94-3430. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Compliance Extensions for Early Reductions

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63

[FRL-4837-6]

 

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; 
Compliance Extensions for Early Reductions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of complete enforceable commitments received.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides a list of companies that have submitted 
``complete'' enforceable commitments to the EPA under the Early 
Reductions Provisions [section 112(i)(5)] of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as 
amended in 1990. The list covers commitments determined by the EPA to 
be complete through December 8, 1993, and includes the name of each 
participating company, the associated emissions source location, and 
the EPA Regional Office which is the point of contact for further 
information. This is one of a series of notices of this type. The most 
recent notice listed twenty-five sources which have had commitments 
deemed complete by the EPA. The EPA will publish additional lists of 
complete submittals on a monthly basis, as needed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Beck (telephone: [phone]), 
Rick Colyer (telephone: [phone]), or Mark Morris (telephone: 919-
541-5416), Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 for 
general information on the Early Reductions Program. For further 
information on specific submittals received under the Early Reductions 
Program contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office representative 
listed below:
    Region I--Janet Beloin [phone]
    Region II--Umesh Dholakia or Harish Patel [phone]
    Region III--Alice Chow [phone]
    Region IV--Anthony Toney [phone]
    Region V--Aurelio Alvarez [phone]
    Region VI--Tom Driscoll [phone]
    Region VII--Pete Fulweiler [phone]
    Region VIII--Cory Potash [phone]
    Region IX--Ed Pike [phone]
    Region X--Chris Hall [phone]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA) as amended in 1990, an existing source of hazardous air pollutant 
emissions may obtain a 6-year extension of compliance with an emission 
standard promulgated under section 112(d) of the CAA, if the source 
achieves sufficient reductions of hazardous air pollutant emissions 
prior to certain dates. The final rule was published in the Federal 
Register on December 29, 1992, (57 FR 61970).
    Sources choosing to participate in the Early Reductions Program 
must document base year emissions and post-reduction emissions to show 
that sufficient emission reductions have been achieved to qualify for a 
compliance extension. As a first step toward this demonstration, some 
sources may be required to submit an enforceable commitment containing 
base year emission information, or if not required, may voluntarily 
submit such emission information to the EPA for approval. As stated in 
the proposed Early Reductions rule, the EPA will review these 
submittals to verify emission information, and also will provide the 
opportunity for public review and comment. Following the review and 
comment process and after sources have had the chance to revise 
submittals (if necessary), the EPA will approve or disapprove the base 
year emissions.
    To facilitate the public review process for program submittals, the 
proposed rule contains a commitment by the EPA to give public notice of 
submittals received which have been determined to be complete and which 
are about to undergo technical review within the EPA. Members of the 
public wishing to obtain more information on a specific submittal then 
may contact the appropriate EPA Regional Office representative listed 
above.
    Thirty-eight enforceable commitments and base year submittals are 
currently being reviewed by EPA for completeness and thirty-three have 
been determined to be complete to date. Some of the early reductions 
submittals received actually contain multiple enforceable commitments; 
that is, some companies have decided to divide their particular plant 
sites into more than one early reductions source. Each of these sources 
must achieve the required emissions reductions individually to qualify 
for a compliance extension. The purpose of today's notice is to add the 
following commitments to the previously published list of twenty-five 
complete commitments: Aristech, Ironton, Ohio; BP Oil, Belle Chase, 
Louisiana; DuPont, Camden, South Carolina; Hoechst Celanese, Bishop, 
Texas; Miles, Baytown, Texas; Miles, New Martinsville, WV; and Shell, 
Franklin, Kentucky. As the remaining submittals are determined to be 
complete, they will appear in subsequent notices. Also appearing in 
today's notice is a table listing enforceable commitments that have 
been approved by EPA to date.
    Table 1 below lists companies that have made complete enforceable 
commitments or base year emissions submittals that have been approved 
by EPA as of December 8, 1993. Table 2 below lists those companies that 
have made complete enforceable commitments or base year emission 
submittals under the Early Reductions Program through December 8, 1993. 
These submittals are undergoing technical review within the EPA at this 
time.

   Table 1.--Approved Enforceable Commitments and Base Year Emissions   
                    Submittals as of December 8, 1993                   
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           Company                        Location            EPA region
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1. Dow Corning...............  Midland, MI..................  V         
2. Johnson & Johnson.........  Sherman, TX..................  VI        
3. Wyeth-Ayerst..............  Rouses Point, NY.............  II        
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   Table 2.--Complete Enforceable Commitments and Base Year Emissions   
                    Submittals as of December 8, 1993                   
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           Company                        Location            EPA region
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1. Amoco Chemical Co. (first   Texas City, TX...............  VI        
 source).                                                               
2. Amoco Chemical Co. (second  Texas City, TX...............  VI        
 source).                                                               
3. PPG Industries............  Lake Charles, LA.............  VI        
4. Allied-Signal (first        Baton Rouge, LA..............  VI        
 source).                                                               
5. Allied-Signal (second       Baton Rouge, LA..............  VI        
 source).                                                               
6. Allied-Signal (third        Baton Rouge, LA..............  VI        
 source).                                                               
7. Allied-Signal (first        Ironton, OH..................  V         
 source).                                                               
8. Allied-Signal (second       Ironton, OH..................  V         
 source).                                                               
9. Monsanto..................  Sauget, IL...................  V         
10. Allied-Signal............  Philadelphia, PA.............  III       
11. Texaco-Neches............  Port Neches, TX..............  VI        
12. Marathon Oil.............  Garyville, LA................  VI        
13. Monsanto.................  Springfield, MA..............  I         
14. Polyken..................  Franklin, KY.................  IV        
15. Occidental Chemical......  Belle, WV....................  III       
16. Dayco....................  Waynesville, NC..............  IV        
17. Dow......................  Dalton, GA...................  IV        
18. First Chemical...........  Pascagoula, MS...............  IV        
19. Hoechst Celanese.........  Bishop, TX...................  VI        
20. Monsanto (first source)..  St. Louis, MO................  VII       
21. Monsanto (second source).  St. Louis, MO................  VII       
22. PPG......................  New Martinsville, WV.........  III       
23. Aristech.................  Ironton, OH..................  V         
24. BP Oil...................  Belle Chase, LA..............  VI        
25. DuPont...................  Camden, SC...................  IV        
26. Hoechst Celanese.........  Bishop, TX...................  VI        
27. Miles....................  Baytown, TX..................  VI        
28. Miles (first source).....  New Martinsville, WV.........  III       
29. Miles (second source)....  New Martinsville, WV.........  III       
30. Shell....................  Franklin, KY.................  IV        
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    At a later time (most likely within one to three months of today's 
date), the EPA Regional Offices will provide a formal opportunity for 
the public to comment on the submittals added to the list of 
``complete'' commitments by today's notice. To do this, the Regional 
Office will publish a notice in the source's general area announcing 
that a copy of the source's submittal is available for public 
inspection and that comments will be received for a 30 day period.

    Dated: February 8, 1994.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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