[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68870-68871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27154]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0746; FRL-10002-18-OAR]
RIN 2060-AT85
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing Residual Risk and
Technology Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed action; notification of public hearings and extension
of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 17, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published the proposed rulemaking concerning the residual risk
and technology review (RTR) for the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Miscellaneous Organic
Chemical Manufacturing source category. The EPA also requested public
comment on the proposed action. The EPA is announcing that it will hold
two public hearings to provide interested parties the opportunity to
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed action.
DATES:
Comments: The comment period for the proposed rule published
December 17, 2019, is extended. The EPA must receive comments on this
proposed action no later than February 18, 2020.
Public hearings: The EPA will hold one public hearing on January
14, 2020, in Houston, Texas, and a second public hearing on January 16,
2020, in
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Washington, DC. The EPA will begin pre-registering speakers for the
hearings on December 17, 2019. The last day to pre-register to speak at
either hearing will be January 9, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. (ET). The EPA will
not provide audiovisual equipment for presentations. Any media
presentations should be submitted to the public docket at https://www.regulations.gov/, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0746.
If you require the service of a translator such as audio description,
please pre-register for the hearings and describe your needs by January
9, 2020. We may not be able to arrange accommodations without advanced
notice. Please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
additional information on the public hearings.
ADDRESSES: The hearing in Houston, Texas, will be held in the Harris
County Commissioners Courtroom, 1001 Preston Street, Suite 934,
Houston, Texas. The hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. (local time) and
will conclude at 5:00 p.m. Lunch breaks will be scheduled as time will
allow depending on the number of registered speakers.
The hearing in Washington, DC, will be held in the William
Jefferson Clinton East Building (WJC East), 1201 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room 1117, Washington, DC 20004. The hearing will convene at 9:00
a.m. (local time) and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. Lunch breaks will be
scheduled as time will allow depending on the number of registered
speakers.
The EPA's website for this rulemaking, which includes the proposal
and information about the hearing, can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/miscellaneous-organic-chemical-manufacturing-national-emission. Written comments on the
proposed rule may be submitted to the EPA electronically, by mail,
facsimile, or through hand delivery/courier. Please refer to the
proposal for the addresses and detailed instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to speak at the hearings,
please use the online registration form available at https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/miscellaneous-organic-chemical-manufacturing-national-emission or contact Ms. Virginia Hunt
at (919) 541-0832 or at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because both of these hearings are being
held at government facilities, individuals planning to attend the
hearings should be prepared to show valid picture identification to the
security staff to gain access to the meeting room. Please note that the
REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, established new requirements
for entering federal facilities. For purposes of the REAL ID Act, the
EPA will accept government-issued IDs, including driver's licenses,
from the District of Columbia and all states and territories except
from American Samoa. If your identification is issued by American
Samoa, you must present an additional form of identification to enter
the federal building where the public hearing will be held. Acceptable
alternative forms of identification include: Federal employee badges,
passports, enhanced driver's licenses, and military identification
cards. For additional information on the status of your state regarding
REAL ID, go to: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id. Any objects brought into
the building need to fit through the security screening system, such as
a purse, laptop bag, or small backpack. The EPA will not allow
demonstrations during the public hearing.
On January 13, 2020, the EPA will post general agendas for the
hearings that will list pre-registered speakers in approximate order at
https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/miscellaneous-organic-chemical-manufacturing-national-emission. The EPA will make
every effort to follow the schedules as closely as possible on the day
of each hearing; however, please plan for the hearings to run either
ahead of schedule or behind schedule. Additionally, requests to speak
will be taken the day of each hearing at the hearing registration desk.
The EPA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers who arrive
and register, although preferences on speaking times may not be able to
be fulfilled.
Each commenter will have 5 minutes to provide oral testimony. The
EPA encourages commenters to provide the EPA with a copy of their oral
testimony electronically or in hard copy form. Please refer to the
ADDRESSES section for additional information on how to provide written
comments on the proposed rule.
The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations,
but will not respond to the presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information submitted during the comment
period will be considered with the same weight as oral comments and
supporting information presented at the public hearings. Verbatim
transcripts of the hearings and written statements will be included in
the docket for the rulemaking.
Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the hearings
will be posted online at https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/miscellaneous-organic-chemical-manufacturing-national-emission. While the EPA expects the hearings to go forward as set forth
above, please monitor our website or contact Ms.Virginia Hunt at (919)
541-0832 or [email protected] to determine if there are any
updates. The EPA does not intend to publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing updates.
Dated: December 12, 2019.
Panagiotis Tsirigotis,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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