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RIN: 2060-AQ89

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Reconsideration of Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Amendments
Abstract: The NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources was promulgated on October 29, 2009. The standards included requirements for nine source categories in one subpart. On February 12, 2010, EPA received a petition for reconsideration from the American Chemistry Council and the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates. The petitioners requested that EPA republish six aspects of the final rule because the requirements were not described in, nor were logical outgrowth of, the proposed rule. The six provisions are: (1) Title V permits are required for sources that installed controls after 1990 to become area sources (the source categories were exempt from title V in proposal) ; (2) the requirement that sources with equipment subject to the final rule and another rule comply with either each provision independently or with the most stringent requirements of each rule; (3) the requirement that leak inspections include direct and proximate inspection of all areas of potential leak within the chemical manufacturing process unit (CMPU); (4) the requirement that process vessels in HAP service be equipped with a cover or lid that must be in place at all times when the vessel contains HAP, except for material addition and sampling; (5) the requirement to conduct leak inspections only during those periods when equipment is in HAP service; and (6) the broad definition of "family of materials" in determining applicability of CMPUs. On June 15, 2010, EPA granted reconsideration and in this supplemental proposal EPA will request comment on the six provisions.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act sec 112

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final--Stay	12/14/2010	75 FR 77760
NPRM--Stay	12/14/2010	75 FR 77799
Final Action--Stay	03/14/2011	76 FR 13514
NPRM--Reconsideration	12/00/2011
Final Action--Reconsideration	09/00/2012

Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM - Stay - http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Nick Parsons Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation NVFEL, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone:734 214-4479 Email: parsons.nick@epa.gov Brenda Shine Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-3608 Fax:919 541-0516 Email: shine.brenda@epa.gov