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RIN: 2060-AU20

Publication ID: Spring 2021

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters: Amendments
Abstract: On January 31, 2013, the EPA promulgated amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Source: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters. Environmental groups and industry filed for judicial review of the amended final rule. The court issued its decision on July 29, 2016, vacating the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for all subcategories that were affected by the EPA's exclusion of certain sources from consideration when setting the standards. The court also remanded the carbon monoxide standard to the EPA to adequately explain how carbon monoxide acts as a reasonable surrogate for organic hazardous air pollutants. On September 12, 2016, the EPA petitioned the court asking that the MACT standards be remanded without vacatur. On December 23, 2016, the court granted the EPA's request. In November 2015, the EPA finalized its decision on certain other issues for which it granted reconsideration. Environmental groups filed a petition for judicial review of the reconsideration action. The court issued its decision on March 16, 2018, remanding for further explanation the revised 130 parts per million carbon monoxide emission limits. This final rule will address the issues that were remanded in the two court decisions.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7412 Clean Air Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
None

Overall Description of Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/24/2020	85 FR 52198
Final Rule	09/00/2021

Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 221 Utilities; 321 Wood Product Manufacturing; 322 Paper Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; 611 Educational Services
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Jim Eddinger Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5426 Email: eddinger.jim@epa.gov Nick Hutson Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-2968 Fax:919 541-4991 Email: hutson.nick@epa.gov