[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31906]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Availability for Draft Guidance on the Technical 
Support Document (TSD) for Title V Permitting of Printing Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: We are making available for public review a draft of our 
pending guidance on the design of air permits for the printing sector. 
Some approaches in the draft TSD would be potentially available to 
other industry sectors as well. The technical support document provides 
guidance to State and local permitting authorities on how they can 
choose to more efficiently design such permits while ensuring that they 
still meet all substantive and procedural requirements of the Clean Air 
Act, including, as applicable, the operating permit regulations EPA 
promulgated as part 70 of title 40, chapter I of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. While not mandatory, we would recommend that permitting 
authorities use this guidance where allowed by their regulations and as 
their resources and needs dictate.
    In no instance would this guidance allow sources to not comply 
fully with any applicable requirement; it only presents more flexible 
and/or efficient approaches for doing so. Where State regulations 
allow, the guidance is potentially useful in streamlining the permit 
issuance process and minimizing the subsequent need for permit 
revisions. We believe that the draft will also advance high priority 
goals within the Agency to: (1) Encourage pollution prevention; (2) 
assure adequate public participation; (3) promote equal or better 
environmental protection; and (4) facilitate opportunities for sources 
to comply in a smarter, more efficient fashion.
    A draft of this guidance is available for public review for 
downloading off the Internet (see ADDRESSES). We do not intend to 
respond to individual comments, but rather to consider comments and 
information from the public in the preparation of a final guidance 
document.

DATES: The review period for this document will close on January 21, 
2003. Any comments on the draft guidance must be submitted to EPA by 
that date.

ADDRESSES: The draft guidance can be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/. Comments should be sent to Michael Trutna, Information 
Transfer and Program Integration Division (C304-03), U.S. EPA, Research 
Triangle Park, NC, 27711, (919) 541-5345, fax (919) 541-4028, or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Trutna at the above address or 
Gary Rust, Information Transfer and Program Integration Division (C304-
04), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, (919) 541-0358, fax 
(919) 541-4028, or [email protected]. For further information on 
monitoring or testing issues, please contact Barrett Parker at (919) 
541-5635 or [email protected].

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
William Harnett,
Director, Information Transfer and Program Integration Division.
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