[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9504-9505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1742]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-OAR-2002-0053, FRL-8025-8]
RIN 2060-AK35
Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; amendments.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to revise certain portions of the standards
of performance for stationary gas turbines. We are proposing these
revisions to clarify that EPA is not imposing new requirements for
turbines constructed after 1977. Owners and operators of existing and
new turbines may use monitoring that meets the pre-existing monitoring
requirements. In addition, we have described a number of acceptable
compliance monitoring options that owners and operators may elect to
use for these units.
In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we
are taking direct final action on these proposed revisions because we
view these revisions as noncontroversial, and we anticipate no adverse
comments. We have explained our reasons for the revisions in the
preamble to the direct final rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 27, 2006, unless a
public hearing is requested. If requested by March 13, 2006, a public
hearing will be held on March 27, 2006 and the comment period will be
extended until April 25, 2006. Inquiries regarding a public hearing
should be directed to the contact person listed below.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-
2002-0053 by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking portal http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments;
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax comments to (202) 566-1741; or
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
U.S. EPA, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20460.
Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center, U.S. EPA, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours
of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2002-
0053. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket. All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. A reasonable fee may be
charged for copying docket materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jaime Pagan, Combustion Group,
Emission Standards Division (C439-01), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number (919) 541-5340; facsimile
number (919) 541-5450; electronic mail address ``[email protected].''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments. If we receive no significant
adverse comments, we will take no further action on the proposed
amendments. If we receive significant adverse comments, we will
withdraw only those provisions on which we received adverse comments,
and they will not take effect. We will publish a timely withdrawal in
the Federal Register indicating which provisions will become effective
and which provisions are being withdrawn. If part or all of the direct
final rule amendments in the Rules and Regulations section of this
Federal Register are withdrawn, all comments pertaining to those
provisions will be addressed in a subsequent final action based on the
proposed amendments. We will not institute a second comment period on
the subsequent final action. Any parties interested in commenting must
do so at this time.
Regulated Entities. Entities potentially regulated by this action
are those that own and operate stationary gas turbines, and are the
same as the existing rule in 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG. Regulated
categories and entities include:
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Examples of
Category NAICS SIC regulated
entities
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Any industry using a stationary 2211 4911 Electric
combustion turbine as defined services.
in 40 CFR 60.331(a).
486210 4922 Natural gas
transmission.
211111 1311 Crude petroleum
and natural gas.
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211112 1321 Natural gas
liquids.
221 4931 Electric and
other services,
combined.
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This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this
action. If you have questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the contact person listed in the
preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk
or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
Public Hearing. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at 10
a.m. at the EPA Facility Complex in Research Triangle Park, NC, or at
an alternate site nearby. Persons interested in presenting oral
testimony or inquiring as to whether a hearing is to be held should
contact Ms. Pamela Garrett, EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Emission Standards Division, Combustion Group (C439-01),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-7966, e-
mail address: [email protected], at least 2 days in advance of the
potential date of the public hearing. Persons interested in attending
the public hearing must also call Ms. Garrett to verify the time, date,
and location of the hearing. The public hearing will provide interested
parties the opportunity to present data, views, or arguments concerning
these proposed emission standards.
Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket,
an electronic copy of today's proposal will also be available through
the WWW. Following the Administrator's signature, a copy of this action
will be posted on EPA's Technology Transfer Network (TNN) policy and
guidance page for newly proposed or promulgated rules at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/. The TTN at EPA's Web site provides information
and technology exchange in various areas of air pollution control.
Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
For a complete discussion of all of the administrative requirements
applicable to this action, see the direct final rule in the Rules and
Regulations sections of today's Federal Register.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of the proposed rule on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business whose parent
company has fewer than 100 or 1,000 employees, or fewer than 4 billion
kilowatt-hour per year of electricity usage, depending on the size
definition for the affected North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) code; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a
government of a city, county, town, school district or special district
with a population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization
that is any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and
operated and is not dominant in its field. It should be noted that
small entities in six NAICS codes may be affected by the proposed rule
amendments, and the small business definition applied to each industry
by NAICS code is that listed in the Small Business Administration size
standards (13 CFR part 121).
After considering the economic impacts of the proposed rule
amendments on small entities, I certify that today's action will not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. This conclusion is based on the fact that today's action does
not impose any new requirements in the 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG
regulations. Furthermore, the stringency of the emission standards is
not affected by this action. We continue to be interested in the
potential impacts of the proposed rule on small entities and welcome
comments on issues related to such impacts.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 60
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 20, 2006.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 06-1742 Filed 2-23-06; 8:45 am]
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