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in person or online via a webinar on
lessons learned after the release of the
June 2015 Recommendations for Public
Water Systems to Manage Cyanotoxins
in Drinking Water. The agency plans to
use this information to inform
development of additional tools to
support states and/or utilities. The EPA
seeks to engage with stakeholders on
information the agency can provide to
support states and public water systems
in addressing cyanotoxin public health
concerns in drinking water.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on April 29, 2016, from 9:15 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., Central Standard Time.
Registration and check-in begins at 8:45
a.m. Persons wishing to attend the
meeting in person or online via webinar
must register by April 28, 2016, as
described in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
Illinois, Lake Michigan conference room
on the 12th floor. All attendees must
show government-issued photo
identification (e.g., a driver’s license)
when signing in. Please arrive at least 15
minutes early to allow time to clear
security. This meeting will also be
simultaneously broadcast as a webinar,
available on the Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
receive further information about the
public meeting or have questions about
this notice should contact Hannah
Holsinger at (202) 564–0403 or
holsinger.hannah@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
a. How may I participate in this
meeting/webinar? Persons wishing to
attend the meeting in person or online
via the webinar must register in advance
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Savings Time, on April 28, 2016. To
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For persons unable to attend the
meeting, please contact Katie Foreman
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meeting materials.
c. Special Accommodations:
Individuals with disabilities who wish
to attend the meeting in person can
request special accommodations by
contacting Hannah Holsinger at
holsinger.hannah@epa.gov no later than
April 22, 2016.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
II. Background
AGENCY:
Cyanobacteria are naturally occurring
organisms similar to algae. These
organisms can occur in fresh water and
may rapidly multiply causing ‘‘blooms’’
under favorable conditions. Conditions
that enhance bloom formation and
persistence include light intensity and
duration, nutrient availability (such as
nitrogen and phosphorus), water
temperature, pH and water column
stability. Some blooms produce
cyanotoxins such as microcystin,
cylindrospermopsin and anatoxin-a,
which can be a health concern. For
additional background information on
cyanotoxins in drinking water, please go
to: https://www2.epa.gov/sites/
production/files/2014-08/documents/
cyanobacteria_factsheet.pdf.
The EPA released health advisories in
June 2015 for two cyanotoxins:
Microcystin and cylindrospermopsin. In
June 2015, the EPA also released
recommendations for public water
systems on managing risks from
cyanotoxins in drinking water. For
additional background information on
the health advisories and
recommendations, please go to: https://
www.epa.gov/nutrient-policy-data/
guidelines-and-recommendations. The
EPA’s goal for this meeting is to obtain
information on state, utility and public
experiences in managing risks from
cyanotoxins in drinking water. The EPA
is seeking to get input on lessons
learned after the release of the June 2015
recommendations document,
Recommendations for Public Water
Systems to Manage Cyanotoxins in
Drinking Water. The EPA plans to use
this information to develop additional
tools or make modifications to the
current recommendations document.
Dated: March 24, 2016.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water.
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Data System Recent Posting: Agency
Applicability Determinations,
Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and
Regulatory Interpretations Pertaining
to Standards of Performance for New
Stationary Sources, National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants, and the Stratospheric
Ozone Protection Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces
applicability determinations, alternative
monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations that the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has made
under the New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS); the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP); and/or the
Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
An
electronic copy of each complete
document posted on the Applicability
Determination Index (ADI) data system
is available on the Internet through the
Resources and Guidance Documents for
Compliance Assistance page of the
Clean Air Act Compliance Monitoring
Web site under ‘‘Air’’ at: https://
www2.epa.gov/compliance/resourcesand-guidance-documents-complianceassistance. The letters and memoranda
on the ADI may be located by date,
office of issuance, subpart, citation,
control number, or by string word
searches. For questions about the ADI or
this notice, contact Maria Malave at EPA
by phone at: (202) 564–7027, or by
email at: malave.maria@epa.gov. For
technical questions about individual
applicability determinations,
monitoring decisions or regulatory
interpretations, refer to the contact
person identified in the individual
documents, or in the absence of a
contact person, refer to the author of the
document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The General Provisions of the NSPS
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 60 and the General Provisions of
the NESHAP in 40 CFR part 61 provide
that a source owner or operator may
request a determination of whether
certain intended actions constitute the
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reconstruction, or modification. EPA’s
written responses to these inquiries are
commonly referred to as applicability
determinations. See 40 CFR 60.5 and
61.06. Although the NESHAP part 63
regulations [which include Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
standards and/or Generally Available
Control Technology (GACT) standards]
and Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) contain no specific regulatory
provision providing that sources may
request applicability determinations,
EPA also responds to written inquiries
regarding applicability for the part 63
and Section 111(d) programs. The NSPS
and NESHAP also allow sources to seek
permission to use monitoring or
recordkeeping that is different from the
promulgated requirements. See 40 CFR
60.13(i), 61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and
63.10(f). EPA’s written responses to
these inquiries are commonly referred to
as alternative monitoring decisions.
Furthermore, EPA responds to written
inquiries about the broad range of NSPS
and NESHAP regulatory requirements as
they pertain to a whole source category.
These inquiries may pertain, for
example, to the type of sources to which
the regulation applies, or to the testing,
monitoring, recordkeeping, or reporting
requirements contained in the
regulation. EPA’s written responses to
these inquiries are commonly referred to
as regulatory interpretations.
EPA currently compiles EPA-issued
NSPS and NESHAP applicability
determinations, alternative monitoring
decisions, and regulatory
interpretations, and posts them to the
ADI on a regular basis. In addition, the
ADI contains EPA-issued responses to
requests pursuant to the stratospheric
ozone regulations, contained in 40 CFR
part 82. The ADI is a data system on the
Internet with over three thousand EPA
letters and memoranda pertaining to the
applicability, monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements of the NSPS, NESHAP,
and stratospheric ozone regulations.
Users can search for letters and
memoranda by date, office of issuance,
subpart, citation, control number, or by
string word searches.
Today’s notice comprises a summary
of 66 such documents added to the ADI
on March 22, 2016. This notice lists the
subject and header of each letter and
memorandum, as well as a brief abstract
of the letter or memorandum. Complete
copies of these documents may be
obtained from the ADI on the Internet
through the Resources and Guidance
Documents for Compliance Assistance
page of the Clean Air Act Compliance
Monitoring Web site under ‘‘Air’’ at:
https://www2.epa.gov/compliance/
resources-and-guidance-documentscompliance-assistance.
Summary of Headers and Abstracts
The following table identifies the
control number for each document
posted on the ADI data system on March
22, 2016; the applicable category; the
section(s) and/or subpart(s) of 40 CFR
part 60, 61, or 63 (as applicable)
addressed in the document; and the title
of the document, which provides a brief
description of the subject matter.
We have also included an abstract of
each document identified with its
control number after the table. These
abstracts are provided solely to alert the
public to possible items of interest and
are not intended as substitutes for the
full text of the documents. This notice
does not change the status of any
document with respect to whether it is
‘‘of nationwide scope or effect’’ for
purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1) For
example, this notice does not convert an
applicability determination for a
particular source into a nationwide rule.
Neither does it purport to make a
previously non-binding document
binding.
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1500023 .......................
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NSPS ..........................
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1500025 .......................
1500026 .......................
1500027 .......................
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NSPS ..........................
NSPS ..........................
AAAA ..........................
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A, DD ..........................
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Dc ...............................
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Ec ...............................
CCCC .........................
GG ..............................
A, JJJJ ........................
Cb, Eb ........................
KKKK ..........................
J, Ja ............................
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1500056 .......................
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NSPS ..........................
NNN ............................
OOO ...........................
1500057 .......................
1500058 .......................
NSPS ..........................
NSPS ..........................
Ce, Ec ........................
J ..................................
1500059 .......................
NSPS ..........................
IIII ...............................
1500060 .......................
MACT, NESHAP,
NSPS.
IIII, ZZZZ ....................
Change to Alternative Sulfur Mon itoring Plan for Flare System.
Alternative to Hydrogen Sulfide Monitoring for Flare System.
Applicability Determination for a Rur al Institutional Waste Incinerator.
Regulatory Interpretation for Grain Elevators with Expanded Capacity.
Applicability Determination for a Sma ll Municipal Waste Combustor.
NSPS Source Test Plan Approval.
Performance Test Waivers for New Des ign and Identical Units at
Grain Elevators.
Test Waiver for Identical Biogas-fue led Generators.
30-Day Advance Test Notice Waiver fo r Generators.
Applicability Determination for Incinerator Burning MSW or RDF.
Applicability Determination for Bo iler De-rating.
Request for Performance Test Waiver a t Combustion Turbine.
Alternative Monitoring of Waste Co mbusted.
Applicability Determination for Incine rator Burning MSW or RDF.
Monitoring at Turbines During Non-O perational Periods.
30-Day Advance Test Notice Waiver fo r Generators.
Carbon Feed Rate Monitoring Waiver Re quest.
Performance Test Waiver for Identical Turbines.
Alternative Monitoring Plan for Ta nk Degassing and Vapor Control
Projects at Petroleum Refineries.
Alternative Monitoring for an Absorb er on a Distillation Unit.
Applicability Determination for Nonme tallic Mineral Processing Loading Station Enclosed in a Building.
Alternative Monitoring for Wet Scrubb er at a Waste Incinerator.
Alternative Monitoring for Wet G as Scrubber In Lieu of COMS at an
FCCU.
Emergency Generator Applicabilit y with Respect to Readiness Testing and Commissioning.
Regulatory Interpretation of NSPS and NESHAP Emergency Internal
Combustion Engine Provisions.
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Title
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Ja ................................
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1500064 .......................
1500065 .......................
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JJJJ ............................
1500066 .......................
1500067 .......................
NSPS ..........................
NSPS ..........................
JJJJ ............................
IIII ...............................
1500068 .......................
NSPS ..........................
J, Ja ............................
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NSPS ..........................
JJJJ ............................
1500071 .......................
NSPS ..........................
JJJJ ............................
1500072 .......................
NSPS ..........................
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1500073 .......................
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ZZZZ, JJJJ .................
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1600004 .......................
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NSPS ..........................
NSPS ..........................
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CFC ............................
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DD ..............................
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M150010 ......................
MACT, NESHAP,
NSPS.
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Alternative Monitoring of Hydroge n Sulfide and TRS in Sour Gas
Routed to Flares.
Alternative Monitoring Plan for Wet Gas Scrubber at a Refinery.
Alternate Reporting Schedule for Gas Pl ant.
Applicability Determination and Tes ting Waiver Request for Spark
Ignition Engines.
Alternative Testing for Spark Ignit ion Engines.
Alternative Test Method Request for Compression Ignition Engines
Switching to Biodiesel.
Alternative Monitoring of Hydrogen Sulfide from Portable Thermal
Oxidizers at Multiple Refineries.
Alternative Test Method to Cutter A nalyzers for Emissions from an
Internal Combustion Engine.
Alternative Test Method for Non-met hane Organic Emissions from
Stationary Spark Ignition Combustion Engines.
Alternative Monitoring Plan for Hydrogen Sulfide Content of Refinery
Fuel Gas.
Alternative Test Method for Non-methane Organic Emissions from
Stationary Spark Ignition Combustion Engines.
Deadline for Initial Compliance Te sting of a Waste Incinerator.
Clarification of the Definition of Permanent Storage Facilities.
Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys.
Regulatory Interpretation of Evap orator Coil Leak Repair Requirement.
Request for Opacity Test Waiver.
M150011 ......................
M150012
M150013
M150015
M150016
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MACT .........................
MACT, NESHAP ........
MACT, NESHAP ........
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MMMMMM, YY ..........
M150017 ......................
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M150023 ......................
MACT .........................
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MACT .........................
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M150025 ......................
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MACT .........................
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NSPS.
MACT, NESHAP ........
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MACT, NESHAP ........
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Z150009 ......................
MACT, NESHAP ........
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Z150011 ......................
MACT, NESHAP ........
MACT, NESHAP ........
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Applicability of Emergency and Certified Engi
nes to NSPS and
NESHAP.
Applicability Determination for Nonroa d versus Stationary Engine.
Applicability Determination for Vehicle Undercoating .
Alternative Visible Emission Monitoring at a Lead Aci d Battery Plant.
Applicability of Tire Reclamation Facility to Carbon Black Production
NESHAP.
Regulatory Interpretation of Applicability of Truck Bed Lining Operations to Area Source NESHAP for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating.
Alternative Monitoring for Particulat e Matter on a Common Stack at
a Portland Cement Plant.
Alternative Averaging Time for Inle t Flow Monitoring as a Surrogate
for Methanol Destruction at a Pulp and Paper Facility.
Alternative Load Level for Pressure Dr op Measurement at Internal
Combustion Engines.
Applicability Determination for Internal Comb ustion Engine to NSPS
and NESHAP.
Applicability Determination for Remote Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine.
Applicability Determination for Rotary Gasifiers as Process Heaters
to the Boiler MACT.
Performance Test Waiver for Reciprocat ing Internal Combustion Engines.
Applicability Determination for a Hybrid S uspension Grate Biomass
Boiler under the Boiler MACT.
Applicability Determination for Electr ic Generating Units under the
Boiler Area Source NESHAP.
Applicability Determination for Backup Power Generator under RICE
NESHAP.
60-day Advance Test Notice Waiver.
Applicability Determination for Manuf acture of Colored Art Glass.
Applicability Determination for Offshore Gas Port Emission Units.
Applicability Determination for Emergency Stati onary Internal Combustion Engines at an Institutional Facility.
Regulatory Interpretation on Minimizing Engine Idle Time for Internal
Combustion Engines.
Regulatory Interpretation of Emergency Generato r Provisions under
NESHAP Subpart ZZZZ.
Regulatory Interpretation on Rule Applicability to Stationary Engines.
Applicability Determination for Emergency Engin
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Abstracts
Abstract for [1500021]
Q: Will EPA approve a change to the
previously approved March 22, 2011
alternative monitoring plan (AMP) for
Shell Oil Products Puget Sound
Refinery (PSR) in Anacortes,
Washington?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
Shell’s revision to the PSR 2011 AMP.
For the monitoring of H2S, PSR is
requesting to monitor as required by
NSPS subpart J, rather than the
alternative monitoring method that was
specified in the 2011 AMP. PSR
requests that certain portions of the
approved AMP stay in place to maintain
approval of an alternative means for
demonstrating compliance for three
interconnected flares. The conditions
that must be satisfied to allow PSR to
rely on the AMP instead of utilizing an
H2S continuous monitoring system
according to subpart J are stated in the
EPA approval letter.
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Q: Will EPA approve an alternative
monitoring plan (AMP) for the Shell Oil
Anacortes, Washington facility to
install, maintain, and operate a total
sulfur continuous monitoring system
(CMS) as an alternative to a hydrogen
sulfide (H2S) CMS, and to use sulfur
data collected at the east flare to
represent the sulfur content at the north
and south flares?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
Shell’s AMP for utilizing a H2S CMS.
The conditions to allow Shell to rely on
the AMP instead of utilizing an H2S
CMS are stated in the EPA is approval
letter.
Abstract for [1500023]
Q: Will EPA grant approval of
exempted status under 40 CFR
60.2887(h) of the NSPS subpart EEEE as
a rural institutional waste incinerator
for an incineration unit that Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve (the Park) in
Alaska intends to purchase and install?
A: Yes. EPA determines that the
proposed incinerator meets the
exclusion for rural institutional waste
incinerators because the unit is located
more than 50 miles from the boundary
of the nearest Metropolitan Statistical
Area, alternative disposal options are
not available or are economically
infeasible, and the Park has submitted
this request prior to initial startup of the
incinerator.
Abstract for [1500024]
Q: Are all on-site units at Kalama
Export located in Kalama, Washington
that were constructed after August 3,
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Grain Elevators when applicability is
triggered due to expanded capacity?
A: No. In its response to the
Southwest Clean Air Agency in
Vancouver, Washington, EPA explains
that the rule applies to each individual
affected facility at a grain elevator.
Therefore, only the units that are
constructed, modified, or reconstructed
when and after the NSPS is triggered
because of expanded capacity become
subject to the rule.
Abstract for [1500025]
Q1: Does NSPS subpart AAAA for
Small Municipal Waste Combustion
(MWC) Units apply to gas combustion
turbine that combust a small amount of
non-condensable hydrocarbon gases,
which is located at the Green Power
facility in Pasco, Washington?
A1: Yes. In a response to the
Washington State Department of
Ecology and the counsel to the source,
EPA indicates that the NSPS subpart
AAAA applies to the gas combustion
turbine it is considered to be within the
MWC unit boundaries and based on the
capacity of the MWC. Based on the
MWC definition at 40 CFR 60.1465, the
catalytic pressure-less depolymerization process (CDP) begins the
MWC since it is used to convert
municipal solid waste into synthetic
liquid petroleum fuel, which includes a
small amount of non-condensable
hydrocarbon gases. Since the noncondensable hydrocarbon gas generated
by the CDP is combusted in the turbine,
the compressor section and combustor
section of the turbine at the facility are
within the MWC boundaries. In
addition, it is determine that the
combustion capacity of the MWC,
which would not include the capacity
attributable to the flare since it is a
control device, is within the applicable
range of subpart AAAA. Furthermore,
the Green Power operation does not
combust landfill gases and the landfill
gas exemption, therefore, is not
applicable.
Q2: Does NSPS subpart AAAA apply
to the Green Power CDP if it operates in
anaerobic environment, exposed only to
inert gases, due to explosion hazard?
A2: No. EPA determines that the
Green Power CDP would not be subject
to Subpart AAAA due to the absence of
combustion if the plant is constructed
such that there is no combustion of the
synthetic fuel product.
Q3: Does NSPS subpart AAAA apply
to the Green Power proposed Algae
Production Alternative whereby the
non-condensable hydrocarbon gases
produced in the reactor are routed to a
biological treatment unit as a nutrient in
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subsequently be harvested and
reintroduced as a feedstock for the CDP
process?
A3: No. EPA determines that in this
scenario Subpart AAAA would not
apply due to the absence of combustion.
Abstract for [1500026]
Q: Will EPA approve a source test
plan submitted by Eielson Air Force
Base in Alaska for a particulate matter
source test on six bin vent filters for a
new mechanical coal tipper subject to
NSPS subpart Y?
A: Yes. EPA approves the Eielson
source test plan under subpart Y.
Eielson has incorporated the guidance
received by EPA regarding the proper
location for a testing port installation to
address issues with inadequate duct
diameter sizing for that bin into the
source test plan.
Abstract for [1500027]
Q1: Will EPA, in consideration of
difficulty in applying existing methods
to new technology, waive the Method 5
and a portion of the Method 9 readings
for three ship loader bustle filters at
EGT Development, LLC’s (EGT’s) Export
Elevator facility at Port of Longview,
Washington?
A1: Yes. EPA grants EGT the waiver
for the Method 5 reading required under
the initial performance and for a portion
of the required Method 9 readings for
the three bustle filters for several
reasons. There are technical difficulties
that arise in performing the test methods
with the new loading spout dust control
system design. Specifically, technical
issues arise with conducting the Method
5 test where the loading spout dust
control system has been moved to the
bottom of the ship loader spout, and
with conducting a Method 9 opacity
reading while the loading spout is
within the hold of the ship loading
grain. These technical issues combined
with the anticipated significant margin
of compliance, the testing of other units
with identical filter media at the same
facility, and the opacity readings that
can be performed justifies the waiver
approval.
Q2: Will EPA approve a waiver of
initial performance testing for certain
Donaldson bin vent CPV design
PowerCore Filters (CPV filters) that EGT
plans to install at this facility when they
are in a group of identical units?
A2: Yes. EPA waives the initial
Method 5 performance test for certain
CPV filters as outlined in the EPA
approval letter. NSPS emission test
results with Duraplex filter media show
maximum emissions are an order of
magnitude lower than the
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manufacturer’s guarantee (0.002 grains/
dscf), and two orders of magnitude
lower than the 0.01 grains/dscf NSPS
limit. Furthermore, the local air
permitting authority will be requiring
additional testing on a reasonable
schedule and there will be a rotation of
testing within a group, so that a
different unit within the group is tested
each time for any future performance
tests. This applies to a total of 14 NSPS
test units, which represents a group of
identical units where that group is
unique, has a unique air volume and
aspirates a conveyor or facility with a
unique conveying capacity.
Abstract for [1500028]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement
for Cargill Environmental Finance
(Cargill) to performance test at two
biogas-fueled generators under NSPS
subpart JJJJ based on the test results of
an identical (third) biogas-fueled
generator at the Dry Creek Dairy in
Hanson, Idaho?
A: Yes. EPA waives the Cargill
performance test for the three generators
that are located at the same facility,
produced by the same manufacture,
have the same model number, rated
capacity, operating specifications, and
are maintained in a similar manner.
There is a substantial margin of
compliance documented by the prior
performance test results that were
submitted.
Abstract for [1500029]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement of
40 CFR 60.8(d) to provide notification
30 days in advance of a performance test
for recently installed biogas-fueled
generators at Big Sky West in Gooding,
Idaho due to winter weather conditions
and the pending holidays?
A: Yes. EPA waives the requirement
to provide notification 30 days in
advance of a performance test pursuant
to the provisions at 40 CFR 60.19(f)(3)
to implement it early in December due
to weather conditions and the pending
Holidays. EPA requests that you provide
the exact testing date, a copy of the full
testing protocol, and the results of the
test once completed to the regulatory
agencies.
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Abstract for [1500030]
Q: Does EPA determine that Shell
Offshore’s incineration unit located on
the Discoverer Drill vessel, operated in
the Chukchi Sea is exempted from the
requirements of 40 CFR part 60 subpart
CCCC for Commercial and Industrial
Solid Waste Incineration Units pursuant
to the exemption provided in 40 CFR
60.2020(c)(2)?
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A: Yes. Based on the information
provided, EPA determines that Shell’s
incinerator qualifies for the exemption
in 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2) for units under
a certain capacity that burn greater than
30 percent municipal solid waste or
refuse-derived fuel, provided that Shell
keeps the records required to
demonstrate that it continues to qualify
for the exemption on an ongoing basis.
Abstract for [1500031]
Q: Does EPA determine that physical
changes made to two boilers subject to
NSPS subpart Dc owned and operated
by Yakama Forest Products (YFP) at the
Large Log Complex have de-rated the
boilers’ heat input capacity?
A: Yes. Based on the test data
submitted following the physical
changes of replacing the burners on
each boiler, EPA determines that boilers
No. 3 and 4 have been permanently derated to a heat input capacity below 30
MM BTU/hr. YFP must ensure that oil
pressure at the burners meets the
conditions of this determination to
remain consistent with the conditions
during the source test that was the basis
for this determination.
Abstract for [1500033]
Q: Will EPA approve Northwest
Pipeline’s request for an extension of
the deadline to conduct a performance
test required by 40 CFR 60.4340(a) in
NSPS subpart KKKK for a turbine
located at the Chehalis Compressor
Station?
A: No. EPA determines that an
applicable basis for waiving the testing
requirement has not been identified.
According to 40 CFR 60.4340(a), testing
can be performed once every two years
when emissions are less than 75 percent
of the emission limit. Therefore,
Northwest Pipeline must perform
annual performance tests in accordance
with § 60.4400.
Abstract for [1500034]
Q: Will EPA approve an alternative
monitoring procedure (AMP)for
monitoring the amount of waste
combusted in the Northstar incinerator
to demonstrate that the incinerator
qualifies for the co-fired combustor
exemption under 40 CFR part 60
subpart Ec for Hospital Medical
Infectious Waste (HMIW) Incinerators
located at BP Exploration Alaska’s
(BPXA’s) Northstar Development
Facility in the Beaufort Sea?
A: No. EPA denies the AMP because
use of the proposed method to weigh
only the HMIW incinerated, instead of
weighing both the HMIW and the nonHMIW, will not assure compliance with
BPXA’s claim that the incinerator meets
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the exemption for co-fired combustors
under 40 CFR part 60 subpart Ec, as
well as the exemption for ‘‘municipal
waste combustion units’’ in 40 CFR
62.14525(c)(2).
Abstract for [1500035]
Q: Does EPA determine that
Andarko’s incineration unit located at
various drilling locations within the
Gubik and Chandler Prospects in Alaska
is exempted from the requirements of 40
CFR part 60 subpart CCCC pursuant to
the provisions at 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2)?
A: Yes. Based on the information
provided, EPA determines that
Andarko’s incinerator qualifies for the
exemption in 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2) for
units under a certain capacity that burn
greater than 30 percent municipal solid
waste or refuse-derived fuel. Andarko
must keep the records required to
demonstrate that it continues to qualify
for the exemption on an ongoing basis.
Abstract for [1500036]
Q: Is fuel sampling required for two
turbines owned by Black Hills
Corporation that monitor under NSPS
subpart GG custom fuel monitoring
schedules for semi-annual periods in
which the turbines have not operated
for the entire semi-annual period? The
turbines are located at the Glenns Ferry
Cogeneration Partners and Rupert
Cogeneration Partners facilities in
Idaho.
A: No. EPA determines that fuel
sampling required by a custom fuel
monitoring schedule is not required for
semi-annual periods in which the
turbine has not operated for the entire
semi-annual period. Sampling must be
done upon re-startup.
Abstract for [1500038]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement in
40 CFR 60.8(d) for Cargill to provide a
notification 30 days in advance of a
performance test for the recently
installed biogas-fueled generators at Dry
Creek Dairy in Hansen, Idaho?
A: Yes. EPA waives the requirement
to provide notification 30 days in
advance of a performance test pursuant
to the provisions at 40 CFR 60.19(f)(3).
The source identified a date on which
testing would be conducted.
Abstract for [1500039]
Q: Will EPA grant a waiver to Covanta
Marion, Incorporated (CMI) in Brooks,
Oregon, for the municipal waste
combustor (MWC) unit load level
limitations, under 40 CFR 60.53b(b)(2),
for the two weeks preceding, and during
the annual dioxin/furan and mercury
performance tests for the purpose of
evaluating system performance?
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A: Yes. For the purpose of evaluating
system performance, EPA waives the
MWC load limit for the two week period
preceding, and during the annual
dioxin/furan and mercury performance
test.
Abstract for [1500049]
Q: Will EPA provide a waiver
pursuant to 40 CFR 60.8(b)(4) from the
initial and subsequent performance
testing requirement under NSPS subpart
KKKK for three identical Solar Saturn
T–1301 turbines operating under the
same conditions on the same platform
in the Cook Inlet at XTO Energy’s Kenai,
Alaska facility?
A: Yes. EPA grants the request to
expand the November 9, 2011 waiver to
Solar Saturn T–1301 turbine, serial
number SDR–105092 under the
condition that a different turbine will be
tested each year on a three year rotation.
If any tests exceeds 50 percent of the
NOx emission limits, all turbines will be
required to conduct performance tests.
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Abstract for [1500051]
Q: Can EPA approve an Alternative
Monitoring Plan (AMP) for Envent
Corporation to conduct monitoring of
hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions, in
lieu of installing a continuous emission
monitoring system when performing
tank degassing and other similar
operations controlled by portable,
temporary thermal oxidizers, at
refineries in Region 6 States that are
subject to NSPS subparts J or Ja?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
the AMP based on the description of the
process, the vent gas streams, the design
of the vent gas controls, and the H2S
monitoring data furnished. EPA
specifies the proposed operating
parameter limits and data which the
refineries must furnish as part of the
conditional approval. The approved
AMP applies only to similar degassing
operations conducted by ENVENT at
refineries in EPA Region 6.
Abstract for [1500054]
Q: Is the alternative monitoring plan
(AMP) submitted to the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation (TDEC) for the distillation
unit in Source B–99A–2 at the Eastman
Chemical Company (Eastman) facility in
Kingsport, Tennessee acceptable?
A: Yes. Based upon the information
provided in the AMP by Eastman, EPA
determines that the AMP is acceptable
since the proposed monitoring
parameters (water flow rate, propionic
acid flow rate, and propionic acid inlet
temperature) will provide adequate
assurance of compliance. We agree that
three of the parameters that the
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company would be required to monitor
under NSPS subpart NNN (propionic
acid specific gravity, water specific
gravity, and water temperature) will not
be useful indicators of absorber
performance for the source in question.
For ongoing compliance demonstration,
EPA also provides guidance on how to
define excess emissions in terms of the
alternative monitoring parameters.
Abstract for [1500056]
Q1: Does a silo or frame structure
enclosing a railcar loading station at
three separate Hi-Crush Proppant
nonmetallic mineral processing plants
located in Augusta, Independence, and
Blair, Wisconsin meet the definition of
a ‘‘building’’ under NSPS subpart OOO?
A1: Yes. Based on Hi-Crush’s
representation that the enclosed railcar
loading stations are housed in structures
with roofs, EPA concludes that these
structures would meet the definition of
‘‘building’’ in NSPS subpart OOO.
Q2: Would the openings of those
buildings be considered a ‘‘vent’’?
A2: No. The building openings have
no mechanically induced air flow for
the purpose of exhausting from a
building.
Q3: Since these railcar loading
stations are contained in a building,
would the applicable particulate matter
standard only be that fugitive emissions
from the building openings must not
exceed 7 percent opacity?
A3: Yes. One emission limit option
for an enclosed railcar loading station
that is itself enclosed in a building is to
restrict fugitive emissions from the
building openings (except for vents as
defined in 40 CFR 60.671) to 7 percent
opacity, per section 60.672(e)(1).
Abstract for [1500057]
Q: Does EPA approve a waiver from
the 40 part 60 subpart Ec requirement to
monitor the minimum pressure drop
across a wet scrubber that control
emissions of acid gases (i.e., HCl) and is
part of the emission control system for
the Stericycle hospital/medical/
infectious waste incineration (HMIWI)
unit in Apopka, Florida? The Stericycle
HMIWI unit is equipped with a dry
scrubber followed by a fabric filter and
a wet scrubber and with a selective
noncatalytic reduction system. All other
applicable parameter monitoring
requirements are proposed to be met by
the facility.
A: Yes. EPA approves the waiver
request since the removal of acid gases
is not dependent on the monitoring of
wet scrubber minimum pressure drop
and all other applicable monitoring
parameters for the control system will
be met. Monitoring of the other wet
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scrubber monitoring parameters
identified in Table 3 of subpart Ec (i.e.,
the minimum scrubber liquor flow rate
and the minimum scrubber liquor pH)
will indicate if the scrubber is working
properly. Further, compliance with the
PM emission limit is achieved without
the use of the wet scrubber based on
information.
Abstract for [1500058]
Q: May an Alternative Monitoring
Plan (AMP) be conditionally approved
for parametric monitoring in lieu of a
continuous opacity monitoring system
(COMS) for a Wet Gas Scrubber (WGS)
on a Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit
(FCCU) subject to NSPS subpart J, at the
Phillips 66 Company Alliance Refinery
in Belle Chasse, Louisiana?
A: Yes. Based on the information
provided, EPA approves the AMP for
the proposed operating parameters
conditioned on the source conducting a
performance test that demonstrates
compliance and that establishes the
operating parameter limits (OPLs) for
the WGS. EPA approves the two
proposed operating parameters,
including the 1) minimum Liquid-toGas (L/G) Ratio on a 3-hour rolling
average basis; and, 2) minimum slurry
liquid circulation pump discharge
pressure on a 3-hour rolling average
basis. The OPLs are to be recalculated
based on the average of three runs,
provided the average PM emissions for
the three runs meet the PM emissions
limit of the rule in pounds per
kilopounds of coke processed.
Abstract for [1500059]
Q: Is Capitol One National
Association required to petition the
Administrator under 40 CFR 60.4211(e)
for approval to exceed the 100 hour
readiness testing limit for emergency
generators testing for commissioning
purposes under subpart IIII for internal
compression engines during the initial
onsite commissioning process of its Data
Center in Chester, Virginia?
A: No. A petition is not necessary or
appropriate. When a new greenfield
source is under construction, subpart
IIII allows emergency generators to be
used as needed to complete the
construction process, so long as Capitol
One abides by the 100 hours limitation
when the Data Center is in commercial
operation.
Abstract for [1500060]
Q: Portland General Electric Company
(PGE) seeks verification that the
emergency diesel-fired emergency
generators at its Carver Readiness Center
in Clackamas, Oregon, run for 50 of 100
hours total use to supply power,
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NESHAP subpart ZZZZ, can be part of
its Dispatchable Standby Generation
(DSG) program.
A: 40 CFR 60.4211 and 63.6640
authorize limited non-emergency use of
diesel engines that are classified and
regulated as emergency engines. EPA
determines that the language in 40 CFR
63.6640 of subpart ZZZZ regarding
emergency engines dispatched under a
financial arrangement with another
entity was not intended to prohibit
utilities from dispatching engines that
they own and operate under the 50-hour
non-emergency operation option
provided.
Abstract for [1500062]
Q: Does EPA approve revisions to the
Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) for
monitoring hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
concentration and determining the total
reduced sulfur (TRS) concentration in
the sour gas routed to flares at the Lion
Oil Company El Dorado (Lion Oil),
Arkansas Refinery, which are subject to
NSPS subpart Ja?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
Lion Oil’s revised AMP, which
supersedes previous approvals to
expand use of the approved AMP for
determining TRS under NSPS subpart
Ja, and that includes additional
operating parameters, clarifications on
sampling locations, and test protocol
specifications.
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Abstract for [1500063]
Q: Does EPA approve a revision to an
Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) that
has been conditionally approved for the
wet gas scrubber (WGS) on a Fluidized
Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) at
Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Texas
City, Texas subject to NSPS Part 60
subpart J, be resubmitted for approval of
a revision based on an additional
operation mode at reduced charge rate?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
the revision to the EPA-approved AMP
based on the additional information
provided by Marathon to add an
additional mode of operation. The
condition for approval requires
Marathon to conduct performance
testing to demonstrate compliance and
to establish the operating parameter
limits (OPLs) for the WGS at the
additional FCCU reduced charge rate, as
established in the EPA response letter.
Abstract for [1500064]
Q: Does EPA approve alternate
semiannual reporting periods under
section 60.5420(b) of NSPS subpart
OOOO to run from April 1 through
September 30, and from October 1
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through March 31, at the Atlas Pipeline
Driver Gas Plant in Midland, Texas?
A: Yes. EPA approves the proposed
alternate reporting schedule to align the
periodic reporting time period
requirements of NSPS subpart 0000
since it does not extend the reporting
period that would be covered by the
next semiannual report, as allowed
under section 60.5420(b). The alternate
reporting schedule does not extend the
reporting period that would be covered
by the next semiannual.
Abstract for [1500065]
Q1: Are the five City of Rock Island
Public Works Department 880 HP spark
ignition natural gas fired engines (plus
one offline spare) at their wastewater
treatment plant in Wisconsin
considered emergency engines under
NSPS subpart JJJJ?
A1: No. Since the engines would be
operated approximately 16 times per
year for 270 hours, EPA determines that
the engines do not meet the definition
of emergency stationary internal
combustion engines. Therefore, the
engines are subject to subpart JJJJ.
Q2: Can a waiver from performance
testing be granted for the engines?
A2: No. EPA cannot grant a waiver of
performance testing for these engines,
but due to the potential difficulties in
testing, EPA encourages the City to
request alternative testing if necessary.
Abstract for [1500066]
Q: May EPA approve an alternative to
stack testing under NSPS subpart JJJJ for
nine identical non-certified Riverview
bio-gas fueled generators located on
three farms (Riverview Dairy, West
River Dairy, and District 45 Dairy) in
Minnesota?
A: No. EPA does not approve any of
the five alternative options proposed by
Riverview for its generators, which
included: (1) exemption from ongoing
testing for engines that meet the
standard, (2) retroactive certification by
the manufacturer, (3) self-certification
through testing, (4) provide certification
to manufacturers that have met the
standards, and (5) test one engine and
apply results to all nine. However, EPA
does provide two alternatives, Modified
Option 1A and 1B that could be used to
demonstrate compliance. Modified
Option 1A is annual testing for NO,
NOX, CO and O2 using a portable
analyzer. Modified Option 1B is to test
each dairy’s engine sets at least once
every three years, rotating annually on
a three-year cycle.
Abstract for [1500067]
Q: May an alternative test method be
approved for Hawaiian Electric
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Company’s four new compression
ignition engines subject to NSPS subpart
IIII at the Honolulu International
Airport in Oahu that were certified on
diesel but will be operated on biodiesel?
A: Yes. EPA determines that operation
of the engines on biodiesel would not
void the certification if all of the
following conditions are met: the
biodiesel meets the requirements of 40
CFR 60.4207(b), the manufacturer’s
warranty includes the use of the
biodiesel, and the biodiesel meets
ASTM D6751. The engines must also be
installed, configured, operated and
maintained per the manufacturer’s
instructions.
Abstract for [1500068]
Q: Does EPA approve an Alternative
Monitoring Plan (AMP) for Evergreen
Industrial Services (EIS) to conduct
monitoring of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
emissions in lieu of installing a
continuous emission monitoring system
(CEMS), to monitor emissions
controlled by portable and temporary
thermal oxidizers units (TOUs) during
tank degassing and other similar
operations at refineries in Region 6 that
are subject to NSPS subparts J or Ja?
A: Yes. Based on the description of
the process, the vent gas streams, the
design of the vent gas controls, and the
H2S monitoring data furnished, EPA
conditionally approves the AMP when
EIA is conducting degassing operations
at refineries in Region 6 since it is
impractical to use a H2S CEMS in a
portable TOUs. The EPA response letter
list the operating conditions for
degassing operations and data which the
refineries must furnish to EIS as part of
the conditional approval.
Abstract for [1500069]
Q: May Derenzo & Associates in
Livonia, Michigan use a TECO Model
55C analyzer in lieu of Method 18 that
will be used with Method 25A to
determine nonmethane organic
compounds emitted from an internal
combustion engine subject to NSPS
subpart JJJJ?
A: Yes. EPA approves the request to
use TECO Model 55C as an alternative
to Method 18 for measuring methane
since it should produce results similar
to the ‘‘cutter’’ analyzers already
allowed by the regulation.
Abstract for [1500071]
Q: Does EPA approve the use by TRC
Companies located in Lowell,
Massachusetts of a TECO Model 55C
analyzer to measure non-methane
organic compounds (NMOC) from
engines subject to NSPS subpart JJJJ?
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A: Yes. EPA approve TRC Companies
request for use of the TECO Model 55C
analyzer in lieu of Method 18 to
measure NMOC from subpart JJJJ
engines, and the analyzer may be used
by other engines subject to NSPS
subpart JJJJ. EPA will announce this as
broadly applicable to all stationary
spark ignition combustion engines on
our Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/
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meter will be maintained in the
electronic process data storage system.
Additional records shall be kept to note
when the FGRS is operating in either of
two different scenarios. Quarterly
reporting must be submitted, except
more frequently under certain
circumstances, as outlined in the
conditional EPA approval letter.
Abstract for [1500072]
Q1: Does EPA conditionally approve
a revision to a previously approved
Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) to
allow for an automatic sampling system,
and an associated flow meter for
collecting and recording hydrogen
sulfide (H2S) content, to be included for
the West Operations Ground Flare
(Multi Jet Flare), which is part of a Flare
Gas Recovery System (FGRS) subject to
NSPS subpart Ja, at the Motiva
Enterprises Norco Refinery in Norco,
Louisiana?
A1: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
the AMP revision based on how the
automatic sampling system functions
regarding the configuration and
operation of the FGRS. The H2S
concentration of the combined refinery
fuel gas stream routed to the FGRS and
the Multi Jet Flare was less than 1 part
per million. This satisfied EPA’s
condition for approval that the H2S
content shall be inherently low.
Additionally, the automatic sampling
device samples the blended fuel gas
stream before it is sent to the Multi Jet
Flare, and there are no crossover points
between the FGRS and other fuel gas
streams. This satisfied EPA’s condition
for approval that no crossover points
shall exist in the fuel gas vent stream
going to the Multi Jet Flare. Based on
review by EPA Headquarters, Motiva
also was authorized to use an alternate
test method for testing and analysis,
which removed the previous
requirement to measure and record
refinery fuel gas H2S concentrations
using the Length of Stain Tube method.
EPA’s ‘‘Conditions for Approval of the
Alternative Monitoring Plan for
Miscellaneous Refinery Fuel Gas
Streams, dated December 7, 1999, are
incorporated by reference, except for the
monitoring provisions in Steps 1
through 7, as described in the EPA
response letter.
Q2: What recordkeeping and report
requirements are included in the
conditional approval?
A2: Motiva shall maintain the H2S
concentration data from the sampling
system and the alternate test method in
the laboratory information management
system. The gas flow data from the flow
Q: May Derenzo & Associates in
Livonia, Michigan use the TECO Model
55I analyzer (which is a newer version
of the previously approved Model 55C)
in lieu of Method 18 and Method 25A
to determine non-methane organic
compounds (NMOC) emitted from RICE
subject to NSPS subpart JJJJ or NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ?
A: Yes. EPA approves the alternative
testing request for NSPS subpart JJJJ,
provided that the facility follows all
applicable requirements in Method 25A
for sample heating, appropriate test
procedures, calibration and
standardization. Since NESHAP subpart
ZZZZ does not require the measurement
of NMOC that part of the request is not
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Q: Can EPA confirm the proposed
deadline for completing the initial
performance test under 40 CFR part 60
subpart Ec for the University of Texas
Medical Branch’s medical infectious
waste incinerator in Galveston, Texas?
A: Yes. EPA confirms that the initial
compliance performance test should be
completed within 60 days of achieving
maximum production rate, and not later
than 180 days after initial startup as
required under section 60.8 of the
General Provisions.
Abstract for [A150001]
Q: Does the use of the PreConstruction Survey, as described in
ASTM E2356–14 ‘‘Standard Practice for
Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Surveys,’’ demonstrate compliance with
the ‘‘thorough inspection’’ requirement
at 40 CFR 61.145(a)?
A: Yes. If an owner/operator follows
the steps described in Sections 1
through 5 and Section 8 in ASTM
E2356–14 ‘‘Standard Practice for
Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Surveys’’, it would provide a thorough
inspection of the facility. However, EPA
would not accept the Limited Asbestos
Screen (i.e., Practice E2308) described
in Section 1.5 as a substitute for the
Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Survey, and would not consider the
Limited Asbestos Screen as a thorough
inspection.
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Abstract for [C150001]
Q: Do regulations related to ozone
depleting substances under 40 CFR part
82 prohibit the use of Leak Stop to
repair leaks in residential air
conditioning systems that contain
chlorofluorocarbons?
A: No. The use of aerosol chemical
products such as Leak Stop are not
prohibited as long as there is no
‘‘knowing venting’’ or ‘‘knowing
release’’ of an ozone depleting substance
taking place. We do not currently have
any information about the propellant
used by the Leak Stop product.
However, if it is propelled by a Class I
or II ozone depleting substance, then it
is banned under the non-essential
products exclusion found at 40 CFR
82.60.
Abstract for [M150010]
Q: Will EPA approve a waiver of the
initial performance test according to the
provisions of 40 CFR 60.8(b)(4) and
63.7(h) for a new chemset chamber
subject to the NESHAP for Lead Acid
Battery Manufacturing, 40 CFR part 63
subpart PPPPPP, and the NSPS for Lead
Acid Battery Manufacturing, 40 CFR
part 60 subpart KK, at the Johnson
Controls Battery Group Inc.’s (JCBGI’’s)
facility in Canby, Oregon?
A: No. EPA is denying the requested
waiver because the new unit is not
identical to the previously installed
units and could have a different
capacity. While emissions are expected
to be low, the initial performance test is
valuable to verify the installations of
new equipment.
Abstract for [M150011]
Q: Will EPA approve a National
Security Exemption (NSE)for the
Department of Defense to waive the
performance testing requirements for
twelve stationary diesel fired engines
constructed between 2003 and 2009, all
of which are subject to the National
Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating
Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) at
40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZ, while
five engines are also subject to the New
Source Performance Standard for
Compression Ignition RICE at 40 CFR
part 60, subpart IIII, which are located
at Fort Greely, Alaska?
A: No. An NSE exemption is not
necessary because 40 CFR part 63
subpart ZZZZ does not require
performance testing for emergency
engines; according, an exemption from
performance testing is not necessary for
these twelve engines if they meet the
definition of ‘‘emergency stationary
RICE’’ under subpart XXXX. In addition,
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subpart IIII does not require
performance testing for manufacturedcertified engines; accordingly, an
exemption from performance testing
under subpart IIII is not necessary for
the five manufactured-certified engines
located at Fort Greely.
Abstract for [M150012]
Q: Does EPA determine that the
operation of an emergency generator
owned and operated by the Union
Pacific Railroad’s rail yard facility in
Lane County, Oregon is classified as a
stationary source under NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ?
A: No. EPA determines that the
engine used to provide power
restoration for emergencies at railroad
tunnels in Oregon is a portable diesel
generator. Because the engine has not
provided power, or operated for
emergency use, or any other purpose
other than testing at the location where
it has been stored for more than 12
months, it does not meet the definition
of stationary engine for that location
under subpart ZZZZ.
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Abstract for [M150013]
Q1: Does EPA determine that 40 CFR
part 63 subpart HHHHHH, National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants: Paint Stripping and
Miscellaneous Surface Coating
Operations at Area Sources, apply to the
process of spray applying vehicle
undercoating?
A1: Yes. EPA determines the process
of spray applying vehicle undercoating
is subject to NESHAP subpart
HHHHHH. The undercoating would be
considered a coating under the NESHAP
definitions and would not be a sealant.
It is generally spray-applied using a
hand-held device that creates an
atomized mist of coating and deposits
the coating on a sub straight, just as are
other automotive coatings.
Q2: Does EPA determine that the
exemption for facilities that do not
spray-apply target HAP-containing
coatings is available to part of a facility?
A2: No. EPA determines that a facility
that is not exempt must satisfy the rule
requirements for all of their sprayapplied coating operations. If the facility
spray-applies no target HAP, then it may
request exemption from the rule.
Abstract for [M150015]
Q: Will EPA approve an alternative to
the visible emissions monitoring
requirement of 40 CFR 63.11423(b) of
the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for
Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Area
Sources, subpart PPPPPP, for Johnson
Controls Battery Group Incorporated’s
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facility in Canby, Oregon to shut down
equipment per permit conditions if any
visible emissions are observed rather
than continuing to operate and conduct
a Method 9 test?
A: Yes. EPA approves this minor
change in monitoring methodology
pursuant to 40 CFR 63.8(b)(i) because it
will be more stringent than that which
is required according to 40 CFR
63.11423(b) by the NESHAP standard.
Abstract for [M150016]
Q: Does 40 CFR part 63 subpart
MMMMMM for Area Source Carbon
Black Production apply to Reklaim
Technologies’ tire reclamation facility at
the Port of Morrow near Boardman,
Oregon?
A: No. Based on the information
provided by Reklaim, EPA determines
that the process at Reklaim’s facility is
materially different from the ‘‘carbon
black production’’ process that is
subject to subpart MMMMMM. The
process involves heating shredded tires
in an oxygen starved environment to
recover carbon black, oil and steel from
the tires. As such the process does not
fall within the definition of ‘‘carbon
black production’’ and is not subject to
subpart MMMMMM.
Abstract for [M150017]
Q: The Olympic Region Clean Air
Agency (ORCAA) in Port Angeles,
Washington asked if 40 CFR part 63
subpart HHHHHH for Paint Stripping
and Miscellaneous Surface Coating
Operations apply to the process of
spray-applied truck bed lining.
A: EPA determines that operations
that spray-apply coatings to truck bed
liners, including color coatings, are
subject to subpart HHHHHH, based on
the definitions of coatings and sprayapplied coating operations in 40 CFR
63.11180. Although the definition of
‘‘truck bed liner coating’’ does exclude
color coats, that definition is not
referred in 40 CFR 63.11170, the
applicability section for subpart
HHHHHH. The lining operation is
generally spray-applied using a handheld device that creates an atomized
mist of coating and deposits the coating
on a substrate, just as are other
automotive coatings.
Abstract for [M150023]
Q: Does EPA approve Holcim’s
particulate matter (PM) alternative
continuous parameter monitoring
system (CPMS) plan for the common
stack venting exhaust emissions from
different sources at their Portland
cement plant in Florence, Colorado,
subject to the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
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From the Portland Cement
Manufacturing Industry, subpart LLL?
A: Yes. Pursuant to 40 CFR 63.8(f)(2)
and 63.1350(o)(4), EPA conditionally
approves the use of one PM CPMS on
the common stack whereby a sitespecific operating limit is established
that corresponds to the results of
performance testing demonstrating
compliance with the kiln and clinker
cooler emission limits. The conditions
for approval are specified in the EPA
response letter.
Abstract for [M150024]
Q: Does EPA approve an alternative
monitoring plan that uses a longer
averaging time for inlet flow monitoring
as a surrogate parameter for monitoring
methanol destruction in the Aeration
Stabilization Basin (ASB) subject to the
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
from the Pulp and Paper Industry,
subpart S, at the Clearwater Paper
Corporation, Cypress Bend Mill located
in McGehee, Arkansas?
A: Yes. Based on the monitoring data
provided by the company and
performance test results, EPA approves
the AMP request. EPA agrees that a
daily flow is not representative of the
actual hydraulic retention time in the
ASB, whereas a nine-day rolling average
inlet flow established per 40 CFR
63.453(n)(4) provides an actual
representation of the treatment system
retention time.
Abstract for [M150025]
Q: Does EPA approve an alternative
monitoring request to conduct monthly
pressure differential measurements
across the catalyst at load conditions
within plus or minus 10 percent of the
baseline load established during the
initial engine performance tests outlined
in QEP Field Services Company’s (QEP)
Consent Decree, rather than the plus or
minus 10 percent of 100 percent load as
required in 40 CFR part 63 subpart
ZZZZ for Stationary Reciprocating
Internal Combustion Engines located at
Chapita, Coyote Wash, Island and
Wonsits Valley Compressor Stations?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves
the AMP request pursuant to § 63.8(t)(2)
based on the performance testing
negotiated as part of the QEP Consent
Decree. EPA believes that it is
technically appropriate to conduct the
monthly pressure drop readings at plus
or minus 10 percent of the load at an
affected facility engine when the initial
performance test that was conducted is
showing compliance with the MACT
ZZZZ. The conditions for approval are
described in the EPA response letter.
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Abstract for [M150026]
Q: Do NSPS subpart IIII and NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ apply to the engine of a
mobile power generator in Springdale,
Arkansas that is designed to supply
electrical power on a temporary basis, at
various locations within the Kawneer
Springdale Plant, and does not remain
at any location greater than 12 months?
A: No. EPA determines that NSPS
subpart IIII and NESHAP subpart ZZZZ
do not apply since this engine is
considered a nonroad mobile source.
The mobile generator is a wheeled unit
and its engine meets the criteria for a
nonroad engine that it be by itself or in
or on a piece of equipment that is
portable or transportable. Furthermore,
it will not remain in a single location for
longer than 12 consecutive months.
Abstract for [M150027]
Q1: Is the stationary gas compression
reciprocating internal combustion
engine (RICE) at the Dimension Energy
Company Coquille Bay, Louisiana
facility a remote affected source under
40 CFR part 63 subpart ZZZZ?
A1: Yes. After reviewing the
description of the RICE and its
operations, EPA determines that it is an
existing area source which meets the
definition of a remote stationary RICE
under 40 CFR 63.6675.
Q2: What are the continuing
compliance requirements for a remote
stationary RICE?
A2: The operator must: Perform
prescribed preventative maintenance at
certain intervals; maintain the RICE
according to the manufacturer’s
instructions; minimize startup time or
develop a maintenance plan using good
air pollution prevention practices; and,
maintain records to demonstrate that
applicable requirements have been
completed.
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Abstract for [M150028]
Q: Does EPA agree that the Callidus
Closed Loop Gasification System
(CCLGS) at the Del-Tin Fiber plant in El
Dorado, Arkansas is exempt from the
Boiler MACT, subpart DDDDD under
the exemption at 40 CFR 63.7491(h)
because it is subject to and complying
with the Plywood MACT, subpart
DDDD?
A: No. The EPA determines that both
the Boiler MACT and the Plywood
MACT apply to specific components of
the CCLGS based on a review of the
design and operation information
available for the Del-Tin Fiber facility,
so the exemption at 40 CFR 63.7491(h)
does not apply. The rotary gasifiers and
secondary combustion chamber (SCC)
are considered affected sources,
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specifically defined as ‘‘process heaters’’
under the Boiler MACT when
combustion gases are not used to
directly heat process material. The
portion of combustion gases that
directly flow through the dryer units are
considered affected sources under the
Plywood MACT (§ 63.2232(b) and
§ 63.2292) and are thereby exempted
from the Boiler MACT requirements
(§ 63.7491(1)). However, any
combustion gases from the rotary
gasifiers and the SCC that bypass the
dryer units and are used for indirect
heat transfer to process material or to
heat transfer material for use in a
process unit are subject to the Boiler
MACT (§ 63.7575).
Abstract for [M150029]
Q: Does EPA agree to accept data from
a prior performance test in lieu of a new
performance test to demonstrate initial
compliance with 40 CFR part 63 subpart
ZZZZ for six natural gas fueled spark
plug ignition engines at the ExxonMobil
Chemical facility in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana?
A: Yes. EPA accepts a previous
performance testing for six engines
conducted in lieu of implementing an
initial test. The testing was done using
the same methods specified in subpart
ZZZZ, and was conducted within two
years of the performance test deadline.
Additionally, the equipment was not
modified following the April 2012
testing.
Abstract for [M150030]
Q: Does EPA agree that the RockTenn
Hodge Mill Boiler in Hodge, Louisiana
is a biomass hybrid suspension grate
boiler under 40 CFR part 63 subpart
DDDDD?
A: Yes. EPA agrees that the boiler is
subject to NESHAP subpart DDDDD
since the description provided meets
the definition of a hybrid suspension
grate boiler found in the rule. Since
natural gas and tire derived fuel (TDF)
are also used, the facility must keep
records to demonstrate the annual
average moisture content is at or above
40 percent. The facility must use natural
gas for startup, shutdown, and flame
stabilization, and use TDF when
excessively firing wet biomass fuel.
Abstract for [M150031]
Q: Are three Electric Utility
Generating Units (EUGUs) located at the
Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) Doc
Bonin Electric Generating Station in
Lafayette, Louisiana considered to be
affected sources with gas-fired boilers
that are not subject to Boiler Area
Source MACT, subpart JJJJJJ?
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A: EPA determines that the boilers are
not affected sources subject to the Boiler
Area Source MACT if all conditions at
40 CFR 63.11237 are met. Gas-fired
boilers are excluded from subpart JJJJJJ
per 40 CFR 63.11195(e). A permit
limitation is necessary to verify
applicability requirements are met for
each EUGU for burning fuel oil only
during natural gas curtailment, and to
not exceed testing hours with fuel oil
during any calendar year.
Abstract for [M150032]
Q1: Does EPA approve an Alternative
Monitoring Plan (AMP) for three
Reciprocating Internal Combustion
Engines (RICE) subject to NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ at the Occidental Permian
Terrill Gas Treating Facility for testing
at less than 100 percent maximum load?
A1: Yes. EPA approves Occidental
Permian proposed AMP for a lower
engine load be set as a maximum load
for compliance demonstration.
Specifically, we approve performance
testing at the alternate lower maximum
engine load with monitoring required at
plus or minus 10 percent. The three
RICE cannot operate at 100 percent load
due to site-specific operations at the
facility, and therefore cannot be tested
at 100 percent plus or minus 10 percent
operational capacity, as specified at 40
CFR 63.6620(b)(2). If operations change
such that the maximum load of the
engines exceeds the alternative lower
maximum load, the AMP approval will
be terminated, and retesting will be
required to demonstrate compliance
with NESHAP subpart ZZZZ at the
higher engine load.
Abstract for [M150034]
Q: Does EPA agree that the backup
power generator at the Freddie MAC
facility in Carrollton, Texas is classified
as an existing commercial emergency
stationary Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine (RICE) that is not
subject to 40 CFR part 63 subpart ZZZZ?
A: Yes. EPA determines that the
Freddie MAC facility is an area source
with a commercial NAICS code, and the
backup power generator meets the
exemption provided at 40 CFR
63.6585(f)(2) applicable to emergency
stationary RICE operated at an area
source. This RICE, used solely for
backup power generation, have not
exceeded 50 hours for any activities
during any one year period within the
past two year period.
Abstract for [M150036]
Q: Will EPA provide a waiver to
CertainTeed Corporation of the 60-day
requirement under 40 CFR 63.9(c) to
notify EPA in advance of the initial
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performance test at the GS Roofing
facility in Portland, Oregon?
A: Yes. EPA is granting a waiver of
the 60-day requirement for a notification
prior to the initial performance test
pursuant to 40 CFR 63.9(i) of the 40 CFR
63.9(c) requirement to enable testing
during facility’s highest volume period
with the maximum ambient
temperature, which is will occur in less
than 60 days. This would enable the
estimation of what the emissions are
during a worst case scenario to test the
limits of our system.
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Abstract for [Z150002]
Q: Does 40 CFR part 61 subpart N
apply to the Bullseye Glass Company’s
manufacture of colored art glass in its
Portland, Oregon facility?
A: Yes. NESHAP subpart N applies to
the company’s manufacture of colored
art glass. According to 40 CFR 61.160(a),
40 CFR part 61 subpart N does not apply
to pot furnaces but rather to each glass
melting furnace that uses commercial
arsenic as a raw material. However,
based on information provided by
Bullseye Glass including descriptions,
photos and diagrams, EPA determines
that the vessels used by Bullseye do not
meet the definition of pot furnaces
because they are not sealed off from the
furnace atmosphere so that there is
potential for emissions to escape with
the furnace exhaust.
Abstract for [Z150004]
Q: Are boilers/engines/marine
equipment on a liquefied natural gas
carrier (LNGC) at the proposed Aguirre
Gasport located approximately 3 miles
offshore of the Puerto Rico Electric
Power Authority subject to NSPS and
NESHAP standards when the LNGC will
be converted into a Floating Storage and
Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be
permanently moored at the GasPort?
A: Yes. Based on the information
provided, EPA determines that the
FSRU is a stationary source because it
utilizes boilers as the main propulsion
devices instead of reciprocating internal
combustion engines (RICE) and it will
be permanently moored, except when
there is a need to take the unit to safer
water due to and special circumstances.
Therefore, the affected equipment on
the FSRU, except for non-reciprocating
internal combustion engine (RICE), is
subject to NSPS and NESHAP
standards. All non-reciprocating RICE
equipment on the FSRU is not a
stationary sources because it falls under
the definition of nonroad engines as
they will be used on self-propelled
equipment. Therefore, the NSPS and
NESHAP do not apply to the nonroad
RICE. However, the nonroad RICE must
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comply with the applicable nonroad
engine standards in 40 CFR parts 89, 94,
1039, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1048, 1054,
1065, and 1068, if applicable. Specific
questions on the requirements and
applicability of a particular NSPS and
NESHAP rules can be discussed
separately on a case-by-case basis as the
need arises.
Abstract for [Z150005]
Q: Are the 39 emergency stationary
reciprocating internal combustion
engines (RICE) at Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL) area source facility
subject to RICE NESHAP requirements?
A: No. EPA determines that the 39
emergency RICE at LANL are not subject
to the RICE NESHAP because they are
located at an area source that is
classified as an ‘‘institutional’’ facility.
The RICE rule excludes existing
stationary emergency engines located at
residential, commercial, or institutional
facilities that are area sources of HAP.
Note that the engines must meet the
definition of ‘‘Emergency stationary
RICE’’ in 40 CFR 63.6675.
Abstract for [Z150006]
Q: Northern Natural Gas based in
Omaha, Nebraska asked that, under 40
CFR 63.6625(h), part 63 NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ for spark ignition
reciprocating internal combustion
engines (RICE) regarding minimizing
engine idle time, if an engine does not
complete start up within the thirty
minute time limit, are there any
restrictions on initiating another startup
of the engine and/or the time frame to
complete the subsequent startup?
A: No. An engine does not need to be
shut off if it does not complete startup
within thirty minutes. However, any
further activity after thirty minutes is
considered part of normal operation.
Multiple startups should be counted as
separate events with a thirty minute
time limit per event. If startups occur
consecutively with short durations in
between, they could be considered as
one startup since startups are part of a
single occasion where the engine is
working up to normal operations.
Abstract for [Z150009]
Q1: May emergency Reciprocating
Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) that
currently do not qualify for the
exclusion in 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2)
because they are contractually obligated
to be available for more than 15 hours
for the purposes specified at 40 CFR
63.6640(f)(2)(ii) and (iii) and (f)(4)(ii),
later qualify for exclusion once those
contracts expire, provided that the other
conditions of 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) are
met?
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A1: If an emergency stationary RICE
does not meet the conditions for the
exclusion in 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) as of
the compliance date, then it is subject
to subpart ZZZZ at the date of
compliance. However, if the engine’s
status subsequently changes to meet the
conditions of 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) after
the compliance date, the engine would
no longer be subject to subpart ZZZZ.
Q2: Can emergency RICE located at
area sources continue to participate in
peak shaving programs for up to 50
hours per year until May 3, 2014
without losing their emergency engine
status?
A2: An emergency stationary RICE
located at an area source of HAP
emissions can be used for peak shaving
for up to 50 hours per year until May
3, 2014 if the engine is operated as part
of a peak shaving (load management
program) with the local distribution
system operator and the power is
provided only to the facility itself or to
support the local distribution system.
This is the case whether or not the
engine will be retrofitted to comply with
the subpart ZZZZ standards for nonemergency engines.
Q3: Do 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(i) and (ii)
address separate and distinct nonemergency situations, and does the
‘‘local reliability’’ exception set forth in
40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(ii) have no sunset
provision?
A3: Yes. 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(i) and
(ii) are separate and distinct situations
and there is no sunset provision for the
operation specified in § 63.6640(f)(4)(ii).
An emergency stationary RICE at an area
source of HAP emissions can continue
to operate for up to 50 hours per
calendar year for the purpose specified
in § 63.6640(f)(4)(ii) beyond May 3,
2014.
Q4: How does EPA interpret 40 CFR
63.6640(f)(4)(ii)(A), which requires that
to qualify for the 50 hour exemption, the
emergency RICE must be dispatched by
the local balancing or local transmission
and distribution system operator?
A4: If the local transmission and
distribution system operator informs the
facility that they will be cutting their
power, which, in turn, causes the
facility to engage its emergency
stationary RICE, the engine would be
considered dispatched by the local
transmission and distribution system
operator.
Abstract for [Z150010]
Q1: What date is used under NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ to determine if engines
located at Allison Transmission
Indianapolis facility in Indiana, are
‘‘existing’’ or ‘‘new’’?
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A1: The rule uses the date that the
engine commenced construction to
determine if the engine is existing or
new. The General Provisions to 40 CFR
part 63 define both ‘‘construction’’ and
‘‘commenced’’ and those definitions are
applied to the subpart.
Q2: Does NESHAP subpart ZZZZ
apply to an engine that has been rebuilt,
specifically where the engine core is
reused, but components such as pistons,
rings and bearings are reconditioned or
replaced?
A2: A rebuilt engine would need to be
evaluated to determine if reconstruction
had occurred. The General Provisions to
part 63 defines ‘‘reconstruction.’’
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Abstract for [Z150011]
Q: Are the emergency engines located
at the NASA Langley Research Facility
in Hampton, VA subject to NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ for Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engines?
A: No. EPA determines that the
emergency engines are located at a
facility that is an area source and
classified as an ‘‘institutional’’ facility.
Therefore, under 40 CFR 63.6590(b)(3),
emergency engines at the facility are
exempt from requirements under
NESHAP subpart ZZZZ.
Abstract for [1600004]
Q: Does EPA accept the industry
coalition request to rescind a November
21, 2007, letter to the National Grain
and Feed Association in which EPA
stated that temporary storage facilities
meet the definition of ‘‘permanent
storage capacity’’ under 40 CFR part 60,
subpart DD, NSPS for Grain Elevators
(Subpart DD), and required it be
included when determining
applicability of Subpart DD for a
particular facility?
A: Yes. The EPA is proposing
revisions to Subpart DD and has also
decided to re-evaluate the rationale for
the November 21, 2007 letter. While the
definition of ‘‘permanent storage
capacity’’ in Subpart DD is broad, we
are now aware that temporary storage
facilities (TSFs) generally handle the
grain less time throughout the year than
other types of permanent storage
facilities and may require different
treatment. Also, while not dispositive as
to the applicability of the rule to these
units, we note that TSFs did not exist
during the development of Subpart DD,
and their processes and handling
techniques were not specifically
considered during the rulemaking
process. For these reasons, EPA rescinds
the November 21, 2007 letter. As a
result, TSFs do not meet the definition
of ‘‘permanent storage capacity’’ under
Subpart DD and should not be included
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when determining applicability under
Subpart DD for a particular facility.
Dated: February 25, 2016.
Betsy Smidinger,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
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CFR 1.2204, 73.3700(h)(4)(i), (h)(4)(ii),
and (h)(6).
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hours.
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Form 177 will be treated as confidential
for various periods of time during the
course of the broadcast incentive
auction (BIA) pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
1452(a)(3) and section 1.2206(b) of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.2206(b).
To the extent necessary, respondents
may request confidential treatment of
information collected on FCC Form 177
that is not already being treated as
confidential pursuant to section 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules. See 47 CFR
0.459.
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impact(s).
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will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) after
this 60-day comment period in order to
obtain the full three year clearance from
OMB. On February 22, 2012, the
President signed the Spectrum Act,
which, among other things, authorized
the Commission to conduct incentive
auctions, and directed that the
Commission use this innovative tool for
an incentive auction of broadcast
television spectrum to help meet the
Nation’s growing spectrum needs. See
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17697-17708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07185]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9944-39-OA]
Applicability Determination Index (ADI) Data System Recent
Posting: Agency Applicability Determinations, Alternative Monitoring
Decisions, and Regulatory Interpretations Pertaining to Standards of
Performance for New Stationary Sources, National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants, and the Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces applicability determinations,
alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations that
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made under the New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS); the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP); and/or the Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An electronic copy of each complete
document posted on the Applicability Determination Index (ADI) data
system is available on the Internet through the Resources and Guidance
Documents for Compliance Assistance page of the Clean Air Act
Compliance Monitoring Web site under ``Air'' at: https://www2.epa.gov/compliance/resources-and-guidance-documents-compliance-assistance. The
letters and memoranda on the ADI may be located by date, office of
issuance, subpart, citation, control number, or by string word
searches. For questions about the ADI or this notice, contact Maria
Malave at EPA by phone at: (202) 564-7027, or by email at:
malave.maria@epa.gov. For technical questions about individual
applicability determinations, monitoring decisions or regulatory
interpretations, refer to the contact person identified in the
individual documents, or in the absence of a contact person, refer to
the author of the document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The General Provisions of the NSPS in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 60 and the General Provisions of the NESHAP in
40 CFR part 61 provide that a source owner or operator may request a
determination of whether certain intended actions constitute the
commencement of construction,
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reconstruction, or modification. EPA's written responses to these
inquiries are commonly referred to as applicability determinations. See
40 CFR 60.5 and 61.06. Although the NESHAP part 63 regulations [which
include Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards and/or
Generally Available Control Technology (GACT) standards] and Section
111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) contain no specific regulatory
provision providing that sources may request applicability
determinations, EPA also responds to written inquiries regarding
applicability for the part 63 and Section 111(d) programs. The NSPS and
NESHAP also allow sources to seek permission to use monitoring or
recordkeeping that is different from the promulgated requirements. See
40 CFR 60.13(i), 61.14(g), 63.8(b)(1), 63.8(f), and 63.10(f). EPA's
written responses to these inquiries are commonly referred to as
alternative monitoring decisions. Furthermore, EPA responds to written
inquiries about the broad range of NSPS and NESHAP regulatory
requirements as they pertain to a whole source category. These
inquiries may pertain, for example, to the type of sources to which the
regulation applies, or to the testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, or
reporting requirements contained in the regulation. EPA's written
responses to these inquiries are commonly referred to as regulatory
interpretations.
EPA currently compiles EPA-issued NSPS and NESHAP applicability
determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations, and posts them to the ADI on a regular basis. In
addition, the ADI contains EPA-issued responses to requests pursuant to
the stratospheric ozone regulations, contained in 40 CFR part 82. The
ADI is a data system on the Internet with over three thousand EPA
letters and memoranda pertaining to the applicability, monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of the NSPS, NESHAP, and
stratospheric ozone regulations. Users can search for letters and
memoranda by date, office of issuance, subpart, citation, control
number, or by string word searches.
Today's notice comprises a summary of 66 such documents added to
the ADI on March 22, 2016. This notice lists the subject and header of
each letter and memorandum, as well as a brief abstract of the letter
or memorandum. Complete copies of these documents may be obtained from
the ADI on the Internet through the Resources and Guidance Documents
for Compliance Assistance page of the Clean Air Act Compliance
Monitoring Web site under ``Air'' at: https://www2.epa.gov/compliance/resources-and-guidance-documents-compliance-assistance.
Summary of Headers and Abstracts
The following table identifies the control number for each document
posted on the ADI data system on March 22, 2016; the applicable
category; the section(s) and/or subpart(s) of 40 CFR part 60, 61, or 63
(as applicable) addressed in the document; and the title of the
document, which provides a brief description of the subject matter.
We have also included an abstract of each document identified with
its control number after the table. These abstracts are provided solely
to alert the public to possible items of interest and are not intended
as substitutes for the full text of the documents. This notice does not
change the status of any document with respect to whether it is ``of
nationwide scope or effect'' for purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1) For
example, this notice does not convert an applicability determination
for a particular source into a nationwide rule. Neither does it purport
to make a previously non-binding document binding.
ADI Determinations Uploaded on March 22, 2016
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Control No. Categories Subparts Title
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1500021.......................... NSPS................ J.................. Change to Alternative Sulfur
Monitoring Plan for Flare System.
1500022.......................... NSPS................ J.................. Alternative to Hydrogen Sulfide
Monitoring for Flare System.
1500023.......................... NSPS................ EEEE............... Applicability Determination for a
Rural Institutional Waste
Incinerator.
1500024.......................... NSPS................ DD................. Regulatory Interpretation for
Grain Elevators with Expanded
Capacity.
1500025.......................... NSPS................ AAAA............... Applicability Determination for a
Small Municipal Waste Combustor.
1500026.......................... NSPS................ Y.................. NSPS Source Test Plan Approval.
1500027.......................... NSPS................ A, DD.............. Performance Test Waivers for New
Design and Identical Units at
Grain Elevators.
1500028.......................... NSPS................ A, JJJJ............ Test Waiver for Identical Biogas-
fueled Generators.
1500029.......................... NSPS................ A, JJJJ............ 30-Day Advance Test Notice Waiver
for Generators.
1500030.......................... NSPS................ CCCC, EEEE......... Applicability Determination for
Incinerator Burning MSW or RDF.
1500031.......................... NSPS................ Dc................. Applicability Determination for
Boiler De-rating.
1500033.......................... NSPS................ KKKK............... Request for Performance Test
Waiver at Combustion Turbine.
1500034.......................... NSPS................ Ec................. Alternative Monitoring of Waste
Combusted.
1500035.......................... NSPS................ CCCC............... Applicability Determination for
Incinerator Burning MSW or RDF.
1500036.......................... NSPS................ GG................. Monitoring at Turbines During Non-
Operational Periods.
1500038.......................... NSPS................ A, JJJJ............ 30-Day Advance Test Notice Waiver
for Generators.
1500039.......................... NSPS................ Cb, Eb............. Carbon Feed Rate Monitoring Waiver
Request.
1500049.......................... NSPS................ KKKK............... Performance Test Waiver for
Identical Turbines.
1500051.......................... NSPS................ J, Ja.............. Alternative Monitoring Plan for
Tank Degassing and Vapor Control
Projects at Petroleum Refineries.
1500054.......................... NSPS................ NNN................ Alternative Monitoring for an
Absorber on a Distillation Unit.
1500056.......................... NSPS................ OOO................ Applicability Determination for
Nonmetallic Mineral Processing
Loading Station Enclosed in a
Building.
1500057.......................... NSPS................ Ce, Ec............. Alternative Monitoring for Wet
Scrubber at a Waste Incinerator.
1500058.......................... NSPS................ J.................. Alternative Monitoring for Wet Gas
Scrubber In Lieu of COMS at an
FCCU.
1500059.......................... NSPS................ IIII............... Emergency Generator Applicability
with Respect to Readiness Testing
and Commissioning.
1500060.......................... MACT, NESHAP, NSPS.. IIII, ZZZZ......... Regulatory Interpretation of NSPS
and NESHAP Emergency Internal
Combustion Engine Provisions.
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1500062.......................... NSPS................ Ja................. Alternative Monitoring of Hydrogen
Sulfide and TRS in Sour Gas
Routed to Flares.
1500063.......................... NSPS................ J.................. Alternative Monitoring Plan for
Wet Gas Scrubber at a Refinery.
1500064.......................... NSPS................ OOOO............... Alternate Reporting Schedule for
Gas Plant.
1500065.......................... NSPS................ JJJJ............... Applicability Determination and
Testing Waiver Request for Spark
Ignition Engines.
1500066.......................... NSPS................ JJJJ............... Alternative Testing for Spark
Ignition Engines.
1500067.......................... NSPS................ IIII............... Alternative Test Method Request
for Compression Ignition Engines
Switching to Biodiesel.
1500068.......................... NSPS................ J, Ja.............. Alternative Monitoring of Hydrogen
Sulfide from Portable Thermal
Oxidizers at Multiple Refineries.
1500069.......................... NSPS................ JJJJ............... Alternative Test Method to Cutter
Analyzers for Emissions from an
Internal Combustion Engine.
1500071.......................... NSPS................ JJJJ............... Alternative Test Method for Non-
methane Organic Emissions from
Stationary Spark Ignition
Combustion Engines.
1500072.......................... NSPS................ J.................. Alternative Monitoring Plan for
Hydrogen Sulfide Content of
Refinery Fuel Gas.
1500073.......................... MACT, NSPS.......... ZZZZ, JJJJ......... Alternative Test Method for Non-
methane Organic Emissions from
Stationary Spark Ignition
Combustion Engines.
1500074.......................... NSPS................ Ec................. Deadline for Initial Compliance
Testing of a Waste Incinerator.
1600004.......................... NSPS................ DD................. Clarification of the Definition of
Permanent Storage Facilities.
A150001.......................... Asbestos............ M.................. Standard Practice for
Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Surveys.
C150001.......................... CFC................. C.................. Regulatory Interpretation of
Evaporator Coil Leak Repair
Requirement.
M150010.......................... MACT, NESHAP, NSPS.. A, PPPPPP, KK...... Request for Opacity Test Waiver.
M150011.......................... MACT, NSPS.......... ZZZZ, IIII......... Applicability of Emergency and
Certified Engines to NSPS and
NESHAP.
M150012.......................... MACT................ ZZZZ............... Applicability Determination for
Nonroad versus Stationary Engine.
M150013.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ HHHHHH............. Applicability Determination for
Vehicle Undercoating.
M150015.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ A, PPPPPP.......... Alternative Visible Emission
Monitoring at a Lead Acid Battery
Plant.
M150016.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ MMMMMM, YY......... Applicability of Tire Reclamation
Facility to Carbon Black
Production NESHAP.
M150017.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ HHHHHH............. Regulatory Interpretation of
Applicability of Truck Bed Lining
Operations to Area Source NESHAP
for Paint Stripping and
Miscellaneous Surface Coating.
M150023.......................... MACT................ LLL................ Alternative Monitoring for
Particulate Matter on a Common
Stack at a Portland Cement Plant.
M150024.......................... MACT................ S.................. Alternative Averaging Time for
Inlet Flow Monitoring as a
Surrogate for Methanol
Destruction at a Pulp and Paper
Facility.
M150025.......................... MACT................ ZZZZ............... Alternative Load Level for
Pressure Drop Measurement at
Internal Combustion Engines.
M150026.......................... MACT, NSPS.......... ZZZZ, IIII......... Applicability Determination for
Internal Combustion Engine to
NSPS and NESHAP.
M150027.......................... MACT................ ZZZZ............... Applicability Determination for
Remote Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engine.
M150028.......................... MACT................ DDDD, DDDDD........ Applicability Determination for
Rotary Gasifiers as Process
Heaters to the Boiler MACT.
M150029.......................... MACT................ ZZZZ............... Performance Test Waiver for
Reciprocating Internal Combustion
Engines.
M150030.......................... MACT................ DDDDD.............. Applicability Determination for a
Hybrid Suspension Grate Biomass
Boiler under the Boiler MACT.
M150031.......................... MACT................ JJJJJJ............. Applicability Determination for
Electric Generating Units under
the Boiler Area Source NESHAP.
M150034.......................... MACT................ ZZZZ............... Applicability Determination for
Backup Power Generator under RICE
NESHAP.
M150036.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ A.................. 60-day Advance Test Notice Waiver.
Z150002.......................... NESHAP.............. N.................. Applicability Determination for
Manufacture of Colored Art Glass.
Z150004.......................... MACT, NESHAP, NSPS.. ZZZZ, Db, IIII, Applicability Determination for
JJJJ. Offshore Gas Port Emission Units.
Z150005.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ ZZZZ............... Applicability Determination for
Emergency Stationary Internal
Combustion Engines at an
Institutional Facility.
Z150006.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ ZZZZ............... Regulatory Interpretation on
Minimizing Engine Idle Time for
Internal Combustion Engines.
Z150009.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ ZZZZ............... Regulatory Interpretation of
Emergency Generator Provisions
under NESHAP Subpart ZZZZ.
Z150010.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ ZZZZ............... Regulatory Interpretation on Rule
Applicability to Stationary
Engines.
Z150011.......................... MACT, NESHAP........ ZZZZ............... Applicability Determination for
Emergency Engines to RICE NESHAP.
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Abstracts
Abstract for [1500021]
Q: Will EPA approve a change to the previously approved March 22,
2011 alternative monitoring plan (AMP) for Shell Oil Products Puget
Sound Refinery (PSR) in Anacortes, Washington?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves Shell's revision to the PSR 2011
AMP. For the monitoring of H2S, PSR is requesting to monitor as
required by NSPS subpart J, rather than the alternative monitoring
method that was specified in the 2011 AMP. PSR requests that certain
portions of the approved AMP stay in place to maintain approval of an
alternative means for demonstrating compliance for three interconnected
flares. The conditions that must be satisfied to allow PSR to rely on
the AMP instead of utilizing an H2S continuous monitoring system
according to subpart J are stated in the EPA approval letter.
Abstract for [1500022]
Q: Will EPA approve an alternative monitoring plan (AMP) for the
Shell Oil Anacortes, Washington facility to install, maintain, and
operate a total sulfur continuous monitoring system (CMS) as an
alternative to a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) CMS, and to use sulfur data
collected at the east flare to represent the sulfur content at the
north and south flares?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves Shell's AMP for utilizing a H2S
CMS. The conditions to allow Shell to rely on the AMP instead of
utilizing an H2S CMS are stated in the EPA is approval letter.
Abstract for [1500023]
Q: Will EPA grant approval of exempted status under 40 CFR
60.2887(h) of the NSPS subpart EEEE as a rural institutional waste
incinerator for an incineration unit that Glacier Bay National Park and
Preserve (the Park) in Alaska intends to purchase and install?
A: Yes. EPA determines that the proposed incinerator meets the
exclusion for rural institutional waste incinerators because the unit
is located more than 50 miles from the boundary of the nearest
Metropolitan Statistical Area, alternative disposal options are not
available or are economically infeasible, and the Park has submitted
this request prior to initial startup of the incinerator.
Abstract for [1500024]
Q: Are all on-site units at Kalama Export located in Kalama,
Washington that were constructed after August 3, 1978, subject to NSPS
subpart DD for Grain Elevators when applicability is triggered due to
expanded capacity?
A: No. In its response to the Southwest Clean Air Agency in
Vancouver, Washington, EPA explains that the rule applies to each
individual affected facility at a grain elevator. Therefore, only the
units that are constructed, modified, or reconstructed when and after
the NSPS is triggered because of expanded capacity become subject to
the rule.
Abstract for [1500025]
Q1: Does NSPS subpart AAAA for Small Municipal Waste Combustion
(MWC) Units apply to gas combustion turbine that combust a small amount
of non-condensable hydrocarbon gases, which is located at the Green
Power facility in Pasco, Washington?
A1: Yes. In a response to the Washington State Department of
Ecology and the counsel to the source, EPA indicates that the NSPS
subpart AAAA applies to the gas combustion turbine it is considered to
be within the MWC unit boundaries and based on the capacity of the MWC.
Based on the MWC definition at 40 CFR 60.1465, the catalytic pressure-
less de-polymerization process (CDP) begins the MWC since it is used to
convert municipal solid waste into synthetic liquid petroleum fuel,
which includes a small amount of non-condensable hydrocarbon gases.
Since the non-condensable hydrocarbon gas generated by the CDP is
combusted in the turbine, the compressor section and combustor section
of the turbine at the facility are within the MWC boundaries. In
addition, it is determine that the combustion capacity of the MWC,
which would not include the capacity attributable to the flare since it
is a control device, is within the applicable range of subpart AAAA.
Furthermore, the Green Power operation does not combust landfill gases
and the landfill gas exemption, therefore, is not applicable.
Q2: Does NSPS subpart AAAA apply to the Green Power CDP if it
operates in anaerobic environment, exposed only to inert gases, due to
explosion hazard?
A2: No. EPA determines that the Green Power CDP would not be
subject to Subpart AAAA due to the absence of combustion if the plant
is constructed such that there is no combustion of the synthetic fuel
product.
Q3: Does NSPS subpart AAAA apply to the Green Power proposed Algae
Production Alternative whereby the non-condensable hydrocarbon gases
produced in the reactor are routed to a biological treatment unit as a
nutrient in the production of algae which would subsequently be
harvested and reintroduced as a feedstock for the CDP process?
A3: No. EPA determines that in this scenario Subpart AAAA would not
apply due to the absence of combustion.
Abstract for [1500026]
Q: Will EPA approve a source test plan submitted by Eielson Air
Force Base in Alaska for a particulate matter source test on six bin
vent filters for a new mechanical coal tipper subject to NSPS subpart
Y?
A: Yes. EPA approves the Eielson source test plan under subpart Y.
Eielson has incorporated the guidance received by EPA regarding the
proper location for a testing port installation to address issues with
inadequate duct diameter sizing for that bin into the source test plan.
Abstract for [1500027]
Q1: Will EPA, in consideration of difficulty in applying existing
methods to new technology, waive the Method 5 and a portion of the
Method 9 readings for three ship loader bustle filters at EGT
Development, LLC's (EGT's) Export Elevator facility at Port of
Longview, Washington?
A1: Yes. EPA grants EGT the waiver for the Method 5 reading
required under the initial performance and for a portion of the
required Method 9 readings for the three bustle filters for several
reasons. There are technical difficulties that arise in performing the
test methods with the new loading spout dust control system design.
Specifically, technical issues arise with conducting the Method 5 test
where the loading spout dust control system has been moved to the
bottom of the ship loader spout, and with conducting a Method 9 opacity
reading while the loading spout is within the hold of the ship loading
grain. These technical issues combined with the anticipated significant
margin of compliance, the testing of other units with identical filter
media at the same facility, and the opacity readings that can be
performed justifies the waiver approval.
Q2: Will EPA approve a waiver of initial performance testing for
certain Donaldson bin vent CPV design PowerCore Filters (CPV filters)
that EGT plans to install at this facility when they are in a group of
identical units?
A2: Yes. EPA waives the initial Method 5 performance test for
certain CPV filters as outlined in the EPA approval letter. NSPS
emission test results with Duraplex filter media show maximum emissions
are an order of magnitude lower than the
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manufacturer's guarantee (0.002 grains/dscf), and two orders of
magnitude lower than the 0.01 grains/dscf NSPS limit. Furthermore, the
local air permitting authority will be requiring additional testing on
a reasonable schedule and there will be a rotation of testing within a
group, so that a different unit within the group is tested each time
for any future performance tests. This applies to a total of 14 NSPS
test units, which represents a group of identical units where that
group is unique, has a unique air volume and aspirates a conveyor or
facility with a unique conveying capacity.
Abstract for [1500028]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement for Cargill Environmental Finance
(Cargill) to performance test at two biogas-fueled generators under
NSPS subpart JJJJ based on the test results of an identical (third)
biogas-fueled generator at the Dry Creek Dairy in Hanson, Idaho?
A: Yes. EPA waives the Cargill performance test for the three
generators that are located at the same facility, produced by the same
manufacture, have the same model number, rated capacity, operating
specifications, and are maintained in a similar manner. There is a
substantial margin of compliance documented by the prior performance
test results that were submitted.
Abstract for [1500029]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement of 40 CFR 60.8(d) to provide
notification 30 days in advance of a performance test for recently
installed biogas-fueled generators at Big Sky West in Gooding, Idaho
due to winter weather conditions and the pending holidays?
A: Yes. EPA waives the requirement to provide notification 30 days
in advance of a performance test pursuant to the provisions at 40 CFR
60.19(f)(3) to implement it early in December due to weather conditions
and the pending Holidays. EPA requests that you provide the exact
testing date, a copy of the full testing protocol, and the results of
the test once completed to the regulatory agencies.
Abstract for [1500030]
Q: Does EPA determine that Shell Offshore's incineration unit
located on the Discoverer Drill vessel, operated in the Chukchi Sea is
exempted from the requirements of 40 CFR part 60 subpart CCCC for
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units pursuant to
the exemption provided in 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2)?
A: Yes. Based on the information provided, EPA determines that
Shell's incinerator qualifies for the exemption in 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2)
for units under a certain capacity that burn greater than 30 percent
municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel, provided that Shell keeps
the records required to demonstrate that it continues to qualify for
the exemption on an ongoing basis.
Abstract for [1500031]
Q: Does EPA determine that physical changes made to two boilers
subject to NSPS subpart Dc owned and operated by Yakama Forest Products
(YFP) at the Large Log Complex have de-rated the boilers' heat input
capacity?
A: Yes. Based on the test data submitted following the physical
changes of replacing the burners on each boiler, EPA determines that
boilers No. 3 and 4 have been permanently de-rated to a heat input
capacity below 30 MM BTU/hr. YFP must ensure that oil pressure at the
burners meets the conditions of this determination to remain consistent
with the conditions during the source test that was the basis for this
determination.
Abstract for [1500033]
Q: Will EPA approve Northwest Pipeline's request for an extension
of the deadline to conduct a performance test required by 40 CFR
60.4340(a) in NSPS subpart KKKK for a turbine located at the Chehalis
Compressor Station?
A: No. EPA determines that an applicable basis for waiving the
testing requirement has not been identified. According to 40 CFR
60.4340(a), testing can be performed once every two years when
emissions are less than 75 percent of the emission limit. Therefore,
Northwest Pipeline must perform annual performance tests in accordance
with Sec. 60.4400.
Abstract for [1500034]
Q: Will EPA approve an alternative monitoring procedure (AMP)for
monitoring the amount of waste combusted in the Northstar incinerator
to demonstrate that the incinerator qualifies for the co-fired
combustor exemption under 40 CFR part 60 subpart Ec for Hospital
Medical Infectious Waste (HMIW) Incinerators located at BP Exploration
Alaska's (BPXA's) Northstar Development Facility in the Beaufort Sea?
A: No. EPA denies the AMP because use of the proposed method to
weigh only the HMIW incinerated, instead of weighing both the HMIW and
the non-HMIW, will not assure compliance with BPXA's claim that the
incinerator meets the exemption for co-fired combustors under 40 CFR
part 60 subpart Ec, as well as the exemption for ``municipal waste
combustion units'' in 40 CFR 62.14525(c)(2).
Abstract for [1500035]
Q: Does EPA determine that Andarko's incineration unit located at
various drilling locations within the Gubik and Chandler Prospects in
Alaska is exempted from the requirements of 40 CFR part 60 subpart CCCC
pursuant to the provisions at 40 CFR 60.2020(c)(2)?
A: Yes. Based on the information provided, EPA determines that
Andarko's incinerator qualifies for the exemption in 40 CFR
60.2020(c)(2) for units under a certain capacity that burn greater than
30 percent municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel. Andarko must
keep the records required to demonstrate that it continues to qualify
for the exemption on an ongoing basis.
Abstract for [1500036]
Q: Is fuel sampling required for two turbines owned by Black Hills
Corporation that monitor under NSPS subpart GG custom fuel monitoring
schedules for semi-annual periods in which the turbines have not
operated for the entire semi-annual period? The turbines are located at
the Glenns Ferry Cogeneration Partners and Rupert Cogeneration Partners
facilities in Idaho.
A: No. EPA determines that fuel sampling required by a custom fuel
monitoring schedule is not required for semi-annual periods in which
the turbine has not operated for the entire semi-annual period.
Sampling must be done upon re-startup.
Abstract for [1500038]
Q: Will EPA waive the requirement in 40 CFR 60.8(d) for Cargill to
provide a notification 30 days in advance of a performance test for the
recently installed biogas-fueled generators at Dry Creek Dairy in
Hansen, Idaho?
A: Yes. EPA waives the requirement to provide notification 30 days
in advance of a performance test pursuant to the provisions at 40 CFR
60.19(f)(3). The source identified a date on which testing would be
conducted.
Abstract for [1500039]
Q: Will EPA grant a waiver to Covanta Marion, Incorporated (CMI) in
Brooks, Oregon, for the municipal waste combustor (MWC) unit load level
limitations, under 40 CFR 60.53b(b)(2), for the two weeks preceding,
and during the annual dioxin/furan and mercury performance tests for
the purpose of evaluating system performance?
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A: Yes. For the purpose of evaluating system performance, EPA
waives the MWC load limit for the two week period preceding, and during
the annual dioxin/furan and mercury performance test.
Abstract for [1500049]
Q: Will EPA provide a waiver pursuant to 40 CFR 60.8(b)(4) from the
initial and subsequent performance testing requirement under NSPS
subpart KKKK for three identical Solar Saturn T-1301 turbines operating
under the same conditions on the same platform in the Cook Inlet at XTO
Energy's Kenai, Alaska facility?
A: Yes. EPA grants the request to expand the November 9, 2011
waiver to Solar Saturn T-1301 turbine, serial number SDR-105092 under
the condition that a different turbine will be tested each year on a
three year rotation. If any tests exceeds 50 percent of the NOx
emission limits, all turbines will be required to conduct performance
tests.
Abstract for [1500051]
Q: Can EPA approve an Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) for Envent
Corporation to conduct monitoring of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions,
in lieu of installing a continuous emission monitoring system when
performing tank degassing and other similar operations controlled by
portable, temporary thermal oxidizers, at refineries in Region 6 States
that are subject to NSPS subparts J or Ja?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves the AMP based on the description
of the process, the vent gas streams, the design of the vent gas
controls, and the H2S monitoring data furnished. EPA specifies the
proposed operating parameter limits and data which the refineries must
furnish as part of the conditional approval. The approved AMP applies
only to similar degassing operations conducted by ENVENT at refineries
in EPA Region 6.
Abstract for [1500054]
Q: Is the alternative monitoring plan (AMP) submitted to the
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) for the
distillation unit in Source B-99A-2 at the Eastman Chemical Company
(Eastman) facility in Kingsport, Tennessee acceptable?
A: Yes. Based upon the information provided in the AMP by Eastman,
EPA determines that the AMP is acceptable since the proposed monitoring
parameters (water flow rate, propionic acid flow rate, and propionic
acid inlet temperature) will provide adequate assurance of compliance.
We agree that three of the parameters that the company would be
required to monitor under NSPS subpart NNN (propionic acid specific
gravity, water specific gravity, and water temperature) will not be
useful indicators of absorber performance for the source in question.
For ongoing compliance demonstration, EPA also provides guidance on how
to define excess emissions in terms of the alternative monitoring
parameters.
Abstract for [1500056]
Q1: Does a silo or frame structure enclosing a railcar loading
station at three separate Hi-Crush Proppant nonmetallic mineral
processing plants located in Augusta, Independence, and Blair,
Wisconsin meet the definition of a ``building'' under NSPS subpart OOO?
A1: Yes. Based on Hi-Crush's representation that the enclosed
railcar loading stations are housed in structures with roofs, EPA
concludes that these structures would meet the definition of
``building'' in NSPS subpart OOO.
Q2: Would the openings of those buildings be considered a ``vent''?
A2: No. The building openings have no mechanically induced air flow
for the purpose of exhausting from a building.
Q3: Since these railcar loading stations are contained in a
building, would the applicable particulate matter standard only be that
fugitive emissions from the building openings must not exceed 7 percent
opacity?
A3: Yes. One emission limit option for an enclosed railcar loading
station that is itself enclosed in a building is to restrict fugitive
emissions from the building openings (except for vents as defined in 40
CFR 60.671) to 7 percent opacity, per section 60.672(e)(1).
Abstract for [1500057]
Q: Does EPA approve a waiver from the 40 part 60 subpart Ec
requirement to monitor the minimum pressure drop across a wet scrubber
that control emissions of acid gases (i.e., HCl) and is part of the
emission control system for the Stericycle hospital/medical/infectious
waste incineration (HMIWI) unit in Apopka, Florida? The Stericycle
HMIWI unit is equipped with a dry scrubber followed by a fabric filter
and a wet scrubber and with a selective noncatalytic reduction system.
All other applicable parameter monitoring requirements are proposed to
be met by the facility.
A: Yes. EPA approves the waiver request since the removal of acid
gases is not dependent on the monitoring of wet scrubber minimum
pressure drop and all other applicable monitoring parameters for the
control system will be met. Monitoring of the other wet scrubber
monitoring parameters identified in Table 3 of subpart Ec (i.e., the
minimum scrubber liquor flow rate and the minimum scrubber liquor pH)
will indicate if the scrubber is working properly. Further, compliance
with the PM emission limit is achieved without the use of the wet
scrubber based on information.
Abstract for [1500058]
Q: May an Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) be conditionally
approved for parametric monitoring in lieu of a continuous opacity
monitoring system (COMS) for a Wet Gas Scrubber (WGS) on a Fluidized
Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) subject to NSPS subpart J, at the
Phillips 66 Company Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana?
A: Yes. Based on the information provided, EPA approves the AMP for
the proposed operating parameters conditioned on the source conducting
a performance test that demonstrates compliance and that establishes
the operating parameter limits (OPLs) for the WGS. EPA approves the two
proposed operating parameters, including the 1) minimum Liquid-to-Gas
(L/G) Ratio on a 3-hour rolling average basis; and, 2) minimum slurry
liquid circulation pump discharge pressure on a 3-hour rolling average
basis. The OPLs are to be recalculated based on the average of three
runs, provided the average PM emissions for the three runs meet the PM
emissions limit of the rule in pounds per kilopounds of coke processed.
Abstract for [1500059]
Q: Is Capitol One National Association required to petition the
Administrator under 40 CFR 60.4211(e) for approval to exceed the 100
hour readiness testing limit for emergency generators testing for
commissioning purposes under subpart IIII for internal compression
engines during the initial onsite commissioning process of its Data
Center in Chester, Virginia?
A: No. A petition is not necessary or appropriate. When a new
greenfield source is under construction, subpart IIII allows emergency
generators to be used as needed to complete the construction process,
so long as Capitol One abides by the 100 hours limitation when the Data
Center is in commercial operation.
Abstract for [1500060]
Q: Portland General Electric Company (PGE) seeks verification that
the emergency diesel-fired emergency generators at its Carver Readiness
Center in Clackamas, Oregon, run for 50 of 100 hours total use to
supply power,
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allowed under NSPS subpart IIII and NESHAP subpart ZZZZ, can be part of
its Dispatchable Standby Generation (DSG) program.
A: 40 CFR 60.4211 and 63.6640 authorize limited non-emergency use
of diesel engines that are classified and regulated as emergency
engines. EPA determines that the language in 40 CFR 63.6640 of subpart
ZZZZ regarding emergency engines dispatched under a financial
arrangement with another entity was not intended to prohibit utilities
from dispatching engines that they own and operate under the 50-hour
non-emergency operation option provided.
Abstract for [1500062]
Q: Does EPA approve revisions to the Alternative Monitoring Plan
(AMP) for monitoring hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration and
determining the total reduced sulfur (TRS) concentration in the sour
gas routed to flares at the Lion Oil Company El Dorado (Lion Oil),
Arkansas Refinery, which are subject to NSPS subpart Ja?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves Lion Oil's revised AMP, which
supersedes previous approvals to expand use of the approved AMP for
determining TRS under NSPS subpart Ja, and that includes additional
operating parameters, clarifications on sampling locations, and test
protocol specifications.
Abstract for [1500063]
Q: Does EPA approve a revision to an Alternative Monitoring Plan
(AMP) that has been conditionally approved for the wet gas scrubber
(WGS) on a Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) at Marathon
Petroleum's refinery in Texas City, Texas subject to NSPS Part 60
subpart J, be resubmitted for approval of a revision based on an
additional operation mode at reduced charge rate?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves the revision to the EPA-approved
AMP based on the additional information provided by Marathon to add an
additional mode of operation. The condition for approval requires
Marathon to conduct performance testing to demonstrate compliance and
to establish the operating parameter limits (OPLs) for the WGS at the
additional FCCU reduced charge rate, as established in the EPA response
letter.
Abstract for [1500064]
Q: Does EPA approve alternate semiannual reporting periods under
section 60.5420(b) of NSPS subpart OOOO to run from April 1 through
September 30, and from October 1 through March 31, at the Atlas
Pipeline Driver Gas Plant in Midland, Texas?
A: Yes. EPA approves the proposed alternate reporting schedule to
align the periodic reporting time period requirements of NSPS subpart
0000 since it does not extend the reporting period that would be
covered by the next semiannual report, as allowed under section
60.5420(b). The alternate reporting schedule does not extend the
reporting period that would be covered by the next semiannual.
Abstract for [1500065]
Q1: Are the five City of Rock Island Public Works Department 880 HP
spark ignition natural gas fired engines (plus one offline spare) at
their wastewater treatment plant in Wisconsin considered emergency
engines under NSPS subpart JJJJ?
A1: No. Since the engines would be operated approximately 16 times
per year for 270 hours, EPA determines that the engines do not meet the
definition of emergency stationary internal combustion engines.
Therefore, the engines are subject to subpart JJJJ.
Q2: Can a waiver from performance testing be granted for the
engines?
A2: No. EPA cannot grant a waiver of performance testing for these
engines, but due to the potential difficulties in testing, EPA
encourages the City to request alternative testing if necessary.
Abstract for [1500066]
Q: May EPA approve an alternative to stack testing under NSPS
subpart JJJJ for nine identical non-certified Riverview bio-gas fueled
generators located on three farms (Riverview Dairy, West River Dairy,
and District 45 Dairy) in Minnesota?
A: No. EPA does not approve any of the five alternative options
proposed by Riverview for its generators, which included: (1) exemption
from ongoing testing for engines that meet the standard, (2)
retroactive certification by the manufacturer, (3) self-certification
through testing, (4) provide certification to manufacturers that have
met the standards, and (5) test one engine and apply results to all
nine. However, EPA does provide two alternatives, Modified Option 1A
and 1B that could be used to demonstrate compliance. Modified Option 1A
is annual testing for NO, NOX, CO and O2 using a
portable analyzer. Modified Option 1B is to test each dairy's engine
sets at least once every three years, rotating annually on a three-year
cycle.
Abstract for [1500067]
Q: May an alternative test method be approved for Hawaiian Electric
Company's four new compression ignition engines subject to NSPS subpart
IIII at the Honolulu International Airport in Oahu that were certified
on diesel but will be operated on biodiesel?
A: Yes. EPA determines that operation of the engines on biodiesel
would not void the certification if all of the following conditions are
met: the biodiesel meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60.4207(b), the
manufacturer's warranty includes the use of the biodiesel, and the
biodiesel meets ASTM D6751. The engines must also be installed,
configured, operated and maintained per the manufacturer's
instructions.
Abstract for [1500068]
Q: Does EPA approve an Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) for
Evergreen Industrial Services (EIS) to conduct monitoring of hydrogen
sulfide (H2S) emissions in lieu of installing a continuous emission
monitoring system (CEMS), to monitor emissions controlled by portable
and temporary thermal oxidizers units (TOUs) during tank degassing and
other similar operations at refineries in Region 6 that are subject to
NSPS subparts J or Ja?
A: Yes. Based on the description of the process, the vent gas
streams, the design of the vent gas controls, and the H2S monitoring
data furnished, EPA conditionally approves the AMP when EIA is
conducting degassing operations at refineries in Region 6 since it is
impractical to use a H2S CEMS in a portable TOUs. The EPA response
letter list the operating conditions for degassing operations and data
which the refineries must furnish to EIS as part of the conditional
approval.
Abstract for [1500069]
Q: May Derenzo & Associates in Livonia, Michigan use a TECO Model
55C analyzer in lieu of Method 18 that will be used with Method 25A to
determine nonmethane organic compounds emitted from an internal
combustion engine subject to NSPS subpart JJJJ?
A: Yes. EPA approves the request to use TECO Model 55C as an
alternative to Method 18 for measuring methane since it should produce
results similar to the ``cutter'' analyzers already allowed by the
regulation.
Abstract for [1500071]
Q: Does EPA approve the use by TRC Companies located in Lowell,
Massachusetts of a TECO Model 55C analyzer to measure non-methane
organic compounds (NMOC) from engines subject to NSPS subpart JJJJ?
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A: Yes. EPA approve TRC Companies request for use of the TECO Model
55C analyzer in lieu of Method 18 to measure NMOC from subpart JJJJ
engines, and the analyzer may be used by other engines subject to NSPS
subpart JJJJ. EPA will announce this as broadly applicable to all
stationary spark ignition combustion engines on our Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/trnethods.html#CatB).
Abstract for [1500072]
Q1: Does EPA conditionally approve a revision to a previously
approved Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) to allow for an automatic
sampling system, and an associated flow meter for collecting and
recording hydrogen sulfide (H2S) content, to be included for the West
Operations Ground Flare (Multi Jet Flare), which is part of a Flare Gas
Recovery System (FGRS) subject to NSPS subpart Ja, at the Motiva
Enterprises Norco Refinery in Norco, Louisiana?
A1: Yes. EPA conditionally approves the AMP revision based on how
the automatic sampling system functions regarding the configuration and
operation of the FGRS. The H2S concentration of the combined
refinery fuel gas stream routed to the FGRS and the Multi Jet Flare was
less than 1 part per million. This satisfied EPA's condition for
approval that the H2S content shall be inherently low. Additionally,
the automatic sampling device samples the blended fuel gas stream
before it is sent to the Multi Jet Flare, and there are no crossover
points between the FGRS and other fuel gas streams. This satisfied
EPA's condition for approval that no crossover points shall exist in
the fuel gas vent stream going to the Multi Jet Flare. Based on review
by EPA Headquarters, Motiva also was authorized to use an alternate
test method for testing and analysis, which removed the previous
requirement to measure and record refinery fuel gas H2S concentrations
using the Length of Stain Tube method. EPA's ``Conditions for Approval
of the Alternative Monitoring Plan for Miscellaneous Refinery Fuel Gas
Streams, dated December 7, 1999, are incorporated by reference, except
for the monitoring provisions in Steps 1 through 7, as described in the
EPA response letter.
Q2: What recordkeeping and report requirements are included in the
conditional approval?
A2: Motiva shall maintain the H2S concentration data
from the sampling system and the alternate test method in the
laboratory information management system. The gas flow data from the
flow meter will be maintained in the electronic process data storage
system. Additional records shall be kept to note when the FGRS is
operating in either of two different scenarios. Quarterly reporting
must be submitted, except more frequently under certain circumstances,
as outlined in the conditional EPA approval letter.
Abstract for [1500073]
Q: May Derenzo & Associates in Livonia, Michigan use the TECO Model
55I analyzer (which is a newer version of the previously approved Model
55C) in lieu of Method 18 and Method 25A to determine non-methane
organic compounds (NMOC) emitted from RICE subject to NSPS subpart JJJJ
or NESHAP subpart ZZZZ?
A: Yes. EPA approves the alternative testing request for NSPS
subpart JJJJ, provided that the facility follows all applicable
requirements in Method 25A for sample heating, appropriate test
procedures, calibration and standardization. Since NESHAP subpart ZZZZ
does not require the measurement of NMOC that part of the request is
not considered.
Abstract for [1500074]
Q: Can EPA confirm the proposed deadline for completing the initial
performance test under 40 CFR part 60 subpart Ec for the University of
Texas Medical Branch's medical infectious waste incinerator in
Galveston, Texas?
A: Yes. EPA confirms that the initial compliance performance test
should be completed within 60 days of achieving maximum production
rate, and not later than 180 days after initial startup as required
under section 60.8 of the General Provisions.
Abstract for [A150001]
Q: Does the use of the Pre-Construction Survey, as described in
ASTM E2356-14 ``Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Surveys,'' demonstrate compliance with the ``thorough inspection''
requirement at 40 CFR 61.145(a)?
A: Yes. If an owner/operator follows the steps described in
Sections 1 through 5 and Section 8 in ASTM E2356-14 ``Standard Practice
for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys'', it would provide a
thorough inspection of the facility. However, EPA would not accept the
Limited Asbestos Screen (i.e., Practice E2308) described in Section 1.5
as a substitute for the Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey, and
would not consider the Limited Asbestos Screen as a thorough
inspection.
Abstract for [C150001]
Q: Do regulations related to ozone depleting substances under 40
CFR part 82 prohibit the use of Leak Stop to repair leaks in
residential air conditioning systems that contain chlorofluorocarbons?
A: No. The use of aerosol chemical products such as Leak Stop are
not prohibited as long as there is no ``knowing venting'' or ``knowing
release'' of an ozone depleting substance taking place. We do not
currently have any information about the propellant used by the Leak
Stop product. However, if it is propelled by a Class I or II ozone
depleting substance, then it is banned under the non-essential products
exclusion found at 40 CFR 82.60.
Abstract for [M150010]
Q: Will EPA approve a waiver of the initial performance test
according to the provisions of 40 CFR 60.8(b)(4) and 63.7(h) for a new
chemset chamber subject to the NESHAP for Lead Acid Battery
Manufacturing, 40 CFR part 63 subpart PPPPPP, and the NSPS for Lead
Acid Battery Manufacturing, 40 CFR part 60 subpart KK, at the Johnson
Controls Battery Group Inc.'s (JCBGI''s) facility in Canby, Oregon?
A: No. EPA is denying the requested waiver because the new unit is
not identical to the previously installed units and could have a
different capacity. While emissions are expected to be low, the initial
performance test is valuable to verify the installations of new
equipment.
Abstract for [M150011]
Q: Will EPA approve a National Security Exemption (NSE)for the
Department of Defense to waive the performance testing requirements for
twelve stationary diesel fired engines constructed between 2003 and
2009, all of which are subject to the National Emissions Standard for
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal
Combustion Engines (RICE) at 40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZ, while five
engines are also subject to the New Source Performance Standard for
Compression Ignition RICE at 40 CFR part 60, subpart IIII, which are
located at Fort Greely, Alaska?
A: No. An NSE exemption is not necessary because 40 CFR part 63
subpart ZZZZ does not require performance testing for emergency
engines; according, an exemption from performance testing is not
necessary for these twelve engines if they meet the definition of
``emergency stationary RICE'' under subpart XXXX. In addition,
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subpart IIII does not require performance testing for manufactured-
certified engines; accordingly, an exemption from performance testing
under subpart IIII is not necessary for the five manufactured-certified
engines located at Fort Greely.
Abstract for [M150012]
Q: Does EPA determine that the operation of an emergency generator
owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad's rail yard facility
in Lane County, Oregon is classified as a stationary source under
NESHAP subpart ZZZZ?
A: No. EPA determines that the engine used to provide power
restoration for emergencies at railroad tunnels in Oregon is a portable
diesel generator. Because the engine has not provided power, or
operated for emergency use, or any other purpose other than testing at
the location where it has been stored for more than 12 months, it does
not meet the definition of stationary engine for that location under
subpart ZZZZ.
Abstract for [M150013]
Q1: Does EPA determine that 40 CFR part 63 subpart HHHHHH, National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Paint Stripping and
Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area Sources, apply to the
process of spray applying vehicle undercoating?
A1: Yes. EPA determines the process of spray applying vehicle
undercoating is subject to NESHAP subpart HHHHHH. The undercoating
would be considered a coating under the NESHAP definitions and would
not be a sealant. It is generally spray-applied using a hand-held
device that creates an atomized mist of coating and deposits the
coating on a sub straight, just as are other automotive coatings.
Q2: Does EPA determine that the exemption for facilities that do
not spray-apply target HAP-containing coatings is available to part of
a facility?
A2: No. EPA determines that a facility that is not exempt must
satisfy the rule requirements for all of their spray-applied coating
operations. If the facility spray-applies no target HAP, then it may
request exemption from the rule.
Abstract for [M150015]
Q: Will EPA approve an alternative to the visible emissions
monitoring requirement of 40 CFR 63.11423(b) of the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Lead Acid Battery
Manufacturing Area Sources, subpart PPPPPP, for Johnson Controls
Battery Group Incorporated's facility in Canby, Oregon to shut down
equipment per permit conditions if any visible emissions are observed
rather than continuing to operate and conduct a Method 9 test?
A: Yes. EPA approves this minor change in monitoring methodology
pursuant to 40 CFR 63.8(b)(i) because it will be more stringent than
that which is required according to 40 CFR 63.11423(b) by the NESHAP
standard.
Abstract for [M150016]
Q: Does 40 CFR part 63 subpart MMMMMM for Area Source Carbon Black
Production apply to Reklaim Technologies' tire reclamation facility at
the Port of Morrow near Boardman, Oregon?
A: No. Based on the information provided by Reklaim, EPA determines
that the process at Reklaim's facility is materially different from the
``carbon black production'' process that is subject to subpart MMMMMM.
The process involves heating shredded tires in an oxygen starved
environment to recover carbon black, oil and steel from the tires. As
such the process does not fall within the definition of ``carbon black
production'' and is not subject to subpart MMMMMM.
Abstract for [M150017]
Q: The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) in Port Angeles,
Washington asked if 40 CFR part 63 subpart HHHHHH for Paint Stripping
and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations apply to the process of
spray-applied truck bed lining.
A: EPA determines that operations that spray-apply coatings to
truck bed liners, including color coatings, are subject to subpart
HHHHHH, based on the definitions of coatings and spray-applied coating
operations in 40 CFR 63.11180. Although the definition of ``truck bed
liner coating'' does exclude color coats, that definition is not
referred in 40 CFR 63.11170, the applicability section for subpart
HHHHHH. The lining operation is generally spray-applied using a hand-
held device that creates an atomized mist of coating and deposits the
coating on a substrate, just as are other automotive coatings.
Abstract for [M150023]
Q: Does EPA approve Holcim's particulate matter (PM) alternative
continuous parameter monitoring system (CPMS) plan for the common stack
venting exhaust emissions from different sources at their Portland
cement plant in Florence, Colorado, subject to the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement
Manufacturing Industry, subpart LLL?
A: Yes. Pursuant to 40 CFR 63.8(f)(2) and 63.1350(o)(4), EPA
conditionally approves the use of one PM CPMS on the common stack
whereby a site-specific operating limit is established that corresponds
to the results of performance testing demonstrating compliance with the
kiln and clinker cooler emission limits. The conditions for approval
are specified in the EPA response letter.
Abstract for [M150024]
Q: Does EPA approve an alternative monitoring plan that uses a
longer averaging time for inlet flow monitoring as a surrogate
parameter for monitoring methanol destruction in the Aeration
Stabilization Basin (ASB) subject to the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from the Pulp and Paper Industry,
subpart S, at the Clearwater Paper Corporation, Cypress Bend Mill
located in McGehee, Arkansas?
A: Yes. Based on the monitoring data provided by the company and
performance test results, EPA approves the AMP request. EPA agrees that
a daily flow is not representative of the actual hydraulic retention
time in the ASB, whereas a nine-day rolling average inlet flow
established per 40 CFR 63.453(n)(4) provides an actual representation
of the treatment system retention time.
Abstract for [M150025]
Q: Does EPA approve an alternative monitoring request to conduct
monthly pressure differential measurements across the catalyst at load
conditions within plus or minus 10 percent of the baseline load
established during the initial engine performance tests outlined in QEP
Field Services Company's (QEP) Consent Decree, rather than the plus or
minus 10 percent of 100 percent load as required in 40 CFR part 63
subpart ZZZZ for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
located at Chapita, Coyote Wash, Island and Wonsits Valley Compressor
Stations?
A: Yes. EPA conditionally approves the AMP request pursuant to
Sec. 63.8(t)(2) based on the performance testing negotiated as part of
the QEP Consent Decree. EPA believes that it is technically appropriate
to conduct the monthly pressure drop readings at plus or minus 10
percent of the load at an affected facility engine when the initial
performance test that was conducted is showing compliance with the MACT
ZZZZ. The conditions for approval are described in the EPA response
letter.
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Abstract for [M150026]
Q: Do NSPS subpart IIII and NESHAP subpart ZZZZ apply to the engine
of a mobile power generator in Springdale, Arkansas that is designed to
supply electrical power on a temporary basis, at various locations
within the Kawneer Springdale Plant, and does not remain at any
location greater than 12 months?
A: No. EPA determines that NSPS subpart IIII and NESHAP subpart
ZZZZ do not apply since this engine is considered a nonroad mobile
source. The mobile generator is a wheeled unit and its engine meets the
criteria for a nonroad engine that it be by itself or in or on a piece
of equipment that is portable or transportable. Furthermore, it will
not remain in a single location for longer than 12 consecutive months.
Abstract for [M150027]
Q1: Is the stationary gas compression reciprocating internal
combustion engine (RICE) at the Dimension Energy Company Coquille Bay,
Louisiana facility a remote affected source under 40 CFR part 63
subpart ZZZZ?
A1: Yes. After reviewing the description of the RICE and its
operations, EPA determines that it is an existing area source which
meets the definition of a remote stationary RICE under 40 CFR 63.6675.
Q2: What are the continuing compliance requirements for a remote
stationary RICE?
A2: The operator must: Perform prescribed preventative maintenance
at certain intervals; maintain the RICE according to the manufacturer's
instructions; minimize startup time or develop a maintenance plan using
good air pollution prevention practices; and, maintain records to
demonstrate that applicable requirements have been completed.
Abstract for [M150028]
Q: Does EPA agree that the Callidus Closed Loop Gasification System
(CCLGS) at the Del-Tin Fiber plant in El Dorado, Arkansas is exempt
from the Boiler MACT, subpart DDDDD under the exemption at 40 CFR
63.7491(h) because it is subject to and complying with the Plywood
MACT, subpart DDDD?
A: No. The EPA determines that both the Boiler MACT and the Plywood
MACT apply to specific components of the CCLGS based on a review of the
design and operation information available for the Del-Tin Fiber
facility, so the exemption at 40 CFR 63.7491(h) does not apply. The
rotary gasifiers and secondary combustion chamber (SCC) are considered
affected sources, specifically defined as ``process heaters'' under the
Boiler MACT when combustion gases are not used to directly heat process
material. The portion of combustion gases that directly flow through
the dryer units are considered affected sources under the Plywood MACT
(Sec. 63.2232(b) and Sec. 63.2292) and are thereby exempted from the
Boiler MACT requirements (Sec. 63.7491(1)). However, any combustion
gases from the rotary gasifiers and the SCC that bypass the dryer units
and are used for indirect heat transfer to process material or to heat
transfer material for use in a process unit are subject to the Boiler
MACT (Sec. 63.7575).
Abstract for [M150029]
Q: Does EPA agree to accept data from a prior performance test in
lieu of a new performance test to demonstrate initial compliance with
40 CFR part 63 subpart ZZZZ for six natural gas fueled spark plug
ignition engines at the ExxonMobil Chemical facility in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana?
A: Yes. EPA accepts a previous performance testing for six engines
conducted in lieu of implementing an initial test. The testing was done
using the same methods specified in subpart ZZZZ, and was conducted
within two years of the performance test deadline. Additionally, the
equipment was not modified following the April 2012 testing.
Abstract for [M150030]
Q: Does EPA agree that the RockTenn Hodge Mill Boiler in Hodge,
Louisiana is a biomass hybrid suspension grate boiler under 40 CFR part
63 subpart DDDDD?
A: Yes. EPA agrees that the boiler is subject to NESHAP subpart
DDDDD since the description provided meets the definition of a hybrid
suspension grate boiler found in the rule. Since natural gas and tire
derived fuel (TDF) are also used, the facility must keep records to
demonstrate the annual average moisture content is at or above 40
percent. The facility must use natural gas for startup, shutdown, and
flame stabilization, and use TDF when excessively firing wet biomass
fuel.
Abstract for [M150031]
Q: Are three Electric Utility Generating Units (EUGUs) located at
the Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) Doc Bonin Electric Generating
Station in Lafayette, Louisiana considered to be affected sources with
gas-fired boilers that are not subject to Boiler Area Source MACT,
subpart JJJJJJ?
A: EPA determines that the boilers are not affected sources subject
to the Boiler Area Source MACT if all conditions at 40 CFR 63.11237 are
met. Gas-fired boilers are excluded from subpart JJJJJJ per 40 CFR
63.11195(e). A permit limitation is necessary to verify applicability
requirements are met for each EUGU for burning fuel oil only during
natural gas curtailment, and to not exceed testing hours with fuel oil
during any calendar year.
Abstract for [M150032]
Q1: Does EPA approve an Alternative Monitoring Plan (AMP) for three
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) subject to NESHAP
subpart ZZZZ at the Occidental Permian Terrill Gas Treating Facility
for testing at less than 100 percent maximum load?
A1: Yes. EPA approves Occidental Permian proposed AMP for a lower
engine load be set as a maximum load for compliance demonstration.
Specifically, we approve performance testing at the alternate lower
maximum engine load with monitoring required at plus or minus 10
percent. The three RICE cannot operate at 100 percent load due to site-
specific operations at the facility, and therefore cannot be tested at
100 percent plus or minus 10 percent operational capacity, as specified
at 40 CFR 63.6620(b)(2). If operations change such that the maximum
load of the engines exceeds the alternative lower maximum load, the AMP
approval will be terminated, and retesting will be required to
demonstrate compliance with NESHAP subpart ZZZZ at the higher engine
load.
Abstract for [M150034]
Q: Does EPA agree that the backup power generator at the Freddie
MAC facility in Carrollton, Texas is classified as an existing
commercial emergency stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion
Engine (RICE) that is not subject to 40 CFR part 63 subpart ZZZZ?
A: Yes. EPA determines that the Freddie MAC facility is an area
source with a commercial NAICS code, and the backup power generator
meets the exemption provided at 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) applicable to
emergency stationary RICE operated at an area source. This RICE, used
solely for backup power generation, have not exceeded 50 hours for any
activities during any one year period within the past two year period.
Abstract for [M150036]
Q: Will EPA provide a waiver to CertainTeed Corporation of the 60-
day requirement under 40 CFR 63.9(c) to notify EPA in advance of the
initial
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performance test at the GS Roofing facility in Portland, Oregon?
A: Yes. EPA is granting a waiver of the 60-day requirement for a
notification prior to the initial performance test pursuant to 40 CFR
63.9(i) of the 40 CFR 63.9(c) requirement to enable testing during
facility's highest volume period with the maximum ambient temperature,
which is will occur in less than 60 days. This would enable the
estimation of what the emissions are during a worst case scenario to
test the limits of our system.
Abstract for [Z150002]
Q: Does 40 CFR part 61 subpart N apply to the Bullseye Glass
Company's manufacture of colored art glass in its Portland, Oregon
facility?
A: Yes. NESHAP subpart N applies to the company's manufacture of
colored art glass. According to 40 CFR 61.160(a), 40 CFR part 61
subpart N does not apply to pot furnaces but rather to each glass
melting furnace that uses commercial arsenic as a raw material.
However, based on information provided by Bullseye Glass including
descriptions, photos and diagrams, EPA determines that the vessels used
by Bullseye do not meet the definition of pot furnaces because they are
not sealed off from the furnace atmosphere so that there is potential
for emissions to escape with the furnace exhaust.
Abstract for [Z150004]
Q: Are boilers/engines/marine equipment on a liquefied natural gas
carrier (LNGC) at the proposed Aguirre Gasport located approximately 3
miles offshore of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority subject to
NSPS and NESHAP standards when the LNGC will be converted into a
Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be permanently
moored at the GasPort?
A: Yes. Based on the information provided, EPA determines that the
FSRU is a stationary source because it utilizes boilers as the main
propulsion devices instead of reciprocating internal combustion engines
(RICE) and it will be permanently moored, except when there is a need
to take the unit to safer water due to and special circumstances.
Therefore, the affected equipment on the FSRU, except for non-
reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE), is subject to NSPS and
NESHAP standards. All non-reciprocating RICE equipment on the FSRU is
not a stationary sources because it falls under the definition of
nonroad engines as they will be used on self-propelled equipment.
Therefore, the NSPS and NESHAP do not apply to the nonroad RICE.
However, the nonroad RICE must comply with the applicable nonroad
engine standards in 40 CFR parts 89, 94, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1048,
1054, 1065, and 1068, if applicable. Specific questions on the
requirements and applicability of a particular NSPS and NESHAP rules
can be discussed separately on a case-by-case basis as the need arises.
Abstract for [Z150005]
Q: Are the 39 emergency stationary reciprocating internal
combustion engines (RICE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) area
source facility subject to RICE NESHAP requirements?
A: No. EPA determines that the 39 emergency RICE at LANL are not
subject to the RICE NESHAP because they are located at an area source
that is classified as an ``institutional'' facility. The RICE rule
excludes existing stationary emergency engines located at residential,
commercial, or institutional facilities that are area sources of HAP.
Note that the engines must meet the definition of ``Emergency
stationary RICE'' in 40 CFR 63.6675.
Abstract for [Z150006]
Q: Northern Natural Gas based in Omaha, Nebraska asked that, under
40 CFR 63.6625(h), part 63 NESHAP subpart ZZZZ for spark ignition
reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) regarding minimizing
engine idle time, if an engine does not complete start up within the
thirty minute time limit, are there any restrictions on initiating
another startup of the engine and/or the time frame to complete the
subsequent startup?
A: No. An engine does not need to be shut off if it does not
complete startup within thirty minutes. However, any further activity
after thirty minutes is considered part of normal operation. Multiple
startups should be counted as separate events with a thirty minute time
limit per event. If startups occur consecutively with short durations
in between, they could be considered as one startup since startups are
part of a single occasion where the engine is working up to normal
operations.
Abstract for [Z150009]
Q1: May emergency Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE)
that currently do not qualify for the exclusion in 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2)
because they are contractually obligated to be available for more than
15 hours for the purposes specified at 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(2)(ii) and
(iii) and (f)(4)(ii), later qualify for exclusion once those contracts
expire, provided that the other conditions of 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) are
met?
A1: If an emergency stationary RICE does not meet the conditions
for the exclusion in 40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) as of the compliance date,
then it is subject to subpart ZZZZ at the date of compliance. However,
if the engine's status subsequently changes to meet the conditions of
40 CFR 63.6585(f)(2) after the compliance date, the engine would no
longer be subject to subpart ZZZZ.
Q2: Can emergency RICE located at area sources continue to
participate in peak shaving programs for up to 50 hours per year until
May 3, 2014 without losing their emergency engine status?
A2: An emergency stationary RICE located at an area source of HAP
emissions can be used for peak shaving for up to 50 hours per year
until May 3, 2014 if the engine is operated as part of a peak shaving
(load management program) with the local distribution system operator
and the power is provided only to the facility itself or to support the
local distribution system. This is the case whether or not the engine
will be retrofitted to comply with the subpart ZZZZ standards for non-
emergency engines.
Q3: Do 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(i) and (ii) address separate and
distinct non-emergency situations, and does the ``local reliability''
exception set forth in 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(ii) have no sunset
provision?
A3: Yes. 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(i) and (ii) are separate and distinct
situations and there is no sunset provision for the operation specified
in Sec. 63.6640(f)(4)(ii). An emergency stationary RICE at an area
source of HAP emissions can continue to operate for up to 50 hours per
calendar year for the purpose specified in Sec. 63.6640(f)(4)(ii)
beyond May 3, 2014.
Q4: How does EPA interpret 40 CFR 63.6640(f)(4)(ii)(A), which
requires that to qualify for the 50 hour exemption, the emergency RICE
must be dispatched by the local balancing or local transmission and
distribution system operator?
A4: If the local transmission and distribution system operator
informs the facility that they will be cutting their power, which, in
turn, causes the facility to engage its emergency stationary RICE, the
engine would be considered dispatched by the local transmission and
distribution system operator.
Abstract for [Z150010]
Q1: What date is used under NESHAP subpart ZZZZ to determine if
engines located at Allison Transmission Indianapolis facility in
Indiana, are ``existing'' or ``new''?
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A1: The rule uses the date that the engine commenced construction
to determine if the engine is existing or new. The General Provisions
to 40 CFR part 63 define both ``construction'' and ``commenced'' and
those definitions are applied to the subpart.
Q2: Does NESHAP subpart ZZZZ apply to an engine that has been
rebuilt, specifically where the engine core is reused, but components
such as pistons, rings and bearings are reconditioned or replaced?
A2: A rebuilt engine would need to be evaluated to determine if
reconstruction had occurred. The General Provisions to part 63 defines
``reconstruction.''
Abstract for [Z150011]
Q: Are the emergency engines located at the NASA Langley Research
Facility in Hampton, VA subject to NESHAP subpart ZZZZ for
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines?
A: No. EPA determines that the emergency engines are located at a
facility that is an area source and classified as an ``institutional''
facility. Therefore, under 40 CFR 63.6590(b)(3), emergency engines at
the facility are exempt from requirements under NESHAP subpart ZZZZ.
Abstract for [1600004]
Q: Does EPA accept the industry coalition request to rescind a
November 21, 2007, letter to the National Grain and Feed Association in
which EPA stated that temporary storage facilities meet the definition
of ``permanent storage capacity'' under 40 CFR part 60, subpart DD,
NSPS for Grain Elevators (Subpart DD), and required it be included when
determining applicability of Subpart DD for a particular facility?
A: Yes. The EPA is proposing revisions to Subpart DD and has also
decided to re-evaluate the rationale for the November 21, 2007 letter.
While the definition of ``permanent storage capacity'' in Subpart DD is
broad, we are now aware that temporary storage facilities (TSFs)
generally handle the grain less time throughout the year than other
types of permanent storage facilities and may require different
treatment. Also, while not dispositive as to the applicability of the
rule to these units, we note that TSFs did not exist during the
development of Subpart DD, and their processes and handling techniques
were not specifically considered during the rulemaking process. For
these reasons, EPA rescinds the November 21, 2007 letter. As a result,
TSFs do not meet the definition of ``permanent storage capacity'' under
Subpart DD and should not be included when determining applicability
under Subpart DD for a particular facility.
Dated: February 25, 2016.
Betsy Smidinger,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-07185 Filed 3-29-16; 8:45 am]
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