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EPA/OAR | RIN: 2060-AU18 | Publication ID: Spring 2019 |
Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Residual Risk and Technology Review | |
Abstract:
This proposal address the agency's residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills. The MSW Landfills NESHAP, subpart AAAA, was promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) on January 16, 2003. The NESHAP established emission limitations based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and helped implement the Urban Air Toxics Strategy developed under section 112(k) of the CAA. The HAP emitted by MSW landfills include, but are not limited to, vinyl chloride, ethyl benzene, toluene and benzene. 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) 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 March 13, 2020. In consideration of this deadline, which also applies to 19 other RTR source categories, we established an internal schedule for this RTR to be proposed and finalized prior to the consent decree deadline. The EPA currently plans to complete this action by July 2019. |
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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-OAR-2002-0047 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Sectors Affected: 562212 Solid Waste Landfill | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Allison Costa Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone:919 541-1322 Email: costa.allison@epa.gov Robin Dunkins Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone:919 541-5335 Email: dunkins.robin@epa.gov |