[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36600-36605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17028]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[IL188-1a; FRL-6371-5]


Approval of Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator State 
Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are approving Illinois' State Plan for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI), submitted on May 28, 1999. The 
State Plan adopts and implements our Emissions Guidelines (EG) 
applicable to existing HMIWIs. Our approval means that we find the 
State Plan meets Clean Air Act (Act) requirements. Once effective, our 
approval makes the State Plan federally enforceable.

DATES: This rule is effective on September 7, 1999, unless EPA receives 
adverse written comments by August 6, 1999. If adverse written comment 
is received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the 
Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take 
effect.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief, 
Regulation Development Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. You can inspect copies of the State Plan submittal at 
the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 
Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. (We recommend you contact Mark J. Palermo, 
Environmental Protection Specialist at (312) 886-6082 before visiting 
the Region 5 Office).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark J. Palermo, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, at (312) 886-6082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplemental information is organized in 
the following order:

I. What is EPA approving in this action?
II. The HMIWI State Plan Requirement.
    What is an HMIWI State Plan?
    Why are we requiring Illinois to submit an HMIWI State Plan?
    Why do we need to regulate HMIWI emissions?
    What criteria must an HMIWI State Plan meet to be approved?
III. The Illinois HMIWI State Plan.
    Where are the Illinois HMIWI State Plan requirements codified?
    Who is affected by the State Plan?
    Who is exempt from the State Plan?
    What does the State Plan require?
    When must the State Plan requirements be met?
    What must you do to obtain an extended compliance schedule?
    What must you do if you intend to permanently shut down?
    What are the permit application deadlines?
    What else does the State Plan include?
    What public review opportunities were provided?
IV. Review and Approval of the Illinois HMIWI State Plan.
    Why is the Illinois HMIWI State Plan approvable?
V. EPA Rulemaking Action.
VI. Administrative Requirements.
    A. Executive Order 12866
    B. Executive Order 12875
    C. Executive Order 13045
    D. Executive Order 13084
    E. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    F. Unfunded Mandates
    G. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
    H. Paperwork Reduction Act
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
    J. Petitions for Judicial Review

I. What Is EPA Approving in This Action?

    We are approving the May 28, 1999, Illinois State Plan which 
implements the requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 of the Act for 
existing HMIWIs. This approval, once effective, will make the Illinois 
HMIWI rules included in the plan federally enforceable.

II. The HMIWI State Plan Requirement.

What is an HMIWI State Plan?

    An HMIWI State Plan is a plan to control air pollutant emissions 
from existing incinerators which burn hospital waste or medical/
infectious waste. The plan also includes source and emission 
inventories of these incinerators in the State.

Why Are We Requiring Illinois To Submit an HMIWI State Plan?

    States are required under sections 111(d) and 129 of the Act to 
submit State Plans to control emissions from existing HMIWIs in the 
State. The State Plan requirement was triggered when we published the 
Emissions Guidelines (EG) for HMIWIs on September 15, 1997 (see 62 FR 
48348). The EG is codified under 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce.
    Under section 129, we are required to promulgate EGs for several 
types of existing solid waste incinerators. These EGs establish the 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards that States must 
adopt to comply with the Act. The HMIWI EG also establishes 
requirements for monitoring, operator training, permits, and a waste 
management plan that must be included in State Plans.
    The intent of the State Plan requirement is to reduce several types 
of air pollutants associated with waste incineration.

Why do we need to regulate HMIWI emissions?

    The State Plan establishes control requirements which reduce the 
following emissions from HMIWIs: particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, 
hydrogen chloride, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, 
mercury, dioxin, and dibenzofurans.

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    These pollutants can cause adverse effects to the public health and 
the environment. Dioxin, lead, and mercury bioaccumulate through the 
food web. Serious developmental and adult effects in humans, primarily 
damage to the nervous system, have been associated with exposures to 
mercury. Exposure to dioxin and furans can cause skin disorders, 
cancer, and reproductive effects such as endometriosis. Dioxin and 
furans can also affect the immune system. Acid gases affect the 
respiratory tract, as well as contribute to the acid rain that damages 
lakes and harms forests and buildings. Exposure to particulate matter 
has been linked with adverse health effects, including aggravation of 
existing respiratory and cardiovascular disease and increased risk of 
premature death. Nitrogen oxide emissions contribute to the formation 
of ground level ozone, which is associated with a number of adverse 
health and environmental effects.

What criteria must an HMIWI State Plan meet to be approved?

    The criteria for approving an HMIWI State Plan is summarized in the 
following table:

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              Requirement                            Elements
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Sections 111(d) and 129: State Plan      --Applicability
 must be at least as protective as the   --Emission Limits
 EG.                                     --Compliance Schedules
                                         --Performance Testing
                                         --Monitoring/Inspection
                                         --Operator Training/
                                          Certification
                                         --Waste Management Plan
                                         --Recordkeeping/Reporting
40 CFR part 60, subpart B: Criteria for  --Demonstration of Legal
 an approvable section 111(d) plan.       Authority
                                         --Enforceable Mechanism
                                         --Evidence of public hearing
                                         --Source and Emission
                                          Inventories
                                         --State Progress Report
                                          Commitment
Section 129(e): Title V permit           State Plans must ensure that
 requirement.                             affected HMIWI facilities
                                          submit Title V permit
                                          applications to the State by
                                          September 15, 2000.
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    We issued a guidance document describing in more detail the 
requirements for an approvable HMIWI State Plan, entitled ``Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Emission Guidelines: Summary of 
the Requirements for Section 111(d)/129 State Plans,'' published 
November 1997. Illinois used this document to develop its State Plan.

III. The Illinois HMIWI State Plan

Where are the Illinois HMIWI requirements codified?

    Illinois' State Plan requirements for HMIWIs are codified at 35 
Ill. Adm. Code 229. The rule was adopted on May 6, 1999, and became 
effective on May 15, 1999. The rule was published in the Illinois 
Register, volume 23, issue 22, p. 6477, on May 28, 1999.

Who is affected by the State Plan?

    Consistent with the EG, Illinois' HMIWI rules cover existing 
HMIWIs, with the exception of certain exempt HMIWIs, which only need to 
meet certain recordkeeping and certification requirements. Also, 
hospitals which send HMIWI waste to an off-site HMIWI are covered by 
waste management plan requirements. The Illinois HMIWI applicability 
criteria and associated requirements are summarized in the table below.

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           Category                           Requirements
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HMIWI for which construction   Subject to control requirements specified
 commenced on or before June    in the EG.
 20, 1996.
Co-fired combustor...........  Not subject to control requirements
                                specified in the EG but:
                               Must have permit condition limiting
                                operation to co-fired combustor status;
                                and,
                               Must keep records on weight of wastes or
                                fuels burned on a calendar quarter
                                basis.
HMIWIs which combust only      Not subject to control requirements
 these wastes:                  specified in the EG but:
    --pathological             Must keep records on a calendar quarter
                                basis demonstrating that only exempt
                                wastes are burned; and,
    --low-level radioactive
    --chemotherapeutic         Must provide State and EPA certification
                                that the HMIWI burns only these wastes.
Hospitals that send waste to   Not subject to control requirements
 an off-site HMIWI.             specified in the EG but:
                               Must meet certain waste management plan
                                requirements.
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    For an HMIWI to be considered a ``co-fired combustor,'' it must be 
subject to an enforceable permit condition limiting combustion of 
hospital or medical infectious waste to 10% or less of total waste 
burned, by weight, on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of the co-
fired combustor exemption, pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste, 
and low-level radioactive wastes are considered ``other'' wastes when 
calculating the percentage of hospital waste and medical/infectious 
waste combusted.
    HMIWIs which combust pathological wastes, low-level radioactive 
waste, or chemotherapeutic wastes part of the time can be exempt from 
control requirements during those periods if it notifies the IEPA 
pursuant to this operating scenario in its CAAPP application.

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Who is exempt from the State Plan?

    Incinerators that would otherwise meet the HMIWI definition are 
completely exempt from the rule if they meet any of the following 
criteria:

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                           You are exempt if:
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You are a combustor required to have a permit under section 3005 of the
 Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6925;
You are a municipal waste combustor subject to 40 CFR part 60, subparts
 Cb, Ea or Eb;
You are a pyrolysis unit (i.e., a unit that uses endothermic
 gasification to treat hospital waste or medical/infectious waste in
 order to render such waste harmless);
You are a cement kiln firing hospital waste or medical/infectious waste;
 or, You are an HMIWI subject to the New Source Performance Standards
 (NSPS) for HMIWIs, 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec.
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What does the State Plan require?

    If you are an HMIWI subject to control requirements under the 
Illinois HMIWI rule, you must comply with the requirements summarized 
below:

           Summary of the Illinois HMIWI Control Requirements
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     Emission Limitations
 
Separate limits are            --Dioxins/furans.
 established for four          --Hydrogen chloride
 categories of HMIWIs:         --Sulfur dioxide.
--small                        --Oxides of nitrogen.
--medium                       --Lead.
--large                        --Cadmium.
--rural                        --Mercury.
                               --Particulate matter.
                               --Opacity.
                               --Carbon monoxide.
Compliance provisions........  --Performance testing.
                               --Operating parameter monitoring.
                               --Operating parameter compliance.
                               --Inspection requirements (rural HMIWIs).
                               --Recordkeeping and reporting.
Operator provisions..........  --Training.
                               --Certification.
                               --On-site Operator Manual.
 Permit......................  --Must apply for a CAAPP permit.
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                   Waste Management Plan Requirements
         (Requirements vary depending upon the type of facility)
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Hospitals Using On-Site        Submit a plan that identifies ways to
 Incinerators.                  reduce the amount and toxicity of
                                incinerated waste, and provides an
                                implementation schedule where feasible.
                               Submit the plan at the same time the
                                initial performance test results are
                                reported.
                               Submit annual waste management progress
                                reports.
                               Update the plan every five years
                                coinciding with issuance or renewal of a
                                CAAPP permit.
Hospitals Transporting Waste   By September 15, 2000, conduct an
 Off-Site to an HMIWI.          assessment of current waste management
                                program and identify ways to reduce
                                volume and toxicity of incinerated
                                waste.
                               Submit annual waste management progress
                                reports.
HMIWIs Accepting Waste         Provide information to customers annually
 Generated Off-Site.            on available ways to reduce the amount
                                and toxicity of incinerated waste.
                               Submit a plan on how and what information
                                will be distributed.
                               Submit plan at the same time the initial
                                performance test results are reported.
Other HMIWIs.................  Submit a plan that identifies ways to
                                reduce the amount and toxicity of
                                incinerated waste, and provides an
                                implementation schedule where feasible.
                               Submit the plan at the same time the
                                initial performance test results are
                                reported.
                               Update the plan every 5 years to coincide
                                with the issuance or renewal of a CAAPP
                                permit.
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    The Illinois rule also prescribes various criteria and 
considerations in developing the plan, and specifies the components 
which the plan must include.

When must the State Plan requirements be met?

    Under the Illinois HMIWI rule, a subject HMIWI must be in 
compliance with the rule requirements by September 15, 2000, and must 
conduct an initial performance test by that date, unless the source 
requests an extended compliance schedule. Any HMIWI requesting an 
extended schedule must demonstrate compliance by September 15, 2002, or 
must cease operation of the

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HMIWI until compliance with the rule is achieved.
    Notwithstanding an extended schedule, however, the Illinois rule 
requires, consistent with the EG, compliance with the rule's operator 
training and certification provisions by September 15, 2000.

What must you do to obtain an extended compliance schedule?

    HMIWIs seeking an extended compliance schedule must submit a CAAPP 
application, on or before November 15, 1999, which requests an extended 
compliance schedule. In accordance with EG requirements, this 
compliance schedule must include documentation supporting the need for 
an extension, a final control plan for the HMIWI, and incremental steps 
to be taken toward compliance, which, at a minimum, include the 
increments of progress listed below.

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       Increments of progress                      Due date
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Finalize all contracts for the        February 29, 2000
 purchase of either pollution
 control equipment, process
 modification or control system.
Begin process modifications or        November 30, 2000
 construction/installation of air
 pollution control devices for the
 HMIWI.
Complete either the process           August 31, 2001
 modifications or the installation/
 construction of the new air
 pollution control equipment.
Initial start-up of the retrofitted   January 15, 2002
 HMIWI.
Complete the initial performance      Within 180 days of initial start-
 test in accordance with rule          up
 requirements.
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What must you do if you intend to permanently shut down?

    For all HMIWIs that intend to permanently shut down, the source 
must notify IEPA of that intent by November 15, 1999, and take certain 
affirmative steps, described in the rule, to demonstrate that the HMIWI 
has been rendered permanently inoperable by September 15, 2000.

What are the permit application deadlines?

    The Illinois HMIWI rule requires all HMIWIs subject to the rule's 
emission limits to operate pursuant to CAAPP permit by September 15, 
2000. All HMIWIs which are currently not required to obtain CAAPP 
permits must apply for an CAAPP permit by September 15, 2000, unless 
the source is seeking an extended compliance schedule. To avail 
themselves of the extended compliance schedule described above, sources 
must submit their CAAPP application requesting the extension by 
November 15, 1999.
    HMIWIs that currently have CAAPP permits have special deadlines to 
make revisions incorporating the HMIWI rule requirements, depending 
upon how much time is remaining in the CAAPP permit term.

What else does the State Plan include?

    The State Plan includes a demonstration of legal authority to 
implement the EG, documentation of public hearing, comment, and 
response, a source and emissions inventory, and provision for State 
progress reports to EPA. These materials were submitted to satisfy the 
section 111(d) requirements under 40 CFR part 60, subpart B.

What public review opportunities were provided?

    The Illinois Pollution Control Board held public hearings on the 
HMIWI State Plan on January 21, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois, and 
February 3, 1999, in Springfield, Illinois. Illinois also accepted and 
formally responded to written public comments on its rule.

IV. Review and Approval of the Illinois HMIWI State Plan.

Why is the Illinois HMIWI State Plan approvable?

    We compared the Illinois HMIWI rule 35 Ill.Adm.Code 229 against our 
HMIWI EG. We find the Illinois rule to be at least as protective as the 
EG. Also, the Illinois State Plan satisfies the requirements for an 
approvable section 111(d) plan under subparts B and Ce of 40 CFR part 
60. For these reasons, we are approving the Illinois HMIWI State Plan.

V. EPA Rulemaking Action.

    We are approving, through direct final rulemaking action, Illinois' 
section 111(d)/129 State Plan for HMIWIs. The EPA is publishing this 
action without prior proposal because EPA views this as a 
noncontroversial revision and anticipates no adverse comments. However, 
in a separate document in this Federal Register publication, the EPA is 
proposing to approve the SIP revision should adverse written comments 
be filed. This action will be effective September 7, 1999 without 
further notice unless EPA receives relevant adverse written comment by 
August 6, 1999. Should the Agency receive such comments, it will 
publish a timely withdrawal informing the public that this action will 
not take effect. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, the public 
is advised that this action will be effective on September 7, 1999.

VI. Administrative Requirements.

A. Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this 
regulatory action from Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, entitled 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.''

B. Executive Order 12875

    Under E.O. 12875, EPA may not issue a regulation that is not 
required by statute and that creates a mandate upon a state, local, or 
tribal government, unless the Federal government provides the funds 
necessary to pay the direct compliance costs incurred by those 
governments. If the mandate is unfunded, EPA must provide to the Office 
of Management and Budget a description of the extent of EPA's prior 
consultation with representatives of affected state, local, and tribal 
governments, the nature of their concerns, copies of written 
communications from the governments, and a statement supporting the 
need to issue the regulation. In addition, E.O. 12875 requires EPA to 
develop an effective process permitting elected officials and other 
representatives of state, local, and tribal governments ``to provide 
meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals 
containing significant unfunded mandates.'' Today's rule does not 
create a mandate on state, local or tribal governments. The rule does 
not impose any enforceable duties on these entities. Accordingly, the 
requirements of section 1(a) of E.O. 12875 do not apply to this rule.

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C. Executive Order 13045

    Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies to any rule that: (1) Is 
determined to be ``economically significant'' as defined under E.O. 
12866, and (2) concerns an environmental health or safety risk that EPA 
has reason to believe may have a disproportionate effect on children. 
If the regulatory action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate 
the environmental health or safety effects of the planned rule on 
children, and explain why the planned regulation is preferable to other 
potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives considered 
by the Agency.
    This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not involve 
decisions intended to mitigate environmental health or safety risks.

D. Executive Order 13084

    Under E.O. 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is not 
required by statute, that significantly affects or uniquely affects the 
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the Federal 
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance 
costs incurred by the tribal governments. If the mandate is unfunded, 
EPA must provide to the Office of Management and Budget, in a 
separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a 
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with 
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature 
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the 
regulation. In addition, E.O. 13084 requires EPA to develop an 
effective process permitting elected and other representatives of 
Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful and timely input in 
the development of regulatory policies on matters that significantly or 
uniquely affect their communities.'' Today's rule does not 
significantly or uniquely affect the communities of Indian tribal 
governments. Accordingly, the requirements of section 3(b) of E.O. 
13084 do not apply to this rule.

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency 
to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the agency certifies 
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small 
businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental 
jurisdictions. This final rule will not have a significant impact on a 
substantial number of small entities because SIP approvals under 
section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the Clean Air Act do not create 
any new requirements but simply approve requirements that the State is 
already imposing. Therefore, because the Federal SIP approval does not 
create any new requirements, I certify that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Moreover, due to the nature of the Federal-State relationship under the 
Clean Air Act, preparation of flexibility analysis would constitute 
Federal inquiry into the economic reasonableness of state action. The 
Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base its actions concerning SIPs on such 
grounds. Union Electric Co., versus U.S. EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 
(1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).

F. Unfunded Mandates

    Under section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA 
must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or 
final rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in estimated 
annual costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the aggregate; 
or to private sector, of $100 million or more. Under section 205, EPA 
must select the most cost-effective and least burdensome alternative 
that achieves the objectives of the rule and is consistent with 
statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to establish a plan 
for informing and advising any small governments that may be 
significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
    EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated does not 
include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated annual costs of 
$100 million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector. This Federal action approves 
pre-existing requirements under State or local law, and imposes no new 
requirements. Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local, or 
tribal governments, or to the private sector, result from this action.

G. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This rule is not a ``major'' rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2).

H. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not contain any information collection 
requirements which requires OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12 of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act 
(NTTAA) of 1995 requires Federal agencies to evaluate existing 
technical standards when developing a new regulation. To comply with 
NTTAA, EPA must consider and use ``voluntary consensus standards'' 
(VCS) if available and applicable when developing programs and policies 
unless doing so would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise 
impractical.
    The EPA believes that VCS are inapplicable to this action. Today's 
action does not require the public to perform activities conducive to 
the use of VCS.

J. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by September 7, 1999. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial 
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial 
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such 
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings 
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Hospital/medical/
infectious

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waste incinerators, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: June 23, 1999.
Jerri-Anne Garl,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    40 CFR part 62 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as 
follows:
    1. The authority citation for part 62 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7642.

Subpart O--Illinois

    2. A new center heading and sections 62.3340, 62.3341, and 62.3342 
are added to read as follows:
* * * * *

Metals, Acid Gases, Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions 
From Existing Hospital / Medical Infectious Waste Incinerators


Sec. 62.3340  Identification of plan.

    Illinois submitted, on May 28, 1999, a State Plan for implementing 
the Emission Guidelines affecting Hospital/Medical Infectious Waste 
Incinerators (HMIWI). The enforceable mechanism for this plan is 35 
Ill. Adm. Code 229. The rule was adopted by the Illinois Pollution 
Control Board on May 6, 1999. The rule became effective on May 15, 
1999, and was published in the Illinois Register on May 28, 1999 at 23 
Ill. Reg. 6477


Sec. 62.3341  Identification of sources.

    The Illinois State Plan for existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious 
Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) applies to all HMIWIs for which construction 
commenced either on or before June 20, 1996.


Sec. 62.3342  Effective Date.

    The effective date of the Illinois State Plan for existing 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators is September 7, 1999.

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