81 FR 38122 - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 113 (June 13, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production (Secondary Aluminum NESHAP). In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final rule, without a prior proposed rule, that amends the final rule that was published in the Federal Register on September 18, 2015, to correct inadvertent errors, to clarify rule requirements for initial performance tests and submittal of malfunction reports, to provide an additional option for new round top furnaces to account for unmeasured emissions during compliance testing and to clarify what constitutes a change in furnace operating mode. The direct final rule also updates Web site addresses for the EPA's Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) and the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38122-38123]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13504]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0544; FRL-9947-29-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS94


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Secondary Aluminum Production

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Secondary Aluminum Production (Secondary Aluminum NESHAP). In the 
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, we are 
publishing a direct final rule, without a prior proposed rule, that 
amends the final rule that was published in the Federal Register on 
September 18, 2015, to correct inadvertent errors, to clarify rule 
requirements for initial performance tests and submittal of malfunction 
reports, to provide an additional option for new round top furnaces to 
account for unmeasured emissions during compliance testing and to 
clarify what constitutes a change in furnace operating mode. The direct 
final rule also updates Web site addresses for the EPA's Electronic 
Reporting Tool (ERT) and the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting 
Interface (CEDRI). If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take 
further action on this proposed rule.

DATES: Written comments must be received by July 28, 2016.
    Public Hearing. If anyone contacts the EPA requesting to speak at a 
public hearing by June 20, 2016, we will hold a public hearing on June 
28, 2016 on the EPA campus at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0544, at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once 
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rochelle Boyd, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division (D243-02), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1390; fax 
number: (919) 541-3207; and email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Why is the EPA publishing this proposed rule?

    The EPA is proposing to amend the Secondary Aluminum NESHAP. In 
addition, the EPA has published a direct final rule amending the 
Secondary Aluminum NESHAP in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register because we view this as a noncontroversial action 
and anticipate no adverse comment. The direct final rule will correct 
inadvertent errors, clarify rule requirements for initial performance 
tests and submittal of malfunction reports, extend to new round top 
furnaces a compliance testing option to account for unmeasured 
emissions during compliance testing that is already available to 
uncontrolled group 1 furnaces and clarify what constitutes a change in 
furnace operating mode. The direct final rule also updates Web site 
addresses for the EPA's ERT and CEDRI. We have

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explained our reasons for this action in the preamble to the direct 
final rule.
    If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action 
on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment on all or a 
distinct portion of this direct final rule, we will publish a timely 
withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that some or 
all of the direct final rule will not take effect. We would address all 
public comments in any subsequent final rule based on the proposed 
rule.
    If we receive adverse comment on a distinct provision of the direct 
final rule, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register 
indicating which provisions we are withdrawing. The provisions that are 
not withdrawn will become effective on the date set out in the direct 
final rule, notwithstanding adverse comment on any other provision. We 
do not intend to institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
    The regulatory text for this proposal is identical to that for the 
direct final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of 
this Federal Register. For further supplementary information, the 
detailed rationale for this proposal, and the regulatory revisions, see 
the direct final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' 
section of this Federal Register.

II. Does this action apply to me?

    Categories and entities potentially regulated by this proposed rule 
include:

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                  Category                          NAICS code \1\
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Primary Aluminum Production Facilities......  331312
Secondary Aluminum Production Facilities....  331314
Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil               331315
 Manufacturing Facilities.
Aluminum Extruded Product Manufacturing       331316
 Facilities.
Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing            331319
 Facilities.
Aluminum Die Casting Facilities.............  331521
Aluminum Foundry Facilities.................  331524
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.

    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this 
proposed rule. To determine whether your facility is affected, you 
should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.1500. If you 
have any questions regarding the applicability of any aspect of this 
action to a particular entity, consult either the air permitting 
authority for the entity or your EPA regional representative as listed 
in 40 CFR 63.13.

III. Statutory and Executive Orders

    For a complete discussion of the rationale, regulatory text, and 
all of the administrative requirements applicable to this action, see 
the direct final rule in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register.

    Dated: May 27, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
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