[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 1994)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-27171]
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[Federal Register: November 2, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 63 and 70
[ADR-FRL-5100-6]
Peer Review of the Proposed Section 112(g) Hazard Ranking;
Document; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting of the peer reviewers.
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summary: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the peer reviewers of
the proposed hazard ranking document of section 112(g) of the Clean Air
Act Amendments (1990 Amendments) will be held.
dates: November 18, 1994. The meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. on November 18 and is open to the public.
addresses: EPA's Office of Administration Auditorium, 79 T.W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
supplementary information: The main purpose of this meeting is to allow
the public to give comment to the peer reviewers on the proposed hazard
ranking technical support document which describes the EPA's approach
to relatively rank the 189 Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) listed in the
1990 Amendments. The section 112(g) rulemaking was proposed April 1,
1994 (59 FR 15504). Copies of the technical support document are
available via the Technology Transfer Network [a network of electronic
bulletin boards developed and operated by the EPA's Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, phone (919) 541-5384] or by contacting
the EPA office of Air and Radiation Docket [Docket # A-91-64, phone
(202) 260-7548].
The designated federal official for the meeting will be Mr. Robert
Kellam. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting
should contact Dr. Jane Caldwell (U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Emission Standards Division, Maildrop 13,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 (919) 541-0328 Fax: (919)
541-4028) by November 15, 1994. In general each individual or group
making an oral presentation will be limited to fifteen minutes but the
time allowed will be dependent on the number of speakers. Seating at
the meeting will be on a first come first serve basis.
Section 112 of the 1990 Amendments establishes a control
technology-based program to reduce stationary source emissions of HAP.
In section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act, the 189 HAP are defined as
hazardous for the purposes of regulation. Section 112(g) requires
control technology reviews for new, modified and reconstructed major
sources of these pollutants. Increases in hazardous air pollution
emissions from existing major sources are not considered a modification
if they can be offset by equal or greater decreases in HAP deemed
``more hazardous''. Furthermore, the HAP ``with no safety threshold of
exposure'' may only be offset by other such ``nonthreshold''
pollutants. Therefore, threshold and nonthreshold pollutants must be
identified and are subject to offsetting restrictions. The proposed
section 112(g) rulemaking contains the EPA's guidance that identifies
the relative hazard to human health of these hazardous pollutants and
application of that characterization for determining allowing offsets.
Dated: October 27, 1994.
Richard D. Wilson,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-27171; Filed 11-1-94; 8:45 am]
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