[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6035-6036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01923]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0037; FRL-9921-81-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS45


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources Wastewater 
Limit Withdrawal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources. In addition 
to this proposed rule, the EPA is publishing a direct final rule that 
withdraws the total non-vinyl chloride organic hazardous air pollutant 
(TOHAP) area source process wastewater emission standards for new and 
existing polyvinyl chloride and copolymers area sources. If we receive 
no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed 
rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received by March 13, 2015.
    Public Hearing. If anyone contacts the EPA requesting a public 
hearing by February 9, 2015, the EPA will hold a public hearing on 
February 11, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) to 5:00 p.m. 
(Eastern Standard Time) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
building located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27711. If the EPA holds a public hearing, the EPA will keep the 
record of the hearing open for 30 days after completion of the hearing 
to provide an opportunity for submission of rebuttal and supplementary 
information.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0037, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov: 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Attention Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0037.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0037.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Mail Code: 28221T, Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-
0037, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 
Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20004. Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-
0037. 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 Number EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0037. The 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.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 email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA 
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment 
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files 
should not include special characters or any form of encryption and be 
free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    We request that you also send a separate copy of each comment to 
the contact person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jodi Howard, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division (E143-01), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-4607; fax number: (919) 
541-2406; and email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?

    The EPA is proposing this rule to take action on amendments to the 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyvinyl 
Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DDDDDD). We are proposing to withdraw the area source process 
wastewater emission standards for new and existing sources in Tables 1 
and 2 of 40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDDD. In addition, the EPA has 
published a direct final rule withdrawing the area source process 
wastewater TOHAP emission standards in the ``Rules and Regulations'' 
section of this Federal Register because we view this as a 
noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. We have 
explained our reasons for this action in the preamble to the direct 
final rule.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment on a distinct 
portion of the direct final rule, we will withdraw that portion of the 
rule and it will not take effect. In this instance, we would address 
all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed 
rule.
    If we receive adverse comment on a distinct provision of the direct 
final rule, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register 
indicating which provisions we are withdrawing. The provisions that are 
not withdrawn will become effective on the date set out in the direct 
final rule, notwithstanding adverse comment on any other provision. We 
do not intend to institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
    The regulatory text for this proposal is identical to that for the 
direct final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register. For further supplementary information, the 
detailed rationale for this proposal and the regulatory

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revisions, see the direct final rule published in a separate part of 
this Federal Register.

II. Does this action apply to me?

    Categories and entities potentially regulated by this proposed rule 
include:

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                                                         Examples of
             Category               NAICS code \1\   regulated entities
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Polyvinyl chloride resins                   325211  Facilities that
 manufacturing.                                      polymerize vinyl
                                                     chloride monomer to
                                                     produce polyvinyl
                                                     chloride and/or
                                                     copolymers
                                                     products.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.

    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this 
proposed rule. To determine whether your facility would be regulated by 
this proposed rule, you should examine the applicability criteria in 40 
CFR 63.11140. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of 
this action to a particular entity, consult either the air permitting 
authority for the entity or your EPA regional representative as listed 
in 40 CFR 63.13.

III. Statutory and Executive Orders

    For a complete discussion of all of the administrative requirements 
applicable to this action, see the direct final rule in the ``Rules and 
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: January 23, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
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