[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56798-56799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23942]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60, 63, 260, 261, 264, 265, 266, 270, and 271

[FRL-6870-8]


Hazardous Waste Combustion National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Toolkit; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Availability of new implementation toolkit related to final 
regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of the August 10, 2000 release of the Hazardous Waste Combustion NESHAP 
Toolkit on the Internet. The Toolkit provides implementation guidance 
and other materials related to the final regulation NESHAP: Final 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors 
(64 FR 52828, September 30, 1999). The purpose of the Toolkit is to 
assist all interested stakeholders, including the general public, 
regulators and industry, in understanding the implementation aspects of 
the new standards and our new approach to permitting the facilities or 
sources subject to them. The Toolkit's primary focus is on general and 
process-oriented information and includes: descriptions of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) permitting 
requirements and policies, a time line of important compliance dates, a 
list of affected facilities or sources, links to related websites, a 
list of RCRA and CAA regulatory contacts, and commonly used acronyms. 
The Toolkit does not provide guidance on any technical requirements 
associated with the rule (e.g., test methods, monitoring techniques, 
etc.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, you can 
contact the RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672 
(hearing impaired). In the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, call 
703-412-9810 or TDD 703-412-3323. The RCRA Hotline is open Monday 
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access 
the Toolkit, please see our Internet page: http://www.epa.gov/

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epaoswer/hazwaste/combust/toolkit/toolkit.htm.
    For specific information related to the Toolkit, you can contact 
Ms. Rosemary Workman at 703-308-8725 or [email protected]. For 
specific questions related to the final rulemaking for the new 
standards, you can contact Mr. David Hockey at 703-308-8846 or 
[email protected]. For questions related to the implementation of 
the new standards for a specific facility or source, please contact 
either your regional or state RCRA or CAA regulatory officials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 1999, we finalized the 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 
three categories of hazardous waste combustors (HWCs): incinerators, 
cement kilns and light-weight aggregate kilns (64 FR 52828, September 
30, 1999). We promulgated these standards under the joint authority of 
the CAA and RCRA. Before the final rule went into effect, we regulated 
air emissions from the three types of HWCs primarily under the 
authority of section 3004(a) of RCRA. With the release of the final 
rule, however, we now regulate air emissions from these sources 
primarily under the CAA. Even though both statutes give us the 
authority to regulate air emissions, we determined that having 
standards and permitting requirements in both sets of implementing 
regulations would be duplicative. For this reason, we used the final 
rule as a vehicle for changing our approach to permitting air emissions 
from HWCs. Thus, with one exception, we are now requiring that such 
emissions be permitted only under title V of the CAA. The exception 
concerns section 3005(c)(3) of RCRA, which requires that each RCRA 
permit contain the terms and conditions necessary to protect human 
health and the environment. Under this provision of RCRA, if a 
regulatory authority determines that more stringent conditions are 
necessary to protect human health and environment for a particular 
facility, then that regulatory authority may impose those conditions in 
the facility's RCRA permit.
    As an Internet-based guidance, the Toolkit is available only 
through the world wide web. It can be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/combust/toolkit/toolkit.htm.
    To access other available electronic documents related to the new 
standards, specifically, or hazardous waste combustion, generally, 
please see our Internet page: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/combust.htm.

    Dated: September 6, 2000.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 00-23942 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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