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RIN: 2060-AS46

Publication ID: Fall 2016

Title: Risk and Technology Review for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Pulp and Paper Combustion Sources
Abstract: This action will address the agency's residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pulp and Paper Combustion Sources. The Pulp and Paper Combustion Sources NESHAP, subpart MM, was promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) on 1/12/01, and amended in 2003. The NESHAP established emission limitations based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from recovery furnaces, lime kilns and smelt dissolving tanks at kraft, soda, sulfite and semi-chemical pulp mills. The main HAP emitted from these sources are HAP metals. This action will implement the residual risk review requirements of CAA section 112(f)(2) and the technology review requirements of CAA section 112(d)(6). The statute directs the EPA to promulgate emission standards under CAA 112(f)(2) if such standards are required to provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health or to prevent, taking relevant factors into account, an adverse environmental effect. Any such standards are to be promulgated within 8 years after promulgation of MACT standards under CAA section 112(d). CAA section 112(d)(6) requires the EPA to review and revise the MACT standards as necessary, taking into account developments in practices, processes and control technologies, no less often than every 8 years. Pursuant to a court order, the EPA is obligated to complete the final action by 10/1/17.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 63 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Judicial	15-cv-01165-HSG, U.S. District Court Norther District of California, filed 3/15/16.	10/01/2017

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/00/2016
Final Rule	10/00/2017

Additional Information: Docket ID# EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0741
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined	Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 32211 Pulp Mills
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Kelley Spence Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-3158 Fax:919 541-0516 Email: spence.kelley@epa.gov Bill Schrock Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5032 Email: schrock.bill@epa.gov