National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2011)

Proposed Rules

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-15273

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 63

EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0084; FRL-9320-7

RIN 2060-AM37

Amendments to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Area Sources: Plating and Polishing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: On June 12, 2008, EPA issued national emission standards for control of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) for the plating and polishing area source category under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In today's action, EPA is proposing to amend the national emission standards for control of hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the plating and polishing area source category published on June 12, 2008.

The amendments to the area source standards for plating and polishing area sources would clarify that the emission control requirements of the plating and polishing area source NESHAP do not

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apply to any bench-scale activities. Also, the amendments include several technical corrections and clarifications that do not make significant changes in the rule's requirements. In the ``Rules and

Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, we are amending the area source standards for plating and polishing area sources as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received by July 20, 2011. If EPA receives adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the

Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-

OAR-2005-0084, by one of the following methods: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.

E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005- 0084.

Fax: Fax your comments to: (202) 566-9744, Attention

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0084.

Mail: Send your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID

No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0084. Please include a total of two copies.

Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments to: EPA Docket Center, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are accepted only during the

Docket's normal hours of operation and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Please include a total of two copies.

Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR- 2005-0084. 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 e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an

``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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, 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 EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

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., CBI 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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center,

Public Reading Room, EPA 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. Eastern Standard Time (EST), 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 and

Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Donna Lee Jones, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

(D243-02), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,

North Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5251; fax number:

(919) 541-3207; e-mail address: Jones.DonnaLee@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information presented in this preamble is organized as follows:

1. Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule?

2. Does this action apply to me?

3. Where can I get a copy of this document?

4. Why are we amending this rule?

5. What amendments are we making to this rule?

6. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

   1. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

   2. Paperwork Reduction Act

   3. Regulatory Flexibility Act

   4. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

   5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

   6. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With

      Indian Tribal Governments

   7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From

      Environmental Health and Safety Risks

   8. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That

      Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

1. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act

   10. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address

   Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income

   Populations

1. Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule?

   This document proposes to take action on amendments to the national emission standards for plating and polishing operations that are area sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart WWWWWW). We have published a direct final rule amending the area source standards for plating and polishing operations 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 by July 20, 2011, we will not take further action on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We would address all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.

   We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.

   For further information, please see the information provided in the

   ADDRESSES section of this document.

2. Does this action apply to me?

   The regulated categories and entities potentially affected by the proposed rule include:

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   NAICS

   Category

   code\1\

   Examples of regulated entities

   Industry........................................

   332813 Area source facilities engaged in any one or more types of nonchromium electroplating; electropolishing; electroforming; electroless plating, including thermal metal spraying, chromate conversion coating, and coloring; or mechanical polishing of metals and formed products for the trade. Regulated sources do not include chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing sources, as those sources are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart N, ``Chromium

   Emissions From Hard and Decorative Chromium

   Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks.''

   Manufacturing...................................

   32,33 Area source establishments engaged in one or more types of nonchromium electroplating; electropolishing; electroforming; electroless plating, including thermal metal spraying, chromate conversion coating, and coloring; or mechanical polishing of metals and formed products for the trade. Examples include: 33251,

   Hardware Manufacturing; 323111, Commercial

   Gravure Printing; 332116, Metal Stamping; 332722, Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer

   Manufacturing; 332811, Metal Heat Treating; 332812, Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to

   Manufacturers; 332913, Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing; Other Metal Valve and

   Pipe Fitting Manufacturing; 332999, All Other

   Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product

   Manufacturing; 334412, Bare Printed Circuit

   Board Manufacturing; 336412, Aircraft Engine and

   Engine Parts Manufacturing; and 339911, Jewelry

   (except Costume) Manufacturing.

   \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 affected by this proposed action. To determine whether your facility would be regulated by this proposed action, you should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.11475 of subpart WWWWWW (NESHAP: Area Source Standards for

   Plating and Polishing Operations). If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult either the air permit authority for the entity or your EPA regional representative as listed in Sec. 63.13 of the General Provisions to part 63 (40 CFR part 63, subpart A).

3. Where can I get a copy of this document?

   In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of this proposed action will also be available on the Worldwide Web (WWW) through the Technology Transfer Network (TTN). Following signature, a copy of this proposed action will be posted on the TTN's policy and guidance page for newly proposed or promulgated rules at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/. The TTN provides information and technology exchange in various areas of air pollution control.

4. Why are we amending this rule?

   On July 1, 2008 (73 FR 37741), we issued the NESHAP for Area

   Sources: Plating and Polishing (40 CFR part 63, subpart WWWWWW). The final rule establishes air emission control requirements for new and existing facilities that are area sources of hazardous air pollutants.

   The final standards establish emission standards in the form of management practices for new and existing tanks, thermal spraying equipment, and dry mechanical polishing equipment in certain plating and polishing processes. These final emission standards reflect EPA's determination regarding the generally achievable control technology

   (GACT) and management practices for the area source category.

   In the time period since promulgation, it has come to our attention that certain aspects of the rule as promulgated have led to misinterpretations, inconsistencies, and confusion regarding the applicability of the rule. Therefore, we are amending and correcting parts of the rule to address these issues.

5. What are the changes to the area source NESHAP for plating and polishing operations?

   We are amending this rule to clarify and correct inconsistencies and inadequacies of the rule language that have come to our attention since promulgation. For a detailed description of the proposed amendments, see the information provided in the direct final rule published in the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal

   Register.

6. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

   1. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive

      Order 13565: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

      This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and is therefore not subject to review under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

      (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).

   2. Paperwork Reduction Act

      This action does not impose any new information collection burden.

      These proposed amendments clarify that the emission control requirements of the plating and polishing area source rule do not apply to bench-scale activities. Also, several technical corrections and clarifications that do not make material changes in the rule's requirements have been made to the rule text. No new burden is associated with these requirements because the burden was included in the approved information collection request (ICR) for the existing rule. However, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has previously approved the information collection requirements contained in the existing regulations (40 CFR part 63 subpart WWWWWW) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and has assigned OMB control number control number 2060-0623. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

   3. Regulatory Flexibility Act

      The Regulatory Flexibility Act generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure

      Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,

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      small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental jurisdictions.

      For the purposes of assessing the impacts of this proposed rule on small entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business that meets the Small Business Administration size standards for small businesses at 13 CFR 121.201 (whose parent company has fewer than 500 employees for NAICS code 332813); (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, school district, or special district with a population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field.

      After considering the economic impacts of this proposed rule on small entities, I certify that this action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. We have determined that the small entities in this area source category will not incur any adverse impacts because this action makes only technical corrections and clarifications that increase flexibility and does not create any new requirements or burdens. No costs are associated with these amendments to the NESHAP.

   4. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

      This action contains no Federal mandates under the provisions of

      Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 for State, local, or tribal governments or the private sector. The action imposes no enforceable duty on any State, local or tribal governments or the private sector. The term ``enforceable duty'' does not include duties and conditions in voluntary Federal contracts for goods and services. Thus, this action is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 or 205 of the UMRA.

      This action is also not subject to the requirements of section 203 of UMRA because it contains no regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The technical corrections and clarifications made through this action contain no requirements that apply to such governments, impose no obligations upon them, and will not result in any expenditures by them or any disproportionate impacts on them.

   5. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

      This proposed rule does not have federalism implications. It will not have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132. The proposed rule makes certain technical corrections and clarifications to the NESHAP for plating and polishing area sources. These proposed corrections and clarifications do not impose requirements on State and local governments. Thus,

      Executive Order 13132 does not apply to the proposed rule.

   6. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian

      Tribal Governments

      This proposed action does not have tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 6, 2000).

      This proposed rule makes certain technical corrections and clarifications to the NESHAP for plating and polishing area sources.

      These proposed corrections and clarifications do not impose requirements on tribal governments. They also have no direct effects on tribal governments, on the relationship between the Federal government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal government and Indian tribes. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.

   7. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental

      Health and Safety Risks

      EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) as applying to those regulatory actions that concern health or safety risks, such that the analysis required under section 5-501 of the

      Executive Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it makes technical corrections and clarifications to the area source NESHAP for plating and polishing area sources which is based solely on technology performance.

   8. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That

      Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

      This proposed action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.

1. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act

   Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement

   Act (NTTAA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113, section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS) in its regulatory activities, unless to do so would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. The VCS are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling procedures, and business practices) that are developed or adopted by

   VCS bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, through the

   Office of Management and Budget, explanations when the Agency does not use available and applicable VCS.

   This proposed rule does not involve technical standards. Therefore,

   EPA did not consider the use of any VCS.

   10. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental

   Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations

   Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes

   Federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision directs Federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the United States.

   EPA has determined that this proposed rule will not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not affect the level of protection provided to human health or the environment. The technical corrections and clarifications in this proposed rule do not change the level of control required by the

   NESHAP.

   List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63

   Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,

   Air pollution control, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

   Dated: June 14, 2011.

   Lisa P. Jackson,

   Administrator.

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