96-19705. Notice of Establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40413-40414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19705]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[AD-FRL-5546-6]


Notice of Establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Establishment of Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c), EPA hereby gives 
notice of the establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the 
Coordinating Committee). The EPA has determined that this action is in 
the public interest and that the Coordinating Committee will support 
EPA in performing its duties and responsibilities under sections 111, 
112, and 129 of the Clean Air Act (the Act).
    The Coordinating Committee has been established and members will 
include a balanced representation of interested persons with 
professional qualifications and experience to contribute to the 
functions of the Coordinating Committee. Members will be drawn from: 
environmental, public health, pollution prevention, and environmental 
justice groups; State/local regulatory agencies; affected sources 
(includes a variety of industrial, commercial, and institutional 
establishments as well as small businesses and government and tribal 
agencies that own boilers, process heaters, waste incinerators, 
combustion turbines, and/or IC engines); manufacturers--including small 
business manufacturers--of combustors, emission controls, emission 
monitoring/testing equipment, and pollution prevention techniques; fuel 
producers and suppliers; labor and academic research; and EPA.
    Another Federal Register notice will be published to announce the 
initial meeting dates and the members selected by EPA to be on the 
Coordinating Committee. The EPA is actively seeking nominations for the 
Coordinating Committee and the Work Groups. The Federal Register notice 
announcing the intent to form an Advisory Committee, requesting 
nominations for candidates, and announcing a public meeting to be held 
on July 24, 1996 was published on June 21, 1996 (61 FR 31883).

DATES: The first meeting of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Coordinating Committee will be held in early October. The 
first Work Group meetings are also expected to be held in October.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: Docket. Minutes of the meetings, as well as 
other relevant materials, will be available for public inspection at 
EPA Air Docket No. A-96-17, and is also available on the Technology 
Transfer Network (see below). The docket is open for public inspection 
and copying between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except for 
Federal holidays, at the following address: U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center 
(6102), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. The docket is located 
at the above address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor). 
Copies of docket items may be mailed on request from the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center by calling [phone] or 
7549. The FAX number for the Center is [phone]. A reasonable fee 
may be charged for copying.
    Technology Transfer Network. The TTN is one of the EPA's electronic 
bulletin boards. Information on the ICCR can be downloaded by choosing 
the ``ICCR-Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Process'' 
selection from the Technical Information Areas menu. The service is 
free except for the cost of a phone call. Dial [phone] for up to 
a 14,400 bits-per-second (bps) modem. If more information on the TTN is 
needed, call the help desk at [phone].

ADDRESSES: The location of the upcoming Work Group meetings and 
Coordinating Committee meeting will be announced in a later Federal 
Register notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Porter, Combustion Group, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two copies of the Coordinating Committee 
charter are filed with appropriate committees of Congress and the 
Library

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of Congress and are available upon request. The purpose of the 
Coordinating Committee is to assist EPA in the development of 
regulations to control emissions of air pollutants from industrial, 
commercial, and institutional combustion of fuels and non-hazardous 
solid wastes. The Coordinating Committee will attempt to develop 
recommendations for national emission standards for hazardous air 
pollutants (NESHAP) implementing section 112 and solid waste combustion 
regulations implementing section 129 of the Act, and may review and 
make recommendations for revising and developing new source performance 
standards (NSPS) under section 111 of the Act. The regulations will 
cover boilers, process heaters, industrial/commercial and other (non-
hazardous) waste incinerators, stationary internal combustion engines, 
and stationary gas turbines.
    The Coordinating Committee will provide a means for considering 
important regulatory issues and building stakeholder consensus on these 
issues prior to proposal. The Coordinating Committee will establish 
Work Groups as necessary to fulfill these objectives. The Coordinating 
Committee approach will lead to better regulations and is consistent 
with agency initiatives to use flexible, common-sense approaches, avoid 
duplication, and involve stakeholders in the regulatory process.
    The Coordinating Committee will coordinate information collection 
and analysis for the various combustion source categories and make 
recommendations on all aspects of the regulation including, but not 
limited to, applicability, definitions, emissions limitations, testing, 
monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The Coordinating 
Committee shall hold meetings, collect and analyze information, analyze 
issues, conduct reviews, perform studies, produce reports, and make 
regulatory recommendations. In developing regulatory recommendations, 
the Coordinating Committee will strive to reach consensus, where 
consensus is defined as a recommendation that all parties can accept or 
support, although it may not be their first choice. If consensus is not 
reached, the Coordinating Committee shall report majority and minority 
recommendations to EPA. The EPA retains its full and independent 
decision-making authority and responsibility. A consensus-based 
recommendation to EPA will, however, be given great consideration in 
these decisions.
    The Coordinating Committee likely will need several closely-spaced 
meetings during the initial phases of the Industrial Combustion 
Coordinated Rulemaking. After that, regular quarterly meetings may be 
sufficient. The FACA requires that these meetings be open to the public 
and that there be an opportunity for interested persons to file 
comments before or after meetings, or to make statements as permitted 
by the Coordinating Committee's guidelines and to the extent time 
permits. In accordance with these requirements, the first and 
subsequent meetings of the Coordinating Committee will be open to the 
public. Any comments can be sent to the docket at the address listed 
under ``Inspection of Documents''.

    Dated: July 26, 1996.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-19705 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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