98-20413. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production; Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category; ...  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 42238-42240]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-20413]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Parts 63 and 430
    
    [FRL-6132-6]
    RIN 2040-AB53
    
    
    National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
    Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production; Effluent Limitations 
    Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance 
    Standards: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category; Correction
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Final rule; correction.
    
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    SUMMARY: EPA is correcting minor errors in the effluent limitations 
    guidelines and standards promulgated under the Clean Water Act for a 
    portion of the pulp, paper and paperboard industry and the national 
    emission standards for hazardous air pollutants promulgated under the 
    Clean Air Act for the pulp and paper production category, which 
    appeared in the Federal Register on April 15, 1998 (63 FR 18504).
    
    DATES: Effective on August 7, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Troy Swackhammer by voice on (202) 
    260-7128 or by e-mail at swackhammer.j-troy@epa.gov.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Overview
    
        The EPA published a document in the April 15, 1998 Federal Register 
    (63 FR 18504-18751) promulgating the effluent limitations guidelines 
    and standards under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for a portion of the 
    pulp, paper and paperboard industry and national emission standards for 
    hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) as 
    amended in 1990 for the pulp and paper production source category. The 
    final rules promulgated in the April 15, 1998 Federal Register 
    contained some minor errors that are discussed briefly below and are 
    corrected by this notice.
    
    Administrative Requirements and Related Government Acts
    
    A. The Administrative Procedure Act
    
        Consistent with section 553(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act 
    (APA), EPA has found for good cause that notice and an opportunity to 
    comment on these technical corrections is unnecessary because this rule 
    merely corrects typographical errors and clerical oversights and would 
    not benefit from public comment. In addition, EPA has found good cause 
    under APA section 553(d)(3) for waiving the APA's 30-day delay in 
    effectiveness as to these final rules. It is important that these minor 
    technical corrections become effective immediately because they correct 
    or clarify certain regulatory requirements that are currently 
    applicable to facilities within the affected subcategories.
    
    B. Executive Order 12866 and OMB Review
    
        EPA has determined that these corrections do not constitute 
    ``significant regulatory action'' that would trigger review by the 
    Office of Management and Budget.
    
    C. The Regulatory Flexibility Act
    
        EPA has determined that these corrections will not have a 
    significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
    within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605. 
    With respect to the underlying regulations that this rule corrects, EPA 
    incorporates herein the findings set forth in 63 FR 18504.
    
    D. Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        EPA has determined that these regulations do not contain any 
    information collection requirements that require the approval of the 
    Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
    Act, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35. With respect to the underlying regulations 
    that these rules correct, EPA incorporates herein the discussion set 
    forth in 63 FR 18504.
    
    E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    
        EPA incorporates herein the discussion set forth in 63 FR 18504.
    
    F. Congressional Review Act
    
        The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
    Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
    provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
    the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
    to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
    United States. However, section 808 provides that any rule for which 
    the issuing agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding 
    and a brief statement of reasons therefore in the rule) that notice and 
    public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to 
    the public interest, shall take effect at such time as the agency 
    promulgating the rule determines. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
    previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding,
    
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    including the reasons therefore, and established an effective date of 
    August 7, 1998. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
    required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
    Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
    to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a 
    major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
    
    G. Other Applicable Executive Orders and Statutes
    
        EPA incorporates herein the discussion of the Executive Orders and 
    statutes presented in 63 FR 18504. This technical corrections rule is 
    not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2); therefore, it is 
    not subject to the 60-day delay in effectiveness specified under the 
    Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.
    
    H. Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
    Risks
    
        This final rule is not subject to E.O. 13045, entitled ``Protection 
    of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 
    19885, April 23, 1997), because ``this is not an economically 
    significant regulatory action as defined by E.O. 12866.''
    
        Dated: July 24, 1998.
    Robert Perciasepe,
    Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
    J. Charles Fox,
    Acting Assistant Administrator for Water.
        The following corrections are made in FRL-5924-8, National Emission 
    Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Pulp and 
    Paper Production; Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment 
    Standards, and New Source Performance Standards: Pulp, Paper, and 
    Paperboard Category, which was published in the Federal Register on 
    April 15, 1998 (63 FR 18504).
    
    
    Sec. 63.446  [Corrected]
    
        1. On page 18621, second column, in Sec. 63.446, paragraph (i) is 
    corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (i) For the purposes of meeting the requirements in paragraphs 
    (c)(3), (e)(4), or (e)(5) of this section at mills producing both 
    bleached and unbleached pulp products, owners and operators may meet a 
    prorated mass standard that is calculated by prorating the applicable 
    mass standards (kilograms of total HAP per megagram of ODP) for 
    bleached and unbleached pulp products specified in paragraphs (c)(3), 
    (e)(4), or (e)(5) of this section by the ratio of annual megagrams of 
    bleached and unbleached ODP.
    * * * * *
    
    
    Sec. 63.447  [Corrected]
    
        2. On page 18621, third column, in Sec. 63.447, paragraph (d)(1) is 
    corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (d) * * *
        (1) Process and air pollution control equipment installed and 
    operating on December 17, 1993, and.
    * * * * *
    
    
    Sec. 430.01  [Corrected]
    
        3. On page 18637, third column, Sec. 430.01(i), the second sentence 
    is corrected to read, ``The following minimum levels apply to 
    pollutants in this part:''.
        4. On page 18639, second column, in Sec. 430.01, paragraph (p) is 
    corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (p) TCDF. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran.
    * * * * *
    
    
    Sec. 430.24  [Corrected]
    
        5. On page 18654, in Sec. 430.24 (b)(4)(i) in the table entitled 
    ``Ultimate Voluntary Advanced Technology Incentives Program BAT 
    Limitations,'' in the sixth column, the third line under ``Annual 
    average'' is corrected to read ``0.05''; in note b, the second sentence 
    is corrected to read, ``Under Tier I, this includes all filtrates up to 
    the point where kappa number is measured''; and in note d, the second 
    sentence is corrected to read, ``N/A means ``not applicable.''
        6. On page 18654, first column, in Sec. 430.24, paragraph 
    (b)(4)(ii)(A) is corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (b) * * *
        (4) * * *
        (ii) * * *
        (A) A discharger enrolled in Tier I of the Voluntary Advanced 
    Technology Incentives Program must achieve the Tier I limitations in 
    paragraph (b)(4)(i) of this section by April 15, 2004.
    * * * * *
        7. On page 18654, third column, in Sec. 430.24 (d), the second 
    sentence is corrected to read, ``Also, for non-continuous dischargers, 
    concentration limitations (mg/l) shall apply.''
    
    
    Sec. 430.24  [Corrected]
    
        8. On page 18657, in Sec. 430.25(b) in the table entitled ``Subpart 
    B,'' in the first column, the first line is corrected to read, ``AOX''; 
    the second line is corrected to read,''BOD5''; and the third line is 
    corrected to read, ``TSS''. In the second column, the second line is 
    corrected to read ``4.52d'' and third line is corrected to 
    read ``8.47d''.
    
    
    Sec. 430.26  [Corrected]
    
        9. On page 18658, third column, in Sec. 430.26, the last four lines 
    of the introductory text are corrected to read,''pollutants into a 
    publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and 
    must achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources 
    (PSES).''
        10. On page 18659, in Sec. 430.26, paragraph (a)(2) introductory 
    text is corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (a) * * *
        (2) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to each 
    fiber line operated by an indirect discharger subject to this section 
    if the indirect discharger discloses to the pretreatment control 
    authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 403.12(b), (d), or (e) 
    that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes at that fiber line. 
    These pretreatment standards must be attained on or before April 16, 
    2001:
    * * * * *
    
    
    Sec. 430.27  [Corrected]
    
        11. On pages 18659 and 18660, in the third and first columns, in 
    Sec. 430.27 the introductory text is corrected to read:
        Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this 
    subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment 
    works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and must achieve the following 
    pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).
    * * * * *
        12. On page 18660, in Sec. 430.27, paragraph (a)(2) is corrected to 
    read:
    * * * * *
        (a) * * *
        (2) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to each 
    new source fiber line operated by an indirect discharger subject to 
    this section if the indirect discharger discloses to the pretreatment 
    control authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 403.12(b), (d), or 
    (e) that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes at that fiber 
    line:
    * * * * *
        13. On page 18683, third column, in Sec. 430.56, the last four 
    lines of the introductory text are corrected to read ``treatment works 
    must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and must achieve the following 
    pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).''
    
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    Sec. 430.56  [Corrected]
    
        14. On page 18683, in Sec. 430.56(a)(1) in the table entitled 
    ``SUBPART E [Production of Calcium-, Magnesium-, or Sodium-based 
    Sulfite Pulps],'' in the second column, the first entry is corrected to 
    read ``<>a''.
        15. On page 18684, in Sec. 430.56(a)(2)(ii) in the table entitled 
    ``SUBPART E-PRODUCTION OF AMMONIUM-BASED SULFITE PULPS,'' the title in 
    the second column is corrected to read ``PSES (TCF)''.
        16. On page 18684, second column, in Sec. 430.56(a)(3)(ii), the 
    reference to ``40 CFR 403.12(b)'' is corrected to read, ``40 CFR 
    403.12(b), (d), or (e)''.
    
    
    Sec. 430.57  [Corrected]
    
        17. On page 18685, in Sec. 430.57, paragraph (a)(2)(ii) is 
    corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (a) * * *
        (2) * * *
        (ii) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to 
    each new source fiber line operated by an indirect discharger producing 
    ammonium-based sulfite pulps if the indirect discharger discloses to 
    the pretreatment control authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 
    403.12(b), (d), or (e) that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes 
    at that fiber line:
    * * * * *
        18. On page 18686, in Sec. 430.57, paragaph (a)(3)(ii) introductory 
    text is corrected to read:
    * * * * *
        (a) * * *
        (3) * * *
        (ii) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to 
    each new source fiber line operated by an indirect discharger producing 
    specialty grade sulfite pulps if the indirect discharger discloses to 
    the pretreatment control authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 
    403.12(b), (d), or (e) that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes 
    at that fiber line:
    * * * * *
    [FR Doc. 98-20413 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
8/7/1998
Published:
08/07/1998
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule; correction.
Document Number:
98-20413
Dates:
Effective on August 7, 1998.
Pages:
42238-42240 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-6132-6
RINs:
2040-AB53: Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2040-AB53/effluent-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-pulp-paper-and-paperboard-category
PDF File:
98-20413.pdf