6560­
50­
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Part
63
[
OAR­
2003­
0193;
FRL­____]

RIN
2060­
AL91
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants:
Cellulose
Products
Manufacturing
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Proposed
rule;
amendments.

SUMMARY:
The
EPA
is
proposing
amendments
to
the
national
emission
standards
for
hazardous
air
pollutants
(
NESHAP)
for
cellulose
products
manufacturing,
which
were
issued
on
June
11,
2002,
under
section
112
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA).

This
action
proposes
to
improve
implementation
of
the
emission
standards
by
revising
the
work
practice
standards,

general
and
initial
compliance
requirements,
definitions,

and
General
Provisions
applicability,
as
well
as
correcting
typographical,
formatting,
and
cross­
referencing
errors
in
the
final
rule.

In
the
Rules
and
Regulations
section
of
this
Federal
Register,
we
are
issuing
the
amendments
as
a
direct
final
rule,
without
prior
proposal,
because
we
view
the
revisions
as
noncontroversial
and
anticipate
no
adverse
comments.
We
have
explained
our
reasons
for
the
revisions
in
the
preamble
to
the
direct
final
rule.
2
If
we
receive
any
adverse
comment
on
one
or
more
distinct
amendments
in
the
direct
final
rule,
we
will
publish
a
timely
notice
of
withdrawal
in
the
Federal
Register
informing
the
public
which
provisions
will
become
effective
and
which
provisions
are
being
withdrawn
due
to
adverse
comment.
We
will
address
all
public
comments
in
a
subsequent
final
rule.
We
will
not
institute
a
second
comment
period
on
this
action.
Any
parties
interested
in
commenting
must
do
so
at
this
time.
If
no
adverse
comments
are
received,
no
further
action
will
be
taken
on
the
proposal,
and
the
direct
final
rule
will
become
effective
as
provided
in
that
action.

The
regulatory
text
for
the
proposal
is
identical
to
that
for
the
direct
final
rule
published
in
the
Rules
and
Regulations
section
of
this
Federal
Register.
For
further
supplementary
information,
see
the
direct
final
rule.

DATES:
Comments.
Written
comments
must
be
received
on
the
companion
direct
final
rule
by
[
INSERT
DATE
30
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
OF
THIS
PROPOSED
RULE
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER],

unless
a
hearing
is
requested
by
[
INSERT
DATE
10
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
OF
THIS
PROPOSED
RULE
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].

If
a
hearing
is
requested,
written
comments
must
be
received
by
[
INSERT
DATE
45
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
OF
THIS
PROPOSED
RULE
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].
3
Public
Hearing.
If
anyone
contacts
EPA
requesting
to
speak
at
a
public
hearing
by
[
INSERT
DATE
10
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
OF
THIS
PROPOSED
RULE
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER],

a
public
hearing
will
be
held
on
[
INSERT
DATE
14
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
OF
THIS
PROPOSED
RULE
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2003­
0193,
by
one
of
the
following
methods:

°
Federal
eRulemaking
Portal:

http://
www.
regulations.
gov.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

°
Agency
Website:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.

EDOCKET,
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

°
E­
mail:
air­
and­
r­
docket@
epa.
gov.

°
Fax:
(
202)
566­
1741.

°
Mail:
EPA
Docket
Center,
EPA,
Mailcode:
6102T,

1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Please
include
a
duplicate
copy,
if
possible.

°
Hand
Delivery:
Air
and
Radiation
Docket,
EPA,

1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Room
B­
108,

Washington,
DC
20460.
Such
deliveries
are
only
4
accepted
during
the
Docket's
normal
hours
of
operation,
and
special
arrangements
should
be
made
for
deliveries
of
boxed
information.

We
request
that
a
separate
copy
also
be
sent
to
the
contact
person
listed
below
(
see
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT).

Instructions.
Direct
your
comments
to
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­

2003­
0193.
EPA's
policy
is
that
all
comments
received
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
without
change
and
may
be
made
available
online
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,

including
any
personal
information
provided,
unless
the
comment
includes
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claimed
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
or
otherwise
protected
through
EDOCKET,
regulations.
gov,
or
e­
mail.
The
EPA
EDOCKET
and
the
Federal
regulations.
gov
websites
are
"
anonymous
access"
systems,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity
or
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
EPA
without
going
through
EDOCKET
or
regulations.
gov,
your
e­
mail
address
will
be
automatically
captured
and
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
public
docket
and
made
available
on
the
internet.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment,
EPA
recommends
that
you
5
include
your
name
and
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment
and
with
any
disk
or
CD­
ROM
you
submit.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
Electronic
files
should
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters,
any
form
of
encryption,

and
be
free
of
any
defects
or
viruses.
For
additional
information
about
EPA's
public
docket
visit
EDOCKET
on­
line
or
see
the
Federal
Register
of
May
31,
2002
(
67
FR
38102).

Docket.
All
documents
in
the
docket
are
listed
in
the
EDOCKET
index
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Although
listed
in
the
index,
some
information
is
not
publicly
available,
i.
e.,
CBI
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Certain
other
material,
such
as
copyrighted
material,
is
not
placed
on
the
Internet
and
will
be
publicly
available
only
in
hard
copy
form.
Publicly
available
docket
materials
are
available
either
electronically
in
EDOCKET
or
in
hardcopy
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket,
EPA/
DC,
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Public
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Air
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
6
Public
Hearing.
If
a
public
hearing
is
held,
it
will
be
held
at
10:
00
a.
m.
at
the
EPA's
Environmental
Research
Center
Auditorium,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
or
at
an
alternate
site
nearby.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Mr.
Bill
Schrock,
Organic
Chemicals
Group,
Emission
Standards
Division
(
C504­
04),

Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards,
U.
S.
EPA,

Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27711,
telephone
number
(
919)
541­
5032,
facsimile
number
(
919)
541­
3470,

electronic
mail
(
e­
mail)
address
schrock.
bill@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

Regulated
Entities.
Categories
and
entities
potentially
regulated
by
this
action
include
those
listed
in
the
following
table:

Category
NAICS
code*
Examples
of
regulated
entities
Industry
326121
cellulose
food
casing
operations
325221
rayon
operations
326199,
325211
cellulosic
sponge
operations
326199
cellophane
operations
325199
cellulose
ether
operations
Federal
government
Not
affected
State/
local/
tribal
government
Not
affected
*
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
7
This
table
is
not
intended
to
be
exhaustive,
but
rather
provides
a
guide
for
readers
regarding
entities
likely
to
be
regulated
by
this
action.
To
determine
whether
your
facility
is
regulated
by
this
action,
you
should
carefully
examine
the
applicability
criteria
in
§
63.5485
of
the
national
emission
standards.
If
you
have
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
in
the
preceding
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section
of
this
document.

What
should
I
consider
as
I
prepare
my
comments
for
EPA?

Submitting
CBI.
Do
not
submit
this
information
to
EPA
through
EDOCKET,
regulations.
gov
or
e­
mail.
Clearly
mark
the
part
or
all
of
the
information
that
you
claim
to
be
CBI.

For
CBI
information
in
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
EPA,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
as
CBI
and
then
identify
electronically
within
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
the
specific
information
that
is
claimed
as
CBI.
In
addition
to
one
complete
version
of
the
comment
that
includes
information
claimed
as
CBI,
a
copy
of
the
comment
that
does
not
contain
the
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
submitted
for
inclusion
in
the
public
docket.
Information
so
marked
will
not
be
disclosed
except
in
accordance
with
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.

Tips
for
Preparing
Your
Comments.
When
submitting
comments,
8
remember
to:

°
Identify
the
rulemaking
by
docket
number
and
other
identifying
information
(
subject
heading,
Federal
Register
date
and
page
number).

°
Follow
directions
­
The
agency
may
ask
you
to
respond
to
specific
questions
or
organize
comments
by
referencing
a
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR)

part
or
section
number.

°
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why
you
agree
or
disagree;
suggest
alternatives
and
substitute
language
for
your
requested
changes.

°
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any
assumptions
and
provide
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
that
you
used.

°
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estimate
potential
costs
or
burdens,

explain
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arrived
at
your
estimate
in
sufficient
detail
to
allow
for
it
to
be
reproduced.

°
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns,
and
suggest
alternatives.

°
Explain
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views
as
clearly
as
possible,

avoiding
the
use
of
profanity
or
personal
threats.

°
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
comment
period
deadline
identified.

Public
Hearing.
Persons
interested
in
presenting
oral
testimony
or
inquiring
as
to
whether
a
hearing
is
to
be
held
9
should
contact
Mr.
William
Schrock,
Organic
Chemicals
Group,

Emission
Standards
Division
(
Mail
Code
C504­
04),
U.
S.
EPA,

Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27711,
telephone
number
(
919)
541­
5032,
electronic
mail
address
schrock.
bill@
epa.
gov.,
at
least
2
days
in
advance
of
the
potential
date
of
the
public
hearing.
Persons
interested
in
attending
the
public
hearing
must
also
call
Mr.
Bill
Schrock
to
verify
the
time,
date,
and
location
of
the
hearing.
The
public
hearing
will
provide
interested
parties
the
opportunity
to
present
data,
views,
or
arguments
concerning
these
proposed
emission
standards.

Worldwide
Web
(
WWW).
In
addition
to
being
available
in
the
docket,
an
electronic
copy
of
today's
proposal
will
also
be
available
through
the
WWW.
Following
the
Administrator's
signature,
a
copy
of
this
action
will
be
posted
on
EPA's
Technology
Transfer
Network
(
TTN)
policy
and
guidance
page
for
newly
proposed
or
promulgated
rules
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ttn/
oarpg.
The
TTN
at
EPA's
web
site
provides
information
and
technology
exchange
in
various
areas
of
air
pollution
control.

Direct
Final
Rule.
A
direct
final
rule
identical
to
the
proposal
is
published
in
the
Rules
and
Regulations
section
of
today's
Federal
Register.
If
we
receive
any
adverse
comment
pertaining
to
the
amendments
in
the
proposal,
we
will
publish
a
timely
notice
in
the
Federal
Register
10
informing
the
public
that
the
amendments
are
being
withdrawn
due
to
adverse
comment.
We
will
address
all
public
comments
concerning
the
withdrawn
amendments
in
a
subsequent
final
rule.
If
no
adverse
comments
are
received,
no
further
action
will
be
taken
on
the
proposal,
and
the
direct
final
rule
will
become
effective
as
provided
in
that
action.

The
regulatory
text
for
the
proposal
is
identical
to
that
for
the
direct
final
rule
published
in
the
Rules
and
Regulations
section
of
today's
Federal
Register.
For
further
supplementary
information,
the
detailed
rationale
for
the
proposal
and
the
regulatory
revisions,
see
the
direct
final
rule
published
in
a
separate
part
of
this
Federal
Register.

What
are
the
Statutory
and
Executive
Order
Reviews
for
this
action?

For
information
regarding
other
statutory
and
executive
order
reviews
for
this
action,
please
see
the
direct
final
rule
action
that
is
located
in
the
Rules
and
Regulations
section
of
this
Federal
Register.

Regulatory
Flexibility
Act
(
RFA)

The
Regulatory
Flexibility
Act
(
RFA)
generally
requires
an
agency
to
prepare
a
regulatory
flexibility
analysis
of
any
rule
subject
to
notice
and
comment
rulemaking
requirements
under
the
Administrative
Procedure
Act
or
any
other
statute
unless
the
Agency
certifies
that
the
rule
will
11
not
have
a
significant
economic
impact
on
a
substantial
number
of
small
entities.
Small
entities
include
small
businesses,
small
organizations,
and
small
governmental
jurisdictions.

For
purposes
of
assessing
the
impacts
of
today's
proposed
rule
on
small
entities,
small
entity
is
defined
as:

(
1)
a
small
business
that
has
fewer
than
1,000
employees
for
NAICS
codes
325221,
325188,
and
325199;
fewer
than
750
employees
for
NAICS
code
325211;
or
fewer
than
500
employees
for
NAICS
codes
326121
and
326199;
(
2)
a
small
governmental
jurisdiction
that
is
a
government
of
a
city,
county,
town,

school
district
or
special
district
with
a
population
of
less
than
50,000;
and
(
3)
a
small
organization
that
is
any
not­
for­
profit
enterprise
which
is
independently
owned
and
operated
and
is
not
dominant
in
its
field.

After
considering
the
economic
impacts
of
today's
proposed
rule
on
small
entities,
I
certify
that
this
action
will
not
have
a
significant
economic
impact
on
a
substantial
number
of
small
entities.
In
determining
whether
a
rule
has
a
significant
economic
impact
on
a
substantial
number
of
small
entities,
the
impact
of
concern
is
any
significant
adverse
economic
impact
on
small
entities,
since
the
primary
purpose
of
the
regulatory
flexibility
analyses
is
to
identify
and
address
regulatory
alternatives
which
minimize
any
significant
economic
impact
of
the
proposed
rule
on
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants:
Cellulose
Products
Manufacturing
­
Page
13
of
13
small
entities
(
5
U.
S.
C.
603­
604).
Thus,
an
agency
may
certify
that
a
rule
will
not
have
a
significant
economic
impact
on
a
substantial
number
of
small
entities
if
the
rule
relieves
regulatory
burden,
or
otherwise
has
a
positive
effect
on
the
small
entities
subject
to
the
rule.
The
amendments
in
today's
proposed
rule
make
improvements
to
the
emission
standards,
primarily
by
clarifying
the
work
practice
standards,
general
and
initial
compliance
requirements,
definitions,
and
General
Provisions
applicability.
We
have,
therefore,
concluded
that
today's
proposed
rule
will
relieve
regulatory
burden
for
all
affected
small
entities.
We
continue
to
be
interested
in
the
potential
impacts
of
the
proposed
rule
on
small
entities
and
welcome
comments
on
issues
related
to
such
impacts.

List
of
Subjects
in
40
CFR
Part
63
Environmental
protection,
Air
pollution
control,

Cellulose
products
manufacturing,
Hazardous
substances,

Reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements.

Dated:

Stephen
L.
Johnson
Administrator.
