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EPA/AR | RIN: 2060-AQ46 | Publication ID: Fall 2010 |
Title: ●Direct Final Amending Monitoring Requirements of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Steam Generating Units | |
Abstract: EPA is issuing direct final amendments (and the corresponding parallel proposal) of the monitoring requirements in the electric utility and boiler New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). Since promulgation of the 2009 final amendments, EPA has issued an information collection request (ICR) to the electric utility sector that requires condensable particulate matter (PM) testing from a substantial number of units. We have determined that this ICR will provide sufficient data to determine both if a standard is appropriate, and, in the event a standard is appropriate, the level of the standard. Therefore, the testing requirement in the NSPS is no longer necessary and represents an unnecessary burden to the regulated community. Consequently, the direct final would eliminate the testing requirement. In addition, questions about the intent of the 2009 amendments to the opacity monitoring requirements and been raised, and the direct final amendments will delay the amended opacity monitoring requirements until January 1, 2012. We intend to complete the remand to the boiler NSPS prior to January 1, 2012 and will be able to take comment on and address the opacity monitoring in the remand. Finally, the direct final amendments will correct three recently identified errors in the regulatory text. | |
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60 | |
Legal Authority: CAA 111 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: Split from RIN 2060-AO61; EPA Docket information: EPAHQ-OAR20050031 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Sectors Affected: 221112 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Christian Fellner Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-4003 Fax:919 541-4991 Email: fellner.christian@epa.gov Bill Maxwell Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5430 Fax:919 541-5450 Email: maxwell.bill@epa.gov |