[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51922-51925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21279]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0600; FRL-9453-3]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Maryland; Adoption of Plastic Parts and Business Machines Coating 
Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revision submitted by the State of Maryland (Maryland). This SIP 
revision includes amendments to the Code of Maryland (COMAR) 
26.11.19.07, Volatile Organic Compounds from Specific Processes, Paper, 
Fabric, Film and Foil Coating, and adds new COMAR 26.11.19.07-2, 
Plastic Parts and Business Machines Coating. Maryland's SIP revision 
meets the requirement to adopt Reasonably Available Control Technology 
(RACT) for sources covered by EPA's Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) 
for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings and will help 
Maryland attain and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
(NAAQS) for ozone. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act 
(CAA).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 19, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2011-0600 by one of the following methods:
    A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. E-mail: [email protected].
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0600, Cristina Fernandez, Associate 
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
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-R03-OAR-
2011-0600. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change, and may be

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made available online at http://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 
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://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 http://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.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. 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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business hours at the 
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the 
State submittal are available at the Maryland Department of the 
Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 
21230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Shandruk, (215) 814-2166, or by 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 22, 2011, the Maryland Department of 
the Environment (MDE) submitted to EPA a SIP revision concerning the 
adoption of the plastic parts and business machines coating standards 
found in the Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts CTG.

I. Background

    Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides that SIPs for nonattainment 
areas must include reasonably available control measures (RACM), 
including RACT for sources of emissions. Section 182(b)(2)(A) provides 
that for certain nonattainment areas, states must revise their SIPs to 
include RACT for sources of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions 
covered by a CTG document issued after November 15, 1990 and prior to 
the area's date of attainment.
    CTGs are intended to provide state and local air pollution control 
authorities information that should assist them in determining RACT for 
VOCs from various sources, including plastic parts and business 
machines coatings. In developing these CTGs, EPA, among other things, 
evaluated the sources of VOC emissions from this industry and the 
available control approaches for addressing these emissions, including 
the costs of such approaches. Based on available information and data, 
EPA provided recommendations for RACT for VOCs from plastic parts and 
business machines coatings.
    In June 1978, EPA published a CTG for controlling VOC emissions 
from surface coating of miscellaneous metal and plastic products (EPA-
450/2-78-015), which includes plastic parts and business machines 
coatings. This CTG discusses the nature of VOC emissions from this 
industry, available control technologies for addressing such emissions, 
the costs of available control options, and other items. EPA 
promulgated national standards of performance for new stationary 
sources New Source Performance Standards for miscellaneous metal and 
plastic products industry and EPA also published a national emission 
standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for this industry.
    In 2008, after conducting a review of currently existing state and 
local VOC emission reduction approaches for the plastic parts and 
business machines industry, reviewing the 1978 CTG and the NESHAP for 
this industry, and taking into account the information that has become 
available since then, EPA developed a new CTG for miscellaneous metal 
and plastic parts, entitled Control Techniques Guidelines for 
Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings (Publication No. EPA 
453/R-08-003).
    The miscellaneous metal product and plastic parts surface coatings 
categories under section 183(e) of the CAA includes the coatings that 
are applied to the surfaces of a varied range of metal and plastic 
parts and products. Such parts or products are constructed either 
entirely or partially from metal or plastic. The VOC emissions from 
miscellaneous metal product and plastic parts surface coating processes 
result from the evaporation of the volatile components of the coatings 
and cleaning materials used in these operations.

II. Summary of SIP Revision

    On June 22, 2011, MDE submitted to EPA a SIP revision (11-
03) concerning the adoption of the emission limits for plastic parts 
and business machines coatings, part of the EPA miscellaneous metal and 
plastic parts coatings CTG. EPA develops CTGs as guidance on control 
requirements for source categories. States can follow the CTGs or adopt 
more restrictive standards. Maryland has adopted EPA's CTG standards 
for plastic parts and business machine coating processes. These 
regulations are in COMAR 26.11.19, Volatile Organic Compounds from 
Specific Processes. Specifically, this revision amends the existing 
regulation in Section 26.11.19.07 by moving existing VOC coating 
standards for plastic parts and vinyl from this section to new a 
Section, COMAR 26.11.19.07-2, Plastic Parts and Business Machines 
Coating. Additionally, coating standards for plastic parts and business 
machines from EPA's CTG are being adopted into COMAR 26.11.19.07-2, as 
well as new definitions and application methods. Tables 1-3 below 
outline the emission standards adopted by Maryland for plastic parts 
coatings, business machines coatings, and printing standards. A 
detailed summary of EPA's review of and rationale for proposing to 
approve this SIP revision may be found in the Technical Support 
Document (TSD) for this action which is available on line at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket number EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0600.

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                                    Table 1--Plastic Parts Coating Standards
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                                                                                   Pounds of VOC   Kilograms of
                                                                   Applicability   per gallon of   VOC per liter
                      Coating installation                        (pounds of VOC    coating (as   of coating (as
                                                                     per day)      applied minus   applied minus
                                                                                      water)          water)
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Decorative coating of other plastic parts.......................              20             5.9            0.70
General, one-component..........................................              15             2.3            0.28
General, multi-component........................................              15             3.5            0.42
Electric dissipating coatings and shock-free coatings...........              15             6.7            0.80
Extreme performance.............................................              15             3.5            0.42
Metallic........................................................              15             3.5            0.42
Military specification, one-component...........................              15             2.8            0.34
Military specification, multi-component.........................              15             3.5            0.42
Mold seal.......................................................              15             6.3            0.76
Multi-colored coatings..........................................              15             5.7            0.68
Optical coatings................................................              15             6.7            0.80
Plastic vehicle parts...........................................              20             3.0            0.36
Vacuum-metalizing...............................................              15             6.7            0.80
Vinyl...........................................................              20             3.8            0.45
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                                  Table 2--Business Machines Coating Standards
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                                                                                   Pounds of VOC   Kilograms of
                                                                   Applicability   per gallon of   VOC per liter
                      Coating installation                          (lbs of VOC     coating (as   of coating (as
                                                                     per day)      applied minus   applied minus
                                                                                      water)          water)
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Prime coat......................................................              15             2.9            0.35
Topcoat.........................................................              15             2.9            0.35
Texture coat....................................................              15             2.9            0.35
Fog coat........................................................              15             2.9            0.26
Touchup and repair..............................................              15             2.9            0.35
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                                           Table 3--Printing Standards
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                                                                                   Pounds of VOC   Kilograms of
                                                                                   per gallon of   VOC per liter
             Printing installation                Applicability (lbs of VOC per     coating (as   of coating (as
                                                              day)                 applied minus   applied minus
                                                                                      water)          water)
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Plastic other than vinyl......................  Non-major source................             5.8            0.69
Plastic other than vinyl......................  Major source as defined in COMAR             3.8            0.45
                                                 26.11.19.01B(4).
Vinyl.........................................  20..............................             3.8            0.45
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III. Proposed Action

    EPA is proposing to approve Maryland's SIP revision for adoption of 
the CTG standards for plastic parts and business machines coatings. EPA 
is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed in this document. 
These comments will be considered before taking final action.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable 
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this 
action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal 
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those 
imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human

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health or environmental effects, using practicable and legally 
permissible methods, under Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 
16, 1994).
    In addition, this proposed rule concerning Maryland's adoption of 
CTG standards for plastic parts and business machines coatings does not 
have Tribal implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 
67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in 
Indian country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not 
impose substantial direct costs on Tribal governments or preempt Tribal 
law.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 
organic compounds.

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

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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