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| EPA/AR | RIN: 2060-AR11 | Publication ID: 2012 |
| Title: Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators Constructed On or Before December 1, 2008 and NSPS: Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators | |
| Abstract: On October 6, 2009, EPA adopted amendments to the September 15, 1997, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emissions Guidelines (EG) for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HMIWI). The amendments were developed in response to the March 2, 1999, remand of the 1997 HMIWI regulations by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the Court), which requested further explanation of EPA's reasoning in determining the minimum regulatory "floors" for new and existing HMIWI. Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require states with existing HMIWI subject to the EG to submit plans to EPA that implement and enforce the EG. State plans to implement the EG adopted on September 15, 1997, are already in place, and revised or new State plans to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, are currently undergoing EPA review. The deadline for States to submit revised/new State plans to EPA for review was October 6, 2010. If a State with existing HMIWI does not submit an approvable plan within 2 years after promulgation of the EG, sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA require EPA to develop, implement, and enforce a Federal plan for HMIWI in the State. The EPA adopted a HMIWI Federal plan on August 15, 2000, to implement the September 15, 1997, EG. On April 23, 2012, the EPA proposed amendments to the hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators federal plan to implement the amended emission guidelines adopted on October 6, 2009, for those states that do not have an approved revised/new state plan implementing the emission guidelines, as amended, in place by October 6, 2011. Also on April 23, 2012, the EPA proposed to amend the new source performance standards to better reflect our original intent in the October 6, 2009, final rule in eliminating an exemption during startup, shutdown and malfunction periods from the requirement to comply with standards at all times. This action will finalize the amendments to the hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators federal plan and amendments to the new source performance standards. | |
| Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
| RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
| Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
| CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62 | |
| Legal Authority: CAA sec 111 CAA sec 129 | |
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| Additional Information: EPA Docket information: Docket#A-91-61, A-98-24, and EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0534 | |
| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal |
| Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
| RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/129/hmiwi/rihmiwi.html | |
| RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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Agency Contact: Amy Hambrick Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-0964 Fax:919 541-0516 Email: hambrick.amy@epa.gov Steve Fruh Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-2837 Email: fruh.steve@epa.gov |
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