96-14765. Request for Information Concerning the Development of NSPS Subpart Y (Coal Preparation Plants)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29557-29558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14765]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5518-2]


Request for Information Concerning the Development of NSPS 
Subpart Y (Coal Preparation Plants)

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently is 
reviewing whether coal dump truck unloading operations located at coal 
preparation plants are regulated as an effected facility under the 
Clean Air Act's New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), 40 CFR Part 
60, Subpart Y, and if not, whether coal unloading is, nevertheless, 
part of the coal preparation NSPS source category. These issues have 
arisen in the context of determining whether coal preparation plants 
are major sources under Title V of the Clean Air Act (as implemented by 
EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 70) and, thus, must obtain a Title V 
operating permit.
    EPA has reviewed all of the relevant information in our files, 
including the background information used to develop the Subpart Y 
NSPS, the 1977 ``Inspection Manual for Coal Preparation Plants,'' as 
well as the NSPS review documents prepared for coal preparation plants 
in 1980 and 1988. From our analysis of the above sources, it appears 
that several relevant original documents or portions of the original 
documents upon which the NSPS were formed (e.g., attachments) are 
missing.
    The Agency is requesting assistance in locating or obtaining the 
following relevant documents/data related to the development of the 
Subpart Y NSPS to assist us in making a determination on the above 
mentioned issues: 1) reports upon which the NSPS were formed and which 
contain any actual opacity or visible emission testing data related to 
coal loading and unloading; 2) a document entitled ``Background 
Information for Establishment of National Standards of Performance for 
New Sources--Coal Cleaning Industry'' prepared for EPA by an EPA 
contractor; 3) analysis of State standards applied to coal loading and/
or unloading operations; and 4) any reference report(s) or information 
about the controlled emission points at a coal preparation plant 
prepared for EPA by Scott Research Laboratories, Incorporated.
    Information should be sent no later than July 11, 1996 to Dan 
Chadwick or Chris Oh (2223A), Office of Compliance, U.S. EPA, 401 M 
Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-14765 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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