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Electric arc furnace means any 

furnace wherein electrical energy is 

converted to heat energy by 

transmission of current between 

electrodes partially submerged in the 

furnace charge. 

Electrometallurgical operations means 

the use of electric and electrolytic 

processes to purify metals or reduce 

metallic compounds to metals. 

Fugitive emissions means any 

pollutant released to the atmosphere 

that is not discharged through a 

ventilation system that is specifically 

designed to capture pollutants at the 

source, convey them through ductwork, 

and exhausts them from a control 

device. Fugitive emissions include 

pollutants released to the atmosphere 

through windows, doors, vents, or other 

building openings. Fugitive emissions 

also include pollutants released to the 

atmosphere through other general 

building ventilation or exhaust systems 

not specifically designed to capture 

pollutants at the source. 

Sealed EAF means a furnace equipped 

with the cover with seals around the 

electrodes and outer edges of the cover 

to eliminate air being drawn in under 

the cover. 

Tapping means the removal of 

product from the EAF or other reaction 

vessel under normal operating 

conditions, such as removal of metal 

under normal pressure and movement 

by gravity down the spout into the ladle. 

§ 63.11533–63.11543 [Reserved] 

Tables to Subpart YYYYYY of Part 63 

As required in § 63.11530, you must 

meet each requirement in the following 

table that applies to you. 

TABLE 1—TO SUBPART YYYYYY OF PART 63—APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS

Citation Subject 

63.1 1 ................. Applicability. 

63.2 .................... Definitions. 

63.3 .................... Units and abbreviations. 

63.4 .................... Prohibited activities. 

63.5 .................... Construction/reconstruction. 

63.6 .................... Compliance with standards and maintenance. 

63.8 .................... Monitoring. 

63.9 .................... Notification. 

63.10 .................. Recordkeeping and reporting. 

63.12 .................. State authority and delegations. 

63.13 .................. Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA regional offices. 

63.14 .................. Incorporation by reference. 

63.15 .................. Availability of information and confidentiality. 

63.16 .................. Performance track provisions. 

1 § 63.11524(d), ‘‘Am I subject to this subpart?’’ exempts affected sources from the obligation to obtain title V operating permits. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 131 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2007–93; FRL–8716–1] 

Withdrawal of Federal Antidegradation 

Policy for All Waters of the United 

States Within the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to withdraw 

the federal antidegradation policy for all 

waters of the United States within the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We 

will withdraw the federal 

antidegradation policy to allow 

Pennsylvania to implement its own 

antidegradation policy. Pennsylvania 

has adequately demonstrated that its 

antidegradation policy protects all 

waters of the United States within the 

Commonwealth at a level consistent 

with the federal requirements. 

Therefore, the federal antidegradation 

policy is redundant. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register, we are withdrawing the federal 

antidegradation policy for waters within 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as 

a direct final rule without a prior 

proposed rule. If we received no adverse 

comment, we will not take further 

action on this proposed rule. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by October 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket Id. No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2007–0093, by mail to: Water 

Docket, USEPA, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically or through 

hand delivery/courier by following the 

detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES

section of the direct final rule located in 

the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Whitehead at EPA 

Headquarters, Office of Water, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Mail Code 

4305T, Washington, DC 20460 

(telephone: 202–566–2907, fax: 202– 

566–0409 or e-mail: 

whitehead.caroline@epa.gov) or Denise 

Hakowski at EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch 

Street, Mail Code 3WP30, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103 (telephone: 215–814–5726, 

fax: 215–814–2318 or e-mail: 

hakowski.denise@epa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

rule that is located in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register publication. 

I. Why Is EPA Issuing This Proposed 

Rule? 

This document proposes to take 

action on withdrawing the federal 

antidegradation policy for the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

because Pennsylvania has adequately 

demonstrated that its antidegradation 

policy protects all waters of the United 

States at a level consistent with the 

federal requirements. We have 

published a direct final rule 

withdrawing the federal antidegradation 

policy for the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register because we view this as a 

noncontroversial action and anticipate 

no adverse comment. We have 

explained our reasons for this 

withdrawal in the preamble to the direct 

final rule. 


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If we receive no adverse comment, we 

will not take further action on this 

proposal rule. If we receive adverse 

comment, we will withdraw the direct 

final rule and it will not take effect. We 

will address all public comments in a 

subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. 

We will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. For the various 

statutes and executive orders that 

require findings for rulemaking, EPA 

incorporates the findings from the direct 

final rulemaking into this companion 

notice for the purpose of providing 

public notice and opportunity for 

comment. For further information, 

please see the information provided in 

the ADDRESSES section of this document. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 131 

Environmental protection, 

Antidegradation, Water quality 

standards. 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Stephen L. Johnson, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1989–0011; FRL–8715–2] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan National Priorities List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Delete the 

Berks Landfill Superfund Site from the 

National Priorities List. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region III is issuing a 

Notice of Intent to Delete the Berks 

Landfill Superfund Site (Site) located in 

Spring Township, Berks County, 

Pennsylvania, from the National 

Priorities List (NPL) and requests public 

comments on this proposed action. The 

NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 

105 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is found 

at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which 

is the National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 

(NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth 

of Pennsylvania, through the 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP), 

have determined that all appropriate 

response actions under CERCLA, other 

than operation, maintenance, and fiveyear reviews, have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under CERCLA. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–1989–0011, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: matzko.kristine@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 215–814–3002, Attn: Kristine 

Matzko (3HS21). 

• Mail: EPA Region III, Attn: Kristine 

Matzko (3HS21), 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

• Hand delivery: EPA Region III, Attn: 

Kristine Matzko (3HS21), 1650 Arch 

Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during business hours, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1989– 

0011. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statue. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in the 

hard copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 

Regional Center for Environmental 

Information, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103, 215–814–5254. Business hours 

are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

Township of Spring Municipal Office, 

2800 Shillington Road, Reading, 

Pennsylvania 19608, 610–678–5393. 

Business hours are Monday through 

Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristine Matzko, Remedial Project 

Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, (3HS21) 1650 Arch 

Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103, 215–814–5719, e-mail 

matzko.kristine@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ Section of 

today’s Federal Register, we are 

publishing a direct final Notice of 

Deletion of the Berks Landfill 

Superfund Site without prior Notice of 

Intent to Delete because we view this as 

a noncontroversial revision and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

deletion in the preamble to the direct 

final Notice of Deletion, and those 

reasons are incorporated herein. If we 

receive no adverse comment(s) on this 

deletion action, we will not take further 

action on this Notice of Intent to Delete. 

If we receive adverse comment(s), we 

will withdraw the direct final Notice of 

Deletion, and it will not take effect. We 

will, as appropriate, address all public 

comments in a subsequent final Notice 

of Deletion based on this Notice of 

Intent to Delete. We will not institute a 

second comment period on this Notice 

of Intent to Delete. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. For additional information, 

see the direct final Notice of Deletion 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

waste, Hazardous substances, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 


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