Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 208 / Thursday, October 26, 2000 / Proposed Rules 64189

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL–6892–3]

Availability of Additional Information

on Nitrogen Oxides Emissions From

Portland Cement Kilns Under

Proposed Section 110 Federal

Implementation Plan Rulemaking

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The EPA is making available

to the public additional information on

nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions from

portland cement kilns relating to the

proposed Federal implementation plan

(FIP) rulemaking. The purpose of this

rulemaking is to reduce interstate

transport of ozone by controlling

emissions of NOX. The NOX emissions

significantly contribute to violations of

the national ambient air quality

standards for ozone in downwind

States. This document announces the

availability of additional information

that will be used to estimate the costs

and effectiveness of controls to reduce

emissions of NOX at cement kilns.

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to this

action are available for inspection at the

Office of Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), Docket Nos.

A–98–12 (Section 110 FIP rulemaking)

and A–96–56 [NOX State

implementation plan (SIP) Call

rulemaking], U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, room

M–1500, Washington, DC 20460,

telephone (202) 260–7548 between 8:00

a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. A

reasonable fee may be charged for

copying. Other documents related to

this proposed rulemaking have been

made available in electronic form at the

following EPA websites: http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/rto under ‘‘NOX SIP

Call’’ and ‘‘Transport FIPs.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General questions concerning today’s

action should be addressed to David

Cole, Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, Air Quality Strategies and

Standards Division, MD–15, Research

Triangle Park, NC, 27711, telephone

(919) 541–5565, e-mail at

cole.david@epa.gov. Technical

questions concerning cement kiln data

should be addressed to Doug Grano at

telephone (919) 541–3292, e-mail at

grano.doug@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Outline

1. What is today’s action?

2. How is this action related to the section

110 final NOX SIP Call final rulemaking and

the proposed FIP rulemaking?

3. What information is EPA making

available?

4. How is this information related to the

Section 110 NOX SIP Call final rulemaking

and the proposed FIP rulemaking?

5. Where can I get the information?

1. What Is Today’s Action?

Today, we are making available

information on emissions of NOX from

portland cement kilns that could

potentially be affected by a Federal

action by a FIP under section 110 of the

Clean Air Act. The purpose of making

the information available is to ensure

that we have accurate and up-to-date

information to characterize the costs

and effectiveness of NOX controls at

cement kilns.

2. How Is This Action Related to the

Section 110 Final NOX SIP Call

Rulemaking and the Proposed FIP

Rulemaking?

On September 24, 1998, in accordance

with section 110, we issued a final rule

to require 22 States and the District of

Columbia to submit SIP revisions to

prohibit specified amounts of emissions

of NOX-one of the precursors to ozone

(smog) pollution-for the purpose of

reducing NOX and ozone transport

across State boundaries in the eastern

half of the United States. (63 FR 57356,

October 27, 1998). On October 21, 1998,

we proposed FIPs that may be needed

if any State fails to revise its SIP to

comply with the NOX SIP Call. (63 FR

56393, October 21, 1998). The FIP

proposes to control NOX emissions from

large stationary sources, including

cement kilns. The information

announced today will be used to

support estimates of costs and NOX

emissions reductions potential for

cement kilns if we issue a FIP because

a State fails to respond adequately to the

NOX SIP Call.

The Section 110 NOX SIP Call Notice

of Final Rulemaking and the FIP Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking are contained

in the rulemaking dockets. They are also

currently available on EPA’s website at

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/rto/ under

‘‘NOX SIP Call’’ and ‘‘Transport FIPs.’’

3. What Information Is EPA Making

Available?

The new information is primarily

contained in a September 19, 2000

report entitled ‘‘NOX Control

Technologies for the Cement Industry,’’

prepared for EPA by EC/R, Incorporated.

This report updates information in the

‘‘Alternative Control Techniques

Document-NOX Emissions from Cement

Manufacturing’’ (EPA–453/R–94–004),

which was the primary reference used

in preparing the cement kiln portion of

the proposed FIP rulemaking. Updated

information on uncontrolled NOX

emissions from cement kilns and on the

current use, effectiveness and cost of

NOX controls is contained in the

September 2000 report. The NOX

controls discussed in this report include

low NOX burners, mid-kiln firing,

CemStar, and selective noncatalytic

reduction. This report was placed in the

docket on September 21, 2000.

In addition, EPA is making available

in the docket, by mid-October, key

references cited in the EC/R report. See

appendix A at the end of this notice.

These references include information

obtained from the portland cement

industry, NOX control vendors and State

and regional agencies. Also available is

a document describing experience with

NOX controls for cement kilns in Europe

at the following website: http://

eippcb.jrc.es.

4. How Is This Information Related to

the Section 110 NOX SIP Call Final

Rulemaking and the Proposed FIP

Rulemaking?

The EPA believes this information is

helpful in determining the costs and

effectiveness of NOX controls, including

controls proposed in the FIP. The FIP

proposed to require installation and

operation of low-NOX burners, mid-kiln

firing, or ‘‘alternative control

techniques,’’ subject to approval by

EPA, that achieve at least the same 30

percent emissions decrease as low-NOX

burners or mid-kiln firing (63 FR 56416,

October 21, 1998). The proposal listed

emission rates for each type of kiln that

would be considered to meet the

‘‘alternative control techniques’’ test.

New information in the September

2000 EC/R report identifies certain NOX

control techniques that should also be

considered ‘‘alternative control

techniques’’ because they are expected

to achieve, on average, at least a 30

percent emissions decrease. Those

techniques are described in chapter 5 of

the EC/R report and are as follows:

CemStar, low-NOX precalciner, tirederived fuel at a preheater or

precalciner, and selective non-catalytic

reduction, including biosolids injection.

5. Where Can I Get the Information?

The EC/R report is available on the

Regional Transport of Ozone (RTO)

website at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/rto/.

You will find links to the data under

‘‘What’s New’’ and under the ‘‘Related

Documents and Data’’ subheadings

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under the ‘‘Transport FIPs’’ and ‘‘NOX

SIP Call’’ headings. In addition, the

report and key references are in Docket

No. A–98–12 (section 110 FIP

rulemaking).

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Robert D. Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

Appendix A—Key References for

Cement Kiln Report

1. Andover Technology Partners. NOX

Reduction from Cement Kilns Using the

CemStar Process, Evaluation of CemStar

Technology—Final Report to Texas

Industries. Dallas, Texas. April 18, 2000.

2. Letter and attachments from M.H.

Vaccaro, Pillard Combustion Equipment and

Control Systems, to G.J. Hawkins, Portland

Cement Association, re: Low NOX Rotaflam

burner, dated January 20, 1999.

3. PSM International, ‘‘Response to USEPA

Comments, 13 September 1995, on the

proposed alternative NOX RACT for a

portland cement manufacturing plant located

in Thomaston, Maine and owned by Dragon

Products Company,’’ Jan 31, 1996.

4. Battye, R., and S. Edgerton, EC/R

Incorporated. ‘‘December 2, 1999 Trip Report

to Mitsubishi Cement Corporation,

Cushenbury Plant.’’ Lucerne Valley, CA.

Submitted to Dave Sanders, US EPA, under

contract No. 68–D–98–026, work assignment

No. 2–28. August 31, 2000.

5. Shumway, D.C. ‘‘Tire Derived Fuel at

Mitsubishi Cement Corporation.’’ Received

during December 2, 1999 visit to Mitsubishi.

6. Shumway, D.C. Mitsubishi Cement

Corporation’s Cushenbury Plant presented at

the IEEE West Coast Cement Industry

Conference. Victorville, CA. Oct 1995.

7. Cadence Environmental Energy and Ash

Grove Cement. ‘‘Mid-Kiln Fuel Entry

Benefits,’’ section 3 of the report, Emission,

Reduction, Technology: Resource

Conservation & Recovery. (no date).

8. Letter from Edgerton, S. and T. Stobert,

EC/R Inc., to Bill Neuffer, EPA, Feb 8, 2000.

Minutes from Dec 16, 1999 meeting with

representatives from EPA and Cadence.

9. May, M. and L. Walters, Jr. ‘‘Low NOX

& Tire-derived Fuel for the Reduction of NOX

from the Portland Cement Manufacturing

Process.’’ Cement Americas, August 1999,

pp. 10–1.

10. Letter and attachments from Bramble,

Kim, Cadence, to Bill Neuffer, USEPA, re:

NOX Emission Reducing Technology, dated

Feb 14, 2000.

11. Radian Corporation, ‘‘MDE Air Permit

Test Report for Lehigh Portland Cement

Company, Union Bridge, Maryland Facility,’’

January 1996.

12. Lin, M.L., and M.J. Knenlein, Fuel

Tech, Inc. Cement Kiln NOX Reduction

Experience Using the NOXOUT Process.

Proceedings of 2000 International Joint

Power Generation Conference, Miami Beach,

FL., July 23–26, 2000.

13. Biggs, H.O., Plant Manager, Mitsubishi

Cement Corporation. Biosolids Injection

Technology: An Innovation in Cement Kiln

NOX Control. (no date). Received during

December 1999 trip report.

14. Sun, et.al. Reduction of NOX Emissions

from Cement Kiln/ Calciner through the Use

of the NOXOUT Process. Presented at the

International Specialty Conference on Waste

Combustion in Boilers and Industrial

Furnaces. Kansas City, MO. April 1994.

15. Interoffice Correspondence from

McAnany, L. to Knopfel, H., LaFarge

Corporation. October 26, 1998. re: Fuel Tech

NOXOUT Testing.

16. Letter with attachments from Bramble,

K.J., Cadence Environmental Energy Inc.,

Michigan City, IN, to W. Neuffer, U.S. EPA,

RTP, NC. January 20, 2000. Cost of a mid-kiln

firing system.

17. Electronic mail from Joe Truini, Waste

News to Lee-Greco, J., EC/R Incorporated,

Durham, NC. July 28, 2000. Average tire

tipping fees.

18. Telecon. Neuffer, W., US EPA, Durham,

NC and Mayes, G., TAI, Dallas, TX. March

24, 2000. Information on the CemStar

Process.

19. Telecons. Lee-Greco, J., EC/R

Incorporated, Durham, NC and Mayes, G.,

TAI, Dallas, TX. July 20 and 28, 2000.

Additional information on the costs of

installing CemStar.

20. Electronic mail and telecon. Vaccaro,

M., Pillard E.G.C.I., Marseille, France with

Lee-Greco, J., EC/R Incorporated, Durham,

NC. July 26, 2000. Costs of low-NOX burners.

21. Letter and attachments from Bennett,

J.H., California Portland Cement, Glendora,

CA to Neuffer, W.J., U.S. EPA, RTP, NC. July

2, 1999. Cost of firing system conversion.

22. PSM International, Inc. Available

Control Techniques for NOX Emissions from

the Portland Cement Manufacturing Plant of

California Portland Cement Company located

in Colton, California. Prepared by PSM

International, Inc., Dallas, Texas for

California Portland Cement, Glendora, CA.

March 6, 1995. Heat input for Colton Plant

kilns. p.12.

23. Battye, R., EC/R Incorporated, Chapel

Hill, NC. Trip Report to California Portland

Cement Company, Colton Plant, Colton, CA,

December 2, 1999. Prepared for the U.S. EPA,

RTP, NC, under contract No. 68–D–98–026,

work assignment No. 2–28. August 16, 2000.

24. Telecon. Lee-Greco, J., EC/R

Incorporated, Durham, NC and Knenlein,

M.J., Fuel Tech, Inc. August 17, 2000.

Additional cost information for NOXOUT

process.

25. Letter and attachments from Six, E.B.,

Spencer Fan Britt & Browne LLP, Kansas

City, MO to P. Hamlin, Iowa Department of

Natural Resources, Urbandale, IA. Lafarge

Corporation Draft Construction Permit for Air

Emission Source Plant # 82–01–006, project

# 96–494. March 10, 1999. Attachment E—

SNCR Data Analysis.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR PART 52

[WI99–01–7330b; FRL–6891–4]

Approval and Promulgation of

Maintenance Plan Revisions;

Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a

September 8, 2000 request from

Wisconsin for a State Implementation

Plan (SIP) revision of the Walworth

County, Wisconsin ozone maintenance

plan. The maintenance plan revision

allocates a portion of the safety margin

to the transportation conformity Mobile

Vehicle Emissions Budget (MVEB) for

the year 2007. EPA is approving the

allocation of 0.5 tons per day of Volatile

Organic Compounds (VOC) to the area’s

2007 MVEB for transportation

conformity purposes. This allocation

will still maintain the total emissions

for the area at or below the attainment

level required by the transportation

conformity regulations. In the Final

Rules section of this Federal Register,

EPA is approving the State’s SIP

revision, as a direct final rule without

prior proposal because the Agency

views this as a noncontroversial

revision and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If we receive no adverse comments

in response to that direct final rule we

plan to take no further action in relation

to this proposed rule. If we receive

significant adverse comments, in

writing, which we have not addressed,

we will withdraw the direct final rule

and address all public comments

received in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this document.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before November 27,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

Carlton Nash, Chief, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch, (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois,

60604.

You may inspect copies of the

documents relevant to this action during

normal business hours at the following

location: Regulation Development

Section, Air Programs Branch, (AR–18J),