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 2003_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c817c606 D09002ee1c817c767 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for existing and new fabric and other textile coating, printing, slashing, dyeing, and finishing operations. The final standards implement section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by requiring all major sources to meet the hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The EPA has estimated that there are approximately 135 major source facilities in the printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and other textiles source category. The principal HAP emitted by these sources include toluene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), methanol, xylenes, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, n- hexane, glycol ethers (ethylene glycol), and formaldehyde. The final rule will reduce nationwide organic HAP emissions from major sources by approximately 4,100 tons per year or about 60 percent from baseline emissions. Exposure to these substances has been demonstrated to cause adverse health effects such as irritation of the eye, lung, and mucous membranes, effects on the central nervous system, and damage to the liver. The EPA has classified two of the HAP, methylene chloride and trichloroethylene, as probable or possible human carcinogens. We do not have the type of current detailed data on each of the facilities covered by the final rule and the people living around the facilities that would be necessary to conduct an analysis to determine the actual population exposures to the HAP emitted from these facilities and potential for resultant health effects. Therefore, we do not know the extent to which the adverse health effects described above occur in the populations surrounding these facilities. However, to the extent the adverse effects do occur, the final rule will reduce emissions and subsequent exposures. 68 FR 32172 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-05-29/03-5738 03-5738 fr29my03-22 RIN 2060-AG98 6560-50-P OAR2003-0014-FRL-7461-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-05-29/03-5738 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-05-29/html/03-5738.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-05-29/pdf/03-5738.pdf Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Hazardous Substances Incorporation by Reference Intergovernmental Relations Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 58 p. 32172 32229 68 FR 32172 Title 40 Part 63 40 CFR Part 63 RIN 2060-AG98 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Printing, Coating, and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles; Federal Register Vol. 68, Issue RULE 03-5738 II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OAR2003-0014-FRL-7461-9 6560-50-P 03-5738 Final rule.

This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for existing and new fabric and other textile coating, printing, slashing, dyeing, and finishing operations. The final standards implement section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by requiring all major sources to meet the hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The EPA has estimated that there are approximately 135 major source facilities in the printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and other textiles source category. The principal HAP emitted by these sources include toluene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), methanol, xylenes, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, n- hexane, glycol ethers (ethylene glycol), and formaldehyde. The final rule will reduce nationwide organic HAP emissions from major sources by approximately 4,100 tons per year or about 60 percent from baseline emissions. Exposure to these substances has been demonstrated to cause adverse health effects such as irritation of the eye, lung, and mucous membranes, effects on the central nervous system, and damage to the liver. The EPA has classified two of the HAP, methylene chloride and trichloroethylene, as probable or possible human carcinogens. We do not have the type of current detailed data on each of the facilities covered by the final rule and the people living around the facilities that would be necessary to conduct an analysis to determine the actual population exposures to the HAP emitted from these facilities and potential for resultant health effects. Therefore, we do not know the extent to which the adverse health effects described above occur in the populations surrounding these facilities. However, to the extent the adverse effects do occur, the final rule will reduce emissions and subsequent exposures.

May 29, 2003. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in today's final rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of May 29, 2003. For information concerning applicability and rule determinations, contact your State or local air pollution control agency representative or the appropriate EPA Regional Office Representative. For information concerning the analyses performed in developing the final rule, contact Mr. Paul Almod[oacute]var, Coatings and Consumer Products Group (C539-03), Emission Standards Division, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number (919) 541-0283; facsimile number (919) 541- Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Hazardous Substances Incorporation by Reference Intergovernmental Relations Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Fabrics and other textiles; printing, coating, and dyeing operations, almodovar.paul@epa.gov auby.susan@epa.gov http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ http://www.epa.gov/icr http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg Vol. 68, no. 103 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2003-05-29 continuing daily deposited born digital 396 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-05-29 P0b002ee1809ea049 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr29my03 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-05-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-05-29/pdf/FR-2003-05-29.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-05-29/xml/FR-2003-05-29.xml fdlp 31937 32322 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2003-05-29 machine generated eng FR FR-2003-05-29 68 103