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Document Number: 

50) F. R. December 20, 1989 

Docket Number: 

A-89-11 

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521S0 Federal Register/Vol. 54, No. 243, Wednesday, December 20, 1989/Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

Standards of Performance for New 

Stationary Sources; Appendix A— 

Addition of Methods for Measurement 

of Polychlorinated Dlbenzo-p-Dloxlns, 

Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans, and 

Hydrogen Chloride Emissions From 

Stationary Sources 

IAD-FRL-3694-2] 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this proposed 

rule is to add Method 23, "Determination 

of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins 

(PCDDs) and Polychlorinated 

Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) from Stationary 

Sources," and Method 26. 

"Determination of Hydrogen Chloride 

Emissions from Stationary Sources" to 

Appendix A of CFR part 60. These 

methods are being proposed to 

determine compliance with subparts Ca 

and Ea of part 60. 

A public hearing will be held, if 

requested, to provide interested persons 

an opportunity for oral presentation of 

data, views, or arguments concerning 

the proposed rule. 

DATES: Comments. Comments must be 

received on or before March 5.1990. 

Public Hearing. Ii anyone contacts 

EPA requesting to speak at a public 

hearing by January 10,1990, a public 

hearing will be held February 7,1990, 

beginning at 10 a.m. Persons interested 

in attending the hearing should call the 

contact mentioned under ADDRESSES to 

verify that a hearing will be held. 

Request to Speak at Hearing. Persons 

wishing to present oral testimony must 

contact EPA by January 10,1990. 

ADDRESSES: Comments. Comments 

should be submitted (in duplicate if 

possible) to: Air Docket (LE-131), 

Attention: Docket Number A-89-11, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, room 

M-1500,1st Floor, Waterside Mall, 401 

M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Public Hearing. If anyone contacts 

EPA requesting a public hearing, it will 

be held at EPA's Emission Measurement 

Laboratory Building, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina. Persons interested 

in attending the hearing or wishing to • 

present oral testimony should notify 

Gary McAIister, Emission Measurement 

Branch (MD-19), Technical Support 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27711, telephone (919) 541-

1062. 

Docket. Docket No. A-89-11. 

containing materials relevant to this 

rulemaking, is available for public 

inspection and copying between 8 a.m. 

and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

at EPA's Air Docket room M-1500,1st . 

Floor, Waterside Mall, 401M Street 

SW., Washington, DC. 20460. A 

reasonable fee may be charged for 

copying. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:. 

Gary McAIister or Roger Shigehara, 

Emission Measurement Branch (MD-19), 

Technical Support Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711, telephone number (919) 541-1082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Rulemaking 

Under subparts Ca and Ea, the EPA is 

proposing to regulate emissions from 

municipal waste combustors (MWCs) 

which will include setting emission. . 

limits for polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxins (PCDDs, CDDs, or dioxins], 

polychlorinated dibenzo furans (PCDFs, 

CDFs, or furans), and hydrochloric acid 

(HCl). There are presently no methods 

published in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, 

to measure any of these pollutants. This 

action would propose one method to 

measure the PCDDs and PCDFs and 

another method to measure the HCl. 

Summary of.Reference Methods 

Method 23 is used to measure the 

emission of PCDDs and PCDFs from 

MWCs. A sample is withdrawn 

isokinetically from the stack through a 

probe, a filter, and a trap packed with a 

solid adsorbent The PCDDs and PCDFs 

are collected in the probe, on the filter, 

and on the solid adsorbent The PCDDs 

and PCDFs are extracted from the 

particulate matter and the adsorbent 

with a hot organic solvent. The 

extracted PCDDs and PCDFs are 

separated by capillary gas 

chromatography and then each isomer is 

identified and measured with mass 

spectrometry (GC/MS). The total PCDDs 

and PCDFs are the sum of the individual 

isomers. Toxicity factors are not used in 

the calculation. 

Method 26 is used to measure the 

emission of HCl from MWC3. A sample 

is withdrawn at a constant rate from the 

Btack through a probe and impingers 

filled with a dilute acid. The HCl is 

collected in the impinger solution. The 

chloride ion is separated by ion 

chromatography and measured by a 

conductivity detector. 

Background 

In 1983, the American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 

recognized that the testing for PCDDs 

and PCDFs needed to be standardized. 

In February of 1984, the ASME convened 

a committee of government 

representatives, testing consultants, 

equipment manufacturers, and 

incinerator operators to write a 

standard procedure for PCDDs and 

PCDFs. This eventually distributed as a 

draft ASME protocol in December of 

1984. The procedure that we are 

proposing was derived from this draft 

ASME protocol. We are proposing 

significant changes in the quality 

assurance requirements and the solvents 

used to recover the sample. Because 

more labeled compounds are available, 

the proposed method will require 

additional labeled internal standards 

and surrogate compounds which will 

provide better representation of the 

entire range of PCDDs and PCDFs. 

Under the proposal the filter and solid 

adsorbent would be extracted in the 

laboratory with toluene to assure a high 

PCDD and PCDF recovery efficiency. 

Additionally the proposed sample 

recovery solvents used for rinsing the 

sample train glassware in the field 

would be acetone followed by . 

methylene chloride with a final quality 

assurance rinse using toluene. EPA will 

continue to review the toluene field 

rinse quality assurance results and 

continue to evaluate the desirability of 

replacing methylene chloride with 

toluene for field rinsing sample 

glassware. 

II. Administrative Requirements 

A. Public Hearing 

A public hearing will be held, if 

requested, to discuss the proposed test 

methods in accordance with section 

307(d)(5) of the Clean Air Act Persons 

wishing to make oral presentations 

should contact EPA at the address given 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

preamble. Oral presentations will be 

limited to 15 minutes each. Any member 

of the public may file a written 

statement with EPA before, during, or 

within 30 days after the hearing. Written 

statements should be addressed to the 

Air Docket address given in the 

AODRESSES section of this preamble. 

A verbatim transcript of the hearing 

and written statements will be available 

for public inspection and copying during 

normal working hours at EPA's Air 

Docket in Washington, DC (see 

ADDRESSES section of this preamble). 

B. Docket 

The docket is an orj?".^v -id and 

complete file of all the information 

submitted to or otherwise considered by 

EPA in the development of this proposed 
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FedsraJ Reg&ter/Vol. 54, No. 343, Wednesday, December 20, 1989/Proposed Rules 101 

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rniaraulung. The principal p^irposes of 

the docket are: (1) Ta allow interested 

parties to identify and locate documents 

so that they can effectively participate 

in the rulemaking process and (2) to 

serve as the record in case of judicial, 

review (except for interagency review 

materials) [section 307(d](7)(A)]. • 

C Office of Management and Budget 

Review 

Executive Order 12291 Review. Under 

Executive Order 12291, EPA mu3t judge 

whether a regulation is "major" and, 

therefore, subject to the rsquirement of a 

regulatory impact analysis. The proposal 

of these test methods is not major 

because it wiil not have an annual effect 

on the economy of §100 million or more: 

it will not result in a major increase in 

costs or prices; and there will be no 

significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of U.S.-ba3ed enterprises to 

compete with foreign-baaed enterprises 

in domestic or export markets. Any 

burden resulting from the use of these 

methods is considered in the burden 

estimate for the regulation requiring the 

use of these methods. 

D. Rei4uiatyrj Fkx&iliiy Act 

Compliar.no 

Pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.3.C. 

605(b), I hereby certify that this attached 

r?ile, if promulgated, wiil not have an 

economic impact on small entities 

because no additional costs will be 

incurred from this action. 

This proposal doe9 not contain any 

Information coilsction requirements 

subject to OMB review under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1380, 4-S 

U.S.C. 3301 eises. 

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part GO 

Air pollution control, Municipal waste 

combustors, MWCs, Polychlorinated 

dibenzo-p-dioxins, Polychlorinated 

dibenzofurans, Hydrogen chloride, 

Dstad: Novambsr 30,1989. 

William K. Reiiiy, 

Administrator, 

The EPA proposes to amend tide 40, 

part 60 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations as follows: 

1. The authority citation for part 60 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7411. "414. 7416, 

7601. 

2. Append!:'; A is tende d by adding 

Methods 23 and 28 to read as fallows: 

Apjsamibs A—Jlsforenca Methods 

MeSfcod ^-Determination of Polychloriauted. 

Dibsnzo-p-Olcxins Polychlorinated 

Dibonzcfurons From Stationary Sources 

3. Applicability and Principle 

1.1 Applicability. Thia method is 

applicable to the determination of 

polychlorinated dibsnzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) 

and polychlorinated dibenzofurans [PODFsJ 

from stationary sources. 

1.2 Principle. A sample is withdrawn from 

the gas stream isokinetically. and collected in 

the sample probe, on a glass fiber filter, and 

on a packed column of adsorbent material. 

The PCDDs and PCDFs are extracted from 

tb.s sainpla, separated by high resolution gas 

chromatography, and measured by high 

resolution mass spectrometry, 

Z Apparatus 

2.1 Sampling. A schematic of the sampling 

train used in this method is shown in Figure 

23-1. Tha train is identical to that described 

in Section 2.1 of Method 5 of this appendix 

with the following additions: 

2.1.1 Nozzle. The nozzle shall be made of 

nickel, iiickel plated stainless steel, quartz, or 

borosilicate glass. 

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