80_FR_56758 80 FR 56577 - Release of Draft Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

80 FR 56577 - Release of Draft Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 181 (September 18, 2015)

Page Range56577-56578
FR Document2015-21027

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of a draft Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document for select oil and natural gas industry emission sources. This document, when finalized, will provide state, local, and tribal air agencies (air agencies) information to assist them in determining reasonably available control technology (RACT) for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from such sources.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0216; FRL-9932-42-OAR]
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Release of Draft Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and 
Natural Gas Industry

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the 
availability of a draft Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document 
for select oil and natural gas industry emission sources. This 
document, when finalized, will provide state, local, and tribal air 
agencies (air agencies) information to assist them in determining 
reasonably available control technology (RACT) for volatile organic 
compound (VOC) emissions from such sources.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The draft Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and 
Natural Gas Industry is available primarily via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/index.html.
    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-
0216, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment 
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA 
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA 
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, 
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2015-0216. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information 
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA 
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email address 
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that 
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If 
you submit an electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include 
your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and 
with any CD you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should 
avoid the use of special characters, avoid any form of encryption and 
be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional instructions on 
submitting comments, go to section I.A of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.
    Docket. All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 
566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Charlene Spells, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (E143-05), Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number:(919) 541- 5255; fax 
number:(919) 541-3470; email:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments?

    Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA through 
http://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a CD 
that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of the CD as CBI and then 
identify electronically within the CD the specific information that is 
claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that 
includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does 
not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for 
inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be 
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 
2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to the following 
address: Tiffany Purifoy, OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), 
U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0216.

II. Information About the Document

    Section 172(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) provides that State 
Implementation Plans (SIPs) for nonattainment areas must include 
``reasonably available control measures'', including ``reasonably 
available control technology'' (RACT), for existing sources of 
emissions. Section 182(b)(2)(A)of the CAA requires that for Moderate 
ozone nonattainment areas, states must revise their SIPs to include 
RACT for each category of VOC sources covered by a CTG document issued 
between November 15, 1990, and the date of attainment. CAA section 
182(c) through (e) applies this requirement to States with ozone 
nonattainment areas classified as Serious, Severe and Extreme.
    The CAA also imposes the same requirement on States in ozone 
transport regions (OTR). Specifically, CAA Section 184(b) provides that 
states in the Ozone Transport Region (OTR)

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must revise their SIPs to implement RACT with respect to all sources of 
VOCs in the state covered by a CTG issued before or after November 15, 
1990. CAA section 184(a) establishes a single OTR comprised of 
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and the 
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) that includes the 
District of Columbia.
    The EPA defines RACT as ``the lowest emission limitation that a 
particular source is capable of meeting by the application of control 
technology that is reasonably available considering technological and 
economic feasibility'' (44 FR 53761, September 17, 1979). The EPA is 
developing this CTG to provide air agencies information to assist them 
in determining RACT for VOC from select oil and natural gas emission 
sources. In developing the CTG, the EPA, among other things, evaluated 
the sources of VOC emissions from the oil and natural gas industry and 
the available control approaches for addressing these emissions, 
including the costs of such approaches. Based on available information 
and data, the EPA is providing draft recommendations for RACT for 
select oil and natural gas industry emission sources. The VOC RACT 
recommendations contained in this draft CTG were made based on a review 
of the 1983 CTG, the oil and natural gas NSPS, existing state and local 
VOC emission reduction approaches, and information on costs, emissions 
and available emission control technologies obtained since issuance of 
these guidelines and rules. For instance, the EPA released for external 
peer review five technical white papers on potentially significant 
sources of emissions in the oil and gas sector. We considered 
information included in the white papers, along with the input we 
received from the peer reviewers and the public, when evaluating and 
recommending a RACT level of control for emission sources. Upon 
finalization of the CTG, air agencies can use the recommendations in 
the CTG to inform their determinations as to what constitutes RACT for 
VOC for these oil and natural gas industry emission sources in their 
particular areas. The information contained in the CTG is provided only 
as guidance. This guidance does not change, or substitute for, 
requirements specified in applicable sections of the CAA or the EPA's 
regulations; nor is it a regulation itself. The CTG does not impose any 
legally binding requirements on any entity. It provides only 
recommendations for air agencies to consider in determining RACT. Air 
agencies are free to implement other technically-sound approaches that 
are consistent with the CAA and the EPA's regulations.
    The recommendations contained in the CTG are based on data and 
information currently available to the EPA. These general 
recommendations may not apply in all situations. Regardless of whether 
a state chooses to implement the recommendations contained in a CTG 
through state rules, or to issue state rules that adopt different 
approaches for RACT for VOC from oil and natural gas industry emission 
sources, states must submit their RACT rules to the EPA for review and 
approval as part of the SIP process. The EPA will evaluate the rules 
and determine, through notice and comment rulemaking in the SIP review 
process, whether the submitted rules meet the RACT requirements of the 
CAA and the EPA's regulations. To the extent a state adopts any of the 
recommendations in this CTG, upon its finalization, into its state RACT 
rules, interested parties can raise questions and objections about the 
substance of this guidance and the appropriateness of the application 
of this guidance to a particular situation during the development of 
the state rules and the EPA's SIP review process.
    Section 182(b)(2) of the CAA requires that a CTG issued between 
November 15, 1990, and the date of attainment provide the period for 
submitting SIP revisions in response to such CTG. In the draft CTG, the 
EPA is providing a two-year period, from the date of final issuance, 
for the required submittal.
    The Tribal Authority Rule (63 FR 7254, February 12, 1998) (TAR) 
identifies CAA provisions for which it is appropriate to treat Indian 
tribes in the same manner as states (TAS). Pursuant to the TAR, tribes 
may apply for TAS for purposes of CAA section 110 and Part D planning 
requirements in CAA section 172. As a result, tribes may, but are not 
required to, apply for TAS for the purpose a developing a tribal 
implementation plan (TIP) addressing RACT for sources located in a 
Moderate (or higher) nonattainment area for ozone within the tribe's 
jurisdiction. If the EPA grants that status and approves the TIP, the 
tribe would implement RACT in Moderate (or higher) ozone nonattainment 
areas within the geographic scope of the TAS designation. If a tribe 
does not seek and obtain the authority from the EPA to establish a 
plan, the EPA will be responsible for establishing CAA section 110 and 
172 plans for reservations and trust lands if the EPA determines that 
such a plan is necessary or appropriate to protect air quality in such 
areas.

III. Specific Comments Solicited

    In addition to providing an opportunity to review and comment on 
the draft CTG, the EPA is also soliciting specific comment on the 
following:
    1. Information on costs associated with retrofitting an existing 
storage vessel to allow routing of emissions to a control device.
    2. Information on the implementation of a monitoring plan that 
includes the use of optical gas imaging for fugitive emissions at 
existing well sites.
    3. Interaction of the CTG with new builds in areas affected by the 
CTG. Refer to materials in the docket (EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0216).
    4. The appropriateness of a daily average of 15 barrel equivalents 
as a representative threshold to define low production wells for 
purposes of requiring a fugitive emissions program and information on 
fugitive air emissions associated with low production wells.

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
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                                                   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                0216. The EPA’s policy is that all                    Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
                                                   AGENCY                                                  comments received will be included in                 and the telephone number for the Air
                                                                                                           the public docket without change and                  Docket is (202) 566–1742.
                                                   [EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0216; FRL–9932–42–
                                                   OAR]
                                                                                                           may be made available online at http://               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                                                                                           www.regulations.gov, including any                    Charlene Spells, U.S. Environmental
                                                   RIN 2060–ZA22                                           personal information provided, unless                 Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality
                                                                                                           the comment includes information                      Planning and Standards, Sector Policies
                                                   Release of Draft Control Techniques                     claimed to be Confidential Business                   and Programs Division (E143–05),
                                                   Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas                  Information (CBI) or other information                Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
                                                   Industry                                                whose disclosure is restricted by statute.            telephone number:(919) 541- 5255; fax
                                                   AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        Do not submit information that you                    number:(919) 541–3470;
                                                   Agency (EPA).                                           consider to be CBI or otherwise                       email:spells.charlene@epa.gov.
                                                   ACTION: Notice of availability.                         protected through http://                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                           www.regulations.gov or email. The
                                                   SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                http://www.regulations.gov Web site is                I. General Information
                                                   Agency (EPA) is announcing the                          an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which                 A. What should I consider as I prepare
                                                   availability of a draft Control                         means the EPA will not know your                      my comments?
                                                   Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document                    identity or contact information unless
                                                                                                                                                                   Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
                                                   for select oil and natural gas industry                 you provide it in the body of your
                                                                                                                                                                 information to the EPA through http://
                                                   emission sources. This document, when                   comment. If you send an email
                                                                                                                                                                 www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
                                                   finalized, will provide state, local, and               comment directly to the EPA without
                                                                                                                                                                 mark the part or all of the information
                                                   tribal air agencies (air agencies)                      going through http://
                                                                                                                                                                 that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
                                                   information to assist them in                           www.regulations.gov, your email
                                                                                                                                                                 information in a CD that you mail to the
                                                   determining reasonably available                        address will be automatically captured
                                                                                                                                                                 EPA, mark the outside of the CD as CBI
                                                   control technology (RACT) for volatile                  and included as part of the comment
                                                                                                                                                                 and then identify electronically within
                                                   organic compound (VOC) emissions                        that is placed in the public docket and
                                                                                                                                                                 the CD the specific information that is
                                                   from such sources.                                      made available on the Internet. If you
                                                                                                                                                                 claimed as CBI. In addition to one
                                                   DATES: Comments must be received on                     submit an electronic comment, the EPA
                                                                                                                                                                 complete version of the comment that
                                                   or before November 17, 2015.                            recommends that you include your
                                                                                                                                                                 includes information claimed as CBI, a
                                                   ADDRESSES: The draft Control                            name and other contact information in
                                                                                                                                                                 copy of the comment that does not
                                                   Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and                   the body of your comment and with any
                                                                                                                                                                 contain the information claimed as CBI
                                                   Natural Gas Industry is available                       CD you submit. If the EPA cannot read
                                                                                                                                                                 must be submitted for inclusion in the
                                                   primarily via the Internet at http://                   your comment due to technical
                                                                                                                                                                 public docket. Information so marked
                                                   www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/                       difficulties and cannot contact you for
                                                                                                                                                                 will not be disclosed except in
                                                   index.html.                                             clarification, the EPA may not be able to
                                                                                                                                                                 accordance with procedures set forth in
                                                      Submit your comments, identified by                  consider your comment. Electronic files
                                                                                                                                                                 40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver
                                                   Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–                          should avoid the use of special
                                                                                                                                                                 information identified as CBI only to the
                                                   0216, to the Federal eRulemaking                        characters, avoid any form of encryption
                                                                                                                                                                 following address: Tiffany Purifoy,
                                                   Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.                     and be free of any defects or viruses. For
                                                                                                                                                                 OAQPS Document Control Officer
                                                   Follow the online instructions for                      additional information about the EPA’s
                                                                                                                                                                 (C404–02), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle
                                                   submitting comments. Once submitted,                    public docket, visit the EPA Docket
                                                                                                                                                                 Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID
                                                   comments cannot be edited or                            Center homepage at http://
                                                                                                                                                                 No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0216.
                                                   withdrawn. The EPA may publish any                      www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
                                                   comment received to its public docket.                  For additional instructions on                        II. Information About the Document
                                                   Do not submit electronically any                        submitting comments, go to section I.A                   Section 172(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act
                                                   information you consider to be                          of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION                      (CAA) provides that State
                                                   Confidential Business Information (CBI)                 section of this document.                             Implementation Plans (SIPs) for
                                                   or other information whose disclosure is                   Docket. All documents in the docket                nonattainment areas must include
                                                   restricted by statute. Multimedia                       are listed in the http://                             ‘‘reasonably available control
                                                   submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be                www.regulations.gov index. Although                   measures’’, including ‘‘reasonably
                                                   accompanied by a written comment.                       listed in the index, some information is              available control technology’’ (RACT),
                                                   The written comment is considered the                   not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other            for existing sources of emissions.
                                                   official comment and should include                     information whose disclosure is                       Section 182(b)(2)(A)of the CAA requires
                                                   discussion of all points you wish to                    restricted by statute. Certain other                  that for Moderate ozone nonattainment
                                                   make. The EPA will generally not                        material, such as copyrighted material,               areas, states must revise their SIPs to
                                                   consider comments or comment                            will be publicly available only in hard               include RACT for each category of VOC
                                                   contents located outside of the primary                 copy. Publicly available docket                       sources covered by a CTG document
                                                   submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or                  materials are available either                        issued between November 15, 1990, and
                                                   other file sharing system). For                         electronically at http://                             the date of attainment. CAA section
                                                   additional submission methods, the full                 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at                182(c) through (e) applies this
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                                                   EPA public comment policy,                              the U.S. Environmental Protection                     requirement to States with ozone
                                                   information about CBI or multimedia                     Agency, EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC                    nonattainment areas classified as
                                                   submissions, and general guidance on                    West Building, Room 3334, 1301                        Serious, Severe and Extreme.
                                                   making effective comments, please visit                 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,                       The CAA also imposes the same
                                                   http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/                            DC. The Public Reading Room is open                   requirement on States in ozone
                                                   commenting-epa-dockets.                                 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday                   transport regions (OTR). Specifically,
                                                      Instructions. Direct your comments to                through Friday, excluding legal                       CAA Section 184(b) provides that states
                                                   Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–                          holidays. The telephone number for the                in the Ozone Transport Region (OTR)


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                                                   must revise their SIPs to implement                     RACT for VOC for these oil and natural                is appropriate to treat Indian tribes in
                                                   RACT with respect to all sources of                     gas industry emission sources in their                the same manner as states (TAS).
                                                   VOCs in the state covered by a CTG                      particular areas. The information                     Pursuant to the TAR, tribes may apply
                                                   issued before or after November 15,                     contained in the CTG is provided only                 for TAS for purposes of CAA section
                                                   1990. CAA section 184(a) establishes a                  as guidance. This guidance does not                   110 and Part D planning requirements
                                                   single OTR comprised of Connecticut,                    change, or substitute for, requirements               in CAA section 172. As a result, tribes
                                                   Delaware, Maine, Maryland,                              specified in applicable sections of the               may, but are not required to, apply for
                                                   Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New                       CAA or the EPA’s regulations; nor is it               TAS for the purpose a developing a
                                                   Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode                   a regulation itself. The CTG does not                 tribal implementation plan (TIP)
                                                   Island, Vermont and the Consolidated                    impose any legally binding                            addressing RACT for sources located in
                                                   Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)                    requirements on any entity. It provides               a Moderate (or higher) nonattainment
                                                   that includes the District of Columbia.                 only recommendations for air agencies                 area for ozone within the tribe’s
                                                      The EPA defines RACT as ‘‘the lowest                 to consider in determining RACT. Air                  jurisdiction. If the EPA grants that status
                                                   emission limitation that a particular                   agencies are free to implement other                  and approves the TIP, the tribe would
                                                   source is capable of meeting by the                     technically-sound approaches that are                 implement RACT in Moderate (or
                                                   application of control technology that is               consistent with the CAA and the EPA’s                 higher) ozone nonattainment areas
                                                   reasonably available considering                        regulations.                                          within the geographic scope of the TAS
                                                   technological and economic feasibility’’                   The recommendations contained in                   designation. If a tribe does not seek and
                                                   (44 FR 53761, September 17, 1979). The                  the CTG are based on data and                         obtain the authority from the EPA to
                                                   EPA is developing this CTG to provide                   information currently available to the                establish a plan, the EPA will be
                                                   air agencies information to assist them                 EPA. These general recommendations                    responsible for establishing CAA section
                                                   in determining RACT for VOC from                        may not apply in all situations.                      110 and 172 plans for reservations and
                                                   select oil and natural gas emission                     Regardless of whether a state chooses to              trust lands if the EPA determines that
                                                   sources. In developing the CTG, the                     implement the recommendations                         such a plan is necessary or appropriate
                                                   EPA, among other things, evaluated the                  contained in a CTG through state rules,               to protect air quality in such areas.
                                                   sources of VOC emissions from the oil                   or to issue state rules that adopt
                                                   and natural gas industry and the                                                                              III. Specific Comments Solicited
                                                                                                           different approaches for RACT for VOC
                                                   available control approaches for                        from oil and natural gas industry                       In addition to providing an
                                                   addressing these emissions, including                   emission sources, states must submit                  opportunity to review and comment on
                                                   the costs of such approaches. Based on                  their RACT rules to the EPA for review                the draft CTG, the EPA is also soliciting
                                                   available information and data, the EPA                 and approval as part of the SIP process.              specific comment on the following:
                                                   is providing draft recommendations for                  The EPA will evaluate the rules and                     1. Information on costs associated
                                                   RACT for select oil and natural gas                     determine, through notice and comment                 with retrofitting an existing storage
                                                   industry emission sources. The VOC                      rulemaking in the SIP review process,                 vessel to allow routing of emissions to
                                                   RACT recommendations contained in                       whether the submitted rules meet the                  a control device.
                                                   this draft CTG were made based on a                     RACT requirements of the CAA and the                    2. Information on the implementation
                                                   review of the 1983 CTG, the oil and                     EPA’s regulations. To the extent a state              of a monitoring plan that includes the
                                                   natural gas NSPS, existing state and                    adopts any of the recommendations in                  use of optical gas imaging for fugitive
                                                   local VOC emission reduction                            this CTG, upon its finalization, into its             emissions at existing well sites.
                                                   approaches, and information on costs,                   state RACT rules, interested parties can                3. Interaction of the CTG with new
                                                   emissions and available emission                        raise questions and objections about the              builds in areas affected by the CTG.
                                                   control technologies obtained since                     substance of this guidance and the                    Refer to materials in the docket (EPA–
                                                   issuance of these guidelines and rules.                 appropriateness of the application of                 HQ–OAR–2015–0216).
                                                   For instance, the EPA released for                      this guidance to a particular situation                 4. The appropriateness of a daily
                                                   external peer review five technical                     during the development of the state                   average of 15 barrel equivalents as a
                                                   white papers on potentially significant                 rules and the EPA’s SIP review process.               representative threshold to define low
                                                   sources of emissions in the oil and gas                    Section 182(b)(2) of the CAA requires              production wells for purposes of
                                                   sector. We considered information                       that a CTG issued between November                    requiring a fugitive emissions program
                                                   included in the white papers, along                     15, 1990, and the date of attainment                  and information on fugitive air
                                                   with the input we received from the                     provide the period for submitting SIP                 emissions associated with low
                                                   peer reviewers and the public, when                     revisions in response to such CTG. In                 production wells.
                                                   evaluating and recommending a RACT                      the draft CTG, the EPA is providing a
                                                   level of control for emission sources.                                                                          Dated: August 18, 2015.
                                                                                                           two-year period, from the date of final
                                                   Upon finalization of the CTG, air                       issuance, for the required submittal.                 Gina McCarthy,
                                                   agencies can use the recommendations                       The Tribal Authority Rule (63 FR                   Administrator.
                                                   in the CTG to inform their                              7254, February 12, 1998) (TAR)                        [FR Doc. 2015–21027 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am]
                                                   determinations as to what constitutes                   identifies CAA provisions for which it                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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ActionNotice of availability.
DatesComments must be received on or before November 17, 2015.
ContactMs. Charlene Spells, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (E143-05), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number:(919) 541- 5255; fax number:(919) 541-3470; email:[email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 56577 
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