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Date sent: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 10:42:56 -0400 

From: STEVE SHEDD <SHEDD.STEVE@EPAMAILEPA.GOV> 

To: m4clnair@sso.org 

Copies to: bnorton@rtp.pes.com,glaflam@rtp.pes.com, JHELMS@rtp.pes.com 

Subject: P-MACT for Organic Liquids Distribution 

September 30, 1997 ; 

To: Mary Douglas, STAPPA/ALAPCO \ \ 

Re: P-MACT for Organic Liquids Distribution ( .S-"-

I received your E-mail address from Mary Kissell with the 

understanding this is the preferred method to facilitate STAPPA/ALAPCO 

participation in the P-MACT process. If you would like a more formal 

request, please reply and I will follow this note up with a letter. 

The EPA*s Emission Standards Division will be developing a National 

Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Organic Liquids 

Distribution (non-gasoline) industry over the next three years. The 

first phase will be the 6-month presumptive process where stakeholders 

in a partnership program develop a presumptive MACT. We need 

participants from STAPPA/ALAPCO membership to add their expertise to 

this process and on into the rest of the standard setting process. 

We have just started this project and plan to have an initial 

regulatory team kickoff meeting in December 1997 or early January 

1998. I do not have a list of facilities to be used to target 

interest, but most of the chemical producing and using States (TX, LA, 

NJ, and CA) do have some state regulations on this source category. 

Below is a short summary of the project as it appears in the 

regulatory agenda: 

*This project is to develop national emission standards for hazardous 

air pollutants by establishing maximum achievable control 

technology(MACT) for facilities distributing organic liquids. MACT 

standards are under development to reduce the release of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAP) from all industries to protect the public health and 

environment. The EPA has not determined the scope of this project. 

However this project should include, but is not limited to those 

activities associated with the storage and distribution of organic 

liquids other than gasoline, at sites that serve as distribution 

points from which organic liquids maybe obtained for further use and 

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processing. The EPA began this project in September 1997. The 

initial stage of this project is to gather preliminary information on 

the industry to establish presumptive MACT in 1998. Development of a 

regulatory package will follow that work to propose and promulgate 

MACT standards.* 

Forming this regulatory team by early November 1997 would be helpful 

so that we may start exchanging information and getting ready for our 

first meeting. Unfortunately, I will be out of the office most of 

October but I can discuss this project with you or interested parties 

in early November. Should you have any questions please call or send 

me a E-mail. 

Thank you, 

Steve Shedd 

EPA, OAQPS, ESD, WCPG 

RTP.NC 27711 

Voice & fax: (919) 541-5397 

E-mail address: Shedd.steve@epamail.epa.gov 

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