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EPA/OAR RIN: 2060-AV97 Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: ●Oil and Gas NESHAP; Part 63 Subparts HH and HHH; Removal of Affirmative Defense 
Abstract:

On Thursday, August 16, 2012, the EPA promulgated affirmative defense provisions as part of the Risk and Technology Review of subparts HH and HHH of part 63 Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants at 77 FR 49490. The D.C. Circuit Court issued an opinion vacating the portion of EPA’s Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP that established an affirmative defense for emissions violations caused by “unavoidable” malfunctions (NRDC v. EPA, 749 F.3d 1055 (D.C. Cir. 2014). The purpose of this proposal is to address the affirmative defense provision in subpart HH/HHH in light of the NRDC decision.

 
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: Clean Air Act sec. 112   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2024 
Final Rule  06/00/2026 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Matthew Witosky
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-05,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-2865
Email: witosky.matthew@epa.gov