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 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Ref: 8ARD

MEMORANDUM							

SUBJECT: 	Approval of Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program Revisions; Negative Declaration of Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators; and Administrative Updates; South Dakota

DATE:	July 1, 2022

FROM:	Carson Coate, 	EPA, Region 8
		
TO: 		File					



In accordance with the Clean Air Act, the EPA proposed full approval of revisions to South Dakota's Operating Permit Program; a Negative Declaration of Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators; and Administrative Updates. Concurrently, EPA also published a direct final rule approving the same revisions. These actions are supported by Docket No. EPA-R08-OAR-2021-0732. 

EPA's direct final rule stated that the approval would become effective on July 18, 2022, without further notice, unless EPA received relevant adverse written comments on the proposal on or before June 17, 2022.  EPA received the following comment on the proposed rule: "I dont like this shoude let people drill for gas here in america."  This comment is not relevant to the proposed rule, which does not involve drilling for gas in America. Therefore, EPA does not consider the comment a relevant adverse comment such that EPA must withdraw the direct final rule.  

