[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 61065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30019]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60 and 63

[FRL-5921-1]


Hazardous Waste Combustors; Continuous Emissions Monitoring 
Systems; Proposed Rule--Notice of Data Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability.

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SUMMARY: This announcement is a notice of advanced availability of a 
test report pertaining to the proposed requirement for Particulate 
Matter (PM) Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) for 
hazardous waste combustors: ``Draft Particulate Matter Continuous 
Emissions Monitoring Systems Demonstration'', dated October 1997. The 
report documents PM CEMS demonstration tests conducted between 
September 1996 and May 1997 at the DuPont, Inc. Experimental Station 
On-Site Incinerator, in Wilmington, Delaware. Included in the report 
are the testing scheme, raw data, and discussion of results. Appendices 
to the report include: Method 5I--Determination of Low Level 
Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources; Revised Draft 
Performance Specification 11--Specifications and Test Procedures for PM 
CEMS in Stationary Sources; and Appendix F to 40 CFR Part 60, Quality 
Assurance Requirements for PM CEMS used for Compliance Determination.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain the October 1997, Draft PM 
CEMS Demonstration test report, call the RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 
or TDD 1-800-553-7672 (hearing impaired). Callers within the Washington 
Metropolitan Area must dial 703-412-9810 or TDD 703-412-3323 (hearing 
impaired). The RCRA Hotline is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 
p.m., Eastern Time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 19, 1996, EPA proposed the Revised 
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors (i.e., incinerators, cement 
and lightweight aggregate kilns that burn hazardous waste). The revised 
standards would limit emissions of PM at these facilities and address 
the application of PM CEMS for compliance monitoring. See 61 FR 17358. 
On March 21, 1997, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) 
that further examined the issues concerning PM CEMS as compliance 
instruments. See 62 FR 13776. EPA published an additional NODA on May 
2, 1997, to inform the public of: (1) Significant changes the Agency is 
considering on aspects of the proposal based on public comments and new 
information; and (2) the Agency's own re-evaluation of MACT standard-
setting approaches based on new data and public comments.
    The proposed rule would require that PM CEMS be used to document 
compliance with the proposed PM standards. To be effective for 
compliance monitoring, the Agency determined that commercially 
available PM CEMS must meet certain performance specifications. The 
results of the demonstration tests assist in the development of these 
PM CEMS performance specifications.
    EPA plans to follow today's NODA with a second NODA which will 
discuss issues pertaining to the demonstration test report and PM CEMS 
implementation considerations. The second NODA will provide the 
opportunity to comment on the report and the issues.

    Dated: November 5, 1997.
David Bussard,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 97-30019 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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