[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 77-78]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-33102]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[FRL-7429-2]
RIN 2060-AG99, 2060-AG52, 2060-AG69, 2060-AG67, 2060-AG96, 2060-AH03


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Stationary Combustion Turbines, Surface Coating of Metal Cans, and 
Primary Magnesium Refining

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed rules and changes to public 
comment periods.

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SUMMARY: This document is to inform the public that the proposed 
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for 
Stationary Combustion Turbines, Surface Coating of Metal Cans, and 
Primary Magnesium Refining have been signed by the Administrator and 
are scheduled to be published as proposed rules in the Federal Register 
within a few weeks. Copies are available on EPA's website. We typically 
allow a 60-day public comment period after publication of proposed 
NESHAP in the Federal Register; however, we are providing advance 
notice that when these proposed rules are published in the Federal 
Register, the comment period will be 30 days after publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Keith W. Barnett, Minerals and 
Inorganic Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division (C504-05), U.S. 
EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, facsimile number 
(919) 541-5600, telephone number (919) 541-5605, electronic mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic copy of today's notice is

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available on the Worldwide Web through the Technology Transfer Network 
(TTN). Following the Assistant Administrator's signature, a copy of 
this notice will be posted on the TTN's policy and guidance page for 
newly proposed or promulgated rules at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. In 
addition, electronic versions of all these proposed NESHAP that are 
affected by this notice are also currently available on the TTN at 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/new.html. 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.
    In accordance with section 112(e)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 
EPA issued a schedule for promulgation of NESHAP that specified that 
the NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines, Surface Coating of Metal 
Cans, and Primary Magnesium Refining were to be promulgated as final 
rules by November 15, 2000. We are now considerably past that date. In 
addition, the requirements of section 112(j) of the CAA specify that 
all sources in these source categories must submit permit applications 
for case-by-case determinations of the maximum achievable emissions 
reductions of hazardous air pollutants in the absence of a final rule. 
It is imperative that these proposed rules be finalized as soon as 
possible to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of resources by affected 
sources and permitting authorities.
    The proposed NESHAP were signed by the Administrator on November 
26, 2002, and were available on the TTN on the same day. Therefore, the 
proposed NESHAP have been widely available to the public since that 
time. We do not anticipate that any of the proposed NESHAP will be 
published in the Federal Register prior to December 26, 2002. If we 
allow a comment period of 30 days from actual publication in the 
Federal Register, the proposed NESHAP will still have been widely 
available to the public for 60 days or more.

    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Jeffrey R. Holmstead,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 02-33102 Filed 12-31-02; 8:45 am]
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