPA for completeness and thirty-three have
been determined to be complete to date. Some of the early reductions
submittals received actually contain multiple enforceable commitments;
that is, some companies have decided to divide their particular plant
sites into more than one early reductions source. Each of these sources
must achieve the required emissions reductions individually to qualify
for a compliance extension. The purpose of today's notice is to add the
following commitments to the previously published list of twenty-five
complete commitments: Aristech, Ironton, Ohio; BP Oil, Belle Chase,
Louisiana; DuPont, Camden, South Carolina; Hoechst Celanese, Bishop,
Texas; Miles, Baytown, Texas; Miles, New Martinsville, WV; and Shell,
Franklin, Kentucky. As the remaining submittals are determined to be
complete, they will appear in subsequent notices. Also appearing in
today's notice is a table listing enforceable commitments that have
been approved by EPA to date.
Table 1 below lists companies that have made complete enforceable
commitments or base year emissions submittals that have been approved
by EPA as of December 8, 1993. Table 2 below lists those companies that
have made complete enforceable commitments or base year emission
submittals under the Early Reductions Program through December 8, 1993.
These submittals are undergoing technical review within the EPA at this
time.
Table 1.--Approved Enforceable Commitments and Base Year Emissions
Submittals as of December 8, 1993
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Company Location EPA region
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1. Dow Corning............... Midland, MI.................. V
2. Johnson & Johnson......... Sherman, TX.................. VI
3. Wyeth-Ayerst.............. Rouses Point, NY............. II
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Table 2.--Complete Enforceable Commitments and Base Year Emissions
Submittals as of December 8, 1993
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Company Location EPA region
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1. Amoco Chemical Co. (first Texas City, TX............... VI
source).
2. Amoco Chemical Co. (second Texas City, TX............... VI
source).
3. PPG Industries............ Lake Charles, LA............. VI
4. Allied-Signal (first Baton Rouge, LA.............. VI
source).
5. Allied-Signal (second Baton Rouge, LA.............. VI
source).
6. Allied-Signal (third Baton Rouge, LA.............. VI
source).
7. Allied-Signal (first Ironton, OH.................. V
source).
8. Allied-Signal (second Ironton, OH.................. V
source).
9. Monsanto.................. Sauget, IL................... V
10. Allied-Signal............ Philadelphia, PA............. III
11. Texaco-Neches............ Port Neches, TX.............. VI
12. Marathon Oil............. Garyville, LA................ VI
13. Monsanto................. Springfield, MA.............. I
14. Polyken.................. Franklin, KY................. IV
15. Occidental Chemical...... Belle, WV.................... III
16. Dayco.................... Waynesville, NC.............. IV
17. Dow...................... Dalton, GA................... IV
18. First Chemical........... Pascagoula, MS............... IV
19. Hoechst Celanese......... Bishop, TX................... VI
20. Monsanto (first source).. St. Louis, MO................ VII
21. Monsanto (second source). St. Louis, MO................ VII
22. PPG...................... New Martinsville, WV......... III
23. Aristech................. Ironton, OH.................. V
24. BP Oil................... Belle Chase, LA.............. VI
25. DuPont................... Camden, SC................... IV
26. Hoechst Celanese......... Bishop, TX................... VI
27. Miles.................... Baytown, TX.................. VI
28. Miles (first source)..... New Martinsville, WV......... III
29. Miles (second source).... New Martinsville, WV......... III
30. Shell.................... Franklin, KY................. IV
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At a later time (most likely within one to three months of today's
date), the EPA Regional Offices will provide a formal opportunity for
the public to comment on the submittals added to the list of
``complete'' commitments by today's notice. To do this, the Regional
Office will publish a notice in the source's general area announcing
that a copy of the source's submittal is available for public
inspection and that comments will be received for a 30 day period.
Dated: February 8, 1994.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-3430 Filed 2-14-94; 8:45 am]
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