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EPA/OAR RIN: 2060-AT30 Publication ID: Spring 2017 
Title: ●National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Iron and Steel Foundries 
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 Iron and Steel Foundries. The Iron and Steel Foundry NESHAP, subpart EEEEE, was promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) on April 22, 2004, and subsequently amended on May 20, 2005, and February 7, 2008. The NESHAP established emission limitations and work practice requirements based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for control emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from iron and steel foundries. The HAP emitted from iron and steel foundries include metal and organic compounds. 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 June 30, 2020. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Judicial  16-cv-00364-CRC; Filed March 22, 2017.  06/30/2020 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/00/2019 
Final Rule  07/00/2020 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Sectors Affected: 331511 Iron Foundries; 331512 Steel Investment Foundries; 331513 Steel Foundries (except Investment) 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Phil Mulrine
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-02,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5289
Fax:919 541-4991
Email: mulrine.phil@epa.gov

Chuck French
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-02,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-7912
Fax:919 541-4991
Email: french.chuck@epa.gov