[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7998]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6568-7]


Approval oOf Section 112(l) Delegation of Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology Standards; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that EPA is 
approving a request for delegation of the Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology (MACT) standards for gasoline distribution, organic 
hazardous air pollutants, off-site waste recovery operations, and 
primary aluminum reduction (i.e., 40 CFR Part 63, Subparts R, F, G, H, 
I, DD, and LL, respectively) pursuant to section 112(l) of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). The State's mechanism of delegation involves State rule 
adoption of all existing and future section 112 standards unchanged 
from the Federal standards. The actual delegation of authority of 
individual standards was a letter from EPA to the Indiana Department of 
Environmental Management (IDEM) dated January 6, 2000.

DATES: This action will become effective January 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the State's submittal and other supporting 
information used in developing the approval are available for 
inspection during normal business hours at the following location:

    EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, AR-18J, Chicago, 
Illinois, 60604.

    Please contact Sam Portanova at (312) 886-3189 to arrange a time if 
inspection of the submittal is desired.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Portanova, AR-18J, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-3189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What Action Is EPA Taking Today?

    EPA is notifying the public that delegation of the authority to 
implement and enforce the MACT standards for gasoline distribution, 
hazardous organic national emission standard for hazardous air 
pollutants, off-site waste recovery operations, and primary aluminum 
reduction was approved in a letter from EPA to IDEM dated January 6, 
2000.
    All notifications, reports and other correspondence required under 
section 112 standards should be sent to the State of Indiana rather 
than to the EPA, Region 5, in Chicago. Affected sources should send 
this information to: Indiana Department of Environmental Management, 
Office of Air Management, 100 North Senate Avenue, P.O. Box 6015, 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6015.

II. EPA is Approving the Delegation Under What Authority?

    Section 112(l) of the CAA enables the EPA to approve State air 
toxics programs or rules to operate in place of the Federal air toxics 
program. The Federal air toxics program implements the requirements 
found in section 112 of the CAA pertaining to the regulation of 
hazardous air pollutants. Approval of an air toxics program is granted 
by the EPA if the Agency finds that the State program: (1) Is ``no less 
stringent'' than the corresponding Federal program or rule, (2) the 
State has adequate authority and resources to implement the program, 
(3) the schedule for implementation and compliance is sufficiently 
expeditious, and (4) the program is otherwise in compliance with 
Federal guidance. Once approval is granted, the air toxics program can 
be implemented and enforced by State or local agencies, as well as EPA.
    On February 7, 1996, Indiana submitted to EPA a request for 
delegation of authority to implement and enforce the air toxics program 
under section 112 of the CAA exactly as promulgated by EPA. On July 8, 
1997, Federal Register (62 FR 36460), EPA approved Indiana's program of 
delegation.

III. IDEM Submitted Which Standards to EPA for Approval Under 
Indiana's Air Toxics Program Delegation Mechanism?

    On December 8, 1999, IDEM requested delegation of implementation 
and enforcement authority of the MACT standards for gasoline 
distribution, organic hazardous air pollutants, off-site waste recovery 
operations, and primary aluminum reduction (i.e., 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subparts R, F, G, H, I, DD, and LL, respectively). The State of 
Indiana's rules 326 Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) 20-10, 326 IAC 
20-11, 326 IAC 20-12, 326 IAC 20-23, and 326 IAC 20-24 incorporate 
these MACT standards into the State's rules unchanged from the Federal 
regulations.

    Dated: March 21, 2000.
Francis X. Lyons,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 00-7998 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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