[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38702-38703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14042]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0341; FRL-9947-17-OAR]


Notice of Availability of the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Two Updated Chapters in the EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
that two chapters of the EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual (Control 
Cost Manual) have been finalized and are available to the public. These 
chapters, titled ``Chapter 1--Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction'' and 
``Chapter 2--Selective Catalytic Reduction'' are components of 
``Section 4--Nitrogen Oxide Controls'' and incorporate comments 
received on draft versions made available in a Notice of Data 
Availability (NODA) published on June 12, 2015. A response to comment 
(RTC) document summarizing comments and agency responses is available 
for each chapter. In addition, cost calculation information is provided 
electronically for each chapter enabling estimation of costs for 
installing and operating NOx control measures. The final chapters, RTC 
and cost calculation documents are available at https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/cost_manual.html. In addition, all public comments received by 
the agency are available in the docket for this Notice of Availability 
(EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0341).
    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., Confidential Business 
Information 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 hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 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: For questions on the EPA Air Pollution 
Control Cost Manual update, contact Larry Sorrels, Health and 
Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, C439-02, 109 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone number: 
(919) 541-5041; fax number: (919) 541-0839; email address: 
[email protected].

Information Available From This Notice

    The EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual provides guidance for the 
development of accurate and consistent costs for air pollution control 
devices. The Control Cost Manual focuses on point source and stationary 
area source air pollution controls for volatile organic compounds, 
particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and certain 
acid gases (primarily sulfur dioxide and hydrochloric acid). The EPA is 
currently updating the Control Cost Manual. This update will be the 
Seventh Edition and is required under the authority of the 2014 
Consolidated Appropriations Act.
    The Control Cost Manual contains individual chapters on control

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measures, including data and equations to aid users in estimating 
capital costs for installation and annual costs for operation and 
maintenance of these measures. The Control Cost Manual is used by the 
EPA for estimating the impacts of rulemakings, and serves as a basis 
for sources to estimate costs of controls that are Best Available 
Control Technology under the New Source Review Permitting Program and 
Best Available Retrofit Technology under the Regional Haze Program and 
for other programs.
    The two Control Cost Manual chapters that have been revised include 
``Chapter 1--Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction'' and ``Chapter 2--
Selective Catalytic Reduction.'' These two chapters are the first two 
chapters to be released for the Seventh Edition of the Control Cost 
Manual and replace the Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction and Selective 
Catalytic Reduction chapters in the current Control Cost Manual Sixth 
Edition. A response to comment (RTC) document summarizing comments and 
agency responses is available for each chapter. In addition, cost 
calculation information is provided electronically for each chapter 
enabling estimation of costs for installing and operating NOx control 
measures. The final chapters, RTC and cost calculation documents are 
available at https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/cost_manual.html. In 
addition, all public comments received by the agency are available in 
the docket for this Notice of Availability (EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0341).
    The Control Cost Manual was last updated in 2003. The development 
of the Control Cost Manual Seventh Edition is in response to the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, which requested that the EPA 
begin development of a seventh edition of the Control Cost Manual.

    Dated: June 8, 2016.
Stephen Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2016-14042 Filed 6-13-16; 8:45 am]
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