EPA Determinations of Compliance and Applicability Under CAA 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard: EPA Formal Responses to Inquiries Concerning Compliance With the Clean Air Act Stationary Source Program (Since May 2019)
This notice announces the availability of applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations made by the Environmental Protection Age...
This notice announces the availability of applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS); the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP); the Emission Guidelines and Federal Plan Requirements for existing sources; and/or the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
An electronic copy of each complete document posted on the Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard, which
( printed page 82351)
contains determinations signed after May 2019, is available on the internet through the Resources and Guidance Documents for Compliance Assistance page of the Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring website under “Air” at:
https://www.epa.gov/complying-air-emissions-standards-stationary-sources/epa-determinations-compliance-and.
All previously issued responses are posted on the Applicability Determination Index (ADI) data system available on the internet through the Resources and Guidance Documents for Compliance Assistance page of the Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring website under “Air” at:
https://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources-and-guidance-documents-compliance-assistance.
The letters and memoranda on the Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard may be located by facility name, affected subpart, or by response date and is searchable by string word searches. For questions about the Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard or this notice, contact Diana Felix, Air Quality Policy Division, Operating Permits Group; telephone number: (919) 541-7627; email address:
felix.diana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information
The General Provisions of the NSPS in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 60 and the General Provisions of the NESHAP in 40 CFR part 61 provide that a source owner or operator may request a determination of whether certain intended actions constitute the commencement of construction, reconstruction, or modification. 40 CFR 60.5 and 61.06. The General Provisions in part 60 also apply to Federal and EPA-approved state plans for existing sources in 40 CFR part 62.
See40 CFR 62.02(b)(2). The EPA's written responses to source or facility-specific inquiries on provisions in parts 60, 61 and 62 are commonly referred to as applicability determinations. Although the NESHAP part 63 regulations [which include Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards and/or Generally Available Control Technology (GACT) standards] contain no specific regulatory provision providing that sources may request applicability determinations, the EPA also responds to written inquiries regarding applicability for the part 63 regulations. In addition, the General Provisions in parts 60 and 63 allow sources to seek permission to use monitoring or recordkeeping that is different from the promulgated requirements.
See40 CFR 60.13(i), 61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and 63.10(f). The EPA's written responses to these inquiries are commonly referred to as alternative monitoring decisions. Furthermore, the EPA responds to written inquiries about the broad range of regulatory requirements in 40 CFR parts 60 through 63 as they pertain to a whole source category. These inquiries may pertain, for example, to the type of sources to which the regulation applies, or to the testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, or reporting requirements contained in the regulation. The EPA's written responses to these inquiries are commonly referred to as regulatory interpretations.
The EPA previously compiled EPA-issued NSPS and NESHAP applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations, and posted them to the ADI. As of October 2, 2023, the EPA determinations of compliance and applicability under Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 will be posted to the Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard. The Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard is a data system, accessed via the internet, containing all determinations signed after May 2019.
This notice comprises a list of 173 such documents added to the Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard on October 2, 2023. This notice lists the title of each letter and memorandum. Complete copies of these documents may be obtained from the Clean Air Act 111, 112 and 129 Dashboard on the internet through the Resources and Guidance Documents for Compliance Assistance page of the Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring website under “Air” at:
https://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources-and-guidance-documents-compliance-assistance.
Applicability Determinations, Alternative Monitoring Plans and Regulatory Interpretations Uploaded to Clean Air Act 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard on October 2, 2023
Facility name
Title
Affected subpart
Date of
response
East Carolina Regional Solid Waste Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2023-09-12
Eaton Corporation—Auburn Facility
Applicability Determination for Stationary Combustion Engines
Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ; Part 60, Subpart IIII
2023-09-07
ANR Pipeline Company—LaGrange Compressor Station
Alternative Monitoring for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-08-25
ANR Pipeline Company—Sulpher Springs Compressor Station
Alternative Monitoring for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-08-25
International Paper (IP)—Columbus Mill
Alternative Monitoring for Pulp and Paper Production
Part 63, Subpart S
2023-08-10
Valero Renewable Fuels
Applicability Determination for SOCMI Distillation Operations
Part 60, Subpart NNN
2023-08-07
Diversified Vapor Technologies
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60, Subpart Ja:
2023-07-27
Xcel Energy—High Bridge
Alternative Monitoring for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-07-27
Tampa Electric Company—Big Bend Station
Other Request—Approval of a continuous monitoring system (CMS) plan petition
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-07-25
DVT/Multiple R4 Refineries
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60, Subpart Ja
2023-07-25
Mosaic Fertilizer New Whales Facility
Alternative Monitoring for Phosphate Fertilizer Production Plants
Part 63, Subpart BB
2023-07-21
Maple Hill Landfill
Alternative Test Method for MSWLF
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2023-07-14
Owl's Head Alloys, Inc
Alternative Test Method for Secondary Aluminum Production
Part 63, Subpart RRR
2023-07-11
Alyeska TAPS Pump Station #1
Performance Test Extension for Stationary Combustion Turbines
Part 60, Subpart KKKK
2023-07-10
Carmeuse Americas—Longview
Alternative Monitoring for Lime Manufacturing Plant
Part 63, Subpart AAAAA
2023-06-21
University of Michigan—Central Power Plant
Other Request—Request for Operating Limits/Monitoring Petition
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-06-15
Entergy Services LLC
Other Request—Revision to your approved continuous monitoring system (CMS) plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-06-12
( printed page 82352)
Dominion Energy
Performance Test Waiver for Coil and Oil-Fired Electric Generating Units
Part 63, Subpart UUUUU
2023-06-12
Advansix Hopewell Virginia
Alternative Monitoring for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart FFFF
2023-06-07
Materion Brush Inc
Applicability Determination for Stationary Reciprocating Combustion Engines
Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ
2023-05-31
XCEL Energy—Riverside Generating Plant
Alternative Test Method for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-05-23
Texas Eastern Transmission—Somerset
Applicability Determination for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-05-23
XCEL Energy—High Bridge Combined Cycle
Alternative Monitoring for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-05-22
Safe Dispose, LLC (SD-40)
Applicability Determination for HMIWI
Part 60, Subpart Ec
2023-05-08
Uwharrie Environmental Landfill
Alternative Monitoring for MSWL
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2023-04-24
Buchanan Marine, LP
Applicability Determination for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Source Categories
Part 63, Subpart XXXXXX
2023-04-10
City of High Point (Eastside Waste Water Treatment Plant) Revised AMP Resubmittal
Alternative Monitoring Procedure for Wastewater Treatment Facility
Part 60, Subpart MMMM
2023-03-23
East Carolina Regional Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO; Part 63, Subpart AAAA
2023-03-23
Hanes Mill Road Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO; Part 63, Subpart AAAA
2023-03-23
Safe Dispose, LLC (SD-9 & SD-21)
Applicability Determination for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
Part 60, Subpart Ec
2023-03-23
Kronospan
Other Request—Compliance Option for Plywood and Composite Wood Products
Part 63, Subpart DDDD
2023-03-23
Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Citrus Combined Cycle Station
Other Request—Approval of CMS Plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-03-17
Florida Power and Light
Other Request—Approval of CMS Plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-03-17
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Regulatory Interpretation for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ
2023-03-17
CITGO Corpus Christi East Refinery
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2023-03-14
TC Energy (ANR Brownsville Compressor Station, TN)
Other Request—Approval of CMS Plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-03-09
South Wake Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO; Part 63, Subpart AAAA
2023-03-03
Petro Nova Parish Holdings-Capture Plant
Performance Test Extension for Stationary Gas Turbines
Part 63, Subpart A; Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-02-16
Timber Ridge Landfill, Richwoods, MO
Alternative Monitoring for MSWL
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2023-02-08
Capital Region Airport Authority
Applicability Determination for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart EEEE
2023-01-27
Safe Dispose, LLC (SD-27)
Applicability Determination for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
Part 60, Subpart Ec
2023-01-19
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), Compressor Station 85
Other Request—Approval of CMS Plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-01-18
Valero Refining—St Charles Refinery
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2023-01-13
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) Station 110
Other Request—Approval of CMS Plan
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2023-01-13
Nikaitchuq Development Site
Performance Test Waiver for Stationary Combustion Turbine
Part 60, Subpart KKKK
2023-01-05
International Paper ORANGE MILL PLANT
Alternative Monitoring for Pulp and Paper Production
Part 63, Subpart S
2022-12-19
Consumers Energy Company—Muskegon River Compressor Station
Performance Test Extension for Stationary Gas Turbine
Part 63, Subpart YYYY
2022-12-06
Misc Metal Parts and Products Surface Coating Facilities
Regulatory Interpretation for NESAHP MMMM
Part 63, Subpart MMMM
2022-11-30
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery-Flare Vent Gas Composition Monitoring AMP
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 63, Subpart CC
2022-11-09
Hanes Mill Road Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO; Part 60, Subpart AAAA
2022-10-25
East Carolina Regional Landfill
Other Request—Well Decommissioning
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2022-10-25
Tesla Salt Lake City
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Alternative Monitoring for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHHH
2021-12-06
Urschel Laboratories, Inc
Alternative Monitoring for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries
Part 60, Subpart UUU
2021-12-03
Battery Builders Inc
Performance Test Waiver for Lead Acid Batter Manufacturing Area Sources
Part 60, Subpart KK; Part 63, Subpart PPPPPP
2021-11-29
Bituminous Resources, Inc., dba Hopkins County Regional Landfill
Regulatory Interpretation for MSW Landfills
Part 62, Subpart OOO
2021-11-18
Triangle Rock (A Subsidiary of Vulcan Materials Company)
Applicability Determination for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants
Part 60, Subpart OOO
2021-11-09
Veolia WWTP Biosolids Warren Michigan Project
Applicability Determination for New Sewage Sludge Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart LLLL
2021-10-28
Nucor Steel Gallatin
Alternative Monitoring for Steel Pickling HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants
Part 63, Subpart CCC
2021-10-21
Holcomb Station
Performance Test Waiver for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units
Part 63, Subpart UUUUU
2021-10-21
Mosaic Fertilizer—Faustina Plant
Alternative Monitoring for Phosphate Fertilizers Production Plants
Part 63, Subpart BB
2021-10-14
U.S. Air Force Long Range Radar Station—Oliktok, Alaska
Applicability Determination for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart EEEE
2021-09-30
Vapor Point
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-09-30
International Paper—Columbus, MS Mill
Alternative Monitoring for Pulp and Paper Industry
Part 63, Subpart S
2021-09-29
Ecoremedy
Applicability Determination for New Sewage Sludge Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart LLLL
2021-09-09
Clean Harbors Industrial Services
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-09-07
Sterigenics
Alternative Monitoring for Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities
Part 63, Subpart O
2021-08-26
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee
Performance Test Waiver for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart DDDD
2021-08-19
BASF Freeport, TX
Alternative Monitoring for SOCMI Air Oxidation Units and Distillation Operations
Part 60, Subpart III, NNN
2021-08-17
Santee Cooper, Horray Generating Station
Applicability Determination for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines
Part 60, Subpart IIII
2021-07-30
Vapor Point LLC
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-07-28
Morehead, Kentucky Landfill
Regulatory Interpretation for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Part 60, Subpart WWW
2021-07-20
Accoya USA, LLC
Alternative Monitoring for Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry
Part 60, Subpart VVa
2021-07-09
Vapor Point
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-07-09
( printed page 82354)
Marathon St. Paul Park
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2021-06-29
Conoco Phillips Alaska Exploration Wells
Alternative Reporting Schedule for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Facilities
Part 60, Subpart OOOOa
2021-06-28
International Paper- New Bern Mill
Alternative Monitoring for Pulp and Paper Industry
Part 63, Subpart S
2021-06-25
Domtar AW LLC-Ashdown, AR
Alternative Reporting Schedule for Pulp and Paper Industry
Part 63, Subpart S
2021-06-25
Crash Champions, multiple facilities in Colorado
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-06-23
BP Cherry Point
Regulatory Interpretation of Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry
Part 60, Subpart GGG/GGGa, Part 60, Subpart VV/Vva; Part 63, Subpart CC
2021-06-07
EPA NESHAP Residential Building Exemption Clarification Request
Applicability Determination for Asbestos
Part 61, Subpart M
2021-05-26
Vapor Point-La Porte, TX
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-05-25
Covanta Haverhill
Other Request—Alternative Sampling Method
Part 60, Subpart WWW
2021-05-11
Complete Auto Body and Paint
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-05-05
Michael's Auto Body and Glass
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-05-05
CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, Knoxville Cement Plant
Applicability Determination for Coal Preparation Plants
Part 60, Subpart Y; Part 63 Subpart LLL
2021-04-30
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Regulatory Interpretation for Asbestos
Part 61, Subpart M
2021-04-28
Denver Auto Body
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-04-15
USA DeBusk
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2021-04-13
Lhoist North America—Montevallo Plant
Technical Compliance Extension for Lime Manufacturing Plants
Part 63, Subpart AAAAA
2021-04-09
Accurate Auto Body
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-04-08
Boulder Bump Shop
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-04-08
Motiva Enterprises-Port Arthur, TX Refinery
Other Request—Revised Alternative Monitoring Plan
Part 63, Subpart UUU
2021-04-05
Chevron Salt Lake City Refinery
Performance Test Waiver for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2021-03-22
Foley Cellulose, LLC
Alternative Monitoring for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
Part 60, Subpart Db; Part 63, Subpart DDDDD
2021-03-19
Arapahoe Collision and Mechanical
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-03-16
Colorado and Fitzsimons Auto Body
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-03-16
City of Selawik WTP
Applicability Determination for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart EEEE
2021-03-15
BASF Freeport
Performance Test Waiver for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions From Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) Distillation Operations
Part 60, Subpart NNN and previously approved AMP 02/24/2005
2021-03-09
Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County, NC
Alternative Monitoring for Sewage Sludge Incineration Units
Part 60, Subpart MMMM
2021-03-05
Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC—Montevallo Plant
Alternative Test Method for Lime Manufacturing Plants
Part 63, Subpart AAAAA
2021-03-03
Perry and Terry Autobody
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-02-24
Hartford Finishing
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2021-02-16
Citation Oil and Gas (Holland & Hart LLP)
Applicability Determination for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ
2021-02-11
Palisades Nuclear Station
Applicability Determination for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
Part 63, Subpart CCCCCC
2021-02-02
Mainspring Energy
Regulatory Interpretation for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines
Part 60, Subparts IIII and JJJJ
2021-01-19
Shelton Services
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart J; Part 60 Subpart Ja
2021-01-19
Westvaco Facility
Applicability Determination for Lime Manufacturing Plants
Part 63, Subpart AAAAA
2021-01-15
Synergy Solutions of Crisp County, LP
Applicability Determination for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units
Part 60, Subpart AAAA
2021-01-15
Mississippi Lime
Alternative Monitoring for Lime Manufacturing Plants
Part 63, Subpart AAAAA
2021-01-11
Marathon Petroleum Garyville LA Refinery
Alternative Monitoring for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2020-12-23
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery
Alternative Test Method for Petroleum Refineries
Part 60, Subpart Ja
2020-12-22
Porter Auto Body
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2020-12-14
Gerber Collision and Glass
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2020-12-14
( printed page 82355)
Gingerminion DBA Colors on Parade
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2020-12-14
Tesla
Applicability Determination for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Part 63, Subpart HHHHHH
2020-12-14
KMTEX LLC
Alternative Monitoring for VOC Emissions from SOCMI Distillation Operations
Part 60, Subpart NNN, Part 60 Subpart RRR
2020-12-02
Barry Industries, Attleboro, MA
Performance Test Waiver for Beryllium
Part 61, Subpart C
2020-12-02
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO)-East Bank Sewage Treatment Plant
Performance Testing Extension Request and Force Majeure Claim
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
88 FR 82350
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“EPA Determinations of Compliance and Applicability Under CAA 111, 112, and 129 Dashboard: EPA Formal Responses to Inquiries Concerning Compliance With the Clean Air Act Stationary Source Program (Since May 2019),” thefederalregister.org (November 24, 2023), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2023-25950/epa-determinations-of-compliance-and-applicability-under-caa-111-112-and-129-dashboard-epa-formal-responses-to-inquiries.