[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17130-17131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0708, FRL-8791-5]
RIN 2060-AP36


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 5, 2009, EPA proposed national emission standards for 
existing stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines that 
either: are located at area sources of hazardous air pollutant 
emissions; or are located at major sources of hazardous air pollutants 
and are either non-emergency compression-ignition engines, or are other 
engines that have a site rating of less than or equal to 500 brake 
horsepower. In this notice, we are announcing a 30-day extension of the 
public comment period for the proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0708, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies. 
EPA requests a separate copy also be sent to the contact person 
identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). In addition, 
please mail a copy of your comments on the information collection 
provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St. NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
     Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center, U.S. EPA, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours 
of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0708. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line 
at www.regulations.gov, 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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
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 www.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 the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hardcopy at the Air and Radiation Docket 
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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 and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Melanie King, Energy Strategies 
Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-01), Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-2469; facsimile number: (919) 541-5450; e-
mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the notice of proposed rulemaking published in 
the Federal Register on March 5, 2009 (74 FR 9698). That notice 
proposed national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants 
(NESHAP) for existing stationary reciprocating internal combustion 
engines (RICE) that either are located at area sources of hazardous air 
pollutant emissions or that have a site rating of less than or equal to 
500 brake horsepower and are located at major sources of hazardous air 
pollutant emissions. EPA also proposed NESHAP

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for existing non-emergency stationary compression ignition engines 
greater than 500 brake horsepower that are located at major sources, 
based on a new review of these engines following the first RICE NESHAP 
rulemaking in 2004. In addition, EPA proposed to amend the previously 
promulgated regulations regarding operation of stationary RICE during 
periods of startup, shutdown and malfunction.
    Shortly after publication of the proposed rule, several industry 
groups formally requested that EPA extend the comment period of the 
proposed rule. They indicated that an extended comment period was 
necessary due to the complexities of the proposed regulation and the 
large number of existing sources that are potentially affected. 
Furthermore, the request letters mention that the proposed regulation 
has far-reaching impacts on industrial stakeholders and that those 
impacts cannot be properly evaluated in the 60-day comment period 
provided by the proposal.
    The letters requesting an extension to the comment period can be 
found in the docket. EPA is hereby extending the comment period, which 
was set to end on May 4, 2009, to June 3, 2009.

List of Subjects 40 CFR Part 63

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

    Dated: April 8, 2009.
Elizabeth Craig,
Acting Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-8483 Filed 4-13-09; 8:45 am]
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