ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Part
52
[
EPA­
R03­
OAR­
2006­
0473;
FRL­
]

Approval
and
Promulgation
of
Air
Quality
Implementation
Plans;
Pennsylvania;
VOC
and
NOx
RACT
Determinations
for
Eight
Individual
Sources
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Direct
final
rule.

SUMMARY:
EPA
is
taking
direct
final
action
to
approve
revisions
to
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania's
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP).
The
revisions
were
submitted
by
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
PADEP)
to
establish
and
require
reasonably
available
control
technology
(
RACT)
for
eight
major
sources
of
volatile
organic
compounds
(
VOC)
and
nitrogen
oxides
(
NOx).
These
sources
are
located
in
Pennsylvania.
EPA
is
approving
these
revisions
to
establish
RACT
requirements
in
the
SIP
in
accordance
with
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA).

DATES:
This
rule
is
effective
on
[
Insert
date
45
days
after
publication
in
the
Federal
Register]

without
further
notice,
unless
EPA
receives
adverse
written
comment
by
[
Insert
date
30
days
after
publication
in
the
Federal
Register].
If
EPA
receives
such
comments,
it
will
publish
a
timely
withdrawal
of
the
direct
final
rule
in
the
Federal
Register
and
inform
the
public
that
the
rule
will
not
take
effect.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
Number
EPA­
R03­
OAR­

2006­
0473
by
one
of
the
following
methods:

A.
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gov.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
2
B.
E­
mail:
morris.
makeba@
epa.
gov.

C.
Mail:
EPA­
R03­
OAR­
2006­
0473,
Makeba
Morris,
Chief,
Air
Quality
Planning
Branch,
Mailcode
3AP21,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,

Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103.

D.
Hand
Delivery:
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listed
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III
address.
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during
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normal
hours
of
operation,
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special
arrangements
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made
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deliveries
of
boxed
information.

Instructions:
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comments
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ID
No.
EPA­
R03­
OAR­
2006­
0473.
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policy
is
that
all
comments
received
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
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change,
and
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made
available
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Business
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CBI)
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statute.
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consider
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CBI
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protected
through
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gov
or
e­
mail.
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regulations.
gov
website
is
an
"
anonymous
access"
system,
which
means
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will
not
know
your
identity
or
contact
information
unless
you
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it
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regulations.
gov,
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and
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that
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placed
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docket
and
made
available
on
the
Internet.
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you
submit
an
electronic
comment,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name
and
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment
and
with
any
disk
or
CD­
ROM
you
submit.
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cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
3
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
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files
should
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters,
any
form
of
encryption,
and
be
free
of
any
defects
or
viruses.

Docket:
All
documents
in
the
electronic
docket
are
listed
in
the
www.
regulations.
gov
index.

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
www.
regulations.
gov
or
in
hard
copy
during
normal
business
hours
at
the
Air
Protection
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103.
Copies
of
the
State
submittal
are
available
at
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,

Bureau
of
Air
Quality,
P.
O.
Box
8468,
400
Market
Street,
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
17105.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Rose
Quinto,
(
215)
814­
2182,
or
by
e­
mail
at
quinto.
rose@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Background
Pursuant
to
sections
182(
b)(
2)
and
182(
f)
of
the
CAA,
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
(
the
Commonwealth
or
Pennsylvania)
is
required
to
establish
and
implement
RACT
for
all
major
VOC
and
NOx
sources.
The
major
source
size
is
determined
by
its
location,
the
classification
of
that
area
and
whether
it
is
located
in
the
ozone
transport
region
(
OTR).
Under
section
184
of
the
4
CAA,
RACT
as
specified
in
sections
182(
b)(
2)
and
182(
f)
applies
throughout
the
OTR.
The
entire
Commonwealth
is
located
within
the
OTR.
Therefore,
RACT
is
applicable
statewide
in
Pennsylvania.

State
implementation
plan
revisions
imposing
RACT
for
three
classes
of
VOC
sources
are
required
under
section
182(
b)(
2).
The
categories
are:

(
1)
All
sources
covered
by
a
Control
Technique
Guideline
(
CTG)
document
issued
between
November
15,
1990
and
the
date
of
attainment;

(
2)
All
sources
covered
by
a
CTG
issued
prior
to
November
15,
1990;
and
(
3)
All
major
non­
CTG
sources.

The
Pennsylvania
SIP
already
has
approved
RACT
regulations
and
requirements
for
all
sources
and
source
categories
covered
by
the
CTGs.
The
Pennsylvania
SIP
also
has
approved
regulations
to
require
major
sources
of
NOx
and
additional
major
sources
of
VOC
emissions
(
not
covered
by
a
CTG)
to
implement
RACT.
These
regulations
are
commonly
termed
the
"
generic
RACT
regulations".
A
generic
RACT
regulation
is
one
that
does
not,
itself,
specifically
define
RACT
for
a
source
or
source
categories
but
instead
establishes
procedures
for
imposing
case­

bycase
RACT
determinations.
The
Commonwealth's
SIP­
approved
generic
RACT
regulations
consist
of
the
procedures
PADEP
uses
to
establish
and
impose
RACT
for
subject
sources
of
VOC
and
NOx.
Pursuant
to
the
SIP­
approved
generic
RACT
rules,
PADEP
imposes
RACT
on
each
subject
source
in
an
enforceable
document,
usually
a
Plan
Approval
(
PA)
or
Operating
Permit
(
OP).
The
Commonwealth
then
submits
these
PAs
and
OPs
to
EPA
for
approval
as
5
source­
specific
SIP
revisions.
EPA
reviews
these
SIP
revisions
to
ensure
that
the
PADEP
has
determined
and
imposed
RACT
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
the
SIP­
approved
generic
RACT
rules.

It
must
be
noted
that
the
Commonwealth
has
adopted
and
is
implementing
additional
"
post
RACT
requirements"
to
reduce
seasonal
NOx
emissions
in
the
form
of
a
NOx
cap
and
trade
regulation,
25
Pa
Code
Chapters
121
and
123,
based
upon
a
model
rule
developed
by
the
States
in
the
OTR.
That
regulation
was
approved
as
SIP
revision
on
June
6,
2000
(
65
FR
35842).

Pennsylvania
has
also
adopted
25
Pa
Code
Chapter
145
to
satisfy
Phase
I
of
the
NOx
SIP
call.

That
regulation
was
approved
as
a
SIP
revision
on
August
21,
2001
(
66
FR
43795).
Federal
approval
of
a
source­
specific
RACT
determination
for
a
major
source
of
NOx
in
no
way
relieves
that
source
from
any
applicable
requirements
found
in
25
PA
Code
Chapters
121,
123
and
145.

On
May
8,
2006,
PADEP
submitted
revisions
to
the
Pennsylvania
SIP
which
establish
and
impose
RACT
for
eight
sources
of
VOC
and/
or
NOx.
The
Commonwealth's
submittals
consist
of
PAs
and
OPs
which
impose
VOC
and/
or
NOx
RACT
requirements
for
each
source.

II.
Summary
of
the
SIP
Revisions
Copies
of
Pennsylvania's
entire
SIP
submittal,
including
the
actual
PAs
and
OPs
imposing
RACT,
PADEP's
evaluation
memoranda
and
the
sources'
RACT
proposal
are
included
in
the
electronic
and
hard
copy
docket
for
this
final
rule.
As
previously
stated,
all
documents
in
the
electronic
docket
are
listed
in
the
www.
regulations.
gov
index.
Publicly
available
docket
6
materials
are
available
either
electronically
at
www.
regulations.
gov
or
in
hard
copy
during
normal
business
hours
at
the
Air
Protection
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,

Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
19103.
Copies
of
the
State
submittal
are
available
at
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,
Bureau
of
Air
Quality,
P.
O.
Box
8468,
400
Market
Street,
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
17105.

The
table
below
identifies
the
sources
and
the
individual
plan
approvals
(
PAs)
and
operating
permits
(
OPs)
which
are
the
subject
of
this
rulemaking.
7
PENNSYLVANIA
­
VOC
AND
NOx
RACT
DETERMINATIONS
FOR
INDIVIDUAL
SOURCES
SOURCE
COUNTY
Plan
Approval
(
PA
#)
Operating
Permit
(
OP
#)
SOURCE
TYPE
"
MAJOR
SOURCE"
POLLUTANT
Big
Bee
Steel
and
Tank
Company
Lancaster
36­
2024
Surface
coating
operations
VOC
Conoco
Phillips
Company
Delaware
OP­
23­
0003
Refinery
VOC
&
NOx
The
Hershey
Company,
East
Plant
Dauphin
22­
02004B
Chocolate
manufacturing
operations
VOC
LORD
Corporation,
Cambridge
Springs
Crawford
OP­
20­
123
Industrial
products
operations
VOC
Pittsburgh
Corning
Corporation
McKean
PA­
42­
009
Container
glass
production
VOC
&
NOx
Small
Tube
Manufacturing,
LLC
Blair
07­
12010
Copper
and
brass
tubing
production
VOC
Texas
Eastern
Transmission
Corporation,
Holbrook
Compressor
Station
Greene
30­
000­
077
Internal
combustion
engines
NOx
Willamette
Industries,
Johnsonburgh
Mill
Elk
OP­
24­
009
Kraft
pulp
and
paper
VOC
&
NOx
8
EPA
is
approving
these
RACT
SIP
submittals
because
PADEP
established
and
imposed
these
RACT
requirements
in
accordance
with
the
criteria
set
forth
in
its
SIP­
approved
generic
RACT
regulations
applicable
to
these
sources.
In
accordance
with
its
SIP­
approved
generic
RACT
rule,

the
Commonwealth
has
also
imposed
record­
keeping,
monitoring,
and
testing
requirements
on
these
sources
sufficient
to
determine
compliance
with
the
applicable
RACT
determinations.

III.
Final
Action
EPA
is
approving
the
revisions
to
the
Pennsylvania
SIP
submitted
by
PADEP
to
establish
and
require
VOC
and
NOx
RACT
for
eight
major
sources.
EPA
is
publishing
this
rule
without
prior
proposal
because
the
Agency
views
this
as
a
noncontroversial
amendment
and
anticipates
no
adverse
comment.
However,
in
the
"
Proposed
Rules"
section
of
today's
Federal
Register,
EPA
is
publishing
a
separate
document
that
will
serve
as
the
proposal
to
approve
the
SIP
revision
if
adverse
comments
are
filed.
This
rule
will
be
effective
on
[
Insert
date
45
days
from
date
of
publication
in
the
Federal
Register]
without
further
notice
unless
EPA
receives
adverse
comment
by
[
Insert
date
30
days
from
date
of
publication
in
the
Federal
Register].
If
EPA
receives
adverse
comment,
EPA
will
publish
a
timely
withdrawal
in
the
Federal
Register
informing
the
public
that
the
rule
will
not
take
effect.
EPA
will
address
all
public
comments
in
a
subsequent
final
rule
based
on
the
proposed
rule.
EPA
will
not
institute
a
second
comment
period
on
this
action.
Any
parties
interested
in
commenting
must
do
so
at
this
time.
Please
note
that
if
EPA
receives
adverse
comment
on
an
amendment,
paragraph,
or
section
of
this
rule
and
if
that
provision
may
be
severed
from
the
remainder
of
the
rule,
EPA
may
adopt
as
final
those
provisions
of
the
rule
that
are
not
the
subject
of
an
adverse
comment.
9
IV.
Statutory
and
Executive
Order
Reviews
A.
General
Requirements
Under
Executive
Order
12866
(
58
FR
51735,
October
4,
1993),
this
action
is
not
a
"
significant
regulatory
action"
and
therefore
is
not
subject
to
review
by
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget.
For
this
reason,
this
action
is
also
not
subject
to
Executive
Order
13211,
"
Actions
Concerning
Regulations
That
Significantly
Affect
Energy
Supply,
Distribution,
or
Use"
(
66
FR
28355,
May
22,
2001).
This
action
merely
approves
state
law
as
meeting
Federal
requirements
and
imposes
no
additional
requirements
beyond
those
imposed
by
state
law.
Accordingly,
the
Administrator
certifies
that
this
rule
will
not
have
a
significant
economic
impact
on
a
substantial
number
of
small
entities
under
the
Regulatory
Flexibility
Act
(
5
U.
S.
C.
601
et
seq.).
Because
this
rule
approves
pre­
existing
requirements
under
state
law
and
does
not
impose
any
additional
enforceable
duty
beyond
that
required
by
state
law,
it
does
not
contain
any
unfunded
mandate
or
significantly
or
uniquely
affect
small
governments,
as
described
in
the
Unfunded
Mandates
Reform
Act
of
1995
(
Public
Law
104­
4).
This
rule
also
does
not
have
tribal
implications
because
it
will
not
have
a
substantial
direct
effect
on
one
or
more
Indian
tribes,
on
the
relationship
between
the
Federal
Government
and
Indian
tribes,
or
on
the
distribution
of
power
and
responsibilities
between
the
Federal
Government
and
Indian
tribes,
as
specified
by
Executive
Order
13175
(
65
FR
67249,
November
9,
2000).
This
action
also
does
not
have
Federalism
implications
because
it
does
not
have
substantial
direct
effects
on
the
States,
on
the
relationship
between
the
national
government
and
the
States,
or
on
the
distribution
of
power
and
responsibilities
among
the
various
levels
of
government,
as
specified
in
Executive
Order
13132
(
64
FR
43255,
August
10,
1999).
This
action
merely
approves
a
state
rule
implementing
a
10
Federal
standard,
and
does
not
alter
the
relationship
or
the
distribution
of
power
and
responsibilities
established
in
the
Clean
Air
Act.
This
rule
also
is
not
subject
to
Executive
Order
13045
"
Protection
of
Children
from
Environmental
Health
Risks
and
Safety
Risks"
(
62
FR
19885,
April
23,
1997),
because
it
is
not
economically
significant.

In
reviewing
SIP
submissions,
EPA's
role
is
to
approve
state
choices,
provided
that
they
meet
the
criteria
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
In
this
context,
in
the
absence
of
a
prior
existing
requirement
for
the
State
to
use
voluntary
consensus
standards
(
VCS),
EPA
has
no
authority
to
disapprove
a
SIP
submission
for
failure
to
use
VCS.
It
would
thus
be
inconsistent
with
applicable
law
for
EPA,
when
it
reviews
a
SIP
submission,
to
use
VCS
in
place
of
a
SIP
submission
that
otherwise
satisfies
the
provisions
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
Thus,
the
requirements
of
section
12(
d)
of
the
National
Technology
Transfer
and
Advancement
Act
of
1995
(
15
U.
S.
C.
272
note)
do
not
apply.

This
rule
does
not
impose
an
information
collection
burden
under
the
provisions
of
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
of
1995
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.).

B.
Submission
to
Congress
and
the
Comptroller
General
The
Congressional
Review
Act,
5
U.
S.
C.
801
et
seq.,
as
added
by
the
Small
Business
Regulatory
Enforcement
Fairness
Act
of
1996,
generally
provides
that
before
a
rule
may
take
effect,
the
agency
promulgating
the
rule
must
submit
a
rule
report,
which
includes
a
copy
of
the
rule,
to
each
House
of
the
Congress
and
to
the
Comptroller
General
of
the
United
States.
Section
804
exempts
from
section
801
the
following
types
of
rules:
(
1)
rules
of
particular
applicability;
(
2)

rules
relating
to
agency
management
or
personnel;
and
(
3)
rules
of
agency
organization,

procedure,
or
practice
that
do
not
substantially
affect
the
rights
or
obligations
of
non­
agency
11
parties.
5
U.
S.
C.
804(
3).
EPA
is
not
required
to
submit
a
rule
report
regarding
today's
action
under
section
801
because
this
is
a
rule
of
particular
applicability
establishing
source­
specific
requirements
for
eight
named
sources.

C.
Petitions
for
Judicial
Review
Under
section
307(
b)(
1)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
petitions
for
judicial
review
of
this
action
must
be
filed
in
the
United
States
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
appropriate
circuit
by
[
insert
date
60
days
from
date
of
publication
of
this
document
in
the
Federal
Register].
Filing
a
petition
for
reconsideration
by
the
Administrator
of
this
final
rule
approving
source­
specific
RACT
requirements
for
eight
sources
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
does
not
affect
the
finality
of
this
rule
for
the
purposes
of
judicial
review
nor
does
it
extend
the
time
within
which
a
petition
for
judicial
review
may
be
filed,
and
shall
not
postpone
the
effectiveness
of
such
rule
or
action.

This
action
may
not
be
challenged
later
in
proceedings
to
enforce
its
requirements.
(
See
section
307(
b)
(
2).)

List
of
Subjects
in
40
CFR
Part
52
Environmental
protection,
Air
pollution
control,
Nitrogen
dioxide,
Ozone,
Reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements,
Volatile
organic
compounds.

/
s/
_________________
__________________________
Dated:
June
1,
2006
Donald
S.
Welsh,
Regional
Administrator,
Region
III.
12
40
CFR
part
52
is
amended
as
follows:

PART
52
­
[
AMENDED]

1.
The
authority
citation
for
part
52
continues
to
read
as
follows:

Authority:
42
U.
S.
C.
7401
et
seq.

Subpart
NN 
Pennsylvania
2.
In
Section
52.2020,
the
table
in
paragraph
(
d)(
1)
is
amended
by
adding
the
entries
for
Bigbee
Steel
and
Tank
Company;
Conoco
Phillips
Company;
The
Hershey
Company;
LORD
Corporation;
Pittsburgh
Corning
Corporation;
Small
Tube
Manufacturing,
LLC;
Texas
Eastern
Transmission
Corporation;
and
Willamette
Industries,
at
the
end
of
the
table
to
read
as
follows:

§
52.2020
Identification
of
plan.

*
*
*
*
*

(
d)
*
*
*

(
1)
*
*
*

Name
of
source
Permit
Number
County
State
effective
date
EPA
approval
date
Additional
explanation/
§
52.2063
citation
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

Bigbee
Steel
and
Tank
Company
36­
2024
Lancaster
7/
7/
95
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

Conoco
Phillips
Company
OP­
23­
0003
Delaware
4/
29/
04
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)
13
Name
of
source
Permit
Number
County
State
effective
date
EPA
approval
date
Additional
explanation/
§
52.2063
citation
The
Hershey
Company
22­
02004B
Dauphin
12/
23/
05
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

LORD
Corporation,
Cambridge
Springs
OP­
20­
123
Crawford
7/
27/
95
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

Pittsburgh
Corning
Corporation
PA­
42­
009
McKean
5/
31/
95
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

Small
Tube
Manufacturing,
LLC
07­
02010
Blair
2/
27/
06
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

Texas
Eastern
Transmission
Corporation,
Holbrook
Compressor
Station
30­
000­
077
Greene
1/
3/
97
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

Willamette
Industries,
Johnsonburgh
Mill
OP­
24­
009
Elk
5/
23/
95
[
Insert
Federal
Register
publication
date]
[
Insert
page
number
where
the
document
begins]
52.2020(
d)(
1)(
p)

*
*
*
*
*
