[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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40 CFR Part 63



National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous 
Coating Manufacturing; Direct Final Rule and Proposed Rule

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[OAR-2003-0178; FRL-7911-1]
RIN 2060-AM72


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule; amendments.

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SUMMARY: On December 11, 2003, EPA published national emission 
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous 
Coating Manufacturing. The direct final rule amends the NESHAP by 
providing additional compliance options and clarifications. 
Specifically, the direct final rule amendments specify that compliance 
with a percent reduction emission limit may be demonstrated by 
measuring total organic compounds (TOC), compliance with the weight 
percent hazardous air pollutant (HAP) limit in coatings products may be 
demonstrated based on formulation data, and the cover or lid on a 
process vessel may be opened for material additions and sampling. The 
direct final rule amendments also clarify the requirements for cleaning 
operations, the compliance date for equipment that is added to an 
existing source, the conditions under which you must determine whether 
an emission stream is a halogenated vent stream, and the terminology 
used to describe the emission limits for process vessels. The direct 
final rule amendments also revise the definition of Group 2 transfer 
operations to clarify that all product loading operations are part of 
the miscellaneous coating manufacturing affected source and, thus, are 
not subject to the organic liquid distribution (OLD) NESHAP. We are 
making the amendments by direct final rule, without prior proposal, 
because we view the revisions as noncontroversial and anticipate no 
adverse comments.

DATES: The direct final rule amendments are effective on July 12, 2005 
without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by 
June 13, 2005 or if a public hearing is requested by May 23, 2005. If 
EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal in the 
Federal Register indicating which provisions will become effective and 
which provisions are being withdrawn due to adverse comment.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OAR-2003-
0178, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred 
method for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Please include a duplicate copy, if possible.
     Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B-108, 
Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the 
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    We request that a separate copy also be sent to the contact person 
listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OAR-2003-0178. 
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-
mail. The EPA EDOCKET and the federal regulations.gov websites are 
``anonymous access'' systems, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through EDOCKET or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket visit EDOCKET on-line or see the Federal Register of May 31, 
2002 (67 FR 38102). Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in 
the EDOCKET index at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although listed in the 
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet 
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either electronically in 
EDOCKET or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket, EPA/DC, EPA 
West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air 
Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Randy McDonald, Organic Chemicals 
Group, Emission Standards Division (Mail Code C504-04), Office of Air 
Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5402, electronic mail 
address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulated Entities. The regulated category 
and entities affected by this action include:

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          Category            NAICS \*\   Examples of regulated entities
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Industry....................       3255  Manufacturers of coatings,
                                          including inks, paints, or
                                          adhesives.
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* North American Industrial Classification System.

    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers likely to be interested in the revisions to the rule 
affected by this action. To determine whether your facility, company, 
business, organization, etc., is regulated by this action, you should 
carefully examine all of the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.7985 
of the rule, as well as in today's amendments to the applicability 
sections. If you have questions regarding the applicability of the 
amendments to a particular entity, consult the person

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listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket, 
an electronic copy of the direct final rule amendments will also be 
available on the WWW through EPA's Technology Transfer Network (TTN). 
Following signature by the EPA Administrator, a copy of the direct 
final rule amendments 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.
    Comments. We are publishing the direct final rule amendments 
without prior proposal because we view the amendments as 
noncontroversial and do not anticipate adverse comments. In the 
Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register, we are publishing a 
separate document that will serve as the proposal in the event that 
timely adverse comments are received.
    If we receive such adverse comments on the amendments, we will 
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the 
public which provisions will become effective and which provisions are 
being withdrawn due to adverse comment. We will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. Any of 
the distinct amendments in the direct final rule for which we do not 
receive adverse comment will become effective on the date set out 
above. We will not institute a second comment period on the direct 
final rule amendments. Any parties interested in commenting must do so 
at this time.
    Judicial Review. Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), judicial review of the direct final rule is available only by 
filing a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit by July 12, 2005. Under section 
307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA, only an objection to the direct final rule 
that was raised with reasonable specificity during the period for 
public comment can be raised during judicial review. Moreover, under 
section 307(b)(2) of the CAA, the requirements established by the 
direct final rule may not be challenged separately in any civil or 
criminal proceedings brought by the EPA to enforce these requirements.
    Outline. The information presented in this preamble is organized as 
follows:

I. Why Are We Amending the Rule?
II. What Amendments Are We Making to the Rule?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With 
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From 
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
    J. Congressional Review Act

I. Why Are We Amending the Rule?

    On December 11, 2003, we published NESHAP for Miscellaneous Coating 
Manufacturing as subpart HHHHH in 40 CFR part 63 (68 FR 69164). Since 
publication of the final rule, we concluded that additional means of 
demonstrating compliance with the percent reduction emission limits and 
the weight percent HAP limit in coating products would be as effective 
as the options specified in the final rule. We also realized that the 
standards for process vessels needed to allow opening of covers and 
lids for material addition and sampling, or significantly more complex 
and costly processing equipment than we intended would be needed to 
comply with the final rule. Finally, we determined that several minor 
amendments to regulatory provisions were necessary to clearly convey 
our intent.

II. What Amendments Are We Making to the Rule?

    Amendments to Requirements for Cleaning Operations. The direct 
final rule revises Sec.  63.8005(a) to clarify that you must meet the 
emission limits and work practice standards in Table 1 to subpart HHHHH 
for cleaning operations only if the cleaning operations are performed 
automatically; no control is required for cleaning operations that are 
performed manually. This amendment is needed to make the final rule 
consistent with our intent as stated in the preamble to the final rule 
(68 FR 69164, 69172) that control is required for automatic cleaning 
operations, but not required for manual cleaning operations.
    Amendments to Compliance Date for Equipment Added to an Existing 
Source. Section 63.7995(c) was intended to clarify that equipment added 
to an existing affected source would be subject to existing source 
requirements immediately upon startup, if installed after the 
compliance date. However, the final rule mistakenly referred to the 
publication date rather than the compliance date. We have also 
determined that this statement is not needed in the final rule because 
it is redundant with Sec. Sec.  63.5(b)(6) and 63.6(c) of the General 
Provisions to 40 CFR part 63. Therefore, this direct final rule removes 
and reserves Sec.  63.7995(c). To be clear, under Sec. Sec.  63.5(b)(6) 
and 63.6(c), and Table 10 to subpart HHHHH, any equipment added to an 
existing affected source between December 11, 2003 and the compliance 
date does not have to comply until the compliance date.
    Amendments to Requirements for Performance Tests. The final rule 
(see Sec.  63.8000(c)) specifies that the performance testing 
procedures in Sec.  63.997 of 40 CFR part 63, subpart SS, are to be 
used to demonstrate compliance with the emission limits. However, the 
option in Sec.  63.997(e)(2)(iv) of demonstrating compliance with a 
percent reduction emission limit by measuring TOC is prohibited by 
Sec.  63.8000(d)(1)(v) of the final rule. Since promulgation, we have 
determined that this restriction is unwarranted because Sec.  
63.997(e)(2)(iv)(G) and (H) describe procedures for using Methods 25 
and 25A of 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, for measuring TOC. Therefore, 
the direct final rule removes Sec.  63.8000(d)(1)(v). As a result of 
this change, the amended rule allows compliance with a percent 
reduction emission limit to be demonstrated by measuring either total 
organic HAP or TOC as specified in Sec.  63.997(e)(2)(iv).
    Amendments to Procedures for Demonstrating Compliance with the 
Weight Percent HAP Limit in Coatings. The direct final rule allows 
formulation data of the ingredients used to manufacture a coating to be 
used as an alternative to test data for demonstrating compliance with 
the 5 weight percent HAP limit in Sec.  63.8055. This provision states 
that as an alternative to complying with the requirements in Table 1 to 
subpart HHHHH for each individual stationary process vessel at an 
existing source, you may comply with a 5 weight percent HAP limit for 
process vessels at your affected source that are used to manufacture 
coatings with a HAP content of less than 0.05 kg per kg product, as 
specified in Sec.  63.8055(b). We are issuing this amendment to make 
the compliance options for subpart HHHHH consistent with options for 
surface coating rules. For example, 40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMM, the 
NESHAP for surface coating of miscellaneous metal parts and products, 
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operator of the surface coating operation to determine the mass 
fraction of organic HAP for each coating. One method of determining 
this mass fraction is to use formulation data from the manufacturer 
(i.e., the source that is subject to subpart HHHHH). Including the 
formulation data option in subpart HHHHH also provides a less 
burdensome alternative to testing. However, if the formulation data and 
test data are inconsistent, there is a rebuttal presumption that the 
test data are accurate unless you can demonstrate that they are not, 
and that the formulation data are more appropriate for your unit(s). 
Also note that, unlike the option in the surface coating rules, the 
formulation data option in this direct final rule does not have mass 
cutoffs of 0.1 percent for OSHA-defined carcinogens or 1 percent for 
other HAP because subpart HHHHH does not establish cutoffs for trace 
materials or impurities.
    Amendments to the Standards for Process Vessels. The direct final 
rule makes several amendments to the standards for portable and 
stationary process vessels in Table 1 to subpart HHHHH. One amendment 
in Table 1 is to allow the cover or lid to be opened for material 
additions and sampling. Sampling includes quality assurance 
inspections. Without this amendment, owners and operators would have to 
install costly materials handling equipment for solids that are added 
to the batch. Such equipment was not observed in the industry and not 
considered in our cost analysis, and we did not intend to require it. A 
second amendment was to clarify that the percent reduction in Table 1 
applies to the collective HAP, not each individual HAP. In our 
database, the reported control efficiencies were not speciated. Thus, 
this amendment makes the final rule consistent with our analysis of the 
MACT floor and the regulatory alternative. A third amendment was to 
clarify that the emission limits in Table 1 apply to organic HAP, not 
total HAP. This clarification makes these items consistent with the 
other items in the table that already refer to total organic HAP.
    Amendments to Definition of Group 2 Transfer Operations. The direct 
final rule expands the definition of Group 2 transfer operations to 
include filling of containers such as cans, drums, and totes. This 
amendment is needed to clarify that filling of these containers is part 
of the miscellaneous coating manufacturing affected source and, thus, 
is not subject to the OLD MACT.
    Section 63.7985(b)(4) of subpart HHHHH specifies that transfer 
racks are part of the miscellaneous coating operations, and Sec.  
63.7990(b) specifies that the miscellaneous coating manufacturing 
operations are the affected source under subpart HHHHH. The definitions 
of ``Group 1 transfer operations'' and ``Group 2 transfer operations'' 
in the final rule make it clear that bulk loading (i.e., filling tank 
trucks and railcars) is performed using transfer racks, but it is not 
clear if these definitions include transfer operations that involve 
filling of containers such as cans, drums, and totes. Thus, the final 
rule's silence might be interpreted to mean that filling of containers 
is not a transfer operation and is not part of the affected source 
under subpart HHHHH. Under this interpretation, filling of containers 
would then be subject to the OLD NESHAP because Sec.  63.2338(c)(1) of 
the OLD NESHAP exempts transfer racks that transfer organic liquids 
only if they are part of an affected source under another NESHAP in 40 
CFR part 63. We did not intend to regulate filling of containers with 
coating products under the OLD NESHAP.
    The final rule defines Group 2 transfer operations as bulk loading 
(i.e., filling of tank trucks or railcars) that does not meet the 
definition of Group 1 transfer operations. In our analysis of the MACT 
floor for transfer operations, we considered the filling of small 
containers as well as bulk loading. We determined the MACT floor for 
all loading was no emissions reduction. We then developed a regulatory 
alternative consisting of control for bulk loading when the coating 
products contain more than 3.0 million gallons per year of HAP with a 
weighted average HAP partial pressure greater than or equal to 1.5 
psia. These were the only conditions under which the total impacts of 
control were considered reasonable. However, since we examined all 
product filling operations, those operations should be part of the 
affected source. Thus, this direct final rule revises the definition of 
Group 2 transfer operations to mean ``bulk loading of coating products 
that does not meet the definition of Group 1 transfer operations, and 
all loading of coating products from a loading rack to other types of 
containers such as cans, drums, and totes.'' This change makes it clear 
that containers are filled at a transfer rack. Since all transfer racks 
(both Group 1 and Group 2) are part of the affected source under 
subpart HHHHH, this change also clarifies that filling of containers 
with coating products will be exempt from the requirements of the OLD 
NESHAP.
    Clarification of Requirement to Determine Halogenated Vent Streams. 
The direct final rule revises the language in Sec.  63.8000(b)(1) to 
clarify the conditions under which you must determine if an emission 
stream is a halogenated vent stream. This clarification is needed to 
make the language in Sec.  63.8000(b)(1) consistent with the language 
in Table 1 to subpart HHHHH.
    To minimize combustion control device-generated emissions of 
hydrogen halide and halogen HAP, Table 1 to subpart HHHHH requires a 
halogen reduction device either before or after a combustion device 
that is used to control a halogenated vent stream (i.e., an emission 
stream that contains halogen atoms in organic compounds at 
concentrations greater than or equal to 20 parts per million by volume 
(ppmv)). Section 63.8000(b)(1), however, currently requires you to 
determine if each vent stream is a halogenated vent stream. This is 
unnecessary because no hydrogen halide or halogen HAP would be formed 
if the halogenated organic compound is controlled using a noncombustion 
control device. Thus, this direct final rule revises the language in 
Sec.  63.8000(b)(1) to specify that you must determine if an emission 
stream meets the definition of a halogenated vent stream if it contains 
halogen atoms, and the organic compounds in the emission stream are 
controlled using a combustion control device (excluding flares).
    Clarification of Equipment Leak Inspection Requirements. One of the 
compliance options for equipment leaks is to inspect the equipment in 
accordance with the procedures described in 40 CFR part 63, subpart R 
(National Emission Standards for Gasoline Distribution Facilities), 
except as specified in Sec.  63.8015(b). The intent of Sec.  63.8015(b) 
is to clarify how language in Sec.  63.424(a) that is specific to 
gasoline distribution operations should be interpreted for application 
to miscellaneous coating manufacturing operations. Since publication of 
the final rule, we realized that the language did not clearly describe 
when the inspections must be performed. Therefore, this direct final 
rule revises Sec.  63.8015(b) to further clarify the language in Sec.  
63.424(a) to make it applicable to miscellaneous coating manufacturing 
sources.
    Clarification of overlapping standards. EPA is taking this 
opportunity to clarify its discussion in the preamble to the final rule 
regarding how to determine whether 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF or 
subpart HHHHH, applies when equipment is used to produce both subpart 
FFFF and HHHHH products. In the preamble to the final rule, we stated:


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    In the event that equipment used to manufacture products in 
processes that are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF is also 
used for coating manufacturing operations that are subject to 
subpart HHHHH, then the primary use of the equipment determines 
applicability.

    This explanation, however, is partially inconsistent with subpart 
FFFF. Pursuant to subpart FFFF, the primary use of nondedicated 
multipurpose equipment only dictates which regulation governs where a 
process unit group (PUG) has been developed under 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart FFFF, Sec.  63.2535(l), and the primary product is a subpart 
FFFF, a subpart GGG, or a subpart MMM product. Where one of these 
products is the primary product, the primary product determines which 
regulation applies to each miscellaneous organic chemical process unit 
(MCPU). Where a subpart FFFF product is the primary product of the PUG, 
subpart FFFF may be complied with for all process units in the PUG in 
lieu of other 40 CFR part 63 rules.
    Where the primary product of the PUG is subject to regulation under 
any 40 CFR part 63 regulation, other than subpart FFFF, MMM or GGG, 
then Sec.  63.2535(l)(3)(ii)(C) dictates that subpart FFFF applies to 
``each MCPU in the PUG.'' Otherwise, the regulation applicable to the 
other product (this would be the primary product if there are only two 
products) applies to the PUG. Accordingly, if a PUG has been developed, 
any process unit that is used to produce both a subpart FFFF and 
subpart HHHHH product must comply with subpart FFFF for the MCPU. Where 
a PUG has not been developed, the product of the process generally 
determines applicability, not primary use.
    Miscellaneous Technical Corrections. The direct final rule includes 
several changes to correct references and typesetting errors. These 
changes are described in Table 1 in this preamble.

            Table 1.--Technical Corrections to Subpart HHHHH
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     Section in subpart HHHHH             Description of correction
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Sec.   63.8000(c).................  Adds underlining to section heading.
Sec.   63.8000(d)(1)(iii).........  Replaces reference to ``Tables 1
                                     through 7'' with reference to
                                     ``Tables 1 through 6''.
Sec.   63.8050(c)(1)(ii)..........  Clarifies that the saturation
                                     factors must be calculated for
                                     condensable compounds, not
                                     noncondensable compounds.
Sec.   63.8050(c)(3) introductory   Replaces the reference to paragraph
 text.                               (c)(2)(i) with a reference to
                                     paragraph (c)(3)(i).
Table 7 to subpart HHHHH..........  Replaces the incorrect CAS number
                                     with the correct CAS number for
                                     tetrachloroethylene.
Table 8 to subpart HHHHH..........  Revises the title to refer to
                                     subpart HHHHH rather than subpart
                                     FFFF, and replaces the incorrect
                                     CAS number with the correct CAS
                                     number for 1,1-dimethyl hydrazine.
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III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' 
and, therefore, subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review 
and the requirements of the Executive Order. The Executive Order 
defines ``significant regulatory action'' as one that is likely to 
result in a rule that may:
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the 
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public 
health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or 
communities;
    (2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in 
the Executive Order.
    It has been determined that the direct final rule amendments are 
not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the terms of Executive 
Order 12866 and are, therefore, not subject to OMB review.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not impose any new information collection burden. 
This action gives a source owner or operator the option of using vapor 
balancing to comply with the standards. Since it is only an option, 
this action will not increase the information collection burden. The 
OMB has previously approved the information collection requirements 
contained in the existing regulations under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and has assigned OMB 
control number 2060-0535 (EPA ICR No. 2115.01).
    Copies of the information collection request (ICR) document(s) may 
be obtained from Susan Auby, by mail at the Office of Environmental 
Information, Collection Strategies Division; U.S. EPA (2822T); 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or by calling (202) 566-1672. A copy may also be 
downloaded off the internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr. Include the ICR 
or OMB number in any correspondence.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The EPA has determined that it is not necessary to prepare a 
regulatory flexibility analysis in connection with the direct final 
rule amendments.
    For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's direct final rule 
amendments on small entities, a small entity is defined as: (1) A small 
business in the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
code 325 that has up to 500; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that 
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government of a city, county, town, school district or special district 
with a population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization 
that is any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and 
operated and is not dominant in its field.
    After considering the economic impacts of today's amendments on 
small entities, EPA has concluded that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
The direct final rule amendments will not impose any requirements on 
small entities. The final rule amendments add several compliance 
options granting greater flexibility to small entities subject to the 
final rule that may result in a more efficient use of resources for 
them and, therefore, impose no additional regulatory costs or 
requirements on owners or operators of affected sources.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, the 
EPA generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-
benefit analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal 
mandates'' that may result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal 
governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any 1 year. Before promulgating an EPA rule for 
which a written statement is needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally 
requires the EPA to identify and consider a reasonable number of 
regulatory alternatives and adopt the least-costly, most cost-
effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives 
of the rule. The provisions of section 205 do not apply when they are 
inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover, section 205 allows the EPA 
to adopt an alternative other than the least-costly, most cost 
effective, or least-burdensome alternative if the Administrator 
publishes with the final rule an explanation why that alternative was 
not adopted. Before the EPA establishes any regulatory requirements 
that may significantly or uniquely affect small governments, including 
tribal governments, it must have developed under section 203 of the 
UMRA a small government agency plan. The plan must provide for 
notifying potentially affected small governments to have meaningful and 
timely input in the development of EPA regulatory proposals with 
significant Federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, 
educating, and advising small governments on compliance with the 
regulatory requirements.
    The EPA has determined that the direct final rule amendments do not 
contain a Federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 
million or more for State, local, and tribal governments, in the 
aggregate, or the private sector in any 1 year. The direct final rule 
amendments provide a source owner or operator with additional options 
to comply with the standards. Therefore, the direct final rule 
amendments are not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 
of the UMRA.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) requires the 
EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful and timely 
input by State and local officials in the development of regulatory 
policies that have federalism implications.'' ``Policies that have 
federalism implications'' is defined in the Executive Order to include 
regulations that have ``substantial direct effects on the States, on 
the relationship between the national government and the States, or on 
the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels 
of government.''
    The direct final rule amendments do not have federalism 
implications. They will not have substantial direct effects on the 
States, on the relationship between the national government and the 
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132. 
The direct final rule amendments provide a source owner or operator 
with another option to comply with the standards and, therefore, impose 
no additional burden on sources. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not 
apply to the direct final rule amendments.
    In the spirit of Executive Order 13132 and consistent with EPA 
policy to promote communications between the EPA and State and local 
governments, the EPA specifically solicits comment on the direct final 
rule amendments from State and local officials.

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000) requires the 
EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful and timely 
input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory policies 
that have tribal implications.'' The direct final rule amendments do 
not have tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175. 
The direct final rule amendments provide a source owner or operator 
with another option to comply with the standards and, therefore, impose 
no additional burden on sources. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 
apply to the direct final rule amendments.
    The EPA specifically solicits additional comment on the direct 
final rule amendments from tribal officials.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health and Safety Risks

    Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies to any 
rule that: (1) Is determined to be ``economically significant'' as 
defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental 
health or safety risk that the EPA has reason to believe may have a 
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets 
both criteria, the EPA must evaluate the environmental health or safety 
effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the planned 
regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and reasonably 
feasible alternatives considered by the EPA.
    The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those 
regulatory actions that are based on health or safety risks, such that 
the analysis required under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has 
the potential to influence the regulation. Today's direct final rule 
amendments are not subject to Executive Order 13045 because they are 
based on technology performance, not health or safety risks. 
Furthermore, the direct final rule amendments have been determined not 
to be ``economically significant'' as defined under Executive Order 
12866.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    The direct final rule amendments are not subject to Executive Order 
13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because they are not a significant 
regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No. 104-113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 
note), directs the EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its 
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with 
applicable law or

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otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical 
standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling 
procedures, and business practices) that are developed or adopted by 
voluntary consensus standards bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to 
provide Congress, through OMB, explanations when the Agency decides not 
to use available and applicable voluntary consensus standards.
    No new standard requirements are cited in the direct final rule 
amendments. Therefore, the EPA is not proposing or adopting any 
voluntary consensus standards in the direct final rule amendments.

J. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing the direct final 
rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House 
of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States 
prior to publication of the direct final rule in the Federal Register. 
The direct final rule amendments are not a ``major rule'' as defined by 
5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental 
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: May 6, 2005.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.

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For the reasons stated in the preamble, title 40, chapter I, part 63 of 
the Code of the Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 63--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.

Subpart HHHHH--[Amended]

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2. Section 63.7995 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (c).

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3. Section 63.8000 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraph (b)(1);
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b. Revising paragraph (c) heading; and
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c. Revising paragraph (d)(1).
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  63.8000  What are my general requirements for complying with this 
subpart?

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (1) If an emission stream contains halogen atoms, and you use a 
combustion-based control device (excluding a flare) to meet an organic 
HAP emission limit, you must determine whether the emission stream 
meets the definition of a halogenated stream by calculating the 
concentration of each organic compound that contains halogen atoms 
using the procedures specified in Sec.  63.115(d)(2)(v), multiplying 
each concentration by the number of halogen atoms in the organic 
compound, and summing the resulting halogen atom concentrations for all 
of the organic compounds in the emission stream. Alternatively, you may 
elect to designate the emission stream as halogenated.
* * * * *
    (c) Compliance requirements for closed vent systems and control 
devices. * * *
* * * * *
    (d) Exceptions to the requirements specified in other subparts of 
this part 63. (1) Requirements for performance tests. The requirements 
specified in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (v) of this section apply 
instead of or in addition to the requirements for performance testing 
of control devices as specified in subpart SS of 40 CFR part 63.
    (i) Conduct gas molecular weight analysis using Method 3, 3A, or 3B 
in appendix A to 40 CFR part 60.
    (ii) Measure moisture content of the stack gas using Method 4 in 
appendix A to 40 CFR part 60.
    (iii) As an alternative to using Method 18, Method 25/25A, or 
Method 26/26A of 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, to comply with any of the 
emission limits specified in Tables 1 through 6 to this subpart, you 
may use Method 320 of 40 CFR part 60, appendix A. When using Method 
320, you must follow the analyte spiking procedures of section 13 of 
Method 320, unless you demonstrate that the complete spiking procedure 
has been conducted at a similar source.
    (iv) Section 63.997(c)(1) does not apply. For the purposes of this 
subpart, results of all initial compliance demonstrations must be 
included in the notification of compliance status report, which is due 
150 days after the compliance date, as specified in Sec.  
63.8075(d)(1).
    (v) If you do not have a closed-vent system as defined in Sec.  
63.981, you must determine capture efficiency using Method 204 of 
appendix M to 40 CFR part 51 for all stationary process vessels subject 
to requirements of Table 1 to this subpart.
* * * * *

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4. Section 63.8005 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  63.8005  What requirements apply to my process vessels?

    (a) General. (1) You must meet each emission limit and work 
practice standard in Table 1 to this subpart that applies to you, and 
you must meet each applicable requirement specified in Sec.  
63.8000(b), except as specified in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) of 
this section.
    (i) You are not required to meet the emission limits and work 
practice standards in Table 1 to this subpart if you comply with Sec.  
63.8050 or Sec.  63.8055.
    (ii) You must meet the emission limits and work practice standards 
in Table 1 to this subpart for emissions from automatic cleaning 
operations. You are not required to meet the emission limits and work 
practice standards in Table 1 to this subpart for emissions from 
cleaning operations that are conducted manually.
    (2) For each control device used to comply with Table 1 to this 
subpart, you must comply with subpart SS of this part 63 as specified 
in Sec.  63.8000(c), except as specified in Sec.  63.8000(d) and 
paragraphs (b) through (g) of this section.
* * * * *

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5. Section 63.8015 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  63.8015  What requirements apply to my equipment leaks?

* * * * *
    (b) Exceptions to requirements in Sec.  63.424(a). (1) When Sec.  
63.424(a) refers to ``a bulk gasoline terminal or pipeline breakout 
station subject to the provisions of this subpart,'' the phrase ``a 
miscellaneous coating manufacturing affected source subject to 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart HHHHH'' shall apply for the purposes of this subpart.
    (2) When Sec.  63.424(a) refers to ``equipment in gasoline 
service,'' the phrase ``equipment in organic HAP service'' shall apply 
for the purposes of this subpart.
    (3) When Sec.  63.424(a) specifies that ``each piece of equipment 
shall be inspected during loading of a gasoline cargo tank,'' the 
phrase ``each piece of equipment must be inspected when it is operating 
in organic HAP service'' shall apply for the purposes of this subpart.
    (4) Equipment in service less than 300 hours per year, equipment in 
vacuum

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service, or equipment contacting non-process fluids is excluded from 
this section.
* * * * *

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6. Section 63.8050 is amended by:
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a. Revising the fifth sentence in paragraph (c)(1)(ii); and
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b. Revising paragraph (c)(3) introductory text.
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  63.8050  How do I comply with emissions averaging for stationary 
process vessels at existing sources?

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) * * * Note that for multi-component emission streams, 
saturation factors must be calculated for all condensable compounds, 
not just the HAP. * * *
* * * * *
    (3) Determine actual emissions in pounds per batch for each vessel 
in accordance with paragraph (c)(3)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section, 
as applicable.
* * * * *

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7. Section 63.8055 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  63.8055  How do I comply with a weight percent HAP limit in 
coating products?

* * * * *
    (b) You may only comply with the alternative during the production 
of coatings that contain less than 5 weight percent HAP, as determined 
using any of the procedures specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) 
of this section.
    (1) Method 311 (appendix A to 40 CFR part 63).
    (2) Method 24 (appendix A to 40 CFR part 60). You may use Method 24 
to determine the mass fraction of volatile matter and use that value as 
a substitute for the mass fraction of HAP.
    (3) You may use an alternative test method for determining mass 
fraction of HAP if you obtain prior approval by the Administrator. You 
must follow the procedure in Sec.  63.7(f) to submit an alternative 
test method for approval.
    (4) You may rely on formulation data. If the HAP weight percent 
estimated based on formulation data conflicts with the results of a 
test conducted according to paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this 
section, then there is a rebuttal presumption that the test results are 
accurate unless, after consultation, you demonstrate to the 
satisfaction of the permitting authority that the test results are not 
accurate and that the formulation data are more appropriate.
* * * * *

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8. Section 63.8105 is amended by revising the definition in paragraph 
(g) for Group 2 transfer operations to read as follows:


Sec.  63.8105  What definitions apply to this subpart?

* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    Group 2 transfer operations means bulk loading of coating products 
that does not meet the definition of Group 1 transfer operations, and 
all loading of coating products from a loading rack to other types of 
containers such as cans, drums, and totes.
* * * * *

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9. Table 1 to subpart HHHHH is amended by revising entries ``1,'' 
``2,'' and ``3'' to read as follows:

 Table 1 to Subpart HHHHH of Part 63.--Emission Limits and Work Practice
                      Standards for Process Vessels
                              * * * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        For each . . .            You must . . .     And you must . . .
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Portable process vessel at   a. Equip the       Nonapplicable.
 an existing source.             vessel with a
                                 cover or lid
                                 that must be in
                                 place at all
                                 times when the
                                 vessel contains
                                 a HAP, except
                                 for material
                                 additions and
                                 sampling.
2. Stationary process vessel    a. Equip the       i. Considering both
 at an existing source.          vessel with a      capture and any
                                 cover or lid       combination of
                                 that must be in    control (except a
                                 place at all       flare), reduce
                                 times when the     emissions of organic
                                 vessel contains    HAP with a vapor
                                 a HAP, except      existing pressure
                                 for material       >=0.6 kPa by >=75
                                 additions and      percent by weight,
                                 sampling; or       and reduce emissions
                                                    of organic HAP with
                                                    a vapor pressure
                                                    <0.6 kPa by >=60
                                                    percent by weight.
                                b. Equip the       i. Reduce emissions
                                 vessel with a      of organic HAP with
                                 tightly fitting    a vapor pressure
                                 vented cover or    >=0.6 kPa by >=75
                                 lid that must be   percent by weight,
                                 closed at all      and reduce emissions
                                 times when the     of organic HAP with
                                 vessel contains    a vapor pressure
                                 HAP, except for    <0.6 kPa by >=60
                                 material           percent by weight,
                                 additions and      by venting emissions
                                 sampling.          through a closed-
                                                    vent system to any
                                                    combination of
                                                    control devices
                                                    (except a flare); or
                                                   ii. Reduce emissions
                                                    of total organic HAP
                                                    by venting emissions
                                                    from a non-
                                                    halogenated vent
                                                    stream through a
                                                    closed-vent system
                                                    to a flare; or
                                                   iii. Reduce emissions
                                                    of total organic HAP
                                                    by venting emissions
                                                    through a closed-
                                                    vent system to a
                                                    condenser that
                                                    reduces the outlet
                                                    gas temperature to:
                                                   <10 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    <0.6 kPa, or
                                                   <2 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    >=0.6 kPa and <17.2
                                                    kPa, or
                                                   <-5 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    >=17.2 kPa.

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3. Portable and stationary      a. Equip the       i. Reduce emissions
 process vessel at a new         vessel with a      of total organic HAP
 source.                         tightly fitting    by >=95 percent by
                                 vented cover or    weight by venting
                                 lid that must be   emissions through a
                                 closed at all      closed-vent system
                                 times when the     to any combination
                                 vessel contains    of control devices
                                 HAP, except for    (except a flare); or
                                 material          ii. Reduce emissions
                                 additions and      of total organic HAP
                                 sampling.          by venting emissions
                                                    from a non-
                                                    halogenated vent
                                                    stream through a
                                                    closed-vent system
                                                    to a flare; or
                                                   iii. Reduce emissions
                                                    of total organic HAP
                                                    by venting emissions
                                                    through a closed-
                                                    vent system to a
                                                    condenser that
                                                    reduces the outlet
                                                    gas temperature to:
                                                   <-4 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    <0.7 kPa, or
                                                   <-20 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    >=0.7 kPa and <17.2
                                                    kPa, or
                                                   <-30 [deg]C if the
                                                    process vessel
                                                    contains HAP with a
                                                    partial pressure
                                                    >=17.2 kPa.
 
                              * * * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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10. Table 7 to subpart HHHHH is amended by revising entry ``51'' to 
read as follows:

  Table 7 to Subpart HHHHH of Part 63.--Partially Soluble Hazardous Air
                               Pollutants
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Chemical name . . .                        CAS No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                * * * * *
51. Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)..................     127184
 
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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11. Table 8 to subpart HHHHH is amended by revising the heading and 
entry ``4'' to read as follows:

 Table 8 to Subpart HHHHH of Part 63.--Soluble Hazardous Air Pollutants
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Chemical name . . .                        CAS No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                * * * * *
4. Dimethyl hydrazine (1,1)..................................      57147
 
                                * * * * *
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