[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21612-21613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10728]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[FRL-7204-6]
RIN 2060-AE82


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Coating 
Manufacturing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rules; extension of comment period and notice of 
public hearing.

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SUMMARY: This action announces a new date for a public hearing EPA is 
holding to take comments on the Agency's proposed rule for national 
emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP): Miscellaneous 
Organic Chemical Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing, 
published on April 4, 2002. The comment period for the above-named 
action is also being extended.

DATES: Comments. Submit comments on or before June 28, 2002.
    Public Hearing. The public hearing will be held on May 23, 2002, 
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST). The hearing may conclude prior to 4 p.m., 
depending on the number of attendees and level of interest. If you are 
interested in attending the hearing, you must call the contact person 
listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You must contact 
the EPA and request to speak at a public hearing by May 10, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments. By U.S. Postal Service, send comments (in 
duplicate if possible) to: Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center (6102), Attention Docket Number A-96-04, U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460. In person or by courier, 
deliver comments (in duplicate if possible) to: Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center (6102), Attention Docket Number A-96-04, 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. The EPA requests a 
separate copy also be sent to the contact person listed below (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Public Hearing. A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on May 23, 
2002 in the new EPA facility located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
Auditorium in Building C, Room C111, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina, 27709.
    Docket. Docket No. A-96-04 contains supporting information used in 
developing the NESHAP. The docket is located at the U.S. EPA, 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 in room   M-1500, Waterside Mall 
(ground floor), and may be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the proposed 
NESHAP, contact Mr. Randy McDonald, Organic Chemicals Group, Emission 
Standards Division (C504-04), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina, 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5402, electronic mail 
address [email protected]. For information about the public 
hearing, contact Ms. Maria Noell, Organic Chemicals Group, Emission 
Standards Division (C504-04), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5607, electronic mail 
address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    Comments and data may be submitted by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
[email protected]. Electronic comments must be submitted either as 
an ASCII file to avoid the use of special characters and encryption 
problems or on disks in WordPerfect file format. All comments 
and data submitted in electronic form must note the docket number: A-
96-04. No confidential business information (CBI) should be submitted 
by e-mail. Electronic comments may be filed online at many Federal 
Depository Libraries.
    Commenters wishing to submit proprietary information for 
consideration must clearly distinguish such information from other 
comments and clearly label it as CBI. Send submissions containing such 
proprietary information directly to the following address, and not to 
the public docket, to ensure that proprietary information is not 
inadvertently placed in the docket: Attention: Mr. Randy McDonald, c/o 
OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709. The EPA will disclose information identified as CBI 
only to the extent allowed by the

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procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. If no claim of confidentiality 
accompanies a submission when it is received by the EPA, the 
information may be made available to the public without further notice 
to the commenter.

World Wide Web (WWW)

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
the proposed NESHAP will also be available on the WWW through the 
Technology Transfer Network (TTN). Following the Administrator's 
signature, a copy of the proposed NESHAP will be posted on the TTN's 
policy and guidance page for newly proposed or promulgated rules at 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. The TTN provides information and 
technology exchange in various areas of air pollution control. If more 
information regarding the TTN is needed, call the TTN HELP line at 
(919) 541-5384.
    The EPA published its proposed rules for the Miscellaneous Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing source category and the Miscellaneous Coating 
Manufacturing source category, on April 4, 2002 (67 FR 16154). In the 
proposed rules, we originally scheduled the public hearing date for May 
6, 2002, contingent upon receiving a request for one. We did receive a 
request to hold a public hearing, so we are announcing that the public 
hearing date is rescheduled for May 23, 2002. We also scheduled the 
comment period to end on June 3, 2002; however, we are now extending 
the comment period to June 28, 2002. We are extending these dates 
because many of the facilities affected by the proposed rules will also 
be subject to other proposed MACT standards that will have public 
comment periods overlapping with the comment periods of the 
Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing and the Miscellaneous 
Coating Manufacturing NESHAP. In addition, many of these facilities 
also have actions due, such as precompliance reports, during this same 
time period on promulgated MACT standards that affect them. This 
extension of the public comment period and the public hearing date will 
provide these facilities additional time necessary to better prepare 
meaningful comments on these proposed rules.

    Dated: April 25, 2002.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 02-10728 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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