United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-24 article Notices D09002ee1c81e95a4 D09002ee1c81e9613 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This notice presents EPA's finding required by section 112(n)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as to whether regulation of emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units (as defined in section 112(a)(8) of the CAA) is appropriate and necessary. This finding is based on the results of EPA's February 1998 "Study of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units--Final Report to Congress' (utility RTC), and on information obtained subsequent to the utility RTC concerning HAP emissions to the atmosphere from electric utility steam generating units. In the utility RTC, the EPA indicated that coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units are significant emitters of HAP, including mercury which is emitted from coal-fired units, and which EPA identified as the HAP of greatest concern to public health from the industry. Based on the available information, the Administrator finds that regulation of HAP emissions from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units under section 112 of the CAA is appropriate and necessary. As a result, this notice adds coal-and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units to the list of source categories under section 112(c) of the CAA. Also in the utility RTC, the EPA indicated that the impacts due to HAP emissions from natural gas-fired electric utility steam generating units were negligible based on the results of the study. The Administrator finds that regulation of HAP emissions from natural gas-fired electric utility steam generating units is not appropriate or necessary. The EPA does not believe that the definition of electric utility steam generating unit found in section 112(a)(8) of the CAA encompasses stationary combustion turbines. Therefore, the finding concerning natural-gas fired electric utility steam generating units does not apply to stationary combustion turbines. 65 FR 79825 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-20/00-32395 00-32395 fr20de00-61 6560-50-U AD-FRL-6919-6 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-20/00-32395 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-20/html/00-32395.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-20/pdf/00-32395.pdf 7 p. 79825 79831 65 FR 79825 Regulatory Finding on the Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Electric Utility Steam Generating Units; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue NOTICE 00-32395 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AD-FRL-6919-6 6560-50-U 00-32395 Notice of regulatory finding.

This notice presents EPA's finding required by section 112(n)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as to whether regulation of emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units (as defined in section 112(a)(8) of the CAA) is appropriate and necessary. This finding is based on the results of EPA's February 1998 "Study of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units--Final Report to Congress' (utility RTC), and on information obtained subsequent to the utility RTC concerning HAP emissions to the atmosphere from electric utility steam generating units. In the utility RTC, the EPA indicated that coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units are significant emitters of HAP, including mercury which is emitted from coal-fired units, and which EPA identified as the HAP of greatest concern to public health from the industry. Based on the available information, the Administrator finds that regulation of HAP emissions from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units under section 112 of the CAA is appropriate and necessary. As a result, this notice adds coal-and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units to the list of source categories under section 112(c) of the CAA. Also in the utility RTC, the EPA indicated that the impacts due to HAP emissions from natural gas-fired electric utility steam generating units were negligible based on the results of the study. The Administrator finds that regulation of HAP emissions from natural gas-fired electric utility steam generating units is not appropriate or necessary. The EPA does not believe that the definition of electric utility steam generating unit found in section 112(a)(8) of the CAA encompasses stationary combustion turbines. Therefore, the finding concerning natural-gas fired electric utility steam generating units does not apply to stationary combustion turbines.

Mr. William Maxwell, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5430, facsimile number (919) Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Electric utility steam generating units; regulatory finding, maxwell.bill@epa.gov http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg Vol. 65, no. 245 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-12-20 continuing daily deposited born digital 579 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-20 P0b002ee1809fcfb2 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr20de00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-12-20 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-20/pdf/FR-2000-12-20.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-20/xml/FR-2000-12-20.xml fdlp 79711 80278 DGPO 2010-09-24 2024-06-08 FR-2000-12-20 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-12-20 65 245