94-27171. Peer Review of the Proposed Section 112(g) Hazard Ranking; Document; Open Meeting

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Peer Review of the Proposed Section 112(g) Hazard Ranking; 
Document; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the peer reviewers.

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summary: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the peer reviewers of 
the proposed hazard ranking document of section 112(g) of the Clean Air 
Act Amendments (1990 Amendments) will be held.

dates: November 18, 1994. The meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. on November 18 and is open to the public.

addresses: EPA's Office of Administration Auditorium, 79 T.W. Alexander 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

supplementary information: The main purpose of this meeting is to allow 
the public to give comment to the peer reviewers on the proposed hazard 
ranking technical support document which describes the EPA's approach 
to relatively rank the 189 Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) listed in the 
1990 Amendments. The section 112(g) rulemaking was proposed April 1, 
1994 (59 FR 15504). Copies of the technical support document are 
available via the Technology Transfer Network [a network of electronic 
bulletin boards developed and operated by the EPA's Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, phone [phone]] or by contacting 
the EPA office of Air and Radiation Docket [Docket # A-91-64, phone 
[phone]].
    The designated federal official for the meeting will be Mr. Robert 
Kellam. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting 
should contact Dr. Jane Caldwell (U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Emission Standards Division, Maildrop 13, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 [phone] Fax: (919) 
541-4028) by November 15, 1994. In general each individual or group 
making an oral presentation will be limited to fifteen minutes but the 
time allowed will be dependent on the number of speakers. Seating at 
the meeting will be on a first come first serve basis.
    Section 112 of the 1990 Amendments establishes a control 
technology-based program to reduce stationary source emissions of HAP. 
In section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act, the 189 HAP are defined as 
hazardous for the purposes of regulation. Section 112(g) requires 
control technology reviews for new, modified and reconstructed major 
sources of these pollutants. Increases in hazardous air pollution 
emissions from existing major sources are not considered a modification 
if they can be offset by equal or greater decreases in HAP deemed 
``more hazardous''. Furthermore, the HAP ``with no safety threshold of 
exposure'' may only be offset by other such ``nonthreshold'' 
pollutants. Therefore, threshold and nonthreshold pollutants must be 
identified and are subject to offsetting restrictions. The proposed 
section 112(g) rulemaking contains the EPA's guidance that identifies 
the relative hazard to human health of these hazardous pollutants and 
application of that characterization for determining allowing offsets.

    Dated: October 27, 1994.
Richard D. Wilson,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-27171; Filed 11-1-94; 8:45 am]
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