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EPA/OAR | RIN: 2060-AT03 | Publication ID: Spring 2019 |
Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities | |
Abstract:
This proposal addresses the agency's residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities. The Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities NESHAP, subpart FFFFF, was promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) on May 20, 2003, and subsequently amended on July 13, 2006. The NESHAP established emission limitations and/or work practice requirements based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from iron-making blast furnaces; steel-making oxygen furnaces; ancillary operations, such as ladling, hot metal transfer, skimming and desulfurization; and sinter plants. The HAP emitted from iron and steel sources include metal HAP (all sources) and volatile HAP (sinter plant only). This action implements 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), within 8 years after the MACT standards were established, if such standards are required to ensure the risks due to HAP emissions from these facilities are acceptable and that the NESHAP provides an ample margin of safety to protect public health or to prevent, taking relevant factors into account, an adverse environmental effect. 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 March 13, 2020. While conducting the RTR, the EPA also might consider possible options to address issues raised in Sierra Club's March 26, 2004, petition for administrative reconsideration, and issues included in the voluntary remand without vacatur ordered by the D.C. Circuit Court on June 10, 2010, if appropriate. |
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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 |
EO 13771 Designation: Other | |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63 | |
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7412, Clean Air Act |
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Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-EPA-2002-0083 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Sectors Affected: 33111 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Donnalee Jones Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5251 Fax:919 541-4991 Email: jones.donnalee@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 |