2060-AR11 201110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Air and Radiation AR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators Constructed On or Before December 1, 2008 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. This action will propose amendments to the HMIWI federal plan to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, for those states that do not have an approved revised/new state plan in place by October 6, 2011. Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No Undetermined 40 CFR 62 CAA sec 111 CAA sec 129 Statutory Final 10/06/2011 No NPRM 12/00/2011 Final Action 12/00/2012 EPA Docket information: Docket#A-91-61, A-98-24, and EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0534 No No Federal State Tribal No http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/129/hmiwi/rihmiwi.html No No Amy Hambrick 2060 Air and Radiation AR 919 541-0964 919 541-3470 hambrick.amy@epamail.epa.gov E143-03, Research Triangle Park NC 27711 David Cozzie 2060 Air and Radiation AR 919 541-5356 cozzie.david@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC 20460