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EPA/OAR RIN: 2060-AV56 Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood and Composite Wood Products Amendments 
Abstract: EPA published the residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Plywood and Composite Wood Products (PCWP), (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDD) in the Federal Register on August 13, 2020 (85 FR 49434). PCWP facilities include lumber, plywood, particleboard, medium density fiberboard, hardboard, (structural) fiberboard, oriented strand board (OSB) and engineered wood products manufacturing processes. In a decision issued April 21, 2020, the D.C. Circuit held that EPA has an obligation to address unregulated emissions from a source category when the Agency conducts the 8-year technology review under the Clean Air Act (CAA) 112(d)(6). These amendments will define the MACT (maximum achievable control technology) standard for unregulated HAP emissions within the PCWP source category according to the provisions in the CAA. The EPA is under a court-ordered deadline for signature of the final rule by November 16, 2023. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
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  Blue Ridge Envt’l Defense League, et al. v. Regan, Case No. 1:16-cv-364-CRC (D. D.C.) (Order of Apr. 15, 2021)  11/13/2023 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/18/2023  88 FR 31856   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/03/2023 
Final Rule  11/00/2023 
Additional Information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0243.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/plywood-and-composite-wood-products-manufacture-national-emission  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Katie Hanks
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-05,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-2159
Email: hanks.katie@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