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Rule 1146 Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen

from Industrial, Institutional, and

Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators,

and Process Heaters (Adopted 5/13/94)

Rule 1146.1 Emission of Oxides of Nitrogen

from Small Industrial, Institutional, and

Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators,

and Process Heaters (Adopted 5/13/94)

Rule 1148 Thermally Enhanced Oil

Recovery Wells (Adopted 11/5/82)

Rule 1149 Storage Tank Degassing

(Adopted 4/1/88)

Rule 1168 Control of Volatile Organic

Compound Emissions from Adhesive

Application (Adopted 4/11/97)

Rule 1171 Solvent Cleaning Operations

(Adopted 9/13/96)

Rule 1173 Fugitive Emissions of Volatile

Organic Compounds (Adopted 5/13/94)

Rule 1176 VOC Emissions from Wastewater

Systems (Adopted 9/13/96)

Rule 1301 General (Adopted 6/28/90)

Rule 1302 Definitions (Adopted 5/3/91)

Rule 1303 Requirements (Adopted 5/10/96)

Rule 1304 Exemptions (Adopted 6/14/96)

Rule 1306 Emission Calculations (Adopted

6/14/96)

Rule 1313 Permits to Operate (Adopted 6/

28/90)

Rule 1403 Asbestos Emissions from

Demolition/Renovation Activities

(Adopted 4/8/94)

Rule 1605 Credits for the Voluntary Repair

of On-Road Vehicles Identified Through

Remote Sensing Devices (Adopted 10/

11/96)

Rule 1610 Old-Vehicle Scrapping (Adopted

5/5/97)

Rule 1701 General (Adopted 1/6/89)

Rule 1702 Definitions (Adopted 1/6/89)

Rule 1703 PSD Analysis (Adopted 10/7/88)

Rule 1704 Exemptions (Adopted 1/6/89)

Rule 1706 Emission Calculations (Adopted

1/6/89)

Rule 1713 Source Obligation (Adopted 10/

7/88)

Regulation XVII Appendix (effective 1977)

Rule 1901 General Conformity (Adopted 9/

9/94)

Rule 2000 General (Adopted 4/11/97)

Rule 2001 Applicability (Adopted 2/14/97)

Rule 2002 Allocations for Oxides of

Nitrogen (NOx) and Oxides of Sulfur

(SOx) Emissions (Adopted 2/14/97)

Rule 2004 Requirements (Adopted 7/12/96)

except (1) (2 and 3)

Rule 2005 New Source Review for

RECLAIM (Adopted 2/14/97) except (i)

Rule 2006 Permits (Adopted 10/15/93)

Rule 2007 Trading Requirements (Adopted

10/15/93)

Rule 2008 Mobile Source Credits (Adopted

10/15/93)

Rule 2010 Administrative Remedies and

Sanctions (Adopted 10/15/93)

Rule 2011 Requirements for Monitoring,

Reporting, and Recordkeeping for Oxides

of Sulfur (SOx) Emissions (Adopted 4/

11/97)

Appendix A Volume IV—(Protocol for

oxides of sulfur) (Adopted 3/10/95)

Rule 2012 Requirements for Monitoring,

Reporting, and Recordkeeping for Oxides

of Nitrogen (NOx) Emissions (Adopted 4/

11/97)

Appendix A Volume V—(Protocol for

oxides of nitrogen) (Adopted 3/10/95)

Rule 2015 Backstop Provisions (Adopted 2/

14/97) except (b)(1)(G) and (b)(3)(B)

Rule 2100 Registration of Portable

Equipment (Adopted 7/1/97)

XXX Title V Permits (Adopted 8/11/95)

XXXI Acid Rain Permit Program (Adopted

2/10/95)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 440

[WH–FRL–5937–6]

Withdrawal of Amendment to Ore

Mining and Dressing Point Source

Category; Effluent Limitations

Guidelines and New Source

Performance Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing a

proposed rule published in the Federal

Register on February 12, 1996 (61 FR

5364). The proposed rule would have

amended the applicability of certain

effluent limitations guidelines and new

source performance standards governing

mines with froth-flotation mills to the

Alaska-Juneau (A–J) gold mine project

near Juneau, Alaska. Specifically, EPA

proposed to exempt dewatered tailings

produced by the proposed A–J mine and

mill from effluent guidelines based on

best practicable control technology

(BPT) and best available control

technology economically achievable

(BAT), and from new source

performance standards (NSPS) that

appear at 40 CFR part 440, subpart J.

EPA also proposed that a definition of

‘‘dewatered tailings’’ be added to 40

CFR part 440, subpart L.

DATES: This proposed rule is withdrawn

as of January 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Supporting information

used in developing the proposed rule,

including studies prepared as part of a

supplemental environmental impact

statement prepared on the A–J project

and comments received during the

period for public comment on the

proposed rule, are available for public

inspection and copying at the EPA

Water Docket at Headquarters,

Waterside Mall, Room M2616, 401 M

Street, SW., Washington DC 20460. For

access to the Docket materials, call (202)

260–3027 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30

p.m. for an appointment. A reasonable

fee may be charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information concerning the

proposed rule that is being withdrawn,

you may contact Ronald G. Kirby,

Address: Engineering and Analysis

Division (Mail Code 4303), 401 M Street

SW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone

Number: (202) 260–7168; Facsimile

Number: (202) 260–7185 or by e-mail at

kirby.ronald@epamail,epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed rule would have excluded

mill tailings from the definition of

process wastewater, thereby exempting

dewatered tailings from the no

discharge requirement and in turn allow

consideration of other disposal

technologies. Process wastewaters

separated from the dewatered tailings

and mine drainage wastewater would

have continued to be covered by the

Subpart. In addition, EPA solicited

comments on whether other mine sites

exhibit extreme environmental

conditions such as those at the A–J mine

site. This information was requested

because the A–J mine site was the only

site known to EPA that might warrant

an exemption from the current Subpart

J regulations as a result of extreme

environmental conditions. In addition,

EPA solicited information on the types

of criteria that could be used to establish

a more general exemption from the

requirements of subpart J than that

proposed for the A–J site, in the event

that additional, potentially eligible sites

were identified. However, very little

information was submitted during the

comment period that warrants further

EPA review regarding any other site or

criteria.

On January 14, 1997, Echo Bay Mines

announced that it would terminate its

development plans for the A–J mine

project. EPA has concluded, in light of

the closure of the A–J mine project and

the lack of information about other mine

sites exhibiting similarly extreme

environmental conditions, that it is

unnecessary to continue this rulemakig.

Therefore, EPA withdraws the proposed

rule.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

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