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[Federal Register: December 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 246)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 73179-73211]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part IV

Environmental Protection Agency

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40 CFR Part 63

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area 
Sources: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and 
Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing; Final Rule

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0424; EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0360; EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0940; FRL-
8508-5]

 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area 
Sources: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and 
Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing national emission standards for the Clay 
Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and Secondary Nonferrous 
Metals Processing area source categories. Each of these three final 
emissions standards reflects the generally available control technology 
or management practices used by sources within the respective area 
source category.

DATES: This final rule is effective on December 26, 2007. The 
incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this rule 
are approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of December 26, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established dockets for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0424 (for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing), Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0360 (for Glass Manufacturing), and Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0940 (for Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing). 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., confidential business information or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy 
form. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room 3334, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the final rule for 
Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, contact Mr. Bill Neuffer, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, 
Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5435; fax 
number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: Neuffer.Bill@epa.gov. For 
questions about the final rule for Glass Manufacturing or Secondary 
Nonferrous Metals Processing, contact Ms. Susan Fairchild, Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs 
Division, Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02), Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5167, fax number: (919) 541-3207, 
e-mail address: Fairchild.Susan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplementary information presented in 
this preamble is organized as follows:
I. General Information
    A. Does this action apply to me?
    B. Where can I get a copy of this document?
    C. Judicial Review
II. Background Information for Final Area Source Standards
III. Summary of Final Rules and Changes Since Proposal
    A. Area Source NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
    B. Area Source NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing
    C. Area Source NESHAP for Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing
IV. Exemption of Certain Area Source Categories From Title V 
Permitting Requirements
V. Summary of Comments and Responses
    A. Area Source NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
    B. Area Source NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing
    C. Area Source NESHAP for Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing
    D. Area Source NESHAP--General
VI. Impacts of the Final Area Source Standards
    A. Glass Manufacturing
    B. Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
    C. Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With 
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From 
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That 
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act
    J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations
    K. Congressional Review Act

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    The regulated categories and entities potentially affected by these 
final standards include:

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                                      NAICS      Examples of regulated
       Category  (Industry)          code \1\           entities
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Clay Ceramics Manufacturing.......     327122  Area source facilities
                                       327111   that manufacture ceramic
                                       327112   wall and floor tile,
                                                vitreous plumbing
                                                fixtures, sanitaryware,
                                                vitreous china tableware
                                                and kitchenware, and/or
                                                pottery.
Glass Manufacturing...............     327211  Area source facilities
                                       327212   that manufacture flat
                                       327213   glass, glass containers,
                                                and other pressed and
                                                blown glass and
                                                glassware.
Secondary Nonferrous Metals            331492  Area source brass and
 Processing.                           331423   bronze ingot making,
                                                secondary magnesium
                                                processing, or secondary
                                                zinc processing plants
                                                that melt post-consumer
                                                nonferrous metal scrap
                                                to make products,
                                                including bars, ingots,
                                                and blocks, or metal
                                                powders.\2\
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
\2\ The Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing area source category was
  originally established under SIC code 3341, a broader classification
  which included brass and bronze ingot makers. The corresponding NAICS
  code for brass and bronze ingot makers is 331423.

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    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. To determine whether your facility is regulated by this action, 
you should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.11435 of 
subpart RRRRRR (national emissions standards for hazardous air 
pollutants (NESHAP) for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing Area Sources), 40 
CFR 63.11448 of subpart SSSSSS (NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing Area 
Sources), and 40 CFR 63.11462 of subpart TTTTTT (NESHAP for Secondary 
Nonferrous Metals Processing). If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult either the 
air permit authority for the entity or your EPA Regional representative 
as listed in 40 CFR 63.13 of subpart A (General Provisions).

B. Where can I get a copy of this document?

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
this final action will also be available on the Worldwide Web (WWW) 
through the Technology Transfer Network (TTN). Following signature, a 
copy of the final action will be posted on the TTN's policy and 
guidance page for newly proposed or promulgated rules at the following 
address: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/. The TTN provides information and 

technology exchange in various areas of air pollution control.

C. Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), judicial review 
of these final rules is available only by filing a petition for review 
in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by 
February 25, 2008. Under section 307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA, only an 
objection to these final rules that was raised with reasonable 
specificity during the period for public comment can be raised during 
judicial review. This section also provides a mechanism for us to 
convene a proceeding for reconsideration, ``[i]f the person raising an 
objection can demonstrate to EPA that it was impracticable to raise 
such objection within [the period for public comment] or if the grounds 
for such objection arose after the period for public comment (but 
within the time specified for judicial review) and if such objection is 
of central relevance to the outcome of the rule.'' Any person seeking 
to make such a demonstration to us should submit a Petition for 
Reconsideration to the Office of the Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Room 3000, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, with a copy to the person listed in 
the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, and the 
Associate General Counsel for the Air and Radiation Law Office, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2344A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. Moreover, under 
section 307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA, only an objection to these final rules 
that was raised with reasonable specificity during the period for 
public comment can be raised during judicial review. Moreover, under 
section 307(b)(2) of the CAA, the requirements established by these 
final rules may not be challenged separately in any civil or criminal 
proceedings brought by EPA to enforce these requirements.

II. Background Information for Final Area Source Standards

    Section 112(k)(3)(B) of the CAA requires EPA to identify at least 
30 hazardous air pollutants (HAP) which, as the result of emissions 
from area sources,\a\ pose the greatest threat to public health in 
urban areas. Consistent with this provision, in 1999, in the Integrated 
Urban Air Toxics Strategy, EPA identified the 30 HAP that pose the 
greatest potential health threat in urban areas, and these HAP are 
referred to as the ``urban HAP.'' See 64 FR 38706, 38715-716, July 19, 
1999. Section 112(c)(3) requires EPA to list sufficient categories or 
subcategories of area sources to ensure that area sources representing 
90 percent of the emissions of the 30 urban HAP are subject to 
regulation. EPA listed the source categories that account for 90 
percent of the urban HAP emissions in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics 
Strategy.\b\ Sierra Club sued EPA, alleging a failure to complete 
standards for the source categories listed pursuant to CAA section 
112(c)(3) and 112(k)(3)(B) within the timeframe specified by the 
statute. See Sierra Club v. Johnson, No. 01-1537, (D.D.C.). On March 
31, 2006, the court issued an order requiring EPA to promulgate 
standards under CAA section 112(d) for those area source categories 
listed pursuant to CAA section 112(c)(3) and 112(k)(3)(B).
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    \a\ An area source is a stationary source of HAP emissions that 
is not a major source. A major source is a stationary source that 
emits or has the potential to emit 10 tons per year (tpy) or more of 
any HAP or 25 tpy or more of any combination of HAP.
    \b\ Since its publication in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics 
Strategy in 1999, the area source category list has undergone 
several amendments.
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    Among other things, the court order, as amended on October 15, 
2007, requires that EPA complete standards for 9 area source categories 
by December 15, 2007. On September 20, 2007 (72 FR 53838), we proposed 
NESHAP for the following three listed area source categories: (1) Clay 
Ceramics Manufacturing; (2) Glass Manufacturing; and (3) Secondary 
Nonferrous Metals Processing as part of our effort to meet the December 
15, 2007 deadline. The standards for the other categories are being 
issued in separate actions.
    Under CAA section 112(d)(5), the Administrator may, in lieu of 
standards requiring maximum achievable control technology (MACT) under 
section 112(d)(2), elect to promulgate standards or requirements for 
area sources ``which provide for the use of generally available control 
technologies or management practices by such sources to reduce 
emissions of hazardous air pollutants.'' Under section 112(d)(5), the 
Administrator has the discretion to use generally available control 
technology or management practices (GACT) in lieu of MACT. As explained 
in the proposed NESHAP, we are setting standards for these three source 
categories pursuant to section 112(d)(5). See 72 FR 53840, September 
20, 2007.

III. Summary of Final Rules and Changes Since Proposal

    This section summarizes the final rules and identifies changes 
since proposal. For changes that were made as a result of public 
comments, we have provided detailed explanations of the changes and the 
rationale for the changes in the responses to comments in section V of 
this preamble.

A. Area Source NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing

1. Applicability and Compliance Dates
    The only substantive changes to the Clay Ceramics rule made since 
proposal are clarifications of applicability. There was an error in the 
wording of the applicable compliance dates, and we have revised the 
rule since proposal to clarify that an affected source is existing if 
construction or reconstruction was commenced on or before September 20, 
2007, and an affected source is new if construction or reconstruction 
was commenced after September 20, 2007. These clarifications of 
existing and new source are consistent with the definitions specified 
in Sec.  63.2.
    The final standards apply to any new or existing affected source at 
a clay ceramics manufacturing facility that is an area source and uses 
more than 45 megagrams per year (Mg/yr) (50 tons per year (tpy)) of 
clay. The affected source are all kilns that fire glazed ceramic

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ware and all atomized spray glaze operations located at such a 
facility.
    The owner or operator of an existing affected source must comply 
with the standards by December 26, 2007. The owner or operator of a new 
affected source is required to comply with the standards by December 
26, 2007 or upon startup, whichever is later.
2. Standards
    The Clay Products Manufacturing area source category (which 
included clay ceramics manufacturing) was listed for regulation under 
section 112(c)(3) for its contribution of the following urban HAP: 
chromium, lead, manganese, and nickel. No changes have been made since 
proposal to the standards for clay ceramics manufacturing facilities.
    For each kiln firing glazed ceramic ware, the final standards 
require the facility owner or operator to maintain the kiln peak 
temperature below 1540[deg]C (2800[deg]F) and either use natural gas, 
or an equivalent clean-burning fuel, as the kiln fuel. The facility 
owner or operator has the option of using an electric-powered kiln.
    The requirements for atomized spray glaze operations at clay 
ceramic manufacturing area source facilities differ depending on 
whether a facility has annual wet glaze usage above or below 227 Mg/yr 
(250 tpy). Consequently, we are requiring that the facility owner or 
operator maintain annual wet glaze usage records in order to document 
whether they are above or below 227 Mg/yr (250 tpy) wet glaze usage.
    For each atomized spray glaze operation located at a clay ceramics 
manufacturing facility that uses more than 227 Mg/yr (250 tpy) of wet 
glaze(s), the final standards require the facility owner or operator to 
have an air pollution control device (APCD) on their glazing operations 
and operate and maintain the control device according to the equipment 
manufacturer's specifications. As a pollution prevention alternative to 
this requirement, we are also providing the option to use glazes 
containing less than 0.1 (weight) percent clay ceramics metal HAP for 
those facilities above the threshold, which is expected to provide 
emissions reductions equivalent or greater than those obtained using 
particulate matter (PM) controls.
    For each atomized spray glaze operation located at a clay ceramics 
manufacturing facility that uses 227 Mg/yr (250 tpy) or less of wet 
glaze(s), the final standards require the facility owner or operator to 
employ waste minimization practices in their glazing operations. In the 
preamble to the proposed rule, we acknowledged that some of these 
smaller facilities operate their atomized spray glaze operations with 
APCDs or use glazes containing less than 0.1 (weight) percent clay 
ceramics metal HAP. These alternative compliance options achieve 
reductions in metal HAP emissions that are at least equivalent to the 
metal HAP reductions from the waste minimization practices. Therefore, 
the final rule includes the use of glazes containing less than 0.1 
(weight) percent clay ceramics metal HAP or an APCD as alternative 
compliance options for the waste minimization practices.
3. Compliance Requirements
    No changes have been made since proposal to the compliance 
requirements for clay ceramics manufacturing facilities.
    Initial compliance demonstration requirements. The owner or 
operator is required to include a compliance certification for the 
standards in their Notification of Compliance Status. For any wet spray 
glaze operations controlled with an APCD, an initial inspection of the 
control equipment must be conducted within 60 days of the compliance 
date and the results of the inspection included in the Notification of 
Compliance Status.
    Monitoring requirements. For each kiln firing glazed ceramic ware, 
the final standards require the owner or operator to conduct a check of 
the kiln peak firing temperature on a daily basis. If the peak firing 
temperature exceeds 1540[deg]C (2800[deg]F), the owner or operator must 
take corrective action according to the facility's standard operating 
procedures.
    For all sources that operate an APCD for their atomized spray glaze 
operations, we are requiring daily and weekly visual APCD inspections, 
daily EPA Method 22 visible emissions (VE) tests (40 CFR part 60, 
appendix A-7), or an EPA-approved alternative monitoring program to 
ensure that the APCD is kept in a satisfactory state of maintenance and 
repair and continues to operate effectively.
    The owner or operator is allowed to use existing operating permit 
documentation to meet the monitoring requirements, provided it includes 
the necessary monitoring records (e.g., the date, place, and time of 
the monitoring; the person conducting the monitoring; the monitoring 
technique or method; the operating conditions during monitoring; and 
the monitoring results).
    Notification and recordkeeping requirements. We are requiring that 
affected sources submit Initial Notifications and Notifications of 
Compliance Status according to the part 63 General Provisions. 
Facilities must submit the notifications by April 24, 2008.

B. Area Source NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing

1. Summary of Changes Since Proposal
Applicability
    We have revised the applicability criteria of the rule in Sec.  
63.11448 to clarify that periodic or pot furnaces are not part of the 
source category. The final rule applies only to glass manufacturing 
plants that operate continuous furnaces and use one or more of the 
glass manufacturing metal HAP as raw materials.
    In light of the changes made to the applicability criteria in Sec.  
63.11448, we added a new paragraph to Sec.  63.11449(a)(1), which 
states that, to be an affected source, the furnace must be a continuous 
furnace. We added a definition of ``continuous furnace'' to Sec.  
63.11459 to further clarify how affected furnace is defined. We made an 
additional revision to Sec.  63.11449(a) to clarify that, consistent 
with the proposed rule, to be an affected source, a furnace must 
produce least 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass that contains one or more of 
the glass manufacturing metal HAP as raw materials. In the proposed 
rule, it was unclear whether a furnace that is used to produce more 
than 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass, but less than 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of 
glass containing metal HAP as raw materials, would be an affected 
source. The revision clarifies that such a furnace would not be an 
affected furnace. Finally, we inserted a new paragraph Sec.  
63.11449(b) to clarify that furnaces that are used exclusively for 
research and development (R&D) are not part of the source category and 
are therefore not subject to regulation under this final rule. We also 
added a definition for ``research and development process unit'' to 
Sec.  63.11459.
    In addition, we identified an error in the wording of the 
applicable compliance dates, and we have revised Sec.  63.11449 since 
proposal to clarify that an affected source is existing if construction 
or reconstruction was commenced on or before September 20, 2007, and an 
affected source is new if construction or reconstruction was commenced 
after September 20, 2007. These clarifications of existing and new 
source are consistent with the definitions specified in Sec.  63.2. 
Finally, we added a paragraph to the regulation to clarify that 
affected facilities must obtain a title V permit.

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Performance Test Requirements
    We revised Sec.  63.11452(a) by adding paragraph (a)(3), which 
addresses the situation in which a facility operates affected furnaces 
that are identical. The new paragraph allows the owner or operator to 
demonstrate compliance for all such identical furnaces by testing only 
one of the furnaces. The additional paragraph specifies the criteria 
for determining if one furnace is identical to another and the 
conditions under which the furnace must be tested.
    Under Sec.  63.11452(b), we deleted paragraph (b)(2), which was 
redundant and renumbered the remaining paragraphs accordingly. We 
revised Sec.  63.11452(b)(8), which formerly was paragraph (b)(9), to 
state that sampling ports for performance testing are to be located at 
the outlet to the furnace control device or in the furnace stack. The 
proposed rule was unclear regarding the exact location for emission 
testing. We added an alternative test method to Methods 3, 3A, and 3B 
for gas molecular weight analysis. We reorganized the paragraphs that 
address testing for PM or metal HAP to clarify which procedures to 
follow to determine compliance with the PM emission limit and which 
procedures to follow to determine compliance with the metal HAP 
emission limit. We also revised the definition of the metal HAP mass 
emission rate in Equation 2, which is signified as the variable 
``ERM''. This variable specifies which metals are to be included in the 
analysis of the emission samples that are collected during testing. The 
revised text clarifies that ERM represents the combined mass emission 
rates for only those glass manufacturing metal HAP that are added as 
raw materials in the batch formulation.
Monitoring and Continuous Compliance Requirements
    We revised the monitoring requirements by adding paragraph Sec.  
63.11454(a)(7), which specifies that the required monitoring must be 
performed any time the affected furnace is producing glass that is 
charged with one or more of the glass manufacturing metal HAP. 
Monitoring also must be performed during all transition phases from 
glass containing metal HAP to glass that does not contain metal HAP 
(i.e., until all HAP-containing glass has left the furnace melter). 
These transition phases encompass the period that begins when the plant 
stops charging the metal HAP as raw materials and ends when the furnace 
is producing a saleable product that does not contain the glass 
manufacturing metal HAP as raw materials.
    We revised Sec.  63.11455(c) to clarify that the continuous 
compliance requirements apply whenever the affected furnace is 
producing glass that contains one or more of the glass manufacturing 
metal HAP, including any transition phases from metal HAP-containing 
glass to glass that does not contain the metal HAP. We also revised 
paragraph Sec.  63.11455(c) to clarify the monitoring requirements for 
existing furnaces versus the monitoring requirements for new furnaces. 
We further revised Sec.  63.11455 by adding paragraph (e) to clarify 
the continuous compliance requirements for affected furnaces that can 
meet the emission limits without the use of a control device. In such 
cases, the only requirements for demonstrating continuous compliance is 
to meet the applicable recordkeeping requirements specified in Sec.  
63.11457.
Notifications
    We have revised Sec.  63.11456 to simplify the section and clarify 
that the deadline for submitting the Initial Notification is 120 days 
after the furnace becomes subject to the rule, regardless of whether 
the furnace is existing or new.
Definitions
    We have revised several of the definitions specified in Sec.  
63.11459 and added a number of new definitions to the section. We 
revised the definition of cullet to clarify that cullet is not 
considered a raw material when determining if a furnace is an affected 
source. We revised the definition of a glass melting furnace, which is 
defined in the final rule as the process unit in which raw materials 
are charged and melted at high temperature to produce molten glass. The 
previous definition included the raw material charging system and other 
appendages to the furnace. However, the revised definition is 
consistent with the procedures for testing furnaces to demonstrate 
compliance. We revised the definition of particulate matter by 
replacing the modifier ``total'' with ``filterable.'' This revision 
makes the definition consistent with the test methods specified for 
demonstrating compliance with the PM emission limit. Finally, we 
revised the definition of raw material to clarify that it excludes 
cullet and material that is recycled from the furnace control device.
    To clarify the applicability requirements in Sec. Sec.  63.11448 
and 63.11449, we added the definition of continuous furnace. To clarify 
the performance testing requirements, we have added a definition for 
furnace stack. We also added a definition for identical furnaces, which 
pertains to the performance testing requirements for a facility that 
operates more than one identical furnace. Finally, we added a 
definition for research and development process unit. This definition 
was needed to clarify in Sec.  63.11449(b) that furnaces used strictly 
for R&D are not subject to regulation under this final rule. Glass 
manufacturing furnaces used only for R&D were not part of the 1990 
inventory and are not part of the listed source category.
Implementation and Enforcement Authority
    We deleted paragraph Sec.  63.11460(c), which was redundant. We 
also added a new paragraph (b)(2) to clarify that EPA retains the 
authority for approving alternative test methods.
2. Summary of Final Rule
Applicability and Compliance Dates
    This NESHAP applies to any glass manufacturing plant that is an 
area source of HAP emissions and operates one or more continuous 
furnaces which produce at least 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass per furnace 
by melting a mixture of raw materials that includes compounds of one or 
more of the glass manufacturing metal HAP. The rule does not apply to 
periodic furnaces or furnaces that are used strictly for research and 
development.
    The compliance date for existing sources is December 28, 2009. 
However, owners or operators of affected sources may request an 
extension of one additional year to comply with the rule, as allowed 
under section 112(i)(3)(B) of the CAA and under Sec.  63.6(i)(4)(A), if 
the additional time is needed to install emission controls. The 
compliance date for new sources is December 26, 2007 or the startup 
date for the source, whichever is later. The compliance date for 
facilities with no affected sources as of December 26, 2007 and which 
later change processes or increase production and trigger applicability 
of the rule, is 2 years following the date on which the facility made 
the process changes or increased production and thereby became subject 
to the NESHAP.
Standards
    The Glass Manufacturing area source category was listed for 
regulation under section 112(c)(3) for its contribution of the 
following urban HAP: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, and 
nickel. The glass manufacturing final rule requires each new or 
existing affected furnace to comply with a PM

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emission limit of 0.1 gram per kilogram (g/kg) (0.2 pound per ton (lb/
ton)) of glass produced or an equivalent metal HAP emission limit of 
0.01 g/kg (0.02 lb/ton) of glass produced.
Performance Testing
    This final rule requires an initial one-time performance test on 
each affected furnace unless the furnace had been tested during the 
previous 5 years, and the previous test demonstrated compliance with 
the emission limits in this rule using the same test methods and 
procedures specified in this rule. This final rule requires testing 
using EPA Methods 5 or 17 (for PM emissions) or EPA Method 29 (for 
metal HAP emissions) in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A. This final rule 
also allows the owner or operator of affected identical furnaces to 
test only one of the furnaces if certain conditions are met.
Monitoring
    The owner or operator of an existing affected glass furnace that is 
controlled with an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) must monitor the 
secondary voltage and secondary electrical current to each field of the 
ESP continuously and record the results at least once every 8 hours. 
The owner or operator of a new affected furnace equipped with an ESP 
must install and operate one or more continuous parameter monitoring 
systems to continuously measure and record the secondary voltage and 
secondary electrical current to each field of the ESP. Either of these 
parameters dropping below established levels provides an indication 
that the electrical power to the ESP field in question has decreased, 
and collection efficiency may have decreased accordingly.
    Owners or operators of an existing affected glass furnace that is 
controlled with a fabric filter must monitor the fabric filter inlet 
temperature continuously and record the results at least once every 8 
hours. The owner or operator of a new affected furnace that is equipped 
with a fabric filter must install and operate a bag leak detector.
    As an alternative to monitoring ESP secondary voltage and 
electrical current or fabric filter inlet temperature, owners or 
operators of affected furnaces equipped with either of these control 
devices have the option of requesting alternative monitoring, as 
allowed under Sec.  63.8(f). The alternative monitoring request must 
include a description of the monitoring device or monitoring method to 
be used; instrument location; inspection procedures; quality assurance 
and quality control measures; the parameters to be monitored; and the 
frequency with which the operating parameter values would be measured 
and recorded. The owner or operator of an affected furnace that is 
equipped with a control device other than an ESP or fabric filter, or 
that uses other methods to reduce emissions, must submit a request for 
alternative monitoring, as described in Sec.  63.8(f).
Control Device Inspections
    The owner or operator of an affected furnace must conduct initial 
and periodic inspections of the furnace control device. For fabric 
filters, the final rule requires annual inspections of the ductwork, 
housing, and fabric filter interior. For electrostatic precipitators, 
this final rule requires annual inspections of the ductwork, hopper, 
and housing, and inspections of the ESP interior every 2 years.
Notification and Recordkeeping
    Owners and operators of all affected glass manufacturing plants 
that operate at least one continuous furnace that produces at least 45 
Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass using any of the glass manufacturing metal HAP 
as raw materials must submit an Initial Notification, as required under 
Sec.  63.9(b). Any facility with an affected source also must submit a 
Notification of Compliance Status, as specified in Sec.  63.9(h).
    Owners and operators of glass manufacturing facilities are required 
to keep records of all notifications, as well as supporting 
documentation for the notifications. In addition, they must keep 
records of performance tests; parameter monitoring data; monitoring 
system audits and evaluations; operation and maintenance of control 
devices and monitoring systems; control device inspections; and glass 
manufacturing batch formulation and production.

C. Area Source NESHAP for Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing

1. Applicability and Compliance Dates
    There was an error in the wording of the applicable compliance 
dates, and we have revised the rule since proposal to clarify that an 
affected source is existing if construction or reconstruction was 
commenced on or before September 20, 2007, and an affected source is 
new if construction or reconstruction was commenced after September 20, 
2007. These clarifications of existing and new sources are consistent 
with the definitions specified in Sec.  63.2.
    The final standards apply to any new or existing affected source at 
an area source secondary nonferrous metals processing facility. The 
affected source includes all crushing or screening operations at a 
secondary zinc processing facility and all furnace melting operations 
located at a secondary nonferrous metals processing facility.
    The owner or operator of an existing affected source must comply 
with the standards by December 26, 2007. The owner or operator of a new 
affected source is required to comply with the standards by December 
26, 2007, or upon initial startup, whichever is later.
2. Standards
    The Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing area source category was 
listed for regulation under section 112(c)(3) for its contribution of 
the following urban HAP: arsenic, chromium, lead, manganese, and 
nickel. We proposed to require the use of a fabric filter or baghouse 
that achieves a PM control efficiency of 99 percent for existing 
sources and 99.5 percent for new sources. Since our proposal, we 
learned that a facility had insufficient inlet ductwork to conduct a 
performance test for determining collection efficiency. The facility 
requested that we add an alternate emission limit expressed as an 
outlet concentration limit to the final standards.
    As we noted in the proposed rule, the 10 existing facilities 
reported using baghouses on crushing or screening operations at 
secondary zinc facilities and on furnace melting operations at all 
facilities and that such baghouses performed at a PM collection 
efficiency of at least 99 percent or achieved an outlet PM 
concentration not exceeding 0.050 grams per dry standard cubic meter 
(g/dscm) (0.022 grains per dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf)) where 
collection efficiency was not reported. Based on available outlet 
concentration data from ICR responses in the proposal docket and 
consideration of baghouse performance at similar sources, we have 
determined that limiting outlet PM concentrations to 0.034 g/dscm 
(0.015 gr/dscf) and 0.023 g/dscm (0.010 gr/dscf) would control PM and 
metal HAP emissions at levels that are equivalent to the levels of 
control from using a baghouse with a control efficiency of 99 and 99.5 
percent, respectively. Because both the proposed control efficiency 
standards and the equivalent outlet concentration limits reflect the 
GACT levels of control, we have revised the proposed standards to 
include the outlet concentration limits as alternatives to the control 
efficiency standards.
    The final standards require the owner or operator of an existing 
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to route the emissions from the affected source through a fabric filter 
or baghouse that achieves a control efficiency of at least 99.0 percent 
or an outlet PM concentration limit of 0.034 g/dscm (0.015 gr/dscf). 
The owner or operator of a new affected source must route the emissions 
from the affected source through a fabric filter or baghouse that 
achieves a control efficiency of at least 99.5 percent or an outlet PM 
concentration limit of 0.023 g/dscm (0.010 gr/dscf).
3. Compliance Requirements
    Performance test requirements. The owner or operator of any 
existing or new affected source must conduct a one-time initial 
performance test on the affected source. However, a new performance 
test is not required for existing affected sources that were tested 
within the past 5 years of the compliance date if the test was 
conducted using the same procedures specified in the standards and 
either no process changes had been made since the test, or the owner or 
operator demonstrates that the results of the performance test, with or 
without adjustments, reliably demonstrated compliance despite process 
changes. The tests for new and existing affected sources are to be 
conducted using EPA Method 5 in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A-3 or EPA 
Method 17 in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A-6.
    Initial control device inspection. The owner or operator of each 
existing and new affected source is required to conduct an initial 
inspection of each baghouse. The owner or operator must visually 
inspect the system ductwork and baghouse unit for leaks and inspect the 
inside of each baghouse for structural integrity and fabric filter 
condition. The owner or operator must record the results of the 
inspection and any maintenance action taken.
    For each installed baghouse which is in operation during the 60 
days after the compliance date, the owner or operator must conduct the 
initial inspection no later than 60 days after the applicable 
compliance date. For an installed baghouse which is not in operation 
during the 60 days after the compliance date, the owner or operator is 
required to conduct an initial inspection prior to startup of the 
baghouse. An initial inspection of the internal components of a 
baghouse is not required if an inspection has been performed within the 
past 12 months.
    Monitoring requirements. For existing affected sources, the owner 
or operator must conduct either daily visible emission (VE) tests using 
EPA Method 22 (40 CFR part 60, appendix A-7) or weekly visual 
inspections of the baghouse system ductwork for leaks, as well as 
annual inspections of the interior of the baghouse to determine its 
structural integrity and to determine the condition of the fabric 
filter. For new affected sources, the owner or operator must operate 
and maintain a bag leak detection system for each baghouse used to 
comply with the standards. The final standards require the owner or 
operator to keep records of the date, place, and time of the 
monitoring; the person conducting the monitoring; the monitoring 
technique or method; the operating conditions during monitoring; and 
the monitoring results.
    Notification and recordkeeping requirements. The owner or operator 
of an affected source must submit an Initial Notification and 
Notification of Compliance Status. The Notification of Compliance 
status must include, among other information, the results from the one-
time initial performance test and certifications of compliance for the 
standards. We proposed to require facilities to submit both 
notifications no later than 120 days after the applicable compliance 
date regardless of whether they were required to conduct a performance 
test. Since our proposal, we discovered that, although we had intended 
to allow sources 180 days from the compliance date to conduct the 
initial performance test and an additional 60 days to submit the 
results of the performance test, the proposed rule implicitly shortened 
that time frame by 120 days because it required that the Notification 
of Compliance status include the performance test results and be 
submitted within 120 days of the compliance date. Therefore, to afford 
sources the full time to conduct the performance test and submit the 
results of the testing, we have revised our proposal in this final rule 
to require that sources required to do performance testing submit the 
Notification of Compliance Status before the close of business of the 
60th day following the completion of a performance test.

IV. Exemption of Certain Area Source Categories From Title V Permitting 
Requirements

    We did not receive any comments on our proposal to exempt 
facilities in the Clay Ceramics and Secondary Nonferrous Metals 
Processing area source categories from title V permitting requirements. 
Therefore, this final rule does not require facilities in these source 
categories to obtain an operating permit under 40 CFR part 70 or part 
71.
    The proposed Glass Manufacturing Area Source NESHAP would have 
required affected facilities to obtain title V permits. Although we 
received public comments requesting that we exempt the Glass 
Manufacturing Area Source Category from title V, we are finalizing the 
approach in the proposed rule and are not exempting the source category 
from title V. The reasons for this decision are summarized in this 
notice in the Summary of Comments and Responses section for the Area 
Source NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing.

V. Summary of Comments and Responses

    A. Area Source NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
    Comment: One commenter noted that the intent of the CAA, as it 
relates to the Area Source Program, was to bring about reductions in 
HAP emissions from area sources. The commenter expressed disappointment 
that some of the rules proposed under the Area Source Program (e.g., 
Clay Ceramics Manufacturing) will not result in emissions reductions 
and recommended that future area source rules incorporate provisions 
that will provide additional public health protection from the effects 
of HAP emissions from area sources.
    Response: As previously explained, we have determined that GACT for 
the Clay Ceramics Manufacturing area source category is (1) maintaining 
the peak firing temperatures of kilns firing glaze ceramic ware below 
1540 [deg]C (2800 [deg]F), (2) implementing the equipment requirement 
(wet control systems for PM emissions) for glaze spray booths at 
facilities with wet glaze usage above 227 Mg/yr (250 tpy), and (3) 
implementing the waste minimization practices for glaze spray booths at 
facilities with wet glaze usage at or below 227 Mg/yr (250 tpy). The 
use of PM controls and waste minimization practices has been shown to 
be very effective in controlling PM and metal HAP emissions from this 
area source category. Keeping kiln peak firing temperatures below the 
volatilization temperatures of the clay ceramics metal HAP in the spray 
glazes would also be effective in preventing volatilization of the clay 
ceramics metal HAP.
    The commenter does not challenge any aspect of EPA's proposed GACT 
determination for this area source category. Instead, the commenter 
makes a blanket assertion that EPA is not acting consistently with the 
purposes of the area source provisions in the CAA (i.e., sections 
112(c)(3) and 112(k)(3)(B)), because it is not requiring emission 
reductions beyond the level that is currently being achieved from this 
well-controlled source category. In support of this assertion, the 
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the area source category's current emission and control status. Such a 
comparison is flawed and irrelevant.
    Congress promulgated the relevant CAA area source provisions in 
1990 in light of the level of area source HAP emissions at that time. 
Congress directed EPA to identify not less than 30 HAP which, as a 
result of emissions from area sources, present the greatest threat to 
public health in the largest number of urban areas, and to list 
sufficient area source categories to ensure that sources representing 
90 percent of the 30 listed HAP are subject to regulation. As explained 
in the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy, EPA based its listing 
decisions on the baseline National Toxics Inventory (NTI) that the 
Agency compiled for purposes of implementing its air toxics program 
after the 1990 CAA Amendments (64 FR 38706, 38711, n.10). The baseline 
NTI reflected HAP emissions from clay manufacturing area sources in 
1990. Thus, contrary to the commenter's suggestion, the relevant 
emission level for comparison is the emission level reflected in our 
baseline NTI, not the current emission level.
    Furthermore, in promulgating the area source provisions in the CAA, 
Congress did not require EPA to issue area source standards that must 
achieve a specific level of emission reduction. Rather, Congress 
authorized EPA to issue standards under section 112(d)(5) for area 
sources that reflect GACT for the source category. To qualify as being 
generally available, a GACT standard would most likely be an existing 
control technology or management practice. Thus, it is not surprising 
that the GACT standard being finalized today codifies the existing 
effective HAP control approach being used by sources in the category. 
For the reasons stated above, this final rule is consistent with 
sections 112(c)(3), 112(k)(3)(B), and 112(d)(5).

B. Area Source NESHAP for Glass Manufacturing

1. Definition of Source Category
    Comment: Three commenters from companies that make stained glass 
commented that they own small facilities that operate, with one 
exception, small periodic furnaces (pot furnaces) that are charged with 
small amounts of the glass manufacturing metal HAP. They claim that 
their furnaces would be subject to the emission standards because they 
use the metal HAP and exceed the 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) threshold. However, 
these companies allege that the costs of installing controls on their 
furnaces could put them out of business. One commenter stated that some 
artisans and schools also would be subject to the proposed rule based 
on the applicability criteria. Two of the commenters suggested that the 
rule exempt small businesses due to the burden that would result from 
complying with the proposed requirements. One commenter stated that the 
rule was based on an analysis of the glass manufacturing industry using 
data on large continuous furnaces that did not account differences in 
the manufacturing process and emissions associated with stained glass 
manufacturing. The commenter stated that the rule should exempt 
periodic furnaces.
    Response: After reviewing the emissions inventory in support of the 
listing decisions made pursuant to sections 112(c)(3) and 112(k) and 
available information, we have concluded that the glass manufacturing 
area source category was listed based on emissions from relatively 
large manufacturing plants that operated continuous glass furnaces. 
Periodic furnaces were not included in the inventory.
    The 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) threshold that was proposed was meant to 
define the source category to include only these large manufacturers, 
but did not properly reflect this criterion. Therefore, we have revised 
Sec.  63.11448 to specify that periodic or pot furnaces are not subject 
to the final Glass Manufacturing Area Source NESHAP. We believe this 
revision will address most of the concerns of the stained glass 
manufacturing sector as well as other sectors and organizations, such 
as artisans, schools, studios, and other small facilities that produce 
glass using periodic furnaces.
    Comment: One commenter stated that flat glass should be excluded 
from the area source category for several reasons. According to the 
commenter, flat glass was not identified in the Integrated Urban Air 
Toxics Strategy as a source category for regulation. Therefore, the 
commenter suggests that EPA cannot regulate the flat glass industry 
under an area source standard. The commenter added that the 
administrative record refers only to pressed and blown glass, which has 
different Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American 
Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes than does flat glass 
manufacturing. The commenter also stated that the administrative record 
lacks evidence that flat glass manufacturers emit significant 
quantities of Urban HAP. The commenter pointed out that the Arsenic 
NESHAP does not apply to flat glass manufacturing for this same reason. 
Finally, the commenter stated that the proposed rule would not require 
any flat glass manufacturing plants to install or operate emission 
control devices.
    Response: As explained in the Federal Register Notice announcing 
the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy (64 FR 38707, July 19, 1999), 
the process of listing area source categories for regulation would be 
an iterative ongoing approach that would be refined and modified as we 
obtained better data on emissions. Furthermore, as indicated in section 
112(e)(4) of the CAA, the listing of a particular source category is 
not considered final agency action until we issue emission standards 
for that source category. Therefore, the source category listing is not 
necessarily limited only to those sources initially identified by the 
listing. We considered this authority in light of the legislative 
history regarding glass manufacturing. The flat glass industry sector 
has always been part of the glass manufacturing industry, as evidenced 
by environmental statutes including the glass New Source Performance 
Standard (NSPS), the Arsenic NESHAP, as well as numerous State rules 
nationwide. Our study of the glass manufacturing industry includes 
container glass, pressed and blown glass, and flat glass sectors; these 
are generally similar with respect to the types of raw materials used 
and furnaces used to melt those raw materials.
    Regarding the comment that the administrative record lacks evidence 
that flat glass manufacturers emit significant quantities of Urban HAP, 
we point out that the record does show that some flat glass plants emit 
some of the glass manufacturing metal HAP. Because several flat glass 
manufacturers do use the glass manufacturing metal HAP in their 
formulations, and emit metal HAP as a result, because the raw materials 
and the melting process are the focal points of the proposed Glass 
Manufacturing Area Source NESHAP, and because of evidence in the 
legislative history, we determined that it was appropriate to include 
flat glass within the area source category.
    Based on our knowledge of the flat glass industry, the commenter is 
correct that no existing flat glass plants would have to install 
additional controls to comply with this final rule. However, there are 
existing flat glass plants that use the metal HAP as raw materials and 
will be subject to the other requirements of this final rule. Our data 
indicate these plants currently meet the emission limits and keep 
detailed records. Therefore, their additional burden as a result of 
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justified. The notification requirements apply only if the plant uses 
one or more of the glass manufacturing metal HAP as raw materials; if 
the plant does not use any of the glass manufacturing metal HAP, this 
final rule does not apply. In the event that other flat glass 
manufacturers decide to change their current glass formulations to 
include metal HAPs, it is appropriate that those flat glass plants be 
subject to this final rule. Even in such an instance, an existing 
facility that changed their formulation such that it became subject to 
the requirements of the rule would have 2 years following the 
formulation change to comply with this final rule. For these reasons, 
we have concluded that inclusion of flat glass manufacturers in the 
Glass Manufacturing Area Source Category is warranted.
    Comment: One commenter requested clarification that the proposed 
rule applies only to area sources and not major sources of HAP 
emissions.
    Response: As specified in Sec.  63.11448, the Glass Manufacturing 
Area Source NESHAP applies only to area sources of the glass 
manufacturing metal HAP.
2. Definition of Affected Source
    Comment: Two commenters stated that, although the 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) 
furnace threshold was meant to exclude small manufacturers, the 
proposed threshold is less than the amounts that some stained glass 
manufacturers, glass studios, and schools produce. The commenters 
believe that a higher threshold level is warranted to ensure that the 
small facilities that were meant to be excluded would not be subject to 
this final rule.
    Response: Although we considered revising the definition of 
affected source in response to the commenters' concerns, we have no 
data to indicate a specific higher threshold and why that threshold 
would be more appropriate than the 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) level specified in 
the proposed rule. However, based on our review of the comments 
received on the proposed rule and the available data, we have decided 
to clarify that this final rule only applies to continuous furnaces and 
not to periodic furnaces. We believe this clarification ameliorates the 
commenters' concerns regarding the production threshold. In this final 
rule, we have revised Sec.  63.11448 to apply only to facilities that 
use continuous furnaces to produce glass.
    Comment: Two commenters expressed concern with the definition of 
affected source (i.e., furnace). Both commenters stated that the 
definition in the proposed rule, which was adopted from 40 CFR 60, 
subpart CC, Standards of Performance for Glass Manufacturing Plants 
(Glass NSPS), defines furnace to include the ``raw material charging 
system'' and ``appendages for conditioning and transferring molten 
glass to forming machines.'' One commenter pointed out that, in the 
proposed rule, compliance is demonstrated by testing the furnace stack. 
However, emissions from the ``charging system'' or ``appendages'' are 
not generally ducted to the furnace stack. The commenter stated that 
furnace was defined as it was in the NSPS to clarify what constitutes a 
modification; the definition was not meant to identify emission points 
or where stack testing should be performed. The other commenter 
explained that one of the company's plants adds colored frit to the 
molten glass in the forehearth, which is one of the ``appendages'' 
referenced in the definition of furnace. The commenter pointed out that 
emissions from the forehearth are not ducted to the furnace stack. 
Since the GACT analysis for glass furnaces was based on emissions from 
furnace stacks, the proposed emission limits should not apply to 
emissions from forehearths.
    Response: In developing the proposed rule, we determined GACT for 
this source category based on technology used to reduce emissions from 
glass melting furnace stacks. Glass furnace stacks generally exhaust 
emissions from the furnace melter, which is the part of the furnace 
where raw materials are charged and melted. Although furnace stacks may 
also exhaust emissions from other parts of, or appendages to, the 
furnace, it was our intent to regulate emissions from the furnace 
melter. This is consistent with our understanding of the emissions 
profile of glass manufacturing raw materials; that is, metal HAP are 
emitted from glass furnaces upon the initial melting step. Later 
remelting of glass, such as cullet and frit, does not re-emit the metal 
HAP once the glass has been formed or vitrified.
    To clarify this requirement, we have revised Sec.  63.11459 of this 
final rule to redefine the glass melting furnace as the ``* * * process 
unit in which raw materials are charged and melted at high temperature 
to produce molten glass.'' In addition, we have added to Sec.  63.11459 
a definition of furnace stack as the conduit or conveyance through 
which emissions from the furnace melter are released to the atmosphere. 
We also have revised Sec.  63.11452 in this final rule to clarify that 
compliance with the emission limits is determined by testing the 
furnace stack.
    Comment: One commenter requested that the rule exempt furnaces that 
are used strictly for R&D.
    Response: We agree with the commenter that this final rule should 
clarify that sources that are used exclusively for R&D purposes are not 
regulated by this rule because these sources were not part of the 
inventory. Therefore, we have added a provision to Sec.  63.11449 that 
clarifies that such furnaces are not covered by this final rule. We 
also have added to Sec.  63.11459 of this final rule a definition for 
research and development process units.
    Comment: Three commenters stated that the rule should specify a de 
minimis level for metal HAP usage, below which plants would have no 
requirements. Two of the commenters suggested setting annual de minimis 
levels for each regulated HAP, below which the rule limit would not 
apply.
    Response: With respect to the use of the glass manufacturing metal 
HAP in relatively small amounts, the proposed 0.01 g/kg (0.02 lb/ton) 
metal HAP emission limit should address the commenters' concerns. If 
metal HAP are added to the batch in very small amounts, compliance with 
the HAP emission limit could be achieved without having to install a 
control device on the affected furnace.
    It is appropriate under the area source program that glass 
manufacturers using large amounts of metal HAP in their furnaces 
install controls to reduce those emissions. Therefore, we have 
concluded that if would not be appropriate to develop de minimis levels 
for metal HAP usage.
    Comment: One commenter stated that the rule does not define 
reconstruction as it pertains to reconstructed sources. The commenter 
suggested that the NSPS definition of reconstruction be adopted or 
incorporated by reference.
    Response: Although the proposed rule did not define reconstruction, 
Sec.  63.11472 states that the definitions specified in the CAA and 
Sec.  63.2 of the General Provisions to part 63 also apply to the 
proposed rule. This is the definition of reconstruction that applies to 
all part 63 standards. Therefore, we believe it is the appropriate 
definition for the Glass Manufacturing Area Source NESHAP.
    Comment: One commenter addressed the applicability of the proposed 
rule for furnaces that are used both for making glass that does not 
contain metal HAP and glass that contains metal HAP. The commenter 
asked if the 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) threshold that defines an affected 
source is based only on the amount of HAP-containing glass produced or 
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if the amount of HAP-containing glass was less than 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy).
    Response: It was our intent for the rule to apply to furnaces that 
produce at least 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass that contains one or more 
of the glass manufacturing metal HAP as raw materials. Therefore, a 
furnace that produces more than 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy) of glass would not be 
subject to this final rule if the amount of HAP-containing glass 
produced in the furnace were less than 45 Mg/yr (50 tpy). We have 
revised the definition of affected source in Sec.  63.11449 to clarify 
that a source is an affected source only if it produces at least 45 Mg/
yr (50 tpy) of glass that contains one or more of the metal HAP as raw 
materials.
3. Regulated Pollutants
    Comment: One commenter stated that the rule should not regulate 
arsenic because arsenic emissions are already regulated under the Glass 
Arsenic NESHAP. The commenter believes that the requirements for both 
rules will create overlapping and sometimes conflicting requirements. 
The commenter added that the reporting and recordkeeping burden for a 
second rule to regulate the same pollutant would be excessive.
    Response: The listing of glass manufacturing as an area source 
category was based in part on arsenic, which was identified in the 
section 112(k) inventory as one of the HAP emitted by glass 
manufacturing facilities. Therefore, we are required under sections 
112(c)(3) and (d) of the CAA to regulate emissions of arsenic from 
glass manufacturing plants that are area sources of HAP based on GACT 
for the glass manufacturing industry.
    With respect to the burden associated with complying with both 
rules, we have tried to minimize the burden associated with the Glass 
Manufacturing Area Source NESHAP. This final rule will require affected 
plants to submit an Initial Notification and a Notification of 
Compliance Status, but will require no additional reporting. 
Furthermore, the recordkeeping requirements are similar for both the 
proposed rule and the Glass Arsenic NESHAP. Therefore, we disagree that 
the reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with complying with 
both rules will be excessive. With respect to monitoring, the Glass 
Area Source NESHAP allows affected sources to request approval of 
alternative monitoring, which likely would result in no changes to the 
monitoring that is currently performed to comply with the Glass Arsenic 
NESHAP. In terms of testing, the Glass Area Source NESHAP requires only 
a one-time test and includes a provision for using data from a previous 
emission test conducted within the last 5 years, if the test 
demonstrates compliance with the emission limits specified in the Glass 
Area Source NESHAP.
4. Title V Permitting
    Comment: Two commenters addressed EPA's decision to not exempt the 
Glass Manufacturing Area Source Category from title V permitting. Both 
commenters disagreed with the statement in the preamble to the proposed 
rule that all of the facilities that would be affected by the proposed 
rule are already subject to title V. One commenter stated that at least 
one of the company's facilities, which is not subject to title V, would 
be subject to the proposed rule. The commenter also stated that EPA's 
reasons for exempting the Clay Ceramics Manufacturing and Secondary 
Nonferrous Metals Processing Source Categories from title V permitting 
also apply to the Glass Manufacturing Source Category. The other 
commenter stated that the company operates two plants that are not 
currently subject to title V, each with a furnace that would be subject 
to the proposed rule. Although both furnaces are scheduled for 
shutdown, the company may reconsider this decision to shut them down if 
market conditions change. The same commenter stated that it is possible 
that there are other non-title V facilities that would be subject to 
the proposed rule, and that it appears it was EPA's intent for the 
proposed rule to not cause additional facilities to become subject to 
title V. Both commenters requested that the proposed rule provide title 
V exemptions for facilities that are not currently subject to title V 
permitting.
    Response: Section 502(a) of the CAA requires sources subject to 
regulation under section 112 of the CAA to obtain a permit to operate. 
However, Section 502(a) authorizes the Administrator, in his 
discretion, to ``promulgate regulations to exempt one or more source 
categories (in whole or in part) from the requirement of (title V) if 
the Administrator finds that compliance with such requirements is 
impracticable, infeasible, or unnecessarily burdensome on such 
categories * * *.'' EPA promulgated a rule interpreting section 502(a) 
and therein stated that EPA may only exempt a category from title V 
permitting if we find compliance to be ``impracticable, infeasible, or 
unnecessarily burdensome'' and we determine that exempting the category 
would not adversely affect public health, welfare, or the environment 
(see 70 FR 75,320, 75,323 (Dec. 19, 2005)). Nowhere in the rule did we 
establish a presumption in favor of exempting sources from title V 
permitting, and the statute leaves such determinations to the 
discretion of the Administrator.
    The commenters have identified three glass manufacturer area source 
plants that are currently not subject to the operating permit 
requirements of CAA title V, which renders incorrect our assertion at 
proposal that all glass manufacturers that would be subject to this 
final rule were already subject to title V requirements. 
Notwithstanding this error, comments and other information in the 
record for this rulemaking do not demonstrate that compliance with 
title V permitting would be impracticable, infeasible, or unnecessarily 
burdensome for the sources in this category. Other than these two 
comments, we did not receive information during the comment period 
indicating that there ar